The Windows key on your keyboard

by zzillezz on June 30, 2008

Most computer keyboards nowadays have a Windows key on it, unless you’re using a Mac that is. There are a few handy things you can do with it if you’re running some version of the Windows operating system. Win + (…)

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Releasing movies on to the internet

by zzillezz on June 20, 2008

As you may know or not know, movies get their release on to the internet through release groups. If you browse the movies section of The Pirate Bay for instance, you’ll notice names like DiAMOND, FSG, FLAiTE and so on. (…)

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Firefox 3.0

by zzillezz on June 18, 2008

Firefox is an open source browser for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. After a whole series of betas and release candidates, the final is out! Download it today to help break their world download record!

Opera 9.50

by zzillezz on June 13, 2008

Opera is a free Web browser with a pop-up blocker, multiple-window navigation, mouse gestures, keyboard shortcuts, an e-mail client with a spam filter, and integrated search for user security and speed. The cross-platform browser includes IRC-compatible chat, support for RSS (…)

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VLC media player 0.8.6h

by zzillezz on June 13, 2008

VideoLAN is an excellent multimedia player with it’s own plugins for playing different formats, so it doesn’t need any codecs to be installed. It works great for previewing partially downloaded files too as well as DVDs, VCDs, and various streaming (…)

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Linux Mint 5 Elyssa

by zzillezz on June 11, 2008

Linux Mint is a linux distribution based on Ubuntu but with a custom desktop and menus, several unique configuration tools, a web-based package installation interface, and a number of different editions. They try to provide an elegant Linux desktop, with (…)

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µTorrent 1.8 build 10770 beta

by zzillezz on June 11, 2008

µTorrent is an efficient and feature rich BitTorrent client for Windows sporting a very small footprint. It was designed to use as little cpu, memory and space as possible while offering all the functionality expected from advanced clients. 

OpenOffice.org 2.4.1

by zzillezz on June 11, 2008

OpenOffice.org is a free and powerful office suite. The look and feel might be a bit less intuitive compared to Microsoft’s Office suite, but it suits my needs. And because it’s free, open source and most important: good, it deserves (…)

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WP image uploader fix

by zzillezz on June 4, 2008

I’ve had a lot of problems using the image uploader in WordPress 2.5, but adding this code to the .htaccess file in my WordPress folder solved it. UPDATE: There’s now also a plugin that does the same thing.