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3/21/2007

My views

Wednesday, March 21, 2007 subhash 2 comments

Argh!! The 3 column template is also not enough for me to accommodate links to some good posts which are worthy to be shown on the front page.As more quality posts are coming on, I'm changing somethings on the blog now to facilitate the users navigate much better.The my views column on the right will now be shown in this post which will be updated regularly.Topics on which so far I expressed my views are :

how to beat the exam stress

Media and its true purpose

Online banking not always safe

Sex and the City

Social networking

Indian food habbits

whats up in parliament??

Game agression

Indian movie direction

Do you need coaching for MBA ??

College drinkers

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Useful desktop shortcuts for Mac OS X users

Tuesday, March 20, 2007 subhash 3 comments

Actually Im not a user of OS X,but when I saw the origin of my traffic on my feedburner,I thought of writing something useful for my users in US who are great users of OS X.Im publishing useful desktop shortcuts for MAC users which are composed here.

Switching shortcuts

* opt+ click on icon of running application in dock = hide app. infront of app. clicked on dock
* opt+ click inside app window = hide app in front of app clicked on
* opt+ cmd + click on dock icon = hide all other apps
* opt+ cmd + click inside app window = hide all other apps

Dialog specific shortcuts

* cmd+d (in open dialog) = open desktop
* cmd+d (in save/discard/cancel dialog) = discard

Mac controlling shortcuts

* cmd+e = eject media
* cmd+opt+eject = sleep
* cmd+ctrl+eject = graceful restart
* cmd+opt+ctrl+eject = graceful shutdown
* cmd+ctrl+power = immediate restart

Navigational shortcuts
* opt+scrollbar = jump to exact scrollbar location
* opt+scrollbar arrows = scroll page at a time (page up/down)

Window manipulation shortcuts

* cmd+expose command = slow motion expose
* shift+minimize button = slow motion minimize (works in reverse way too)
* opt+minimize button = minimize all windows (of current app)
* opt+close button = closes all windows (of current app)
* cmd+drag on title bar = move any window around without changing focus to it first

Other important shortcuts

* cmd+q = quit
* cmd+o = open file
* cmd+i = get info (on current selected object/file/dir)
* cmd+n = new window/document
* cmd+s = save
* cmd+m = minimize
* cmd+h = hide app
* cmd+opt+h = hide other apps

Application switching shortcuts

* cmd+tab = toggle back to previous app
* cmd+tab then q (while still holding cmd) = close other app (w/o switching to it)
* cmd+tab then h (while still holding cmd) = hide other app (w/o switching to it)

Screenshots

* cmd+shift+3 = take a screenshot of the entire screen
* cmd+shift+4 = draw selection for a screenshot

Finder specific shortcuts

* cmd+down = open
* cmd+up = up to parent dir
* cmd+double-click folder icon = open in new window
* opt+drag file/folder = explicit copy
* cmd+drag file/folder = explicit move
* cmd+opt+drag file/folder = create link
* cmd+i = get info (on current selected object/file/dir)
* cmd+shift+A = open Application Folder
* cmd+shift+U = open Utility Folder
* cmd+shift+H = open Home Folder
* cmd+shift+G = go to DIR (in tiger, in a dialog box, beginning a filename with a / does the same)
* cmd+shift+N = create new folder and name it something
* cmd+shift+K = go to network
* cmd+k = connect to server
* cmd+~ = cycle window

Dock specific shortcuts

* cmd+drag (to/through dock) = keeps icons on dock from moving “out of the way”
* cmd+opt+d = hide/show dock (should work while in any app)

Terminal specific shortcuts

* cmd+double-click on a URL in Terminal = url grab / open in default browser
* cmd+opt+shift+s = save selected text
* cmd+left/right arrow = switch windows
* cmd+1 or 2 or 3.. = switch to 1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc window

I hope you might had found these useful.If you have anymore shortcut to tell,post it as comment.If you like the post subscribe here or click here to get email updates.

Free Microsoft Virtual pc 2007 software

Monday, March 19, 2007 subhash No comments

Microsoft India devolopment centre has devoloped a new product called Virtual PC 2007 which allows multiple operating systems to run at the same time on the same computer.As per sources,450,000 free downloads were registered in the first week after the launch of the Microsoft virtual PC 2007.Devoloped by a 20 member team,the softwares next version work of client virtualization and server virtualization has already started. Microsoft website says about Virtual PC as follows :

"Save time and money as Virtual PC allows you to maintain the compatibility of legacy and custom applications during migration to new operating systems and increases the efficiency of support, development, and training staffs. With Microsoft® Virtual PC 2007, you can create and run one or more virtual machines, each with its own operating system, on a single computer. This provides you with the flexibility to use different operating systems on one physical computer. "

Virtual PC 2007 from Microsoft has especially been optimized for Windows Vista. This allows business customers to migrate to Windows Vista for a more secure and manageable experience, and at the same time they can also keep a previous Windows environment available to run legacy or custom applications in a virtual settings. Right now the software is supporting windows users only.

Download Virtual PC 2007

*Select 32 bit or 64 bit and start downloading

5 Online game portals

Sunday, March 18, 2007 subhash 4 comments

Wanna play some game at your workplace computer with out installing ??? Here by Im listing some online game portals which provide games online.

Zapak : This new kid on the block offers online single and multiplayer gaming and is advertising itself as Indi's no1 portal.You just need to register yourself for playing the game and for getting acess to the following feature

Single and multiplayer gaming
Mail service with unlimited storage
Zapak girls - online girls hangout
Zapak TV - online funky video sharing

Miniclips : Its my favourite and I play most of the games by downloading from miniclips.Has got a lot of games in its database ranging from action,adventure,racing,puzzles,shooting games.....Miniclip also offers online multiplayer games for playng with your friends.Miniclips even offers you Ecards and toon services.

Indiatimes games :Offers trailors ,reviews and demos of games.It even features online webbased games in the following categories
Action/adventure,Arcade,card,puzzle and multiplayer games.
You need to signup for playing the games.

Kaboom game portal : Kaboom offers games in all categories as the above sites.Kaboom also conducts tournaments among its players and publishes the leaderboard also and awards some loyalty pods to the winners of challenges.

Orbit games : Orbit games offers all arcade games,puzzles and all.Flash based site

If you know anysite which offer free online webbased games,don't forget to post as comment.If you like the post subscribe here or click here to get email updates.

Cricket live score plugin for Firefox and widget for website

Sunday, March 18, 2007 subhash 8 comments

This plugin for Firefox resides silently in the status bar displaying the live scores as the game goes on.It does not need opening the page and refreshing it.This plug-in gets the score from the live CricInfo cricket feed however you may not be able to see who is batting and what is the individual score.

Cricket live score Firefox addon - Cricketfox

For showing live cricket score on your website there is a widget available on Widgetbox

The following steps are to be followed for getting the widget.