Hacks and Tips
How to Change your Facebook Profile Color?
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Probably one of the lacking feature of Facebook as the number one social networking site is the inability of the users to change their Facebook profile backgrounds and colors. Unlike its then competitor, Friendster, Facebook users are unable to modify their profile background. We are seeing the same boring news feeds, comment wall, and the ads on the right side. Good thing their are Firefox tools and addons that lets this feature available for Facebook users.
These are the five easy steps to change your Facebook profile color:
- Firstly, this Facebook background modifier is browser dependent. Currently this works only with Mozilla Firefox.
- Secondly, you have to download and install Greasemonkey, a Firefox addon that lets you enjoy this feature. You can visit https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/748.
Greasemonkey is a Firefox extension that allows you to customize the way a webpage displays using small bits of JavaScript.
- Thirdly, after installation of Greasemonkey, you have to restart Firefox to make the addon work.
- Fourth, you have to download the script – the Facebook Auto Colorizer found at http://userscripts.org/scripts/source/3626.user.js.
- Fifth, then your’e done!
That’s five simple steps to change your Facebook profile color without the hassle of changing your CSS layout or posting codes or html layouts. You only need to download, install and click. Enjoy your new Facebook profile.
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Smart SIM on SUN Broadband Locked USB Modem
It has been over 2 weeks that I could not connect with my Sun Broadband, they said that it was a network problem. I’ve been complaining to their Sun Hotline but the representatives are of no help. So I had to resort to cutting off my subscription and decided to re-try Smart Bro when I heard of their Smart Bro Plan 999 which is already available with their USB modems.
I availed of their SIM only plan, since I already have their USB modem. However, when I tried the new SIM, a Smart Gold SIM, it did not work. So my other option at that time was to buy a new Smart Bro usb modem. Good thing that I’ve read that it is actually possible to unlock your USB modem for free online, or at several cellphone repair shops. I opted to do the latter. So I went to SM San Lazaro and had my Huaiwei modem, which is Sun-locked, unlocked. I can now use my Smart Sim using my Sun Broadband modem. I saved P999.00 for doing it.
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How to Tweak Windows XP For A Faster PC
Windows XP has lots of colours, themes and similar special effects to make your PC look great. These effects slow down your PC and that is the main problem.
If your computer is running slow, and you are sure you do not have a virus, spyware or adware you may try using some of these Win XP tweaks. The more special effects you remove the better.
Some of the effects that slow your PC are:
1. Pictures on the desktop background. A blank wallpaper is the best. Animations or even sounds in the background slow PC even more. Remove Shortcuts on the Desktop. This will be described further below as well.
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How to save on hard disk space?
I only have 40 GB hard disk space, partitioned into 2. I have separate drive for all my important documents with my almost 4000 collection of music, the other drive is for my system files so every time I need reformatting of my PC, I won’t be having a problem of backing up my files. Because I have a limited disk space, I tried many ways to save up for space so my PC performance would not be affected without the need to upgrade my RAM or disk space.
Upgrading could be the best option because you wouldn’t have to spend longer time deleting every unnecessary files you could find in your computer. But if your saving up for some more important things, it may be an impractical option.
Alternatively, you can:
1. Clean up your hard disk
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Ways to Bypass Rapidshare Download Limit and Waiting Time
Here are some tips to bypass these limitations:
1. Tech-Recipes teaches us some “Hacks to Beat Rapidshare Download Limits and Waiting Time“. The hacks provide tips on how to bypass the waiting time by altering your IP address and using a proxy service.
2. Use Rapidshare tools. Tools provide some additional features like managing the downloads, changing proxies, simultanious downloads by using more than one proxy and much more.
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Printable and Personalized Father’s Day Cards for FREE
It’s Father’s Day again. There are several ways to express our sincerest love and gratitude to our dear fathers – through gifts, poems, e-cards, a simple kiss, telling them directly that you love them, and sending cards. One of the classic ways is the latter. You can choose from many father’s day cards available at the bookstore. These cards are fine, but it would be better if you make a personalized father’s day card where you can put your own message and even his photo. This is where printable Father’s day cards are useful.
123 Print Cards.com offers cute printable Father’s Day cards which are 100% customizable. You can choose your card to be simple or you can have it with your poem or a long message. You can also make an envelope matching your cards with their automated envelop maker. To make your cards more personalized, you can also add your own photo or your father’s.
