Arun’s Blog

Generate a street sign with your name or whatever you want from here.
Generate a warning sign here.
It’s really cool.
Thanks to Digital Inspiration.

Here is the list of softwares I installed/updated yesterday evening.
1. I installed the new Skype 1.3 beta for Linux in my Ubuntu desktop. The installation was smooth, but the mic was not working. I tried to chat with my brother. I could hear his voice, but he couldn’t hear mine. I tried changing the [...]

Microsoft has released IE7 Beta 3, their next generation browser. Here are the list of changes in IE7 Beta3:

Stop, refresh, and search icons are lightened up and favourites center and add to favourites got their old star icons back.
You can now reorder tabs in IE just like Firefox and Opera.
Fixed bug with FTP authentication
Email icon [...]

Skype has released Skype 1.3 beta for Linux. Click here to see the changelog for Skype 1.3. Good news is, Skype now suports ALSA. Bad news is, they still don’t offer video support for Linux.

Google Checkout is out. You can login to Google Checkout and enter your address and credit card information. When you go to a shopping site and while checking out, if you see the symbol then you can use your Google Checkout account to checkout. It’s currently available with only few shopping sites like buy.com, [...]

Cleanmessenger is a utility to remove advertisements, unwanted button etc from MSN Messenger. It’s originally in French, so I’m not sure if the software itself is in English or not. The screenshot is in French. If anyone of you used it, please tell me how it is.

I’m quite busy with production problems, so I couldn’t surf or post anything in the blog. I think this situation will continue today and may be tomorrow.

I installed Xgl/Compiz on my Ubuntu Dapper laptop (Acer Travelmate 8204) just now. I followed the guide here. I have ATI Radeon X1600 video card. I followed the second how-to, since I didn’t want to change the default login manager without making sure it works. The installation went without any problem. I rebooted the machine [...]

Do you sweat a lot while working with your computer or even normally? Then an ex-Sony technician has a solution for you. He has designed the USB powered air-conditioned clothes. The clothes have two 10 centimeter fans located at right and left sides at the back of clothing at waist level. These fans draw in [...]

CNN reports that an art teacher at Austin high school was dismiissed when the school officials found her topless photos in Flickr. She said they were all taken with artists view and since she’s an art teacher, she didn’t find anything wrong with that. The school district wants to revoke her teaching certification.