First, you’ll want to grab the plugin from his website and install it. If you are unaware, that means unzipping and uploading the file into your BLOGROOT/wp-content/plugins/ directory. Update: Looks like the original page is down, so here’s a mirror copy: Download mirror copy here He’s got a donate button. If this article helps you, then donate money to him, not me. Once the plugin is installed, you will navigate in your control panel to the Plugins page, and Activate the CQS plugin....

“My computer’s been running for 100 days without a reboot!” “I haven’t reinstalled Windows in five years!” Geeks love to brag about this stuff. Here’s how to find your uptime and installation date on Windows, Linux, and Mac. “Uptime” is a geeky term that refers to how long a system has been “up” and running without a shut down or restart. It’s a bigger deal on servers than typical desktops....

If you want to send a copy of your Microsoft Office file as a PDF, don’t waste time with an export process. You can email it directly as an attachment right from Word, Excel, or PowerPoint. Until now, you probably took the time to save or convert the file to a PDF, opened your email program, wrote your message, and attached the converted file. But you don’t have to take a couple of these extra steps....

By default, the Safari browser on Mac will extract ZIP files you’ve downloaded—and even discard the original compressed ZIP files. If this bothers you, there’s an easy way to turn it off, and you can keep your archived downloads in once piece. Here’s how. First, open Safari on your Mac. In the menu bar at the top of the screen, click “Safari,” then select “Preferences” in the menu that appears....

Universal Control Is Not Sidecar Universal Control sounds a little like the old Sidecar feature, where an iPad could work as a wireless (or wired) second screen for your Mac. However, this is a very different feature. With Sidecar, your iPad acts as an external macOS display. None of the software is actually running on the iPad itself. With Universal Control, each device operates independently, running its own software. The difference is that when you move your mouse to the iPad screen, the Mac sends your keyboard and mouse inputs to the iPad instead of using them in macOS....

After digging around I have narrowed it down to four different players. The four in the running are Winamp, Quintessential player (which is an OSS player), jetAudio, and even (cough.. cough) Windows Media Player. It is important to keep in mind that I have been very lazy in my media player research over the years because of the iTunes crutch. In coming posts I will outline the good, the bad, and the ugly of each application and share my experiences with you....

An animated picture would be better here, but you click in the middle of some text… And then when you start typing, MouseAway moves the mouse a short distance away from the cursor: Quite a useful little utility, and since it barely takes any resident memory it’s not too bad to keep it running all the time. Short rant: With all of the zillions of small utilities to customize this and that, installing them all at the same time might be a little silly....

The solution for my waking up problem is a website called Kuku Klok, combined with turning my speakers all the way up. Note: of course this requires your computer being in the same room that you are sleeping in. Using Kuku Klok Once you load the page, you simply set the time you’d like to wake up: Select the sound you want (previewing it helps to test if your speaker volume is up enough)...

Have you ever wondered if you can share your Outlook calendar with somebody else? This is one of those tips that you never notice until somebody points it out to you, but it’s extremely easy to do. Click on the Calendar button in the navigation pane and select “Send a Calendar via E-mail” You will see an options window that allows you to choose and select the date range and amount of detail to include....

Click on Start » Run and in the run line type in “msconfig” hit enter or click on OK. Next click on the Start Up tab. By default all items are usually checked, but you can remove any items that you don’t feel need to be running when you start your computer. After you have made your selection, click Apply, OK and Restart. You should now notice a remarkable improvement in your start up time....

Goldin Auctions has listed an original Apple 1 computer for bidding, which claims the computer was produced in Apple’s first batch. The site says, “this offering, standing at number seven on the Apple-1 Registry, is the only first batch example that has been up for auction in a number of years and is the first Apple-1 ever offered with an authenticated serial number (“01-0050″) handwritten by Steve Jobs. The computer has been verified in working condition by Daniel Kottke, who was one of the first employees to work at Apple when the Apple-1 was being produced....

We can look in the same place in the registry in order to quickly remove the item, or we can use the same utility we used yesterday to completely disable the shell extension. Note: This method works the same for XP, Vista, and Windows 7. In case you aren’t sure what we’re talking about, here’s the menu item we’re looking to remove: Remove the Registry Hack Way Open up regedit....

The solution? You can use the Dr.Web plugin, which will add an item to the right-click menu to allow you to scan any web page or download link using their online virus checker. Let’s take it for a test drive… I decided to scan the Dr.Web Firefox plugin with Dr.Web, just to see what it would say. Looks like it’s clean! (shocker) Keep in mind that no anti-virus software is absolutely perfect or will catch every virus, so this isn’t a substitute for using a proper anti-virus software....

Setting AutoCopy Up After installing AutoCopy, you should take a quick look at the options to see if there are any changes or adjustments that you would like to make. As you can see, there are multiple options for Auto Copy (default setup shown) and the ability to create keyboard shortcuts as well (if desired). Using this extension is as simple as highlighting text (to copy) and clicking the middle button on your mouse (to paste)....

The problem is that the default embedded database uses sqlite to store the collection information, which doesn’t scale quite as well as a dedicated database such as MySQL… so we’ll switch to use that instead. Configuring MySQL for Amarok These instructions assume that you don’t already have MySQL installed. If you are already using it, then just skip the first couple of steps. Assuming you are using Ubuntu, run this command from a terminal to install the MySQL server and client on your system:...

Super Bowl 2022 TV Deals To help you get the best of the Super Bowl deal season for 2022, we have sifted through the deals and selected the best deals you should consider. (The big game airs on Sunday, February 13.) Grab the Fantastic Sony X85J For Just $1,800 The 85-inch model of Sony’s mid-range X85J 4K LED television is selling for a discounted price of $1,800 at Best Buy. The TV offers excellent performance for its price tag....

Sure, you can postpone it up to 4 hours, but then the dialog will just come up again. If you were downloading some important files you might not want the computer to reboot automatically. The quick way to disable the reboot for the current session is to stop the Windows Update service from running. You can do this by opening an administrative mode command prompt. Type cmd into the start menu search box, and use Ctrl+Shift+Enter to open in administrative mode....

What Is a Console War Exactly? In case you’re blissfully unaware of the battles fought in the name of console brand loyalty, console wars are essentially the animosity people who favor one console feel towards people who prefer another. It’s not enough to sing the perceived praises of your console of choice, to be a true console warrior you have to break down and destroy the “enemy” consoles. This includes attacking fans of that console, spreading FUD (Fear Uncertainty and Doubt), and using blatantly dishonest tactics to make other consoles look as bad as possible....

Microsoft Word already has view-only and review modes, for when you want to look at a document without making changes, but not everyone knows about those options. Microsoft is now testing a more visible switch for different modes. Microsoft is experimenting with a new button in Word, located at the top-right corner of the window, that allows you to easily switch between three modes — Editing, Reviewing (for suggesting changes and adding comments), and Viewing (a view-only option)....

Rename Recycle Bin – Right Click the desktop icon and select Rename from the menu. Now type in what you want to call the icon. Resize Recycle Bin – Right Click an open area on the desktop and select View and choose Classic, Medium, Large. Unfortunately this method will resize all the desktop icons. I have not discovered a way to resize only select icons … but I am looking!...