Hacks

Sorry Firefox, but I’m seeing Chrome now

As a developer, when I’m writing/debugging websites, I still love Firefox for it’s rich plugins like Firebug and the Web Developer toolbar, but when I’m browsing the web I’m head over heals in love with Chrome.  Google is set to push the limits of the web with their latest browser and will be a driving More >

Getting around Pandora’s 40-hour monthly limit

In the past 6 months or so Pandora has implemented listening restrictions on their free service.  It’s really quite simple to get around this limitation, you just need more than one Pandora account.  You might be thinking, well what about my radio stations??  Pandora allows you to share your stations with your friends, just share More >

Firefox 3 released today

Today’s the day all us developer types have been waiting for, Firefox 3 will be released and a world record for most downloads in a day will be set. If you’re a web app developer and you’re not using this browser, with at least Firebug, YSlow, and the Web Developer Toolbar, you might as More >

Browser Hack: Speeding up Firefox and IE

Digging around today, I ran into this hack to allow Firefox to open more connections and to wait less time before rendering a page. It’s been a common hack for IE over the years, but I wasn’t aware there was something similar available for Firefox, it’s a noticeable difference if your on broadband.
In firefox, More >

Windows Hack – Remote control your home computer from work

There’s always that time when you need desperately to get into your home computer from work, be it to get financial or tax information or just to kick off a download of that great movie your buddy just told you about. Most of us bound behind the corporate firewall can’t get to much of More >