Tech
Add notes to an email - Outlook 2007
We all have reasons to add a note/comment to an email for future reference.
Here’s a trick that you could use to add a note/comment to an email that is only visible to you and doesn’t get attached to the email while replying/forwarding. All this without an expensive plugin.
If you don’t use outlook Categories to [...]
An Engineer’s iPhone
Having an iPhone 3G since the first day of its release, I felt compelled to give & perhaps get an engineer’s view. All these app’s are free. Now there are several, possibly, very useful apps on store for a price but then again, I won’t be covering those.
From how I see it, I can do [...]
charamel theme on firefox 2 and thunderbird 2
[UPDATE July 29, 07]: charamel for FF2 & TB2 is back!!!
http://members.shaw.ca/lucx/
written prior to his release…
I held on updating firefox and thunderbird from 1.5 to 2 until now just because there wasn’t a compatible version of the charamel theme available for with these versions.
lucx did a commendable work with the charamel theme and IMHO there [...]
Ajax - Overexposure?
With “AJAX” buzzword around, everyone is implementing ajax for every single thing. Most often in places where it’s not supposed to be used. Places where its use is justified and is powerful include To-Do lists, Google Maps,etc.
Alex Bosworth talks about “10 Places You Must Use Ajax” and places where you shouldn’t. Its a fairly [...]
IPB: Wrap links within “code” tags
Wrapping links within “code” tags instead of “url” tags
99 useful Run Commands for XP
Click here to see 99 useful Run Commands for XP
eg:
Administrative Tools
control admintools
Computer Management
compmgmt.msc
Folders Properties
control folders
Local Security Settings
secpol.msc
Local Users and Groups
lusrmgr.msc
User Account Management
nusrmgr.cpl
Windows Firewall
firewall.cpl
Get Wikipedia on your Ipod
Transform your Ipod to Iknowitall.
Link: http://encyclopodia.sourceforge.net/en/index.html
Ajax Integration
Ajax is the new technology which is growing exponentially with sites adapting it almost instantly.
A certain Ajax technique can send and receive data to and from a server without requiring the browser to refresh or reload.
Here are some amazing sites implementing the technology:
Word Processor
Bookmarks Online
Kiko. A general purpose online calendar.
To Do List To Do [...]
process explorer
A must have free utility, by sysinternals, process explorer gives you a list of the open handles and DLLs processes.
Helps handling dll leaks and understanding windows functionality.
Website: process explorer
recording streaming audio
MJ asked me today how to record a streaming audio so I thought this might be a good time to put the info up.
Having tried few free versions that record streaming audio from real player or media player, the one that worked for me is free sound recorder
Before you play the streaming audio, open [...]
XP Command line utilities
Following is a list of useful command line utils for xp:
- bootcfg
View your boot loader settings, such as your default OS and selection timeout, as well as your boot entries and load options.
- defrag
You probably already guessed that this defrags your hard drive. Type only “defrag” into your command prompt to get a list of [...]