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Update your bookmarks..

Another Dreamer — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 11:24:39 +0000

I’m now on http://extremeconflicts.me/
So cool.. right?

Well.. I don’t have much time to design my own site yet.. So for time being, I’ll stick to current thing.

WordPress Rocks

Another Dreamer — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 08:18:54 +0000

Just testing out new feature of posting via e-mails..
This is going to heaven sent esp. for my tendencies of writing down all my thoughts on email and pasting them later to blog..
It’s like they heard me cursing when my copy-paste to blog went wrong..

Edit: So, its not fully there yet. My signature was posted as well.. which means I would have to manually remove them each time.. Anywayz I can live with that

Uninstalling/Downgrading Flash Player

Another Dreamer — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 11:50:06 +0000

As testers, we often need to test web apps with different versions of flash player.. And whoever has ever tried to do that, never got it right in first attempt.. Talk about Usability
Documentation and Downloadable links can be found at
Uninstall Flash Player
Flash Player Older Versions

Now here’s the catch, if you were using latest Flash Player 10 ActiveX control (basically FP 10 on IE), you won’t be able to install previous 10 version even after using this uninstaller.. Reason being, there are lot many apps using flash files – browsers, IMs.. So it never gets uninstalled properly. Solution is quite simple.
1. Copy Flash uninstaller to your hard drive
2. Open Command Prompt
3. Navigate to the location where you have this uninstaller
4. Type uninstall_flash_player.exe /clean
5. Press Enter
6. Flash player uninstaller will launch. Simply continue.
7. Do click on details once uninstall is complete.
8. If it says Delete on Boot. Restart your system.

That’s it.. your system is free for any other versions to be installed

All that Facebooking and Twittering is really not bad

Another Dreamer — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 09:03:11 +0000

Read here..
And I thought I was too much involved

Kuler and Kul Stuff around it..

Another Dreamer — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 11:34:59 +0000

I’m always amazed by amazing things people do on net esp using Kuler APIs.. It makes me so proud

Here are some.. Have a look..
Clock
Colorful Mesh Slicer
Patterns
Colour Me Bad
Random Art
Topdraw
Pick your own Theme in Flash

Of course, there are Mac Widgets (one is present at kuler website itself), AIR apps (again, one is on website) and so much more..

Stay Kul.. Be colorful

PS: More stuff at Adobe Learning Resources

Photoshopping Gone Wrong..

Another Dreamer — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 09:07:46 +0000

So we all knew most images on bill boards/ads are photoshopped… This time it’s Dior who got caught.. Ouch..

Finally Newspapers are opening up

Another Dreamer — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 09:07:57 +0000

Can’t wait to see AIR apps around NY times.. Courtesy this

Track Indian Stock Market AIR way..

Another Dreamer — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 06:28:28 +0000

Very Nice and Easy to use App by a Flex evangelist

Downgrading HP DV2700 Artist Edition to XP

Another Dreamer — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 11:01:12 +0000

Was a pain.. Took me whole lotta time. But finally I’m on XP.. So here are the steps..

1. Get Windows XP
2. Backup your Data
3. Create Recovery DVDs (if anything goes wrong, you can always go back to default factory conditions
4. Find SATA Drivers for your HD and create a bootable CD with both drivers and XP.
For Sata Drivers – Download
To create Bootable XP with Drivers using Nlite
Use this link for reference
5. Boot with this newly created XP cd and follow instructions.
6. Once XP is installed, You need XP drivers.
Most of the drivers are here
Try this for instructions and more info
Another good link
7. Biggest Problem with my laptop was finding nVidia Driver. Apparantly nVidia GeForce 8400 is not supported on XP.. However do not lose heart and thank Google for search results and of course Devs who worked on it.
Go here. Find the driver compatible with your Laptop and install it..
I still have issues with sleep. I think it’s because of nVidia driver.. But overall my laptop works brilliantly.

No Probs with wireless or Bluetooth or Sound.. I’m yet to test TV Tuner.. will update when I do..

Geek Stuff that I’m missing..

Another Dreamer — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 16:01:21 +0000

Nice Feed Reader..
Firefox one gets too cluttered.. Google reader needs to be launched.. Fresh and other AIR apps ran into issues.. So what I want is nice simple UI containing AIR App for feeds.

Flickr Pro membership..
Yes, I should pay for it.. Once my Credit Cards bills are over, I’ll do so.. Til then I’ll miss my sets

Wireless Router..
Those who have been to my place know why.. for rest, my house is almost a circuit board.. High Time, I make it little User Friendly

DivX Player..
My DVD player is one of those which don’t play AVI files.. And all I have is AVIs & few DVDs of course

Bose Noise Canceling Headphones
You need to use one to know why.. Infact I think I’ll borrow them from Silly and never return

My own Domain..
This year, I’ll definitely do something about it

Then there are those little things that you always need.. Higher RAM, USB hubs, Bigger Portable HD, That new wireless mouse, Wii, PSP… list goes on and on..

BTW.. while we are on wishlist, My favorite toy from last year wishlist ‘CUE CAT’ is still my favorite.. Atleast all my new books are getting cataloged.. even if I cant find time to scan older ones…