Disable Snap.com Previews Permanently on Opera!

Saw an article on how to disable snap.com previews permanently, but in firefox.

Here's how to do it in Opera 9:

-Tools -> "Advanced" tab.
-Click on "Content" on the left.
-Click "Blocked Content" button.
-Add http://spa.snap.com/*

Done. Snap Preview begone!

No restarts required.

BitTorrent faster than HTTP download on Streamyx?

Half-a-week already since I've been back in Malaysia - adjusted ok to the weather, finally got to do some driving, jet lag's gone i think, shocked at all the crimes happening all over Malaysia and also find it weird that bittorrent speed does not match with http download speeds on Streamyx.

I'm on the Basic Plan (512kbps) and here are some screenshots of the downloads (average speeds):

http download:

BT:

Anyone has any idea on how to speed up http downloads? OpenDNS doesn't seem to help much, EventID 4226 patcher helped abit - is there anything I missed out?

Anyway, since the internet's so slow here, I've started reading now and the book called "Why Do Men Have Nipples" seemed pretty interesting. Here's something funny:

WHY DOES YOUR PEE SMELL WHEN YOU EAT ASPARAGUS?
Asparagus contains a sulfur compound called mercaptan. It is also found in onions, garlic, rotten eggs, and in the secretions of skunks. The signature smell occurs when this substance is broken down in your digestive system. Not all people have the gene for the enzyme that breaks down mercaptan, so some of you can eat all the asparagus you want without stinking up the place. One study published in theBritish Journal of Clinical Pharmacology found that only 46 percent of British people tested produced the odor while 100 percent of French people tested did.

the Brits will love this.

How to import Outlook mail to GMail?

I've been researching on this since I wanted to keep a copy of all the mail I received while in college and since I've graduated, they'll be removing the access to my outlook files soon. So, after much experimenting and searching, here's the tried and tested way of importing Outlook mail to GMail:

1. Open Outlook Express and Import from Outlook.
2. Open Thunderbird and Import from Outlook Express (if you skip step 1, the files can't be uploaded by gExodus for some reason)
3. Find your Personal Folder for Thunderbird to find your Mbox file which contains all the file (e.g. Inbox - note no extensions at all to the file)
4. Download gExodus and just fill in the blanks. Note that you might need to change GMail's SMTP address to gsmtp183.google.com but best to check it here.

Embedded YouTube problems in Opera?

I believe some of you out there who're using Opera might experience an embeded YouTube video which might not load when viewing a blog once in a while. Here's how you can fix it:

From the Opera forums:

This is an example of a typical YouTube code to embed in your blog:

The problem here can be solved by just removing the "type=" parameter in the embed tags.

Confused? Don't worry!

Thanks to FyberOptic, he created a UserJS script to fix this, just go here to download it - Link

If you're not sure how to use UserJS scripts in Opera, refer to this article - Link.

How to change the landing page of your Google Onsite Advertiser Signup page!

If you've seen my previous post, I'm sure you'll wanna know how to cover your tracks properly. This is really simple but hardly used by many.

1. Login to your Adsense account.
2. Click on the "My Account" tab.
3. Search for the part that says "Onsite Advertiser Sign-Up", click on the edit link:

4. Under the textbox that says "Site Name", delete everything there and that's it!

Of course this is no guarantee you're 100% safe from the kaypoh ones in the blogosphere but it's just another way to cover your tracks, especially those who put up hate blogs and put up ads somemore!