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Ubuntu and firefox tweaks for faster web browsing
3 Comments Published August 29th, 2008 in Geekery Share it del.icio.us |Digg it |Furl |Netscape |reddit |StumbleUpon | ScoopitHere´s a trick to make web browsing on Ubuntu a faster and more satisfying experience.
Howto: Tweak and maximize your bandwidth in Ubuntu/Linux via sysctl!
Here I will unleash a few hidden settings that should improve your internet speed, and work with all current linux operating systems including Ubuntu:
1. Open a Terminal via Applications->Accessories->Terminal
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Twitter to the rescue
0 Comments Published May 2nd, 2008 in Geekery Share it del.icio.us |Digg it |Furl |Netscape |reddit |StumbleUpon | ScoopitLast weekend CNN lead with a big story about James Buck, a graduate student in journalism from the University of California-Berkeley who was arrested last month in Mahalla, Egypt while covering an anti-government protest. Thinking quickly, James was able to send a one-word Twitter update: “Arrested.” His followers in Egypt and back in the US […]
Google reveals 5 Initiatives to Save the World
0 Comments Published January 24th, 2008 in Geekery Share it del.icio.us |Digg it |Furl |Netscape |reddit |StumbleUpon | ScoopitSearch Engine Marketing Blog by ineedhits: Google.org Reveals 5 Initiatives to Save the World
Google.org, Google’s philanthropic arm, has announced five core initiatives that it plans to focus on over the next five to ten years.
Google.org will “collaborate with experienced partners working in each of these fields, investing its resources and tapping the strengths of Google’s […]
Blog Action Day
2 Comments Published September 22nd, 2007 in Geekery, Activism Share it del.icio.us |Digg it |Furl |Netscape |reddit |StumbleUpon | ScoopitOn October 15th, bloggers around the web will unite to put a single important issue on everyone’s mind - the environment. Every blogger will post about the environment in their own way and relating to their own topic. The aim is to get everyone talking towards a better future.
Blog Action Day is about MASS participation. […]
Content aware image resizing
0 Comments Published September 19th, 2007 in Geekery, Cool stuff Share it del.icio.us |Digg it |Furl |Netscape |reddit |StumbleUpon | ScoopitThis is incredible. Bring on Photoshop CS3!
YouTube - Image resize video
hacking myspace just got a little harder.
1 Comment Published September 10th, 2007 in Geekery Share it del.icio.us |Digg it |Furl |Netscape |reddit |StumbleUpon | ScoopitWell i wasn’t really hacking into myspace but the little springbox widget that I found enabled me to display external rss feeds in a myspace page has stopped working (thanks Psy_gen). Appears Tom has been tightening things up.
I’m not going to give up though … we where getting a lot of clicks through from people […]
Blackle doesn’t work
4 Comments Published August 13th, 2007 in Geekery Share it del.icio.us |Digg it |Furl |Netscape |reddit |StumbleUpon | ScoopitWell I wouldn’t say that this is the definitive word but it does seem that the black screen power savings theory is not valid read more
It’s a nice theory … millions of computers using slightly less power due to a simple css change in a major search engine but the advent of LCD monitors means […]
Data Junkie: The world map of social networks
1 Comment Published July 12th, 2007 in Geekery Share it del.icio.us |Digg it |Furl |Netscape |reddit |StumbleUpon | ScoopitEver wondered where in the world all the people who use myspace or bebo are? Here’s the brakdown according to Alexa
Orkut leads in the Indian subcontinent, as well as Brazil;
Facebook is stronger, internationally, than Myspace, with surprising strongholds in the Middle East;
hi5.com is the most international of all the social networks, leading in Peru, Colombia, […]
A very web2.0 health connection
0 Comments Published June 20th, 2007 in Geekery Share it del.icio.us |Digg it |Furl |Netscape |reddit |StumbleUpon | ScoopitHere’s an interesting homegrown site embracing the collaborative web2.0 approach - The Health Connection www.healthconnection.co.nz is a niche directory aimed at the health sector and at first glance it’s just another directory but if you look closer there are some neat features.
It’s hard to define just what web2.0 actually is but I think it’s about […]
Apple release Safari web browser for Windows XP
3 Comments Published June 12th, 2007 in Geekery, Cool stuff Share it del.icio.us |Digg it |Furl |Netscape |reddit |StumbleUpon | Scoopit The browser war is netering a new phase. Steve Jobs over at Apple has announced a new Safari browser that will compete with IE, Firefox and Opera on Windows.
Apple claims their browser is up to twice as fast as the competition, and the public beta of Safari 3 is being released today as […]
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