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Friday Fun: Boombot

Mysticgeek — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:00:00 +0000

Another week slaving for “the man” and you now get your two days of freedom. Not necessarily only two days, because as you have noticed here, we support wasting any time working at the office on Friday playing a fun flash game.

BoomBot

Boombot is a simple game of using explosives to get your robot to the next level.

The game starts out simply, but there are more than 50 levels to play.

Use the size of your bombs to get the bot over different obstacles.

It starts out easy and progresses to harder challenges. You have to use larger bombs for the harder challengers. You will also have to use some of your explosives to destroy obstacles.

With over 50 levels you will have plenty of time to waste at work!

Play Boombot at the How To Geek Arcade

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Windows SteadyState Returns Your PC to Normal

Mysticgeek — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:00:00 +0000

If you have a shared access computer, it can be aggravating when other users make a bunch of changes to the settings. Today we take a look at SteadyState for Windows Vista and XP which lets you return the computer to the original state after a user session.

Windows SteadyState

Not only does SteadyState return the PC back to its original state, but you can set it up to restrict what the user can access. You can lock down virtually every aspect of the computer from programs to websites and more. Of course you’ll need to be the administrator, and the first thing to do is install current drivers and Windows Updates. Then install programs and configure settings you want to how you want the machine to be every time it’s restored. Once everything is set up and you create different user account, you can let the public have at it. Any changes they make to the configuration will be undone just by restarting the machine. Here we take a look at SteadyState running on a Windows XP machine.

When you install SteadyState you’ll need to validate your copy of windows with Genuine Advantage. If you don’t have the WGA tool already on your machine you will be prompted to download and install it.

Add and Restrict a New User

When SteadyState starts you’ll get an overview of User Settings and Global Computer Settings. Now the fun part begins, you can make access as strict of lenient as you want.

In the first part of the SteadyState wizard, add the username, password, and picture. Notice you can create the user on the system drive or an alternate partition or drive.

In the next step you’ll start with General settings and adjust the time the user can spend on the system. Make sure to lock the profile so they can’t make permanent changes themselves.

In Windows Restrictions you can restrict them from several aspects of the OS. You can set the restrictions from High, Medium, Low, none or customize them according to your needs. You can hide certain drives from the user as well, so they can’t mess around with any data on them.

In Feature Restrictions you can lock down Internet access through IE and program menus and settings. The cool feature here is you can set the user home page and also create a Whitelist of sites they will have access to.

In the Block Programs section you determine which programs a user can access.

Windows Disk Protection helps protect system settings and data on the drive where the OS is installed. It is turned off by default and to turn it on click Protect the Hard disk.

In the next screen you can turn it on and to complete the process a restart is required.

After the restart you can choose a level of protection for the disk from always removing changes, retaining them temporarily, or allowing all changes.

You can change the cache file size if you need to free up disk space. The minimum amount of space you can use is 2GB.

Schedule Windows Updates and other program updates. You can also use your own script to schedule a time.

Getting this to work in Windows 7 is rather tricky. I installed it using compatibility mode on Windows 7 32-bit, however not everything worked. Right now I see no official support for it. They were going to include a similar feature but it was scrapped. If you still have a public XP or Vista machine however, it is still a great choice.

Conclusion

This is a great program for a public computer at a coffee shop, at a school, a library or just from keeping your young ones messing things up. It officially works with XP and Vista…Maybe some of you have gotten it to work on Windows 7? Leave a comment and let us know.

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Minimize Firefox to the System Tray the Easy Way

Asian Angel — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:00:00 +0000

Does the idea of being able to minimize Firefox to the System Tray instead of the Taskbar sound appealing? If so, then see just how easy it is to set up with the MinimizeToTray Revived extension.

Note: The MinimizeToTray Revived extension works with Firefox (3.0 – 3.5.*), Thunderbird (3.0.*), Flock (2.0), and Songbird (0.7 – 1.2.*).

