Full-Browser YouTube Trick (+Bonus Trick)

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Full-Browser YouTube Trick (+Bonus Trick)

September 25, 2012 /
div[style="clear: both;"] { clear: none !important; } Here’s a quick tip for the week: ever wanted to watch a Youtube video while checking up on email, Facebook, Google+, or something else? Well, the obvious solution is to just make a second window with Youtube occupying half of the screen…but when you want the video, why should you settle with comments and ratings and such that you’re not reading taking up some of this space as well? And what of the video itself? Is it too small on the small setting ...

Full-Browser YouTube Trick (+Bonus Trick)

Has the Apple Lost its Crisp?

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Has the Apple Lost its Crisp?

September 15, 2012 /
Why am I writing an Apple post, you ask? Well ok, you probably don’t ask. It’s no big secret that earlier this week Apple held an event to announce the iPhone 5 and new lineup of iPods. Actually, a lack of secrecy really themed everything about the latest in Apple’s most popular products, arguably the most popular products in all of recent technology. Leak after leak after leak revealed information about the new iPhone; everything from its taller form factor to duo-tone backing to tiny 9-pin dock ...

Has the Apple Lost its Crisp?

How to use ANY set of Headphones with Consoles

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How to use ANY set of Headphones with Consoles

September 04, 2012 /
Even after six years on the market, it is still notoriously difficult to get game audio into a set of headphones from Sony’s Playstation 3. Despite having built-in Bluetooth connectivity, Sony has continually disallowed the use of normal wireless headsets with the console except for live chatting. While you are free to cough up $80 to purchase the official Playstation 3 headset, most of us would be happier to just plug in a normal pair of headphones and forego the steep cost of official gear. Today, ...

How to use ANY set of Headphones with Consoles

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Computer Geeks: an Endangered Species?

August 31, 2012 /
There was once a time when if you really wanted to work with computers, you had to build your own hardware. You had to work programming languages in to existing hardware yourself. In either case, you knew your hardware and software alike quite well and were completely comfortable and capable messing around with both. Even as the decades wore on and software became more complex as hardware became simpler, anyone worth their geek salt was expected to have a decent working knowledge of current releases in ...

Computer Geeks: an Endangered Species?

Tabbed Browsing in Windows Explorer? I’ll take three!

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Tabbed Browsing in Windows Explorer? I’ll take three!

August 29, 2012 /
If there’s one feature I’ve ever wanted to see come to Windows, it’s tabbed browsing in Windows explorer. While some may not see the big difference between switching windows and switching tabs (I suppose that would include Microsoft, considering they’ve yet to include such a function even in the soon-to-be-released Windows 8) anyone who has gotten used to tabbed browsing on the web or on Linux-based OS’s will be able to appreciate having the same abilities while browsing files. Thankfully, out of ...

Tabbed Browsing in Windows Explorer? I’ll take three!

Why I Bought a PS3 (and not a 360)

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Why I Bought a PS3 (and not a 360)

August 08, 2012 /
We are now half way through the longest gaming console generation ever to exist, with Microsoft’s Xbox 360 being in its seventh year, and Sony’s Playstation 3 in its sixth. Though rumors are ramping up about new consoles being released as soon as next year, both companies have made strong indication to the contrary, repeatedly citing their original intent to make this generation last a full ten years. Despite Nintendo releasing the WiiU later this year, Sony and Microsoft see this as the big N playing ...

Why I Bought a PS3 (and not a 360)