Just what I was looking for to track my car mileage! I drive a 2000 Mitsubishi Eclipse with over 100,000 miles on it. It is running well and I try to guess its mileage with every fill up by setting up my trip meter with every fill up and making a mental note of the […]
Check for Sex Offenders in your Area
I just came across this Windows Live maps mashup that lets you find sex offenders in your neighborhood on a map. Vision 20/20 is a free web based service that uses the publicly available data of 650,000 sex offenders in the US and displays it in a map of your area. You just enter your […]
PassPack – Online Privacy Manager Reviewed
I talked earlier about how to manage your passwords in my Guide to managing your non-essential passwords. I subsequently showed how you can use an excellent free online tool, Clipperz to store your passwords, registration keys and much more online securely and in an easy to access manner. PassPack Tara Kelly of PassPack since invited […]
How to Run Firefox 2 and Firefox 3 Simultaneously
Updated: June 20, 2008 With Firefox 3 finally released, it is time to upgrade and enjoy the new features and the performance increase it offers. But, the truth is we have learnt to trust our current profile in Firefox 2 and naturally you’d be leery of upgrading to Firefox 3. For good reasons. There are […]
Stalking by Phone Number Made Easy
Google Maps Mashups are a joy to use. You can now find out your ex’s location just by typing in the first 6 digits of the 10 digit phone number in the US/Canada. NPA-NXX Geolocator shows you the location in Google Maps as soon as you type in the 6 digits. It could not locate […]
Good Reads: Buzz in Blogs 2007-08-18
It’s time to take a look around and see what’s happening around us. Review of GreatNews RSS Reader: Neely of NutShell JournalIt’s no secret to my readers that I am a fan of GreatNews RSS reader, a portable and versatile feed reader. Neely found that my reasons for using Desktop feed reader compelling enough to […]
BuiltWith.com – Web Page Technology Profiler
That’s a crafty domain name for a site that let’s you find out what a site is built with. BuiltWith is a web page technology profiler that analyzes a website and gives a detailed listing of technologies that it finds on a web page. In their words, BuiltWith’s goal is to help developers, researchers and […]
5 Ways to Find Free Music Using Google
Google hacking is uncovering information indexed on the web that weren’t supposed to be indexed. Sometimes, it is because of the ignorance of webmaster or sometimes people just don’t know what they are letting Google index! I have read about Google hacks and lately have been hearing more about people using Google to download music […]
Make Your Own JibJab Video
JibJab became popular with their funny music videos with corny songs. ‘This Land‘ was one of those that circulated the Internet not too far back. Now, they have come up with one where you upload a picture of you and your friend (or any two people of your choice) and you can create a movie […]
Binary Moon Links Competition – Get Free PR7 Links for Entering
Writing great content is a crucial part of blogging but just writing good content alone will not bring readers. Sometimes, we have to reach out to a wider audience and give them a chance to know about your blog. From then on, it is up to them to become a reader or not. Contests are […]
Launch everything: Launchy
The most used part of my Windows XP is the Quick Launch area. I keep shortcuts to all my often used programs in there. Start->Programs menu becomes unusable if you have an addiction for trying new software all the time. I still continuously battle the ever growing list in my Quick Launch bar by weeding […]
Blog Contests are Fun, If I Win
I am going to try my hand at entering a few contests and letting you know about them so you can participate in it as well. NiggyBuzz – Win $25 Contest The first prize is a cool $25 PayPal cash. There are a variety of ways to earn tickets like subscribing to the feed, adding […]
Waxing and Whining
Dig this: It’s a balmy summer’s day, in a very picturesque house by the beach, on a outdoor patio with a thatched roof, with flowing cotton curtains, a tall Brazilian model with extra long legs, a hulk of a guy with an oiled up body, a bubbling Jacuzzi foaming up steam, a bottle of champagne […]
How to Safely Try New Firefox Extensions?
A friend emailed me last week saying that he liked my weekly Picks of the Week Firefox Extensions posts but he doesn’t actually try new ones, even if they sound interesting, for fear of breaking his perfectly working Firefox. That’s when it dawned on me that some of my readers might be thinking the same […]
Firefox Extensions: Picks of the Week July 25 2007
I can’t stop noticing new Firefox extensions coming out every now and then. And I can’t stop myself from trying it out if I find it interesting. The ‘Picks of the Week’ posts will give you an idea of what I am trying currently and may be help you find some useful extensions. Let’s see […]
