I am sure you are ready for another dose of some brand new and useful Firefox add-ons. As always, some of these make it to my Top Firefox Extensions list that I update frequently. The picks reflect the ones I am trying currently or find useful enough to share. After a month or so if […]
Top Greasemonkey Scripts for GMail & Google Reader
on October 8, 2007 in Tech for Life
One of the mos useful Firefox extensions has to be the Greasemonkey extension. This extension lets you download scripts from userscripts.org or write your own to change different aspects of a website. I use GMail & Google Reader the most and I find these Greasemonkey scripts a life saver! I am listing them here so […]
Open Links in Firefox from Internet Explorer
on September 20, 2007 in Tech for Life
04/27/11: Updated with a working download link. I have been trying out Newzie for a week now after Ryan of CyberNetNews wrote about it as the Best Desktop Feed Reader. You might have probably heard me praise GreatNews one time or the other. But, Newzie is really a well thought out and zippy little RSS […]
Firefox 2.0.0.7 Released & Flock 1.0 Announced
on September 18, 2007 in Tech for Life
Firefox 2.0.0.7 Firefox released version 2.0.0.7 as a Fire Drill (Security) release. This security release addresses a severe vulnerability to Firefox for Windows & Mac users who have installed the Quicktime plugin, at minimum all iTunes users. From reading more into this issue in the above link, it seems like a pretty serious one and […]
Firefox Extensions: Picks of the Week 07-09-18
on September 18, 2007 in Tech for Life
It is time for another Picks of the Week collection of Firefox extensions. I haven’t posted any for a few weeks so I have some juicy ones here for you. Check it out and let me know how you liked them. Daily Dilbert – Are you a Dilbert fan? This extension will add a tiny […]

AdGridWork Serving full page Paypopup ads?
on September 5, 2007 in ShanKri-la
Yesterday was an interesting day for ShanKri-la. I started out fixing broken feed and ended up fighting annoying popups that had creeped into my blog. Read on, if you are into things like that. Broken Feed Vinod kindly pointed to me that my feed was broken. Here is what went down if it’ll help someone […]

How to Run Firefox 2 and Firefox 3 Simultaneously
on August 24, 2007 in Tech for Life
Updated: June 20, 2008 With Firefox 3 finally released, it is time to upgrade and enjoy the new features and the performance increase it offers. But, the truth is we have learnt to trust our current profile in Firefox 2 and naturally you’d be leery of upgrading to Firefox 3. For good reasons. There are […]

5 Ways to Find Free Music Using Google
on August 13, 2007 in Tech for Life
Google hacking is uncovering information indexed on the web that weren’t supposed to be indexed. Sometimes, it is because of the ignorance of webmaster or sometimes people just don’t know what they are letting Google index! I have read about Google hacks and lately have been hearing more about people using Google to download music […]

Launch everything: Launchy
on August 5, 2007 in Tech for Life
The most used part of my Windows XP is the Quick Launch area. I keep shortcuts to all my often used programs in there. Start->Programs menu becomes unusable if you have an addiction for trying new software all the time. I still continuously battle the ever growing list in my Quick Launch bar by weeding […]

How to Safely Try New Firefox Extensions?
on July 31, 2007 in Tech for Life
A friend emailed me last week saying that he liked my weekly Picks of the Week Firefox Extensions posts but he doesn’t actually try new ones, even if they sound interesting, for fear of breaking his perfectly working Firefox. That’s when it dawned on me that some of my readers might be thinking the same […]
Firefox Extensions: Picks of the Week July 25 2007
on July 31, 2007 in Tech for Life
I can’t stop noticing new Firefox extensions coming out every now and then. And I can’t stop myself from trying it out if I find it interesting. The ‘Picks of the Week’ posts will give you an idea of what I am trying currently and may be help you find some useful extensions. Let’s see […]

Wesabe just got better – Firefox Uploader
on July 27, 2007 in Money Matters
I talk a lot about Wesabe here and you can find my earlier posts in ‘Related Posts’ or just search for Wesabe. For those of you new to Wesabe, it is an excellent online money management application with social features built into it. Wesabe Firefox Uploader Wesabe’s desktop uploader worked great for a couple of […]
Firefox Extensions: Picks of the week July 18 2007
on July 19, 2007 in Tech for Life
Does the palm of your hand itch if you don’t try some new Firefox extensions every week? If yes, you have come to the right place. It’s time for another batch of Firefox extensions that have been popping up around the web. I compile a short list of extensions I like every week and a […]
Firefox Extensions: Picks of the week July 9 2007
on July 10, 2007 in Tech for Life
I try to share useful Firefox extensions that I find now and then with my readers here. My Top Firefox Extensions page has some very useful extensions but I need to update it with some of the new extensions I have started using. Secure Login: If you use Firefox’s built-in password manager, this extension will […]

Online Password Manager – Clipperz
on June 28, 2007 in Life matters, Tech for Life
Here is my promised review of the online password manager I started using last week – Clipperz. I had originally come across Clipperz in a post at Daily Cup of Tech where Tim asked his readers if they would use an online password manager. If you’d like you can see my reply in the comments […]
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