Firefox is the most powerful, fastest growing browser on the internet. It owes much of its success to both Internet Explorer’s gross failures as well as the strength of its open source community. Firefox extensions are small-ons that can add an amazing wealth of features to the already feature-rich Firefox browser. [...]
Great Firefox Extensions and Add-ons
By Franklin Davis on Aug 30, 2007 within Lists, Tips | Comments
How to Customize System Icons in Mac OS X [Mac Tip]
By Riley Porter on Aug 29, 2007 within Apple, Tips | Comments
After a while those standard Mac OS X icons can get boring. There are a few programs out there that allow you to change your icons such as CandyBar, ShapeShifter, and LiteIcon. CandyBar and ShapeShifter may be out of your price range costing about $13 and $20, respectively. Today I will show you how to [...]
The Net’s Affinity for Ron Paul Explained! [Opinion]
By Sam Davis on Aug 29, 2007 within Coffee Break, Featured | Comments
The opinions expressed here are mine and do not necessarily reflect the views of Zaphu.com and its affiliates. -Sam Davis. He is a 10th term congressman from Texas, an obstetrician who has delivered thousands of babies, and a candidate for president of the United States. And although he is running as a Republican, Ronald Ernest [...]
Online Shopping Guide - Safety and Security Tips
By Franklin Davis on Aug 26, 2007 within Featured, Guides, Tips | Comments
Buying online is often the best way to not only find what you are looking for but also to find the best price. Online shopping has its risks including credit card fraud, stolen identities, and other unpleasant troubles. Shopping online safely involves being knowledgeable about threats, trusting only known retailers, protecting your privacy, [...]
How to Configure Wake on LAN (WOL) and Broadcast Magic Packets
By Sam Davis on Aug 24, 2007 within Guides, Tips | Comments
Most modern motherboards have a feature that I have been aware of for some time but have not tried until recently. It is called wake-on-LAN (WOL) and gives you the ability to wake a computer simply by sending it a “magic packet” from any other machine on the local area network. If you are wondering [...]
Six Originals and Their Original Remixes
By Steve Henderson on Aug 22, 2007 within Entertainment, Music | Comments
Six songs paired with a remix… or cover, mash-up, whatever you want to call it. You can read some of my random thoughts below, and/or just stream the music from anywhere.fm (Note that the songs don’t play in the order listed. They’ll play at random, with possible repeats, and you’ll only get a [...]
Mac OS X Pranks
By Riley Porter on Aug 22, 2007 within Apple, Coffee Break | Comments
No, it’s not April Fool’s Day, but here are a few good Mac pranks that are fun anytime! Whether you have only a few moments or unlimited access to your friend’s Mac, just continue reading and discover how to invert screen colors, command the computer to speak, and even fake a kernel panic. After [...]
Ubuntu LAMP Server Guide - Configure Apache, mySQL, and cgi-bin
By Sam Davis on Aug 21, 2007 within Featured, Guides, Tips, Ubuntu | Comments
In a previous post, I shared step-by-step instructions for setting up a Ubuntu LAMP (Linux, Apache, mySQL, PHP) server on your local area network (LAN). I also showed how you could customize the server installation to include all of the niceties of Ubuntu’s Desktop GUI. If this installation was successful, you should be able to [...]
Customize the Dock in Tiger [Mac Tip]
By Franklin Davis on Aug 20, 2007 within Apple, Tips | Comments
One of the first things recent Mac switchers complain to me about is the lack of a ‘Start’ menu. Well, Zaphu to the rescue! Today we’re going to customize the Apple Dock. The first few changes I recommend for all users is to turn off that pesky zoom feature and move the [...]
Images for the Week of Aug 17th, 2007
By Franklin Davis on Aug 20, 2007 within Coffee Break, Images | Comments
Here are some interesting images that I have come across recently. Have you seen an amazing image I missed? Leave me a note in the comments and I’ll add it to the next collection.
Disclaimer: All credit for the images should go to the website linked in the image.
Autogenerate Wordpress META Tags
By Franklin Davis on Aug 19, 2007 within Tips | Comments
META tags list information about the page, such as the author, keywords, description, etc. META tags appear in the HTML header of a webpage located between <HTML> and </HTML>. For more information about META tags and other HTML header properties visit the W3C page on html structure. In short, these tags [...]
Get a Free MIT Education from the Comfort of Your Couch
By Sam Davis on Aug 19, 2007 within Coffee Break | Comments
Have you ever wondered what an MIT education is like. Well, now you can find out, free of charge, in the comfort of your home. Power up your laptop, grab a soda, and point your browser to MIT OpenCourseWare where you will find syllabi, lecture notes, and homework assignments for hundreds of undergraduate and graduate [...]
Recommended Web Reading - TUAW
By Franklin Davis on Aug 15, 2007 within Apple, Coffee Break | Comments
“The Unofficial Apple Weblog” or TUAW is one of my most frequently read blogs. This site contains everything you could possibly want (or not want) to know about all things related to Apple, Inc. TUAW is a member of Weblogs, Inc. which includes many of the most popular blogs on the web such [...]
Back to Campus: Good Options for Buying Textbooks Online
By Riley Porter on Aug 15, 2007 within Books | Comments
It’s that time of year again: the start of a new semester! That means reconnecting with old friends, new extra-long sheets to fit those dorm room bunk beds, and enough ramen to feed you and some of those football players who live down the hall. The only thing standing in the way of all that [...]
A Mac-to-school Guide from ZDnet
By Franklin Davis on Aug 15, 2007 within Apple | Comments
I happened upon this Mac-to-school guide from ZDnet’s David Morgenstern today, and since back to school time is rapidly approaching I thought I’d add my two cents. I completely agree that a Macbook is a great choice for a student laptop, and for those who need more power and less portability the [...]