Special Characters

A great little site http://unicode-table.com/en/#control-character for all your unicode chrs.

Sugru - and magnets

Sugru

Amazing substance, just so many hacks already completed, and refreshingly easy to use.

Now with magnets!
http://sugru.com/magnet-kit?

Get some!

Digsby gmail notification fix

Get your notification of how many unread emails you have back into Digsby desktop app. This clever chap has sorted out a fix and it works well. I've installed it several times on different machines.
http://softconsultant.ro/2013/05/13/solution-for-digsby-gmail-notifications/
He has my respect and gratitude.

CSS3 code generator

This website provides a very simple and easy to use, incredibly valuable facility to show you how CSS3 elements can be created and all the code you need to make it work! Fab!

http://www.createcss3.com/

Handy random stuff generator

http://www.randomthing.me/
 Great little website for lists of random Names, Addresses, and / or Business names.

CSS tips and information

Just really useful article about all the weird quirks about CSS
http://tympanus.net/codrops/2013/07/17/troubleshooting-css/

Great gadgets for Christmas gifts!

OK, so I know its the middle of the year...

Just seen a great little gadget that will make excellent gifts for many friends and family. A credit card sized USB to micro USB cable. Effectively creating a credit card sized charger for your phone or any other device that fits in your wallet!

What a great idea, we just need it in the UK please!

Charge Card Project
http://www.chargecardproject.com/products/chargecard-for-micro-usb

Reviewed here on Lifehacker - http://lifehacker.com/the-chargecard-charges-your-phone-fits-in-your-wallet-507723852

Useful Online Image Tools

www.pixlr.com
Several options for online image editing for free, and some pretty cool android apps too.

www.picresize.com
Quick and dirty image resizing.

Useful tips for sync google contact between accounts

Life Hacker has published a useful article:

How to Sync Contacts Between Two Gmail Accounts

It makes use of a tool called Soocial - https://www.soocial.com/

Article to be found on lifehacker site.
http://lifehacker.com/5987154/how-to-sync-contacts-between-two-gmail-accounts

How to stop Yahoo being the default search engine in the Firefox address bar, and get Google back

Get Google back.

So if you type a search term into the address bar in Firefox, which search engine does it use?
Well somehow, sometime, somewhere mine swapped to Yahoo, and I couldn't find out how to get it back to Google. So I found out (thanks to Robert Stocks) how to "fix" it on my PC, so it uses Google instead.

1. Go to Firefox - Help - Troubleshooting information option.
2. Change the word "support" in the address bar to "config"
3. Read the message and promise to be careful
4. Search for "keyword.URL" and see if there is any information in the Values column?
5. My version had blurb about yahoo, so if you right click and Modify, remove everything so the value is blank, and click OK.
6. Hey presto, fixed.
7. Be happy and just a little bit smug!

How to use Windows 8 - in 3 mins

Enlightenment!

Windows 8 - You Tube video guide - will make your life easier in 3 mins!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wi8NpwiEuzc

 Thank you Scott Hanselman