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How To Create A Tag Cloud?
2007-04-22 08:36:00
What is a tag cloud? A tag cloud is a weighted list of words used on a website. The font size of the tags vary from largest (most frequently used tags) to smallest (least frequently used tags). Tags can be arranged in any order but they are generally arranged alphabetically. They aid in navigation and clicking ...
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Car of the future (toy version)
2007-04-19 12:17:00
This toy version of hydrogen cell futuristic car uses next generation reversible Polymer Electrolyte Membrane (PEM) fuel cell.  (click on the image to enlarge) Add water to the water tanks located in the back of the car Uses the water (H20) to produce and store oxygen (02) and hydrogen (H2) The car can turn around obstacles by itself, ...
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Technacular Placed Second in the Firefox Add-ons Review Contest
2007-04-17 03:32:00
The Adblock Plus review by Technacular was placed second in the Fire fox add-ons review contest held by 7is7. Here is a list of Firefox add-ons reviews with jury points: 23 Forum Additive - reviewed by Mozilla Links 22 Adblock Plus - reviewed by Vikas Sah 19 ScrapBook - [Spanish] reviewed by Leandro Ardissone 18 CoLT - reviewed by ffextensionguru 14 NewsFox - reviewed by ...
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Making The Move: Selling Used Books
2007-04-11 09:14:00
I had a huge collection of books (had because I had to sell and donate most of them when I moved from US to India) and I had to sell them off on a very short notice. I went through the pains to create a an excel sheet with the ISBN numbers of all the books ...
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Did you know
2007-04-05 17:01:00
I am in the process of moving back to India after having studied and worked in US for about 7 years. The blog is not getting updated that frequently but will be as soon as I settle down in Bangalore, India. I will share my moving experiences over here soon. I was trying to sell my ...
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Find number of years, months and days between two dates using C#
2007-03-29 06:07:00
Recently I ran into a situation where I had the start date and the end date and had to store the start date and the difference between the end and the start date (in terms of years, months, days) as string. Here is a C# code to do that: public static string DateDiff(DateTime startDate, DateTime endDate) { ...
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Gliffy : Create And Share Diagrams Online
2007-03-17 05:05:00
Don’t have Visio to create your UML model/ network diagram/ flowchart, no problem, try Gliffy, a web-based diagram editor which supports rich diagramming capabilities right in your web browser. It is available for free. Besides the rich drawing capabilities with support for Flowcharts, UML, Network Diagrams, User Interface, Floor Diagram, it also allows you to ...
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Collection of Firefox Wallpapers
2007-03-17 04:29:00
Firefox has been generating waves and has been getting lot of acceptance within the user community. I am a Firefox fan and decided to look for Firefox wallpapers for my desktop. I decided to share my collection of Firefox wallpapers from various sites out here. The images link to the wallpapers on the site or ...
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Windows Explorer Tips For XP
2007-03-14 04:24:00
Some useful settings for windows explorer on Wind ows XP: Launch Windows Explore r Shortcut: “Windows Key” + E Show full path in the address bar: Tools -> Folder Options -> View (Tab) -> check the checkbox “Display the full path in the address bar”   Show extensions for files in the Explorer Window: Tools -> Folder Options -> View ...
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IE7pro : IE7 Comes Closer To Firefox
2007-03-09 20:23:01
Wouldn’t it be nice if IE7 provided more control over how you want to use your tabs, had an ad filter like AdBlock Plus for Fire fox , allowed crash recovery, move the IE menu bar above the address bar, may be even allow mouse gestures for navigation, and how about “find as you type” (nice to have). Well, that is not a lot to ask and guess what, you can have all that now and much more (capture a webpage as an image, view page info, save flash/video, custom User Agent, “Open in New Tab” in context menu when Drag & Drop URL; new Tab from search bar etc.) with this free tool called IE7Pro. IE7pro is an add-on for Internet Explorer 7 which adds lots of features and extras that make your IE easier, more useful, more secure and more customizable. This tool brings Internet Explorer experience to a much higher level and much closer to Firefox 2.0 but I wish they could integrate few more must have tools - spell checker...
