An awesome way to speed up firefox. For broadband users.
1. Keep this page open and open a new tab (for reference)
2. Type about:config into the adress bar
3. Scroll down until you find
network.http.pipelining-click on it and set it to true
network.http.proxy.pipelining-click on it and set it to true
network.http.pipelining.maxrequests-set this to 30
4. Lastly right-click anywhere and select New- Integer. Call it "nglayout.initialpaint.delay" and set its value to zero.
5. Go on your favourite websites!
Monday, February 16, 2009
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Awesome Toys
Okay, not quite your favorite childhood toys but they can't be classed as gadgets, either.
Barack Obama 6" Doll
Just at a month in office, Barack Obama is still quite a talking point for many people so lets face , it, a 6" doll was almost inevitable. He might not be as much of a novelty as his predeseccerGeorge Bushbut hey, nobody is able to do that. Have your own little president right at your own desk.
Vbeat Air Instruments
Ever wanted to rock out with friends but really, REALLY can't be bothered to learn an instrument? Well now your chance. The vbeat air guitar and air drums both have loads of features and indepth tutorials. They also let you make your own songs rather than just play a few prerecorded tracks like other similar devices.
Watch this youtube video: 'Come as you are' on Vbeat instruments
Lets face is. Everyone likes lasers. Everyone. You may have seen or bought laser gun kits that can only shoot someone from about a yard away with a 50-50 chance of you actually scoring. Generally, you're very limited in what you can do with them and you get bored five minutes later from the battery running out. Now you can break those boundaries with laser challange pro. Trust me. It deserves the name 'pro'. Make several different guns and pieces with what you're given and then start blasting at your friends up to 75m with unlimited players!
Barack Obama 6" Doll
Just at a month in office, Barack Obama is still quite a talking point for many people so lets face , it, a 6" doll was almost inevitable. He might not be as much of a novelty as his predeseccerGeorge Bushbut hey, nobody is able to do that. Have your own little president right at your own desk.
Vbeat Air Instruments
Ever wanted to rock out with friends but really, REALLY can't be bothered to learn an instrument? Well now your chance. The vbeat air guitar and air drums both have loads of features and indepth tutorials. They also let you make your own songs rather than just play a few prerecorded tracks like other similar devices.
Watch this youtube video: 'Come as you are' on Vbeat instruments
Laser Challenge Pro
Monday, February 9, 2009
Awesome gadgets
These gadgets seriously go under the term 'awesome stuff'.
Ever been left out and about with an Ipod or Iphone and you've ran out of battery. This has happened to me all the time on airplanes, so this little gadget saves me a lot of boredom.
Buy it!!
2-D2 DVD Projector and R2-D2 Wireless Webcam
Just watch the video here
Logitech Harmony 1100
This could easily be the best thing that the word 'remote' could describe. Perfect for people who love their music, tv, dvds and radio. Plus no remote has ever looked this cool.
Expect daily/almost daily updates like this for a while!
The BluePack iPhone/iPod Back-up Battery
Ever been left out and about with an Ipod or Iphone and you've ran out of battery. This has happened to me all the time on airplanes, so this little gadget saves me a lot of boredom.
Buy it!!
2-D2 DVD Projector and R2-D2 Wireless Webcam
Just watch the video here
Logitech Harmony 1100
This could easily be the best thing that the word 'remote' could describe. Perfect for people who love their music, tv, dvds and radio. Plus no remote has ever looked this cool.
Expect daily/almost daily updates like this for a while!
Sunday, February 8, 2009
The start of the list!
This list will be constantly updated , full of new or anticipated games, devices, sites, whatever! or things for you to do or make that you've either always wanted to or that you've never thought about doing until you see them here!
But first, here's some useful and free alternatives to programs that I have been asked to post.
Macromedia Flash: Films
Macromedia flash is expensive, to say the least, and isn't a choice for people who just want to animate for fun, or for the hell of it! These alternatives aren't as good but for people who don't want to spend hundreds of dollars on expensive programs, these are perfect!
Pivot
Created by Peter bone, Pivot is an easy to set up, one hundred percent free program that is used for the development of stick figure animations. But as you'll soon discover, Pivot isn't limited to only stick men. Cars, planes and even film characters have been made with this simple program (which can be found on certain websites). And don't let the the lack of effects bother you, Beneton movie gif allows you to add blurs, to make your animations fuzzy, to rotate things and a lot more!
Pivot: http://www.snapfiles.com/GeT/sTiCkFiGuRe.html
Beneton Movie Gif:http://www.benetonsoftware.com/Beneton_Movie_GIF.php
Macromedia Flash: Games
Ever wanted to make games? While flash is still better, you can still make games, that can be really fun, with liveswf. Check out a website like http://www.pryjon.com/liveswifers/forums/ for help with programming and any other problems!
LiveSwf: http://www.pryjon.com/liveswifers/forums/viewtopic.php?t=3
Photoshop
Photoshop is nearly useless for people who don't need a huge, expensive and coplicated program when all they need is to do is:
Edit pictures
Or draw basic art
The alternatives are both very well designed for each of these aspects. Gimp is an extensive program that can is much better than Mspaint-like alternatives and can be easily used. In five seconds you will be drawing Mona Lisa-esque drawing like my amazing walrus.
Hell yeah.
But, fantastic as my mouse drawn walrus may be, it really doesn't reflect how good gimp is.
For picture editing, paint.net is all you would ever need. Again it's extensive, is of high quality and is updated regularly. Oh, it also made the top 20 best products of 2007, according to pc world.
Gimp: http://www.gimp.org/
Paint.net: http://www.paint.net/
But first, here's some useful and free alternatives to programs that I have been asked to post.
Macromedia Flash: Films
Macromedia flash is expensive, to say the least, and isn't a choice for people who just want to animate for fun, or for the hell of it! These alternatives aren't as good but for people who don't want to spend hundreds of dollars on expensive programs, these are perfect!
Pivot
Created by Peter bone, Pivot is an easy to set up, one hundred percent free program that is used for the development of stick figure animations. But as you'll soon discover, Pivot isn't limited to only stick men. Cars, planes and even film characters have been made with this simple program (which can be found on certain websites). And don't let the the lack of effects bother you, Beneton movie gif allows you to add blurs, to make your animations fuzzy, to rotate things and a lot more!
Pivot: http://www.snapfiles.com/GeT/sTiCkFiGuRe.html
Beneton Movie Gif:http://www.benetonsoftware.com/Beneton_Movie_GIF.php
Macromedia Flash: Games
Ever wanted to make games? While flash is still better, you can still make games, that can be really fun, with liveswf. Check out a website like http://www.pryjon.com/liveswifers/forums/ for help with programming and any other problems!
LiveSwf: http://www.pryjon.com/liveswifers/forums/viewtopic.php?t=3
Photoshop
Photoshop is nearly useless for people who don't need a huge, expensive and coplicated program when all they need is to do is:
Edit pictures
Or draw basic art
The alternatives are both very well designed for each of these aspects. Gimp is an extensive program that can is much better than Mspaint-like alternatives and can be easily used. In five seconds you will be drawing Mona Lisa-esque drawing like my amazing walrus.
Hell yeah.But, fantastic as my mouse drawn walrus may be, it really doesn't reflect how good gimp is.
For picture editing, paint.net is all you would ever need. Again it's extensive, is of high quality and is updated regularly. Oh, it also made the top 20 best products of 2007, according to pc world.
Gimp: http://www.gimp.org/
Paint.net: http://www.paint.net/
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