Scribefire Blog Editor for Chrome

As time goes on, the list of extension dealbreakers for users pondering the jump from Firefox to Chrome keeps getting shorter. You may soon be able to cross off one of Firefox's most popular extensions for bloggers: Scribefire is now available as a Google Chrome extension. It's not as full-featured as its FF cousin by any stretch, but this is an alpha build. By the time it's all said and done, there's no doubt that Scribefire on Chrome will be every bit as good as the original. This isn't a port -- it's very nearly a complete re-write. Developer Chris Finke says, "For comparison's sake, the current version of ScribeFire for...

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Set sleep time in Windows 7

Wondering how to set the sleep timer in Windows 7? Heres a quick guide..1. Open your Control Panel from the start menu. 2. View your control panel with “Large Icons” which can be changed on top right. 3. Choose Power Options in the Control Panel, which should be somewhere in the middle of fourth column.4. Click Change plan settings next to the Balanced power plan.5. Adjust all the 6 drop-down menus to where you feel comfortable with your settings and then click Save chang...

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Turn on Military Time in Windows 7

It’s very easy to turn on the military time Windows 7 or even Vista, but the setting isn’t in an obvious place, so you probably did not find it.To change this setting, we will need to get to the Regional and Language Options screen. The easiest way to do so is just enter intl.cpl into the Start menu search box and hit enter. Otherwise, type region into the Control Panel.From the Regional and Language Options dialog, click the “Customize this format” button, and then select the Time tab.Change the time format dropdown as shown:You’ll notice from the key that the capital letter H means 24 hour time, and a single letter means that it won’t...

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Twitter Symbols

Here’s another option for putting symbols into your Twitter stream: just drag the bookmarklet atTwitter Symbols into your browser. When you want to use a symbol, you can click on the link and a window will pop up, then double click on the symbol, control-C (or Command-C on a Mac) to copy, and control-V (Command-V on a Mac) to paste into your Twitter stre...

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