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Hear Any RSS Feed
2007-03-09 20:23:01
Recently lee in a comment on the article Let The Computer Read PDF Docs For You wondered how nice it would be to have blog postings read out loud (may be mp3 on a CD). I thought may be I should try and work on it. I wrote a rudimentary application to which you can feed any valid RSS feed and it will read the feed to you (yes you will hear sound!) For this application I used ASP .NET 2.0 along with Microsoft Speech API. Here is the main snippet of code: private void SoundFeed (string url, int itemCount) { try { RssFeed feed = RssFeed.Read(url); RssChannel channel = (RssChannel)feed.Channels[0]; if (channel.Items.Count > 0) { SpVoice readr = new SpVoice(); readr.Speak(“Your are listening to “ + channel.Title + “.”, SpeechVoiceSpeakFlags.SVSFDefault); int counter = 1; // num of items tracker ...
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Open Source Windows - Free, Open-Source Software For Windows
2007-03-09 02:21:01
There are tons of software available for Wind ows out there but today I came across a site which lists the best free and open-source software for Windows, aptly named Open Source Windows.  What I also liked was their six point advice on how to increase downloads of your software: if you have a nice icon, show it off prominently. put a download link and a screenshot on your front page. if you use mirrors, use a script to pick a random mirror and just give people one link that says ‘download now’. if there’s any way you can avoid sending people to the sourceforge download mirror page, you should. if you really want to make things easy for people, and you have a cross-platform app, detect what OS they are on and give them the correct link. test your page on a novice! Very good points there. One another thing they mentioned was to put a big prominent button on the page which says “Download”. They have split the page into 2 pages. “Bas...
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Programmatically Change The Data Range For A Chart In Excel
2007-03-09 02:21:01
Sometime back I had to figure out a way to change the data range for a chart in excel dynamically at run-time based on certain conditions being met. This post covers provides a simplified version of the code with essential items and logic in it to help you put with the process. The following function runs when the excel file is opened. It runs through a loop for all the charts in ”Sheet1″ and then finds a specific chart using the chart name (.Name). It reassigns a revised range for the various series of data in the chart. Code: Sub Auto_Open() Dim chartCount As Integer Dim i As Integer Dim colName As String Dim rangeStr As String Dim chartOnSheet As Chart chartCount = ActiveWorkbook.Worksheets("Sheet1").Chart Objects.Count For i = 1 To chartCount With ActiveWorkbook.Worksheets("Sheet1").Chart Objects(i).Chart If .Name = "Sheet1 Chart 103" Then colName = "D" rangeStr = "A84:" & colName & "84" .SeriesCollection(2).Values = Wor...
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Google Summer of Code: Now Accepting Applications From Mentors!
2007-03-08 08:19:01
Recently I wrote about Google Summer of Code 2007 (GoSC) and how it is giving students a chance to contribute to remarkable open source projects and make money as well. Today Google announced that the Summer of Code is accepting applications from mentoring organizations. What is the deadline for applications? The deadline is March 12, 2007 Who can apply? Currently, GSoC is accepting applications from open source organizations. Where can I find details on applying? GSoC Mentor Organization Application Instructions FAQ Google Summer of Code Discussion group Project Wiki By what time will I know who got approved? March 14, 2007. List of organizations approved will be listed on the GSoC site. Students can start submitting applications March 15, 2007. Source:(here) Technorati tags: SoC, GSoC, Google Summer of code 2007, Mentor Applications , Open Source Organizations, Google
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Send Google Maps Business Listing Directly To The Car
2007-03-08 08:19:01
Google maps is providing another level of interaction between local businesses and consumers. Not only can you list businesses on Google maps but now you can even connect to those businesses from anywhere. Google map users can send a business listing on Google Maps Deutschland directly to cars equipped with BMW Assist. This saves the driver the pain of writing down the address and re-entering it. The driver can set the address received as the destination for the in-car navigation system. The users can also call the businesses from within the car. You click the “call” link next to the phone number of the local business you found on Google maps, enter your phone number and click “Connect For Free”. Google calls your phone number and connects you automatically to that local business. After you have entered your phone number once, it can store it so you do not have to enter it again. Here is a video demonstrating the feature: The call featur...
