Firefox Campus Edition Sucks! Really!
The whole of the blogosphere is abuzz with the talks of the Firefox Campus Edition. Mozilla even made an attractive page to promote the campus edition and it definitely clicked. The only addon that comes bundled with the Campus Edition that I found useful is Zotero and the other two i.e. FoxyTunes and StumbleUpon are not really much of a help. Instead I went on a addon hunt and found some great addons that will make Firefox a better option for Students world over. I am going to divide all... Read The Rest →
20 Tools to Get the Junk Off Your PC
All that crud on your system is slowing it down and, likely as not, producing mysterious problems. Here are some great tools you can use to take out the trash! Wondering why has your computer been slowing down through the ages. A lot of junk can accumulate on your PC over time and you need to clean this periodically to keep things running. PC World has a list of over 20 softwares that you could use to clean up your system. Check it out over here.. This is a must... Read The Rest →
Back to College : 10 Must Have Apps
So are you going back to college. There have been a lot of back to college posts on many of the popular blogs in the blogosphere. So i thought I should do one myself. So if you are going back to college then you definitely need to be using these apps to make your college life a tad easier. Google Docs and Spreadsheets Rather than spend $200 on the student edition of Microsoft Office, Google Docs & Spreadsheets is free and can usually do everything you will need for school.... Read The Rest →
How to Enhance Your WP Writing Experience
If you are a long time WordPress user like me, you surely know the obvious limitations that the WordPress backend has. There are far too many distractions in the Compose Section where you write the posts. Presence of Controls that you never use could become a nightmare to manage so it would be best if you would just remove them and use a stripped down version of the Compose Screen to manage your workflow better. There are other hacks that you could apply too so be sure you to stick... Read The Rest →
Some Cool Windows Tricks
Over at Technospot Ashish has a few interesting tips for all you windows users out there.. I just read through them and they work great.. Here they are : How to add Safe Mode to XP Boot List Safe mode is required when you need to fix problems such as a nasty virus infection or unistalling buggy softwares on your windows XP install.The Normal route to go to safe mode would be to use F8 Key to get into safe mode and if its not timed properly you’ll have to... Read The Rest →
TubeStop : Prevent Youtube Ads from Being Displayed
Youtube recently launched their video ads service. While the new ads haven’t been accepted that well by the general public and actually many are complaining that it spoils the youtube experience. If you are one of those then you need this handy firefox extension that hides the ads from being displayed. TubeStop is an extension for Mozilla-based Web browsers that disables the autoplay on YouTube videos. This means that you can open multiple YouTube videos in tabs in the background without them all starting to play at once. TubeStop also... Read The Rest →
The 40 Coolest Apps Out there
Everyone loves free software (open source or otherwise) and I just found a list that demonstrates quite how many excellent applications can be had for free. If you thought you needed to buy something – maybe check this list first. Check it out here : The 40 Coolest Free Applications Around There are many apps on the page above, so i am just categorising them here : Image Editing and Graphics Office Web and web development Development Applications (IDE’s) Operating Systems Video Playback Audio Anti-Virus
TypeSet : The fastest way to find the perfect Font
Typeset is a font viewing tool designed with both home users and creative professionals in mind. It lets you easily view and organize your font collection, to find the best font for your project. You can change the styles, instantly search for a favorite typeface, display more details about a font, or even drag and drop font files to the Finder. All of this can be done in an elegant and straightforward user interface. Here is a brief rundown into its features : It’s a blur Typeset has blazingly fast... Read The Rest →
PTFB Pro (Push the Freakin' Button)
How many times have you downloaded a software from the internet and you had to click through a number of dialog boxes, like asking you if you trust the publisher, or agree the license and stuff like that. It does become repetitive and can bog you down if you are one of those guys who are trying out new stuff all the time. It’s enough to make a mild-mannered computer user shout, “Yes! Yes! Just push the damned freakin’ button!” Or something like that. What you want is a simple,... Read The Rest →
19 Little Known Facts of Windows XP
Windows XP happens to be one of the most popular operating systems from the Windows Family. I Just don’t like Vista because it really isn’t able to match upto Windows XP on similar loads and conditions. So here are some tricks that will give you a lot of extra muscle to use your Windows Machine. 1. Windows XP boasts of how long it can stay up. Whereas previous versions of Windows were coy about how long they went between boots, XP is positively proud of its stamina. Go to run... Read The Rest →
