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Archive for August, 2008


Google Reader in Plain English [video]

After the popular video by Common Craft explaining RSS to everyone, Google Reader team had hired Common Craft to explain Google Reader in a minute. If you’d like to learn What is RSS? first, click on that link to watch that first.
Here is that lucid video. (if you are in a feed reader, click through [...]

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Ubiquity is My New Personal Assistant in Firefox

Yes, another Firefox extension post this week but bear with me for a minute and you will see why I am so excited about this particular one!
Ubiquity is an experimental Firefox extension that takes web browsing to the next level.
It’s easy to draw a parallel to Ubiquity of you are used to using an application [...]

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Create Custom HTML Signatures in Gmail - Black Canvas

One of the primary gripes about Gmail is the lack of HTML support in email signatures. And it sticks out like a sore thumb.
Obviously, Google has heard this complaint for a long time from it’s huge user base especially from the power users. And they haven’t still addressed this user request despite making other useful [...]

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Free Lightweight & Portable Screen Capture Utility - FastStone Capture

Screenshots help us in many ways whatever we may need it for. I use it when I am troubleshooting with some support helpdesk, when building websites, for blogging, etc.
Windows has the basic Print Screen option that you could load up in Paint and just crop the area you want. I did that for a long [...]

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Clean Sweep Your Computer with Anti-Malware Toolkit

I use a selective number of tools that are in my system cleanup arsenal to clean our computers and friend’s computers. Even with an efficient Virus scanner, a Firewall and a resident Spybot malware checker, some malware sneak into our computer sometimes.
I have the habit of keeping these programs in my flash drive so I [...]

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Firefox Extensions: Picks of the Week 08-08-14

We looked at some nice Firefox extensions that would help with shopping last week. I have some more finds fresh off the oven for you here.

FlickrFox: FlickrFox lets you browse Flick photostreams in a sidebar in Firefox. You can manage groups, search for tags and explore Flickr photos right from yoru sidebar.
Drag & Drop.io - [...]

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DriverSide - Car Owner’s Best Friend

One of the big ticket items we purchase in our lives is our car. And when that starts having a problem, most of us are nervous about taking our car to a mechanic just like we are about getting our tooth pulled out at a dentist. Unless, we have a relative or friend who is [...]

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