We were traveling over Thanksgiving week and missed out on the biggest shopping weekend. We also missed the Cyber Monday deals that is popular for buying stuff online. But, I just found out that Amazon is doing the Cyber Monday deals all week dubbing it Cyber Week Deals! If you haven’t started on your Christmas […]

Blu-ray Disk Deals Under $15 at Amazon
on November 18, 2012 in Gadget Deals, Gadgets, Tech Deals, Tech for Life
Have you been putting off getting disks for your brand new Blu-ray player because they are so goshdarn expensive? Well, Amazon has a great selection of Blu-Ray disks for under $15. Some of the titles found there Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves Extended Version The Hangover Gangs of New York The Crazies Harry Potter and […]

Minimalist Online ToDo Manager – TeuxDeux
on November 18, 2012 in Tech for Life, Web Apps
I have been through a lot of online task managers but there is still something lacking in every one I have tried. May be I get bogged down with the application being too complicated aka feature-rich. TeuxDeux is a minimalistic and simplistic web application that lets you manage your to-do lists easily. Once you sign […]

Ubuntu Unity Keyboard Shortcuts Wallpaper
on November 18, 2012 in Linux, Tips & Tricks, Ubuntu Linux
Ubuntu Unity 11.04 is out for everyone now. The Unity interface is a huge overhaul and has a ton of new features and keyboard shortcuts. If you are a power user or want to be one, knowing keyboard shortcuts (or atleast having them close by) is a surefire way to that. AskUbuntu has created a […]
Friday Fun: Blabberize Any Picture
on November 18, 2012 in Tech for Life
Blabberize is a funny web application where you upload a picture and select the mouth and attach a sound clip and make a talking video clip of anything. Nothing more to it. You can upload your picture or your friend’s or for that matter even your dog and make them/it talk. Check this clip I […]

Access Blocked Websites By Email
on November 18, 2012 in Tech for Life, Tips & Tricks
For some reason, my getting around blocked websites has received a tremendous response here. So, I figured I’d share another way you can get to blocked websites just by using your email. MailMyWeb.com is a beta web service that lets you send an email with the url of the site you want as the subject. […]

Google Site Verification WordPress Plugin
on November 18, 2012 in WordPress
If you have built a website, you may know that one of the first things you’d do is to verify your site with Google. This will help your site get indexed by Google. So far, you’d have to do it by one of 2 ways through Google Webmaster Tools. However it involved either editing some […]

Technorati Favorites Exchange – Experiment!
on November 18, 2012 in Tech for Life
I have seen this original post at Dosh Dosh’s Ultimate Technorati Favorites Exchange. Now, Matt at eJabs has motivated me to try it as well. This is an attempt to break into the Technorati Top 100 which can only be good for us. It’s simply you favorite me and I’ll favorite you. Maki at Dosh […]

Read Your Twitter As a Daily Newspaper – Paper.li
on November 18, 2012 in Social Networking, Tech for Life, Tips & Tricks, Twitter, Web Apps
Twitter has become an integral part of information flow these days. It has to by now since I have been using it since 2007! 🙂 But, consuming Twitter on the web can get boring. Even the excellent Twitter desktop client like TweetDeck can only do so much in consuming that ever-flowing river of information. How […]
Amazon Drops Prices on Dell Laptops
on November 18, 2012 in Gadget Deals, Gadgets, Laptops, Tech Deals, Tech for Life
If you have been shopping for laptops, Amazon has a deal going on now that seems worth checking out. Amazon has dropped the prices on a bunch of Dell laptops like Dell Inspiron Dell Inspiron Mini Dell Studio One Dell Studio XPS Dell Adamo Alienware Check out the Dell Laptops Price Drop at Amazon.com

Instant Fat Trimming For Your Twitter Account
on November 18, 2012 in Blogging, Social Networking, Tips & Tricks, Twitter, Web Apps
If you are on Twitter, you will really like this new tool I just found. I have come across many tools and recommendation service including Twitter’s own now-extinct recommendation list to find and follow new people. After being on Twitter for more than 2 years I have the ‘following too many people’ bloat. I follow […]
RocketDock – A Cool Application Launcher For Free
on November 18, 2012 in Tech for Life
RocketDock is a free application launcher available for Windows 2000/XP/Vista. It offers Drag and Drop your frequently used apps/links/shortcuts to the dock, Supports alpha-blended png and ico icons that give that cool glassy look, Dock auto-hides and popup on mouse over.

Google gobbles Feedburner for $100M
on November 18, 2012 in Tech for Life
I read rumors about the possible acquisition of FeedBurner by Google this week and now TechCrunch is announcing that they have confirmed this deal. It looks like Google is finishing up the DoubleClick acquisition before announcing their next acquisition. For those of you wondering who FeedBurner is, they provide a service which used by a […]

Remember the Milk Shines and Goes Offline
on November 18, 2012 in Remember the Milk, Tech for Life, Web Apps
Remember the Remember the Milk (RTM) task management application I use and absolutely in love with? It is a free online task management application that is so simple to use and is very capable. Folks at RTM have totally redesigned their home page and it is very functional and slick. Plus, you might have heard […]
ShanKri-la Gets a Makeover
on November 18, 2012 in WordPress
I have been working on this theme mod for a bit and it is almost a whole month late in making its way here. I meant to release it for the New Year’s day but my day job kept me busy to complete the stuff I wanted done. So, instead here it is for your […]
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