Screen Capture Tip of the Day

Geeky Sunday tip: If you've ever needed to show your family or the world how to do something on the computer, try Jing, it is Free Screen Capture/Screencast software for Mac and PC.

Browser Tip of the Day

If you hold down shift when you hit the reload button on most browsers it will clear the cache. (Thanks @storypixel)

24 Tip of the Day

Imagine if '24' were set in 1994, a time before cell phones and fast Internet access. Imagine Jack Bauer being dependent on AOL, Windows 3.1 and floppy disks. If you can, then you have a taste of the fun you'll have watching this '24' parody: http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1788161
-Michael W.
tip-unless you want slow internet, stay in 2008

Blogging Tip of the Day

If, when using Blogger, you are publishing a post and continually get the message, "Your blog is taking longer than expected to publish. Click here to continue to wait," it actually means that it has published your blog, contrary to whatever it may lead you to believe.

Backup Tip of the Day

If you have more than 2GB of data to backup and don't want to continue paying a monthly fee, we at TodD labs discovered something that might be of interest to you. Brought to you by Dreamhost, a leading web hosting company, they offer "Files Forever." This service is great if you already have a hosting account because you pay a one-time fee of $0.01 per 4MB. So, if you're having to store tons of large files in perpetuity, you simply upload them, tell Dreamhost where they are, and pay your one-time fee. You never pay monthly for it, just once and done!

Nigerian Scam Tip of the Day

The "Nigerian Phone Scam" is one of the oldest SPAM scams in the book. It actually predates the advent of email. The scam basically goes, "I've have several million dollars, and I'd love to give you all or part of it but I need some help getting it out of the bank account it's in." Once you contact them they'll need your bank account numbers etc. Well now it looks like they're going Christian. Maybe something about Christian woman in a Muslim country blah blah blah. I think there is a special spot in you know where with their name on it.

London Tip of the Day Part 1

So, you're a guy and you're walking down the streets of London and suddenly, you have to use the rest room. Have no fear, in London, you can go outside! That is, they have outdoor urinals! Seriously...there was this guy literally running past us yelling about having "to go" and he just stops at this booth and went!

Office Tip of the Day

We're not sure if this is legal, but we love it. A YouTube member has painstakingly edited versions of each episode of NBC's "The Office" into YouTube legit 10-minute versions. So if you missed some episodes, you can easily catch up by watching these clips.

And, a bonus clip (not by the same contributor):

iChat Tip of the Weekend

If you're an iChat user with a lot of buddies, you may notice that your buddy list quickly occupies a lot of your screen's real estate. If you're looking to make your buddy window a bit more svelte, make your buddy list the active window, then go to View and uncheck "Show Buddy Pictures." You'll be surprised at how much you really don't care what your friends' buddy icons are.

Computer-on-the-Cheap Tip of the Day

If your budget is too limited for the high-end models, but you still need a computer for a very specific purpose, Popular Science has step-by-step instructions on how to build your own for only $72.

I was gonna save up for a couple months to build my next computer, but now I learn that I'm already there!


While you're at it, you can build your own lightsaber for only $11.20!

Google Tip of the Weekend

Right here on Tip of the Day, thanks to Fowler, we have all the information you ever wanted on how Google ranks pages!