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Buzz Hack – Using Firefox

10-Feb-10

When everyone around me has buzz, why don’t me? After doing some research here is a simple hack. You do not need any invite. Just follow these instructions and you are in. Install User Agent Switcher addon in Firefox Restart Firefox Go to Options Menu > Default User Agent. Select iPhone 3.0 Log on to [...]

Brand Ka Band Bajao

25-Nov-09

Yah, you read it right. Brand ka band bajao. Look at following small scale Gola business running in Bombay*. They claim to be world’s cleanest Gola made from mineral water ice! Reach them at Fun Republic, Andheri. You may also like to visit their official website Go Gola.com or check out Go-gola at flickr. *Bombay [...]

Proposal for WordPress Summer of Code

02-Apr-09

Requirements: Create a suite of plug-ins for event planning, tie it into WordPress MU/BuddyPress/bbPress, and create a community organizing platform for open source release. Using WordCamp.org as the test case, the resulting site would include functionality for registration, calendaring, additional roles/permissions, extended profiles, directories (vendors, participants, etc), discussion and messaging, coordination around things like carpooling [...]

Beware of Orkut !!!

02-Feb-09

Following is a nice and real story by Mark Gosh. Must read for all Orkut users: How Google Fails for Net Safety. I have verified and this trick works!!! Once your account is hacked, even changing the password has no effect either. Few months back I have written a post about our online privacy. And [...]

GTalk Hacks and Tweaks

19-Sep-08

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 Talk\googletalk.exe and select Create Shortcut). Open properties. Add /nomutex in the target textbox. To [...]

My Online Presence

17-Mar-08

Hi, I’m {PREF=”ID=cfd6bd57439bc4a9:TM=1205732323:LM=1205732323:S=tT1f1NaLxjumQJbv”}. I’m a regular Internet surfer. On an average I’m online for more than 8 hours a day and that makes me to think of a new phrase – ‘my online presence’, and somewhere it may hurt my privacy. In Web 2.0 big companies are competing to gain as much as information about [...]

Foxit – PDF Reader

18-Mar-07

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 consuming setup. Version 5 was roughly fast [...]