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Microsoft has a strategy to sell their Xbox 360 consoles at throwaway prices and make it up by selling overpriced accessories. I wanted to get a VGA Cable by which I could could connect my Xbox 360 to my monitor (Fights over the TV is quite normal in my place). I looked at the price tag of the Official VGA cable ($40!). At the end of of the its just a cable and it doesn’t deserve $40. So, I got myself [...]

When I tried to restore my iPod Shuffle. I got this error. It seems the my front USB port is not up for the job. So, I plugged it to the back of computer and it work just fine. Here’s is the official steps you can follow. Try connecting your iPod to a different USB port and then attempt to restore. Remove other USB Devices. Flash drives, printers. Re-register .dll files. iTunes displays -50 error [...]

Like many others I started on Blogger but then, I wanted a little more freedom. So, went on to a self hosted wordpress. There are a lot of advantages with wordpress like SEO, customizability and most importantly freedom to do anything you want. It is a preconceived notion that migrating from Blogger to WordPress would destroy your previously acquired pagerank, google juice, traffic, image (picasa) [...]

I was using this Airtel Mobile Office connection that would take forever to load/connect. I called up the support people. As expected, they were of no use. It seems that Airtel has scraped the proxy (202.056.231.117). So, here are the new settings. Basically you need to configure your GPRS with these settings. For Nokia users, SMSing MO to 543210 would be the easiest option. For other users, like Motorola [...]

Recently, I was out of town. There was no signal in that area. So, I had to go to this cybercafé.I typed into the password box with a sign, fearing a hacking attempt. As you know, public computers can be loaded with malicious softwares like Keyloggers, Trojans, etc. Nowadays, these are the only ways people can crack into your account. Also read: How secure is your email account? When I came back, [...]

TCS IT wiz is a premier IT quiz hosted by pickbrain, Giri Balasubramanium. He is probably the most lively host in the world. No wonder, he’s famous. If you are a internet junkie this is the place to be. Many of my friends and family told me to give it a shot.I thought I should too. So I teamed up with my trusty techy friend, Pramodh. As I entered the venue, I saw a huge gathering of boys and girls, [...]

Now, I am on a shared hosting with limited bandwidth. When I was in Blogger, I didn’t have to worry about space and most particularly bandwidth. Blogger would automatically post my pictures to Picasa albums. Picasa albums provides us with 1 GB space and unlimited bandwidth. Yea, you heard it right, unlimited! And guess what, its free! In a blog, images take up the most bandwidth. You might save [...]

It is the movie of dreams, quite literally :P. One of the rarest I’ve seen. I don’t  think even the makers ever imagined it to be so engrossing.  If you have eyes to watch, this movie is a gift and a challenge to your intellect. The reason for me going gaga about  it, is that there is a great level of connectivity with the audience. More than a movie it is a game! Yes, I know it’s hard [...]

I had this computer from my dad’s office to mess up with (I mean fix it 🙂 ). I wanted to remove the Processor. So, as per the normal procedure, I unlocked the hinges and pulled (a little)! The Processor came out with the Heatsink! It was stuck. The thermal paste was like super glue now. I tried all the voodoo magic tricks (Blades, alcohol etc) I could find, with no success. Luckily, no pins were [...]

Finally, completed writing my first web app. Presenting Tweet Random! As the title suggests, it will help you tweet random stuff from your RSS / Atom feed. It is almost in Beta (Betaish?). Anyways, here’s the list of features: 1) Complete WordPress and Blogger support. Check out the help section for more info. 2) Can track your links using Bit.ly API key. 3) That’s it, what else do you expect? Will [...]