by Sujoy on October 22, 2008
I know, I know. There are a dozens of websites offering the same service. But this one is as simple as entering the URL and hitting OK. The website is Free Online URL to PDF converter. Visit the link here.
There is NO registration required, and hence the URL converted is almost instantaneously ready to download and not e-mailed to an e-mail ID. Another great thing about the service is that there are no watermarks, or mention of the service provider. Lastly, if the website link has Advertisments from adsense etc., it removes those from the converted pdf file. So there you go. Convert your webpages to PDF for FREE!!!!
by Sujoy on October 15, 2008
Have you always wanted to get out of a boring situation where there is your boring auntie to meet and all she can talk about is how her son is making a fortune. That’s when you wanted some friend to call you up and say, “Dude you need to be here”. Friendly crank calls are a big need of the day, be it to escape your boring aunt, your boss or a lousy housewarming party. And in case your friends are too busy to co-operate, no worries anymore.
Get hold of this awesome thing available for FREE. Yes, free. It’s called GetMOOH (Get Me Out Of Here). It’s as simple as this. Fill in your name, your country code, your mobile number, select the time and date when you want the call to come to your phone. Select from a range of voice samples, and you could even practice to the given samples with your preplanned replies. [Continue Reading]
Okay, now it is official that there are at least a good 8 Million Firefox 3 users (as of June 17) and counting. (The number is being quoted as per the Firefox Download day figures available here) So proud to see India in the 500K plus region. And nothing can be better when your favorite browser wants to get cozy with your favorite mail. [Continue Reading]
Now this is a very basic tip that involves editing values in the Registry. So, if you are not game enough to play with the Registry, I’d suggest stay out. But if you are willing to have a faster shutdown, read on. Go to Run [ Windows +r, or start Menu ,Run]. And then, type ‘regedit’ ( withouth the quotes) to go to the registry editor.
Now go and expand the explorer folder that reads :HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE.
Next go to the tree structure to its child elements to SYSTEM, and then CURRENTCONTROLSET and inside it select Control.
[In case you didn't follow that, the entire path is :
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SYSTEM/CURRENTCONTROLSET/Control]
Now on the right side, you will see a file called WaitToKillServiceTimeOut. By default, the value set for it is 20,000. To accelerate the shutdown speed change it to something smaller than 20,000. May be 1000 or any number dear to you. And voila! Jobs done and you will sure notice the difference.
But yeah, please try it at your own risk, and do know how to undo it, incase the shutdown speed is a bit too fast for your taste.
