My Life and Me

Review Corner: New Tab King Firefox Add-on

hkarthi — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 17:38:32 +0000

Welcome to the new section that I have created called ‘Review Corner’. It is pretty much self explanatory. I will surf around the web and if I find anything interesting I will post a review here. It will be simple and to the point. It will include links to the product, a couple of screen [...] Related posts:

Google Beta 6.0.472.33 Screenshots

hkarthi — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 16:54:04 +0000

As with all Google Chrome releases, after I updated to Google Chrome 6.0.472.33, I noticed there were quite a few changes in UI and in its performance. I have taken screenshots and posted it here for your viewing. The UI … I guess they have made some subtle changes to the UI. This includes, the [...] Related posts:

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Epic Browser – A Review

hkarthi — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 05:00:11 +0000

As Google, Mozilla, Microsoft, Opera and Apple fight the browser wars, a new browser is about to take on the bigwigs. A Bangalore based company called Hidden Relfex (www.hiddenreflex.com), has come up with a ‘desi browser’ called Epic Browser. This browser is based on the popular Mozilla browser – Firefox. Hidden Reflex founded by Alok [...] Related posts:

Review Corner: New Tab King Firefox Add-on

Tirupati Trip 2010

hkarthi — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 17:00:45 +0000

My trip to Tirupati was marred by delays and heavy rains, and yet I had one of the best trip of my life because I had the chance to visit Lord Venkateshwara Swamy with my best school friends. No related posts.

Cyclone Laila is Here! Thank you Rain Gods!

hkarthi — Wed, 19 May 2010 10:53:53 +0000

I got up to a chilly morning today as rains poured down Chennai and coastal regions of Andhra Pradesh. It seems there was a depression in Bay of Bengal since yesterday leading to a cyclone formation, nicknamed Laila (why do they keep refering to these cyclones and hurricanes with girls name! – topic for another [...] Related posts:

The ‘new’ Google Look

hkarthi — Fri, 07 May 2010 09:45:32 +0000

Have you noticed anything new lately when you try Google search? I have. It seems that Google has changed the look and feel of their search engine page (very subtly!). I have to say that I like it. In addition to those changes, they have also tweaked the results page as well. There is a [...] No related posts.

My first attempt in creating wallpapers!

hkarthi — Wed, 05 May 2010 15:48:36 +0000

Hey, check out my creations! Like it or hate, don’t forget to drop a line. and my first attempt at Twitter background (based on ZOHO’s Work.Online slogan) : No related posts. No related posts.

Well, its been a long time…

hkarthi — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 17:59:10 +0000

Well, it has been a long time since I blogged about anything. For the past few months, I have been caught up with work – not to mention my cricket schedule coupled with IPL has made me extremely busy for the past few months. On the work front, I have to say I am happy [...] No related posts.

My Ubuntu installed with XAMPP, WordPress and Chrome Beta!

hkarthi — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 11:23:39 +0000

Here is a couple screenshots of my Ubuntu 9.04 with VLC, XAMPP (installed for WordPress), WordPress 2.9, Firefox 3.6, Chrome Beta dual booted with Windows Vista. My re-installation of Ubuntu was due to me fooling around, trying to install Compiz (only to realize that there was an easier method to do it!) and corrupting Ubuntu [...] Related posts:

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WordPress 2.9 is here!

hkarthi — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 06:43:03 +0000

WordPress.org has released 2.9 version (codename: Carmen) with some major updates. According to WordPress blog, some of the important updates includes: Global undo/”trash” feature, which means that if you accidentally delete a post or comment you can bring it back from the grave (i.e., the Trash). This also eliminates those annoying “are you sure” messages [...] No related posts.

My Salute to our Fallen Heroes!

hkarthi — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 14:42:49 +0000

This post is dedicated to our Fallen Heroes of 26/11 Mumbai Terrorist attack. On this day, we should all take a moment to pray for those who died on that fateful day. We should also remember the sacrifices made by people like Tukaram Omble, Hemant Karkare, Vijay Salaskar, Ashok Kamte, NSG Commando Sandeep Unnikrishnan, and [...] Related posts:

Google Chrome – Do we need another OS??

hkarthi — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:09:55 +0000

(Warning: This is a bit lengthier post!) Well the internet is abuzz with the news about the new Chrome OS which was unveiled by Google yesterday. All major social networking sites and technology related sites closely monitored and reported the news. TechRadar has posted several screenshots of the Google’s OS. Endgadet has posted videos of [...] Related posts: