Web and System Tricks

Fiddesian Top FF extensions. 1. Adblock Plus Pros: Anyone who has used this will never be able to browse without it. It blocks out so much crap that is thrown at you on the internet. It filter the bulk of internet adverts Cons: Can block useful items on specific sites like Veoh.com and distort their functions 2. Adblock Plus: Element Hiding Helper Pros: Hides unwanted page elements from view. It can also reclaim page real estate by removing unsed frames. Just highlight and click away Cons: Hair trigger selection, might remove unintended frames or content, but this is reversible 3. Scrapbook Pros: Utterly indispensable ... Read Full Story

Ever wanted to download a video or song from the internet? Do you always have the rotten luck of finding the video but you cant download it (or have to pay), you can only watch it. Well all is not lost my friend because this method has a very good success rate. If you have Firefox then there is a way to get around this. (Plus a file unlocking program...a good one is Unlocker 1.8.5 [please assess safety level yourself and install at your own discretion, here is one review of this programs safety] 1. Open Firefox and clear PRIVATE DATA ( if not ... Read Full Story

The USB craze is rife in the student community. USB drives now can have environments for their portable software. Students are be able to use this software on any computer with the same setting as their PC/Laptop. However University computers are a stumbling block. The do not allow you to install anything. So you cannot watch flash videos in the portable Firefox. The admin just wont let you instal the player for the browser when you try the regular 'install missing plugin'. Here is a work around the system to enable you to install the flash player on a restricted permissions computer .   ... Read Full Story

Here I am going to outline how to download veoh.com videos Veoh Videos (<30mins) Navigateto the desired veoh video page Right-click on the AdBlock-Plus icon and select Open blockable item Then type in the following content. The text that comes up is the URL of the veoh video. You can either copy the URL, place it in your flv player and watch the stream.....or You can place the URL in the address bar + enter and download the videos onto your computer If the video is more than 30 mins long. Veoh.com will only show a preview of the video so following the steps ... Read Full Story

Sometimes there is that song you like so much but you you can't find it on itunes, napster or any other music site. Maybe you just dont want to pay for it. Only one option left. Download it direct from the internet from sites like youtube or imeem. But just one problem. There is no download function on any of these sites, you can only watch and listen. So how can one get this cool song onto an mp3 player for a bus ride to work? Internet reocrding. A neat idea but most of the software out there claiming to do just that comes ... Read Full Story