Archive for the 'Useful tips' Category

Edit an MP3 song to add extra silent time

If you’re like the millions of audio buffs out there, you’ll find that quite often, certain mp3 songs end too quickly. That means, they have little or no period of silence after the ending of the song. It could be due to sloppy editing of the song copy by the person who edited and saved [...]

Fixing DLL errors

DLL files are one of the most important components of your system files if you are using Windows as your Operating System. There are many DLL files within a typical Windows system, but most of the time, you don’t really bother about them. That is, until something goes wrong with them.
DLL stands for Dynamic Link [...]

Need a calculator? Find them online

While doing a work related assignment yesterday, I found myself in need of a calculator. But I didn’t carry one with me at the time. Does that sound familiar? For dealing with numbers and digits on a daily basis, a calculator is indispensable. I use calculators everyday in my job, and if I can just [...]

Replicate your blog on XAMPP in Windows XP

Those who have self hosted blogs may from time to time decide that they want to tweak the sidebars, adjust the layout, add a widget, or just try out a new theme and see how their blog looks like. Especially for CSS issues, you will likely need a lot of testing and previews to get [...]

How to fill up the W-8BEN form

If you’re a non US citizen applying to join Commission Junction or many other US based companies’ affiliate programs, you will be required to fill up the W-8BEN form and mail or fax the form over.
So first things first, you can download the W-8BEN form at the IRS website here.
For non US citizens, there are [...]

Preventing spyware from getting into your PC.

As I was having a major problem with spyware/malware residing in my PC for the past several days, I’m think I’m going to talk about this ubiquitous problem that is afflicting millions of PCs the world over at any given time.
My first direct experience with a computer spyware was back in the good old days [...]