Archive : Geek Stuff

Here is a quick tip for ya. To run multiple instances of Firefox at the same time, do the following. Linux 1. Run this command in Command Terminal : firefox -p -no-remote 2. The Firefox profile manager will open and ask you to choose the profile you want to use. If you already have more than 1 profile,...

This is an amazing video that points out the ingredients to succeed in Web 2.0 business. The song itself is very interesting and I felt like humming along with it. If you have the slightest amount of geekness in you, you will LOVE this. Let me know what you think through the comments. The video is by...

Hey guys, a lot of people (well, not so much ) have asked me what Firefox addons am I using. Here I’m compiling a list of my 25 favorite Firefox addons. I cannot even think of surviving a day without most of them. 1. AdBlock Plus This is the first addon I always install when I freshly installs Firefox....

Hey guys, ever wanted to see how Gmail looks in iPhone? Well, look below. I don’t own an iPhone, and definitely the window size in the above screenshot is wider than an iPhone. Here is what I did. Step 1: Installed the Firefox addon called User Agent Switcher. Step 2: Switched my user agent to the...

Once again Google has proved that they are the number one webmail. Almost all the webmail services – GMail, YahooMail,Windows Live Mail…. – are using HTTPS for logging the users in. i.e., if you are using firefox, you will see a bluish glow in the left end of the address bar when you...

Two days ago, Microsoft unraveled their new search engine, Bing. I tried it. It is super cool. If you hover mouse beside a result, a short summary of the target page is displayed in a sweet non obtrusive manner (ajax). The search homepage has a new background image every day. So it always looks new and...

I usually do not post about news events. But this one here made it irresistible for me to keep from blogging on it. I got this news from the EFF Blog. A Boston University student’s computer, cell phone and other properties were seized by the police as a part of an investigation to find who send...

I was not very fond of CSS, until recently.  I just used html elements to style my pages. But then once I happened to use some simple CSS elements, coz I had basic CSS in my college syllabus. Ever since I’m a great fan and admirer of this simple, kewl technique.. CSS. I have been fascinated by...

The web is full of interesting stuff, the more interesting part is that most of them are free. Take the case of web servers. All my websites (spare my projects) lies in free web space. I doubt why would someone go after paid hosting when they can get as good or even better hosting.. for FREE. Yeah, you...

We all agree that Gmail is the coolest mail service out here. I recently read from the Official Gmail Blog two more cool features of Gmail. To be honest, I never knew about those before. Suppose your gmail id is kingjacc@gmail.com, then you can aswell receive mails addressed to king.jacc@gmail.com,...