Mofuse is a web service that lets you instantly create a mobile version for any blog or RSS-enabled website. Quick facts about Mofuse You can track visitors to your mobile version Anyone can create a mobile version for any RSS enabled website or blog You can Brand your site with custom logo Option to integrate […]

Read Local News on a Map with YourStreet
on November 1, 2007 in Tech for Life
I love a good Google Maps mashup. I have previously talked about a Sex Offender mashup, Flights mashup, etc. I can spot a good one when I see it and YourStreet is one of them. The concept is simple and that is what makes them attractive to me. You can get your local news in […]

ShanKri-la Reviewed & Google PageRank Update
on October 30, 2007 in ShanKri-la, Tech for Life
BlogsWeLuv is a blog dedicated to discovering new and quality blogs. Mike & Tish co-founded this awesome idea and have built it into a great place to find new blogs. A good thing has gotten even better with talented contributors like my friends Garry, Mark, and Bush. Garry has been a guiding force for me […]

Automatic Software Install & Updates with AppSnap
on October 12, 2007 in Tech for Life
I use OpenSUSE Linux 10.3 as my primary workstation at work. If you have ever played with Linux you might have seen how software updates are done. For those unfamiliar with it, in Linux you connect to a software repository and you can tell which of your installed software have new versions available and update […]

Get Website Email Updates with RssFwd
on October 11, 2007 in Tech for Life
Just after rejoicing the magical 200+ RSS subscribers yesterday, you can see how selfless I am. I am going to actually show you how you can get email updates without subscribing to a RSS/Atom feed. If you are one of those email junkies and prefer to get updates from a website via email, you are […]

Track Car Mileage and Get Projections with MyMileMarker
on August 31, 2007 in Money Matters
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 […]

PassPack – Online Privacy Manager Reviewed
on August 27, 2007 in Tech for Life
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 […]

Stalking by Phone Number Made Easy
on August 20, 2007 in Household
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 […]

BuiltWith.com – Web Page Technology Profiler
on August 15, 2007 in Tech for Life
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 […]

Launch everything: Launchy
on August 5, 2007 in Tech for Life
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 […]

Get private beta invites – InviteShare
on July 26, 2007 in Tech for Life
I gave out a few beta invites I had for Spock and GrandCentral. Now, I get atleast 1 request everyday for a GrandCentral invite! I don’t mind the requests at all and in fact love the traffic Google is sending my way when people search for a GC invite. As I am wiping my evil […]

Google arrives at GrandCentral
on July 4, 2007 in Household, Tech for Life
Google has acquired GrandCentral, the ‘one number for life’ service that we have featured here before. GrandCentral (in beta but aren’t they all?) is an innovative web-based voice communications service that promises one single number for life and gives you the ability to manage all your phones from one single web interface. I have gotten […]

Online Password Manager – Clipperz
on June 28, 2007 in Life matters, Tech for Life
Here is my promised review of the online password manager I started using last week – Clipperz. I had originally come across Clipperz in a post at Daily Cup of Tech where Tim asked his readers if they would use an online password manager. If you’d like you can see my reply in the comments […]

Advertise your site for free – Adgridwork
on June 26, 2007 in ShanKri-la
I think this is an excellent idea to advertise your blog for free. It is a mix of banner exchange and contextual ad programs. You join this network and your blog is shown in the network based on your context, for free. All you have to do is to display the ad banner in your blog and […]

Kyle’s Cove and Website Grader
on June 7, 2007 in ShanKri-la, Tech for Life, WordPress
One of my recent adds to my daily read section in my feed reader is Kyle’s Cove. Kyle authors his technology blog and I find it very resourceful just in the few days I have been following and earned his way into our Blogroll. If you like ShanKri-la’s content, I am sure you will like […]
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