Whenever I get some free time online, I resort to 2 of my favorite pastimes: scouring through Wikipedia or devouring videos on YouTube. I have already talked about two extensions I use in Chrome to enhance my Wikipedia browsing, and today I will reveal the extensions that help me manage YouTube videos in Chrome. If [...]
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From price drop alerts to tracking movies, we have covered a few alert and notification services which help you stay on top of things. Alerts are just what they sound like – they are messages that are sent to you when the alert service comes across a new result. There are specialized alert services galore, [...]
You want to keep an eye on who’s on your home Wi-Fi. This is for a variety of reasons: people could be stealing your bandwidth, resulting in you having trouble stay within your download limits. People on your network could also potentially take note of your personal information or company information. This means you should [...]
Social networking has come to mean sharing interesting events around your life. Facebook has come to epitomize that like nothing else; and to be frank, ‘interesting’ has taken a backseat as we share the humdrum along with the eventful. Facebook is building interactions, and to add more bricks to that they recently announced a slew [...]
“Today, I want to tell you three stories from my life.” With that, Steve Jobs launched into his Stanford commencement speech. Stories are a great medium to convey points that would otherwise have sounded very boring and clichéd on their own. Why not make your work experience stand out by telling a story with it? [...]
Alright, you’re going to quit watching TV. Wait, didn’t you try that 3 days ago? (Or 3 hours ago?) How did that turn out? We all have habits that we struggle with. Luckily for us, the internet has brought us three tools that will help us create new habits and remove those rotten old ones. [...]
When I first made the transition from my Macbook Pro to the Lenovo laptop I have now, I had a bunch of things to adapt to. One of the things I really never got over was the relatively choppy trackpad (or touchpad) scrolling. (Neither Windows or Lenovo’s best highlight.) There’s a great degree of control [...]
There could be a ton of reasons why you want to keep up with the news. In any case, lets say you’ve been trying for a long time, and it simply hasn’t worked. Perhaps you don’t like newspapers and you don’t have cable television, or you don’t like going through 500 different industry websites to [...]
If you intend to introduce your kids to the world of computer/online gaming then it is best that you start with some simple, interactive games that help them learn while playing. Chrome users could start by trying out some apps as they are quick to install and get started with compared to a third-party software [...]
The beginning of the year is a great time for people to start taking their health seriously. Unfortunately, that’s often very short-lived and motivation dies soon enough as the year progresses. This year is different though, right? You’re going to work out 3x a week, right? Let’s make sure you get off to the best [...]
Wolfram Alpha is a mathematical computational engine. Now, if it sounds something that just goes with CERN’s Large Hadron Collider, then you should just hold that thought there for a while. Wolfram Alpha sounds terribly complicated, but scratch beneath the surface and you get to see a cool tool that combines knowledge with mathematical computation [...]
I am a Dropbox fan. It’s like an extension of my hard disk on the clouds. One of the most important uses I put my Dropbox account to is, of course, the backup, and my top priority is all my precious photos. As soon as I transfer images from my digital camera to my computer, [...]
I love YouTube. I’m certain I’m not alone. I was curious about finding new videos to watch on YouTube, and while there are a ton circulating on Facebook and Twitter, they’re often recycled and stuff that I’ve seen before. Luckily, I stumbled upon these two methods of discovering new videos. Here they are: 1. Show [...]
The one true yardstick of a geek is the degree to which he maintains his computer. A geek likes to break apart an intact thing and poke into its innards, but I am guessing from my own experience, the hassle of reinstalling an operating system isn’t a favored hobby of many. So, why not put [...]
Windows 7 explorer is very powerful when compared to its previous versions. However, if you are looking for some cool tricks to integrate few more useful features to the explorer, here are 7 utilitarian features you can enable on your default Windows 7 explorer to become more productive and increase accessibility at the same time. [...]
