Google Apps for Your Domain

Apparently, it is not very difficult to get into the “Google Apps for your Domain” beta testing. I heard about it this morning and signed up. Luckily for me, I was granted access immediately. For those of you who dont know “Google Apps for your Domain” is, its google’s new venture. Your domain gets private-labeled email(gmail),IM(google calendar) and calendar tools(google calendar) and also you are able to use google page creator to create pages and post them to your website. Everything is hosted by google and for calendar,gtalk and gmail to work, all you have to do is change some dns settings for your domain.You get email addresses folowing the format email@yourdomain.com .  You sign into your email at https://www.google.com/a/yourdomain.com  . So far, as far as I can see, its the same gmail(that everyone uses) which has been bundled into this offer. Right now, I am slighly concerned about privacy. Will google be permanently storing all my mail like how they do it for gmail? If pushed by the government, are they going to release my mail to the government? 

technorati tags:google, gmail

Blogged with Flock

Enough of the promises

I know,I know. I promised to start blogging again a long time ago but nothing surfaced. i was in the middle of some work and so had to finish it first. Hopefully with the work done, I can now start concentrating on full time blogging again. Thanks to all my numerous readers/suscribers of feeds from this blog. You guys motivated me to get out of this rut and start blogging again. Till my next post, adios.

technorati tags: hiatus

The ipod phone(iphone)

The ipod phone(iphone)

Originally uploaded by Killeroid.

Info has hit the net that Apple is creating a phone equipped ipod.Apple has been talking to various Tiawanese phone maunfacturers in efforts to get a manufacturing deal.

(sorry for messy post.Remind me later on that,drinks and blogging dont mix)

TUX WINS AGAIN

Another game point for the tux!!! PS3 is going to ship with Linux. How badass is that!!! Yet another reason to get a ps3 when it comes out

BACK

Hi everyone.It's been a long time since I posted an entry. I went on a sabbatical and was working with another friend on his website and blog. it was good time spent away from the blogging world but I finally came back. Thanks to all for bearing with me and to Lloyd,dont worry,somewhere during this week I am going to post the reasons why I love performancing better than the built in blog editor. Cheers.

Flock 0.5.11

Flock 0.5.11 has been released with quite a number of improvements. Toolinux.com (A french site) has a headline that sums up what i fell about this new release.The headline says  “Flock 0.5.11 est encore plus….sexy” . I guess there is no need to translate that into english because it pretty much is very easy to understand.

Some of the new features/improvements included in this release are

1. The addition of private favorite service,Shadows
2. Importation of Firefox settings
3. Flickr Photo Uploader
4. A new blog engine,TinyMCE

The whole list can be found here.

My favorite new feature is the addition of Shadows to the bookmarking/favorites service.In the previous release,we had only del.icio.us as the online bookmarking/favorite service.I love del.ico.us but I hate its inability to let you have both public and private bookmarks. This new Flock release supports both Shadows and del.ico.us so you can choose between the two. Also,you can choose to store the favorite online or locally.

Another new feature that I love is the addition of so more topbars.There is now a maps topbar that allows to drag an adress to it and it will map for you. Unfortunately, the topbar uses yahoo maps so users in europe and other continents wont find much use for it since yahoo maps has limited coverage in europe and other continents.Also,the shelf has been added to the topbar menu and your can store tidbits there

Also, Flock has now bundled TinyMCE as the blog editor.Much better better than the old blog editor but Performancing has more features than it has so  I will stick to Performancing for now.

There is also a Flickr photo Uploader topbar which allows you to upload images from your computer to Flickr via it.My only qualm with it is that,you can’t upload images from web images directly to flickr from it.

Also with the Flickr photo browser topbar,you can now search by text or tags or by user.

So far,though Flock is my primary browser and I use for long streaches of time each day,it hasnt yet crashed on me.

I will in a later post, blog about the extensions that I can’t live without in Flock.

Please download the Flock Browser here.

Gotta go now,Sorry for the shitty post.

PS: This post reflects what I found and thought to be important in the new release but I am sure lots of you have other new features that you love.Sorry,I couldn’t talk more about those features.

Technorati Tags: flock, flock 0.5.11, browser, topbar, TinyMCE, Shadows, del.ico.us,

The Flock browser has flown.

Flock 0.5.11 has been released this evening.I wrote about flock here.More features have been introduced.I will blog more about it after i test it out tonight.i will also blog tommorow about Peekko,an extension for both flock and firefox which allows you to chat about websites but through the irc interface.

