If you are in the IT world, chances are everywhere you turn you are inundated by the word ‘Big Data’. For the longest time I was put off by the words thinking that this is just a fad that will go away. But this excellent article by Gwen Shapira – Hadoop FAQ – But What [...]
How to Turn off Facebook’s New Facial Recognition Feature?
Originally posted 2011-06-09 08:10:46. Facebook just added another controversial feature and as always enabled it for all users without asking for their consent. So far, Facebook let us tag photos with names of our friends on pictures we have. Facebook just added an automatic face recognition feature that will identify people from photos anywhere on [...]
HackWordPress.com Turns 1 and Has a Huge Giveaway
Originally posted 2008-10-02 16:30:23. WordPress has become my favorite hobby and in fact my wife’s potantial business venture. There are excellent resources for WordPress and Hack WordPress run by my friend Kyle Eslick, is one of the most useful ones out there. Hack WordPress has just turned 1 and the 2000+ RSS subscribers is just [...]
Top WordPress 2.7 Tips, Hacks, Plugins & Resources
Originally posted 2008-12-11 16:36:51. WordPress 2.7 is here! As usual the WordPress community has been very active even when WordPress 2.7 was in beta and were publishing a lot of good resources. I have been reading them and collecting them. What’s new in WordPress 2.7 Ten New Features in WordPress 2.7 Demetris of op111.net has [...]
Drupal 7 Hits the Streets
Originally posted 2011-01-10 11:00:00. Although I am a huge fan of WordPress as a Content Management System (CMS), I have a soft spot for another awesome open source CMS platform – Drupal. After being in development for months, Drupal 7.0 has been released to the public. In their words, Drupal 7 is a truly revolutionary [...]
Picasa Web Albums catching up with Flickr
Originally posted 2007-03-08 18:07:43. I talked about two best photo sharing apps that I love in a previous post. Picasa Web Albums is Google’s answer to Flickr that Yahoo bought and done a great job with. One thing that Picasa Web Albums was missing was the community element of searching others pictures by ttitle, subject, [...]
Instant Fat Trimming For Your Twitter Account
Originally posted 2010-03-02 12:30:00. 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 [...]
No RSS? Get Website Updates with Page2RSS
Originally posted 2007-10-04 00:29:16. These days, we can follow a lot of site updates through RSS feeds. Unfortunately, there is still a chunk of websites on the internet that don’t have RSS feeds enabled. If this is something important or crucial to your blogging needs, it might get tiring to keep visiting the site to [...]
Dell U2713HM-IPS-LED CVN85 27-Inch Screen LED-lit Monitor $649 Shipped
If you are looking for a IPS-LED monitor, this Dell U2713HM-IPS-LED CVN85 27-Inch Screen LED-lit Monitor is a fantastic option for $649 with free shipping. Features WQHD resolution and accurate colors out of the box: Superb clarity with 2560 x 1440 resolution and over 3.6 million pixels. Features a color gamut of more than 99-percent [...]
Dropbox Gets App Directory & Mobile Updates
Originally posted 2010-09-23 11:45:00. Have I said Dropbox is my favorite file sync – file backup service enough times? Well, I will say it again, it really is the best! For those unaware, Dropbox is a seamless file sync utility that can keep folders and files in sync across multiple computers, multiple operating systems and [...]
Top Web Applications Best Suited for Mozilla Prism
Originally posted 2008-04-23 10:29:52. Mozilla Prism, previously known as WebRunner, is a great application that splits the web applications from the browser and lets you run them from your desktop. Although in it’s infancy, Prism is already very useful for me and I use it for a variety of web applications that I need open [...]
Watermark Your Images Online – PicMarkr
Originally posted 2008-01-03 03:18:00. Do you have pictures you publish online that you want to protect from someone else using it? There are plenty of software options for watermarking images. But, what if you want to occasionally watermark an image or you are at someone else’s computer without the right the software? PicMarkr offers a [...]
Sony BRAVIA KDL46EX710 46-Inch 1080p 120 Hz LED HDTV $999
Originally posted 2011-02-04 17:04:57. Amazon has the Sony BRAVIA KDL46EX710 46-Inch 1080p 120 Hz LED HDTV, Black for $999 with free shipping and no tax in most states. Some features 46-inch Edge LED-backlit HDTV with Full HD 1080p resolution and slim design Motionflow 120Hz technology for smooth motion; BRAVIA Engine 3 fully digital video processor [...]
Sony Playstation 3 Can Play 3D Blu-Ray Movies
Originally posted 2010-09-22 11:23:00. My wife and I are big fans of Sony Playstation 3. We use it more as a media streaming device and a DVD/Blu-ray player than as a gaming console. We use TVersity to stream videos from our desktop or notebook computers to our HDTV. With the 3D HDTVs gaining adoption and [...]
Top 10 WordPress 2.9 Features You Should Know
Originally posted 2009-10-21 14:36:48. WordPress 2.9 is coming soon and it’s time to see what we can expect from this release. WordPress is one of the most popular blogging platforms and is available in a hosted version at WordPress.com and as a free self-hosting version at WordPress.org. WordPress 2.9 is the next version in the [...]
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