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Let The Computer Read PDF Docs for You
2007-03-07 20:18:01
Acrobat 6.0 onwards Acrobat Read er has a built in feature where it can read out loud (in a machine voice) any PDF document. All you need to do is to open a PDF document in the freely available Acrobat Reader (preferable 7.0) and go to View -> Read out loud -> Read to end of document. The machine voice will start reading it out to you and you can sit back and listen as if it were an audio book. You can choose to ask it to read the whole document or just the current page. With whole document option, the pages automatically flip to new page as the voice reads on. I have tried this on number of occasions and it works very well. Of course for images and certain words you might have to peak at the document. Do you know of any other tool which does this? Happy listening! Technorati tags: Acrobat Reader, Read Out Loud, Audio Books, PDF
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Notepad++ : A Powerful Replacement To Notepad
2007-03-07 20:18:01
I use Windows Note pad to open most text files including source code files to have a quick look at them. It is good software but sometimes you need a tool which has more functionality. If you have felt the same then try Notepad++, a tool which I have been using for sometime as notepad replacement. Right out of the box (without any plugin installs) Notepad++ supports and array of features lacking in basic Windows notepad. It is very light and opens up almost as fast as Notepad. Some of the features are: Syntax Highlighting and Syntax Folding : with support for many programming languages WYSIWYG User Defined Syntax Highlighting Auto-completion Multi-Document Multi-View Regular Expression Search/Replace supported Full Drag ?N’ Drop supported Dynamic position of Views File Status Auto-detection Zoom in and zoom out Multi-Language environment supported Bookmark Brace and Indent guideline Highlighting Macro recording and playback I...
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Work Faster Using Shortcuts With Windows Key
2007-03-07 20:18:01
There is a Wind ows key on most of the modern keyboards. (image courtesy: cisp) This key can be used to perform lot of shortcut operations. Some popular ones are: Windows: Opens the Start menu Windows + E: Open the Windows Explorer. Windows + D: Minimizes/Restore all the Windows Windows + F: Display Search for files Windows + Ctrl + F: Display Search for computer Windows + F1: Display Help and Support Center Windows + R: Display Run dialog box Windows + break: Display System Properties dialog box Windows + shift + M: Undo minimize all windows Windows + L: Lock the workstation Windows + U: Open Utility Manager Windows +TAB: Cycle through taskbar buttons These shortcuts for regular operations will help you save lot of time. Source: (Microsoft) Technorati tags: Shortcut keys, Windows Key, Microsoft, Keyboard shortcuts
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How To Find IP Address On Your Windows Machine
2007-03-07 20:18:01
What is an IP address? Every machine which is connected to an Internet has a unique address associated with it, which is used to identify and communicate over the network (Internet). This address is called the IP address (Internet Protocol address). How do I know the IP address of my Wind ows machine? Start->Run-> type “cmd” and hit “OK” command prompt comes up. Type “ipconfig” at the command prompt and hit return to see the IP address of your Windows PC. Technorati tags: IP Address, Windows, PC, ipconfig, cmd
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The Thinking Blog
2007-03-06 20:17:01
I am relatively new to blogging but it is something which I always wanted to do and just wasn’t ready for the commitment. I am glad that I started. The best part about blogging is not only the fact that you get to share your knowledge, opinion and viewpoint but also that you begin to acknowledge fellow bloggers more. I am not heavy into leaving comments but more of a read and appreciate kind of person (even though I feel I should express more through comments). Ilker who writes The Think ing Blog  is one of the few bloggers whom I have developed respect for in a very short amount of time. That name caught my attention first on MyBlogLog not because of the pretty icon but because one of my friends whose name was Ilke. Although I must say the icon is nice! You get a vibe when a person is trying to write genuine articles and likes doing what he/she is doing and I get the same feeling when I read The Thinking Blog. The posts are informative, original and have ...
