Fun Stuffs

With the recent introduction of Google Chrome, it has, once again, sparked a strong browser war competition against all the browsers, such as Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Opera and some others, such as Netscape.

However, today we are not going to join in the crowd and compare the speeds between all the browsers, rather we are going to provide a simple and quick tip to optimise and speed up Mozilla Firefox.

(Learn more about speeding up Firefox here...)

After running the Falling Snow Effect using JavaScript for the last couple of days, I realised that it has been taking up considerable CPU resources on the client side.

As it slows down the page loading of the site, it was removed instantly. If you are interested in the script, feel free to drop me a message.

The original script writer is Altan.

(Get the Falling Snow Effect code...)

Several methods of free traffic generation are available on the Internet; these include people who are professional and bloggers giving invaluable advices to those who seek free and paid network traffic to their sites.

Why traffic? Well, the underlying reason is simply money. If you have the technical know-how, a huge traffic that is driven to your site can be transformed into revenue. While this is not what everyone has, I will try to provide some advices of my own here.

(get more traffic for free...)

Favicons, as the name suggests, are also known as "Add to Favourite Icons". These are typically small iconic images, of the size 16 pixels by 16 pixels, appearing beside the browser address link. These image files bear the extension of .ico.

(learn to create favicons....)

To find out the originality of your mobile, here is one way which you can try.

1. On your keypad, type *#06#
2. A 15-digit code will appear after entering you have keyed in the above code, e.g.
   

   4 3 4 5 6 6 1 0 6 7 8 9 4 3 5

Take note of the 7^th and 8^th digits of the above new code. Below denotes the significance of these two digits.

(find out what these numbers say...)

A Xubuntu 7.04 Feisty Fawn and PCLinuxOS user, nicknamed mig5, in Ubuntu Forums explained how he has managed to bypass Microsoft's Genuine Advantage Test which has been used to prove user's copy of Microsoft software to be authentic.

He claimed that he did this just for a laugh and did not expect his experimentation to work.

(how this person did it....)

What should you be looking out for when buying a new laptop? For some professionals, it may be an Extraordinary Works Kitchens, but it may not be that easy especially there are so many brands and models to choose from. Basically, I will list here a couple of important aspects that one should bear in mind when choosing a gadget of your choice.

Laptops are very fragile objects, as compared to desktops. They are very vulnerable to knocks, wear and tear, and even dust! Yet, they provide specific features, such as mobility and lightweight, where its compatriot is unable to provide. However, before jumping into the wagon to join everyone in buying a low-cost laptop, it is important to note what you should be looking out for.

(specific list of factors to look out...)

Email is becoming, or has already become, part and parcel of our lives today. It is commonly used in the workplace for business communication, exchange of information and documents, and also at home for communicating with friends. Whilst the technology is not new, but there are few who may find email a total stranger to them.

I shall list 10 essential tips about email for new users. It is vital to learn the proper usage of this fundamental office tool.

(10 tips for email newbies....)