How to watch YouTube videos in slow motion

March 21, 2011 0 comments

Several times many of my friends and blog readers have asked – Is there a way to watch YouTube videos in slow motion? And my answer has been – No, unless you download the video and play it with a video player that offers playing in slow motion. But with YouTube adding support for HTML5 [...]

How to rotate videos in VLC player

July 8, 2009 12 comments

Sometimes you come across videos that have been shot at an angle. This mostly happens with videos that have been shot with mobile phones. You find that the video is turned to one side at 90 deg and to watch it on your computer monitor you need to tilt your head. Watch the video for [...]

How to easily capture large maps from google maps

June 12, 2009 7 comments

Google Maps is a great place to find vastly detailed street maps. But it is basically an online tool and Google doesn’t offer a way to save a map. You could use the Print option to save the map as a pdf file but the limitation is that you would be able to print only [...]

How to change the screen orientation in Windows

July 25, 2008 37 comments

Here is a little trick that you can do to change the screen orientation in Windows XP. Hold down the Ctrl + Alt keys and press any of the arrow keys. The screen will re-orient to match the arrow key that you pressed as shown in the image below.

How to Unprotect a Protected Excel Worksheet

April 23, 2008 33 comments

Ever come across an Excel file that you can open and view but if you wanted to edit it, you can’t, since it is has been protected? And when you try to unprotect, it asks for a password. Here are a couple of ways to overcome the situation. While, you may not be able to [...]

An Excel AddIn to show Currency in Indian format and Words

March 30, 2007 342 comments

This post is about an Excel Add-in that I developed about 6-7 years ago. The Add-In was born out of necessity in my office work. What we needed was to show a number in the Indian Rupee format as well as display the amount in words. Let me explain. Say we have a figure 12345678. [...]

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