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Tenere in perfetta efficienza la vostra Gmail

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  Sono un grande fan del mondo Google, e lo utilizzo in pieno, sia nelle sue funzioni gratuite, che in quelle a pagamento (che comunque sono a basso costo), passando per quelle sponsorizzate. Considero ad esempio la  Gmail , ovvero la Google Mail, che nel mese di aprile 2013 ha compiuto  9 anni , il miglior sistema di posta elettronica al mondo. Se avesse anche la possibilità di integrare la certificazione s/mime senza plug-in di terze parti, sarebbe il sistema perfetto anche per la posta elettronica certificata (PEC). In ogni caso, mi accorgo sempre più spesso che molti utilizzatori della Gmail (la maggior parte a dir la verità) non la sanno usare. Ad esempio, non sanno che è importantissimo svuotare la cartella della Posta in Arrivo archiviandone il contenuto letto e non sanno che è vietato usare la Gmail come archivio dati salvando bozze con allegati (si rischia la chiusura dell'account). Questi due semplici esempi richiamano un problema assai diffuso ovvero quello de...

Some suggestions always useful against thefts of camera/videocamera

It is always a bad sensation to discover that someone has stolen our photographic or video equipment.  The past summer was like the others, with a lot of friends and other people I know that don't have their equipment anymore, neither the pictures inside of them, that were just shot taken. So here you can find some suggestions, that I wish I had written before, to prevent thefts of your equipment. You are free to follow one of them, a mix of them, or all of them. Always set on the camera the Owner's, Author's and Copyright information (I don't know if it is allowed in the videocameras too), better if you use an email, in order to let an honest customer (that could buy the equipment online trought an auction service) to reach you easily if the thief had not deleted them. If you are not on a trip with friends but you are planning to visit crowded places like museums, churchs, concerts, etc. using also public transport, try to prefer a shoulder bag instead a backpack or...

Gmail HTML Signature

With the new Gmail signature format is simply possible to add rich text format and online picture in to the signature. But what if you want to add html code in order to add classic features like alternative text or new windows opening to the image or text in the signature? There is no way to add the code directly. What you have to do is easier to make than say. These instruction are for those people that want to add an image with an alternative text and an hyperlink from the image to another site, and let it opening in a new window. Upload the image you want to use in the signature to a public server (like picasa web album, flickr, or other free image hosts but all of them must have public access) paying attention to the height of the image (too big images are ugly, but too little are incomprehensible). If the image is not too big (but you have to test it by yourself), you can convert it in to Base64 Mime Code (there are online tools that do it) and use the code in to the source fi...

Editing exif infos, sorting, browsing, storing and backing up photos

As you probably know, I am a backup maniac. I have multiple physical and online backups of all my data, particulary of all my photos and camera clips. And I also use Flickr service to backup all of them and share some of them too. So what happened let me decide about a lot of issues regarding my photos' management. Recently I had turned 35 years old, and for my birthday I made to myself an important gift: a Canon Eos 550D. Thanks to 550D photos' resolution and size, and of Flickr Exif Page, I discovered that all vertical oriented photos of my collection have been modified with quality loss by iPhoto, also photos from the past, and I have uploaded to flickr not the originals but the modified ones. Moreover, now that I shot about one thousand photos for each month, iPhoto library was increasing in dimension very much because of a main big database file. And everytime I modify, add or delete a photo, an album, an event or simply I change something inside iPhoto management, iPhot...

Gmail new look

Surprise!! At the opening of my email, this morning there were a lot of changes in layout and structure of the Gmail account. Infact, Google Team announced these changes : Overview of what's new in Gmail A new look for Gmail We’ve pruned our pixels and made it easier to get to Contacts and Tasks. Mail, Contacts, and Tasks links have moved to the top left of Gmail. Compose mail is now a button rather than a link. A smaller header area puts the first message in your inbox about 16 pixels higher on the screen. The Select All , None , Read , Unread , and Starred links that used to be above your messages are now options in a drop-down menu, next to the Archive button. Updates to Contacts We’ve also done a major overhaul to Contacts, adding a bunch of features you requested and making Contacts easier to use. Contacts work a lot more like Mail . Keyboard shortcuts now work in Contacts too, and we’ve made selecting and grouping contacts more like selecting and labeling emai...

Aggiornamento firmware lettore DVD Samsung DVD-H1080

Oggi ho risolto un grande problema per tutti i possessori del lettore dvd in oggetto: l'aggiornamento del firmware. Infatti qualche minuto fa ho aggiornato con successo il mio lettore. Il mio modello è quello nero lucido europeo, ma penso che la procedura sia uguale per tutti i modelli. Ieri ho comprato questo modello per vari motivi tra cui il prezzo basso, aver letto che era performante e che supportava molti formati da fonti diverse (cd, cdr, cdrw, dvd, dvdr, dvdrw, usb) e soprattutto perché ha un bel design, lontano dai classici scatolotti. Ho pensato fosse perfetto per stare vicino alla mia TV LCD Samsung in cucina. Non appena sono arrivato a casa ho subito scaricato il firmware ed ho provato tutti i metodi suggeriti dal manuale più qualche variante per aggiornare l'apparecchio anche mettendo il file in una pen drive vuota. In questo modo ho brucato solo un paio di cdr e un dvdr perché ho perlopiù usato riscrivibili, ma in ogni caso non c'era verso: ogni supporto risu...

Samsung DVD-H1080 Player firmware upgrade

Today I solved a big issue for all the owners of the dvd player in subject: firmware upgrade. Infact about 5 minutes ago I upgraded mine. My version is the european black version but I think the procedure is identycal for all models. Yesterday I bought it because it is cheap, performant and first of all, it is beautiful, not squared like all the others dvd player. It is perfect for my LCD TV in the kitchen. As soon as I arrived at my home I downloaded the firmware and tryed every way to upgrade my unit following instructions on manual and also trying to put the file in a pen drive. I burnt a couple of cdr only because I used cdrw and one dvd+rw but there were no reason: it didn't work. But today I tryed something different: thinking about Samsung LCD TV firmware upgrade that worked well from a pen drive, I worked on it also for the player... and I DID IT!!! All you have to do is: rename the long name file with H1080A.bin. copy it to the main directory with some media files and ins...

Alcuni trucchi per ebay

1. Prima di tutto un metodo immediato è l'uso di parole specifiche in chiavi di ricerca multiple secondo le regole di ricerca avanzata che potrete trovare in questa pagina . Ad esempio, per cercare magliette nere O rosse ma non vecchie la stringa di ricerca sarà: maglietta (nera,nero,rosso,rossa) -vecchia. Se invece la volete nera E rossa sarà: maglietta (nera,nero) (rosso,rossa) -vecchia, ovvero le combinazioni intrecciate. 2. Un ulteriore metodo altrettanto veloce e poco conosciuto è quello di cercare gli oggetti in base alla errata trascrizione dei nomi. Questo lavoro può essere fatto anche a mano, ma con un enorme dispendio di tempo. Altrimenti si può ricorrere a siti gratuiti quali Goofbay . Il sito ad oggi integra varie funzionalità tra cui anche uno sniper ovvero un sistema di offerta dell'ultimo secondo. Se lo si vuole usare con questa funzione bisogna registrarsi e solo se ci si aggiudica l'oggetto si versa una quota minima a Goofbay. Attenzione a non confonderlo c...