Three Tips A Day

What is a CHM File?

CHM stands for Compiled Help Modules and is a Microsoft Compiled HTML format. The CHM format is used in Microsoft HTML Help, the standard help system for the Windows platform. A CHM file is basically a collection of HTML documents and other data such as images and JavaScript compressed into a single file. How do I open CHM files? You can open CHM files via Mozilla Firefox by using the CHM Reader addon which helps you open CHM files within Firefox itself. Download the CHM Reader addon for...

Get Free Twitter Alerts By Email With TweetBeep

Twitter has revolutionized the way people talk on the internet and with all this talking going around, you'd love to know who is saying what about you. TweetBeep is a new free service which provides you with free twitter alerts on your selected keywords. TweetBeep lets you: keep track of conversations that mention your name, products or your company alert you when someone mentions your website or blog in a tweet get frequent email alerts of conversations that mention your...

Browse Faster in Firefox 3: Enable Trace Monkey

Firefox 3.1 uses a new JavaScript engine called TraceMonkey to increase browsing speed. However this is not enabled by default and thus most users are not able to utilize the benefits this script. How to enable TraceMonkey?: Type about:config in the Firefox address bar and click 'I'll be careful, I promise' to the following warning: In the filter field type: javascript.options.jit.content Double click on it to change the boolean value from false to true Restart Firefox to...

LaunchPad – Free Domain Parking Theme

Registering domain names is adventurous and exciting. But while you build that killing website of yours, you run the risk of getting your domain name cluttered with advertisements from the hosting company or the domain registrar. This, known as domain parking, is done in order to capitalize on all underdeveloped domains. But this renders a shabby look to your domain name, and even putting up 'under-construction' signs are pretty drab. LaunchPad, an ad-free domain parking theme - comes to your...

How To Convert A Normal Laser Pen Into A Burning Laser Pen

Have you been wondering if you could convert your normal laser pen into one which can light a match stick? Yes, it is possible and this video explains how you can convert your ordinary 5 Mw laser pen into a 100 Mw burning laser pen. Try this but do be...

Learn Morse Code With Morse Code Translator

Morse code is an alphabetic code of long and short sounds, originally transmitted by telegraph. Each letter in the alphabet has a corresponding sound or series of sounds unique to it. The long sounds are referred to as dahs (dashes), while the short sounds are dits (dots). Varying lengths of silence denote spaces between letters or words. Learning Morse Code is difficult. Morse Code Translator makes it easy for you by allowing the user to key in words in the text box and playing it back in...

Send yourselves an email in future with Futureme

Ever wondered what it would be like to get a letter from your 20s something self, when you are say, 60 years old? What would it feel like to talk from yourself from the past - the conversation between what you wanted to be and what you have become - How would it feel to talk to the Future You? Try Future Me to know the answer. With FutureMe.org, you can: write emails to yourself, that will be delivered to you at a later date write emails to others, that will be delivered to them at a...

Have You Updated The Ping List Of Your WordPress Blog?

If you are a blogger, more often than not, you are using WordPress as the blog authoring tool. Below is a recommended ping list for WordPress blogs. This list is from my personal experience as a blogger for almost 5 years now. For the uninitiated, ping is an XML-RPC-based push mechanism by which a weblog notifies a server that its content has been updated. Blog authoring tools like WordPress automatically ping one or more servers each time the blogger creates a new post or updates an old one....

Prevent Drunken Mails on Gmail using Mail Goggles

So its Friday night and you've been drinking a tad bit more to ward off the memories of a bad week. As you become tipsy you are tempted to let loose your wrath on your boss by writing a fiery email. These situations can have serious repercussions that may lead to people losing their jobs, losing their wives, lovers and friends and in worse cases, landing up in jail for abuse. To prevent such mails which you'll regret sending in the morning, Gmail Labs have come up with an ingenious solution -...

How To Disable Virus Scanning In Firefox 3

Firefox 3 cares a lot about your system's security, so much so that it uses the installed antivirus software to scan the fully downloaded files. Now while this is very thoughtful of them, this can be a source of much trouble. Additional scanning can be very resource consuming and result in delayed processing, freezes and other issues. However every decent Antivirus software usually offers a real time protection for all downloads and thus this 'repeat' scanning is not of much use, rather it is...