Firefox and DNS prefetching

Featured, Techie, Today I learned, tutorials August 4th, 2009

Firefox and DNS prefetching – I read about this being a feature in Google Chrome, but I wasn’t sure if it was, yet, a feature of Firefox. It is in Ff 3.5. Here you can find a list of the new features in Firefox 3.5.

What is DNS prefetching?It is the process of requesting domain name and IP (Internet Protocol or Intellectual Property) address resolution used in links, images, documents and other content linked to from a page a web surfer is currently browsing. Theoretically, by

XBox 360 no video, only audio

Featured, Techie, gaming, tutorials, video June 15th, 2009

xbox 360, logo, controller

xbox 360, logo, controller

Over the weekend I had some lack of video from my XBox360. Nothing that some heat couldn’t fix. Apparently most problems with the Xbox360 are fixed by that that kills PC – heat.

I have an XBox360, which is one of those that was born with bugs and “genetic” issue – meaning an early version – one from the early ones, made before the red ring of death became evident  and all the various versions started to come out. Luckily, I don’t abuse and rarely spend massive amount of hours playing it, thus I don’t have very many problem with it! Other than the occasional screen flicker and the constant refusal of the DVD-Rom…

Helicopter birthday cake

Today I learned, Useful Sites, video April 24th, 2008

Now that’s a cool birthday cake. A cake shaped like a helicopter with a functioning rotor. Sweeet!!!!

You can find the instruction on how to make your own helicopter birthday cake here, on Instructables, an awesome do-it-yourself site.

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