Technical Bits and Pieces
This isn't really a personal post. Just some technical bits and pieces, including a better way to connect to my computer for those that have been doing so.
Connecting to Zabby's computer - the better way
It's interesting to see what ppl have, especially MP3s, in my opinion *shrug*. A few people are browsing around with IE now, but if you wanna transfer a movie file or something large it more often than not fails when using IE. It's also a pain to download a large number of files.
BPFTP - better program to connect to my computer. It resumes broken transfers and queues files, and is really tiny. Just unzip it anywhere and run it.
Enter my address, press connect, drag the files you want into the lower box, then press GO. It's very simple to use, here's a pic.
My address is -> tallalex.dyndns.org, port: 7337, user: user, password: 39103, you can see this all in the picture.
Don't update this program, if you do it will stop working.
If ya just wanna use IE, you first have to go to Tools -> Internet Options -> Advanced -> Scroll down & check "Use Passive FTP".
Then you can use this link. ftp://user:39103@tallalex.dyndns.org:7337. Firefox won't work.
Simple program to get rid of MSN messenger's ads and a lot more
First off, you need the newest MSN Messenger 7. If you haven't updated in the last few weeks, you don't have it.
Then download Mess-patch It removes ads from both the contact list and the instant message window, also customizes the hell out of MSN messenger, and adds some new features like multiple MSNs at the same time and a new "Idle" state (instead of away) which works with other people even if they don't have the patch. The first set of options is general, then for the contact list, then the message window.
If you update MSN you need to re-rip the ads. The program can auto-update itself, so save it.
Two tweaks to speed up the Firefox browser
Prefetch
Change any shortcut to Firefox you use to this.
"C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" /prefetch:1
This keeps some of the core components of Firefox in memory after you close it. It radically speeds up loading time if you open it again, and doesn't take much memory (unless you have an ancient 'puter - like Win98 - this is worth it I think). IE already does this without you knowing when windows starts.
HTTP pipelining - eh, sorta tricky
Usually a browser will transfer files from a web page one at a time. Turn this on, it will download multiple files at once. Makes a big differnce, especially with pages with a lot of images. Not on by default because apparently it breaks some flash pages, but I've never had a problem and it does make a difference.
1. Type "about:config" into the address bar and hit enter. Scroll down and look for the following entries:
network.http.pipelining
network.http.proxy.pipelining
network.http.pipelining.maxrequests
2. Change these.
Set "network.http.pipelining" to "true" (double click)
Set "network.http.proxy.pipelining" to "true"
Set "network.http.pipelining.maxrequests" to 25. This means it will make up to 25 requests at once.
3. Lastly, right-click anywhere and select New-> Integer. Name it "nglayout.initialpaint.delay" and give it a value of "0". This is how long the browser waits before it acts on information it receives.
Connecting to Zabby's computer - the better way
It's interesting to see what ppl have, especially MP3s, in my opinion *shrug*. A few people are browsing around with IE now, but if you wanna transfer a movie file or something large it more often than not fails when using IE. It's also a pain to download a large number of files.
BPFTP - better program to connect to my computer. It resumes broken transfers and queues files, and is really tiny. Just unzip it anywhere and run it.
Enter my address, press connect, drag the files you want into the lower box, then press GO. It's very simple to use, here's a pic.
My address is -> tallalex.dyndns.org, port: 7337, user: user, password: 39103, you can see this all in the picture.
Don't update this program, if you do it will stop working.
If ya just wanna use IE, you first have to go to Tools -> Internet Options -> Advanced -> Scroll down & check "Use Passive FTP".
Then you can use this link. ftp://user:39103@tallalex.dyndns.org:7337. Firefox won't work.
Simple program to get rid of MSN messenger's ads and a lot more
First off, you need the newest MSN Messenger 7. If you haven't updated in the last few weeks, you don't have it.
Then download Mess-patch It removes ads from both the contact list and the instant message window, also customizes the hell out of MSN messenger, and adds some new features like multiple MSNs at the same time and a new "Idle" state (instead of away) which works with other people even if they don't have the patch. The first set of options is general, then for the contact list, then the message window.
If you update MSN you need to re-rip the ads. The program can auto-update itself, so save it.
Two tweaks to speed up the Firefox browser
Prefetch
Change any shortcut to Firefox you use to this.
"C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" /prefetch:1
This keeps some of the core components of Firefox in memory after you close it. It radically speeds up loading time if you open it again, and doesn't take much memory (unless you have an ancient 'puter - like Win98 - this is worth it I think). IE already does this without you knowing when windows starts.
HTTP pipelining - eh, sorta tricky
Usually a browser will transfer files from a web page one at a time. Turn this on, it will download multiple files at once. Makes a big differnce, especially with pages with a lot of images. Not on by default because apparently it breaks some flash pages, but I've never had a problem and it does make a difference.
1. Type "about:config" into the address bar and hit enter. Scroll down and look for the following entries:
network.http.pipelining
network.http.proxy.pipelining
network.http.pipelining.maxrequests
2. Change these.
Set "network.http.pipelining" to "true" (double click)
Set "network.http.proxy.pipelining" to "true"
Set "network.http.pipelining.maxrequests" to 25. This means it will make up to 25 requests at once.
3. Lastly, right-click anywhere and select New-> Integer. Name it "nglayout.initialpaint.delay" and give it a value of "0". This is how long the browser waits before it acts on information it receives.