Removing IntelliTXT Ads using Adblock

Here I will show you how to remove IntelliTXT (In-Text Advertising) from web-pages you visit using the popular firefox extention Adblock.

Here we go, install the firefox add-on adblock from here then restart firefox. Then Go to Tools > Adblock > Preferences(or press CTRL + SHIFT +P ). Click the text entry where it says new Filter and enter

*intellitxt.com*

this will block anything with intellitxt.com

To Test you have done it correctly visit here OnTheBox and you should see the page without
intellitxt adds (also disable adblock and see the differance ! but remember to enable it again)

If this Helped you Please Leave a Comment.

Pimp out Netvibes

If you are bored with netvibes current look you can add a modual from the ecosystem called “Netvibes Customize”

to learn more go here.

I tricked mine out with Windows Vista background, no netvibes footer , 80% Opacity blocks and 90% Feed Opacity and it looks prety danm good.

If you customize your netvibes pages leave a link in the comments to a screenshot.

NTL Upgrading all basic broadband speeds

NTL is just finishing upgrading the whole of the UK’s basic broadband speed from 1MB/s to 2MB/s this is currently £17.99 per month, and all existing customers will be upgraded to 2MB by the end of october.

This is very cool and has been a long time coming.

The wonder that is text smoothing

You may be unaware of it but if you are using Mac OS X you probably see text smoothing being used all the time. Yes, this is what makes the text on your screen super smooth and silky looking.

This feature can be controled to a certian degree from System Preferances and going to Appearance, from here you can choose the font smoothing style for your monitor.

It also allows you to turn off Text smoothing for Text bellow a certian font size (The lower the better if you like OS X’s text the way it is) For Example of the differance it makes to what you will see (See below Screen shots)

Google search buttons with and without text Smoothing.

Google Calendar Event Times with and without text smoothing.