Methods of Minimizing

Once you have the extension installed you have three ways to minimize Firefox to the “System Tray”. The first is using the “File Menu” and selecting the “Minimize to tray” command. The second is by using the “F9 Key”.

Prefer to use a button instead? Just access the “Customize Toolbar Window” and place the toolbar button in the location that best suits your personal preferences.

One click goodness for minimizing Firefox to the “System Tray”.

The System Tray

Once Firefox has been minimized, this is what the “Right Click Menu” looks like for the “System Tray Icon”.

Options

Determine “Minimize To Tray Behavior & Click Behavior” in the “Main Preferences Area”.

Choose which Firefox windows are minimized to the “System Tray” in the “Firefox Preferences Area”.

Conclusion

If you love keeping your Taskbar clear of programs in favor of the System Tray, then the MinimizeToTray Revived extension will be a welcome addition to your Firefox Browser or Mozilla-based app.

Links

Download the MinimizeToTray Revived extension (Mozilla Add-ons)

Download the MinimizeToTray Revived extension (Extension Homepage)

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Stupid Geek Tricks: Find the Secret Messages in Web Site Headers

The Geek — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:00:00 +0000

Today’s stupid geek trick takes us to the unseen technical world beneath the surface of your favorite websites, and shows us how real geeks hide secret messages in the HTTP protocol headers. We’re talking Serious geek cred here.

What Are You Talking About?

The thing you probably don’t realize is that behind the scenes, your web browser sends a request to the web server using the HTTP protocol, which is nothing more than a pre-defined set of commands in text format so the browser and web server can communicate.

…but that’s really boring. Which is why the geeks that run various web sites decided to hide messages in those headers just to see if anybody would notice. And some of them are rather fun.

How to See the Hidden Headers

There’s a number of ways to access these headers, the easiest for real geeks is to pop open the command prompt and use the curl utility, available on Linux, Mac OS X, or even Windows—if you don’t mind downloading an additional utility.

The other way to view them is with the Live HTTP Headers add-on for Firefox.

If you are using the curl method, you can simply type in the following command (that’s a dash and capital i, not an L)

curl –I sitename.com

For instance, if you type in curl –I slashdot.org, you’ll see that they embed random quotes from Futurama into the headers:

The blogging platform WordPress uses the header for a useful purpose—they recommend contacting them about a job if you’ve been able to locate the headers:

curl –I wordpress.com

My buddy Ross over at SimpleHelp.net expresses his music taste in his header… by now I’m sure you can figure out the command.

Over at the Online Tech Tips site, they’ve got a very important tip for you:

The CybernetNews blog tells us that you should tape your thumbs to your hands. I mean, everyone is doing it!

Mattias Geniar wants everybody to know who rocks. Turns out, it’s him!

The Tux Games site is using subliminal advertising. BUY MORE GAMES!

Add a Hidden Message To Your Own Web Site

For those of you rocking a blog running on an Apache web server, and using a .htaccess file, you can actually add your own secret hidden message to your own HTTP headers.

Just open up your .htaccess file, and add the following line (near the beginning for best effect).

Header set X-Nerd “Something Here”

You can change whatever is after the X- to anything you want, like X-Yay or X-SecretStuff, and you can also put whatever message you want between the quotes—though I would keep it nice and short.

Added Bonus: Pull a Random Futurama Quote from Slashdot

So now we’ve figured out how to see the quotes—with a little more command-line magic you can make a script that pulls a random quote from the Slashdot servers. Yes, this script is pretty useless, but it’s fun!

curl -sI slashdot.org | grep -E “X-(B|L|F)”

There’s lots of other sites with hidden messages in the headers…

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Reduce Your Bookmarks Toolbar to a Toolbar Button

Asian Angel — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:00:53 +0000

So you have reduced your UI in Firefox to regain more screen real-estate but have a lot of bookmarks in your Bookmarks Toolbar that you use every day. Learn how to reduce that toolbar to an extremely convenient toolbar button using the Bookmarks Menu extension.

