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Ruby on RAILS, updating a record in the database using form_for and update_
2007-12-26 11:27:00 Please get the post from here moved because of the formatting problem. More About: Ruby , Database , Ruby on Rails , Rails , Record
Get Xcerion XIOS/3 Internet Operating System Beta Invitation
2007-12-22 06:37:00 I just received a beta invitation to try out the Xcerion XIOS (XML based Internet Operating System ). To learn more about Xcerion XIOS visit this page on wikipedia : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xcerion_XIOS Visit this link : http://xcerion.com/screenshots/ fro a detailed intro of Xcerion XIOSCurrently this Internet Operating system is supported by on IE6+ but they have Firefox support on their top priority list.Be the first few to try it, drop me a line with your email address if you would need an invitation :) More About: Operating System , Beta , Invitation
How to use my camera mobile phone as webcam?
2007-12-09 19:09:00 With the help of WWIGO (Webcam Whereever I Go) software available free of cost from http://www.motvik.com/ it's simple to use your camera phone as a webcam.WIWIGO is a free software that allows you to use your camera mobile phone as a webcam over the bluetooth connection between the mobile phone and the computer. It gives better video quality than any average webcam, is compaitable with all applications that you would generally use your webcam for and if FREE.All you need is a camera phone with bluetooth, a desktop or laptop with bluetooth and WWIGO s/w on your mobile and computer. To know more about WWIGO go to about WIWIGO page here : http://www.motvik.com/about-wwigo.phpTo see a list of supported camera mobiles that can be used as a web camera with the help of WIWIGO s/w and to download WIWIGO "mobile camera/webcam" software visit this page : http://www.motvik.com/download.php More About: Mobile , Phone , Mobile Phone , Camera
Meet Digital Inspiration fame Amit Agrawal at BarCamp3 Delhi
2007-12-07 16:33:00 You can call him blogging Guru, the first professional blogger of India, Amit Agrawal who runs his blogs at http://labnol.blogspot.com and http://www.labnol.org is going to share his wisdom at BarCamp3 Delhi on 8th of Dec 2007, I wish I could have written it a little in advance and made the message reach a few more readers of my blog.Watch these videos to and you will know what I am talking about.Amit Agrawal featured on CNN-IBNAmit's life journey as a blogger.To know more about Amit visit his personal page at: http://www.labnol.org/about.htmlIf you are a blogger and you can make it to Delhi by tomorrow, this is the session you will never want to miss. If anyone can do a favor to video record his session and share it, it will be a great help to the whole blogging community :) More About: Inspiration , Meet , Digital , Fame
Absolutely interesting video, Web 2.0 bubble
2007-12-07 15:26:00 It is like touring the internet on a jetplane ;) More About: Video , Interesting , Bubble
Digital photo frame price comparison India
2007-12-04 17:54:00 Here is the news that came on www.tech2.com today about the launch of digital photo frame in India by Transcend . The price of the digital photo frame launched by Transcend in India as mentioned on www.tech2.com news post is Rs. 5500. You can read the full full story on www.tech2.com website link given below.http://www.tech2.com/india/news/gen eral/transcend-launches-digital-photo-fra me-in-india/23145/0?utm_source=dailynewsl etter&utm_medium=emailIf you are a regular reader of my blog you might remember my post about affordable digital photo frame available on www.futurebazaar.com, the post is still available at this link http://tpops.blogspot.com/2007/10/afforda nle-hi-tech-digital-photo-frame.htmlAfter reading about the launch news on tech2 I was surprised to see the price tag Rs. 5500 , I remembered that the digital photo frame that I had mentioned in my post was available for only Rs. 3999. So, I went back to my post and clicked on the link to the product purchase page to see i... More About: Photo , Price , Comparison , Digital
How Channel V India might be unknowingly promoting the porn site indiashott
2007-12-01 20:25:00 Currently channel V India is showing this tv commercial(watch the commercial below,caution: NSFW, NSS content) to promote its contest "India's Hottest".If you are done watching the commercial ;), you would have realized that you don't hear "www.indiahottest.in" anywhere in the commercial or maybe I missed the name of the website in the commercial. I am assuming that a large percentage of viewers like me will miss the official domain name of this contest and as a general tendency if they want to explore about the contest a little more, they will do what I did, they will type www.indiashottest.com and unfortunately will land up on this adult/porn site named "www.indiashottest.com", the site looks like this(see the picture below, this picture has been blurred and cut short to not to display p*** content and links).Whereas the intention of the commercial was to promote "India's Hottest" contest and direct all it's users to "www.indiashottest.in".The official site for the "India's ... More About: Promoting , Site , Channel
How to change,customize default phpmotion website logo?
