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Linux, Open Source, Free Software, Bicycles, and other topics of interest.
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Instructions on How to Tie a Tie
Posted on May 20th, 2010 No commentsA few years back, I had blogged on learning to tie a tie. The post contains YouTube videos demonstrating various knots. Now here is an info-graphic which clearly describes the steps involved in putting on a tie.
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Mobile Version of Facebook
Posted on May 19th, 2010 No commentsFacebook team has rolled out a new mobile friendly version of Facebook. People who own smart mobile phones like Samsung Galaxy, Google Nexus and HTC phones can access Facebook via its new address 0.facebook.com.
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How To Win Friends And Influence People
Posted on May 10th, 2010 No commentsThis is a synopsis of the Dale Carnegie‘s best selling book – “How to win friends and influence people“.
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Print Your Own Custom Book From Wikipedia
Posted on May 9th, 2010 No commentsNow a days, information is readily available on the net. And most people find the content in Wikipedia very reliable and useful. Here is some good news. Now you can create your own customized book from the diverse articles in Wikipedia.
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Zen Coding – Code In HTML, CSS Quickly
Posted on May 4th, 2010 No commentsNow you can write code in HTML and CSS very fast using a unique plugin. Called Zen Coding, this is a plugin available for many popular text editors which help you to code in HTML, CSS, XML, XSL and so on in very little time. Zen coding is a new way of writing HTML using CSS like selector syntax.
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Netstat Command
Posted on April 25th, 2010 No commentsnetstat (network statistics) is a command-line tool that displays network connections (both incoming and outgoing), routing tables, and a number of network interface statistics.
It is used for finding problems in the network and to determine the amount of traffic on the network as a performance measurement. It can also be used to find the open / listening ports on your system.
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Cell Phone Features
Posted on April 20th, 2010 No commentsCell phones have evolved from a device meant merely to receive and make calls – to something versatile and as powerful as a computer. In fact, many of the high end cell phone models that are sold today have features that rival computers.
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Gmail Attachments – Drag and Drop Feature
Posted on April 17th, 2010 No commentsGoogle has upgraded Gmail – by far the most popular web mail, by adding a couple of new features. The features are drag and drop support for attaching files to your email in Gmail, and inserting a calendar invitation right into the mail you send.
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Don’t Forget To Schedule Your Mammogram
Posted on March 9th, 2010 1 commentA mammogram is the most effective way to detect breast cancer and increases the chances of a cure by 95% in case of early diagnosis. Every woman over 40 should get the exam on a regular basis.
The following advertisement titled “Honk” is a fun video exhorting all women to schedule a breast mammogram. Watch the video with your computer speakers turned ON for full enjoyment.
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5 Free LaTeX Editors For Windows
Posted on March 3rd, 2010 No commentsIf you want to create documents in LaTeX, it will be useful if you have a full fledged editor which is designed for creating documents using LaTeX.
There are a couple of choices before you. The following are 5 very popular LaTeX editors available for Windows.
Some of these free LaTeX editors are cross platform as well.
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