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Another gloriously-misguided ad placement…

Another gloriously-misguided ad placement…:

Perfect if you’re thinking about carrying out a copycat splatter attack…

[via @b_wildered]

The Big Dig

The Big Dig:

When you put your mind to it, anything is possible.

(submitted by Jami)

Via Beginners Blog Otter

Via Beginners Blog Otter:

Via Beginners Blog Otter

The horrifying truth about your cat

The horrifying truth about your cat:

No wonder your cat is always licking its arse. We fully expect Findus to follow Whiskas’ lead and start selling babies in jelly. Just watch.

Thanks to avid Bitterwallet readers Rich and Jon

Beachmall: Full Face Transplant - creepy!

Beachmall: Full Face Transplant:

Publish Post

How fantastic is this picture?

How fantastic is this picture?

Otters!

By Ben Marshall; via Telegraph
Thanks to everyone who submitted...:

By Ben Marshall; via Telegraph

Thanks to everyone who submitted this!

Chrome - force download of PDF files

Go to "Options" (click the wrench button on upper right)

Go to: Under the Hood -> Content Settings -> Plug-ins

Click on "Disable Individual Plug-ins...

Locate the Adobe Acrobat plugin (or any other PDF viewer) and click "Disable"

Calibre - sending news articles via Gmail with 2 step verification set up

Having set up 2 step verification for additional security, a number of apps initially "break".

Calibre was one of them, as I have it set up to send articles to my free@kindle account via Gmail.

This post suggests it's not possible to change this - http://oldbugs.calibre-ebook.com/ticket/9415#comment:1 - but in fact it is, by setting up an application specific password and entering THAT in Calibre, not the standard Gmail password

Getting all friend updates on Facebook

Scroll down to the bottom of the newsfeed on the homepage and click on “Edit Options”, click on “Show Posts From” and change the setting to “All Of Your Friends and Pages”

Flickr - list of photos uploaded

Flickr uploadr works pretty well, but sometimes breaks part way through an upload. It's not always clear which pics are uploaded and which aren't (short of going through them one by one).

Flickr, as far as I know, doesn't have a simple "export list" option of all pics, but clever people have built an API that does exactly this - it's here - https://secure.flickr.com/services/api/explore/flickr.photos.search

Input the information, and you get XML output including the original file names to allow a (slightly) speedier resolution

Facebook Newsfeed - remove game updates

I don't really have much interest in how FB friends of mine are faring (or not) on their games, so I don't need to see the updates in my newsfeed. Here's how to remove them (at least until FB change their settings again):

Go to the profile of a FB friend who sends you such updates. Find one of the updates, and click on the application name in the right hand side of the update. That takes you to the app page. There you can block the app from sending updates.

Android / T-Mobile HTC not connecting on 3G

After returning from two weeks' holiday where I'd used only Wi-Fi and not 3G at all, the latter just would not connect.

The resolution is to set up a new APN:

How to configure Internet Settings on your HTC Desire HD.

    Press the Menu key
    Tap on Settings
    Tap on Wireless & Networks to select.
    Scroll down and tap on Mobile networks
    Tap on Access Point Names to select.
    Press the Menu key
    Tap on New APN
    Tap Name then enter T-Mobile Internet select OK
    Tap APN then enter general.t-mobile.uk select OK
    Tap Username then enter t-mobile select OK
    Tap Password then enter tm select OK
    Tap APN type then enter default select OK
    Press the Menu key
    Tap Save
    Press the Home Key

Your phone is now ready for use