2007-12-01 19:27:00 If you are a new phpmotion video sharing script package admin and have no clue about how to replace the default website logo as seen in the picture belowto your own customized logo that reflects your site's business brand, something like the one you see in the picture belowAll you have to do is create your own logo file, name it "phpmotion.gif" and replace the default phpmotion logo file named "phpmotion.gif" with your logo file.The default phpmotion logo file "phpmotion.gif" is located in /phpmotion/images/ directory of your phpmotion installation.One thing that you need to keep in mind that these file names are case sensitive if your installation is running on linux server.Important--Please remember to even have the filenae extension in smallcase letters. So, the right filename would be "phpmotion.gif" and any file name like "phpmotion.GIF" or "PHPMOTION.gif" etc.. would not work if you are running your phpmotion video sharing script installation on a linux server. More About: Website , Change , Logo
How to change, customize phpmotion video player logo?
2007-12-01 18:22:00 If you are a phpmotion video sharing script administrator and want to change the default logo "LOGO" of the video player, as seen the picture below toyour own customized logo, as seen in the picture below,All you have to do is:replace the default logofile of phpmotion named "playerlogo.png" with your own logo file. The logo file "playerlogo.png" is located in /phpmotion/image_s/ of your phpmotion installation directory.Steps to change the default video player logo of phpmotion video player would be:-- your own customized logo for for your site named "playerlogo.png".-- to the directory /phpmotion/image_s/ of your phpmotion installation and delete the default "playerlogo.png" file.-- your logo file to the same location /phpmotion/image_s/ More About: Video , Change , Player , Logo
How to use Google Transliterator independent of orkut and blogger ?
2007-12-01 14:09:00 On many occasions I felt the need to use "Google Transliterator" just to convert all my Hinglish typing to Hindi so that I could copy and paste the Hindi output and use it anywhere I wanted.Unfortunately I don't see any independet service for "Google Transliterator" like the one we have for Google Translate :(। But here is an easy way to use "Google Transliterator" without the hassle of using orkut's or blogspot's Transliterator feature. For this to work you must be a iGoogle user.Go to this link: http://www.google.com/transliterate/indic /about.htmllook for something that looks like this...Click on the the "Add to Google" button on the page on the above link and follow from there. You will find that link on the bottom of the above mentioned page.Or, just click on the "Add to Google" button below and follow from there. This is a one time work and will save you a lot of frustration everytime you need to convert your Hinglish to reusable Hindi using "Google Transliterator".This i... More About: Blogger , Orkut , Independent
myntra, should we call it cafepress, zazzle of india?
2007-11-25 19:56:00 At Myntra, there is something for everyone, whether you just want to create a customized gift of yourself or your friend or you want to make some quick bucks by creating your own designs. don't worry if you are not creative enough to design something you can make some quick money by just referring your friends to buy from Myntra. There are a variety of products to choose from, you will find everything, starting from t-shirts, mugs, mouse pads, key chains, posters, coasters and many more gift products.Starting from just a few products with not much of customization options, http://www.myntra.com has grown to a full fledged customizable merchandise gift service of India .Check it yourself and explore all that www.myntra.com has to offer, I am sure you will find more that expected. More About: Call
create your own animated clips on gizmoz
2007-11-25 17:00:00 Express Yourself with Gizmoz Video Clips This is the outcome of playing with http://www.gizmoz.com/ for a few minutes, if you have a little patience and a better portrait pic and are a little creative you can create wonderful clips like this, give it a try go to www.gizmoz.com More About: Animated , Create
Print your pics and designs on t-shirt, mugs, photos, online in India
2007-10-11 16:09:00 The giant in printing solution is finally here with its online photo printing and customized t-shirts, mugs and other merchandise printing solution. With the entry of HP with its popular service called Snapfish all India n online consumers have a great choice now to get their digital designs or photos printed on t-shirts, mugs and other merchandise. The version of Snapfish can be found at www.snapfish.co.inThere are a few small players in this domain who have been trying to come up with something solid for a few years now but after the entry of HP's www.snapfish.co.in, all these small players will have to sure give up and look for some other venture because when it comes to quality and service it will be impossible to match up with the standard of such a huge player as HP.One such venture that will get affected is www.itasveer.com, iTasveer is a very new local entrant and was really coming up with a lot of great features, similar to www.zazzle.com, but with this they will have to g... More About: Photos , Mugs , Print , Online
Print your pics and designs on t-shirt, mugs, photos, online in India
