You might have experienced a situation in the past where Windows asked you to put the original Windows installation CD into a computer drive to continue. This could have been the result of a system file scan or because of an installation of an additional software package. The cause does not really matter here but [...]
Linux Games: Zsnes (Super Nintendo Emulator)
I have a confession to make. My favorite game of all time is Zombies Ate My Neighbors. It was a classic Super Nintendo game that had you playing either a young boy or girl who uses various toys (such as a squirt gun) to save their neighbors from getting destroyed by zombies! This game is [...]
Google Translator Toolkit
Google Translate is a web service offered by Google that allows users to get instant machine translations of texts that they paste in the web interface or of websites that they supply the link of. While the translations do not come near the quality of translations made by professionals they are usually enough to give [...]
Fix For Auto-Collapsing Bookmark Items In Firefox
I’m not sure when the problem started but it was after one of the last Firefox updates. I have placed several bookmark folders and bookmarks in the Firefox toolbar that contains the address bar and menu as well. This is actually the only toolbar that is displayed in my version of Firefox unless you count [...]
Working With Many Tabs In Opera
There was a time when I used Opera almost exclusively. This has changed with the rise of the Firefox web browser but I do know quite a few users who use Opera as their main web browser. Rarst likes Opera. That becomes apparent if you look at the comments that he leaves here at Ghacks. [...]
Webmasters: Search For Links Posted On Twitter
Webmasters should be interested in comments and links that get posted about their websites. One very popular platform to post links on is Twitter which recently got more into the focus of webmasters when Techcrunch reported that Twitter was already the third highest traffic source for the popular technology blog. I have since then talked [...]
Display Full Images That Are Posted As Links Or Thumbnails
Chance is you have already stumbled upon a few websites that are posting images as links or thumbnails. The only way to view the full images would be to click on the links to be taken to another page or website where the images are then displayed in their normal resolution. The majority of users [...]
Organize your writing with Writer’s Cafe
On top of being a technical writer I am also a writer of novels. Writing novels is a much different beast than writing tutorials, reviews, and documentation. Writing novels requires some serious organizational skills. You have to keep track of characters, storylines, plot devices, etc. Keeping those pieces in their proper place demands more brain [...]
404 Toons Adds Fun To 404 Error Pages
If you are a webmaster you will eventually stumble upon users in the access logs that tried to access pages on the website that do not exist. These visitors are presented with a 404 error page that can be customized by scripts but also simple html. It could for example point the visitors to the [...]