Tired of messing around with the cursor in Firefox, or just tired of that pesty carpal tunnel syndrome from using your mouse all day?  Here’s Webchicklet’s Top 10 Firefox Keyboard Shortcuts for Windows and Mac.  Now you can break free from the chains of your mouse,... 

I am very impressed with how long the Apple MacBook battery holds a charge. But as a gadget geek, I am always trying to tweak things, and extending the battery life of my MacBook, or PC laptop for that matter, is something I do often. Here are a few simple tricks that will really... 

I decided to export all the contacts I have in Evolution today and import them into Gmail. I wondered if it would be hard to do (or even possible) and luckily I discovered it was a piece of cake. I’ll call it a 3-step process. Step 1: Export Evolution Contacts This step is... 

I go on and on and on about the importance of regular, automated, backups. I won’t rehash that right now. (I will in the future though I’m sure). Right now, I want to talk about how the backup and file syncing space is really heating up. More choices is a good, good thing. I’ve... 

A good friend of mine, who is very computer savvy, recently bought a new computer and installed Ubuntu on it rather than Windows. Now, despite being a very smart guy when it comes to PCs and Windows, he was still a newbie to the world of Ubuntu, so he and I went through a series of questions... 

More and more, I’m seeing fellow Twitterers discussing the fact that they use more than one operating system. I do too, and while it’s not too difficult to switch from one to the other, it is a BONUS when I get to use the same application across platforms. With that in mind,... 

I remember the first time I downloaded TweakUI for Windows 95 twelve years ago. Ok, I don’t really remember much about it, but I do remember being all giddy and excited to be able to tweak lots of little system configurations via a simple, all-in-one-place utility. Tweak toys... 

When presented with a bare Ubuntu desktop, a new user is often not sure what to do next. Here are a few things I would suggest: Enable Universe and Multiverse Repositories It’s almost a given that you’re going to want to download some cool program from one of these repositories.... 

Hi, my name is WebChicklet … and I’m a backup freak. Over the years, I’ve trashed more hard drives than I can count, and most of those involved lots of geeky tears because I didn’t have a backup. Eventually, after enough crashes, I finally learned my lesson,... 

Over the years, I’ve managed to rack up over 1,300 login usernames/passwords to that many web sites. Ugh. That’s just ain’t pretty, ya know? I’ve tried various solutions to managing them all, including Keepass, Roboform, built-in browser managers, etc. None were...