Friedbeef’s Tech

5 Firefox Extensions That Make All the Difference in the World

Based on my web stats, if you’re reading this, there’s a 72% chance that you’re already on the Firefox browser – in which case you’re in the perfect position enjoy the browser extensions and tweaks below. If you’re one of the 24% STILL on Internet Explorer, it’s time to consider a free upgrade :) Link Alert – [...]

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Top 10 Bookmarklets and the Best Way to Manage Them

I can never get enough bookmarklets or screen real estate, and that’s why I love Blummy-the-bookmarklet-manager. Bookmarklets are tiny java programs that can be saved like normal browser bookmarks, but function as simple “one-click” tools that can add features to the bookmarks. If you’re using Firefox, these bookmarklets are usually stored on the bookmark toolbar for easy [...]

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How to Change the Default Slide Layout in PowerPoint

I don’t need to tell you PowerPoint isn’t perfect. PowerPoint offers up 31 different slide layouts for you to choose from – but does not allow you set your preferred default slide layout. Instead, it always creates a new presentation with a slide with the ‘Title’ layout, and a ‘Text’ slide every time you insert a [...]

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The Best Free Music Downloads – Top 5 Legal Ways To Get It

Picture this, you just bought a spanking new 30 Gig MP3 player, and finished transferring your entire music collection on it, but guess what – it’s still half empty! Instead of letting that extra space go to waste – How about filling it up with free music? Well, here are 5 places you can start: 1. [...]

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Me Reviewing ReviewMe

When I started blogging less than a year ago, one of my personal rules I set for myself was that this blog had to be self sustaining. Now, thanks to the few advertisements I place on my site, the costs incurred by domain registration and hosting, were being covered – but only just. When PayPerPost came along [...]

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