How to Make Google Chrome Download PDFs
Note to self… By default Mac Chrome v9.0.x renders PDFs in a window. This is great most of the time, but if you would rather force PDFs to download, go to: Preferences > Under the Hood...
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Make your mouse scroll wheel move like butter
Hate that stiff, click-step wheel on your mouse? Give your mouse wheel a super slick, butter smooth spinning action in 10 minutes. Since every mouse is different, this hack is mainly about the...
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1 Kilogoat networks planned to roll out in rural Africa
I just love stories like this. WiFi hackers Inveneo have utilized mesh network technologies for a novel solution to a unique problem. The problem? Rural farmers and herders in Africa (and other areas...
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Mac Tips n’ Tricks: Setting Up a Local Folder as a Printer in the Print Dialog
I came across this little Mac productivity gem that allows a specific folder to be designated as a printer. from: http://wiki.dropbox.com/TipsAndTricks/PrintToPDF In Mac OSX you can set your Dropbox folder as an option...
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Using Symbolic Links to Sync System Files
This is a short tutorial on using symbolic links to sync files that live outside of your Dropbox or other sync folder. I use this to synchronize my Omnigraffle stencils and Adobe templates...
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Complete iPhone 3GS voice control command set
As of this date of this posting, here is the full list of the iPhone 3GS Voice Control commands available. Hopefully as this is adopted, they will roll out more – like finding...
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8 hacks to make Firefox ridiculously fast
So I’ve come across a few tips for speeding up firefox. I’ve included the ones I feel should be the most valuable or stable. These can be added by tweaking the about:config file...
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Enable Time Machine on a Network Drive
On Mac OS X Leopard (10.5.x), there’s a nifty built-in backup program called “Time Machine”. By default, it only works with drives that are directly connected or connected through an airport extreme. The...
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Block spam SMS messages on your mobile
Not a new phenomenon, but increasing in prevalence is spam SMS messages, also known as m-spam or SMS spam. I’ve personally not received any, but per a post by David Pogue of the...
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