Some High-Tech Tips

Este tutorial explica como formatar imagens nos posts escritos com o Windows Live Writer. Nível de dificuldade: baixo   Comecei por detestar a abordagem da suite Live, especialmente do Live Messager, que tornava publica informação minha sem meu consentimento (sim, pode-se ir à configuração e mudar mas o default é abusivo). Mas o Live Writer é uma killer app e já escrevi alguns posts sobre a forma de o usar. Já abordei a forma...

This tutorial shows how to add the "Share This" buttons to your blogger blog. At the end, you will have something like this: tip level: intermediate 1. First of all, backup your template. See how: Template actions: download, backup, edit and restore. If anything goes wrong, this is your chance to go back.   2. Now, setup an AddThis account: Go to http://www.addthis.com Choose the sharing style: Personally,...

Firefox has functionality I just love: the search as you type functionality. It's not ON by default and to make FireFox exhibit this behaviour, check the Tools -> Options -> Advanced -> General -> "Search for text when I start typing" checkbox. When active, to find something in a page, one just start typing the text to be found. It's not necessary to press CTRL+F or F3. To find the next match, just press CTRL+G or F3. Why...

So you are about to buy a new computer and suddenly you discover that the number of choices are endless. Distant is the time when choosing a computer was basically choosing among 3 or 4 microprocessors, a graphics card, the amount of RAM and a large hard disk. Even if these items are not so difficult to choose even now a days, you will probably get stuck when it comes to the heart of the computer, the microprocessor. Models and models,...

Facebook Fan Pages vs. Networked Blogs Love it or hate it, Facebook is here to stay. Despite challenges around user privacy and an ever-changing interface, Facebook is rapidly becoming THE gateway to content for many users. As a blogger, Facebook can be a great tool to promote and share your content to potential readers. But the real question is…what’s the best way to do that? (…)...

This tutorial describes how to perform a backup of your template, how to edit your template and how to restore your template. tip level: beginner   Some times people find problems editing their template and then I figure out that the root for the problem is because they didn't select the "Expand Widget Templates" check box. So, if you are using the code directly from this check box, be sure to select it:     However,...

While searching for a solution that would let me add the "Like" button plus the ability to leave a comment on the "Liked" item (see picture on the left), I finally found the solution that I share bellow. Just follow exactly the next instructions and that's it....

Bellow are 3 ranks of popular programming languages. It's build with the "Language Popularity Index" tool, which is "a fully automatic, transparent, open-source and free tool to measure the popularity of programming languages on the Internet". Surprise, surprise, the C programming language is again on the top (see the post "C programming language back at number 1 position!"). And Ada shows up on the 10th position for general-purpose...

Something interesting to be read: State of the Internet Operating System - Part 1, Part 2. By Tim O'Reilly....

This post contains some guidelines to improve the security level of your Blogger blog and some tips to recover control Two reasons may have driven you to this page: you are in trouble and I hope you can find some help here; you came by chance and you had better check the following tips. Believe me, security problems are real even if they haven't yet hit you. Here are some tips and guidelines you should follow.  ...

Facebook just lunched the "Like" button to be used in any page. To have it in your Blogger blog, do the following steps: First, do a backup of your blogger template (see it here: Template actions: download, backup, edit and restore) . Then edit your template and find the following text in the XML code: <data:post.body/> Tip: if you can't find it, try to search data:post.body until there is something...

  The iPad has captured many hearts and minds, but a fleet of rival tablets led by a separatist Android army is about to attack, armed with HD Flash video, multitouch screens, front-facing cameras, multitasking...even Windows 7. Let's take a look....

  Há uns tempos que esta mensagem de erro me chateava de cada vez que arrancava o computador. Finalmente dei-me ao trabalho de procurar uma solução: How to change your drive letter assignments in Windows XP or Vista to fix the "Windows - no disk" etc error message, and how to uninstall your floppy drive...

C programming language back at number 1 position! After more than 4 years C is back at position number 1 in the TIOBE index. The scores for C have been pretty constant through the years, varying between the 15% and 20% market share for almost 10 years. So the main reason for C's number 1 position is not C's uprise, but the decline of its competitor Java. Java has a long-term downward trend. It is losing ground to other languages running...

Por Carlos Martins: Podem até utilizar o iPad como monitor secundário multitouch, utilizando uma App (ainda um pouco "verde" mas que demonstra as possibilidades que um iPad poderá ter - e considerando o custo de uma mesa digitalizadora com ecrã, abre boas perspectivas para o tipo de uso que se lhe poderá dar.) Um argumento que (quase) me convence pelo brinquedo. Para ficar mesmo contente, era esta funcionalidade não ter os actuais...

Cinco textos de Carlos Martins sobre a montagem de um computador, peça a peça. Muito bom. [O meu PC - Making of] Parte 1 - A montagem inicial Parte 2 - A lista de componentes (e preços) e consumos eléctricos Parte 3 - Alterações não-planeadas Parte 4 - Montagem final Parte 5 - O "Antes e Depois"...

  Todos conhecem os serviços que tornam os URL mais curtos. Especialmente os utilizadores do Twitter. Escolha no entanto o serviço com ponderação. O goo.gl (da Google) é o melhor nos dois critérios apresentados. Mas não está disponível como um serviço autónomo. Em contrapartida, pode ser acedido através de: uma extensão para o Chrome: https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/iblijlcdoidgdpfknkckljiocdbnlagk ...

O Conan O'Brien, agora em férias forçadas, decidiu criar finalmente a sua conta no Twitter e decidiu também mudar a vida de uma follower. Inicialmente, o Conan não seguia absolutamente ninguém, mas na semana passada decidiu seguir apenas uma única pessoa e isso mudaria a sua vida. E foi o que aconteceu a Sarah Killen, que já conta com 19.900 followers. continue a ler...

To create the mapping tool, Google developed an algorithm that uses several inputs — including designated bike lanes or trails, topography and traffic signals — to determine the best route for riding. The map sends you around, not over, hills. But if you really want to tackle that Category 1 climb, you can click and drag the suggested route anywhere you like, just like you can with pedestrian or driving routes. Users can suggest changes...

Encontram-se com facilidade temas gratuitos para o Wordpress. Mas como alguém disse, não há almoços grátis e algo terá que ser sempre pago, nem que seja apenas um link para o site do criador do tema. Acontece que por vezes algumas surpresas vêm escondidas no tema e é preciso estar a alerta: Temas do Wordpress – Copyright a troco de segurança «(…) alguns destes websites incluem “surpresas” nos temas. E por surpresas, digo código...

This post presents three summaries on how to choose between three content managers systems. These summaries provide you a quick overview but for deeper insight follow the links to the original articles. The links for these CMS are http://www.joomla.org http://drupal.org http://wordpress.org Enjoy and give your feedback. 1. From compassdesigns.net:   2. From goodwebpractices.com: Wordpress Pros Simple to use...

Here's some stats about the browsers share (among web dev people).  Specifically, this data is collected from the visitors of the site W3Schools. So have this in consideration: W3Schools is a website for people with an interest for web technologies. These people are more interested in using alternative browsers than the average user. The average user tends to use Internet Explorer, since it comes preinstalled with Windows. Most do...