Archive for January, 2010
How to set up Remote Desktop step by step
Having remote desktop set up is like carrying your home computer with you wherever you go as long as you can access internet. You could run your favorite program installed on your computer or you could use your familiar setting at home. There are various ways of setting up a remote desktop as well as [...]
Customize login window background on Snow Leopard
You can change your wallpaper very easily in Mac OS X; however, not so simple for the login window. If your system is password protected; that’s, when you navigate to “System Preference –> Accounts–>Login Options“, you should be able to see the setting as shown in the following image: Every time when you try to [...]
Review: Gunnar eSport Eyeglasses
I received two sample pairs of Gunnar eSport amber lenses from Compu2000. The two I received are both GUNNAR eSport Collection MLG Phantom amber lenses, one in Mercury and other one in Gloss Onyx color. The glasses makes everything appear more yellow because of the coatings on the lens. This is a plus because colors [...]
Modify you WordPress theme to enable an expiration date for your posting
WordPress is a great application for people who want to set up their own blog, product display platform or even a whole site. It comes with many nice features and there is a very large community of developers who are contributing their strength to make it better and better. However, I have to say, WordPress [...]
Decode base64 encrypted PHP WordPress Theme files
[Update]: A new version of this guide has been posted at Guide to decode based64 encrypted WordPress theme . I have introduced a trick so that you are now no longer required to use online base64 decoder. It’s even more straight forward. Have fun! I really like the theme I am using right now; it’s [...]
Building simple 3D model with Google SketchUp
I use Flash and Photoshop from time to time for web-page use, but 3D modeling is totally an alien language to me. I used to try 3D Max on Windows a couple years ago. Upon request, I will simply use Photoshop to create 3D-like 2D graphic. However, this time I will need to draw a [...]
RGB MusicLab — Convert your photo pixels into music notes
Kenji Kojima, a developer from Japan, released “RGB MusicLab” for both PC and Mac quite a while ago, but it’s a very fun software to play with. Now let’s take a look at the developer’s note: RGB MusicLab converts RGB (Red, Green and Blue) value of an image to chromatic scale sounds. The program reads [...]