Archive for June, 2011
Use rfkill to Enable/Disable Wireless on your Linux Laptop
[caption id="" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Image via Wikipedia"][/caption] Imagine a situation when you have to book an air/train ticket in a jiffy, or check an important mail quickly and the only option you have is a wifi connection from either your smart phone or surroundings, and
Read Full PostBought a BlackBerry … Read This!
Before your READ / START: Important Note: This post is meant for people who have recently bought a BlackBerry Phone BB from a Friend / Grey Market / questionable sources! This Post is NOT for people who have been given BB from their respective companies. DO NOT Mess with your Company’s BB.
Read Full PostWhere did RSS Feed icon in Firefox 4 go ?
Many firefox users including me used to love the RSS icon which used to be displayed in the address bar. It quickly lets you subscribe to the RSS feed of the current website which you are on. Strange that you have lost your favorite RSS icon in Firefox 4. If you did not use it, I am sure you might
Read Full PostRestore GRUB in Ubuntu after installing Windows
So, you had Ubuntu (or any of its derivative) installed on your system and then decided to install Windowswith it? And after installing Windows, you can't load Ubuntu again, just follow the steps to get this working: Boot the system using a Ubuntu Live disk. After you reach the desktop, open T
Read Full PostRecommended Linux Partitioning Scheme
Partitioning Basics: When we need to install linux on our systems, we need to partition our hard disk as we do for windows. In the case of windows, partitions are called as c: ,d:, e:, etc. But on linux they are represented in the form of following (there are many others, but these are the most ess
Read Full PostFirst day with MacBook Pro for a windows users
I have been a Windows and Linux user ever since I came to know a computer is ! Yes, of course DOS as well in the beginning. Yesterday, was my first day with my MacBook Pro and just like the everyone else I too started to like MAC. As some friends say MAC is just a hyped version of Linux and you st
Read Full PostCreating dynamic menu with re-order option in wordpress
WordPress is a powerful CMS for a website and it provides features which makes it easy to use CMS. Navigation or Menu is one of the key point of the website. People tend to change Menu names, links, reorder them ever now & then. In a normal website it is a tedious job to change menu every time y
Read Full PostWordPress wp_nav_menu separator and First Last Classes
wp_nav_menu is a wordpress built-in plugin that allows you to show navigation in the front-end. This simple function picks the menu defined in the wp-admin dashboard and displays it as the list. Just like other wordpress functions this is also powerful. It takes various parameters to customize the o
Read Full Post[How To] Update BlackBerry Bold 9700 to OS6
BlackBerry [BB] is a VERY Fascinating Device. I did not know that TILL Very Recently [Face-Palm]. However, I recently got a BlackBerry Bold 9700 a.k.a Onyx a.k.a Bold 2 9700 [Many names… but one device!] So… The device came pre-loaded with OS 5 [v 5.0.0.351]. It was “Nice” &
Read Full PostHow to reset lost MySQL password
There are times when you get stuck with a lost password of MySQL database. And yes it becomes difficult to recall one with the computerized brains of ours :) In this post, I am going to show you how you can rest a lost MySQL password. Using this procedure you can reset the lost password of root o
Read Full PostConvert images into multiple extension
Tired of finding tools to convert the latest set of photographs which you lately shot ? Yes, while photography is fun converting the pictures into different formats can not be so fun at times. And that is why in this post we are going to share with you a script which converts images into multiple ex
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