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Reverse Image Searching
Reverse image searching is a searching technique by which you upload an image that you have or have found into a search engine to get more image results. I have done this to find wallpapers and album art at higher resolutions, but as I have learned by reading a LifeHacker article, there is much more you can do. You can find names of unlabeled products, recipes, where your artwork is being used, the original artists, and more! -
Add Shut Down Button to Windows 8 Start Page
I don’t think I have ever linked to a page explaining how to create a shut down, restart, etc… button and pin it to the start menu. The guide in the link also explains how to make it into a menu if you wish for there to be one.
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Create a Windows 8 Recovery Flash Drive
Everyone runs into computer problems at one point or another, and sometimes, a recovery partition and/or CD is nice to have on hand. Due to the gradual shift to getting OS upgrades from downloads, fewer people have physical DVDs (and optical drives) that they can just pop in and run from.
Lifehacker details the process in which you can create a USB flash drive with the WIndows Recovery tools and even the Recovery Partition, plus this will free up space on your computer.
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Change Windows' File Explorer Launch Location
Here’s a little trick you can use to facilitate getting to the folders you want to reach- have the Windows Vista/7/8 File Explorer launch directly to root folders that you use the most.
Normally, clicking the File Explorer icon on the Windows taskbar launches Libraries (something I rarely use, and dislike moving through). By right-clicking the File Explorer icon, then right-clicking “File Explorer” near the end of the list, and the selecting Properties, you get to a window from which you can change what folder/window pops up when you click on the File Explorer in the taskbar.
I’ve set mine to “D:\[User]” since that’s the root folder that contains all of my other folders such as “Documents”, “Videos”, and “Pictures”. At first glance, it may not seem very different, but I prefer the navigation and presentation of “normal” folders over the Libraries collection.
What will you use yours for? Will you make it a shortcut to your academic folders? Perhaps you will link it to your trove of pictures? Or maybe you will completely ignore this tip, and opt for one of the countless other ways to create shortcuts to folders?
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It Costs Less to Fly to and Buy Adobe Software in the US than to Buy it in Australia
If the title sounds a little crazy to you, you are certainly not alone in thinking so. News.com.au reports that “The Creative Suite Master 6 Collection in Australia costs $4,334. The same software carries a price of $2599 in the US” and that “A return flight to Los Angeles costs $1147.58 on Virgin Australia.”
Well, now I know why Adobe has been summoned to the Australian court. Well, I hope that the possible future infractions will discourage such price gouging.
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Create Windows 8 Tiles with OlbyTile
Speaking of Windows 8 and XDA Developers, I have been meaning to mention a tool that Argony-OT has developed, called OlbyTile. Using this tool, and some .png images, you can create your own beautiful tiles instead of leaving your Windows 8 start screen with a bunch of mismatched application shortcuts. You can even replace Windows Store tiles with tiles of your own. For the time being, it will work with RT devices only if they are jailbroken.
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Run Windows 8 Apps on Windows RT
It is not an understatement that a large number of people are disappointed by the lack of compatibility between Windows RT and traditional legacy Windows apps/programs. Microsoft has its reasons for using a different OS for tablet devices, such as power and energy efficiency, but the limitations of RT are still difficult to swallow.
To partially alleviate this problem, mamaich from XDA Developers has created a tool that allows x86 apps on RT devices.
Its goal is to support all apps except for those that:
- require much CPU power,
- use complex features that were cut out from WinRT like D3D9 extensions or OpenGL,
- require drivers or specific services,
- make heavy use of COM interfaces,
- use undocumented windows internals,
- apps that use .NET framework,
- x86 Metro apps,
- 16 or 64 bit Windows programs,
- buggy apps that require special workarounds.Note that the tool is still in its early beta stages, and only a handful of x86 apps will work. If you would like to test it out anyway, head over to the forum, and try it for yourself!
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50GB of Box.com Storage
Remember my last Box.com post? Well, now, for a limited time, signing up through a special link through Dell will give you 50GB of storage! If you signed up using Gmail, and do not want to use a new email address, simply add a period(s) into your signup email; Gmail will still receive it. Anyway, 50GB of free storage is amazing.
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25GB of Box.com Cloud Storage
Are you running out of cloud storage from Microsoft, Dropbox, Google, etc…, and have not created a Box account yet? Well, then you are in luck! For an undefined amount of time, Box.com is giving new accounts who follow this link 25GB of cloud storage space. Note: file sizes are limited to 250MB per file.
