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Thursday, September 30, 2010

Use "live in/live on"

Live in: is used in case of a country, a city,... they are generally places.
- Where do they live?
- They live in Tokyo / They live in Australia.

Live on: is used in case of a street, a avenue,...
- Where does she live?
- She lives on Pine Avanue / She lives on Main Street.

Friday, September 10, 2010

Part (1)

You start to learn English. You want to promote your communication ability. The following common sentences can help you to do this.
If you have some useful sentences, you can write comments, I glad to see them :)
Let's start:

- Additionally = In addition = Besides = Moreover: additional things, at the beginning of each sentence
- Buy 2 get 1 free: a promotion program
- Enterpreneurship: the spirit of businessman/businesswoman
- It is for emergency use only: a limit of using
- Market cap: number of outstanding shares x current market value
- Outstanding stock options: a option can be used to buy a number of stock that are on market
- Some people think that they can learn English better by themselves than with a teacher: a compare sentence
- Totally free: everything is free
Unfortunately! : same unlucky

Sunday, August 29, 2010

Sign in many gmail accounts (multi accounts) on a same browser

I sometimes check many Gmail accounts at the same time. I have to sign in and sign out those accounts at first. That is extremely inconvenient. And then a my friend had introduced to a service of Gmail and I have solved this problem. I have pleasure in introducing to you this service.
- First, you go to https://www.google.com/accounts/manageaccount and sign in with any accounts that you have.
- Then you choose Personal Setting --> Multiple sign-in --> Edit (address is "https://www.google.com/accounts/MultipleSessions")
- You choose "On - Use multiple Google Accounts in the same web browser" and check 4 box below.
- Save.
- Click "Back" button as follows:
And now you have two ways to switch accounts together:
- You can click the following arrow:
- Or you can see the address is "https://www.google.com/accounts/b/0/ManageAccount", replace number "0" by number "1", "2", "3",...
Good luck :)

Some options with Firefox Browser

You often use Firefox browser to surf the web/net. I'm sure that some following options are useful for you:
Going to Menu bar --> Tools --> Options ...
+ Saving tabs when closing Firefox:
General --> Startup --> When Firefox starts --> "Show my windows and tabs from last time"
+ Firefox ask you when downloading a file:
This browser download automatically a file to C:\downloads (if you install Windows at drive C) without asking.
General --> Download --> Always ask me where to save files
+ Turning off Scroll Effect:
This effect sometimes make you feel uncomfortable when you surf a website which have many pictures.
Advanced --> General --> Browsing --> uncheck "Use autoscrolling"
+ Help Firefox run faster:
Advanced --> Network --> Offline Storage --> Use up to ... --> you can type 500 or 1000 if drive C have large capacity.

+ Delete private informations:
If you share computer with another user, this function is very useful
Go to Menu bar --> Tools --> Clear Recent History --> ...
   ++ Time range to clear --> Everything
   ++ Details --> choosing all items
   ++ Clear now.

Everything success with you.

Saturday, August 28, 2010

Lastpass - a useful add-on in Firefox (2)

In the first part, I had introduced to you about the Fill Forms function of Lastpass add-on. Now I introduce about the AutoLogin function.
+ AutoLogin:
When you login a website (as gmail.com,...), there is a offer from Lastpass:
You can choose "Save Site" and click as follows:
When going to this site in the next time, you choose "AutoLogin" and choose that Login Account from Lastpass.
If you want to delete that Login Account, you can click Lastpass icon on the upper right corner of Firefox and choose "My Lastpass Vault", a new Firefox tab will be open and you can delete any Login Account from the websites.

Note: there are some security problems if you share computer with another people, you should logout Lastpass after using (Click Lastpass icon --> Logout). When login in next time, you can do as follows:
And now you can be assured, whenever you close Firefox, Lastpass will auto logout.

Flashgot - A necessary add-on on Firefox


+ Your computer have many download manager softwares, you want to manage them.
+ Enjoying a hit song or a hot video on websites, you want to download it.
+ What will you do?
--> Installing Flashgot add-on right now and you can see interesting things.

- Managing download softwares:
After install Flashgot and restart Firefox, you go to Menu bar --> Tools --> Add-ons --> choose Flashgot and press "Options". You should care "General" tab.
For examle, my "General" tab is:
It mean when you download a file from internet, Orbit 4.0.0.2 is the default download manager. Of course you can choose another softwares when downloading, Flashgot will help you.
For example, I download a file from a website, you can choose:
or
Flashgot will automatically open that program.

- Get music links:
When you heard a song (or watch a video) on a website, you can see this icon:
Besides, you can also Right Click on website and see:
Click the icon or "FlashGot Media" and Flashgot will use the download manager which you set default in Flashgot (as Orbit 4.0.0.2,...)
Now you have get music or video links and can download it.

Good luck!

Lastpass - a useful add-on in Firefox (1)

You have many accounts on another websites, you have to spend a lot of time to sign up and sign in those website. Even you want to manage some accounts on the same website. Of course, you will feel annoying about this.
If you use Firefox or Chrome browser, add-on (extension) Lastpass will help you to solve these trouble.
I will introduce to you how to use Lastpass in Firefox (Lastpass extension in Chrome is similar).

Some main functions of Lastpass:
+ Fill Forms & AutoLogin
+ Can save information online so that you can use your information at everywhere.
+ Can manage a lot of accounts.

How to use?
First, you go to this website by Firefox and install Lasspast add-on.
After installing this addon, you restart Firefox and start using Lastpass.
There is a Lastpass's icon on the upper right corner of Firefox, you click it and create a account with Lastpass (if you dont't have it yet).
This process is very simple, there are only some points here:
And now, Lasspast homepage will be open in Firefox with your account, you shouldn't care about this and can close this page. Lasspast's icon will become red color.
Then you click this icon, choose Fill Forms --> Add profile and fill informations which you want:
With "Custom fields" tab, you can fill same the example:
Click OK and your information is created.

+ Fill Forms:
Now you go a website and login or create a account, click Lastpass icon --> Fill Forms (or Right Click --> LastPass Fill Forms), choose a account which you have create --> Fill Form. You will see that Lastpass auto fill all the informations.
How do you feel? Very very fast :)


Note: there are some security problems if you share computer with another people, you should logout Lastpass after using (Click Lastpass icon --> Logout). When login in next time, you can do as follows:
And now you can be assured, whenever you close Firefox, Lastpass will auto logout.
Good luck!
The end of the first part, you can read part 2 in here.