http://www.hypergurl.com/blog/ Website Design, Internet and Technology blog en Copyright 2009 Fri, 20 Feb 2009 03:28:07 +0000 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss What are the best IPhone Apps If you're anything like the majority of people who purchase an IPhone, the first thing you do is rush home to start up ITunes and check out all the downloadable applications. So what are the most useful aplications I still have on my mobile 6 months from when I first purchased an Apple IPhone? Firstly I must admit, I've tried a lot of useless ones as well that I've deleted within minutes from downloading them. However, this is not the case for the best applications that I've came across so far listed below. Best... http://www.hypergurl.com/blog/iphoneapps/bestfree-iphoneapps.html http://www.hypergurl.com/blog/iphoneapps/bestfree-iphoneapps.html IPhone Apps Fri, 20 Feb 2009 03:28:07 +0000 How to resize and maximize windows (screens) on a MAC. http://www.hypergurl.com/blog/mac/resizing-maximizing-windows.html http://www.hypergurl.com/blog/mac/resizing-maximizing-windows.html Mac Thu, 18 Dec 2008 11:13:22 +0000 How to share your Internet connection via WI-FI, or AirPort as it's more commonly known by Macintosh users. Sharing wireless Internet between two MAC users, or MAC to PC. How to password protect your AirPort network for obvious security reasons. http://www.hypergurl.com/blog/mac/sharinginternet-wifi-airport.html http://www.hypergurl.com/blog/mac/sharinginternet-wifi-airport.html Mac Tue, 16 Dec 2008 00:04:03 +0000 How to capture a screenshot or take a desktop snapshot on MAC OS X Taking a picture of your MAC's desktop is as easy as pressing your keyboards shift+cmd+3 buttons. Note, don't include the + symbols. They simply refer to 'as well as'. Pressing your keyboards shift+cmd+3 will take a screenshot or desktop picture as some like to call it, of the entire screen, placing it on your desktop. It will be called Picture 1 for the first image, Picture 2 for the next and so forth depending on how many you take. You can then drag it into whatever... http://www.hypergurl.com/blog/mac/capture-screenshot-desktop.html http://www.hypergurl.com/blog/mac/capture-screenshot-desktop.html Mac Sun, 14 Dec 2008 09:48:03 +0000 How to shut down your MAC when it locks up. Keyboard shortcuts for restarting your MAC on the odd occasion that it locks up. http://www.hypergurl.com/blog/mac/lockup-shutdown-shortcut.html http://www.hypergurl.com/blog/mac/lockup-shutdown-shortcut.html Mac Sat, 13 Dec 2008 11:21:17 +0000 How to get a stuck CD or DVD out of your Macintosh computer Do you have a CD/DVD in your Mac’s disc drive and now you can’t get it out! You might be happy to know that this is actually a common problem, so don't fret, your not the only one. The first week I used a MacBook Pro I tried to install Windows XP to MAC OS X 10.5 Leopard's version of Boot Camp with disastrous consequences. When the computer wanted to reboot, I'd left the bootable Windows disk in the drive. As it restarted, I realised things were... http://www.hypergurl.com/blog/mac/stuck-cd-dvd.html http://www.hypergurl.com/blog/mac/stuck-cd-dvd.html Mac Sat, 13 Dec 2008 04:47:36 +0000 Making money from games Whether your a web site publisher or games developer, there are numerous ways to make a decent living online from your skills. For example, if you have a web site that attracts visitors who would also enjoy playing games (who doesn't), then you can sign up for Big Fish Games affiliate program and earn yourself commissions for referring people to them. On the other hand, if you're a games developer, they also accept games from programmers outside their own company. In this case, you agree for them to sell your game within their huge network for... http://www.hypergurl.com/blog/internetincome/money-from-games.html http://www.hypergurl.com/blog/internetincome/money-from-games.html Internet Income Mon, 08 Dec 2008 05:39:20 +0000 Reasons why you would want to run Windows on a MAC. Discusses 2 main ways of running Windows on an Apple MAC, ie Boot Camp or virtualisation software. Which method I chose and why. http://www.hypergurl.com/blog/mac/windows-on-mac.html http://www.hypergurl.com/blog/mac/windows-on-mac.html Mac Sun, 07 Dec 2008 05:26:59 +0000 Making the switch from PC to MAC. Why I decided to purchase a MacBook Pro 17 inch. http://www.hypergurl.com/blog/mac/pc-verses-mac.html http://www.hypergurl.com/blog/mac/pc-verses-mac.html Mac Fri, 28 Nov 2008 00:00:26 +0000 What is the easiest way to find all the broken links in your website? Broken