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If you run a website, you’ll know how important it is to keep file sizes down and optimize images, code, and files as much as possible. In this guide, I take a look at four image optimization tools, share their features, and compare them against each other.
Free Image Optimization Tools (PNG/JPG/GIF)
On September - 24 - 20092 COMMENTS
Use GMail’s 8GB As Storage In Windows Explorer
On September - 22 - 20098 COMMENTS
Google offer a very healthy 7372 MB of storage to it’s GMail users. Previously i’ve covered how to use Windows SkyDrive to your advantage. This time it’s Googles turn.
This guide will show you how to add your GMail account to Windows Explorer, thus enabling a drag & drop system for you to use you GMail account as additional storage on your computer. Even if you don’t use GMail as an email provider nobody can turn down an extra 8GB of storage, can you?
How to keep notes synced between the iPhone and Windows
On September - 22 - 2009ADD COMMENTS
Evernote is an amazing tool to keep all of your notes in one place, & synced up between iPhone, PC, & with online access. Whether you’re recording a voice note on the road to avoid “texting while SMSing,” taking a picture, or writing a traditional note, Evernote is in my opinion the best way to keep track of notes between all devices.
Setup is simple & after you’re finished you’ll have access to your notes on the PC, online, or in your pocket.
To setup Evernote for the iPhone & the desktop, do the following:
[Update] Essential Firefox Add-ons Collection
On September - 21 - 200917 COMMENTS
Over a year ago, I informed you of the Firefox Add-ons I use and told you why you should download each one. In this guide, I’ll show you the current add-ons I use and why I recommend them. If you have an add-on to suggest, please leave it in the comments below along with the reason you suggested it for.
Customise Windows 7 Media Center (Part 4)
On September - 17 - 200949 COMMENTS
10. Speed Up Media Browser Using USB Flash Drive
I have quite a large movie collection, and find that MB can take a while to load all of the DVD covers & backdrops for the entire library.
Using a USB Flash Drive should eliminate this problem as they’re generally a lot quicker than your hard drive, anything that’s good enough for ‘ReadyBoost’ should suffice for this. You should see a big improvement immediately.
Image Resizer Powertoy Clone Resizes Pictures in Vista
On September - 11 - 200914 COMMENTS
Windows XP can use a Powertoy, which lets you resize images from the right click menu. This tool was not made available for Windows Vista. In search of a similar tool, I found the Image Resizer Powertoy Clone. Here’s how to do this in XP.