Archive for April, 2011

Google: Search within a site

Google lets you narrow your search down to within a specific website, or to within a specific TLD (for example .gov).

You can do this by using the site: command in your search, for example:

• java site:sun.com - searches for java on sites with the domain name sun.com (this includes subdomains, like java.sun.com)
• java site:java.sun.com - more specific; searches for java on sites with the domain name java.sun.com.
• copyright site:gov - searches all US government sites (domain names ending in .gov) for the term copyright.

How To: Control the Mouse Pointer Without a Mouse in Windows 7

If you want to control your mouse pointer with the keyboard, Windows XP provides a way:

Press Alt+Left Shift+Num Lock all at once and a prompt will appear telling you that you have activated mousekeys, select ok then you can control the mouse with the numpad.

The controls are:
1,2,3,4,6,7,8,9 = move the mouse
5 = mouse button click
+ = double click
insert = hold down mouse button
delete = release mouse button (after holding it down with insert)
/, * or - = select which mouse button the above controls will click (left, both or right respectively)
numlock = disable mousekeys

How To: Use Google to define words

You can use google to find definitions of words rather than looking them up in an online dictionary.
To do this, search for "define:" followed by the word (without quotes) you want to find the meaning of.
For example: "define:potato".