How to turn your iPod Shuffle into a Regular MP3 Player

How to turn your iPod Shuffle into a Regular MP3 Player

iTunes sucks. I bought an iPod shuffle because it didn't have all the bells and whistles of the other iPod's and I thought that the iPod Shuffle might not be trapped in the iTunes realm. I was wrong. It made my head hurt.

I search the internet for hours, finding a site that solved my problem with only an hour to spare before a 12 hour shift. Lucky for me, it was easy to understand, and even easier to implement.

So, if you're looking to turn your iPod Shuffle into something other than a controlling girlfriend, there's only one place you need to go:

http://shuffle-db.sourceforge.net/

How to make you normal sized picture really BIG on forums

How to make you normal sized picture really BIG on forums

It's simple, instead of using forum code ([img] tags) you use the HTML code and you change the width value of the code. Change the "300" to "1700" and you're done.



Normal Code:



Huge Code:

How to delay or speed up subtitles in VideoLan (VLC) Player

How to delay or speed up subtitles in VideoLan (VLC) Player

I finally found subs to a movie I've had on my harddrive for a year. The subs didn't line up. I fixed it. Here's how:

1. Open VLC Player.
2. Click the File Menu.
3. Click Open File.
4. Click Browse to Open the Movie.
5. Check the "Use a subtitle file" Box.
6. Click Browse to Open the Subtitle.
7. Click "Advanced Settings"
8. Move the Delay into the minus if the subtitles are too fast, move it into the positive if the subtitles are too slow.

I don't know if there is a better way, but that's how I did it. It was guess and test, but it only takes a few minutes to line it up and you're good to go.

edit:

Brian added this:

You can also just press 'H' and 'J' while the video is running to align the subtitles backward and forward in time. The increments are in milliseconds so it can be pretty easily fine tuned that way, but I don't know if there's any way to save that setting.

How to Turn off the Explorer Click Sound in Windows Vista

How to Turn off the Explorer Click Sound in Windows Vista

This annoys me to the point of shoostings.

Here's how you shut if off for good.

1 - Open up the Sounds Configuration Panel by entering mmsys.cpl into the start menu search box. You can also go through the control panel, but through the search box is quicker and easier.



2 - The below window will open. Click the sounds tab.



3 - Scroll down to the Start Navigation option. It's near the bottom. Set the Start Navigation Sounds to NONE and press apply.



4 - Or just do what I do and turn all of the sounds off so you don't have to deal with all of the other annoying stock sounds and chimes.