tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31969655276426498512012-02-22T13:18:19.325+01:00Articles about topics ranging from technology and software to scientific research. Occasional book reviews. Topics of general interest such as lifestyle, and nutrition. Exploration of blogs and the technical side of blogging.Benjamin Auffarthhttps://profiles.google.com/118440342400845052454noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3196965527642649851.post-19049984852762351872010-12-22T15:01:00.018+01:002010-12-24T11:15:29.476+01:00

Flattr is a relatively new social bookmarking and micropayment (or rather: microdonation) platform. After Paypal, BAC, and Visa and Mastercard bent down to political pressure, Flattr is currently one of the very few options left for people if they want to donate money to wikileaks and consequently Flattr is getting a fair share of exposure. In this post, I explain what flattr is, how you can use

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If you run Firefox and look at the system resources, you will see the use of one processor go up until 100 percent when you load several pages at once. Most personal computers today have at least two processors, if not more, and not using them is a waste of your time. Instead of loading multiple pages one after the other as it is doing now, it might as well load them at the same time using

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When I am browsing internet sites and using different services I am required to enter a lot of passwords. Memorizing all passwords grants best security, however this is inconvenient and usually annoying. It's much easier to let firefox fill in the passwords for me, however the problem is that if my laptop gets stolen or somebody gets physical access to the computer all private information will be

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I compiled a list of useful internet resources for blogging. Categories for blog tools include page design and cross-browser testing, testing page loading performance, seo tools, social media tools, and post editing. If you think any page should be added, please comment. Page DesignCombining Color Palettes and FontsTypetester provides a comparison tool for different fonts. Color Scheme

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The Blogger template edit box is tiny and you have to scroll constantly to edit the HTML. The input box for editing the template is just too narrow and too short. In this article I explain how you can increase the size. In a previous article I introduced Greasemonkey and Platypus, Firefox add-ons, which allow to customize web pages on-the-fly and make the changes persistent. In my last article,

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An annoying thing with Blogger is the tiny size of the input box for editing a post. When you write a post, the box is too narrow and too short and you have to scroll constantly. Blogger does not allow to change that size, however you can adapt it using augmented browsing, for example a Greasemonkey scripts. Here I explain how. In my last article I introduced Greasemonkey and Platypus, Firefox

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Augmented Browsing refers to systems that allow to customize the look and function of web sites. It allows to customize web pages on-the-fly and make the changes persistent, so that every time you enter a website, the site gets automatically adapted to your need. In this article I give a short introduction to augmented browsing. Augmented Browsing allows you to change the feel and function of

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There are so many widgets, scripts, and multimedia to put on a website! And many of them are so nice. Problem is, if you put too many of them, your site will load very slowly. This will drive visitors away and will let search engines to rank you worse. The faster your site loads, the better. General advice: your site should load in about 10 seconds, otherwise people will get bored. Here I

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I often switch between different computers and synchronization of data can be painful at times. Fortunately, my online reading list is completely unaffected by the change of computer, because my browser bookmarks get automatically synchronized. In this post I show how easy it is to set this up. I can synchronize my browser bookmarks on different computers, and access and edit them on-line.

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Smart bookmarks are similar to other browser bookmarks. The idea of smart bookmarks is that you enter a keyword and some search text in the location bar and on pressing enter you get the result from the search engines that you defined for the keyword. That sounds easy and fast and it really is. This post shows how to define a smart bookmark and gives several examples of smart bookmarks that can

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