As of last week, if I need to use two different accounts, on the same site, in chrome I would use the Primary browser, and the incognito instance. This gave me two instances of Chrome, where the cookies wouldn’t fight each other. Last week, while at lunch with guys from the office, they told me Chrome now has User Accounts. WOW. This is such a great feature, it’s worth a quick screen cast. [Read more…]
Calculate the Miles Per Gallon on your Car
February 2, 2013 by
I’m writing this as a fun fact that millions of people already know, and calling to light something that may seem obvious but you just never thought of. How can you calculate the miles per gallon on your car?
- Fill your tank with gas, all the way
- Set your trip on the odometer to zero
- Drive.
- Drive some more.
- Drive until you have less than 1/8 a tank
- Fill your tank again.
- Before leaving the Gas Station, look at you trip meter. How Many miles did you drive?
- X = Miles driven (We’ll use 400 for our Example) X=400
- Look at the gallons purchased on your second gas reciept
- Y = Gallons of Gas Purchased (We’ll use 11 for our example) Y=11
- X / Y = Miles Per Gallon
- 400 / 11 = 36.3 Miles Per Gallon.
Try it, it’s fun. Maybe try this for 3 to 10 tanks of gas, and you’ll be able to take an average and get a good feel for what your car is delivering.
Windows 8 Keyboard Shortcuts
January 31, 2013 by
These are listed in a lot of places, but I keep forgetting, and then need a place to find them. What a better place than here?
In Combination with the [WINDOWS] key, these are keyboard shortcuts worth remembering.
[WIN]Q – Search
[WIN]H – Share
[WIN]K – Devices
[WIN]I – Settings
[WIN]W – WinSettings
[WIN]Z – App Bar
[WIN]. – (Period) Snap Cycle
[WIN]D – Show Desktop
[WIN]B – Back to Desktop – Also sets focus to task tray??
[WIN]X – Fast Access Menu
[WIN], – (Comma)Desktop Peek
Scorekeeper Update: Jan 23, 2013
January 23, 2013 by
Submitting an update to my Scorekeeper Application (Link to App in Window 8 Store) today.
Here is a list of changes.
- Killed the Drawing Canvas called SketchPad. It’s outside the scope of this app, and is a little buggy anyway.
- Changed so any score in the last column, adds a new column. Previously, only when the last column was full of scores, it would then add a new column.
- Updated the ScoreEntry popup, so that it has nudgers to increase and decrease the valid score range. This was a request from @palermo4, that let’s them change the score ranges in the game, instead of having to hit the settings charm. NOTE: Due to lack of real estate, you can only DECREASE the minimum and you can only INCREASE the maximum range. The increase and decrease, is stepped based on the value of your score range stepping (also set in settings).
- I decreased the size of the min/max range values, and increased the size of the current score, to further highlight what all the numbers mean. Before they were all three sized at 24pt. Now the min/max is sixes at 18pt, and the score is sized at 36.
- Made the name on the player card slightly bigger.
- Right justified the Player Card Score, so that all players current score are easier to read (as you scan down)
Windows Phone 8: Working with ICS Files
January 7, 2013 by
ICS is a file type online commonly used for calendar data. Windows Phone 8 doesn’t have support for ICS built in, but it does allow applications to handle that file for you, and given access to your calendar, can quickly add items to your calendar.
This video uses a nice application from Quincy Mitchell named Add to Calendar.
Maybe someday, the OS will have this baked in, but for now, we’re happy that the extensions can be handled by 3rd party applications.
