January 2008

How to test your website in Multiple Browsers without Installing

by Sujoy on January 23, 2008

This one comes in really handy when you design or redesign your site layouts. Specially with so many free WordPress layouts available, it is absolutely mandatory for all bloggers to keep in mind about the end user browsing experience, in terms of the layout being stable (Techkeyla had a few problems-the sidebars had all scrolled down to the bottom, as IE doesn’t believe in resizing the images to fit the width. Had to resize them myself). But then, we cannot install all the possible browsers available and of course, not test them on multiple OS-s as well. Now, here’s the perfect solution to a complicated problem. Browsershots.org. This site enables you to test your site/blog on multiple browsers and their multiple versions available across three OS-s,viz. Linux, Windows and Mac OS. Among the listed browsers are Firefox, Opera, MS IE, Kazehakase, Epiphany, Firebird, Flock, Mozilla, SeaMonkey, Phoenix, Safari, BonEcho, GranParadiso, Galeon, Konqueror, Minefield,K-Meleon and Navigator.Here in the picture above, I tried testing Techkeyla across multiple browsers and it seems to be quite consistent in display. [Continue Reading]

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The Geek Hierarchy Chart

by Sujoy on January 22, 2008

An interesting thing I came across today,(like other things on the Internet) is this comprehensive hierarchical chart enlisting the different categories in which GEEKS (probably like me) can be categorized. Most of the topics have stuff related to Japanese Anime or just Anime, and Sci-Fi fantasies and X-Men comics. The hierarchy arrow pointing downards denotes: “Consider themselves less geeky than”. The Base or the Bottom Most in the Hierarchy is Published Science Fiction/Fantasy Authors and Artists. As we go higher up in the hierarchy, the specifications get deeper and more specifically pointed towards me. Stuff, like Anime Fans who insist on Subtitles, Anime Fans who Use the Term “Japanimation”, Pokemon fans over the age Six, Comic Book fans who only read X-Men Spinoffs, et al. The highest point in the hierarchy is definitely not close to me at all, by any stretch of imagination. It reads-People who write erotic versions of Star Trek where all the characters are furries ….OMFG. For the full chart go Here.

Image Courtesy: schaapy

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How to enable Audio Playback Support in Ubuntu 7.10

by Sujoy on January 21, 2008

Here in this tutorial , we are going to install components from terminal. It’s upto you to choose between the terminal method or go for the good old Synaptic Package Manager- Add/Remove Programs. Of the many media players available for , choose the one which suits your sensibilities or tastes, whatever. First, we are going for a GNOME based player. Just go to Main Menu –> Accessories –> Terminal. Now type this in the Terminal.

sudo apt-get install exaile
sudo apt-get install banshee
sudo apt-get install xmmms
sudo apt-get install listen*

But then we all know, Amarok rules as one of the finest KDE based players with rich features and an awesome interface. You can always choose between other GNOME based players like Exaile,Banshee and Winamp Alt. et al. But if you are the man, this is how you install Amarok by typing the following in your Terminal.

sudo apt-get install amarok

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Review: Zoom.in

by Sujoy on January 18, 2008

A few days back, I came across an ad on Google Adsense, which read Zoom.in, a new images and photo sharing service, which is currently open to users in India and the US. Zoom.in started it’s service in Jan 2007. So, what’s new with this one when we already have the bosses -Flickr, Photbucket, Picassa, et al. Unlike Flickr, Zoom.in offers unlimited photo storage. That is, you just need to keep on uploading without caring about your online space getting full(more like the Flickr pro account which comes at $24.95 a year).What else? Zoom.in offers 15 free prints for every new account signed in. Of course, haven’t tried creating multiple accounts to trick them.Now to the crux of the matter, is it real Good? Yes and No. [Continue Reading]

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