2007-10-11 16:09:00 The giant in printing solution is finally here with its online photo printing and customized t-shirts, mugs and other merchandise printing solution. With the entry of HP with its popular service called Snapfish all India n online consumers have a great choice now to get their digital designs or photos printed on t-shirts, mugs and other merchandise. The version of Snapfish can be found at www.snapfish.co.inThere are a few small players in this domain who have been trying to come up with something solid for a few years now but after the entry of HP's www.snapfish.co.in, all these small players will have to sure give up and look for some other venture because when it comes to quality and service it will be impossible to match up with the standard of such a huge player as HP.One such venture that will get affected is www.itasveer.com, iTasveer is a very new local entrant and was really coming up with a lot of great features, similar to www.zazzle.com, but with this they will have to g... More About: Photos , Mugs , Print , Online
Affordable Hi-Tech digital photo frame, buy online in India
2007-10-02 23:31:00 Gone are the days when you had to ask your NRI cousin or onsite friend to bring back a digital photo frame for you ;). You can buy hi-tech, feature packed digital photo frames right here in India . The one I saw is available online for just Rs. 3999, though the original price as shown on the site is Rs. 10000 you get a huge discount of 60% on this digital photo frame and that brings the price down to Rs. 3999. It packs all the features that you might expect in a hi end digital photo frame and even features that you wont expect, like alarm clock....Here is the list of things that you can do with this:--You can view slide show of the photos while MP3 songs are being played in the background.--You can play movies.--You can set the view on Calendar and Clock mode and use it as a desk clock cum calendar.--You can play only songs and use it as your MP3 player with built in speakers--You can set an alarm in the clock.List of features:--High quality matrix 7# TFT LCD--Supports many digital P... More About: Photo , Tech , Online , Hi Tech
Affordable Hi-Tech digital photo frame, buy online in India
2007-10-02 23:31:00 Gone are the days when you had to ask your NRI cousin or onsite friend to bring back a digital photo frame for you ;). You can buy hi-tech, feature packed digital photo frames right here in India . The one I saw is available online for just Rs. 3999, though the original price as shown on the site is Rs. 10000 you get a huge discount of 60% on this digital photo frame and that brings the price down to Rs. 3999. It packs all the features that you might expect in a hi end digital photo frame and even features that you wont expect, like alarm clock....Here is the list of things that you can do with this:--You can view slide show of the photos while MP3 songs are being played in the background.--You can play movies.--You can set the view on Calendar and Clock mode and use it as a desk clock cum calendar.--You can play only songs and use it as your MP3 player with built in speakers--You can set an alarm in the clock.List of features:--High quality matrix 7# TFT LCD--Supports many digital P... More About: Photo , Tech , Online , Hi Tech
Record streaming audio, voicechat audio, audio form video and everything el
2007-10-02 22:42:00 Mp3mymp3 is a small, free and very powerful software that can record audio from any source. It can record streaming audio, voice chat or any audio for that matter that is playing on your computer. It records audio directly from your sound card and saves these recordings as MP3 or WAV file. There are many possibilities with this software, you can . .record audio from video clips that you see, record streaming songs, news or podcasts from websites or just record the voicecalls chat while using gtalk, yahoo messenger, msn messenger, skype etc.. If you can hear it, you can record it. More About: Video , Audio , Record , Form , Streaming
Record streaming audio, voicechat audio, audio form video and everything el
2007-10-02 22:42:00 Mp3mymp3 is a small, free and very powerful software that can record audio from any source. It can record streaming audio, voice chat or any audio for that matter that is playing on your computer. It records audio directly from your sound card and saves these recordings as MP3 or WAV file. There are many possibilities with this software, you can . .record audio from video clips that you see, record streaming songs, news or podcasts from websites or just record the voicecalls chat while using gtalk, yahoo messenger, msn messenger, skype etc.. If you can hear it, you can record it. More About: Video , Audio , Record , Form , Streaming
Directly from DishTV to computer
2007-09-28 19:28:00 The ad goes like this "DishTV on Computer , double up your computer as a TV. The pioneer and the leader of DTH in India, dishtv, brings yet another revolutionary product, at least thats what they call it. A product that offers live tv on computer, digitally. It makes the computer doubleup as a television. Company says that it offers a dual advantage as it can bot be connected to your tv as well as your pc and you can enjoy your tv wherever you are :). Is that such a big deal?? I am not sure, I used to get my TV signal on my PC even before through a TV tuner card :). It wasn't digital though :(. This dual benefit comes for a price though..You need to shell out about Rs. 1000 extra for the set that support this feature. If you ever dreamed of getting digital signal directly on your comp without the hassle of a tv tuner card, this is the rite time to give it a try. I will wait till it comes bundled with Internet and HDTV signals on it :) if you are looking for more information : http:/... More About: Dire , Rect
