Category | Miscellaneous

Do you email or e-mail?

Posted on 02 July 2008

Ever wondered whether it’s email or e-mail? This controversy has been going on for a long time. Just google up the search term email vs e-mail and you will find several discussions on the topic. Rob has a nice post on this topic in his blog.
While not many people seem to care much about […]

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Tryphone - preview cell phones virtually before buying

Posted on 21 June 2008

With so many brands and models, people find it difficult to decide upon which mobile phone handset to buy. All the user reviews and the expert opinions available on various web sites  can’t substitute for your own hands-on evaluation. But that would mean going from store to store to play with the different models.
Tryphone.com is […]

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How to Make Popcorn using Mobile Phones

Posted on 15 June 2008

While the above video is truly interesting, it is actually a hoax. Check out the video below to see how the it was faked.

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Postlikeapirate - Convert any text to pirate speak

Posted on 14 June 2008

Postlikeapirate.com is a free service that converts any text to look like it came out of the mouth of a pirate. Just enter the text or paste it into the text box and watch it instantly converted to pirate speak. I tried converting a quick tip that I posted on my blog earlier, and […]

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Jelly Click - Breath life into your computer mouse

Posted on 08 June 2008

Most people prefer to have a mouse in their laptop bag, as they are not very comfortable with the touch pad on their notebook computer. A regular sized mouse in your laptop bag feels awkward and the smaller ones, designed for portability, aren’t very convenient to handle.

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FlickrSLiDR - Easily embed Flickr slideshows on your website or blog

Posted on 29 May 2008

Wouldn’t it be nice if instead of inserting several photos from Flickr in your blog, you could embed a single slideshow that displays all the photos?
FlickrSlidr lets you do just that.
FlickSlidr allows you to easily embed flickr slideshows on your website or blog.

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How to download popular magazines from Zinio for free

Posted on 28 May 2008

Recently Amit had written a post on How to Read Popular Magazines on your Desktop for Free. It is basically a simple, but effective trick of changing your browsers useragent to view the magazines at zinio.com/iphone.
While the trick works fine, you have to be online to read the magazines. I prefer to read such stuff […]

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