I was reading the new feature updates about Google Reader. I have been waiting for this application to get better so that I could change my reader from bloglines. I had really not experimented much with Reader earlier, so I can't really make a comparison of the changes. However, a few things which I liked… Continue reading Google Reader now bookmarked
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links for 2006-10-04
JAlbum - free web photo album software and photo gallery software This gallery software makes web albums of your digital images. JAlbum aims to be the easiest to use and most powerful tool in this category - and free! (tags: photography web album)
Book-shelf update
I have been under the weather and things have been bad in the nose and throat. Lots of coughing and sneezing. Had to rest home over the long weekend with not much to do. Tried to catch up some reading and I am glad I could finish off the long over-due end chapter of one… Continue reading Book-shelf update
Caps and robbers
What I am about to narrate is yet another story of how the common man in India is made to run around in circles when it comes to dealing with government employees. I hate to generalize that all of them are these sorts – but very often you will bump into this special class only.… Continue reading Caps and robbers
Applications for imate JAM
After searching for long and even experimenting with a few programs, I found a real neat and small application which lets me track the battery level in my imate JAM without eating away too much screen space and also loading extras which I really don’t want to have. It has a cute name – Batti.… Continue reading Applications for imate JAM
Wi-fi up and running
Yesterday I got my Toshiba laptop online. I got myself a Linksys Wireless Broadband router and the simple set-up got me online within just a few minutes. The connection is not bad and I am happy because it's strong enough in those zones where I am likely to be using the laptop most often. The… Continue reading Wi-fi up and running
Track your comments
I like to leave comments whenever I can at blogs which I frequent. Till a while back it was kind of easy to go back to the post and check if the author had responded to my comment. But over the time I have been reading more blogs and it's been difficult to track the… Continue reading Track your comments
links for 2006-09-19
Flickr Photo Album for WordPress A nifty application which brings your Flickr album onto your blog itself. Users browse the gallery as if everything was on your website only. (tags: wordpress flickr plugin plugins gallery photo blog widgets photoblog)
Learnings in life
What happens? This happens... > Mumbai rains can flood the city even in the month of September. Way past after Ganesh visarjan is already done with. (Technically it should stop raining after the visarjan). > MTNL, one the of the better internet service provider in Mumbai actually does not have modems for new customers for… Continue reading Learnings in life
Spam gets smarter
A while ago I looked at the spam mail I was getting into my Inbox. Take a look at some of the Subject lines. They have got a bit smarter over the time. Rather than bombarding the mail with typical words like "sex" "penis" "vigara" etc. They are crafted as an e-mail with some really… Continue reading Spam gets smarter