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Posts relating to technology (mainly Information Technology) and geekspeak find a way over here and rest till someone digs in and graces his look-see!

Fruitful browsing

2008-06-25 – 9:39 pm

Are a graphics buff bitten by the pixel-bug? Then visit The Designers’ Lunchbox
Spooky paintings and creepy navigation (not for weak hearts!)
Can cellphones pop corn?
Wanna bid adieu to Bill, the Great bull?
In need of virtual water?

By S.K | Also posted in internet | Tagged Bill, design, Lunchbox, paintings, virtual water | Comments (1)

Why I love Linux

2008-06-11 – 8:55 am

Source: “Going GNU“

By S.K | Tagged gnu, linux, Opensource | Comments (1)

10 most annoying programs on your computer

2008-06-06 – 8:05 pm

Techrepublic has listed 10 most annoying programs to a computer user, both on the system and on the internet.
I have slightly changed the list and put them in the ascending order of the degree of annoyance. Though the intensity of pain in the ass that these bugs produce is purely subjective, there is no [...]

By S.K | Also posted in internet | Tagged annoyance, application, computers, google, internet, podcast, software, techrepublic, windows | Comments (4)

Microsoft Office vs Open Office

2008-06-05 – 12:44 am

Two pertinent questions have been raised by Paul Murphy in ZdNet seeking real-life experience with the comparative features of both the Office suites, the ubiquitous proprietary Office of Microsoft and the Opensource Open Office.
The comments recorded by the users make a highly educative and illuminating treatise on the individual aspects of both the programs and [...]

By S.K | Tagged microsoft, microsoft office, Opensource, Paul Murphy, zdnet | Comments (0)

Webmonkey is back!

2008-06-01 – 4:16 am

You may remember how I lamented about the conking out of one of the most renowned web tutorials on the internet, The Webmonkey. I fact I posted twice about it here and here.
But the good news is that Webmonkey is back with vigour. It is re-emerging in the wiki format. Read about it in the [...]

By S.K | Also posted in internet | Tagged developer, internet, reference, resources, tutorial, webmonkey | Comments (0)

Sharp and clear font on your screen

2008-05-02 – 3:41 am

Do you use an LCD monitor and the text looks pixelated and hazy?
You have an in-built help in Windows called “ClearType” which makes the fonts on LCD monitors sharper and clearer. In fact they will become razor-sharp and clearer than ever before on notebooks. No harm in trying it on CRT monitors, but there is [...]

By S.K | Tagged appearance, celartype, font, microsoft, monitor | Comments (1)

Wooden laptop PC

2008-04-17 – 8:33 am

Fujitsu has come with a prototype of Laptop PC with its case manufactured from wood rather than the more traditional plastic or metal. It may usher in an era of environment-friendly notebooks.
Infoworld reports further:-
The laptop, which is only a prototype, uses cedar wood for the case and also makes use of bio-plastics for parts. Bio-plastics [...]