You can easily check a website’s PageRank and Alexa rank in Firefox and Internet Explorer. Just install and use the Google Toolbar and Alexa Toolbar. In Firefox, if you do not like the Google Toolbar, you can use a nifty plugin called Searchstatus to do the job effectively – this is one of my favorite […]
Category Archives: Tips and Tricks
How to rip a DVD to iPod using free software
Today, let me share with you how you could easily rip a DVD into your iPod so that you could enjoy the movie/video on the move. Basically, you need two really cool software, and the good news is that they are FREE! These free tools will allow you to convert your DVDs to an iPod […]
Gcaldaemon: Integrating your calendar on the go
If you are like me, you have probably benefited greatly from the many calendaring applications that help you organize your life. As a university student, the ease-of-use and versatility of calendaring applications means that I can track my assignments, homework and any unusual classes with ease, providing me with a visual summary of what’s in […]
TinyPaste – TinyURL for Long Text
If you have got a long string of text to drop on your blog, in Twitter, or any other chat program that cannot accept long text, then you should check out TinyPaste. Like TinyURL, TinyPaste simply takes in long strings of text and converts them to short URLs, which, when clicked, bring up the original […]
Splicd lets you slice YouTube videos
I know we all enjoy watching YouTube videos these days, but there are just too many videos on YouTube and some of them are quite lengthy. On a long video, sometimes it is hard to get to the good parts. In some cases, the good part could be a few minutes in and you might […]
Discover the underground world of IRC filesharing
As ISPs scramble to block P2P access and throttle torrent connections, many are finding out the frustration of watching their download speeds slow to a crawl, fully realizing that their connections are capable of going so much faster! In the past, there are ways around this, such as using TorrentFlux to bypass the ISP throttle. […]
Explode your blog traffic with EntreCard
Entrecard is an advertising exchange network for bloggers where you could boost your blog’s traffic using 125×125 banners. This is may sound like any ordinary banner exchange network but the important thing is it’s tailor for bloggers and it works like a charm! Entrecard is started at around November this year by Graham Langdon, a […]
Virtual Machines: What, How and Why would I want to run a computer within my computer
Introduction I will try to make this as easy to understand to the common user as possible. However, the introduction will be a little bit technical, so please skip to the next section, The Necessary Software if you want to get to the gist of the article. For the rest, read on to the wonderful […]
Flash tutorial, animate your character using the arrow keys
Lately I’ve been playing Castle Crashers on XBLA (Xbox Live Arcade). Castle Crashers is a console video game independently developed by The Behemoth, the same team behind Alien Hominid. Believe it or not, Castle Crashers was original made using Flash, then moved over to XNA, X-Box Live’s game creator service. Feeling inspired, I decided to […]
First Flash Tutorial
A popular form of web media today is interactivity Flash. Flash not only allows you to add interactivity into otherwise static and boring websites, it also allows web designers and programmers to express unlimited creativity in creating Flash games, or other forms of interesting gadgets. Flash is very common these days because almost all computers […]