Alps (Synaptics) touchpad configuration in Lucid and Maverick Meerkat

Synaptics touchpad configuration in Lucid Lynx. Hal no longer works and only udev is used. We can also use the files in xorg.conf.d Here is how I got my settings to work . . . → Read More: Alps (Synaptics) touchpad configuration in Lucid and Maverick Meerkat

Word and Character Count – Google Chrome Extension

My first Google Chrome extension to count the number of words and characters in a selection . . . → Read More: Word and Character Count – Google Chrome Extension

Enjoying my new Kindle in Chennai, India!

Reading experiences on my new Kindle from Amazon! Special info if you live in India including the price and the workings of the famous “Whispernet” . . . → Read More: Enjoying my new Kindle in Chennai, India!

Giving away Green technologies – way to go!

Shows how an Indian company is giving away its Green Technology for free for others to use and compares this to how a western company would behave by enforcing its patents and raising the price . . . → Read More: Giving away Green technologies – way to go!

Insert a Link from History with Preview using Ubiquity

A Firefox Ubiquity command to insert a link from a user’s history. Users can type in part of either the title of the page or the URL and select from the suggestions like the Awesomebar . . . → Read More: Insert a Link from History with Preview using Ubiquity

Sidewiki without the Google Toolbar in Firefox (almost!)

Shows a way of removing the Google Toolbar completely from Firefox while retaining the Sidewiki functionality that allows you to comment on Websites . . . → Read More: Sidewiki without the Google Toolbar in Firefox (almost!)

Inserting HTML tags using Firefox Ubiquity

A Firefox Ubiquity command to insert HTML tags of the users choice around any selection . . . → Read More: Inserting HTML tags using Firefox Ubiquity

UID and Cellphone Numbers – a benign start?

India’s Unique Identity Number is all set to ride on the country’s large cell phone database which has around 500 million subscribes. It’ll be a challenge to collect the subscriber’s biometric data and prevent duplicates. But most importantly, will it be misused by the government to create a police state as has happened in so many other countries? . . . → Read More: UID and Cellphone Numbers – a benign start?

How Patents stifle and go against Human nature

Patents and Intellectual Property are concepts that have destroyed the very qualities which humans need in order to survive – mimicking, copying, and freely learning from the inventions of others. . . . → Read More: How Patents stifle and go against Human nature

Converting WordPress Tags into Categories

It took me a little while to figure out how to convert tags into categories in my WordPress blog, and here’s hoping that someone else doesn’t need to search as much.

Wordpress Tags to Categories

Basically I found that too many of my tags were long . . . → Read More: Converting WordPress Tags into Categories