Below are the steps to turn off auto renewals of all or selected domains in your GoDaddy account (between each step you might want to take a coffee/bathroom break since that’s how long it takes for GoDaddy to serve pages):

1. Go to Domains -> My Domains

   

2. Click on My Account at the top right

   

3. Click on Payments & Renewing Items

   

4. Now select the domains you want to stop from renewing automatically. Thankfully there is a checkbox to select all the domains.

   

5. Now here’s the highlight. You have to actually click on Auto Renew button to be able to disable auto renewals! (kind of like how you click ‘Start’ button in Windows to shut it down)

   

6. You should see the selected domains and a radio button to disable auto renewal. Select this radio button and submit changes.

    

That’s it. You will get one email per domain confirming your renewal setting change.

GoDaddy should consider making their web pages lighter and letting users change auto renewal and other settings easily so simple tasks like these won’t be written about with a ‘How to’ title.

(Thanks to ‘nootrope’ in #wordpress channel of irc.freenode.net)

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Then the thought occurred: What if we can speak to the computer and give commands like “click”, “next”, “explorer” etc? I scoured the net for hours and finally found a good free program called Shoot (portable, requires no installation). Before proceeding further, you might want to look at the video below for an idea on some of the voice activated actions we are going to achieve by the end of this tutorial.

Shoot will basically interpret your voice and look in a XML file for the corresponding phrase. When a match is found, it sends the associated key strokes for that command.

Here are the steps to launch programs and do basic tasks by speaking to your computer:

1. Download Shoot from here. As of today, the latest stable version is 1.6.4. Extract the contents of zip file to any folder.
2. Shoot is a .NET 1.1 application that is not compatible with .NET 2.0. So you will need to download a replacement file for ‘shoot.exe.config’. It can be downloaded from here (free registration needed). If you would rather not sign up just to download one single file, grab it from here (No. of hits: [drain file 1 hits]). Replace the existing ‘shoot.exe.config’ file with the replacement file.
3. Go inside ‘profiles’ folder, copy any existing xml file to a new file and rename it (like yourname.xml)
4. Open the xml file in your favorite text editor (I recommend notepad++ because it has syntax highlighting and provision for collapsible code blocks)
5. Modify the existing commands to your desired ones between <command-list> and </command-list>. Specify the toggle switch (a key) to activate and deactivate Shoot in <push-to-talk> and </push-to-talk>. You might want to use the XML file I have put together. Download it from here (No. of hits: [drain file 2 hits]). The corresponding AutoHotKey file is here (No. of hits: [drain file 3 hits]).

   Want to read more about Shoot’s XML syntax? Check this link out.

6. Now run shoot.exe. Ctrl+O and select your profile XML file. Ensure that Shoot is active (this icon should be at the bottom window corner: and not this: ). Now Shoot is ready to take your voice commands and put them into action.

Make Shoot even more powerful with AutoHotKey

You can really take Shoot to the next level by using AutoHotKey.

Here is the workflow: Shoot translates your voice into key presses and then AutoHotKey takes over and performs the corresponding action.

If you have downloaded my XML profile file, you might have noticed that I use keyboard shortcuts like Ctrl+Alt+Shift+3, for example, to open Chrome. How does this work?

I have this in the profile XML file:

<command name="Chrome" phrase="chrome">
            <key type="CTRL ALT SHIFT 3" />
        </command>

and in the AutoHotKey file:

^!+3::
	IfWinExist ahk_class Chrome_XPFrame
	{
	    WinActivate
	}
	else
	{
	    Run "%USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe"
	    WinWait ahk_class Chrome_XPFrame
	    WinActivate
	}
	Return

The above code will check to see if Chrome is already running. If it is, it will be made the active window. If not, it will be launched.

Tips & Observations

• There’s a GUI for editing Shoot’s profile XML files called Shoot Profile Editor (No. of hits: [drain file 4 hits]). I used it initially to get a hang of the commands and how Shoot works but soon found that I am faster editing the XML file in notepad++ by hand. When the cursor is in ‘Key’ field of the profile editor, press F1 to bring up a keyboard diagram from which you can click on the key sequence to be set.

