...every so often, Firefox will devour all the memory on my MacBook and become so slow, that I’ll be forced to issue a “kill -9″ command.I've just implemented Winston's steps & Firefox has become lovable again.
Today, I have had enough, and so decided to go find some Firefox optimization tips that will help to speed up my Firefox. The following are 3 simple steps to make your Firefox fast again.
30/10/2009
How To Speed Up Firefox in 3 Simple Steps ↵
Winston Teo:
17/10/2009
13/10/2009
M1 to bring in iPhone to Singapore
From the official press release page:
Best news I've heard all week.
M1 and Apple have reached an agreement to bring iPhone to customers in Singapore later this year. M1 looks forward to offering iPhone and a range of tailored service plans to customers in Singapore.
Best news I've heard all week.
How To: Add Keyboard Shortcuts to Facebook
For Firefox users, and requires the Greasemonkey plugin.
I have Greasemonkey installed and it works fine on this old machine, no lagging. In fact, it helps to speed quite a few things up.
After you install Greasemonkey, installing Keyboard Navigation takes two mouse clicks. Now you can jump around Facebook in Firefox by simply pressing some keys, like:
B - Go to list of birthdays
C - Go to photos
D - Find friends
E - Go to your list of events
I have Greasemonkey installed and it works fine on this old machine, no lagging. In fact, it helps to speed quite a few things up.
12/10/2009
Stop being a cheapskate ↵
Robert Scoble, on people whining about having to pay $3 for Tweetie 2.0:
Mashable lists some of the new features.
I guess they must really bitch because Microsoft charges $300 for Windows 7 or Apple charged $30 for its latest update..And I thought Singaporeans were the only people on earth who think it's their god-given right to want five apples for the price of one.
Mashable lists some of the new features.
Photoshop for the iPhone
The synchronization with cloud storage is icing on the cake.The long awaited is finally here. It's simple, clean and FREE.
Update: This app is not available in the Hong Kong/ Singapore iTunes Store. Unfortunate much. :(
09/10/2009
Want to use Twitter on steroids?
10 Reasons Why Brizzly is like Twitter on Steroids
1. It saves you a lot of clicks - by displaying all pictures and videos that are linked to.
1. It saves you a lot of clicks - by displaying all pictures and videos that are linked to.
This is probably good only if you follow people selectively.
Update: Not all pics are displayed in the timeline. A non-exhaustive list of what's supported & not supported:
YES - twitpic.com / yfrog.com / maps.google.com / youtube.com
NO - flickr.com / bestc.am / pic.gd / tweetphoto.com / ustre.am
2. Full URLs are displayed instead of the shortened ones.
Is this important? Yes and No. Seeing the full URL may help you decide if you want to click on it or not.
Brizzly automatically shortens URLs to bit.ly
You'll also notice trending topics on the right sidebar - Brizzly makes an effort to explain them. Again, saving you a few clicks.
3. Reply with a pic.
People can't resist pictures and will tend to click on a URL with the word 'pic' in it (best example - http://twitpic.com/... ) - smart move on Brizzly's part.
Nobody clicks on pic uploads via HootSuite because the URL is something uber-generic like http://ow.ly/i/2Ll
4. Clicking on reply opens up a field below the intended tweet. The way it ought to be.
5. Can save tweet as draft.
6. Supports multiple accounts. Up to five only.
7. Keyboard shortcuts same as Gmail.
But first, I had to disable 'Search for text when I start typing'. For Firefox, it's under Preferences > Advanced > General.
8. Once you reach the end of one scrollable page, the continuing page will appear in a second. Just keep scrolling, no clicking involved.
9. Click on friend's avatar to view all info, unfollow, add to group etc. One up from Hootsuite: allows muting.
10. IM-like notification for direct messages.
Hoosuite is the only other web-based app I use & can compare Brizzly to. Here are a few things that I really appreciate in Hootsuite and/or use a lot of:
• scheduled tweets - this is indispensable because I manage nine Twitter accounts. Schedule your tweets days/weeks/months in advance, and your tweetstream appears updated even when you're on holiday.
• click statistics (only for URLs shortened with the ow.ly shortener)
• supports not only pic uploads, but documents as well (doc, PDF, etc)
• feeds blog posts to Twitter, almost automagically
• multiple accounts - unlimited
• I can just select/"tick" whichever account I want to tweet from. In Brizzly, I have to switch accounts first. On an old iBook, this takes a few seconds sometimes.
Some other things Hootsuite has over Brizzly:
• supports Ping.fm
• adding users - this is different from adding Twitter accounts. You can have more than one user managing all of your multiple accounts.
I can't comment on Brizzly's "heaviness" or loading speed etc. On a 4.5-year-old iBook, I can say Brizzly runs about as fast/as slow as Hootsuite.
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How to tell the age of your Mac
07/10/2009
The Kindle is going global •
The company announced on Tuesday evening that it would soon begin selling a new version of the Kindle that can wirelessly download books both in the United States as well as in more than 100 other countries.Now to find out if Hong Kong and Singapore are one of the 100.
The main difference: it will use the wireless networks of AT&T and its international roaming partners, instead of Amazon’s existing wireless partner for the Kindle, Sprint. Sprint’s network is incompatible with most mobile networks outside of North America.The new Kindle ships Oct 19 @ US$279. Or, get Kindle on your iPhone for free. <-- available in the US App Store only.
Update: Hong Kong 1, Singapore 0.
Update (02/11/2010) Hong Kong 1, Singapore 1. There's now an
that ships @ US$139 for Wifi only, or US$189 for 3G + Wifi.
06/10/2009
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