Category: Tips & Tutorial

Have you ever see the following error message when you are trying to access YouTube using Firefox?
Bad Request
Your browser sent a request that this server could not understand.
Size of a request header field exceeds server limit.
Cookie: VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE
It used to happen to me. Then after a while, it’s gone, and now it’s back at a higher [...]

Is the “Set As Desktop Background” option from your Firefox’s context menu (right-click option menu) gone or missing, for no apparent reason? It’s a handy option when you’re browsing for new wallpapers and wanted to see how it looks like on your desktop, and it’s such a pain when you know the option is missing.

My Gmail Notifier Firefox add-on had stop working for several months already, and apparently the Offline Gmail feature from Gmail Labs is the culprit.
Updating to the latest version of Gmail Notifier (0.6.3.11 at the time of writing) didn’t help at all, but fortunately this can be fixed by simply installing this: hosted2.xpi
It works for me, [...]

After getting rid of 2 big bags worth of old unwanted items from my drawers and shelf (some items date back to 8 years), I sit back and see what else I could do to unclutter my workstation. Two tangled earphones on my desk came to my attention, and naturally I Google for a way [...]

By default, YouTube offers 9 color schemes to colorize its video player for embedding. Although color customization of YouTube player is very flexible, since it can be manipulated using hex color codes, YouTube is not providing any easy way to do so for whatever reason.
There is no way else to get more creative with colors, [...]

(Windows only): Turning off the computer screen can be as easy as a button press for desktop computers, but most laptops do not come with a button or even a shortcut key to do just that. If that is the case, you can either configure your laptop to turn off the display after x minutes, [...]