Mozilla Firefox is one of my most beloved open source software. If you are a regular reader here, then it’s no secret. I recommend and sometimes even install Firefox anytime I see a friend or a family member using IE. Firefox is awesome because you can make it into something more than a browser with [...]
Top Greasemonkey Scripts for New Gmail 2.0
on January 7, 2008 in Tech for Life
Gmail has been seeing some excellent improvements lately with color coded labels, improved Ghat features, improved performance, etc. We can say some of these new features were actually been driven by the community through Greasemonkey (?) scripts to improve Gmail functionality. Gmail team is smart enough to recognize some of these scripts and actually integrate [...]
FrostWire – Is it a LimeWire Killer?
on January 6, 2008 in Tech for Life
Long gone are the days of Napster & Kazaa. There are many options in the fray now for a P2P file sharing program. Limewire has its one following of people who love it and use it. I have used it for a while as well. LimeWire used to be totally free but they offer a [...]
Watermark Your Images Online – PicMarkr
on January 3, 2008 in Tech for Life
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 free online solution for [...]
Wish You a Happy New Year – Lets Welcome 2008
on January 2, 2008 in ShanKri-la
Just wanted to wish each and everyone of my readers, a very Happy New Year! I am so thankful for the support and encouragement you have shown. I have had so much fun last year blogging here I have gained many new readers as well as made some good friends. If you are reading this [...]
Good Reads: Buzz in Blogs 07-12-31
on December 31, 2007 in Good Reads
Sorry I have gone missing a little this week. I have been swamped with my day job and a little re-design I have been working on for ShanKri-la. Watch out for a post on that front this week. I do however have some very interesting reads for you this morning. Free Screen Sharing and Remote [...]
Get AVG Anti-Virus Professional Edition for Free
on December 27, 2007 in Tech for Life
You just had a dose of free software in my last post. AVG Anti-virus is one of the most popular free anti-virus products out there. But, free doesn’t mean free as in beer like most open source software but comes with some limitations but usually enough for an average home user. ComputerActive is giving away [...]
Killer Place to Free Open Source Software
on December 27, 2007 in Tech for Life
It’s no secret that everyone is developing a taste for free open source alternatives to traditional proprietary software. Mozilla Firefox as an alternative to Microsoft’s Internet Explorer browser is my favorite example when I explain ‘Open Source alternative’ to a friend or a family member. Even if you haven’t actually stepped out of your way [...]
DnScoop – Get Your Blog’s Worth & Stats
on December 24, 2007 in Tech for Life
If you have a blog or a website, I am sure you love checking different stats from time to time. I have to confess that I have caught myself obsessing over some of these numbers in the 9-10 months of blogging. I have used Xinu, Website Grader, Bad Neighborhood & BuiltWith to get a quick [...]
Firefox Extensions: Picks of the Week 2007-12-20
on December 21, 2007 in Tech for Life
Christmas is almost here and I am sure a lot of us are getting read for the holidays! Here is another batch of Firefox Extensions that I came across in the last couple of weeks. Remember the Milk – The biggest one for me is the Remember the Milk‘s extension making use of the recently released [...]
Firefox 3 Beta 2 Reviewed & Firefox 3 Beta 2 Portable
on December 20, 2007 in Tech for Life
I have been long waiting for Firefox 3 Beta 2. If you are a regular reader, you might have wondered why I haven’t delved much into Firefox 3 besides showing you how to run Firefox 3 simultaneously with Firefox 2. Personally, I feel that until Firefox get to Beta 2 it just isn’t worth it [...]
Wesabe Goes Mobile
on December 19, 2007 in Money Matters
Wesabe has been my favorite online money management tool for a long time. if you haven’t heard, you can read my review of Wesabe and in fact check out others reviews tagged with the same name. If you are a Wesabe user with an Internet enabled mobile or someone looking for an online money management [...]
2+1 Ways to Find Secret Amazon Discounts
on December 18, 2007 in Money Matters
I am sure you are trying to shop that last minute Christmas gift online so it reaches someone by Christmas. If you shop at Amazon.com, would you like to find out how to find secret discounts at Amazon? I have found 2 sites that share this money saving discounts and the timing can’t be better. [...]
Eye Candy + Flashy Start Page = Symbaloo
on December 17, 2007 in Tech for Life
Using bookmarks to get to the sites i daily use has become the thing of the past for me. It is after I started using HomepageStartup for my startup page needs. It allowed me to have my links that I use often in separate tabs based on their function. Symbaloo does the same and more [...]
Good Reads: Buzz in Blogs 07-12-16
on December 16, 2007 in Good Reads
I was just going through my Google Reader starred items and found these gems that I wanted to share with you. Enjoy! Caution: Online MD5 Cracker Tool – Ryan of CybetNet News MD5 is a popular encoding used widely for encrypting passwords. It is scary to find out that these MD5 encryptions could be hacked. [...]
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