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Here is a list of tools that makes a developer’s life easier… Scite – Lightweight Powerful Text Editor: Though there are other ones like Notepad++, Scite is quite comprehensive and amazingly fast, and based on screenshots only seemed to be move lightweight than Notepad++. The link above has an installable that includes an Explorer integration…

Now that all the hype of cricket players who are considered to be representing our country by many modern patriots has died down a little bit, maybe readers are in a bit more receptive mode to one of the many true heros of our country (without any ads 😉 ) From: UG Krishnamurthy U.G. is…

Mesmerized by the number of plugins and customization available for Firefox. And in my new job that I’ve started this week (more about that shortly), I’m not tied to IE anymore and so spent more time exploring Firefox. Installed some of them and WOW now my browser is far beyond a mere browser – in…

Right now I don’t have internet connection at home yet, so except for occasional posts from my browser using Scribefire, its not very convenient for me to be very responsive on this site for the time being – please excuse any ignored comments. This is due to an attempt to simplify my life and hopefully…

This year I think I can relate more to Christmas than ever before… There are two fascinating short stories that may not take more than a few minutes, but are more than worth your time… One is a real life story: For the Man Who Hated Christmas The other is a simple fable…  and though its…

Too big for my shoes….? Originally uploaded by common man. Too big for my shoes? I may end up thinking so sometimes, but this picture proves quite the contrary… ! When my wife brought up this picture we took in a tourist center in Innsbruck, couldn’t resist posting it here. Now I’m back in Bangalore,…