  

  

• After making changes to your profile, Shoot has to be restarted.
• You can start Shoot directly with your profile loaded by appending the relative/absolute path of the XML file after shoot.exe. With the XML file inside ‘profiles’ folder, this didn’t work for me when using Executor. So I placed the XML file where shoot.exe is and it works fine.

  

Conclusion

Shoot is a good free program to launch programs and controlling your browser via voice. While you may not find yourself using it 100%, it’s good to run it at the end of the day when you are tired of all the typing/clicking and would rather have a friendly chat with your computer Don’t hesitate to share how Shoot works for you by commenting below.

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Method 1: Bookmarklet

Add this Twitter now bookmarklet to Chrome’s bookmarks. Simply drag the link to your bookmarks and click on it whenever you want to micro-blog at Twitter.

Method 2: Keyboard shortcut

Press Ctrl+Alt+T.

For this, first install AutoHotKey, then save this ChromeToTwitter.ahk file and run it.

Interested in the code of this .ahk file? here it is:

; ^ = Ctrl, ! = Alt, + = Shift, # = Win
; Author: Sridhar Katakam (http://www.howtotuts.com/)

#NoEnv  ;Recommended for performance and compatibility with future AutoHotkey releases.
#SingleInstance force
SendMode Input  ;Recommended for new scripts due to its superior speed and reliability.

#IfWinActive ahk_class Chrome_XPFrame

; Posting To Twitter start
^!t:: ;Ctrl+Alt+t ('t' for twitter).

clipboard= ;Empty clipboard
clipboard = javascript:void(open('http://www.myopiclunacy.com/twitit.php?title='+escape(document.title)+'&text='+escape(document.selection?document.selection.createRange().text:(window.getSelection?window.getSelection():(document.getSelection?document.getSelection:'')))+'&url='+escape(location.href),'twitIt','scrollbars=no,width=550,height=250,top=175,left=75,status=yes,resizable=yes')) ;Twitter bookmarklet code
ClipWait, 2 ;Set max seconds (to 2) to wait for until clipboard contains data
Send, !d ;Focus address bar
Sleep, 500 ;Pause half a second
Send, ^v{Enter} ;Paste Twitter bookmarklet URL and press enter
WinWait, Twitter - Google Chrome ;Wait till the posting window appears
WinMove, Twitter - Google Chrome, ,(A_ScreenWidth/2)-(275),(A_ScreenHeight/2)-(125) ;Center the posting window
clipboard = ;Empty the clipboard
Return ;Done
; Posting To Twitter end

#IfWinActive

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This post is about a AutoHotKey script using which you can select text on a web page, press a customizable hotkey and submit the page to delicious with NOTES field pre-filled automatically. All you need to do is enter/select the tags and hit Return to submit the form.

Here are the steps:

1. Download and install AutoHotKey if you don’t have it already present on your computer.
2. Download this (for XP) or this (for Vista) small ChromeToDelicious.ahk file (the contained code can be found at the end of this post) and double click on it. You should see a H shaped icon in the system tray. Keep it running.
3. Log into your account at delicious.com.

That’s it!

Now whenever you want to bookmark a page (Example: http://chromespot.com/) to your delicious, highlight some relevant text on the page

and press one of the default hotkeys Ctrl+Shift+B or Ctrl+Shift+D (you can change these by editing the script and reloading it) and a window pop up like this will appear:

The code:

; ^ = Ctrl, ! = Alt, + = Shift, # = Win
; Relevant blog post: http://www.howtotuts.com/2008/09/08/how-to-accelerate-bookmarking-to-delicious-from-chrome/
; Author: Sridhar Katakam (http://www.howtotuts.com/)
; Thanks to: Suresh Kumar (http://www.autohotkey.com/forum/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=1820)

#NoEnv  ; Recommended for performance and compatibility with future AutoHotkey releases.
#SingleInstance force
SendMode Input  ; Recommended for new scripts due to its superior speed and reliability.

