Amazing Time Lapse Video

Just browsing through my Google Reader and came across this mind blowing time lapse video of the sky! túrána hott kurdís by hasta la otra méxico! from Till Credner on Vimeo. For the curious, the maker of the video says he shot this at Most locations are in southern Germany around the Swabian Alb where […]

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Photography & Drupal Blog Recommendations

Since it’s a Friday, I figured I’d turn the tables around today and ask you for a couple of recommendations. I intend to crowd-source this post and use your wisdom and mine to build this list so it can be a good reference point for anyone looking for such blogs. Photography blog recommendations I just […]

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Site Launcher – Launchy for Firefox

I am going off the beaten path here today. Instead of listing my Firefox Extension picks this week, I am going to highlight one particular extension. Like the Gmail HTML Signature extension I featured earlier, this Firefox extension deserves special attention. Site Launcher is an experimental add-on that is going to change the way you […]

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ShanKrila’s Best of 2008 – Your Version

Another year has passed by and a New Year is on the horizon. For some of you in a different timezone, 2009 is probably already here as I am writing this. If you are groaning ‘oh no, not yet another best of 2008 post!’, my apologies. But, there is a reason there are so many […]

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Wakoopa: Social Network for Discovering Webapps & Software

Social networking was all the rage in 2008. We have social networks like FaceBook, Orkut & MySpace to meet people. And then there are even social networks to meet people with special interests such as music, video, food, wine, cars, etc. You knew about it already. But, did you know there is a social network […]

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FLV Editor Pro Giveaway

FLV Editor Pro from FlvSoft.com provides a rich set of features that let you edit FLV videos and add professional effects.

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Canon SX10 IS – An Excellent SuperZoom Digital Camera

I have always been a great fan of Canon point and shoot cameras. We have owned a Canon A75, Canon SD450, Canon SD1100 IS. Although I had secretly harbored an interest in learning the art of photography, it hasn’t come to fruition until now. My wife got me this little beauty of a digital camera […]

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Firefox Extensions: Picks of the Week 2008-12-17

It’s time for more fun and useful Firefox extension picks. Without further adieu: Tark (Temporary Bookmarks): Is your Firefox bookmarks littered with bookmarks that had only short-term bookmarks that you failed to clean up after you used them? Tark lets you save those temporary bookmarks with an expiration date. After the time elapses, Tark’d bookmarks […]

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VLC – Best of the Free Media Players

We looked at Mozilla’s iTunes alternative SongBird last week. When I was writing about SongBird I realized I had never shared my views on one of my favorite free multimedia player for a long time – VLC Media Player. VLC media player – Quick Features Highly portable capable of playing multiple media formats Plays audio […]

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Let’s Welcome WordPress 2.7 Coltrane

After much anticipation, WordPress 2.7 dubbed Coltrane has been released today and is available for download. There are a ton of new features available in WordPress 2.7. That means some of us geeks are going to jump up and down with excitement to be a part of this great Open Source community that isn’t afraid […]

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SongBird – Excellent Open Source iTunes Alternative

SongBird is an open source music player built on Mozilla’s technology. After being in development for 2 years, SongBird just reached version 1.0 and is looking greater than ever. One great feature of SongBird is that it is extensible with community developed add-ons just like Mozilla’s Firefox and Thunderbird. This lets us add functionality via […]

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Firefox 3.1 Beta 2 is Available for Download

Update: 03/13/09 – Firefox 3.1 Beta 3 is available for download now! Firefox 3.1 is a little bit closer to it’s final release with the availability of beta 2. This beta brings about some cool new features such as A new Private Browsing Mode or more popularly dubbed as the Porn Mode. {more info} Function […]

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Gladinet – Access Online Storage via Windows Explorer

Online files storage services make storing your files in the cloud and make it accessible anywhere. I use plenty of services like Google Docs, Windows Live Skydrive, Box.net, etc. Some of the most popular services where you might be storing your files are Google Docs, Amazon S3, Windows Live Skydrive, etc. But, at best they […]

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Google Reader Gets A Cleaner Look

I have used the Better GReader Firefox extension and the UserScripts that change the look and feel of Google reader for a while. Now, Google Reader has an updated look and I don’t need to change it’s look with Stylish scripts.. I like it as it is after a long time! Here are some things […]

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WebNotes – Annotate & Organize the Web (Beta Invites Available)

WebNotes is a web organization tool created by a group of MIT alumni. Their goal was to revolutionize the way people collect,organize and share information on the Internet! After checking out WebNotes, I have to agree that they are on the right track. If you have ever used PostIt notes to put up stickies for […]

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