Summer wallpapers

It's time to put a bit of summer in our desktop.

Pixel art

Do you want pixel-art?

http://pixelarts.6x.to/

Battery on the lunch table

Do you remember the Futurama episode where Fry believes to be a robot?
If you think you are a bit "android" why not use batteries?
These batteries.

Ok, they aren't batteries, but salt and pepper shakers designed like a battery with a little window to indicate the amount of charge.

Where you can buy it? ThinkGeek: http://www.thinkgeek.com/homeoffice/kitchen/e7aa/

Doctor Who, lend me your T.A.R.D.I.S.

Between one thing and another I'm watching all the "new" seasons of the TV series "Doctor Who".
In particular from 2005 onwards.

If you have never seen, I highly recommend it!

Don't spoiler the plot on Wiki! Damn!

Google + is coming to us

Google is trying to reinvent social-networks with Google + (Google Plus).

Take a look to the features:
https://plus.google.com/up/start/?sw=1&type=st&hl=en-GB

Extreme piercing

It's funny how many strange images you can find with Google Images...
Also, it's funny to see how people is mad.

Search for "extreme piercing" at your own risk.

If you need a tripod ("bi"pod in this case?) for your weapon... 

Try to steal this bicycle!

Wanted handyman gardener who is a whiz with the scissors ... 

Google images reverse search

I noticed it a few days ago, maybe you know already.

Google has finally searching for images based on an image and not text.

Such as TineEye, Google will use a picture to find other similar or identical, but will also serve to begin a general search on an image.

For example, the photo of a statue can give results as other photos of the statue,and various other information.
Of course, thanks to giant Google's database the results are interesting.

In the search page simply click the camera icon, or drag and drop a photo on the search bar.

Firefox: extension compatibility

If your favorite extension is not compatible with your Firefox version you can try to block the compatibility check.
When a developer makes an extension he writes the version of Firefox in which he thinks his extension works,
so if a extension is blocked when you install a new version of Firefox doesn't mean it doesn't work.
Maybe if the extension is too old and the browser is too new some problem could happen.

I'm trying to install the Avast extension, but is not compatible with FF5.0... but now it works!

Follow this instruction to block the compatibility check:

•  open Firefox
•  read the version number (Help - Information on Firefox)
•  write in the address bar this:   about:config
•  right click for the menu and select New - Boolean
•  in the textbox write: extensions.checkCompatibility.YOURVERSION  where YOURVERSION is the number obtained reading the Firefox version
• Click Ok and select "False" as boolean value
• restart Firefox

My FF version number is 5.0 so I put :

If you wanna return back search "extension.checkCompatibility...." in the filter textbox in about:config and double-click the voice to put "True" or simply delete the voice.

DIY: 6$ mouse pen

Yesterday I was a bit bored so I tried to build something.

With a old yellow marker and a bit of glue I made this mouse pen.

The internal circuit is from a "finger mouse" (see related post) and it's set to stay inside the marker.

Does it work fine? Not bad, lol, but this optical sensor doesn't work too much fine on the surface of my desk so I tried on a mousepad.

Dropbox & Company

Dropbox is a software that allow you to put your files in a remote server under the protection of your account.
It is a storage where you can access with your devices: there is a software for your pc, an app for your mobile or you can use the Dropbox website to navigate your files.
You can also share files in the Public directory giving links to your friends.
Very usefull if you must work with a file in several devices (desktop - laptop).

Dropbox has 2 GB of free space for you: http://www.dropbox.com

There are many services like Dropbox:

Sugarsync - https://www.sugarsync.com/ : 5GB + 500MB for referral

MiniMedia - http://www.mimedia.com/ : 7GB

Skydrive - http://www.windowslive.it/skyDrive.aspx : 25GB