Wednesday, May 30, 2007
Quick, Mini Cpanel How To Tutorial Videos
Here is a great site that shows you the most common tasks in Cpanel hosting accounts in little flash videos. Other hosting providers would do well to follow Boston Computing Networks Steps. I bet it could save their tech support department a lot of time.
A List of the Most Popular Screen Resolutions From QVGA To WHUXGA
A List Of The Most Common Screen Resolutions
| Computer Standard | Resolution | Display Aspect Ratio | Pixels |
|---|---|---|---|
| QVGA | 320×240 | 4:3 | 76,800 |
| WQVGA | 432×240 | 9:5 | 103,680 |
| HVGA | 480×320 | 3:2 | 153,200 |
| VGA and MCGA | 640×480 | 4:3 | 307,200 |
| WGA or WVGA | 800×480 | 5:3 | 384,000 |
| SVGA | 800×600 | 4:3 | 480,000 |
| XGA | 1024×768 | 4:3 | 786,432 |
| XGA+ | 1152×864 | 4:3 | 995,328 |
| SXGA | 1280×1024 | 5:4 | 1,310,720 |
| WXGA1 | 1280×800 | 16:10 | 1,024,000 |
| Apple PowerBook G4 | 1280×854 | 640:427 (approx. 3:2) | 1,093,120 |
| WXGA2 | 1366×768 | 16:9 | 1,049,088 |
| WSXGA or WXGA+ | 1440×900 | 16:10 | 1,296,000 |
| SXGA+ | 1400×1050 | 4:3 | 1,470,000 |
| WSXGA | 1600×1024 | 25:16 | 1,638,400 |
| WSXGA+ | 1680×1050 | 16:10 | 1,764,000 |
| UXGA | 1600×1200 | 4:3 | 1,920,000 |
| WUXGA | 1920×1200 | 16:10 | 2,304,000 |
| QXGA | 2048×1536 | 4:3 | 3,145,728 |
| WQXGA | 2560×1600 | 16:10 | 4,096,000 |
| QSXGA | 2560×2048 | 5:4 | 5,242,880 |
| QSXGA+ | 2800×2100 | 4:3 | 5,880,000 |
| WQSXGA | 3200×2048 | 25:16 | 6,553,600 |
| QUXGA | 3200×2400 | 4:3 | 7,680,000 |
| WQUXGA | 3840×2400 | 16:10 | 9,216,000 |
| HSXGA | 5120×4096 | 5:4 | 20,971,520 |
| WHSXGA | 6400×4096 | 25:16 | 26,214,400 |
| HUXGA | 6400×4800 | 4:3 | 30,720,000 |
| WHUXGA | 7680×4800 | 16:10 | 36,864,000 |
Note 1: WXGA defines a range of resolutions with widths of 1280 to 1366 pixels and heights of 720 to 800 pixels.
Note 2: LCD panels’ resolutions are often quoted in terms of raw subpixels misnamed “pixels” in manufacturer’s specifications. Each real pixel includes one subpixel for each of three colors, so calling subpixels “pixels” inflates the claimed resolution by a factor of three. This bit of disingenuous obfuscation is calculated as horizontal resolution × 3 × vertical resolution. For example: 640×480 VGA is 921600 “pixels”, or 307200 pixels, 800×600 SVGA is 1440000 “pixels”, or 480000 pixels, and 1024×768 XGA is 2359296 “pixels”, but only 786432 real pixels.
Thursday, March 15, 2007
How to Change Default RSS Reader in Firefox 2
How do I change the default RSS reader in Firefox 2.0 you may ask. Sometimes it defaults to Firefox’s own reader but you may want to use Bloglines or another reader.
To select the RSS reader of your choice in Firefox.
Go to Tools->Options and select Feeds icon. You’ll see a selection like the one above. Just select the new RSS reader from the list and click OK. You may also choose to preview the feed and let Firefox ask you which reader you want to use. I use this option whenever I create a new blog for testing to see what the RSS data looks like.