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Safeguard the Web for Children
2007-03-06 20:17:01
I discovered a post on a very just cause today at BloggerPower and could immediately associate with the sentiments (having a kid of my own and my worries around similar issues). Jon Harmon, founder of Force for Good, and Mihaela Lica of Pamil Visions have taken a stand against accidental exposure of kids to adult sites and I strongly support them. The campaign is about requesting webmasters of adult site to do the following: Please require a password-protected login before allowing even free access to explicit adult content. We understand that selling porn is your business and we respect your right to make a legal living. But understand our legitimate concerns and work with us. You already have the ?warning adult content? on your websites. Yet kids, who are not legal customers of your product, ignore the warning. So to prevent them from having direct access to explicit images, texts and sounds, the simplest way is to have a password-protected login. No more ?free tours? b...
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How Much Is Your Blog Worth?
2007-03-06 20:17:01
I recently ran across two tools which give a monetary value for any blog. They give a dollar figure on how much the blog is worth. I am sure this value does not capture the actual worthiness of your blog but these are fun tools to try out. dnScoop gives lot of valuable information about any url, one of them being the value of the site in monetary terms. According to them: this value is calculated based on several factors shown above, including: Links, Traffic (Alexa), age of the domain, site category, domain keyword popularity, and overall occurrences of the domain name on the web. They provide an embeddable widget. There is a utility tool on pingoat which gives the monetary value of a blog based on Technorati rank. It also provides a widget to embed the value on your blog. I decided to use these tools to figure out the monetary value of some famous blogs which I frequently visit. Here are the results (in no particular order): Techcrunch: $16,428,000 (d...
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DuckSoup - Technorati API library In PHP
2007-03-06 20:17:01
Kailash Nadh has published an API library in PHP for Tech no rati named DuckSoup. The library supports all the Technorati APIs namely: CosmosQuery SearchQueryGetInfoQuery OutboundQuery BlogInfoQuery TagQuery TopTags AttentionQuery KeyInfo It produces data in organized trees e.g.: TopTagsQuery Parameters passed limit => 5 Resultant array Array ( [result] => Array ( [limit] => 5 ) [item] => Array ( [0] => Array ( [tag] => Music [posts] => 198098 ) [1] => Array ( [tag] => ??? [posts] => 186513 ) [2] => Array ( [tag] => News [posts] => 157867 ) [3] => Array ( [tag] => ?? ...
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Tune Up Your PC With PC Pitstop
2007-03-06 20:17:01
Is your PC running slow, do you feel it is sluggish? There can be a host of reasons why PCs become slow with time, ranging from registry filling up with redundant entries and broken links, malicious spyware/adware, trojans, file fragmentation etc. What should I do to figure out the problems? PC Pitstop’s free computer checkup and diagnostics can help you detect and fix many common computer problems. What does the tool do? The free check up performs the following tasks: measures disk fragmentation checks available system resources analyzes device drivers benchmarks the CPU memory video disk Internet connection looks for viruses and spyware in running software checks for common security problems and many more things The analysis doesn’t change any settings on your PC. Once the tests are complete, you’ll get a detailed report about your system, an inventory of the PC’s hardware and software setup and issues with your PC as well as recommendations ...
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Annoyed With Programs Starting At Boot/Login Time? Try Msconfig
2007-03-06 20:17:01
There are lot of programs which startup when you boot a PC and login. Most of them you do not need and they just sit there consuming CPU and memory. I am talking about Windows based PCs. There are ways to get over this problem and MSCONFIG (Microsoft System CONFIGuration) utility is one of them. It allows you to disable programs from the startup list so that they don’t come up at boot/login time. In order to launch this tool: Star t -> Run -> type “msconfig” and hit “OK” button Go to the startup tab: and uncheck any item which you do not want to come up at start time. Hit “Ok” and you are done. The system might ask you to “Restart”. You can chose to restart then or restart later “Exit With out Restart”. Technorati tags: msconfig, boot, login, startups, windows
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Beginner Developer Learning Center From Microsoft
2007-03-03 02:13:10
If you are interested in learning Microsoft .NET technologies from scratch then you are in luck. Microsoft has launched a new centralized learning environment on the web called Beginner Developer Learning Cent er. I really like the way things are organized on the site. It will definitely help even a non-programmer to pick up things and not overwhelmed by the content. The site has huge library of learning content starting from the very basics and guiding you through step-by-step into becoming a fully-fledged developer. The content is organized into two development tracks: Windows Development and Web Development. You can choose the track of your liking. They have nice lesson with options to follow in VB .NET or C#. The web track has extensive coverage of ASP .NET.  Within a particular track the lessons are organized in 3 tiers, allowing you to choose lessons based on your skills: Tier 1: Great place to start for someone new to programming Tier 2: Cov...
