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How to display all the Environment Variables in Windows and Unix?

March 12th, 2010 Vijay No comments

Environment Variables

Environment variables are a set of dynamic named values that can affect the way running processes will behave on a computer.

This is a quick tip to display all the environment variables defined in the computer.

Windows: Open command prompt (DOS Prompt) and just type set to display all the variables

Unix: Type env to display all the environment variables in the console.

How fast can you clear your StumbleUpon shares?

February 1st, 2010 Vijay No comments

stumbleupon_logo StumbleUpon is a great way to share the web links with your friends. This offers a tool bar to instantly share, like and dislike web pages you come across.

StumbleUpon toolbar can hold a maximum of 500 links. If you don’t clear the shares and reaches the limit, your friends will not be able to share the new content with you. You may loose some interesting stuff.

How quickly you can clear the stumbles? If you are familiar with StumbleUpon toolbar then, this tip would help you to give better stumble experience.

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Click the Stumble Button by holding Ctrl key will open the page in new tab. Or you can use the mouse scroll button to open the content in new tab.

This will allow you stumble faster and help you to clear the shares.

You can follow my stumbles at http://vijayforvictory.stumbleupon.com

Installing extensions in Google Chrome

January 31st, 2010 Vijay No comments

Extensions are one of the key factors which you always missed in Google Chrome.

Google Chrome 4.0 is the stable release that support extensions. Here is the three minutes video about “How to install extensions in Chrome?”.

How to disable Google Suggest permanently?

January 29th, 2010 Vijay 1 comment

Google Suggest is a cool feature which offers similar to the one you are typing. It works as follows,

If you’re signed in to your Google Account and have Web History enabled, suggestions are drawn from searches you’ve done, searches done by users all over the world, sites in our search index, and ads in our advertising network. If you’re not signed in to your Google Account, no history-based suggestions are displayed.

But some times it displays some irrelevant topics and put you in embarrassing situation. Checkout this blog, googlelolz.com, for more  such weird suggestions

Here is the tip to turn off Google Suggestions permanently.

1. Visit Google Preferences page.
2. In the Query suggestions section, select Do not provide query suggestions
How to Turn off Google Suggestions
3. Save your settings

Now you are freed from Google Suggest.

How to open the links far right in Firefox tab bar?

January 26th, 2010 Vijay 1 comment

The behaviour of opening the web links in new tab has been changed in Firefox 3.6

Links opened in new tab will now open in the immediate next tab to the current page. This behaviour is not something new for Google Chrome users.

If you don’t want to have the new behaviour and revert it back to the old one, then given below are the steps to be  followed.

1. Open a new tab and type about:config

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2. Click on the promise button to go next stage.

3. Search for the Preference Name browser.tabs.insertRelatedAfterCurrent

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4. Double-click on the resulted row to change the Value to false.

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5. All done. Close the tab.

All the new tab windows will be opened in far right in the tab bar.

How to pronounce the new year 2010?

December 31st, 2009 Vijay 5 comments

Just few hours left for the new year 2010. You would have started sharing the new year wishes with your friends and family.

How do you pronounce the new year 2010? The question sounds silly. But it is going to make a big difference in our day to day life.

www.twentynot2000.com is a new website launched to set the trend in pronouncing the year. According to this new concept, we should say Happy Twenty Ten

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The following is the message given in www.twentynot2000.com,

Say the year “1810″ out loud. Now say the year “1999″ out loud. See a pattern? It’s been easier, faster, and shorter to say years this way for every decade (except for the one that just ended) instead of saying the number the long way. However, many people are carrying the way they said years from last decade over to this decade as a bad habit. If we don’t fix this now, we’ll be stuck saying years the long way for the next 89 years. Don’t let that happen!

Isn’t sound interesting now?

I wish you all a Very Happy Twenty Ten.

Health tips to avoid a stomach ache at Christmas and New Year

December 23rd, 2009 Vijay 1 comment

This month is fully of holidays and celebrations. We have lots of gatherings, parties, dinners and having much more fun. 

This short film explains how the stomach works, and gives some advice to avoid a stomach ache during the end of year celebrations. These tips are must to be followed tips for a healthier life.