Archive for April, 2008
Tuesday, April 29th, 2008
This past weekend my wife and I, along with a group of six close friends, headed south to Nashville, TN, where four of us ran in the Country Music 1/2 Marathon. It was my first 1/2 marathon and I beat my personal goal by a solid 6 seconds, clocking ...
Posted in running, web apps | Comments Off on Marathon Timing Technology & Networking with LinkedIn
Sunday, April 13th, 2008
Let's say you're sending an email via your Gmail or other Web email account and want to attach a file. Or maybe you're uploading a file to your blog or just about any other Web-based application, but you'd rather not bother with that annoying Browse button since you're already looking ...
Posted in os tips, utilities, windows | 2 Comments »
Wednesday, April 9th, 2008
Now that you know how to hide the annoying Firefox downloads status window, it's time to make your downloads really scream.
Enter Internet Download Manager (IDM) -- the great little utility with the ugly logo. Once you start using IDM, you'll never want to go back. Downloads are so fast ...
Posted in browser tips, utilities | Comments Off on Faster Downloads with Internet Download Manager
Monday, April 7th, 2008
I don't know about you, but when I download something, I just want to click a link, have the file or application download, then get to it when I'm ready to open the file or launch the application. If I'm downloading a large file, especially, I don't need to watch ...
Posted in browser tips, firefox | 12 Comments »
Tuesday, April 1st, 2008
Yesterday I downloaded a great little application that a coworker recommended: AutoHotkey. Similar to Texter or other utilities that allow you to assign keyboard shortcuts to input text strings, AutoHotkey does all that and more. And, unlike Texter, it works on Vista (and XP), and I haven't run into the ...
Posted in scripts, utilities, vista, windows, xp | Comments Off on AutoHotkey: Script Shortcuts, Mouse Clicks, More
Hi, I'm Gabe Anderson. I've published more than 2,000 personal and professional blog entries on my other blogs since 2000.
