At IITK we have two Internet proxy-servers. Sometimes, one server goes down and we are required to switch to another by navigating to Tools > Options > Advanced > Network > Settings. With Firefox, I tried to simplify this effort with following extension – one click proxy switcher!
Once installed, you will see IITK’s Proxy Switcher [...]
The following solution just came random to my mind and it worked!
Problem: While surfing around, I came across a website whose content encoding is not being supported with my latest Firefox v3.5.4 showed me unsupported compression error.
Content Encoding Error
The page you are trying to view cannot be shown because it uses an invalid [...]
You see a dialog asking “Enter password for default keyring to unlock”
It’s really a weird behavior and that’s one more reason why I hate Ubuntu (but unfortunately I have to work on Linux box and Ubuntu seems to be the best of all distros). Read on..
Problem: When I connect to wireless network and give [...]
Heard of ‘update-alternatives’ on Linux? It’s a smart utility to find various versions of one software and set default.
For example, you may have GNU Java as well as Sun Java. (frankly saying, I hate GNU Java, aka gcj)
sudo update-alternatives –config java
[ Where can I see all installed JVM?
On Ubuntu, Java Virtual Machines are installed [...]
Polaroid-It goes online just now… It’s a free tool for creating transparent Polaroid images instantly and that also right from you browser. All it takes is to pick a photo and clicking ‘Create’ button Here is what it supports:
Add caption to your photo
Match the background with your Orkut profile’s theme color. This gives [...]
Here are few hacks to use with Google Talk:
Did you ever wish to run two instances for GTalk? This is possible and plain simple. Navigate to the shortcut that launches Google Talk (if not available, right click on C:\Program Files\Google\Google [...]
Here is how you can embed a mp3/song on a web page:
<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash"
src="http://beemp3.com/player/player.swf" style="width: 290px;" id="126954385" name="126954385" bgcolor="#ffffff"
quality="autohigh" wmode="transparent"
flashvars="playerID=1&bg=0xCDDFF3&soundFile=http://www.tdfast.com/mfiles/headroom-Happy_Birthday_.mp3&autostart=yes"
allownetworking="internal" allowscriptaccess="never" width="290" height="24">
You should replace the mp3 file mentioned under soundFile variable. The autostart=yes variable causes the player to play mp3 immediately (it can be removed).
You can follow this to add jingles on your friend’s scrap [...]
Extensibility of Visual Studio 2005 made developers to write custom tools, aka plugins, making your everyday tasks simpler. Here are few must have tools:
Visual Studio Add-Ins Every Developer Should Download Now, SmartPaster is very handful
Create a Debugger Visualizer in 10 Lines of Code: Explains writing debug visualizer. If you [...]
Q: How many times in a day you wait for Adobe Acrobat Reader to load?
A: Almost 2-5 items a day, as I’m an avid Internet user. Let me list down where Acrobat Reader sucks:
The Adobe Reader 8 installer a massive 20.8MB setup to download and time [...]