Category: Tricks

  • Sync Google contacts from iPhone

    One of Apple’s most overpriced products is their MobileMe service for contact, calendar and email synchronization of your iPod or iPhone. $99 bucks per year for synchronization and some web space? What a rip! Thankfully Google has decided to offer a way to sync your Google contacts, calendar and Gmail with your iPhone without using…

  • Use your cell phone as a presentation remote

    Part of my job involves giving lots of presentations. In order to be able to focus on my audience during proposals or training sessions a presentation remote is key. It allows me to advance through or go back to specific slides at key moments during my presentation. I can talk without being distracted by my…

  • Upgrade iPod Touch firmware to 3.0 for free

    I got a brand new iPod Touch 2nd generation at Costco and to my surprise it only came with firmware 2.2.1, not the latest & greatest 3.0 everyone talks about. Upon connecting it to iTunes, I was immediately prompted to purchase the 3.0 firmware update for $9.95. So I gotta spend another $10 bucks after…

  • Convert an HTML table to CSV using PHP

    This post is a tutorial on how to export an HTML table in CSV format using a PHP script. The table is generated with data from a MySQL database containing orders, products and totals. I’ve dummed down the database and php code so it is easier to understand and will walk you through each step…

  • Export your saved passwords in Firefox

    In this post I’ll show how to export your Firefox saved passwords to a nice HTML file for safe keeping in the event of a disaster. It’s true that there is already a handy utility called Mozbackup that lets you backup your Firefox profile including all your saved passwords, but this method does not let…

  • Timelapse photography the easy way

    I’ve always wanted to create my own time-lapse movie, but never had the money to invest into the equipment. With the CHDK firmware add-on for Canon’s Digic II, Digic III and Digic IV cameras it is now possible for anyone with a Canon camera to do it. The CHDK firmware add-on has been around for…

  • iPhone mutes calls on headset mode but works on speakerphone

    So far I have found four people with this identical problem. They all purchased an iPhone outside the USA (where in some cases laws have prevented Apple from locking the iPhone) and use it with either a pre-paid 3rd party provider or with an existing non-iphone contract AT&T sim card. The issue they have is…

  • Get more maps onto a Garmin StreetPilot c550

    I’m traveling to Germany in a few days and wanted to use my Garmin StreetPilot c550 to help me navigate the streets of Berlin. I got a used 2008 European Maps SD card off of Amazon for a few bucks and figured why don’t I try getting the maps onto my Garmin GPS. But somehow…

  • Customize your Toshiba phone system

    This article contains information on how to change common settings on Toshiba Strata CIX 40 digital VOIP telephony systems and handsets. If you need to learn how to change the system time or set a particular ring tone on a handset click the read more link.

  • Gmailify your Hotmail

    I have an old Hotmail account which I use occasionally (mostly for registering things). The trouble is that it gets lots of spam and the interface is kind of slow and cumbersome to use. I’ve always wanted to have my Hotmail messages in Gmail, but forwarding just didn’t cut it. Now that Hotmail allows POP…