How to Get Free $10 Worth of Domain Registrations

There's this domain name registrar which is not only one of the cheapest around (if not the cheapest for the level of service they offer, which is great) but also gives away prizes like crazy. Every now and then they organize a contest in which they don't just give a few main prizes but they also give out credits for registering domain names around every corner.

That's exactly what they're doing now and I'm going to show you how to try to win a free domain or two (I already won four in four days!).

I laied down all the steps for you to follow here but if you wish you may go directly to the contest page at Namecheap, which explains all this and even more.

Step one:

Signup with Namecheap domain registar (it's free and you don't have to give your credit card info) by going to this page.

Step two:

Follow Namecheap on Twitter. If you don't own a twitter account, registration is quick so go and do that first.

Step three:

Go to this link, enter your Twitter username where specified and click 'Verify'.

Step four:

Go to your Twitter account's inbox where you should find a direct message from Namecheap waiting for you. It will contain a short code which you will have to copy.

Step five:

Go back to the Namecheap website and paste the code on the confirmation page. This will complete the integration process.

Congratulations, you are ready to win some free domains!

Wait for Namecheap to ask a new riddle every hour and try to be the first to respond with a correct answer. The first person that answers correctly and 4 other selected randomly will win the $10.16 domain name credit to use with their linked Namecheap account.

Each contestant can only win one domain name credit per day and you can see all the winners on this page.

If you have any additional questions or concerns, please first read through the contest rules page before asking in the comments below.

Obviously, there are other things Namecheap offers that you'll be able to spend your won credits on, other than on registering/transferring/renewing domains: to purchase WhoisGuards for your domains, SSL certificates or even hosting.

Posted on September 07, 2010 ~ Write a comment


Firefox 3 addons: Tabbrowser Preferences

As with every new version of Firefox you can expect there will be addons that won't be compatible with the new version immediately after the Firefox release.

It's all good until it happens to you, right? ;)

It's all good until this happens with your must-have-or-die Firefox extension, right?

Well, something like that happened to me. More specifically, not only is the addon incompatible with Firefox 3, but the project seems to be d.e.a.d. - and that stinks... :(

So, without further ado, for all the users of Tabbrowser Preferences, this isn't Tabbrowser Preferences for Firefox 3, but it's a way to get to almost all of it's features even without it.

All you need to do is open this txt file, modify the values inside to your liking and then save it into your Firefox profile (How to find your profile?) and voila!
All of the settings are now saved in Firefox 3, even without Tabbrowser preferences! (OK, truth is I got a little carried away, since some of the settings were tied to Tabbrowser preferences and you'll see which ones I'm talking about because they are commented in the above txt file)

It's easy to modify the values. Just change the true/false or the integral value where it shows up.

You can help others and share this resource to the world using the self explaining button below.


UPDATE, June 20th:
If you came here without seeing what Lawrence Webb, a.k.a larryvgs on addons.mozilla.org suggested "For those who MUST HAVE their tabs on the bottom", here's a solution for you:

Put the following in your userChrome.css file (it doesn't exist by default but it should be located in the sub-folder called chrome in your profile folder) or just open this userChrome.css and save it in your chrome folder.

/* Display the Tabbar at the bottom */
#content > tabbox {-moz-box-direction: reverse;}

The orginal instructions are supposedly at support.mozilla.com.


UPDATE, July 2nd:
There's now a new and still experimental addon Tab Focus for all of you who can't live without Tabbrowser Preferences' "Select tabs when the mouse is moved onto them" feature. Thanks TDM for letting us know!

Posted on June 19, 2008 ~ 25 comments


Google In Command Line!

Goosh.org is a new web "google-interface" that behaves similar to a Unix shell.

It's great, you type a command and the results come up. You can even use cursor up and down for command history - I actually used to fool myself at times expecting normal Google search could do this, just like I expect almost any application now to have what Firefox refers to as "Search for text when I start typing" - even if I already know the application doesn't have this feature.

For anybody who's used to Unix style command line like I am, this is really fun to use.

Contrary to what you may think of command line if you're not used to it and never really tried it (and I can't speak for any other than Unix type) it actually beats using mouse on a graphical interface to accomplish some things. And I'm not even some command line "power user", just reap the benefits of it whenever I can. ;)

I'll give you an example for Goosh: in Google, when I search for something I scroll down through the results and if I wish to see another page, I have to point with my pointer on the page number or "Next", which, once you've tried it in command line (Goosh) becomes simply too slow. In command line you just type "m" and then Enter and voila! You're there already, on the next page.
(disclaimer: I use ThinkPad and a TrackPoint so my fingers are always on the keyboard and I feel the benefits of using keyboard shortcuts for those who know what I mean)

And I have to hand it to the man behind the Goosh, Stephen Grothkopp - Goosh is blazingly fast! I don't know how he accomplished that but it's like I'm executing commands on my own system! I know Google is fast as well but this really seems faster when searching, part of which I'm sure is due to showing only 4 results at time, but still gives a great impression.

Posted on June 06, 2008 ~ Write a comment


How Google thinks?

Interesting how Google sometimes surprises me...

I searched for the idiom 'get a grip' as I was corresponding with someone by e-mail and wanted to make sure I'm using it correctly...

Anyway, after I entered 'get a grip' in Firefox Search box and pressed Enter, I quickly went back to my e-mail to finish it.

I later got back to Firefox and had something to see:

Image of Google results for get a grip

I'm not implying anything, but what did you think that baby was holding at first?

P.S. This is my very first impulsive posting here! Hurraay!!

Posted on March 30, 2008 ~ Write a comment


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