2006
September
Prevent Photoshop CS from Truncating Filenames When Export to Web
Photoshop CS and Photoshop CS 2 has a terrible default setting whereby it truncates image filenames to 31 characters for Mac OS 9 compatibility. For those of us who are interested in SEO work this is unacceptable. Fortunately I found the solution at this site. http://philip.greenspun.com/photography/photoshop-scripts/ Setting Up Photoshop Defaults…
Tile Browser Windows on Your Windows Desktop
You can display any two windows side by side on the desktop by first clicking a window’s button on the Taskbar. Next, press and hold the Ctrl key and right-click the second window that you want to open, then click Tile Vertically. This works great when you want to view…
Full List of Online Web Video Hosting Sites
With the proliferation of web video sites I thought it may be useful to create a somewhat comprehensive list. I hope everyone will find it useful. Web video sites are typically divided into two types, video hosting like YouTube and Google Video or portals like Channelchooser. Occasionally sites are hybrids…
How to Interpret Shortened Windows XP Filenames in DOS
Sometimes when using the older DOS COMMAND file Windows XP will list the long file names but COMMAND only recognizes the shortened file name for actions like deleting or moving. Have you ever wondered what rules Dos uses to convert the long file names to its shortened 8.3 version? Windows…
How to Delete AVI Video Files that Crash Windows Explorer
Here are two common symptions with certain video files that crash explorer and my cure. You’ve downloaded a video file and now whenever you view the file in Thumbnail view with Windows Explorer, Explorer explodes, as in crashes leaving an error message stating the app has closed in it’s wake.…
Change Property Settings in Windows XP CMD
Even if you are a semi literate Windows user you will find occasion to stumble into the dark and unfamiliar alleyway that is DOS. To manually delete an .AVI video file that crashes Windows Explorer for instance; the command line is probably the easiest way do it without messing in…
Stop Windows Programs from Starting Up-Stop Startup Apps
Oh how Windows programs love to cram themselves into your startup process. Don’t you hate how that slows your boot times enough so that the 7:45am lineup at Starbucks seems to go faster than watching latest Japanese commercial on Youtube? You can put a stop to that unadulterated abuse of…
Where to Find and Change Windows XP Wallpaper Folder
Talk about Windows annoyances. You take a great photo with your digital camera and want to use it as a wallpaper or you downloaded a free movie wallpaper, now you want to add it to your wallpaper collection. Where are Windows XP wallpapers kept? Of course Windows buries it instead…
Apple iTunes Alternative Media Players
http://www.songbirdnest.com/ MusikCube: http://www.musikcube.com/ iShuffle http://agoraphobeus.free.fr/iShuffle/index.html Anapod Explorer http://www.redchairsoftware.com/anapod/ Yamipod http://www.yamipod.com/main/modules/home/ iPod Shuffle database rebuilder http://www.ipodpalace.com/view.php?ID=173
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