Those of you who have not yet upgraded to Vista, or are like me and dwindle between XP and Vista lands, you probably encounter this problem whenever you copy files: if you’re copying files into a folder where those files already exist, you get a dialog box. This box usually says something along the lines … Read more
If you’re not already on the Firefox bandwagon, get on it! One of the safest, coolest web browsers out there, Firefox is steadily gaining ground in the browser wars. Firefox is extremely extensible through add-ons, or “extensions.” There are a plethora of Firefox extensions out there – ad-blocking software, user-scripting software, bookmark plug-ins, tab managing … Read more
Did you know that most YouTube videos can be downloaded now as high-quality mp4 (MPEG-4) files? There have been browser and URL hacks to download files previously, and several sites and Firefox extensions would allow you to plug-in an URL to a YouTube video and it would snag the file or give you an URL … Read more
Tomorrow is April 15th, the official deadline for us here in the United States of America to file our tax returns. If you haven’t filed them yet, you better get them postmarked by today. Also, don’t forget you can e-file, sometimes for free! Check out irs.gov for more information. As a member of my state’s … Read more
Google Page Rank has been king of the web for far too long. They use a “mysterious” and “magical” formula whose inner workings is only barely understood by the public. GPR also has a certain amount of manual human adjustment to weed out those that “cheat the system.” How biased or unbiased this system is … Read more
I’ve gone back to the old theme, because there was just too much broken on the new theme and I didn’t like the way the theme author tried to override several aspects of Word Press’ default functions. So for now, it’s back to the old white and blue. Enjoy it while it lasts.
Well, hello there. Welcome to my blog. If you’ve been here before, you probably noticed a change. I haven’t re-done the header graphic yet to suit me, but hopefully it’ll be awesome when I do. In the meantime, this look will work. The makers of WordPress, the software that runs The Raging Tech, have released … Read more