How To Edit Any Website Live

First let me make perfectly clear, you're only editing the site on your computer, as you see it. The changes are not permanent and don't have any adverse effects on the original site or its server.

However, one of the things I do often is save pages with tutorials on how to fix my vehicles or other random things. It's a huge pain in the ass to view the page source and then edit the html after you've saved a page. So... there's got to be a better way...

javascript:document.body.contentEditable='true'; document.designMode='on'; void 0

Copy the above line and paste it into your browsers address bar after visiting any site you want to edit. Now you can change text, delete images or blocks of ads, or just about anything you want. Then right click on a empty area and choose "Save Page As..." and the changes you've made will save.

CPU-Z

CPU-Z is a information program that very quickly tells you the most important information about your PCs internals. What processor you have, its current speed and voltages, motherboard make and firmware version, amount of ram installed and information about each stick, and much more.

There's really no configuration to this, just download and run it.

Get it here: http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/cpu-z.html

PS3 Media Server

PS3 Media Server will stream nearly any type of media file to your Playstation 3. I use this from time to time and its just awesome! You can even stream files that the PS3 can't natively support, such as MKV files and it plays them.

I don't have any gripes about this application. Its simple to use, packed with the features you need, and it just works every time. I've tried a couple different media servers and this one takes the cake.

Get it here: http://code.google.com/p/ps3mediaserver/downloads/list

VLC Media Player by VideoLAN Organization

VLC Media Player is a very good media player, playing virtually every media file type known to man right out of the box.

One problem with VLC is that, well... its ugly. Very ugly in fact. There are skins you can download (here) and they do help, but a lot of the skins seem to make VLC glitchy for some reason. Without any mods, VLC runs very well and is pretty responsive.

The main reason I suggest using VLC is simply because of how many files it can play. I've even encountered files that were partially corrupt and wouldn't play on ANY other players, but VLC still plays them and can even repair some files (if VLC detects a corrupt avi, for instance, it will ask if you wish to repair it). It will also play DVD's without any additional codecs installed.

Get it here: http://www.videolan.org/vlc/

Revo Uninstaller Pro by VS Revo Group ($39.25)

Revo Uninstaller can monitor new installations of programs and watch what files are created or changed. Want to download a trial for your favorite software, let it run out, uninstall it and install it again for another trial? Revo Uninstaller can do that.

Revo Uninstaller can also uninstall preexisting applications and then search the registry for any leftover remnants, it automatically backs up the registry before making changes.

You can also remove stubborn programs that don't want to be removed, clean junk files, clear internet browser and Microsoft Office history, erase confidential files permanently, and more!

There is a free version (limited functionality) and the Pro (paid) version.

Get a trial here: http://www.revouninstaller.com/download-professional-version.php

SyncToy 2.1 by Microsoft

SyncToy is a great little application for syncing files between two locations, either remotely or backing up files from one hard drive to another on the same system automatically.

The one problem I have with this program is how unbelievably slow it is. You can easily start this, go to a restaurant and catch a movie before this thing is done. To be fair, my experience has been with a 200gig backup.

The reason you would use this versus just dragging and dropping is because it sees what files have been changed or added and only changes or adds those files rather than over-writing them. This is much safer. You can also add certain file extensions to a excluded list so they aren't copied, handy.

There are 32bit and 64bit versions.

Get it here: http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=15155

Convert X to DVD by VSO Software ($49.99)

If you have any, and I do many any, video files you wish to burn to DVD and watch on a standard DVD player, Convert X to DVD is the program for you! You can create title menus with selectable chapters and everything. I haven't found a video yet this program can't convert to a DVD.

Convert any avi, divx, mpg, mkv, wmv, xvid, avs, dvr-ms, wmr, evo, m2ts, mts, flv, swf, dat, ifo, m2p, m4v, mpeg, ps, tod, ts, vob, 3gp, m4a....

you get the picture.

Download a trial here: http://www.vso-software.fr/products/download-convertxtodvd-free.php

Tag&Rename by Softpointer ($29.95)

I'm extremely anal about my music collection. I've backed up every single CD I own to mp3's and its all 100% organized. Each new folder is named '(year) Artist - Album' under the 'Artist' folder. I needed a ID3 tag editor that could do everything I wanted, efficiently and dependably.

Tag&Rename is the best ID3 editor I've found. Believe me, I've tried a lot of them.

This application is so simple a monkey could use it. Yet, it has every imaginable tag field you could ever want to edit or add to your music. T&R, as we'll call it from now on, creates a copy of the file while its writing the new tags. If a failure should occur, you don't loose the track it was editing but instead of a corrupt copy. This is extremely good to have as a feature but even better is that it has very rarely ever needed it. I've had maybe two files not write correctly in the several years that I've been using T&R. It's just that good.

You can add cover-art, create folder.jpg images from the cover-art, rename entire collections or discographies, you can pretty much do anything you want. I typically go to www.discogs.com to check album titles and track titles and manually edit them. I don't care for the file name structure that most of the CDDB or other programs use.

Get it here: http://www.softpointer.com/purchase.htm

Notepad++ by Don Ho

If you write any code, such as html or php, etc, then you need a good editor to do it in. One that doesn't require much cpu cycles and is easy on the eyes and is also jam packed with features... more than you could ever use.

Notepad++ is all of that.

I think my favorite feature of Notepad++ is the tab bar like in Mozilla. This is also found in various linux text editors, but not any of the ones included with Windows.

Get it here: http://notepad-plus-plus.org/download/

ReNamer by Denis Kozlov

ReNamer is a great utility for renaming multiple files at one time. Not only can it rename the files actual name but it can rename a files extension as well. For instance, if you have several Divx videos saved and you're annoyed at how Windows Explorer won't show a thumbnail of each video, you can use ReNamer to name every single .divx extension to .avi instead, which Explorer can create thumbnails then.

To do this, you need to create "Rules". Here's how I setup mine:

1. Remove -> Remove all ".divx"
2. Extension -> Append new extension "avi"

I really like this utility! Get it from here: http://www.den4b.com/?x=get&product=renamer&type=installer

HashTab 4.0.0

No, HashTab won't keep tabs on where to buy hash.. sorry.. but what it will do is easily check CRC32, MD5 and SHA-1 hashes for any file by just right clicking on the file and choosing properties from the context menu and finally clicking the File Hashes tab. You can even paste a hash into the comparison box to make sure the file is correct. Very handy!

Download and install from: http://implbits.com/HashTab.aspx

This tweak was originally developed by Cody Batt.

Snipping Tool by Microsoft

If you've ever wanted to take a screenshot of a specific area of your screen, then you know that "Prt Scr" won't work and neither will "Alt + Prt Scr". Luckily Microsoft added a handy tool into Windows 7 called Snipping.

Hit your Start button and in the search box type Snipping and hit enter to start it. Then your screen will turn whitish and the mouse cursor will become a cross-hair. Simply align your mouse with whatever you want to screenshot, click and drag the box to the dimensions and let go! Now you can save the image as a jpg or png, etc.

I use this often for images on sites that aren't copyrighted but the creator of the site has disabled right click or added a script that doesn't allow saving a image. If that's the case, "Snip" it!