Archive for September, 2011
I wrote about using the Firefox (Chrome works too) add-on Greasemonkey and the super script BetterFacebook and I have been getting loads of requests for people asking me to go into a little more detail of how to use it. You should read that first here. I am amazed at how well I was able [...]
September 25th, 2011 | Posted in browser, Chrome, Facebook, productivity, tech tips | No Comments
Let’s try and fix some of the ‘new’ Facebook enhancements. As some of you know I recommended that to get Facebook back to normal. You could Go Account Settings -> Language -> English (UK). And it seemed to work. But Facebook is pushing the crap out globally, so that may only work for a short [...]
September 23rd, 2011 | Posted in browser, Chrome, Facebook, firefox, productivity, tech tips | No Comments
I have been happy with my high-speed internet from my service provider – Comcast for my internet. I pay for and get very high speeds up and down and get a lot of bandwidth. I am not however, happy with being butt raped for the cost of my TV services. Recently, after three years my [...]
September 19th, 2011 | Posted in Amazon Prime, Cable TV, Hulu, Money Savings, Netflix, Roku, tech tips | No Comments
1st. USE GMAIL. Then enable ‘SmartLabels’ in Gmail’s labs portion of the ‘Settings’. This alone will cut bulk and spam to next to zero! You can set up Gmail to retrieve just about any other type of email account you have. Read about that here. If you don’t want to use Gmail the next part [...]
September 6th, 2011 | Posted in gmail, spam, tech tips | No Comments
Facebook has changed its News Feed, so that by default, you can only see updates from people you’ve "recently interacted with." If you don’t change this and aren’t that active, then only a few of your friends will actually see your posts and vice versa. YOU ACTUALLY HAVE TO CHANGE IT AT THE BOTTOM OF [...]
September 5th, 2011 | Posted in Facebook, Privacy, Security, tech tips | No Comments