Every time you type www.GilsMethod.com Windows sends a request to your internet provider’s nameserver, these servers then respond with an address like 109.239.146.34 (which is the true address format for all servers). Using this information your browser can now download the information stored on the server (the website you’re visiting) so that it can be…Continue Reading

The wear and tear on your vehicle can be determined (most of the time) based on the number of miles driven. Believe it or not digital cameras have something similar to mileage, it’s called actuations. The number of actuations is the number of times that the shutter inside your camera has opened and closed, simply…Continue Reading

The first thing I noticed when I used Vista was the fact that the Shut down button was not a Shut down button (as it was with XP) instead it was a Sleep/Standby button. This feature would be great if it worked as intended, since it doesn’t I prefer the option to shut down my…Continue Reading

One of Picasa’s newest features is the ability to create a Movie Presentation from a selection of videos and pictures. The feature allows you to customize the slide transitions, duration, and captions. This tool is excellent for those of you who like to create movie sideshows to upload to YouTube and/or to burn to a…Continue Reading

If you are concerned with your the files left behind whenever you browse the internet at home or at the office, then this is your solution. The how-to below will demonstrate how you can setup Internet Explorer and Firefox to automatically delete all files related your browsing activities. If you have any questions or comments,…Continue Reading

One of the problems with Vista’s default Virtual Settings is that the swap file size is variable meaning, that it grows and shrink with use, which in turn causes the virtual drive to become fragmented. Fragmentation translates to slower read/write times for the files loaded on the swap file. [Page/swap file and Virtual Memory are…Continue Reading

With the introduction of Vista close to 2 years ago, my favorite feature to this day is the built-in search function and the ability to save searches for future use. The short how-to below will show you how to perform searches and save them for later use. The searches can be date ranges, file types,…Continue Reading

The other day I installed Picasa 3 and have been fiddling with it since. I found that Google kept the experimental features available, most folks don’t venture that far into Picasa so I decided to post these ‘Obscure’ experimental features that are available to you. Below I summarized 5 of the 7 experimental features and…Continue Reading

Ever wanted to refresh the look of your Windows XP computer? The guide below will show you the simple steps to accomplish this as well as suggest a couple of different themes you might like. If you have any theme suggestion please list them below. As always comments and questions are welcome. For those of…Continue Reading

The other night I found myself quite disturbed after watching this segment on CBS News, at the same time I felt that the way Jim Grant (the first gentleman interviewed) described the "Shadow Market" warranted the title of an article/video that fits the "for the Rest of Us" approach that I subscribe to on this…Continue Reading

This How-to serves two purposes, the first is to inform all of Gil’s Method readers that Google has released Picasa 3 Beta. The other is to update and create a new guide to creating photo collages in Picasa 3. I felt that the changes between Picasa 2 and Picasa 3 are significant enough to warrant…Continue Reading