How to Bypass Flash

If you get tired of all the blooming, buzzing Flash items popping up on web pages and spinning your cooling fans whenever you browse in Safari, the free donationware Clicktoflash will help you get rid of them–until you decide you want to see them.

In addition, it prevents Flash-related crashes.

Best of all, it lets you easily download Flash videos, from YouTube, for example, as high resolution Quicktime movies.

Finally, you can still see Flash whenever you want, by clicking on the page, or by whitelisting whole websites so that Flash still works where you want it to.

http://clicktoflash.com/

You need the latest version of Safari, and will probably want to fine-tune the Clicktoflash settings once you get it installed in Safari. If you ever want to remove it entirely, it’s just as easy–click to remove.

iPhoto Buddy, multiple library manager for iPhoto

This donation-ware allows you flexibility in where you store and how you subdivide your iPhoto library, as well as iMovie and iDVD.

With it you can break up your iPhoto library into smaller sections that will run faster, an important consideration on older machines, especially if you have thousands of images. You can store these photo libraries wherever you want, such as on external drives. Rock solid and great for archiving, and it works seamlessly with iPhoto.

Needs Mac OS X 10.2 and up, Photo 2.0 or higher
and integrates with iMovie 3.0 or higher, iDVD 3.0 or higher, iWeb 1.0 or higher

http://www.iphotobuddy.com/

Galerie, web gallery creation software

Galerie is a web gallery creation freeware for web designers from the renowned French Guillion brothers, authors of the amazing music composition programs Harmony Assistant and Melody Assistant.

It allows you to use a variety of customizable templates to create web galleries from a folder of pictures or Quicktime files, or from iPhoto, GraphicConverter, iView and Extensis portfolio. It is fast, reliable, and runs on Mac OS X 10.2 to 10.4. Enjoy this software from designers who have been generous and steadfast for years.

http://www.myriad-online.com/en/products/galerie.htm

Easily customize your WordPress blog

There is a very easy way to customize the look of your WordPress blog.

Generally, the standard WordPress blog works fine for most people. It’s a clean, simple design, and after all, your text content is so compelling that looks don’t matter!

But if you decide you want to change your look, here’s the easy way to do it.

1. It’s best to work in Firefox—for some unknown reason, certain aspects of WordPress do not always work in Safari.

2. Go to your WordPress Dashboard and click on “Presentation”

3. When the page comes up, scroll through it until you find a look, a “Theme” you like.

4. Click on the Theme to see what your new blog page would look like.

5. If it’s not quite what you want, hit the backspace button and keep looking. When you find just the right one, click “Activate,” and you will have new Theme!

And you can change it again whenever you want.

Choose a website name

Here are three tips for choosing a website name.

The bad news–many domain names have already been used.
The good news–many domain names have already been used!

That means you have to get creative–and have fun.

1. Jam unlikely but vivid words together. Festivesnaketooth. Creepingmainframe.

2. Unless there’s a good reason to be serious, think up a clever or funny name related to your product or service or interest. Poodlewidget. CSStumdum.

3. Ah Poesy! Make use of poetry basics: rhyme, alliteration, rhythm. Wronglongsong. Wombathazmat.