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How to set up your PLDT MyDSL modem settings?
For over a year, we have been satisfied with our PLDT MyDSL internet connection as our main connection at home.
One thing I found disadvantageous with the PLDT MyDSL line is setting up the modem settings, especially after a PC reformat. When our home PC was struck by a Trojan horse, I had to make a system reformat. I had to call the support hotline regarding the settings of the IP address, the server address, and other modem settings before I can use the internet. PLDT MyDSL modem settings are not preset so you have to enter the settings manually after a system reformat.
So before everything gets messed up again, I copied the modem settings that I should enter every time I have decided to reformat.
To enter the modem settings,
- Go to Control Panel.
- Click on the Network and Sharing Center
- Right click on the PLDT MyDSL connection icon.
- Then click Configure.
- Enter these settings on their respective fields:
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How to make your website iPhone friendly?
Since the advent of 3G-abled phones and smartphones like the iPhone, users have been resorting to mobile browsing to surf the internet. This should also prompt website owners to make their sites and blogs iPhone friendly.
So how to make your website iPhone-friendly?
1. Make your website ‘light’ by avoid using flash, scripts and lots of images that could result to slow-loading time. iPhone users are on-the-go browsers, meaning they need less time to open a website. Besides, not all 3G network providers can provide a fast downloading speed.
2. Use a publishing software optimized for iPhone like WordPress. Further, it is also easy to publish your blog entries using your iPhone using an application called WordPress for iPhones, so it could also be at your advantage using WordPress.
3. Choose your webhost well. Slow-loading time can also be a result of a sluggish web server.
You don’t actually need to create a separate page especially for iPhone users. All you need is a little optimization for your websites to make it iPhone users-friendly.
If you want to add more, you can drop a comment below. 
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Tips on Saving Money during the Holidays
The Christmas holidays are coming and it’s considered as the longest of Christian festivities. By longest, it means chains of merrymaking, and series of spending. So how can you exactly save money during the holidays, not ending up broke for the next whole year round?
With the hype that holidays usually bring, people always have the tendency to buy more and spend more without taking into account the consequences that their actions can bring.
Hence, it does not necessarily mean that because it is the holidays you have all the reason in this world to buy whatever you want and spend how much you want. Some people contend that it’s just once a year, so better give what you have.
The problem is that giving something just for the spirit of the holidays does not mean you have to spend gold. You can still give something that will be deeply appreciated without having to spend more money.
Here’s how:
1. Make a budget and stick to it
The problem with most people is that they find making a budget relatively easy but sticking to it is doubly hard. So what’s the point of making a budget when you do not know how to conform to what you have stated in there?
Making and using your budget should always go hand in hand. Therefore, when you make your budget this holiday season, it is best that you follow the things that are written in it so that you would be able to save more money.
2. Live within your means
Of course, everybody would want to give gifts because that is what the holiday season calls for. However, it does not necessarily mean that you have to spend more than what you can afford.
The trick to saving more money is to always live within your means. Spending more than what you can afford will definitely bring more problems than you can afford to solve.
3. Personalize it!
As they say, it is the thought that counts. Hence, there are no better ways to show how much you have thought of those people this holiday season than making personalized gifts.
4. Shop and compare
It really pays to shop around and doubly better when you compare prices. You will never know which items are better priced than the others are when you do not compare their values.
The point here is that you should not be confined to one shopping portal. Try to look for other items, usually in thrift stores and consignment shops, where you can find the best items at a lower price.
Indeed, shopping for the holidays can be fun, but you don’t have to be spendthrift. Nowadays, you really just have to be practical.
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Can you use a Smart SIM pack in iPhone?
The iPhone is exclusively distributed by Globe Telecom for Philippine users. So the Smart Telecom users asked, “Can we use our Smart SIM with iPhone?” During the early release of iPhones, you can use your Smart SIM card by unlocking it. However, problems have been coming out such as problems on making calls.
Several users at the Macintosh Philippines forums said that making calls is suddenly not possible with iPhone using Smart SIM however there’s no problem in using the phone for text messages.
One user, William Yu, of It’s hip2b2 has successfully unlocked the iPhone for Smart Post Paid kit without using any software and supersims, that Smart users may use. He notes that users should use these tricks and cracks at their own risk. Please don’t proceed if you don’t know what you’re doing.
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