links found within your website not only frustrates your visitors, it also runs the risk of having it penalized or removed completely from Google Search engine. This is seen clearly by reading Google's Webmaster Guidelines. The slow way to check for broken links is to load each page in your browser and manually click each link to see if it opens. Of course this takes a lot of time, making it a very inefficient process. An easier way, is to use free software that can... http://www.hypergurl.com/blog/webdesigntools/find-broken-links.html http://www.hypergurl.com/blog/webdesigntools/find-broken-links.html Webdesign Tools Fri, 07 Mar 2008 01:13:28 +0000 How to convert currency using Google search Here is a handy tip for anyone that needs to convert between currencies. It's now easy as pie to use Google search to convert American USD dollars to any other currency. All you need to do is search something similar to: one dollar in AUD In Google search terms, this means what is one American dollar in Australian dollars, which returns something similar to the desktop picture shown below: You can also use this term 5 american dollars in Australian money, which will result in: With the examples above, I have noticed you... http://www.hypergurl.com/blog/google/currency-converter.html http://www.hypergurl.com/blog/google/currency-converter.html Google / SEO Thu, 06 Mar 2008 23:42:06 +0000 Google has acquired FeedBurner - The advantages of this for webmasters The future of RSS feeds, seems to be still going strong with Google recently acquiring FeedBurner. For those who don't know what FeedBurner is, it consists of free tools to help webmasters better manage their RSS subscription feeds. Not only does it help website publishers to promote and deliver their RSS feeds, it now helps them to monetize on this traffic as well, with Google allowing tools to implement Google Adsense to their feeds. This is where Google aquiring FeedBurner will be to the most advantage for those that... http://www.hypergurl.com/blog/website-traffic/website-feeds-feedburner.html http://www.hypergurl.com/blog/website-traffic/website-feeds-feedburner.html Website Traffic Ideas Wed, 13 Feb 2008 00:58:09 +0000 Free Flash tutorials We now have a good collection of free Macromedia / Adobe Flash tutorials and lessons to help you get started with this fantastic animation program. If you don't already have a copy of Flash, you can download a trial version from: http://www.adobe.com/downloads/ The first tutorial you'll want to follow, is one that explains the toolbars and how to use them: How to use Flash Professional 8 tools. Note: if you own a different version than Flash Professional 8, many of the tools don't change between versions. Therefore the lesson listed above should be helpful in teaching you... http://www.hypergurl.com/blog/flash/free-flash-tutorials.html http://www.hypergurl.com/blog/flash/free-flash-tutorials.html Flash Mon, 15 Oct 2007 02:12:53 +0000 How to crop images and photographs to specified (fixed) print sizes When you resize an image in Adobe Photoshop, often you can't change both width and height without one effecting the other. Yes, you can click on Image / Image size, and untick contrain proportions. However this usually results in a photograph that looks distorted. A solution to this problem is to crop to a specified size using Photoshop crop tool. How to crop to a specified size? 1. Choose the crop tool on the left hand side toolbar. 2. Now along the top toolbar, type in a width and... http://www.hypergurl.com/blog/photoshop/crop-photographs-fixed-size.html http://www.hypergurl.com/blog/photoshop/crop-photographs-fixed-size.html PhotoShop Tue, 04 Sep 2007 07:52:56 +0000 The Next Internet Millionaire, web reality show hosted by Joel Comm Joel Comm, an Internet entrepreneur is set to start one of the webs first reality shows called The Next Internet Millionaire. This online reality show will see 12 contestants compete for cash and prizes, while at the same time learn important entrepreneurial skills to helping them become Internet Millionaires. After watching the first episode it certainly is interesting. It views similar to Donald Trump's television show The Apprentice. All twelve contestants have been somewhat successful with online ventures on their own. For example Charles Trippy has a popular UTube... http://www.hypergurl.com/blog/internetincome/next-internet-millionaire-joelcomm.html http://www.hypergurl.com/blog/internetincome/next-internet-millionaire-joelcomm.html Internet Income Wed, 22 Aug 2007 01:49:40 +0000