Macro Helper

Visual Studio has some in-built capability to record and execute macros. The area where it falls short is in tracking key presses and mouse movements. That is where this comes in handy.

http://www.autohotkey.com
Use the AutoScriptWriter to record macros, and the AutoHotKey tool to execute the scripts.

Find unread emails in your Gmail mailbox

Tired of paging thru your Gmails just to look for the ones that are unread. Want an easier way to find those emails? How about applying a filter that will give you just the unread emails? It's possible, and here's how.

Simply search for either of these:
label:unread
is:unread
l:unread
l:^u

Source: http://www.dailyblogtips.com/gmail-tip-how-to-browse-only-the-unread-messages/

Visual Studio 2010 Intellisense fix

The intellisense on my Visual Studio 2010 stopped working.
Executing this did the trick
devenv /resetuserdata

Source: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en/csharpide/thread/5ae00716-d9e5-4667-ae16-80f69e7c9556

STA & MTA

Single threaded apartments & multi-threaded apartments.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/127188/could-you-explain-sta-and-mta
http://www.pcreview.co.uk/forums/difference-between-sta-and-mta-t1384764.html
http://www.opcwebclient.com/Support/Documents/FAQ/Not_STA_but_MTA/not_sta_but_mta.html

Another reason for aspnet_regiis

"Could not load type System.ServiceModel.Activation.HttpModule"
http://devonenote.com/2010/06/could-not-load-type-system-servicemodel-activation-httpmodule/

aspnet_regiis seems to do the trick.

6 ways to ensure your email gets read

http://www.microsoft.com/atwork/productivity/emailtips.aspx

FUD

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fear,_uncertainty_and_doubt

Message Sensitivity in Outlook

Mark messages as private, personal or confidential using.

Outlook 2003
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook-help/mark-a-message-as-private-personal-or-confidential-HP005242880.aspx

Outlook 2007
http://blogmines.com/blog/2009/11/09/how-to-send-email-with-importance-and-sensitivity-in-outlook-2007/

Best Practices on Forgot Password

http://www.fishnetsecurity.com/Resource_/PageResource/White_Papers/FishNetSecurity_SecureForgotPassword.pdf

Age of Empires Online

http://www.ageofempiresonline.com

LAMP

Linux, Apache, MySQL & PHP/Perl/Python
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LAMP_(software_bundle)
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ApacheMySQLPHP

Paracetamol

Such as Calpol and Crocin
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WHO_Model_List_of_Essential_Medicines

Also lists Ibuprofen
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibuprofen

Tylenol and Aspirin are the other familiar ones.

Aw, snap!

http://support.google.com/chrome/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=95669

Intro guide about browsers and the web

http://www.20thingsilearned.com/en-US

Tagore & SD Burman

A favorite song of mine by SD Burman
Tere Mere Milan Ki Yeh Raina
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8IVa-7-2_w

It seems this song was inspired by this one by Rabindranath Tagore
Jodi Taare Nai Chini Go
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkqUqk-bkSk

RBI Guidelines on Cheque Validity

Saw this info on the ICICI website today
Validity of all cheques, DDs, etc. would be reduced from 6 months to 3 months, as per Reserve Bank of India guidelines. I wonder what the validity of checks is in the US.

Washington State Vehicle Tabs Renewal

Washington State Vehicle Tabs Renewal can be done online at http://www.dol.wa.gov

The following details are required:
Vehicle Registration Number
Last name or VIN
Driving License Number
Credit Card

Default Shipping Address on Amazon

With this, I can make sure my orders come to my new address by default.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?ie=UTF8&nodeId=537770

Visual Studio 2010 Editions

Professional, Test Professional, Premium and Ultimate
http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/en-us/products/2010-editions/product-comparison

Let me Google that for you

Good site to use when you want to respond to those who don't consider Googling for anything before asking you for pointers. To be sent to those who understand sarcasm.

http://lmgtfy.com/

For example, if someone asks you "what is silverlight?", you could send them this link

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=silverlight

They will then see a video of how to do a search on Google for this term, and will then take them to the search results.

Etymology of etymology

The word "etymology" derives from Greek etumologíā; from étumon, meaning "true sense", and logía, meaning "study"; from lógos, meaning "speech, account, reason".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etymology

I generally like Metadata. :)

Nordic

Norse or Nordic countries - the northwestern European countries of Scandinavia (Denmark, Norway, Sweden), as well as Iceland and Finland; or a native of one of the Nordic countries
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nordic

West Side Story

American musical, inspired by Romeo & Juliet.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_side_story

Let's make the web faster

Tutorial on making websites run faster.
http://code.google.com/speed/articles/

Intro

Finally, the day has come when I post something on this blog-site of mine.

I plan to use this to publish any learning - be it technical or otherwise, and would typically contain just some links or perhaps little textual info.

I have other verbose technical and non-technical blog-sites already in place.