Linux And Friends

“Cut the rope” is a very popular game that runs on iPhone and Android devices. In this game,  candies are dangling on ropes. Your job is to cut the rope in such a way that the candies fall straight into the mouth of the monster sitting at the bottom. While the game play is simple, [...]

Yesterday I was riding my bicycle as usual through a busy road in my city and the unthinkable happened. A careless pedestrian trying to cross the road jumped in front of my bicycle. Unfortunately I couldn’t stop my bicycle in time and to avoid hitting the pedestrian I severed the bicycle, lost balance and fell [...]

This guide explains how to install Opera web browser in Fedora Linux. Opera is a standards complaint web browser that is heavy in features but having a relatively low memory foot print. It is one of the few web browsers that has an integrated mail client and news reader built into it.

Idea Cellular – a prominent mobile / Internet service provider in India, has launched the Idea 3G Internet broadband service in many states in India. This is a review of the Idea 3G NetSetter broadband USB modem and Idea Cellular’s broadband Internet connection.

WordPress software 3.3 – named “Sonny” in honor of the great jazz saxophonist Sonny Stitt has been released. This 3rd major iteration of WordPress brings with it a number of enhancements. The main ones are as follows.

You might suffer from eye strain if your job involves working on a computer for long hours. This is especially true if you stare at the computer monitor sitting in a dimly lit room. One of the best ways of reducing computer eye strain is to change the colour of your monitor in relation to [...]

A few days back, a piece of my wisdom tooth on the top left in my mouth broke off and the rest of the tooth acquired a sharp edge. It was not hurting, but when I touched it with my tongue, it felt sharp. Just to be on the safe side, I decided to visit [...]

A High pressure water cleaning unit (water jet cleaner) is a mechanical sprayer that, depending on nozzle size, can be used as a low volume high-pressure water cleaner or a high volume low pressure water cleaner to remove loose paint, mold, grime, dust, mud, and dirt from surfaces and objects such as buildings, vehicles, and [...]

Easystroke is a gesture recognition application for Linux. It allows you to control computer programs with hand drawn mouse gestures. Gestures or strokes are movements that you make with your mouse while holding down a specific mouse button. The default in Easystroke is the middle button of your mouse. But you can change it to [...]