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Photoshop quick tip

  December 7th, 2008 | In Aside, Photoshop, tips and tricks | 1 Comment »

Tip : To optimized images for web in photoshop, try saving using [ctrl] + [alt] + [shift] + s, or use the File » Save for web & devices menu, and select the format of your choice.

Firefox quick tip #1

  November 29th, 2008 | In Aside, tips and tricks | 1 Comment »

Tip : To remove firefox bookmark toolbar, simply go to View » Toolbars » Bookmarks [ uncheck to remove ]

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Recovering data from crashed windows

  October 5th, 2008 | In Linux, Tutorials, tips and tricks, windows | 6 Comments »

When our PC ( Windows ) crashes, or refuses to boot, the first thing that most people usually do is panic, which is pretty obvious when one has enormous amount of data. Panic not, its pretty simple to recover all…

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WordPressing with Gears

  August 9th, 2008 | In Wordpress, tips and tricks | 2 Comments »

For past few weeks since the new WordPress 2.6 release, with the new feature to support Google Gears, I must admit it has indeed made the wordpress and in turn the blogging process also lightning fast. With it storing all…

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Recovering lost content on the web

  June 5th, 2008 | In Internet, tips and tricks | No Comments »

Some times we do make silly mistakes of deleting content on our websites especially blogs, without taking backups. Most of the time people end up either writing it all again or start worrying.

I am saying this out of my own…

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Pseudo .htaccess

  May 18th, 2008 | In Internet, Wordpress, tips and tricks | 2 Comments »

.htaccess – This is the default name of a configuration file that contains “server directives” (commands known by the server) that tell the server how to behave.
If you are doubting what exactly is the work of .htaccess, then on a…

Link Underline Color

  April 3rd, 2008 | In HTML / XHTML / CSS, tips and tricks | No Comments »

This is a nice trick to have different colors for the link( in webpages ) and its underline using CSS.
It works by just applying the border-bottom attribute in the hover psudo class of the ‘a’;

a.underline_color {
text-decoration:none;
color:gray;
}
a.underline_color:hover…