Way back in the winter of January, when we just returned from our homes for the final semester of our four delightful years at IIT Guwahati. I was fascinated towards photography for quite a long time and wished to try my hand at it, but was limited by the fact that I do not have [...]
Way back in the winter of January, when we just returned from our homes for the final semester of our four delightful years at IIT Guwahati. I was fascinated towards photography for quite a long time and wished to try my hand at it, but was limited by the fact that I do not have [...]
If you do not know what Dropbox is, it is a popular cross-platform file synchronization and backup application. It syncs the Dropbox folder present in your computer to the cloud by integrating itself with the file manager of the operating system. In case of Ubuntu, it depends upon the default file manager called “nautilus” of the [...]
Here is the trailer for our first short movie Deception, under our banner Escapist Creations. For a long time I wanted to be part of a short film but never took it seriously. But when my friend Sai Kumar came up with an interesting script and wanted me to join, I couldn’t refuse. With his perfect [...]
Wouldn’t it be useful to open the terminal in the current directory from the GNOME file browser of Ubuntu? The following package gives an option to open the terminal from the right click menu in the nautilus file browser. Install the package nautilus-open-terminal from the Synaptic package manager or by using the command You may [...]
The domain example.com which you come across daily in several tutorials and manuals, is a real one and is reserved by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA). It is an organisation responsible for allocation of unique global domain names. Have you ever checked it entering in the browser? Not only this one, the domains example.org [...]
I just cannot resist sharing this beautiful compilation I found of all Pixar animation movies in a single clip. I watched all the Pixar films, each one a classic – filled with lot of emotion, touching characters, humour, splendid art and backed by heart warming story. This wonderful video is created by Leandro Copperfield.
Sometimes, we would like to save Youtube videos to our computer for watching them later. There are many download managers and helpers to do this on different platforms. But if you are using Firefox on Ubuntu, there is a simpler way without any hassles of using plugins. Open the video on the youtube page normally [...]
Here is my brother Jayadeep’s blog http://jayadeepk.co.cc/ . He usually writes about his school, travel and experiences.
Finally, after some attempts, my Google Adsense account has been approved – meaning I can monetize the site. But I have no hope of getting something out of it in the next few years as I can only receive a check if my earnings reach $100. Lets see if I can manage to get some [...]
Today, for a brief instant, I wondered whether my Ubuntu has the power to upgrade to the future. Here is what happened. I clicked on System > About Ubuntu and it showed the following message, You are using Ubuntu 11.04 – the Natty Narwhal – released in April 2011 and supported until October 2012. Even [...]
Recently I am on a task of optimising a website having quite a number of Jquery plugins. The CPU usage of the browser after the page has loaded tremendously shoots up to 100% predominantly on a slower browser like Firefox. By decreasing the number of frames per second at which the browser is repainted by [...]