Office Hackery

Instantly Hide Not Safe For Work Websites With Panic Button

When browsing internet at the office, there are several websites you don't want your co-workers or even more your boss to see. I have already mentioned several panic software that hides NSWF thing on your desktop such as ClickyGone and Don't Panic. Another similar tool is Panic Button but this time, it hides websites and display only the pre-configured ones.



Panic Button is a user script compatible with Firefox and Chrome. After installation, it displays panic button in the lower right corner of the screen. Just hit the button whenever you need to hide unwanted websites on your current browser.

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Quickly Hide Selected Applications Using Hot Keys With Clicky Gone

Once in a while, having breaks from your usual office tasks is good to stay focus and refresh your mood. Breaks may include but not limited to playing games, browsing your favorite websites and watching movie clips. Such activities are commonly prohibited at the office so I strongly advise to do it discretely. To quickly hide selected applications from prying eyes of co-workers or even from your boss, you can use Panic button apps such as Winhide.SB and Window hider. Another software on this division is Clicky Gone. It allows you to hide any active window on your desktop with a keyboard shortcut.

Instantly Retrieve PST Password With Kernel Password Recovery

If your using Microsoft Outlook Personal Storage Table or PST to store emails, calendar and to-do lists then forgetting the password you used to protect it is a mortal sin. Before, I have discussed about PstPassword recovery tool that allows you retrieve forgotten PST passwords. Kernel for Outlook Password Recovery is a similar software that was designed to perform the same recovery task. It can recovery passwords from PST files created with MS Outlook 2010/2007/2003/XP/2002/2000/97.

Solve Math Equations Using Deadline

During my school days, when it comes to solving Math problems, my best friend is my complicated scientific calculator. In today's age, it is a lot easier for engineering and students to solve math equations in seconds by using one of plenty tools available on the internet. One application that deserves mentioning is Deadline. It is a freeware made for students and engineers. It combines graph plotting with advanced numerical Calculus, in a very intuitive approach. Most equations are supported, including algebraic equations, trigonometric equations, and exponential equations.

Easily Remove Or Change Photo Background With Picture Cutout Guide

You need to remove the background from a photo of yours but unfortunately your not an expert in Adobe Photoshop. No worries because you can do that without a sweat using Picture Cutout Guide. It is a free application that allows you to remove object from background and later transfer it to another photo and apply background effects.

Improve Your Reading Speed With Speed Reader Enhanced

The faster you read, the faster you can absorb information. Technically, at least, this statement is true. If you want to improve you speed reading capability then try Speed Reader Enhanced. A simple tool that allows you to practice by suppressing the use of vocals as you read. It runs on full screen mode to block-out any distractions. You can also customize the background color, text color, and font style.



The application is opensource so you can tweak it for yourself if your a developer. The sourcecode is available in the download site.

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Video Animation Tip To Organize Your Email Inbox

Email is a must have tool today to perform office works. Apart from being the primary method of communication, it also formalize and organize all business and personal conversation very well. To give you a tip to proper organize your mailbox, here is a short video from AnimatedExplanation.com

How To Change Sticky Notes Font In Windows 7

I like using desktop Sticky Notes on my computer to remind me about something but one thing I'm frustrated about it is the font which in my opinion is too big and fancy. So what I want is to change it and here is how I did it.

1. Open your Microsoft Word or any document editor that supports your favorite font.
2. Write the text you want to put on the sticky note. You don't have to write everything just a few text.
3. Change the text font and then Copy it.
4. Paste it on a Sticky note.

Create Upside Down Text For Fun

Just for the sake of fun, have you ever wondered how to write text in upside down? there are available fonts out there that you can use to implement such text but definitely there is a simpler way by the name of "Upside Down Text". It is an online tool where you can simply type any text and the upside down text displays simultaneously.



There are two text effects you can tick, the Backwards Effect (Reverses text) and Upside Down Effect (Flips text). I tried to copy the upside down text and here it is

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Permanently Erase Any Recoverable Files In Windows With Moo0 Anti-Recovery

To novice users that still unaware that deleting any files in Windows doesn't mean that you already permanently delete them. Yes even you press Shift+Delete key in Windows or empty your recycle bin, the deleted files are still recoverable. How? easily by any recovery tools that are downloadable for free from the internet. To ensure that these files are not recoverable in any possible way then you can use Moo0 Anti-Recovery tool. As name suggests, it was design to erase any recoverable data on your disk. To use the app is simple, just select the drive where you want to permanently erase the recoverable deleted data, check up to 5 options and then hit "Erase Recoverable Data Now" button.

