When people find out you "work with computers," there is no limit to the number of mind numbing things you'll come across. I've received computers that I'm supposed to get working right away without being told any credentials to actually login. There are plenty of other scenarios where it's completely necessary and justified to "hack" an Admin password. In the past, in … [Read more...]
Is Mozilla Shooting Itself in the Foot with Its “Smart” Web Pages?
After Firefox updates, it will launch with a new tab for its What's New page and recently they've added a version check to the page to warn you if you have an outdated version of Adobe Flash. If you update Firefox and have an out of date version of Adobe Flash installed, you'll likely be greeted with this message when Firefox restarts: Not only is this message not very … [Read more...]
Product Review: zBoost zPersonal Cell Phone Signal Booster
It's starting to get cold outside now and that's forced me to finally start looking into a solution to my poor cell reception. The problem isn't my carrier or my phone as I get a good signal right outside my door or right up against the window, but something with the construction of my apartment building blocks the signal. I have been getting "Signal faded, call dropped" … [Read more...]
Turn YouTube Annotations Off by Default
In my opinion, one of the most annoying aspects of YouTube, the Internet's leading streaming video provider, is the user added annotations. Whether they're stupid comments, spam-filled speech bubbles, or desperate requests to subscribe, I have yet to see a worth-while use of the annotation feature on YouTube. In fact, after a particular video, it led me to search how to turn it … [Read more...]
Adding Seadragon, a High Quality Image Viewer, to phpBB3
Microsoft Labs has developed a Silverlight-based web application called Seadragon which is used to make viewing large images more practical. Panoramic and other high quality images can have you scrolling all over so that you may not be able to see the whole picture or if the image is resampled down, you lose a lot of the detail. Seadragon provides an interface that allows you … [Read more...]