Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Clearing your Cache and Cookies

Most browsers hold a saved copy of visited webpages. Clearing your browser's cache and/or cookies can resolve a number of problems you may be experiencing while using Blogger or other sites on the web. Instructions for clearing your cache and cookies are different for each browser type.

To clear your cache and cookies, please follow the steps below.

For Safari:

Click Safari in the upper left corner of your display.
Select Reset Safari from the menu.
A pop-up box will appear. Click Reset.
Click Safari again.
Select Empty Cache from the menu.
A pop-up box will appear. Click Empty.

For MS Internet Explorer:

Click Tools at the top of your browser window.
Select Internet Options from the menu.
Select the General tab, if it's not already selected.
Locate the Browsing history section and click Delete.
In the Temporary Internet Files section, click Delete files If a pop-up window appears, click Yes.
In the Cookies section, click Delete cookies If a pop-up window appears, click Yes.

Google's Search Tools

Google's Search Tools

Calculator
Type a calculation and press enter. You will see the answer in the results window.

Conversion Tool
Type something similar to one of the following and press enter.
Be sure to use the word "in."

1 mile in feet
1 cup in tablespoons
100 dollars in Euros

Dictionary
Type "Define:" and then the word you want defined.

define: congruent
define: pragmatic

Weather
Type the word "weather" and then the city (or city and state) and then press rturn to see the weather conditions for the next 5 days.

weather Whichita
weather London
weather Gunter, TX

Flight Search
Enter the airline and your flight number and press return to see the flight status.

America 5324
AA 5324
United 786
UA 786

Movie Search
Enter "movie:" and your zip code. This will return a list of theaters, movies, times, and reviews.

Movie: 75090
Movie: 90210