The Beginner's Guide to Tumblr - Waterfox. Tumblr is a micro-blogging platform that churns out millions of posts on a daily basis. There are currently 108.6 million blogs on Tumblr, which might seem intimidating to anyone not already using it. Tumblr could be useful to you for many reasons, depending on what you're looking to get out of it, for example, inspiration, scrapbooking, communication or a portfolio. The site is a mix of bloggers, brands and tastemakers. But to keep it simple, there are essentially two types of bloggers on Tumblr: those who create original content and those who curate, or re-blog posts. Depending on how you want to utilize the platform, this guide will help you move from a Tumblr novice to power blogger. 1. Tumblr registration is simple: You only need an email address, password and username. With Tumblr, you can change your URL later, so if you absolutely hate it down the road, that can be fixed — but keep in mind that change will affect SEO.
Be sure to upload a default image, too, to complete your profile. Send Files to Dropbox, Google Drive, and More From Windows' Right-Click Menu - Waterfox. Dropbox, Google Drive, SkyDrive and Others: Pricing Per GB and More Compared in Convenient Charts - Waterfox. How to Remove Your Google Web History Before The New Privacy Policy Change - Waterfox. Top 10 Downloads That Enhance Windows' Built-In Tools - Waterfox. Upgrade and Speed Up Your Computer This Weekend - Waterfox. I have to take Irish's side on this one. Linux is tough to talk about in terms of performance, because (1) most distros were meant to run on older hardware, so it's hard to unbiasedly judge their performance in terms of age, and (2) the Linux population is a very specific kind, and they tend to have very different ideas of performance, as well as use practices, than the average Windows or OS X user. Also, when he meant by "general wear and tear" is an actual manifestation (though most people don't know about it).
Computers work by manipulating electrical impulses, and electricity universally degrades silicon chips, wiring, etc. This is true on all computers, all cell phones, all digital watches, all microwaves... and you see where I am going. Using any computer will degrade the hardware, and the more you use it, the more it degrades. Now, with that said, different hardware does degrade at different rates. Macs also have significant slow-down issues, if used long enough. The Best Screen Capture Tool for Windows - Waterfox.
Audiobook Cutter - Waterfox. Soapy: an even better anti-SOPA browser plugin - Boing Boing - Waterfox. Kate sez, "Soapy is a new web browser plug-in that allows users to visit websites blocked by SOPA by automatically redirecting them to the site's IP address. The Firefox version of the plugin is downloadable now; the Google Chrome version will be finished shortly. This free software makes the practical implementation of SOPA impossible, since anyone can download the plug-in and circumvent SOPA. So--if anybody can unblock SOPA, what is the point of SOPA? " Soapy is written in JavaScript and XML. It automatically redirects the user to the site's IP address or an alternate site where the content is mirrored.
These sites include everything from Wikileaks (frequently blocked at the DNS level) to the Computer Science Department at UC Davis (which discusses circumvention). Soapy (Thanks, Kate!)