How to Create An Account in Second Life

1. Go to http://secondlife.com/community/downloads.php

2. Choose the version of Second Life Installer and then click “DOWNLOAD” button

3. During the download time, go to www.secondlife.com

4. Click “JOIN NOW” button

5. In “Second Life Registration: Basic Details” page, choose your Second Life name (You can create your first name and you have to choose your last name in the dropdown menu.)

6. Enter your birth date

7. Enter your email address

8. Click “Continue” button

9. Select an Avatar and then click “Choose this avatar” button (You can skip this step if you want)

10. After that you will see “Welcome (avatar name)!” page

11. Fill your individual information and password in the text box provided and then click “Submit” button

12. Then a page will tell you your account need to be active from your e-mail account.

13. Go to your email account and make you account active

14. Install Second Life

15. To get started in Second Life, double click Second Life icon,

16. Enter your first name, last name, password, and then click “Connect” button

 

–Robin Lu

 

Capturing video from a streaming video site

A friend of mine wrote:

John,

I had a [friend] ask about capturing the video that is streaming into his computer. I have used Camtasia and Captivate to capture things playing on the computer, but [I] don’t know how to capture a YouTube video, for example. The [friend] was interested in ways that don’t require the purchase of any addtional software.

This is easy to do if you are using Firefox - get the free extension called

DownloadHelper http://www.downloadhelper.net/

or UnPlug https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2254

and you can easily save video from many sites, including YouTube.

If anyone would like an overview, I can help.

John. 

How To leave Thunderbird running in the system tray (WinXP)

To get reminders of new incoming mail, you have to leave Thunderbird running. By default, the window stays open and can only be minimized to the taskbar. If you want to minimize Thunderbird to the system tray, which is a less obtrusive place, install the MinimizeToTray add-on. Now when you minimize Thunderbird, the window will disappear and you will still receive new email notifications.

Step by step guide:

1. Download the add-on MinimizeToTray from Mozilla (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/2110)
2. Open up the Thunderbird add-on screen and click install
3. Locate the install file
4. Restart Thunderbird
5. Go back to the add-ons screen (Tools>add-ons) and edit the options

Click here to watch a flash tutorial

How To access folders from your IMAP Webmail in Thunderbird

If you use an IMAP supported webmail system at your school or work and you want to use Thunderbird to access it, here is an easy way to make sure Thunderbird has access to everything you see in webmail. By default, when you add an account to Thunderbird, it only pulls your Inbox, Drafts, Sent, and Trash folders. However, in my webmail, I created folders to organize and archive my messages. Luckily, I can set up Thunderbird to access these folders to stay organized without having to log into my webmail.

1. After you add and configure your IMAP account to Thunderbird, right click on the account in the left pane and click “Subscribe.” You should see all of the folders you created for your webmail account.

2. Check the box next to the folder you wish to add to Thunderbird and click “OK.” Your custom folders will appear under your account below the “Trash” folder.

It’s that easy. Thunderbird saves me the hassle of launching my browser and logging into my webmail.

-Michael Colonel

How To Move Important Messages to Local Folders in Thunderbird

1. Open up Thunderbird on your computer by double clicking the Thunderbird icon  .

2. Highlight an email message you would like to keep locally on your machine (you will not able to access these emails from another computer).

3. Click and drag the highlighted email message to your Local Folders

on the left side near the bottom of the window .

4. To create a new local folder in order or organize your local email files, right click (control click for Mac users) on Local Folders.

5. Click on New Folder .

6. A drop down menu will appear for your new local folder. Enter a name for you new folder

7. Click the OK button    when finished. You can now drag and drop your email messages into your new local folder.