Archive for November 2009
Delete Songs From Smart Playlists in iTunes
Update 2009-11-23: Corrected Mac keyboard keys. I don’t own a Mac myself, but a friend of mine tells me that iTunes defies the normal behaviour of many other Apple applications. Probably because it’s ancient and desperately needs an update.
Made a smart playlist to find songs you want to delete, then found that the delete function no longer works?
Just …
Pinch to Zoom? Nah, I’m Fine, Thanks
What is this generation’s obsession with pinch to zoom? It’s so often touted as “natural”, “intuitive”, and “cool” that it’s beginning to make me go insane! Yes, it might be cool, but have the people who say these things even thought implications of both what they say and the use of such an interface?
I am Your God; BOW DOWN TO ME
Another of my friends chilling down at the river.
Where there’s food, there’s fighting.
Where there’s bread, there’s dread.…
The Windows 7 Taskbar — Keyboard Goodness
If you’re fortunate enough to be using Windows 7, then no doubt you’ve noticed the new taskbar. Well, here’s a couple of golden nuggets of info for you:
Did you know that all the icons you line up on the taskbar automatically get keyboard shortcuts? If you want to launch one of them, just press the Windows key and …
A Word of Warning: Check Your Windows 7 Backup Settings
Backups in Windows 7 have been greatly improved, what with the fact you can restore from them (without needing to take a separate backup) and that they backup to networks better.
However, there has been one change which caught me out, thanks to a subtle and ambiguous rewording of the backups dialog.
When backups are taken, as default only user …
Adding your most recent Twitter tweet to your Pidgin status
This guide is intended to be a more up-to-date mirror of the guide you can find at Tech Jawa. All credit to them for the original instructions!
Basically nothing changes, but I just like to be comprehensive.
- Download the TwitterStatus plugin. It’ll be a file ending in .pl.
- Move this file to your Pidgin plugins folder. If
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Ogg Vorbis Encoder for Windows
I not so long ago made a post about using Ogg Vorbis for Ringtones on Android, as it considerably reduces the lag between getting a phone call and the phone actually playing the ringtone. The same goes for music on the device–it just starts playing quicker.
Anyway, just now I realised that I didn’t link to any encoders for …
