OT: Technology and Geek Stuff Thread

[LWC]

Isn't there a product out there called "Slingblade" I've heard the name thrown around by puter affectionatos.

[King Cole]

Anybody tell me how to post a link where it say something besides the actual link.

it only hows "link" but it takes you to HTTP://www.23411566.com/wjshfwhfgagai

[DeanUK]

Isn't there a product out there called "Slingblade" I've heard the name thrown around by puter affectionatos.

There's something called a "slingbox", which is supposed to be pretty cool, a way of streaming your home Tv so you can pick it up abroad and, say, watch your satellite tv.

http://www.slingmedia.com/

[Drew]

Anybody tell me how to post a link where it say something besides the actual link.

it only hows "link" but it takes you to http://www.23411566.com/wjshfwhfgagai

hilight and copy the url. Go advanced. Write something in the post area like, Click Here. Highlight that, then select the icon with the world and infinity symbol. paste url in the appropriate location.

[romster]

Cool. I didn't know you could do that. Just the other day I was telling someone I didn't think we had html abilities here but apparently we do? I should pay more attention to the go advanced buttons.

[Drew]

I'm glad we have so many tech savvy posters here.

Btw Drew, Dean's antispyware link worked better than trendmicro's housecall for me.

Firefox eh, Dave? Perhaps I shall check it out.

Rommy, did you pay the $37.50 for the registration? NoAdware found crap on the livingroom computer, but then said I had to be registered to delete the files.

[romster]

I downloaded this one and it was free: http://www.softpedia.com/progDownloa...load-1865.html

Click on the softpedia secure download (US) link.

[romster]

So ULF, I downloaded Firefox just now and I had logged out of the forum prior. I click on the link and come back and am still logged in. I log out again, go to another site, and come back and I'm logged in. Not off to a great start. But I haven't read much about the features. Maybe there's more to know than just logging out? Can't imagine what though.

[Drew]

I downloaded this one and it was free: http://www.softpedia.com/progDownloa...load-1865.html

Click on the softpedia secure download (US) link.

copy, I'll see if I can find that one later. I'm scanning the lr puter right now with the one Grip recommended.

[LWC]

There's something called a "slingbox", which is supposed to be pretty cool, a way of streaming your home Tv so you can pick it up abroad and, say, watch your satellite tv.

http://www.slingmedia.com/

Thanks Dean. My American cohorts apparently only talk to each other and ignore newbies.

[SeattleLionsFan]

slingblade was a movie starring Billy Bob Thornton. Slingbox is something completely different.

[-Deborah-]

Where's a newbie?

[unknown lions fan]

So ULF, I downloaded Firefox just now and I had logged out of the forum prior. I click on the link and come back and am still logged in. I log out again, go to another site, and come back and I'm logged in. Not off to a great start. But I haven't read much about the features. Maybe there's more to know than just logging out? Can't imagine what though.

If I'm reading correctly, you'd rather have to log in to the forum each time you visit? Mine always remembers me when I come back, and that's the way I prefer it. Maybe Deb can help with the forum details...

Firefox will stop all these browser hijacking problems you have. I used to be really into using Hijack This to figure out what the hell happened with my IE, it seemed like I was using it weekly. But it was a pain in the ass, and once I switched to Firefox (4 years ago) I've never had a problem.

Plus, check out the Firefox add-ons - there are a ton of very cool customizations you can add to enhance your browsing.

[LWC]

Where's a newbie?

Check under your bed.

[unknown lions fan]

Speaking of Firefox add-ons, it's a good topic to share your favorites. Here's my list:

Colorzilla: Simple little tool that allows you to point anywhere on a web page and get its color code. Nice for site building, using in paint programs, etc.

Dictionary Search: Highlight any word in something you're reading, right click, and select dictionary look-up. A tab will pop up with the page from an online dictionary.

Download Statusbar - nice tool for managing your downloads and tweaking how they perform - puts them at the bottom toolbar on your browser with all kinds of good info.

Download Helper - nice tool for saving .flv videos, such as Youtube.

Firebug - nice web development tool, although I don't understand it too well. It has helped me in finding CSS elements and such.

FireFTP - essential FTP tool, works right in your browser to FTP files back and forth from your server.

IE View Lite - adds an "view this page in IE" to your right-click menu, for certain pages that were written to be viewed in IE that may not display correctly in Firefox. (don't need to use too often these days, but still a nice add-on.)

Minimap - highlight any address, right click, and get a new tab with the address on a Google map.

PDF Download - get more control over opening PDFs. I hated when they opened in my browser with Adobe (hogware.) I went to Foxit PDF reader and combined with PDF download, can choose whether to open in browser, open in Foxit, or download the file.

Read it Later - nice little tool for checking things to read later instead of bookmarking them.

Tab Mix Plus - get more control over how your tabs work, as well as your mouse clicks. A better session manager is included.

Web Developer - another powerful web development tool that I don't know enough about to use effectively...