It’s been almost two years since MacBeth arrived, but every so often I still find myself rooting around on the Web for software. Today, I needed a decent disc burning utility. I find Mac OS X’s Disk Utility app woefully inadequate to create CDs and DVDs, and (gasp!) it was the first time I had […]
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Taking ScribeFire for a spin
I am always on the lookout for interesting blog editors, and stumbled upon ScribeFire while working on a project on Chrome extensions. This one is already quite popular in its Firefox avatar, and a Safari version exists as well. ScribeFire proved pretty simple to set up: just enter your blog’s URL and it fetches most […]
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Breaking rules
Earlier this year I wrote about my rules for writing fiction. Little did I know that a few months down the line I would be breaking Rule #4: Characters without the right name have no life. That’s right, I was convinced to change the names of major characters in The Secret of Fezar. Thus, “Kinnel” […]
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What does your URL really say?
Thinking of getting your own website? Not a bad idea. But here’s a really good tip — when you choose your domain name, write it down and read it. Carefully. Make other people read it. Then read it yourself again. This can’t be stressed enough: Make really you sure your URL says exactly what you […]
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Pac-Man by Google
Gamers of a certain age are sure to get misty-eyed at the mention of the old classic Pac-Man. Gaming has come a long way since then, but some things never lose their charm. Thus, when Pac-Man turned 30 on 22 May, Google didn’t miss the chance to doodle about it. The Pac-Man doodle’s unprecedented popularity […]
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Post to blog with Blog2Post
ByteScout Post2Blog is a
Windows blog editor
supporting WordPress,
Typepad, MovableType
and more. It lets you
compose and directly
upload blog posts from
your desktop. It has some
interesting features,
including a Quick Snippets
feature in
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Souls sold
How carefully do you read the small print when buying something online, signing up for a service, or registering for any sort of online forum? For that matter, do you read the tiny text when you fill up forms in hard copy? Or do you just blindly tick the box that says you have read […]
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Worst tech product names
That which we call a rose, by any other name would smell as sweet. Or would it? According to CNET, it most definitely wouldn’t. Check out their “Worst Tech Product Names” in the CNET Top 5 series of “wayward lists”. No prizes for guessing who claimed the number-one spot! ~PD
From Commonwealth to common shame
As New Delhi gears up to host the 2010 Commonwealth Games, one of the major problems facing the organizers is what to do with the 60,000+ destitute on its streets for whom begging is the only way of survival. The solution: arrest them and throw them in jail. With the spotlights set to turn on […]
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10 rules for writing fiction
The Guardian asked a line-up of eminent authors for their personal dos and don’ts for efficient fiction writing. The results, to say the least, ranged from entertaining to outrageous to hilarious: “Get an accountant, abstain from sex and similes, cut, rewrite, then cut and rewrite again – if all else fails, pray.” So anyhow, to […]