Posts regarding stuff related to technology, productivity and music

Pocketnow.com points to a little configuration hack for better playback of YouTube and Google Videos on your Tytn II’s/Kaiser/Tilt. As with default settings the videos will play for a few seconds and then stop for buffering obviously making them choppy and appear like pretty much crap. AllShawdow.com posters came up with these steps to enhance playback for these types of videos which are for TCPMP:

“1. From the main video screen press Options > Buffering > and double the number in the Normal Buffer Size field. Press Ok.

I performed the above settings and videos just take a few seconds to buffer when you first play, but do not stop intermittently to buffer in between, which is a vast improvement on how videos played before.”

I came across this through Lifehack.org posted by Craig Childs referring to 64 answers from CrackInterview you should know prior to going on a job interview. The list is very comprehensive and includes common questions asked at almost every interview you would go to. Definitely something to look over when preparing for job interviews.

Lifehacker Gina Trapani wrote a nice article accumulating the top 10 Wi-Fi tips that can increase your signal range and make your wireless network secure. Tips include things like better router placement, extending your signal by using a repeater or a bridge, using  Wireshark to sniff your wireless network packets passing through, enabling WPA Encryption to make your network much more secure than using WEP, enabling MAC address filtering to restrict your wireless network even more, stop SSID (Network Name) broadcasting, using NetStumbler to detect other wireless networks with information about how secure they are and also for war-driving purposes, using portable routers share a wired connection in hotel rooms for instance, a nice youtube video showing how to use tinfoil to increase your signal range, and of course using DD-WRT Firmware to enhance your routers usability and adding more features making your $50 router into a $600 one. It also includes instructions on how to flash the firmware to your router.

As usual Lifehacker Gina Trapani has a great article about how to optimize your resume to include specific keywords so it can show up more easily in front of recruiters. It points to a website that has a updated list of the Top 100 keywords. It also points to another great Lifehacker article about having a say in what Google says about you.

It sucks when you feel like you don’t wanna concentrate on things that are important and you try your best to avoid them. Lifehacker has a nice post about how to counter Brain Drain. Definitely worth a look if you are feeling down and of course drained!!

A new Firefox add on has sprang up called RetailMeNot which basically observes when you are on a shopping website like amazon.com and automatically displays available discounts for it. I have been using it for a while and it seems really cool. I have yet to actually buy anything using on the coupons but still it is a really nifty extension to have in Firefox. Originally posted on Lifehacker by Adam Pash

Lifehacker Kevin Purdy points to a very interesting article on Wired’s How To Wiki about information regarding websites that offer you to hear music for free other than the already popular last.fm and deezer. Have a look at the list of websites and decide for yourself which you like best.

Engadget has come upon some new info with screen shots regarding Windows Mobile 7. It seems to feature new ways of interaction with touch screen devices for example multi touch recognition which would be similar to Apple. Some rotating and shaking action and some sort of camera gesture implementation. It appears too good to be true though. But then again Microsoft has thrived upon marketing itself hence the success over the years. Will this come to reality ? is a very big question on everyones mind but even if half of what is expected from what can be seen from these pictures is implemented then Windows Mobile would be much more closer to perfection (If there is such a thing when it comes to windows. HAHAHAHA!!!!)

I recently came across this cool new site called PhoneFavs which is basically a mobile version of del.icio.us. Maybe not as powerful but still really nice. Its mobile friendly as you can see and fits right in your mobile browser window without the need for scrolling back and forth. A nice way of organizing all the mobile sites you visit globally hence when you get a new phone you don’t need to worry about backing up your bookmarks.

Note: Operamini  also has a similar option which lets you synchronize with their Opera Link bookmarking feature which is free and easy to use as you can just bookmark any website you are browsing on your phone and it automatically syncs with opera link.

I originally came across this through Pocketpcthoughts.com mentioned by Paul Martin that you can easily configure your Windows Mobile 6 device into a Wifi Router hence using your carrier’s internet wireless connection from lets say your laptop. The updated thread is here of course from XDA Developers with complete instructions on how to accomplish this. The “cab” file to enable this can be directly downloaded from the creator Jongma’s site. Looks like a really great piece of software to make your windows mobile device even more lovelier than it already is. Harnessing the power of technology always brings me joy.