Using The Internet
Free Broadband Speed Test
All broadband ISPs are not the same, and the speed you can receive from each ISP can fluctuate wildly.
If you want to see your ISP is actually giving you the speed that you are paying for, then check out my new Broadband Speed Test below, which in seconds will allow you to see if you [...]
Get A Favicon For Your Site
Favicons are the small icons that are displayed next to site names in address bars. They are only 16×16 pixels big, so creating one can be tricky unless you are a design whizz.
There are a few sites out there that have Favicons that are ready to go. A good one is favicon.cc, which [...]
How To Add A FTP Server To Windows Explorer
Anyone who manages a website at some point has to use a FTP client to upload and download files to their server. Although these aren’t too difficult to use once you get the hang of things, adding the FTP server to Windows Explorer can make it easier to upload and download files.
CyberNetNews have put [...]
How To Download Images When Right Click Is Disabled
I hate when websites disable the right-click mouse menu. Usually this is because I just want to go ‘back’, but sometimes it’s because I want to copy some of the images on the page.
Digital Inspiration have shared an easy way to copy images when a website has disabled the right-click menu:
Just point your mouse [...]
17Oct2007 | Tony Williams | 3 comments | Continued
Learn A Language For Free With Mango
Even before I moved to America, I’ve wanted to learn Spanish but I’ve never got around to doing it. Now with Mango I might finally find the time to learn Spanish.
Mango is a new web service that helps you learn foreign languages for free. Standard languages like French, German, Spanish and Portuguese are available, as [...]
Give Your Blog A Checkup
The problem with popular blogging platforms like WordPress is that over time your blog can get a bit grotty around the edges, due to the all the widgets and plugins that get installed and uninstalled. It’s good to set some time aside every now and then to clean up all the crap in your blog, [...]
29Sep2007 | Tony Williams | 1 comment | Continued
Friday Break: The Facebook Skit
I received a funny video from an old schoolfriend that takes the mick out of Facebook ’stalking’.
It is amazing how much I’ve learnt about people I hardly know, who have suddenly become my ‘friends’. I think the video really hits home that you should be careful about how much information you put on social [...]
How To Resize Images Online
I’ve recently just registered for a new forum and I wanted to use one of my pictures as an avatar, but it was too big for the site.
A quick Google search and I found Shrink Pictures, which is a great free site for resizing images to make them smaller for avatars, or for use on [...]
Listen To And Record Over 6000 Internet Radio Stations
I’m amazed that more people don’t listen to Internet Radio. There are literally thousands of free stations available pumping out music 24×7.
A great tool that I’ve just discovered via Digital Alchemy is Nexus Radio, that not only lets you record instantly over 6000 stations, but you can even set it to record your favourite [...]
KeyXL - Every Keyboard Shortcut You Could Ever Need
Keyboard shortcuts can be very useful, particularly if you’re a laptop use and don’t have a mouse. If you use an application regularly then learning useful keyboard shortcuts will not only allow you to work much faster, then can even unlock additional functionality.
The problem is some program instructions don’t lay out their shortcuts in [...]
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