Before

Here is our example browser with a somewhat minimalized UI…not too bad but it could certainly be reduced further. Before you install the extension you should go ahead and hide your “Bookmarks Toolbar”.

After

As soon as you have installed the extension and restarted Firefox you will see the following message window. Click “OK” to get that wonderful button added to your “Navigation Toolbar”.

Now that is definitely looking better…all of that bookmark goodness in one little button!

Options

The options for the extension are easy to sort through…decide how you would like to handle searches, middle clicking on bookmarks, and the “Open All in tabs” option.

Conclusion

If you have been looking for a way to further reduce your UI in Firefox and yet retain easy access to all your bookmarks in the Bookmarks Toolbar, then the Bookmarks Menu extension will be a perfect fit for you.

Links

Download the Bookmarks Menu extension (Mozilla Add-ons)

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PCmover Professional [Review]

Mysticgeek — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0000

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Access and Launch Windows Utilities the Easy Way

Asian Angel — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:00:12 +0000

Tired of having to dig through the Control Panel (or deeper parts of the Start Menu) just to access and use various Windows Utilities? Enjoy having super quick (and easy) access to those utilities with Windows Utilities Launcher.

Note: Requires .NET Framework 3.5+ (link provided at bottom of article).

Setup

Windows Utilities Launcher is wonderfully simple to set up…just unzip the exe file, place it in a “Program Files” folder, and create a shortcut. Get ready for instant access goodness!

This is what you will see as soon as you start Windows Utilities Launcher… In the “Utilities Tab Area” you can quickly access the utilities shown with a single click of the button beneath each listing. Notice that you can easily minimize Windows Utilities Launcher to the “System Tray” or exit the program using the two buttons in the lower right corner. Windows Utilities Launcher will also display the version of Windows that you are using in the “Status Bar”.

Note: Windows (Computer) Info works on Vista & 7 only.

The “Settings Tab Area” lets you decide if you would like to have Windows Utilities Launcher start up with Windows each time and if you would like to have the app start as minimized.

The “About Tab Area” provides basic app information and also a way to contact the developer.

The Right Click Menus

Time for a closer look at the “Right Click Menu” setup for Windows Utilities Launcher. Here you can see the main menu… Notice that there are two additional apps that you can access here (Notepad & Calculator).

Use the “Windows Utilities” sub-menu as an alternate way to quickly access individual Windows Utilities.

Windows Utilities Launcher in Action

For our example we decided to access the “Date and Time Utility”. With a single click the “Date and Time” window opened very quickly. We had the same great result on any of the other utilities that we chose…quick and easy access.

Conclusion

Windows Utilities Launcher is still in the earlier stages of development, but this little app is already demonstrating how easy it should and can be to access common Windows Utilities. This is definitely worth trying out…have fun!

Links

Download Windows Utilities Launcher (version 1.1)

Download the .NET Framework (version 3.5 SP1)

Works On: Windows XP – 7

Installed On: Windows Vista (32 bit), Service Pack 2

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Conserve Your Printing Supplies with PrintWhatYouLike

Asian Angel — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:00:19 +0000

Tired of wasting lots of paper and printer ink just to get useful articles printed out? Learn how you can quickly & easily clean up those webpages in Firefox or your favorite browser.

Note: There is a bookmarklet available that you can add to your favorite non-Firefox browser.

Before

Here is the “Print Preview” for a weathernewengland.com story. There is a lot of additional “junk” at the top that you just do not need with a printed version.

The bottom of the “Print Preview” is even worse. Approximately two of the five pages for this article would be a total waste of your paper and ink. But this is a problem that is very easy to fix.

Setup

Once you have installed the extension the only thing that you will need to do is add the “Toolbar Button” to a convenient location in your browser’s UI. There are no options for you to worry with…

PrintWhatYouLike in Action

To get started simply press the “PrintWhatYouLike Button” for the webpage that you are wanting to print out.

A “Sidebar” will open with various commands that allow you to tweak the webpage to best suit your printing needs. Here you can see the areas being selected for removal are outlined in red. Click within the red border to select that area and hit delete.