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Technacular Joins India Technology Bloggers
2007-03-03 02:13:10
Technacular is now part of India Techno logy Blogger s.  Indian Technology Bloggers is not an independent blog or site but a FeedBurner Network. FeedBurner Networks is a service (currently in beta), that encourages discoverability and self-promotion of your feed content. It benefits publishers, subscribers and even advertisers by increasing discoverability of feed-driven content. Publishers benefit by banding together to increase exposure and take advantage of cross-promotional opportunities. Subscribers benefit by finding more content that interests them and advertisers benefit with increased targeting capability and exposure to content that may have been difficult to otherwise find. There are a total of 12 members right now: Quick Online Tips * :::RISHI RAJ::: Alpesh Nakars’ Blogosphere Blogging to Fame! Brajeshwar Freakitude Technology Blog iface thoughts JohnTP.com TechBuzz TechSpot2.0 Techtites Technacular If you are interested in joining this ...
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Contest to Design Alternate Adobe Creative Suite 3 Icons
2007-03-03 02:13:10
Quark Vs In Design .com have announced an open competition to redesign the icons for Adobe Creative Suite 3, CSS-version, and other Adobe software products. Overview The competition is to design new icons for Adobe products, with the Creative Suite 3 application icons at their core. Entrants should design at least three (3) icon-sized representations of at least Photoshop, Illustrator, and one other CS3 application. The more icons redesigned, the better. Who can participate?  Competition is open to virtually anyone, anywhere in the world?even to Adobe employees!  (Detail Eligibility Requirements) How do I enter the contest? Download this PDF form, design your icons, and submit them alongside the form and at the same time as the form. How will the entries be judged? 30% Originality 30% Appropriateness to Subject 30% Coolness Factor 10% Number of Application Icon s What are the prizes? A cornucopia of software, books, and videos are offered to three winners in a p...
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Collection of Sites Which Allow You To Make Money
2007-03-03 02:13:10
Here is a compiled list of sites which allow you to make money in one form or another (for some of them you need to have a blog and may also need to go through a qualification process): ReviewMe: Get paid for sponsored reviews on your blog JustAnswers: People post questions and name their price for answers. An expert answers the question and gets the money. you can be the expert and make money. myLot: It is a forum where you get paid for posting. AGLOCO: It is also a global community of Internet users whose active members can get paid for all their online activity. There is a referral scheme too! SlashMySearch: You get paid for searching the web. They have a referral scheme also which might yield high results if you connect well. Money 4Blogs: It gives you money for a small link on your site for one of their financial companies. It uses Google PageRank as its criteria to decide how much to pay you DClick Ads: The site offers three types of services (Rev...
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Lenovo Recalls Over 200,000 Laptop Batteries Made By Sanyo
2007-03-02 14:12:01
On March 1, 2007, Leno vo recalled approximately 208,000 9-cell lithium-ion batteries. These batteries were manufactured for use with ThinkPad notebook computers that shipped worldwide between November 2005 and February 2007. The recall was made because of a risk that they could catch fire if dropped. The following Thinkpad models were affected: R60 and R60e Series T60 and T60p Series Z60m, Z61e, Z61m, and Z61p Series Only the 9-cell batteries with the part number FRU P/N 92P1131 are being recalled. Consumers should stop using the batteries immediately. The batteries can overheat and pose a fire hazard if the laptop is dropped, Lenovo said. Earlier in September of 2006 Lenovo had recalled 526,000 rechargeable lithium-ion Sony batteries. This time around Sanyo batteries are the culprit. If you are a owner of Thinkpad laptop, here are some useful links for you: Determine if your battery is affected March 1, 2007 battery recall FAQs Source (physorg) Technorati tags: Leno...
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