07 September, 2012

Best IP Address Locators

Here is a list of IP Address locators to find out the location of your own or someone else's IP address.
Please note that IP address can be changed and the geolocation accuracy is never 100%. At most these services can tell you the near most location.

06 September, 2012

Easter Egg in WinRAR

WinRAR the most popular file compression utility, has a little Easter egg.

Easter eggs in software are messages, videos, graphics, sound effects, added game levels, new characters in games or an unusual change in program behavior that sometimes occur in software in response to some undocumented set of commands, mouse clicks, keystrokes or other stimuli intended as a joke or to display program credits.

In WinRAR go to the "Help Menu" and select the "About WinRAR" option.




Now click on the WinRAR file.
It will bounce up and down with a thumping sound each time it hits the bottom.
Turn on your speakers ON.

How to archive multiple files to separate archives


If you have several hundred files and you want to put each one of them into it's own archive WinRAR can really be useful.

Here is how to do it:

How to create software installer using WinRAR

Installer is a software program which make it convenient for us to install software on our system. When a software is installed three kinds of changes are brought about in the system :-

  1. File System changes
  2. Registry changes and 
  3. Drivers and services.
There are several software installers available on internet like - NSIS, Innosetup, GhostScript.
However you can also use one of the most popular file compression program WinRAR for this job. 

Here is the step-by-step procedure to do it:

23 September, 2011

Google Cache Link Missing - Solution

The Google cache link which used to appear at the end of the search result URL is missing (and people are missing it too).

No Google Cache Link

To access the cache link you have to click on the preview button on the right side of the search result URL.(as shown below):

That's where your dear - cache link is.


01 October, 2010

Merge PDF easily using PDF Merge Tool

PDF Merge Tool by Darren Wurf is a no frill, simple, light, effective and portable tool for merging multiple PDF files into a single PDF document. It does what it is expected to do - merging PDF files - and it does the job in a very silent and effective manner.
This is how the main window of PDF Merge Tool looks like:

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  1. Click on the Add button to add PDF files; you can add multiple PDF files at once.
  2. Set the order of the pages in the final PDF file using the "Move Up" and "Move Down" button.
  3. Click on the "Merge" button to to merge the files. You will get a "Save As" dialog box.
  4. Select a name of for your file and save it at desired location.
  5. You are done!

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PDF Merge Tool requires .NET framework v2 and the PDFSharp library.
Get the Portable version of PDF Merge Tool from Softpedia.com

New Image Upload Window at Blogger

Blogger has redesigned the "Add Image" window. Now you can add images from your Picasa Web Albums or photos that you uploaded to your blog earlier. The option of uploading images from your computer or from an external URL is still there.

New Blogger Add Image Window
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