I love Adobe Air apps that bring web applications right to your desktop in slick and easy to use interfaces. Flickroom is also an Adobe Air application (beta) that beings the most popular photo-sharing site in the Internet, Flickr, to your desktop. Flickroom is shiny, dark and very intuitive to use. If you are a […]
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Evernote Windows 3.5 New Features
Evernote has been my favorite note taking application in my desktop, iPhone as well as the web. Evernote is free and it keeps your in sync between all these platforms all the time. Plus, Evernote has been in the leading edge on online note taking and I switched to it even before Google Notebook bit […]
Quick Tip: Ubuntu Linux Adobe Air Installation Error
I am just making a note for myself here and anyone else who might encounter this error. Scenario I was trying to install TweetDeck in LinuxMint Gloria – a Ubuntu Jaunty 9.0.4 variant. Error Could not be installed because another application is already being installed. (I didn’t grab the TweetDeck error screenshot so I reproduced […]
Free Video to Flash Converter
I was looking to convert some avi files to flash format to publish to web. A colleague showed me this cool free tool that lets you do it painlessly. DVDVideoSoft.com offers a free tool – Free Video to Flash Converter on their website. It is a 12.2 MB download and once installed just launch the […]
Quick Tip: Gmail Down? Access Gmail using iGoogle
Gmail has been down, reportedly worldwide, for a tleast an hour for me now. But there is a workaround. If you have POP access or IMAP enabled accounts setup, you can still access your Gmail. It works fine. Here is a list of supported POP clients if you don’t have one. If you don’t have […]
Add Overlays to Your Twitter Avatar
Adding Twitter overlays – little icons signifying something you like or support is all the rage in Twitter these days. For instance, I sported a little Indian flag in my Twitter avatar celebrating India’s Independence day on August 15th. You could be showing your support or celebrating an event and this is a great way […]
Quick Tip: How to Take Gorgeous Infant Photographs?
In my friends circle, it’s babies galore this year! More than half a dozen of my friends have had the wonderful moments in their lives welcoming a newborn into their family. Congratulations Kannan, Prasanna, Ravi, Suren, Vinod, Murali, Karthik & Ravi! I thought of you guys when I came across this article on 5 Tips […]
How to Remove PC AntiSpyware 2010?
A long time reader of ShanKrila and a blogging friend of mine, Jeanne Dininni of Writer’s Notes contacted me yesterday by email with a computer question. I’ve been battling a “PC Antispyware 2010” computer infestation. Don’t know whether you’re familiar with it or not, but I was hoping that maybe you’d be able to give […]
Optimize Your Images For the Web with Smush.It
If you are running a website or a blog, you know optimizing images in your website gives your visitors a good browsing experience as well as goes easy on your hosting bandwidth consumption. Smush.it Smush.it was a great little utility created by Stoyan Stefanov and Nicole Sullivan. It was available on the web and as […]
MagicJack VOIP – Recommended even by Mint.com
I am a huge fan of Magicjack and have used it for over 2 years now replacing my traditional AT&T landline. We have saved hundreds of dollars a year in phone bills as Magicjack costs just $40 in the first year and then $20/year from then onwards. In fact, with the purchase of Magicjack, you […]
A Good Proxy to Get around Blocked Sites
We have previously looked at some good proxies to get around blocked websites. Some readers in the comments have said some of the php based proxies don’t work anymore. It is a reality that most of the social networking sites are blocked in most work and school places. I am not here to argue the […]
Quick Tip: Add your Twitter Favorites to Google Reader
I use Twitter pretty much every day now and it’s probably no news for those of who follow me on Twitter. Although I rely on my Google Reader feeds to stay informed and get creative with blogging, Twitter is more and more becoming my source for good information for this blog. Plus, I use Twitter […]
Firefox Extensions: Picks of the Week 09-06-23 Collections Edition
Firefox extensions has been a core part of this blog and I have been doing the Firefox Extensions: Picks of the Weeks series for alomost 2 years now. I love finding and sharing good Firefox add-ons. Mozilla has just made this effort of mine and plenty of others who share their love for Firefox with […]
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Firefox Extensions: Picks of the Week 09-05-20
I can’t believe it’s been 20 days since the last Firefox picks post. I know you have been waiting for this one. So, here goes this weeks picks. Firefox Extension Picks of the Week Juice: If you are a power Internet surfer and do a lot of research, you might like this one. Juice intelligently […]
PassPack Gets Secure Sharing & More Features
Passpack is an online password manager and I consider it simply the best one at it. I have used it since its infancy and trust with all but my most sensitive passwords. If you are new to PassPack, I have written a few articles on Passpack and welcome you to read them if you like […]
