May 2009Monthly Archives

Finding sets of nice looking Ubuntu wallpapers was one challenging task and here’s what we managed to collect – 60 Beautiful Ubuntu Desktop Wallpapers. Full list after jump.

Linux only: The smoked glass, Mac-like notification alerts are one of Ubuntu 9.04’s best features, but they’re not yet compatible with every program, including Firefox. An experimental extension can fix that, moving download notifications into Jaunty Jackalope’s pop-ups.

iLike, one of the 5 essential tools for marketing your band, is already great at helping artists create a single page that can reach their fans almost anywhere online, and help them monitor fan response.

If you like the looks and features of Ubuntu 9.04, but want a lighter, swifter version of it, try this minimalist installation that can knock memory usage down by up to 75 percent.

DISCLAIMER: This post is not at all Ubuntu-specific, but it is Ubuntu-applicable. This tip will actually work on any platform as it is Gmail specific, and I know many of you are big Gmail fans.
I have had my Gmail account since the time of the earliest invites, and my email address is splattered all over the web these days. From site registrations to mailing lists, from stupid forward chains I got pulled into to.. well, you get the idea. The result of this is that I get A LOT of Spam in my Gmail account. Now, to Gmail’s credit, the vast majority of it gets deleted or put into my Spam folder automagically. I’m talking ~1000 emails into my Spam/Trash folder within a 24hr period. It’s ridiculous!

Not even a year ago, Facebook was still being dismissed as a silly site intended to help college kids slack off. Indeed, that is what helped the social network take hold with a large number of users, but it has proven its worth in business and by now, nearly everyone is on board. Companies of all sizes are scrambling to get on the site and reach both new and current customers with a Facebook (Facebook reviews) Page, the Facebook preferred method for user interaction with a brand, company or public figure.

New Zealand is the penguin capital of the world, home to nine of the 16 species of living penguins, so it was fitting that it should host the world’s first ‘Penguathlon’.

cool!

i am a geek.

interesting list!

so useful!

Good things in life do not necessarily cost you a bomb. Below I have compiled a list of the top 100 101 free computer software you can make use of.

The browser and the desktop are melding. Web applications like Facebook (Facebook reviews) or Twitter (Twitter reviews) used to be primarily browser-based, but more and more products such as Tweetdeck (TweetDeck reviews) and Seesmic Desktop (Seesmic Desktop reviews) are bringing that functionality off-browser. Firefox (Firefox reviews) though, can do a lot more.

If you run out of eggs while baking, an egg substitute is a quick fix since chances are you have something in the pantry that you can use. You may also find need for an egg substitute if you’re baking a cake for someone with allergies or if someone is vegan. Using an egg substitute may affect the taste or texture of the final product.

installing windows 7 means i will need this done…

Securing your blog is important. With WordPress so popular these days, it’s becoming a bigger and bigger target for hackers. In this post we’ll look at ten easy ways to secure your WordPress blog.