Note: The selected area will have a “yellow tint” as confirmation for deletion.

Notice how much cleaner the article looks already with the removal of individually selected sections. It is also easy to remove certain areas of the article if you are wanting to exclusively focus on certain content or a specific area.

This is the result when we tried the “Auto Format – Do It For Me!” option. It did an extremely good job of cleaning everything up with only a single click. Notice that all of the text (i.e. article title, author name) even has the same color as opposed to the screenshot shown above.

Use the PrintWhatYouLike Website Directly

If you prefer to use a different browser (or want to avoid an additional extension in Firefox), you can visit the website directly to enter the webpage address. While you are there you can also add a bookmarklet to your browser.

Conclusion

If you are looking for a quick and easy way to clean webpages up for printing, then the PrintWhatYouLike extension, bookmarklet, and website are going to be your printer’s best friends.

Links

Download the PrintWhatYouLike Button extension (Mozilla Add-ons)

Visit the PrintWhatYouLike website

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Access Your Bookmarks in the Context Menu with Context Bookmarks

Asian Angel — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 07:00:56 +0000

Looking for an easy way to access your bookmarks from anywhere in your browser window instead of always having to go to the Menu Bar? Now you can with Context Bookmarks!

Options & Usage

Once you have the extension installed, everything is ready to go. There are two options that you can choose to deselect if you desire.

Right Click to access your Context Menu and there at the bottom you will see the Bookmarks entry. Quick and easy access to all of your bookmarks right there in the browser window without having to go back to the top of your browser to access them (nice!).

Note: This extension will not access any bookmarks that you may have in the Bookmarks Toolbar.

Conclusion

If you prefer being able to access your bookmarks from wherever you happen to have your mouse instead of going back to the top of your browser, then this is one add-on that you should take a look at.

Links

Download the Context Bookmarks extension (Mozilla Add-ons)

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Add Sticky Note Goodness to Your Desktop with Stickies

Asian Angel — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:00:00 +0000

Are you looking for a customizable sticky notes program for your desktop that can be fixed to blend with your theme? See how Stickies makes a nice addition to any Windows system.

Installation

The install process for Stickies does not run quite like other programs. As you can see with the first install window you are immediately placed into the major part of the decisions. Make the selections and/or changes that best suit your preferences.

Just before the installation process begins you will be presented with the following message concerning backups. Click “Yes” to proceed with the installation.

Here is the final install window. You are shown the exact actions that were performed during the install and also have an example note with some helpful information.

Stickies in Action

To get started simply “Right Click” on the “System Tray Icon” and select the action that you would like to perform.

Here are some Stickies Notes posted on our Vista Desktop. You can easily add things such as text, bullets/numbering, pictures (drag and drop), and highlighting.

You can go a step further and add titles to your notes, use an image as a background (drag and drop), and add text on top of the image.

These are the “Right Click Menus” for your Stickies. The first is for the text-based notes and the second is for the image background notes.

Use the following window to manage your Stickies collection.

Options

Stickies has a nice amount of options to help you customize the program just the way that you want it. Choose how you want your Stickies Notes to act and select specific layout/design details for new notes in the “General Tab Area”.

Set up how your Stickies Notes will look in the “Appearance Tab Area”. You can do a really nice job of matching how notes look to blend well with your desktop theme.

Set up networking if desired in the “Network Tab Area”…

Enable the e-mail function for notes in the “Email Tab Area”.

Tie your PDA into Stickies in the “PDA Tab Area”.

Set up the alerts (if desired) that best suit your preferences in the “Alerts Tab Area”.

Want to use hotkeys with Stickies? See what the defaults are for Stickies or set up your own personalized set in the “Hotkeys Tab Area’”.

Choose the search engine lineup, level of logging, and other features that you want active in the “Advanced Tab Area”.

Conclusion

If you have been looking for a good sticky notes program for your desktop, then Stickies is definitely a recommended addition for your Windows system.

Links

Download Stickies (version 7.0-b)

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