Have you heard of a site named taskrabbit or runmyerrands?Me neither until today morning.It is such a good resource for anybody who are looking for making a little money by helping people finish the tasks that they find no time for.Of course,this is not like a way to make a full time income.At least,i do not know it is possible yet or nobody has done it yet considering there are not a huge number of offers right now.But it... Read more →
Lately,i had been coming across the error 999 in yahoo site explorer too many times.It just did not seem right.I thought that the servers at their end had to be blamed for the irregular service.But later on i thought maybe the problem is at my end.Finally,i got around to using a proxy and using the site explorer again.This time...it worked!!Unbelievable.I never thought they were restricting access to just my IP[in fact,people... Read more →
Although i had known about this video accelerator for over two years,i never got around to using it because i just don't watch too much videos.Anyway,finally a week ago,i started using it.It worked really good but a problem i was bumping into was that the accelerator stopped streaming the video after a few minutes of loading the video.If you are encountering the same problem,there is no need to start the video all over again... Read more →
Say,you are just listening to a album track but suddenly you notice that the modem has gone to full throttle.Something is getting downloaded to your PC but you have no idea what is being downloaded and which program is responsible for that.It happens,right?In my case,Jing[a screencast software] required updates and so i went on with it.But surprisingly,there was no progress bar telling me about it.So,how can i be sure if that... Read more →
Have you wondered if its possible to view just the main content in a website or webpage?Fortunately,it is possible and i sincerly wish i had known this while i was on a dial-up connectivity.Viewing just the main content will loadup the web page darn faster than you can imagine.
How to view just the content in a webpage:
Suppose,say are taken to a URL by yourself clicking it.Now just stop the loading of webpage,copy the... Read more →
Do you know that you can listen to meditation or relaxation music right from the VLC player without even opening up any websites.That is so good,ain't it?All you need is the VLC player and you got yourself lots of radio stations streaming live meditation music.
Here is how to do it:
1.Open up VLC;goto media->services discovery->shoutcase radio listings,
2.Now goto view->playlist and you will find the... Read more →
I miss those days when i had the good old dial-up connection.Hell,no!I was just kidding.Who would ever want to go back to dial-up once you have got the taste of broadband.During those dial-up days,i had no idea that there are several ways that can be used to surf faster and easier.Instead,i did nothing and endured the dead slow loading of websites.Needless to say,it was a real pain-in-the-butt.
How to load websites faster... Read more →
Just yesterday,i posted my stance on using the mouse gestures.I had mentioned how after a few instances of usage,my middle finger starts aching.But what i did not realize[my bad]is that you can configure the software to let you use the left mouse button instead of the right one.Well,that is super-cool.I mean i can surely say that by using the left button,i will feel more comfortable.My index finger is a lot tougher than the... Read more →
The concept of mouse gesturing system-wide and application-specific is really nice as it is sure to provide a clean alternative to tke hotkeys and keystrokes.I see that a lot of people have thrown out reviews on their blogs talking about how mouse gestures are saving them a lot of time.I cannot argue with that.It did save time for me,yes,but didn't your middle finger start aching after a few minutes of using the gestures?For... Read more →
Want to save a picture from an Adobe Reader document but wondering how to do so?.Just go to "Tools->select and zoom->snapshot tool".After selecting the snapshot tool,select the image using the mouse and the picture will be copied.Later you can paste that in the Microsoft paint and have it saved.Or,you can use one of the following:
1.Alt+print screen+Microsoft Paint that comes along with xp,
2.Or download... Read more →
