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Internet Trick To Try

Fri, 16 Nov 2007 21:39:10 GMT

clipped by: Q-tips

Go to google images. Search whatever you want. Then copy/paste this code in your internet address bar:

javascript:R=0; x1=.1; y1=.05; x2=.25; y2=.24; x3=1.6; y3=.24; x4=300; y4=200; x5=300; y5=200; DI= document.images; DIL=DI.length; function A(){for(i=0; i<DIL; i++){DIS=DI[ i ].style; DIS.position='absolute'; DIS.left=Math.sin(R*x1+i*x2+x3)*x4+x5; DIS.top=Math.cos(R*y1+i*y2+y3)*y4+y5}R++}setInterval('A()',5 ); void(0)

Hit enter. Crazy, huh?

Crazy Cool Internet Trick!

Tags: cool, trick

Firefox 3.0 RC1 Released, With A Sneaky Change

Tue, 20 May 2008 05:15:25 GMT

clipped by: merrie
clipper's remarks: It would seem that if you don’t want Firefox 3.0 to be your default browser then you will need to keep your eyes peeled during the install process or fire up your browser of choice and let it reset itself back as the default, as most are wont to do.

* Improvements to the user interface based on user feedback, including changes to the look and feel on Windows Vista, Windows XP, Mac OS X and Linux.
* Changes and fixes for new features such as the location bar autocomplete, bookmark backup and restore, full page zoom, and others, based on feedback from our community.
* Fixes and improvements to platform features to improve security, web compatibility and stability.
* Continued performance improvements: changes to our JavaScript engine as well as profile guided optimization continues to improve performance over previous releases as measured by the popular SunSpider test from Apple, and in the speed of web applications like Google Mail and Zoho Office.

Clip Source: blogs.zdnet.com

More Firefox 3.0 RC1 coverage: Firefox 3.0 RC 1 takes the lead on speed

Yesterday the browser entered an important phase of development with the unveiling of Release Candidate 1 (RC1).

Announcement here
Release notes here
Downloads here

Full installation gallery here

I’ve not had much time to use the browser yet and get to know it, but so far it seems fast, responsive and stable. Performance isn’t perceptibly different from Beta 5 and memory usage seems to be about the same.

OK, but what’s that sneaky change you were on about?

Well, previously when you carried out an install of Firefox, when you first run the browser you would be asked if you wanted to make the browser the default browser on the system. With RC1 of Firefox 3.0 this seems to have changed. You are now asked during the install process if you want to make Firefox the default browser on the system.

Tags: firefox 3.0, release candidate 1, default browser

Blogarithm

Mon, 19 May 2008 15:49:58 GMT

clipped by: Sheroug

Clip Source: www.blogarithm.com

Track All Your Online Content with Blogarithm!

Blogarithm lets you easily manage all the blogs (or any other pages you'd like!) that you track. Any time one or more of the blogs you read changes, you'll get BlogMailtm - a morning email listing all your blogs that have new content - including excerpts when available!

Have many blogs to track? Create an account, then subscribe to them all at once!

Get started in 2 easy steps:

Enter details above

(Then press "keep it fresh!")

Visit URL sent via email

(So we know it's really you)

That's all there is to it! Add more blogs the same way, click on "my account" at the top of every Blogarithm.com page, or subscribe from within every BlogMail you receive.

Tags: blogs, email, keeping track

Mouse-less Firefox: Nice Keyboard Shortcuts

Tue, 13 May 2008 02:52:13 GMT

clipped by: merrie
clipper's remarks: Navigation from the toolbar
The address bar shortcut should be as instinctual as breathing by now, but there's a few more shortcuts to that top bar that you should keep in mind
* Select location bar: Ctrl/Cmd+L or Alt+D
* Select search bar: Ctrl/Cmd+K
* Back: Backspace or Alt/Cmd+Left
* Forward: Alt/Option+Right or Shift+Backspace
* Change search engine: Ctrl/Cmd+Down (Next) +Up (Previous)

The last shortcut, used to change the search engine

A less-known feature, Caret browsing, inserts a cursor into the text of the page and is very useful for highlighting and copying text.

Clip Source: lifehacker.com

Check out the following Firefox keyboard shortcuts (some well-known, others not), and before long you'll forget all about the little rodent next to your keyboard.

Opening pages

Open link in new window: Shift+Enter

Open link in new tab: Ctrl/Cmd+Enter

Open address/search in new tab: Alt/Option+Enter

Grab bag

Caret browsing: F7

Refresh: Ctrl/Cmd+R or F5

Refresh (override cache): Ctrl/Cmd+F5 or Ctrl/Cmd+Shift+R

Switch tabs: Ctrl/Cmd+Tab

Select tab (1-9): Ctrl/Cmd+[1-9]

Compose email: Ctrl/Cmd+M

Spellcheck (with Spellbound extension): Ctrl+Shift+F7

Save Entry (with Scribe extension): Ctrl+S

And there's so much more!

Keyconfig allows you to define Firefox shortcuts to your hearts content.

Download Keyconfig

Tags: firefox, keyboard, shortcuts

How Interplanetary Internet Will Work

Sat, 10 May 2008 11:01:12 GMT

clipped by: merrie
clipper's remarks: Wiring the Solar System
Take a look at the the 1997 Mars Pathfinder rover mission and you will understand space explorers need an interplanetary Internet for deep space communications. Data from the Pathfinder trickled back at an average rate of about 300 bits per second during its mission. Most likely, your computer can transfer data at least 200 times faster than that. An Internet between Mars and Earth would likely yield a data transfer rate of 11,000 bits per second. That is still much slower than your computer's transfer rate, but it would be enough to send back more detailed images of the Mars surface. Mars Network researchers think that the transfer rate could eventually go to about 1 Megabyte (8,288,608 bits) per second and allow anyone to take a virtual trip to Mars.

Clip Source: computer.howstuffworks.com

The next phase of the Internet will take us to far reaches of our solar system, and lay the groundwork for a communications system for a manned missions to Mars and planets beyond.

If we ever want to find out more about other planets, we will need a better communication system for future space missions.

As you move farther out into space, however, there is a delay of minutes or hours because light has to travel millions of miles, instead of thousands of miles, between transmitter and receiver.

Line of sight obstruction -- Anything that blocks the space between the signal transmitter and receiver can interrupt communication.

Scientists, engineers and programmers are already working to develop an interplanetary Internet that will connect us to probes and human space travelers, and allow more information to be sent back to Earth.

Introduction to How an Interplanetary Internet Will Work

Wiring the Solar System

Astronomical Challenges

Tags: internet, interplanetary system, mars, manned missions