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Bought 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 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 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
Read Full PostDisplay WordPress post content outside the WordPress
Everyone knows that WordPress is an awesome tool tool for blogging and as well as for website. It can be a powerful CMS to work with. There are times when you need to pull your WordPress content and display it some where other than the blog site. WordPress framework is very powerful and with very fe
Read Full PostChange your crontab editor
Lately I have been messing around with cron jobs and apparently I used this utility called crontab. But on various servers I found that crontab opens the file in different editors. Some use pico, while others use nano. However, since I am comfortable using vi editor , so I found a way to make the
Read Full PostUpdate your Facebook status using PHP and Graph API
In this article I am going to show you how you can update your Facebook status using simple PHP code and Facebook Graph API. This is the most naïve way to use this, you can extend this to make your own script to update your status from mobile, via cron job, via email or whatever you think makes sen
Read Full PostCheck your IP for free with checkmyip.in
Your IP (Internet Protocol) is your computer's address and I am sure at times you want to know what is it ? Network administrators use it more often to setup the networks. A normal person won't feel it comfortable to goto command line and type command to know his/her IP. And I bet a normal comput
Read Full PostInstall Ubuntu on Windows using VirtualBox
Ever wished to experience Linux while you are on Windows operating system ? You probably have a hidden urge to experience it but you never did cause you do not want to mess up with the dual boot operating system. So the solution for this is to install a virtual machine inside your current operating
Read Full PostDisable Location awareness sending in Firefox 4 – enabled by default
Firefox 4 has location awareness enabled by default. When location awareness is enabled the sites can request for the physical location of your system. This will help the website to serve the content according to your current location. However, there are times when you do not want that to be enab
Read Full PostBuilding Mobile websites – Presentation
Having a mobile website for your business adds value to your business and increases the reachability. This presentation explains why one should have a mobile website and what is the advantage of that. I have discuss several tips on how a Mobile website can help your business. Also discussed the t
Read Full PostSpeed-Up Google Chrome!!
Google Chrome in itself is blazing fast… But quite a few households use Slow PC, while some notebooks / netbooks make you cry in anticipation for a single page-load. I actually own an Asus EeePC & know how painful it is to see a page loading. Anyways.. there are 3 Ways to Improv
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