Pete’s Musings

yes, i’m bloggimg from my cellphone. why? not entirely sure, but it’s cool!

Anyone who spends considerable amount of time on the web can truly appreciate those useful little tricks and tweaks that make things easier and generally customize the experience. I’m one of those people, so here’s my favourite list of addons that most people don’t use, but maybe should!

1) Add to Search Bar: You know that little search thing in the upper right corner … on its own it’s pretty cool. But did you know that you could easily add ANY search to that list? For any site that you search frequently, add a search for it. I use it for movie sites, torrent sites, news searches, journal searches. anything really.

The next 3 addons are really about optimizing your screen real estate. Read More »

It’s a little late to be posting this as it pertains to halloween. But I jut found the actual site and figured out how to post it, it’s kinda funny and stereotypical french humour. If you have ever dished out candy on halloween here … you’ve encountered a few of these little piss-ants along the way. lol. Precious. Visit http://www.tetesaclaques.tv/ for more … the Grenouilles one is also pretty funny. [click title for expanded view and to see the embedded player] Read More »

As a break from the normal depressing B.S. I’ve been posting, I’m going ot spend some time talking about some cool stuff I use day-to-day. Everyone always seems surprised (or confused) when I mention this stuff to them because they’ve never heard of it before. Software I use, Videocasting, Personal video recorder, cool sites on the web … whatever I can think of. Worth checking out I hope. Read More »

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I mentioned something to my sister yesterday about my hands feeling a little stiff, and she pointed out to me that I have been trembling for the past few days. Don’t know why she didn’t say something before because it’s very true. I hold up my hands and it’s as though they are vibrating at high frequency. And now that she told me that, when I lay down quietly on my bed I can feel my arms, head, and even chest trebling. I don’t know WTF is going on, but I don’t like it. Read More »

For the past few months there has been a lot of discord in the household
due to issues related to internet use and misuse. The three ‘adults’ in the household are all heavy internet users - I use the internet for gaming, downloading movies, and web surfing. My sister uses it to keep in touch with family and friends with instant messaging and 2-way webcam communications. The sister’s BF is the biggest problem, he indiscriminately and inconsiderately downloads gobs of crap. All these uses cannot go on at the same time, particularly the file downloading and sharing. Read More »

I decided to add one of those fancy flash-enabled-picture-viewing-gizmos to the sidebar of the site (it’s located just under the archive list on the right). Added a random assortment of images to it … whatever I could find on my computer in a hurry. Kinda neat, eh? Clicking on an image loads a larger image on Flickr.com (a Yahoo! company now). I’ll eventually switch this over to show some holiday pictures … once I actually have some to show!

Also, does anyone actually use my Digg.com links? I find some pretty interesting stuff and link it here for you all to follow. Go make an account on digg.com already - if you don’t, you’ll be left behind in this new wave of communication and social bookmarking that is sweeping the internet. Read More »