See Android 2.0 in the emulator without the Droid

These instuctions over at Androidandme do a good job of displaying the steps to install the simplified SDK and viewing Android 2.0, which is the operating system that will be loaded on Verizons Droid smartphone from motorola.

How to install Android SDK and play with Android 2.0 in the emulator.

Colored Text Widgets for your WordPress Sidebar Part 1

Color your sidebar widgets in WordPress.

<div style=”background-color: #E3F0F2; border: 1px solid #222222; padding: 5px 0px 5px 10px;”>

via Colored Text Widgets for your WordPress Sidebar Part 1.

How to view pdf in chrome

Make: Google

Model: Chrome

Verison: 0.3.155.0

Objective: View pdf files using the Google Chrome browser.

Step 1 ) Close Adobe Reader verison 8, if open. Note: Instructions if needed: http://www.adobe.com/products/reader/8to9/

Step 2) Install verison 9 of adobe reader. Note: If you get a 1402 permissions registry related error, change the permission on the parent folder in the registry to “Everyone”.

End – Chrome should now open pdf files in the browser.

Make Google Search Real-Time With This URL Hack

Return Google search results by the minute or second.

By default when you click on “search options” and limit a search to the last day, the qdr appears as “d.” Change that to “n” and you’ll be limited to results from the last minute, to “n10″ and you’ll see results discovered in the last 10 minutes – or “s30″ to see results from the last 30 seconds.

Here is an Obama search based on the last 5 minute http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&tbo=1&tbs=qdr:n5&q=obama&aq=f&oq=&aqi=g10

Full article: Make Google Search Real-Time With This URL Hack .

How to deactivate plugins without WP Admin access

http://codex.wordpress.org/FAQ_Troubleshooting#How_to_deactivate_all_plugins_when_not_able_to_access_the_administrative_menus.3F