My name is Derek Alfonso, I am a technical consultant by day, the host of a radio show called The Power of Information on the America First Radio Network, and I'm an audio engineer and an accomplished producer of music videos and feature films, including Assistant Director, Composer, Steadicam Operation, Editing and Special Effects credits. Enjoy some of my (hopefully) insightful Tech Tips or my (seemingly) random posts about hobbies like MMA, Skiing, or Scuba diving.
[Download this TechTip as an MP3] No Power Cords Check out Powercast, an emerging technology that transmits energy for devices without any power cords. Set your mouse, laptop, or desk lamp on a pad or near a transmitter and you're off without a cord.
Print without Ink Check out Zink.com, this cool company intends to put printers on the back of digital cameras, on the side of your laptop, and basically anywhere else. Imagine the ability to put in some paper and out comes really pretty full-color photos or print outs anywhere... all without ink (and without being sensitive to damage like Polaroid photos)
Wireless HD Read all about this technology (WirelessHD.org) that will replace HDMI cables and allow you to have perhaps a projector across the room!
Simply copy and paste the following code into your address bar: javascript:alert(document.lastModified)
You can even make it a shortcut that you can use on any page accessable from your Links toolbar (if you have it visible), or from your bookmarks or favorites menu.
Internet Explorer 7 Instructions:
On any webpage simply add a new favorite (Press CTRL+D)
Change the name from whatever it is to Modified and, if you like, place the favorite in whichever folder you like, I find the Links folder/toolbar to be the best place.
Now with the favorites pane open, right click on the favorite you just added and choose Properties.
On the Web Document tab, change the URL to javascript:alert(document.lastModified) and click OK
A window titled Problem with Shotcut will come up and state The protocol "javascript" does not have a registered program. Do you wish to keep this target anyway? simply click the Yes button.
Now anytime you click on the favorite or button in the toolbar, it will display the last modified date and time of the page you are currently viewing. Instructions for Mozilla Firefox:
On any webpage simply add a new favorite (Press CTRL+D)
Change the name from whatever it is to Modified and, if you like, place the favorite in whichever folder you like, I find the Bookmarks Toolbar folder to be the best place.
Now in the Bookmarks drop-down menu or pane, right click on the favorite you just added and choose Properties.
In the Location field change the URL to javascript:alert(document.lastModified) and click OK
Now anytime you click on the bookmark or button in the toolbar, it will display the last modified date and time of the page you are currently viewing.
[Download this TechTip as an MP3]Do you own a blog of your very own or plan to start one? Find it a pain to keep adding stuff that people will enjoy? I suggest you try out Microsoft's Windows Live Writer Beta it works with Windows Live Space, SharePoint, WordPress, Blogger, Live Journal, Type Pad, Movable Type, Community Server, and many others. Best of all, its totally FREE.
[Download this TechTip as an MP3]Most Internet users have heard of Wikipedia, the online free encyclopedia that anyone can contribute to and edit, its an encyclopedia built on a wiki. But when you're out at a bar with your friends and you need confirmation on that fun fact that you happen to be quoting Wikipedia has a little-known to-go version for your mobile phone called WAPedia.
This tech tip is about a cool addin for the Firefox web browser called Snap Links. Snap Links lets you drag a square around the links on a page that you'd like to open all at the same time in tabs, as soon as you let go of the middle mouse button, POOF! All of the links that you encircled come to life in their very own tab!
How about making your computer faster without spending a cent? We'd all like to do that, but its possible. As you use your computer it adds new files, deletes old ones, and in all that movement it leaves spaces between them. The more you use your computer the more the computer has to search for space to put pieces of the files you write to your computer's hard drive. All of this jumbled up information makes your computer slow...
The solution... Defrag your hard drive!
Now built into Windows is a free defragger but its a bit hard to find, its slow, and its hard to schedule. Try the FREE IObit SmartDefrag, with "Install it and forget it" feature, IObit SmartDefrag works automatically and quietly in the background on your PC, keeping your hard disk running at its speediest. Slow downs, freeze-ups and crashes will be a thing of the past. IObit SmartDefrag is 100% free for personal, home and small business. Verified by the strictest tests, IObit SmartDefrag is 100% safe and has no spyware/adware.
I am the Vice President of Product Development for CGXSolutions, a software architect, audio & video engineer, and previously a DJ in Houston. My hobbies are snow skiing, scuba diving, and most importantly spending time with my beautiful wife Christina, my daughter Celeste, and soon our new addition to the family!
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