How To Re-enable Disabled Right Click And Text Selection In Websites

A friend forwarded a lyrics of a song last night. When I'm about to copy the lyrics text I was prevented from doing so because the site's right click mouse button and the text selection have been disabled. I was annoyed by this so I lurked for solution and I found one in the form a browser add-on. RightToClick is a browser extension for Firefox that stops JavaScript annoyances such as forbidden right click and forbidden text selection. Once installed, it automatically block javascripts that try to disable the right-click and text selection.

Portable Windows 7 Logon Screen Editor

I have posted couple of Windows 7 Logon Editor software before such as Thoosje's Logon screen Editor and Tweaks.com Logon Changer. Another similar software that compete on this category is Windows 7 Logon Screen Editor (by PacMani). What separate it from the others is this tool comes as portable application. Just run the app and it will open the currently used logon screen. From the editor, you can change background size, remove or include the user picture, change user name, and change the Windows 7 brand names (Windows 7 Ultimate, Windows 7 Starter, Windows 7 Home Basic, and Windows 7 Professional).



It is designed for Windows 7 only.

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Moving Earth Wallpaper With Desktop Earth

On my opinion, the coolest job in Earth is watching the Earth from above. Yes I'm talking about astronauts. Maybe most of us can travel the world but fewer can travel in space and witness how beautiful earth can be. But still at least you can see earth on the ground through your computer with Desktop Earth. It is a wallpaper generator that can generate high-resolution, accurate representation of the Earth.



This application is available for Windows only and the size is around 6MB. It displays a wallpaper based on your timezone which can be set from its icon on system tray

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Create Polaroid Like Photos With Poladriod

Today we live in digital world that taking pictures as many times as we want won't waste any photo film. Before to achieve an instant developed photo one should use Polaroid camera. For curious people who want to have his/her digital photos to look like Polaroid images, then you may use Poladriod software. A free application that convert digital photos to polaroid like images instantly.

Remove Annoying Facebook Applications And Unimportant Updates With F.B. Purity

While Facebook goes older it also become more and more annoying because of the unimportant news feed, application alerts, and some nuisance posts. The good news is, you don't have to live with it. You can use a user script called F.B. Purity that works with Firefox with Greasemonkey, Chrome, Opera, and Safari with SIMBL and Greasekit. Just install the script on the supported browsers and it will automatically free you from this annoyance.



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Remove URLs and Titles on Every Page When Printing Web Pages

When printing web pages through the browser, the URL and Titles are displayed at the top of every page. If you don't want these information to appear when printing then you must see this short video made by Lifehacker.com in response to question of a sender asking for help.



Firefox: Go to File -> Page Setup, then click the Margins & Header/Footer tab. Set every header and footer to --blank-- and click OK.

Internet Explorer: Go to File -> Page Setup, then set every drop-down in the Headers and Footers section to -Empty-. Click OK.

Opera: Go to Menu -> Print -> Print Options and untick the Print headers and footers checkbox.

Ruler On Your Computer Screen

A need for a ruler to measure something on your computer may be uncommon these days but if you need one then you can have it using Yoshida Rulers. It was developed to provide 10 colored on-screen pixel rulers for your computer. The ruler is layered over your original work semi-transparent. You able move the ruler around by holding the left mouse button. You can customize its font, color, luminosity, dimensions, orientation and size.



So next time you need a ruler, you don't need to bring out the old school ruler of yours. It works on Windows Operating System including Windows 7. It is available as portable application so less installation hassle

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Edit Hosts File Using HostsMan To Block Unwanted Websites

Not to known to many ordinary users, you can block any unwanted websites through a Windows file called hosts file. Yes your correct, if you know how to edit then you don't need to shell out extra buck for a website blocker software. But unfortunately, editing it manually is quite complicated specially for ordinary windows user. To make it simpler, I will introduce you to a free software called HostsMan. Based on its name, HostsMan is a free application that enables you to manage your Hosts file with ease.

Turn Your Computer To Discrete Mode During System Idle

When I leave my desk to attend a meeting or to have a break, I usually turn off several things on my computer such as speaker, monitor, messenger notification, selected programs and etc. Now I can do it automatically with the help of System Silencer program. It is a freeware that allows you to perform several actions when your computer goes idle. It automatically turn off your monitor, toggle mute, show your desktop, toggle taskbar icons, toggle desktop, lock workstation and even kill or run a process for you.