A Simple Way to Create Nice Tweets Screenshots

If you want to embed tweets in web pages, which way is better? Using Blackbird Pie or screen capture tools? Blackbird Pie is such a cool feature from Twitter but still has some bugs (i.e. profile image in the tweet will break if the user changes profile pic.) So as Amit said, screenshots is still the best way to embed tweets in your websites.

But here's a quickly way to creat a nice and easy screenshot image of any tweets from your address bar. - TweetQuoter. To turn a tweet into an image, all you have to do is open that tweet in your browser, replace twitter.com part of a tweet's URL to chen.vc. For example,

http://twitter.com/lyanghsueh/status/16009654938

becomes

http://chen.vc/lyanghsueh/status/16009654938

Now you can see a .jpg image of the tweet that you can embed in your websites or blogs, like this:

It's pretty simple and nice. you may have noticed, this little service copied the background from Tweetie, and the auther said he might allow customizations for the image in the future.

[h/t @labnol]

Tips: View Page Source Code in Your Text Editor

If you frequently examine the source code of web pages while using Firefox, this handy trick will load the source code directly in your favorite editor.
Load your Firefox configuration file by typing about:config in the address bar, and follow these steps:

• Type or copy & paste "view_source.editor.external" (without the quote marks) into the filter address bar. Once the about:config entry is displayed, right click on the entry and select "Toggle" to change the value to "true".
• Type or copy & paste “view_source.editor.path” (without the quote marks) into the Filter Address Bar. Once the about:config entry is displayed, right click on the entry and select “Modify”.
• Enter the target path of your favorite code/text editor (without the quote marks). For example, chosen “C:\Windows\System32\notepad.exe”. Click “OK” and restart your browser to complete the changes.

Now, whenever you view source code from within Firefox, your favorite code/text editor will open up displaying all that webpage code. (via The How-To Geek)

Tips to Speed Up Your Firefox

Updated: Firefox 3.5 extremely slow on startup? [Win] Try to go to the schortcut of firefox, put this in the target tab /Prefetch:1

Like this : "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" /Prefetch:1 (Make sure you have space in between firefox.exe” and /Prefetch:1)

Or, check this: Workaround for Firefox 3.5 slow startups on Windows

Tips: Set Gmail as Default Email Client in Firefox

Web-based protocol handlers are a new Firefox 3 feature that allow the web-based email application can be used instead of desktop applications for handling mailto: links from other sites. Gmail has been added to the list of mail applications and it's easy to set it as the default email client in Firefox and open all the mailto: links in Gmail, without installing extensions:

• go to Tools > Options
• select the Applications tab
• search for "mailto"
• select Use Gmail from the list of actions associated with the mailto protocol
• click OK to save the settings

Additionally, you can also select Yahoo! Mail or other desktop email clients by this way.

Tips: 用Google Docs创建Short URLs

也许各位都知道, Google Docs的在线电子表格Spreadsheet能将一些网络数据导入至你的在线文档中.这个功能相当好.偶们可以利用它与缩短网址服务bit.ly提供的API相结合.实现在同一个表格文档内将许多网址进行批量缩短,然后进行公布.很有趣不是吗?
Now, 导入下面这个在线表格模板.然后对它进行复制,创造出一个副本.之后你便可以在副本中对网址进行批量缩短了.
Click here for the Google Spreadsheets Template (Thanks! Amit)

Cell A1 (input field): User enters a URL

Cell B1 (result) =importData(concatenate("http://api.bit.ly/shorten?longUrl=",A1))

相当简单,相信它能够在你准备发布一篇拥有多个网址的文章时有所帮助.

Tips: 如何进入BlackBerry安全模式 (OS 4.6+ Only)

Safe Mode (安全模式)是BlackBerry OS 4.6+上推出的新功能.能够让你的黑莓在不启动第三方应用的情况下开机.可以有效的排除由第三方应用所带来的故障.

以下是具体步骤: (via BerryReview)

• 拔出电池重启.
• 按住Escape key取消键(位于轨迹球右侧)看到Led红灯熄灭,并且继续按住.
• 等到跳出安全模式提示框,选择'OK'进入,'Reset'则是退出.
• 如果要退出安全模式则需要重新拔出电池.

经过测试了解到, 按Alt+Num+Del键重启同样也能代替拔电池,成功进入安全模式. (Thanks,yousang)

Tips: 如何用黑莓记录下通话时的重要信息.

当你在跟客户用黑莓通话时,急需记录下对方告诉你的重要信息而苦于身边没有纸和笔时,也许这篇文章会有所帮助.

保持通话时记录重要信息(当然,如果你不介意这些信息会被路人听到的话=.=):

> 按下黑莓免提键(货币+扬声器符号),进入免提通话模式.

> 按下确认键进入菜单 - Notes 就可以在记事本中记录下通话中的相关信息了.

如果只是需要记录一个电话号码还有更简单的方法:

> 按下黑莓免提键,进入免提通话模式.

> 按下空格键,进入通话记录界面.

> 在新号码中按入电话号码,保存.

其实在保持通话中,你还可以浏览自己的通讯录,日程表,短信甚至回到主界面运行其他程序.相当方便.