A huge part of Facebook's user have no idea that Facebook filters their friends updates based on how much you interact with certain friends. Basically, on your wall you would see updates, pictures, links, and similar items from friends that you interact with the most. In my opinion, Facebook is controlling what I can and can not see and I highly dislike that. To change that

Go to "Most Recent" on your wall and click "Edit Options":

In the "Edit Your Friends Settings" drop down select "All of your friends and pages" and click " Save":

and you are done. Now you will receive updates from all your friends!

Customization, WebJuan ZepedaMay 31, 2011Auto, custom, Draft, Edit, facebook, filter, Filters, similar items, Wall, web Comments

Map the Distance You Ran or Cycled

Google, for a while now, has had Google Pedometer. Google pedometer is a mapping service that you use to lay out the course you want or have taken. This way you know how long the trip is. That way you can see how fast you are going running or Cycling. Its simple to use.

First, In the 'Jump to' box enter a city to find where you have run or will run.

Second, Click 'Start recording' and double-click on the map. Start out with Starting point and double-click till you map your route.

There are many numbers available like Mile markers, total distance, and what metric system to use. Have a nice exercise.

WebJuan ZepedaMay 23, 2011Auto, bike, cycle, Cycled, Draft, google, Google Maps, google pedometer, mapping service, maps, mile markers, Pedometer, run, Start, webComment

Turn Your Desktop into a Portal to the Web

Many users know that you could easily change the wallpaper in your computer with a few clicks, but many do not know that you could make a website become a wallpaper on your Windows computer. Simply follow the following steps

Right Click on the desktop
On the Context Menu Select Properties
In the properties windows select the Desktop Tab
Below the Desktop Tab Select Customize Desktop
In the Desktop Items Menu Select the Web tab
Under the Web Tab you may either select your current home page for your internet browser to be the wall paper or you may add a new site to be the wall paper
After selecting the site, press ok, and a new small window should appear.
In that window, go to the top of it and select the maximize option.
Website Wallpaper NOTE: Website animations do work!

Customization, Graphical Interfaces, Web, WindowsJuan ZepedaMarch 18, 2011Auto, Computer, Computer wallpaper, desktop items, desktop tab, Draft, Menu, site, web tab, windowsComment

Happy Pi Day!

How long is pi? The world may never know! But with the advancement of computers, you can now calculate pi to the millionths place. How do you do that? You can use Super Pi, It will let you choose the decimal places as a way to benchmark your computer's processor. The less time, the "faster" the processor. The software is somewhat obsolete with the advent of dual core processors and the latest supported operating system which is Windows XP, but I tried it under Windows 7 and it works! I used CPU-Z to probe for system info and Super Pi for the benchmark.

WebJuan ZepedaMarch 13, 2011Auto, CPU-Z, Draft, dual core processors, Happy, pi day, system, windowsComment

Spark a Dream with MS DreamSpark

Free software is awesome, but sometimes paid software has its kicks. What if you could get paid software for free? Introduce Microsoft DreamSpark. DreamSpark is an attempt by Microsoft to give away its software for people to develop new software using Visual Studio 2010, test out there server operating system, develop games and applications for Windows 7 mobile. Pretty awesome right? The only catch is that you need to be a college student or have an e-mail with "edu" (of course there is ways around the verification system)! So if you qualify, I recommend giving it a try!

Software, WebJuan ZepedaMarch 11, 2011attempt, Auto, Draft, DreamSpark, free paid software, microsoft, new software, server operating system, software, system, verification system, webComment

Add "Mac" Dock to Windows

If you like the dock feature Mac OS X has, you might be interested in StarDock ObjectDock. They offer a "plus" version, but I think the free version is good enough. I used it for a while, it gets the job done nicely. On the other hand, I use Windows 7, and I found it to be overkill specially since Windows 7 allows you to pin icons, essentially, a static dock. I recommend it to anyone who does NOT have Windows 7 in their machine or does not like the pinned icons. Compared to the Mac OS X dock, it does NOT have stacks within the dock. A small set back, but not really essential to its overall functionality.

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Installation is simple. Simply download and install. It has relatively non-technical options to configure . The only option that is maybe a little tricky is the "optimize for performance or memory." Windows 7 and Vista need about 1GB RAM to start off, so if you have less than 2GB, I would recommend optimize for performance. Windows XP is less demanding, but if you have 512MB or less, definitely optimize for performance! Of course, you can always experiment with the setting!

But if you need another reason to switch to Linux, there is a project called Cairo-Dock which, in my opinion runs circles around the Mac OS X. Above is a screenshot, but if someone wants more information on Cairo-Dock, please let me know!

Apple, Customization, Graphical Interfaces, Linux, Mac, Web, WindowsJuan ZepedaMarch 2, 2011Auto, Dock, Draft, google images, Mac, Mac OS X, optimize, performance windows, windowsComment