Yahoo!, The Disappointment Continues

Internet, Personal 1 Comment »

About a year ago, I wrote about how Yahoo! Web Hosting had tremendously disappointed me. However, customer support refunded my money for my dissatisfaction. Although they temporarily regained my satisfaction, they didn’t seem to fix the source of the problem; their level of service. Yahoo! is up to it again, and this time with domain names.

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How To: Sync Facebook Status With Twitter

Computers, Facebook, How To's, Internet, Software 25 Comments »

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I am addicted to using Twitter. TwitterBerry makes it very easy to update my status from my mobile phone which can then be placed on my blog via Twitter Tools. Most of my friends however don’t even know what Twitter is and are always using Facebook. This article will explain how you can use your Wordpress blog to one-way sync your Facebook status with Twitter.

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Why Facebook Is Loosing Its Glamor

Facebook, Internet 10 Comments »

For me, Facebook was the first big social web application. It was a great way to connect with college friends and most importantly it featured a nice clean interface that was consistent throughout all users’ profiles. So what is it then that has happened to Facebook to make it look a little less glamorous.

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Securely Surf the Internet on a Remote Network via SSH

Computers, How To's, Internet, Software No Comments »

As the title suggests, this post will explain how you can securely surf the Internet by tunneling your HTTP traffic via SSH. To ensure that you can use this process while surfing on any computer, I will be using only PortableApps to configure and setup the tunnel. By using PortableApps, you can be ensured that you can securely check your email on your friends computer; connected to a nearby unsecured wireless network (Probably linksys or default!). Enough babbling lets get started.

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Downloading Entire Flickr Photo Sets

Computers, Flickr, Internet, Software 1 Comment »

Flickr is a great way to share photos with family, friends, and the rest of the world. However, there are a few simple features that Flickr lacks the ability to do. The most annoying one is the ability to download an entire set of photos. Very often I upload a set of photos and want to share them with my friends (at original resolution) and the only way Flickr allows them to download the set is one image at a time. Any set containing more than a few photos will therefore never be downloaded. However, there are a few simple tools you can use to automate the process and allow you to share your high quality images with your family and friends.

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