Archive for January, 2009

My Favourite Firefox Add-ons

January 23, 2009 at 11:11 am · Filed under Uncategorized

Multiple Tab Handler
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/4838
“Duplicate Tab”, “Close All Tabs”, “Close Left Tabs”, “Close Right Tabs”, “Copy URL” and “Close Slimilar Tabs”.

Cooliris
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/search?q=cooliris&cat=all
Full-Screen, 3D — Cooliris (formerly PicLens) transforms your browser into a visually stunning, lightning fast way to search, discover, view and share online photos, videos and more.

Forecastfox
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/398
Get international weather forecasts from AccuWeather.com, and display it in any toolbar or statusbar

meebo 1.1
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/5700
sidebar lets you keep an eye on your Meebo session while you do other stuff

NewTabURL 1.6.0
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2221
Select default URL when new tabs are opened: “Blank page”, “Home page”, “Current page” or a user defined URL.

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Removing .Trashes Files from a USB Drive in Mac OS X

January 7, 2009 at 2:43 pm · Filed under Tech Talk

Q. I have a USB drive that I use with my PC and my Mac. But whenever I delete something from it in OS X, it stores those files in the .Trashes folder, and makes the drive full even if it doesn’t look full in MAC OS X. So to clean it up I have to use Windows to delete the .Trashes folder. Can I do this using OS X?

A. If you delete something, then empty the trash, the .Trashes directory should be empty — if you simply leave those items in the trash, they haven’t been deleted yet and will reside inside the .Trashes folder.

I don’t think there’s a way to get rid of the .Trashes folder permanently — but you can make sure it doesn’t take up any space on the drive by fully emptying the trash.

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