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This is what Earth looks like during a solar eclipse. The shadow of the Moon can be seen darkening part of Earth. This shadow moves across the Earth at nearly 2000 Km/Hr. Only observers near the centre of the dark circle see a total solar eclipse – others see a partial eclipse where only part [...]

First let me concede that I am not much of a runner. Rather, I ride a bicycle for fun, pleasure and to commute. Having said that, correct breathing technique is useful in any sport – not just running alone. There are 7 key breathing tips. They are as follows : Try slowing down before attempting [...]

Do you know the statistics of the Internet usage worldwide country wise? How high is your country’s internet penetration ? News.com.au an Australian based news site did a survey and they found that there are more web addresses than the human population on the entire planet. But internet penetration has not reached critical mass like [...]

PC-BSD is a Free Operating System which has been designed with the casual user in mind. It is based on FreeBSD and is geared for desktop use by the end user. Not surprisingly, there are a whole lot of user friendly features found in PC-BSD which make installing and using this operating system a snap. [...]

Baking soda is a common ingredient in many food recipes. But baking soda can be used for many other things as well. For example, baking soda is an excellent disinfectant, it can be used in combination with other ingredients as a substitute for commercial tooth paste and so on. Today, I happened to read an [...]

ImageMagick is a command line graphics suite which allows you to manipulate and retouch your photos in various ways.  It is not installed by default on many Linux distributions but installing it is a simple affair of using their respective package management tool. ImageMagick is also available for Windows. Here is a simple method of [...]

Google has launched Google Sync – A service which allows you to synchronize your phone’s built-in address book and calendar with your Google account. Once you set up Google Sync on your phone, it will automatically update your contacts with your contacts in your Gmail account.

On July 22nd 2009, a few countries around the world had the good fortune to see an awesome spectacle – the longest solar eclipse of the century. People spanning many countries from India, to China, and Japan saw one of the most beautiful, full solar eclipse which lasted all of 6 minutes and 39 seconds [...]