Access Blocked Websites

Countries Like Iran and China create firewalls that blacklist some websites. I believe Internet users have the right to visit any site they like which is why many people offer proxies to view websites.  “A proxy server is a server (a computer system or an application program) which services the requests of its clients by forwarding requests to other servers” (Via Wiki). In other words, you are viewing websites from other servers and not your ISP’s servers. A great site to find hundreds of proxy servers is http://proxy.org/. They offer websites based on location and quality.

 What if they block that site? Use Google as a proxy server then. To do so use Google’s website Translator. Choose a website and translate to any language to your own language. Use this to access your website: http://www.google.com/translate?langpair=en|en&u=www.yoursite.com  Just change www.yoursite.com to your own site.

Download Youtube Videos

Lets admit it, everyone enjoys Youtube. Sometimes I see a video that I like so much that I choose to download it. Fortunately, many sites offer the ability to download the youtube video for your convenience. There are hundreds of thousands of music videos on youtube but what if you want to just download the audio part of it? www.vixy.netallows you to download the audio only for youtube videos or it can even format the video to fit on your PSP or Ipod.

http://keepvid.com/ is a great site to download videos from not only youtube but from numerous sites. For both sites, all you have to do is place the youtube link into the white box and click download. Voila and that’s it!

Add Custom Search Box To Your Site

A way to make your site more user friendly, especially if it is very large, is to add a very own custom search box through Google. How this works is basically you will be search Google’s indexed pages of your site. To do so add this code:

Here is how it would look for my site.

To get your very own just copy and paste this HTML code onto your site.

<!– Use of this code assumes agreement with the Google Custom Search Terms of Service. –>
<!– The terms of service are available at /coop/docs/cse/tos.html –>
<form name=”cse” id=”searchbox_demo” action=”http://www.google.com/cse“>
  <input type=”hidden” name=”cref” value=”" />
  <input name=”q” type=”text” size=”40″ />
  <input type=”submit” name=”sa” value=”Search” />
</form>
<script type=”text/javascript” src=”http://www.google.com/cse/tools/onthefly?form=searchbox_demo”></script>

How To Defrag Your Hard Drive

The first question is why do you need to defrag your Hard Drive. The reason to defreag yur HDD is that everytime you install software it is installed in parts. When you continually install software and remove software these parts in a sense become disorganized. When you need to access a software it will take more time to reorganize these parts to run the program. Defragmenting your HDD will analyze these parts and rearrange them for optimal performance.

To Defrag your HDD… go to Start-> All Programs->Accessories->System Tools->and then click on Disk Defragmenter. Make sure no programs are running and click Defragment for your Main Drive, usually the “C:”. This should be done atleast everty two months to keep your HDD at top performance.

Download Music Free With Google and More…

Did you know that Google has access to thousands of songs for you to download for free? I’m not going into the legality of the subject but you do not need to download any software to find music with Google. In fact a quick search with the right search string can help you find the music you seek. Click this link to search for Kanye West’s new album using Google. Where you see “Graduation” in quotes, just replace it with the song, album or artist’s name. Hit enter and Google will search for the music on different servers.

The second method is called www.Beemp3.com. This site is similar to Google in that it will locate music with a quick search but I think Beemp3 has a more extensive list. Usage of this site is pretty self explanatory.

How To Network A Printer

Networking a printer sounds a lot harder then it really is. In fact, Networking a printer can be done as fast as 2 minutes! To begin you need to install the printer on any computer that is a part of the network. To setup the printer consult your manual that it came with. Now once the printer is hooked up, go to Start-Printer and Faxes. One there, Right click the printer you wish to network and go to properties and then click the Sharing Tab.  Click the Share This Printer button and give it any name you like. Now right click My Computer and go to properties and Write down the computer name as well as the share name of the printer. Now go to another computer on your network. Go to Printer and Faxes-> Add A Printer, click next and choose the “A Network Printer” button. Click next and choose “Connect To This Printer” and in the white box type \\Computername\Printername. Your computer name and printer name should be what you written down. Just click next until you are done and that’s it!

After You Format Your Computer…

After you format a computer there are many things that need to be done to get it ready for basic use. Right after you format any computer and place Windows XP/2000/Vista on it you should update it. How do you update it? Just visit www.update.microsoft.com. Choose either express if you are a baisc user and custom if you have knowledge about the updates.

After you update your computer and restart again and make sure all the updates are downloaded, you want to install flash, Shockwave , and Adobe Reader. Once you download and install those three items I then install Java. Once you install that you just need to protect your new operating system. To do so download or buy an antivirus suite of your choosing.