Does the Blogger NavBar annoy you?
Not anymore! To hide the NavBar just paste the code below between the tags in the Template: #b-navbar { height:0px; visibility:hidden; display:none } Technorati Tags: Blogger, Blogger NavBar, Blogger Navigation, Blogger Template Tweakstech blog Read more..!
Whats with Apple Powerbook G4's CD Drive?
Kaushik and I purchased a brand new 17-inch Powerbook G4 during the Thanksgiving weekend. It's a very sleek looking gadget and is definitely bound to attract a few stares and some attention from strangers. I should say, definitely makes you feel proud, when you parade with it.
A week had only passed by, and Kaushik had bought DVD's. Unfortunately the DVD got stuck and we could not open the drive at all. Like any other geek, we tried 'google' searching for solns to resolve the situation. Looks like its a very common problem. Many users have reported the same issue and have given a few advices that they tried
Here are what we came across: - Reboot holding the mouse button (or mouse left button if you have a multiple buttons mouse); release the button when the CD/DVD pops out
- When booting, hold down the command-option-o-f keys simultaneously
when you see a white screen screen that says “Welcome to Open Firmware", release the key combination and type in “eject cd”. After the CD emerges, type mac-boot and hit return to reboot your mac - Ejecting via iTunes
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=88068
- F12, or Media Eject KeyYou can press the F12 key, also known as the Media Eject key (), located at the top-right corner of the keyboard to eject a disc from the DVD-ROM drive. Press and hold down this key for a few seconds until the drive ejects the disc.
I then called up the Apple Support. They again asked me to repeat the steps mentioned above and it didn't help. I was then adviced to take the Powerbook to the Apple showroom to get it repaired/replaced. We tried calling up the showroom to find out more details. They said the team [at Genius Bar] were always busy and only go by appointments. Fair enough! We asked for an appointment that Saturday. We were told, since we were not 'Procare' members, we can fix an appointment for Saturday only on Saturday morning and not earlier. We were also informed that, since they are usually very busy during the weekends, we may have to wake up as early as 6:30 a.m to make an appointment for that particular day. We were aghast!!! For people like my husband, Saturday and Sunday mornings are usually a luxury and they would not wanna trade it for anything. Moreover, we spend a handsome $3000 and not even a week has passed, but facing problems with the product. When we try taking the problem to the customer support, the kinda support we received was apalling. We seriously thought, we would have been better of with a Sony laptop that is also sleek and smart looking one. We managed to make and appointment that Saturday. The engineer at the 'Genius' Bar were very cordial and nice. They helped us to remove the DVD. Technorati Tags: Powerbook G4, Apple Powerbook G4's CD Drive, CD drive stuck, Apple Customer Supporttech blog Read more..!
Gmail Tools and Plugins
- G-Mailto: Wanna set Gmail as your default mail program in Windows and not comfortable tweaking the registry yourself. Consider taking the help of G-Mailto v1.32
- Well ok, if you love plugins, you gotta visit marklyon's website. He hosts a whole bunch of applns : from the one that would allow you to create a To-Do list using your gmail account to the one that allows you to access you Yahoo mails using a POP3 client.
- Well am in a hurry today ...so will continue tomorrow
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Remembering John Lenon
 John Lenon - The Legend whose Dreams will never Die! ImagineImagine there's no heaven,
It's easy if you try,
No hell below us,
Above us only sky,
Imagine all the people
living for today...
Imagine there's no countries,
It isnt hard to do,
Nothing to kill or die for,
No religion too,
Imagine all the people
living life in peace...
Imagine no possesions,
I wonder if you can,
No need for greed or hunger,
A brotherhood of man,
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world...
You may say Im a dreamer,
but Im not the only one,
I hope some day you'll join us,
And the world will live as one. -- John Lennon I would like to remember John Lenon through these lines. They sound so simple, yet only when you delve into the details, you realise how difficult it is to achieve it. But the dream is a 'beautiful' one and I just hope that atleast we live to see this dream. Sounds 'far fetched' again!!! But, would it ever sound 'near and attainable'? Now again, do I sound pessimistic or is it just a realistic thought? John Lenon: biography1940 - 1980 Pop star, composer, songwriter, and recording artist, born in Liverpool, Merseyside, NW England, UK. He was the Beatles rhythm guitarist, keyboard player, and vocalist, and a partner in the Lennon--McCartney song-writing team. He married Japanese artist Yoko Ono (1933-- ) - his second marriage - in 1969. Together they invented a form of peace protest by staying in bed while being filmed and interviewed, and the single recorded under the name of The Plastic Ono Band, "Give Peace a Chance' (1969), became the "national anthem' for pacifists. He had five more chart singles between 1971--4, but only "Imagine' (1971) had any immediate impact. On the birth of his son, Sean (1975-- ), he retired from music to become a house-husband. Five years later he recorded "(Just Like) Starting Over', but he was shot and killed by a deranged fan just before its release. His death affected millions of people, record sales soared, and he continues to be admired by new generations of fans. Technorati Tags: John Lennon, Lennon, Beatles, Imagine
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Norton was the culprit [Eh....] Gmail-my apologies
Last night, when I had tried accessing my gmail to access resources, I was shocked to find that Gmail was not accessible from my laptop. I tried IE and AOL explorer. However I was able to access Yahoo mail.I tried accessing yahoo mail through the messenger mail alert and not by keying in the mail address. It was shocking to find gmail down and I had posted my observations on my blog. This morning, as part of my routine, walked with my coffee mug to the desktop computer. Accessed gmail and was working fine. I thought gmail is up and running, finally! Phew!! I have all my project related materials in my gmail. I just realised how dependent I was on Gmail and I have not taken secondary copy. Ok now, a true techy, is never happy with one gadget. So I just opened my laptop early afternoon. Gosh, I am not able to access Gmail again. Now I try accessing Yahoo mail by keying in the address. Yahoo mail cannot be accessed either. Neither Hotmail nor aol mail. But only on the laptop. After a brief investigation mode, the techie in me said, hey didnt you turn off the norton internet security on request from Gmail yday. So I just activated and yes I am able to access my email accounts. Sorry Google & Gmail for the mistake. It was norton internet security. He was responsible for the mess. [Wink!!!] But I still can't explain the Splash Pages I noticed on http://mail.google.com They were very colorful pages that promoted gmail. Technorati Tags: Gmail, Norton, Gmail down?, Google
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Is Gmail Down? [Contd]
Looks like the Google is launching new services/new version of gmail. I am still not able to get to www.gmail.com. However browsed through the splash pages available at mail.google.com Or was it always there!!! Technorati Tags: Gmail, Gmail hacked, Gmail down?, Google
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Is Gmail down?
Is Gmail down or am I facing problems with my computer. I tried accessing http://gmail.google.com/ and I am unable to access gmail. However the emails are available on my google desktop. I tried accessing the website using IE and AOL Explorer but nothing seems to work. Is anybody else facing the issue. Technorati Tags: Gmail, Gmail hacked, Gmail down?, Google
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Message from the co-founder of Skylook
It is nice to know when people read your blog but its a 'nicer' feeling when they acknowledge it by writing back to you. It is an 'out of the world feeling' when the co-founder of an application you mentioned in your blog, takes the time to write to you. Jeremy Hague,the co-founder of Skylook has sent me a Waxmail . Click here to listen : Message from JeremyBTW, Skype 2.0 Beta with Video Calling is available. It has one known bug 1) Calls to SkypeOut numbers are reporting "call failed" rather than "busy" if the recipient’s phone is busy. It is available for download at Download Skype 2.0 Beta. Technorati Tags: Skype, Skype plugins, Skylook, VOIP
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