Simplify your .htaccess task

I found a handy website for those of you who run your own website using Apache webserver. http://www.htaccesstools.com/ simplify your job to create password protected directories, prevent hotlinking, block IPs, redirection by languange and creating custom Error Document.

I think you should try and check the service out, because it’s handy for me, it must be handy for you too!
[tags]apache,htaccess,htpasswd,linux,windows,hotlink,mod_rewrite[/tags]

Backup your Windows Drivers with Driver Magician

Driver Magician Lite is a free application that lets you backup your Windows driver such as when you lose your original device driver CD. This is because most of devices nowadays came with their own drivers cd that makes it easy to misplaced any one of those CD.

Driver Magician also allows you to easily create a dedicated Drivers CD custom made for your PC and/or laptops, since its convenient to have all your drivers packed in only a single CD.

Backup your Drivers now with Drivers Magician Lite

[tags]drivers,hardware,windows,downloads, device driver, backup,devices[/tags]

How to disable PDF viewing in Firefox

You may already encountered websites that provide link to a PDF file, usually if you installed Adobe Reader you will be able to automatically view the PDF files right inside your browser.

The trouble with this method is, your browser may freeze or crash while waiting for the PDF files to download to your computer. Furthermore, some people view this feature as a drawback because Web browser should not takeover PDF reader job.

The Solution

Fear not because somebody has published a quick fix that disable firefox capability to display PDF files on the fly.

Please proceed to Disabling PDF Display in Firefox

Play the Zinadine Zidane HeadButt Game

You’ve seen him in action, now here’s the chance to be the legend yourself. Headbutt as many people you can to earn Red Cards, a funny game that you shouldn’t miss

http://addictinggames.com/zidaneheadbuttgame.html

p/s: I couldn’t stop laughing while playing this game, very funny indeed

[tags]zidane,worldcup,zinadine zidane, france, headbutt, funny, games, flash games, world cup[/tags]

What Web 2.0 Should Look Like?

What’s Web 2.0 ? According to wikipedia,

The term Web 2.0 refers to a second generation of services available on the World Wide Web that lets people collaborate and share information online

Now let me list elements used by Web 2.0 websites, based on general observation :

  1. Rounded Corners
  2. Big Text (Verdana or Georgia)
  3. Gradients on top- like technorati, WordPress
  4. Bright Colors
  5. Tabs created from lists
  6. Big Text Box for login form
  7. Brightly colored or glassy icons
  8. Use lots of Javascript library for effects (prototype,behavior,moo.fx,yui)

That’s all i could list for now, care to add more?

[tags]web2.0,web development, web authoring, webdesign, web design, freelance, web templates, xhtml[/tags]

Funny Zinadine Zidane headbutt

I know that World Cup was ages ago, but it seems that people have different perspective on what happened during the game, particularly during the finals where Zinadine Zidane headbutted an Italian player, here’s how things happened according to its respective viewers :

By Germans

By French

By Italians

By the Press

Lol, it’s amazing how things got blown upĀ  to a large scale. Hope you enjoy those pics

Photos stolen fromĀ  TheRegister

How to flush Windows XP DNS Cache

Sometimes it is annoying discover that the your domain still points to an old location instead of a new one, after you’ve changed it’s NS record.

This happens because Windows XP tries to speed things up by placing the DNS information about that site, into a DNS cache on your PC.

The easiest way to fix this, is to go to Start Menu->Run, and type in “ipconfig /flushdns” without the quote, and the problem should be solved soon after that.


  

[tags]windows xp, winxp, tips, guides, dns[/tags]

Mozilla Thunderbird Keyboard Shortcuts

Here’s a partial list of Mozilla Thunderbird shortcuts. For the uninitiated, Mozilla Thunderbird is a cross-platform desktop based email client developed by Mozilla foundation and it is available for free download from the project’s website

KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS

Caret Browsing F7
Get New Messages for Current Account Ctrl + T
Print Ctrl + P
Reply to Sender of Message Ctrl + R
Send and Receive All Messages Ctrl + T
Send Message Now Ctrl + Enter
Toggle Message Pane F8

MESSAGE KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS

Edit as New Ctrl + E
Label: None 0
Label: Work 2
Label: ToDo 4
Mark All Read Ctrl + Shift + C
Mark as Junk J
Mark Message as Read/Unread M
New Message Ctrl + N

For more information about Mozilla Thunderbird keyboard shortcuts, please refer to Mozilla Thunderbird Cheatsheet article by Leslie Franke.

[tags]mozilla, thunderbird, email, email client, mozilla thunderbird, cheatsheet, shortcuts[/tags]

How to fix CD / DVD drive stuck in PIO mode

I don’t know if any of you had this kind of problem, it surely annoy the hell out of me.

Symptom :

  • Everytime you use your DVD/CD the CPU usage shoot up close to 90.
  • Your CD/DVD burning session is longer than it should be.
  • The CD/DVD drive lights keep flashing like morse code signal

Usually this is caused by your CD/DVD drive is using PIO mode instead of DMA. Under normal circumstances, you can easily instruct Windows to use DMA when accessing CD/DVD drive whenever possible, but in rare cases windows will still use PIO mode even though you’ve changed the setting.

The cause

This is caused by Windows permanently disable DMA mode for your CD/DVD driver after encountering certain errors during data transfer operations (usually caused by reading bad CDs), and this has been pointed out in Microsoft WHDC page
Windows will automatically disable DMA mode for the particular CD/DVD drive permanently, because it believe that you hardware is failing, but this is not usually the case.

The Fix

You can easily fix that by deleting the affected IDE Channel in Windows Device Manager. To access it, right click on My Computer, choose properties, choose Hardware, click on Hardware Manager.

Then delete the Primary IDE Channel and Secondary IDE Channel, reboot your pc. Windows will reinstall the Primary IDE Channel and Secondary IDE Channel driver back after that.
And If everything turns out allright, you should be able to change your CD/DVD drive setting back to DMA mode in no time.

[tags]cdrom, dvd, dma, ide, cd burner, dvd burner, hardware,guides,tips,howto[/tags]