Tag Archives : useful tools

Prolonged use of computers can sometimes lead to irritation in the eyes, particularly when the display is bright and the usage continues till late at night. Symptoms may include difficulty in reading, headache and sleeplessness. The reason behind this is very simple. During the daytime, computer screens...

This is a guest post by Matthew Denos. Need to drop some pounds? Have an iPhone? If so, you have an entire weight loss program at your fingertips ! There are 500—and counting—weight loss applications available for download, many of which are free. There are apps that will help you determine how...

Plinky is a web application that gives you that spark of inspiration when you need it the most, by prompting you with a question each day. It also makes it easy to share your answers to other social networks or post it directly to your blog. Every writer has certain exercises for writer’s block....

Ubuntu (and all Debian based) distributions use the .deb format for application packages and these days most developers writing applications for Linux provide a .deb package. But, even then there might be times when you want to install an application which is available only in the .rpm format. If you...

FreePDFCards is a nice web application that can help you design your business card online for free. If you’ve been dying to have your very own business card with your own blog’s logo on it, but were afraid of the costs involved, now is the time to give this site a try. To get started, just...

How many times have you had to reinstall the OS on your computer and then had to install all your favorite pieces of software by hand. I’m sure it’s quite painful. And even more so when you forget to install a couple of software and then have to install them in a crunch when you need them...

Applications to help you take and organize notes on your computer are available dime-a-dozen. Linux purists will, ofcourse, give their vote to text editors such as Vim or Emacs but there are also applications such as Tomboy and BasKet available for the non-geeky users that make taking and organizing...

Kallow is a new web service designed to make it easier for the non-geeks to purchase electronic online. Purchasing electronics online is a mess ! And Kallow aims to solve that problem by doing all the heavy lifting itself and presenting the user with just a single choice. So, all the user has to do...

Ever tried sharing the URL of a google search query over email or IM ? Isn’t it irritating when the URL breaks of from the middle and you’re blamed for not searching enough :-) Fret not, my friend, Gog.is is your friend. The next time you want to share a google query with a friend just prepend...

PDF is a file format created by Adobe for exchanging documents. The good thing about PDF is that the files retain the formatting and fonts even when viewed on a system different than the one they’ve been created on. That is the reason, PDF has become the de-facto format for sharing documents over...