#IfWinActive ahk_class Chrome_XPFrame

; Bookmarking in delicious start
~^+b:: ;Ctrl+Shift+b ('b' for bookmarking)
~^+d:: ; or Ctrl+Shift+d ('d' for delicious)

clipboard = ;Empty clipboard
Send, ^c ;Copy current selected text. Make sure text is selected by dragging the text with mouse and not by double clicking
ClipWait ;Wait for the clipboard to contain text
Notes := clipboard ;Store current selected text in a variable called 'Notes'
clipboard= ;Empty clipboard
clipboard = javascript:(function(){f='http://delicious.com/save?url='+encodeURIComponent(window.location.href)+'&title='+encodeURIComponent(document.title)+'&v=5&';a=function(){if(!window.open(f+'noui=1&jump=doclose','deliciousuiv5','location=yes,links=no,scrollbars=no,toolbar=no,width=550,height=550'))location.href=f+'jump=yes'};if(/Firefox/.test(navigator.userAgent)){setTimeout(a,0)}else{a()}})() ;Delicious bookmarklet code
ClipWait, 2 ;Set max seconds to wait for until clipboard contains data to 2
Send, !d ;Focus address bar
Sleep, 500 ;Pause half a second
Send, ^v{Enter} ;Paste delicious bookmarking URL and press enter
WinWait, Save a Bookmark on Delicious ;Wait till the bookmarking window appears
WinMove, Save a Bookmark on Delicious, ,(A_ScreenWidth/2)-(275),(A_ScreenHeight/2)-(275) ;Center the bookmarking window
Sleep, 4000 ;Pauses 4 seconds
Send, +{Tab} ;Press Shift+Tab so that the cursor is taken to Notes field
Sleep, 50 ;A short pause
Send %Notes% ;Type the earlier selected text
Sleep, 500 ;Pause half a second
Send {Tab} ;Move to Tags field
clipboard = ;Empty the clipboard
Return ;Done
; Bookmarking in delicious end

#IfWinActive

Note: There will be a visible delay before NOTES field gets populated with the text that you selected on the page. This is to accommodate varying net connection speeds. If you feel that you are waiting a couple extra seconds, adjust the pause seconds in the script.

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Keyboard shortcuts that the script provides:

• Win+v – Pastes the URL (should have been already copied) in the address bar and hits return
• Win+Alt+v – Opens a new tab, pastes the URL in the address bar and hits return

Instructions:

1. Download AutoHotKey and install it.
2. Save this small ChromePastenGo.ahk file (the contained code can be found at the bottom of this post) and place it anywhere in your computer. Double click this .ahk file.

That’s it! Next time you see a plain-text non-linked URL in Chrome or in any other program; simply copy it, switch to Chrome and press Win+v or Win+Alt+v.

The code:

; Relevant blog post: http://www.howtotuts.com/2008/09/07/how-to-paste-and-go-in-chrome-using-keyboard/
; Requested at: http://chromespot.com/index.php/topic,198.msg4744.html#msg4744
; Author: Sridhar Katakam
; ^ = Ctrl, ! = Alt, + = Shift, # = Win

#NoEnv  ; Recommended for performance and compatibility with future AutoHotkey releases.
#SingleInstance force

#IfWinActive ahk_class Chrome_XPFrame
 #v:: Send !d^v{Enter}
 !#v:: Send ^t!d^v{Enter}
#IfWinActive

Note: This code is a part of How to set keyboard shortcuts in Chrome script.

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1. Download AutoHotKey and install it if you don’t have it already.
2. Save this small ChromeTabsScroll.ahk file (the contained code can be found at the bottom of this post) and place it anywhere in your computer. Double click this .ahk file.
3. You may need to adjust the number in line 12. This is the height of Chrome’s tab bar.

That’s it. Now you can take your mouse over the tab bar at the top of Chrome and turn your mouse wheel forward and backward to switch to previous and next tab.

