Archive for the ‘Technical’ Category
Publishing PDF online – Scribd
Thursday, April 30th, 2009Publishing UML – Web 2.0 Way
Thursday, March 12th, 2009Giffy… allows you to publish your UML diagrams in a Web 2.0 way. I find it amazingly cool. Check out the diagram below. All thanks to Giffy!
Run Command for Microsoft Word – Excel – Powerpoint
Sunday, March 1st, 2009Have you ever have both your hands stuck at your keyboard and you just need to run the Microsoft Word/Excel App instead of going through the Start >> All Programs >> and hunting for your Microsoft Applications amidst a myriad of trashy applications you have installed in a moment of fancy?
Well, figured out a way you can just launch your Microsoft Apps without too much of a struggle. Just go to the run command by doing a:
Windows Key + R
Then for:
- Words – Type "winword"
- Excel – Type "excel"
- Powerpoint – Type "powerpnt"
- Calculator – Type "calc"
PHP Initation for people not familiar with PHP
Monday, February 23rd, 2009Well, just needed something to get my guys productive, i.e. with the same coding standards and skillset…. so here goes, leveraging on some Web 2.0 Slide Manager (yes.. its free!). Sometimes, I start getting scared about this Web2.0. Everything seems to be free in their efforts to get the most users…. can they really survive solely on advertising? Hmmm… I really wonder…
Web 2.0 Technologies
Monday, February 16th, 2009Hmmm… have always wanted to keep updated on Web 2.0 technologies… so hey, why not just keep a list of all the technology in the relevant classification?
- Commenting System
- Disqus
- Social Bookmarking
- AddThis.com
- ShareThis.com
- Voting
- Digg
- Delicious
- Social Networking
- MySpace
- Orkut
- Office Applications
- Google Apps
Pixie – Color Picker
Thursday, August 21st, 2008
Sometimes, we just need a convenient way to extract the html color code for something on our computer screen. Of course, we can do a print screen and figure everything out in photoshop…
But there is a easier way with Pixie! Have been using it for some time and find it really cool. Best thing… it is FREE!
Useful Linux Commands
Monday, August 18th, 2008I guess it is all part of getting old. I just cannot remember those linux short-cut keys which I found so useful last time. I have been scratching my head to try to recall how to get to the end of the file from vi… (this is sometimes useful when you are dealing with a very large file).. but I just cannot. Darn.
So decided to keep another on-going blog-post whenever I discover something useful. 
Sigh… now I am becoming like my Kuma. Need to take notes liaoz…
.NET and Java J2EE
Tuesday, July 29th, 2008
I have been looking into .NET recently. Yes.. I am finally looking. Was trying to look into .NET for the last couple of years… but was always trying. Finally, when a person gets stuck in Pakistan with no movies, no bridge, no friends for coffeeshop chats, he has time to do some serious investigation into software technologies…
I think this point is pretty obvious.. I mean.. just look at the number of articles I have written recently. Scary really. Anyway, this will be a constantly updated article. Why constantly updated?
Well, for the simple reason that I am not exactly looking at mastering .NET within a day or two.. and this is intended to be some sort of a journal for me to note down the difference between the 2 frameworks. I am pretty familiar with Java J2EE… so I should be able to point out the difference along the way….
Stay tuned.
CSS Styling to create Image Border and Shadow
Monday, July 28th, 2008
If you look at the picture on the left, you will realise that it has a white border with a shadow. Well, was digging around some of the open source tools when I realised that this effect can be generated via javascript alone!
If you are keen to check out how it is done, click here.
LiteBox OffSprings – Slimbox, ThickBox, GreyBox and LyteBox
Monday, July 28th, 2008
I was just raving about some very cool javascript gallery effects yesterday… and was about to work on a Joomla component to showcase such things… when I realized that it was already done. The company was JoomlaWorks and wanted to charge 12 Euros for their Simple Image Gallery which was an amalgamation of 5 Litebox like effects. Hehe… it was only then that I realised that LiteBox had 5 clones:
Anyway, if you are interested in finding out how they compare to Litebox, read on….
