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How To Get Music Off your iPhone

By Sharninder | Published: March 8, 2010
A couple of months back I wrote a post about how the iPod stores music internally and how you could use that knowledge to retrieve music stored on your iPod without using any external tools. This is made possible because of the fact that the iPod identifies itself as a USB connected external disk and [...]
Posted in Mac OS X | Also tagged copy music, ipod, ipod touch, iTunes | Leave a comment

Announce your musical tastes on Twitter using Tunes Tweeter

By Sharninder | Published: September 23, 2009
There is no denying the fact that Twitter is an extremely popular web service. In fact, Twitter is more than just a web service, It is a cultural phenomenon which is going to slowly but surely take over our lives. The service is spreading like a wild fire and the user base is growing [...]
Posted in Windows | Also tagged iTunes, twitter, Windows | Leave a comment

Plinky: A Web App To Jumpstart Your Creativity

By Stefan Neagu | Published: September 7, 2009
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. I often [...]
Posted in WebApps | Also tagged blogging, creative, questions, useful tools, Useful webapps, writers block | 1 Comment

Create rounded corners for DIV elements using Javascript

By Sharninder | Published: March 3, 2009
Most websites these days use rounded corners for almost all website elements. Creating rounded corners isn’t easy since it requires creating perfectly aligned images and well, you need to be a photoshop or a GIMP ninja, which I’m definitely not. So, I went looking for a better solution and found a Javascript which would do the [...]
Posted in Open Source | Also tagged Javascript, web development | Leave a comment

How to install *.rpm files in Ubuntu

By Sharninder | Published: February 25, 2009
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 use Ubuntu or any other Debian [...]
Posted in Linux | Also tagged Linux, ubuntu, useful tools | Leave a comment

Use freepdfcard to make business cards online

By Sharninder | Published: February 15, 2009
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 [...]
Posted in WebApps | Also tagged pdf, useful tools, Useful webapps | 4 Comments

Clone an Ubuntu system using Synaptic Markings

By Sharninder | Published: February 5, 2009
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 [...]
Posted in Linux | Also tagged Linux, Tips and tricks, ubuntu, useful tools | 2 Comments

Zim – Desktop based wiki for Linux

By Sharninder | Published: January 26, 2009
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 notes on Linux a breeze. Ofcourse, taking [...]
Posted in Linux | Also tagged Linux, useful tools | 4 Comments

Resize images easily with Bulk Image Resizer

By Sharninder | Published: January 21, 2009
Bulk Image Resizer from Mariussoft is a free utility to quickly and easily convert multiple images at the same time. The utility supports the most popular image formats and the resized images are of good quality free from any distortions. The application is pretty simple to use with just a few options. Chose the images that [...]
Posted in Windows | Also tagged Windows | 6 Comments

A simple tool to preview and compare fonts online

By Sharninder | Published: January 19, 2009
Trying to select the best font for a particular job is every designer’s nightmare. A font which looks fine on your computer might do wonders for a print campaign and be way off for an online campaign. I have spent hours myself trying to find the perfect font for my projects and no matter how hard [...]
Posted in WebApps | Also tagged tool, Useful webapps | Leave a comment
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