Directly from DishTV to computer
2007-09-28 19:28:00 The ad goes like this "DishTV on Computer , double up your computer as a TV. The pioneer and the leader of DTH in India, dishtv, brings yet another revolutionary product, at least thats what they call it. A product that offers live tv on computer, digitally. It makes the computer doubleup as a television. Company says that it offers a dual advantage as it can bot be connected to your tv as well as your pc and you can enjoy your tv wherever you are :). Is that such a big deal?? I am not sure, I used to get my TV signal on my PC even before through a TV tuner card :). It wasn't digital though :(. This dual benefit comes for a price though..You need to shell out about Rs. 1000 extra for the set that support this feature. If you ever dreamed of getting digital signal directly on your comp without the hassle of a tv tuner card, this is the rite time to give it a try. I will wait till it comes bundled with Internet and HDTV signals on it :) if you are looking for more information : http:/... More About: Rect
Set Video as wallpaper. . .
2007-09-26 20:20:00 Using versatile VLC video player, you can easily set any video to play as your background wallpaper. Going a step further from the Active Desktop, VLC player has this hidden gem. AP art from being a great free and lightweight video player with most formats supported, VLC can set a video to run as your desktop wallpaper. All your desktop icons will still be visible and operable and the coolness factor is immense!!.First you need to download the latest version of VLC from www.videolan.org. since VLC already includes CODECS for almost every popular video formats out there, you don't need to worry about CODECS.After installing VLC player on your machine, just open the video file in VLC and right click it while its playing. You will see the wallpaper option in the right-click menu. Click it and your video will start playing as your wallpaper, you can also enable the sound to play as the movies continues.If it is a very small video, you might want to loop the video so that it continues ... More About: Video , Wallpaper
Tips for strong. sturdy password
2007-09-26 19:54:00 Online security is a big deal and keeping your password safe, strong and sturdy is the mantra for survival in this online age. You can not afford to be careless about password anymore. Whether its the password of your email account, your social networking site account or your bank account, you have to be very wise while setting you r password. Any ignorance here can have a very disastrous outcome.Here are a few tips that will help you to choose your password wisely :)The most secure types of passwords have three specific qualities:1)They are at least 8 characters long.2)They must have a mix of lowercase and uppercase alphabets. (like KuMaRdEePaM).3)They must include numbers and special characters (like @$^!23423)Three thumb rule to follow in order to keepyour password secure are1)Don't keep your password as something that can be easily guessed (like words that can be found in a dictionary, dates, names etc.)2)Don't keep the passwords and usernames for sensitive information (like ... More About: Tips , Password , Strong
Lonavala video
2007-09-26 18:50:00 I was on a random tour last weekend and happened to visit a few places. Few important places that I visited during my visit are Pune, Lonavala and Matheran. We had four days of life filled with life and loads of fun.This is one of the video that I captured at about 5PM in some part of Lonavala. This place was just a few KM before we reached the famous Ambey Valley Projet. Ambey Valley Project is a venture started by Sahara India Group owned by Subrata Rai. More About: Video
Remove Hide navbar from new blogger template :)
2007-09-16 20:45:00 If you are like me, in search of a magic code that will remove or make the top navbar of the new blogger template invisible, it must be a lucky day for you as its been lucky day for me.It was on my mind for a long time to get rid of that annoying navbar on the top of my blog, you wont find it anymore there so stop looking at the top, and today I was lucky to make it disappear.I started by googling for the clue on 'how to remove the navbar from three column new blogger template ...first landed on my all time favourite blog Amit's Labnol, http://labnol.blogspot.com/here is the link to the article on labnol that gave me initial clue: http://labnol.blogspot.com/2005/12/disabl e-hide-blogger-navbar.htmlIt din't work for me, the reason, either I dont understand english or I was sleepy :).I was not getiing the position in the template where I was supposed to insert the CSS code.I googled for some more time and there it was clearly written on where exactly to insert the CSS in the blogger... More About: Blogger , Template , Hide , Temp
Yahoo Mash invitation opens for beta testers
2007-09-15 16:56:00 Yahoo has secretly opened invitation to it's social networking service called "Yahoo Mash ". So, If you are already not bored with trying so many social networking sites you should give it a try. If you are looking for an invitationto get into Mashing Yahoo Mash, you can either leave me a comment and I will start a profile for you, please allow me 24 hrs time, or you can go to www.inviteshare.com for some open invitations.Yahoo Mash Officlial Blog: http://blog.mash.yahoo.com/Techcrunch article n Yahoo Mash: http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/09/14/yaho o-invites-us-into-mash-its-new-social-net work/ More About: Yahoo , Beta , Invitation , Yahoo!
