Archive for the ‘Tips and Tricks’ Category

Prevent Lightroom from launching when inserting any portable media

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One minor quirk that always irked me with Lightroom was that it always launches whenever I insert device on my USB slot or card reader. And I mean always. While it might be a boon for people doing photography for a living, this is more of an annoyance since the pop-up launches even if there [...]

HowTo: Register to Globe SuperUnli

Globe’s Super-Unli promo allows you to make unlimited call and text to any Globe/TM number, other networks(Smart, Sun, Red), landline numbers, and IDD calls are not included in the promo and will be billed on top of your current bill. To subscribe to Globe’s Super-Unli: Text SUPER150 to 2824. To make unlimited calls, change the [...]

HowTo: Smart Pasaload

Smart subscribers and use Pasaload to share load/credits from one Buddy SIM user to another. To start using Smart Pasaload, just follow these instructions: 1.) Text your pasaload request with the following format: [cel number][space][amount] Ex: 09181234567 100 2.) Send to 808 Each transaction will cost you P1.00 + the amount shared.  Do note that [...]

HowTo: Globe Share-a-load

Globe subscribers (both postpaid and prepaid) can use the Share-a-Load service to share your load/credits with friends and family.  To start sharing: 1) Text-in amount. (from Php1.00 to Php150.00.. and no, you don’t need to enter Php, just the number) [amount you want to share] Ex: 5 2) Send the text to “2″ plus your [...]

HowTo: Automate your torrent downloads with utorrent

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One of the better features of utorrent is the ability to automate your torrent downloads. What that means is that instead of having to look for any updates on your favorite TV show/anime/subber/etc, utorrent can do it for you as long as you keep it running in the background. Now if you’re interested in this [...]

Restore missing Notification Area icons in Windows

Restore missing Notification Area icons in Windows

If your Notification Area looks as blank as the image you see here then there’s something wrong with your registry. The usual fix for this is to turn your computer off and on again or simply logoff and login to the same account. However, that may be a bit extreme since you’re just out to [...]

How to download files using BitTorrent

A lot of FUD (Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt) is being spread about bittorrent so I guess I should start on the facts about this “dreaded” word. BitTorrentis a file-sharing protocol (it’s not a program, it’s not a service, it’s a protocol) that lets you download content directly from other groups of people. Unlike HTTP, the download [...]

Twitter, Plurk, Facebook short codes for WordPress

Short codes are special functions in the WordPress Platform that give your posts additional functionality. It’s just a matter of your creativity that can limit what you can do with short codes. With this tutorial, I’ll be teaching you the basics of WordPress Short Codes and we’ll be creating three specific and useful examples: A [...]

Tips on how to save printer ink

Let’s face it, Printer Ink is expensive. Instead of profiting out of selling your their hardware, printer companies make most of their bucks selling you ink. As an example, say you bought an Epson printer for cheap. How much would the Epson Ink cost you after the initial bundled ink cartridges run dry? As much [...]

Remove and Disable Google Analytics from a FeedBurner URL

Google Analytics has long integrated stat reporting from Feedburner.  This allows you to track visitors to your site that come from Feedburner fed feeds (pardon the pun ) and view the stats under the “Traffic Sources” report of Google Analytics. Google Analytics tracks feedburner visitors by appending tags such as “utm_source” and “utm_medium” to the [...]