It’s past April 1st and we are not out to fool anyone with the new look. I use Firefox for almost all of my web browsing needs. I just happened to test the blog in Internet Explorer and found that the theme I was using was broken! Our apologies to the readers using Internet Explorer. […]
Google Reader in Plain English [video]
on November 20, 2011 in Tech for Life
After the popular video by Common Craft explaining RSS to everyone, Google Reader team had hired Common Craft to explain Google Reader in a minute. If you’d like to learn What is RSS? first, click on that link to watch that first. Here is that lucid video. (if you are in a feed reader, click […]

Firefox Extensions: Picks of the Week Aug 7 2007
on November 20, 2011 in Tech for Life
I can tell some of you are just waiting for the Picks of Week post to try out Firefox Extensions. Here is this week’s load of extensions you might find useful or just fun to try. Stylish: Stylish is for CSS as GreaseMonkey is for JavaScript. Stylish is a user styles manager lets you customize […]

Trouble Coding? Get help at RefactorMyCode
on November 20, 2011 in Tech for Life
I like to dip my feet into writing a little bit of code now and then. Most of the times I like to modify or in geek speak ‘refactor’ already written code to make it do what I want. As I have mentioned earlier, my blogging efforts started with my interest in learning PHP & […]

Enable HTTPS And Keep Your Facebook Account Secure
on November 20, 2011 in Facebook, Social Networking, Tech for Life, Tips & Tricks
You might have heard of techniques like FireSheep which lets others in the same network as you with access to your Facebook account. In light of this, Facebook just recently announced full HTTPS support. Enabling HTTPS on your Facebook account will prevent a lot of hacks and protect your information. Facebook is notorious for turning […]
DnScoop – Get Your Blog’s Worth & Stats
on November 20, 2011 in Tech for Life
If you have a blog or a website, I am sure you love checking different stats from time to time. I have to confess that I have caught myself obsessing over some of these numbers in the 9-10 months of blogging. I have used Xinu, Website Grader, Bad Neighborhood & BuiltWith to get a quick […]

DISH Network Offers 7 FREE Starz Channels Until Feb 2012
on November 20, 2011 in Tech Deals, Tech for Life
DISH Network is celebrating their 30 years in business by giving their 7 premium Starz movie channels for FREE until Feb 2012! We just switched to DISH and couldn’t be happier with this offer! 🙂 Just go to channel 349 to see this on the screen. We’re celebrating 30 years in business…. to say thanks, […]
Use online dictionary? Try Ninjawords
on November 20, 2011 in Tech for Life
I use online dictionary all the time.. here is a cool site to look up words fast in a clean interface like google’s search page. Ninjawords – A really fast dictionary… fast like a ninja. I use this in the WebSearch Pro Firefox extension which requires a post by itself but once you try it, […]
Quick Poll: Do You Like Posts On Gadget Deals?
on November 20, 2011 in Blogging
You might have noticed that I have started posting on gadget deals lately even since I bought my Canon Rebel T1i. When I found that awesome deal I couldn’t wait to share it with you here. The thing is I keep coming across some incredible gadget deals every day. You can see recent gadget deals […]
Take a Walk Down Your MemoLane
on November 20, 2011 in Facebook, Flickr, Social Networking, Twitter, Web Apps
For those of us who are addicted to our social network sites like Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, YouTube, etc., there is no easy to way to view our ‘social’ history. How can you see what you did for your last birthday? How can you tell how you were ‘feeling’ on your last vacation? MemoLane is a […]

Quix – The Only Bookmarklet You’ll Ever Need
on November 20, 2011 in Tech for Life, Tips & Tricks, Web Apps
I am a huge fan of bookmarklets. I have a folder full of bookmarklets for various web services like Evernote, HootSuite, Twitter, GMail this, etc. I just came across one bookmarklet and probably the only bookmarklet I’ll ever need! Quix is a bookmarklet that gives you one place to store all your bookmarks and bookmarklets. […]

Are you a Google fan?
on November 20, 2011 in Tech for Life
I use a lot of Google’s products and some of them I find indispensible. Besides the obvious reason that they are free, I find some of their apps absolutely something I cannot live without. I use Google, GMail, Google Notebook, Google Maps and Picasa almost everyday! Do you find yourself reading this and that about […]
Firefox Extensions: Picks of the Week 2007-08-29
on November 20, 2011 in Tech for Life
It’s time to look at some of the new Firefox extensions making the rounds lately. Without further adieu, TubeStop: This extension for Mozilla based web browsers disables autoplay on YouTube videos. It lets you open multiple videos in multiple tabs without them all playing at once. It also works on YouTube videos embedded in non-YouTube […]

Best of FREE Linux Apps
on November 20, 2011 in Linux, Tech for Life, Ubuntu Linux
We covered a list of best free Mac OS X apps few weeks back. It’s time to show the love to the penguin. Lifehacker has again come up with an incredible list of free linux apps. A lot of the apps are what I use as well. So, here it is with a few of […]

How to Use Gmail’s iPad Interface in Your Desktop?
on November 20, 2011 in Firefox, Gadgets, Gmail, Google, Google Chrome, Tablets, Tech for Life, Tips & Tricks
Google just rolled out a nice two-pane Gmail interface for the Apple iPad and other tablet devices like NotionInk ADAM. If you have been wondering if you could try it out in your desktop without selling an arm and a leg for an Apple iPad, you are in luck. It’s the age-old switching user agent […]
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