So, What does EDU2.0 means??
2007-09-14 17:18:00 You would have heard of Web 2.0 and I am assuming that you are a little familiar with the meaning of Web 2.0.Here is what Wikipedia has to say about Web2.0 "In the analysis and promotion of web-technology, the phrase Web 2.0 refers to a perceived second generation of web-based communities and hosted services — such as social-networking sites, wikis and folksonomies — which aim to facilitate collaboration and sharing between users"If you think of education on the same line as Web 2.0 what you will get is Edu 2.0.Edu 2.0. is a second generation of Web Based Education system. What "Web 2.0" is to internet, "Edu 2.0" is to education".Here is a little snippet of Edu 2.0 from the site itself : Name edu 2.0, meaning 'next generation education'. Mission Make teaching and learning more efficient and enjoyable. Service Free web-based education site with comprehensive features...
Flight simulator in google earth,
2007-09-14 16:49:00 Yeah, Google Earth has a full fledged "Flight Simulator " game built into it. If you are surprised that how come you never noticed it, chill, isn't so obviously visible to everyone who uses GoogleEarth. Flight Simulator with GoogleEarth come as an Ester Egg, so you only have to use some trick to get it up and running on your system.If you already have Google Earth on your desktop, Great!!! just run an update of GoogleEarth so that you have the latest release. Once you are done with the update of the GoogleEarth, start your GoogleErath, let it completely load and once loaded, press Ctrl+Alt+A on your keyboard. It means, hpld down bolt Ctrl and Alt keys and at the same time press "A" key on your keboard while the CAPS is on and you will have the start screen of the FlightSimulator of GoogleEarth right in front of you.What are you waiting for, its time to take a long flight in almost real looking simulation. Have Fun :)More Resources :More about Google "Flight Simulator' in "Google E...
Is it really possible to grow and flower in the harsh environment of societ
2007-09-06 15:29:00 Is it really possible to grow and flower in the harsh environment of society? Osho's Words:It is certainly difficult in the harsh environment of the West to grow into meditation. But it is not impossible. It is certainly arduous, because the whole surrounding is against meditation.Everything is mind-oriented and meditation is a state of no-mind. The whole education, the culture, the society, the people, they are all believers that there is nothing beyond mind. Mind is their whole world. And meditation simply denies mind and wants to go beyond it.So I can understand, it is difficult. But even in the West you can find silent moments when society cannot interfere. In your own room, in the middle of the night, when everybody has fallen asleep, when the noises of city life have disappeared, you can find the East just in your bedroom.When you have some time, weekends, holidays, you can move to some solitary place, you can go to a forest. Don't go where everybody else is going, just avoi... More About: Environment , Flower , Grow , Ally , Envi
Is revenge something related to anger or something else, and how can we ove
More articles from this author:2007-09-06 15:18:00 Is revenge something related to anger or something else, and how can we overcome this problem? Osho's Words:Only the ego can be touched. It is very touchy. If somebody just looks at you in a certain way, it is touched. He has not done anything. If somebody smiles a little, it is touched; if somebody just turns his head and does not look at you, it is touched. It is very touchy. It is like a wound, always open, green. You touch it and the pain arises. A single word, a single gesture -- the other may not even be aware of what he has done to you, but he has touched it.And you always think the other is responsible, that he has wounded you. No, you carry your wound. With the ego your whole being is a wound. And you carry it around. Nobody is interested in hurting you, nobody is positively waiting to hurt you; everybody is engaged in safeguarding his own wound. Who has got the energy? But still it happens, because you are so ready to be wounded, so ready, just waiting on the brink for an... More About: Anger , Revenge , Related , Some , Something Else 1, 2, 3, 4 |
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