Content of the ChromeTabsScroll.ahk file:

; Relevant blog post: http://www.howtotuts.com/2008/09/07/how-to-switch-tabs-in-chrome-by-using-the-mouse-wheel/
; Credit: http://www.autohotkey.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=218611#218611
; Author: SKAN - Suresh Kumar A N

#NoEnv  ; Recommended for performance and compatibility with future AutoHotkey releases.
#SingleInstance force

#IfWinActive ahk_class Chrome_XPFrame
 ~$WheelDown::
 ~$WheelUp::
    MouseGetPos,, yaxis
    IfGreater,yaxis,23, Return
    IfEqual,A_ThisHotkey,~$WheelDown, Send ^{PgDn}
                                 Else Send ^{PgUp}
 Return
#IfWinActive

Credit: Suresh Kumar A N

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Program window:

After Check button is clicked, it shows the latest build version:

When Download button is clicked, the download starts in your default browser.

Download link to Chromium nightly updater: http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?lnlr71eu9sl

Of course, you could simply browse to http://build.chromium.org/buildbot/snapshots/chromium-rel-xp/ and get the latest build (identified by its version number) instead of using this program.

Source.

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Update #1: Added code for opening a new tab by pressing CAPS key. This works even if Chrome is not open or not the current active application. If you want CAPS lock to work again, simply press Shift+CAPS. i.e., Shift+CAPS toggles between default functionality of the CAPS lock and tab opening in Chrome.

Update #2: Added Windows key modifier to single keys a, s, z, x, and c

Update # 3: Added shortcuts for paste and go. Details here.

This is what we are going to set:

and the steps to follow are:

1. Download AutoHotKey and install it if you don’t have it already.
2. Save this (or this for Vista) small ChromeShortcuts.ahk file (the contained code can be found at the bottom of this post) and place it anywhere in your computer. Double click this .ahk file.

That’s it. Now you can use all the shortcuts mentioned in the above table while using Google Chrome.

Note: You should remove --no-sandbox from line 33 of the .ahk file if your Chrome has no problems in displaying web pages.

Contents of the ChromeShortcuts.ahk file:

; Reference: ^ = Ctrl, ! = Alt, + = Shift, # = Win
; Source & Credits: http://www.autohotkey.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=218283, http://lifehacker.com/5046035/tabslock-puts-your-browser-one-keystroke-away
; Relevant blog post: http://www.howtotuts.com/2008/09/05/how-to-set-keyboard-shortcuts-in-chrome/

#NoEnv  ; Recommended for performance and compatibility with future AutoHotkey releases.
#SingleInstance force
SendMode Input  ; Recommended for new scripts due to its superior speed and reliability.

#IfWinActive ahk_class Chrome_XPFrame
~#a::Send,^+{Tab}
~#s::Send,^{Tab}
~#z::Send,!{Left}
~#x::Send, !{Right}
~#c::Send, ^{F4}
#v:: Send !d^v{Enter}
!#v:: Send ^t!d^v{Enter}

F1::Send ^+{Tab}
F2::Send ^{Tab}
F4::Send ^{F4}  ;close current tab
F12::Send ^+t ;undoclosetab
#IfWinActive

Capslock::
if WinExist("ahk_class Chrome_XPFrame")
{
	WinActivate
	WinWaitActive
	Send, ^t
}
else
{
	EnvGet, USERPROFILE, USERPROFILE
	Run "%USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --no-sandbox
	WinWait, ahk_class Chrome_XPFrame
	Send, ^t
}
return
+Capslock::Capslock

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Aw, Snap!

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Here’s how you can make Google Chrome work:

1. Close Chrome if it’s already running. Right click on Chrome’s desktop icon (create one if not present) and select Properties

   

2. At the end of the value in ‘Target’ field, paste --no-sandbox and press OK.

   

That’s it. Now launch Google Chrome by double clicking on this shortcut and watch it work.

Reference: http://chromespot.com/index.php/topic,172.msg834.html#msg834

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Right click on the title of note that you want to access from Executor and copy the note link.

Now create a new keyword in Executor and paste the copied note link in the Command field.

So to jump to my August expenses note in EverNote, I simply bring up Executor by pressing Alt+Space, and start typing ‘august’ and hit Enter.

Credit: salgud.

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