Archives for the 'how to' Category
Customizing your send to menu [Hack Your Day]
There is a feature in Windows which isn’t too known called the send-to menu. Right-click any file and you’ll see it there, with options to send the file to a mail recipient, fax it and so on. I find these options terribly useless, with possibly the exception of send to compressed archive, but since I [...]
Hide files inside an image [Hack Your Day]
I just read a really cool trick on Sizlopedia I didn’t know about, how to hide any file inside a picture file. This could come in handy if you have some naughty secrets on your hard drive, or if you just have some sensitive data. Apparently it’s very hard to trace and find these files, [...]
Integrating services into Todoist [Hack Your Day]
Todoist is a free onine to-do list and task manager that has one of the cleanest and easiest to use interfaces I’ve ever seen. It’s power comes from its simplicity and intuitiveness and also because it allows a multitude of services to integrate with it. Launchy, Gmail, Widgets, Mobile access and a host of others.
I [...]
Learn to be more productive while having fun with Photoshop [Hack Your Day]
Gina Trapani from Lifehacker found some great Photoshop tutorial videos that are not only helpful to those who are just starting off with Photoshop, but they are as funny as hell as well.
The screencaster is called Donnie Hoyle and does an amazing job of mixing comedy with something productive, showing that the to do actually [...]
Disable Vista’s Aero for just one program [Hack Your Day]
If you love the way your Vista looks, but need that extra oomph sometimes to make things go, then disabling the bells and whistles for some specific programs may be a good idea. If you need some power for Photoshop, video editing or a game, you can set up the application, so that when it [...]