Technorati Tags: flock, browser, firefox,

µTorrent is creating a WebUI

       I just found out that the  µTorrent development team is creating a Web based graphic interface for  µTorrent. The project is in its alpha testing phase and it allows you to remotely monitor your bittorent downloads. This webUI can be accesed through the port on which you run  µTorrent.  You would access the webUI through your IP.So, if your IP address is 64.233.167.99, and you run µTorrent on port 666, you can run µTorrent on port 666 through your web browser at  http://64.233.167.99:666/gui/index.html   from any PC.
       The webUI will be locked with a configurable password to allow only authorised people to remotely monitor and control your downloads. The webUI is accessible through Firefox 1.5.1 and through Opera 9.0TP2 and also through IE.

Here is a screenshot,someone took of it whilst using the webUI in Opera 9.0TP2:

More can be found out about this here.

Technorati Tags: µTorrent, bittorent, webUI, torrent, filesharing, utorrent

SONGBIRD: A BOOT IN ITUNES’ ASS

Before I say a word about Songbird,here is a screenshot to feast your eyes on: Are you done feasting your eyes on it? If you are done then read on.As I said earlier,Songbird was released this morning as a proof of concept.The first word I muttered when I saw it was WOW!!! The shiny black alone won many people over to download it.So,..Songbird is a media player just like Apple’s iTunes (Songbird likes almost exactly like iTunes) but with a twist. Unlike Apple’s iTunes which connects you to one store and makes you buy all your music needs from that store, Songbird gives you many choices in search of a music shop.Songbird allows you to connect to and buy music from a very wide range of shops.Songbird allows you to connect to 9(nine) music stores by default but more are going to be added,I am sure.Also,since Songbird is built on the same platform (XULRunner) as Firefox,Songbird functions as a special web browser that detects available media on websites that you visit.Songbird plays any kind of music file that you can throw at it.Also,Songbird is extensible.Modules called extensions can be added to it to be enhanced.Some people are claiming it is a memory hog and it crashes when you start it and open its window immediately,but that hasn’t yet happened to me.When I start Songbird and I maximise the window immediately,nothing happens.Also,its memory footprint is really small on my pc even though I have lots of processes running.The only time Songbird crashed on my pc was when I tried to change the defualt theme whilst I was playing a music file. Also,another bug i noticed in Songbird is that,sometimes the playback time exceeds the specified time.For example,if I am playing Rammstein’s-Du Hast,the file is shown to be 3 minutes long but sometimes playback goes on for about 30 seconds more.Also,a preferences or another tab should be made available to allow configuration of Songbird because not all users know that you can also edit Songbird by going to about:config Songbird is a proof-of-concept so users shouldn’t expect really high standards from it.Also Songbird is for only Windows right now but versions of it for other OSes are in the making and will be released real soon. Though,i hope it moves beyond a proof of concept really soon. The Songbird website was fatally ravished by the traffic so the website is offline but you can download it on different mirrors.Here is a mirror.Boing Boing had an interview with the leader of the dev team here. PS: You got to love the Songbird logo.It shows a birds with headphones on listening to music and farting.I can only guess why the bird is not smiling and is farting.Here is a picture of the logo.

Technorati Tags: songbird, free, itunes, music, XULRunner, DRM

THE SONGBIRD HAS ARRIVED

Finally,the long awaited release of the Songbird media player has arrived.For you who don’t know what it is(duh),it is a media player built on firefox’s browser engine.It is open source and will run on all platforms but currently runs on only Windows.It is highly customizable with moudules created by users called extensions.I am testing it out and will blog more about it later in the day.It looks and acts like iTunes on steroids. Here is a screenshot of it : Technorati Tags: songbird, open source, media player, itunes, gecko, free,

PUBLIC SERVICE MESSAGE

I have just got hold of a new server and so I am gradually moving my posts and stuff there. WLM invite seekers should visit that site for the invites.The new blog is at http://killeroid.profusehost.net/
To all my readers,don’t worry because I am still going to post and update this blog regularly without fail though I will also submit the same posts to that blog.I will fully move to that blog at the end of this year.Thanks a lot.

BLUMMY

Blummy is a simple mini app that lets you organize your bookmarklets under one bookmark.Almost all of us have lots of bookmarklets on our bookmark toolbar and we are tied of it.Blummy has a drop down menu consisting of widgets/bookmarklets called blummlets which use ajax to provide rich functionality. Blummy comes pre-configured with some bookmarklets/blummlets like del.icio.us,shadows,blogmarks,etc. You can also create your own bookmarklets/blummlets. Blummy works on almost every web page.You manage your bummlets form the blummy website.You can drag blummlets created by other users on to your personal blummy to use them.
Here is a screenshot of blummy in use:

Technorati Tags: blummy, bookmarklets, javascript, ajax

NEW FEATURES IN CHATSUM

Chatsum,the awesome firefox extension that I wrote about here and here has implemented some new features that it previously lacked.The Chatsum community has been crying for these features and more in chatsum since chatsum was released. So the Chatsum developers have introduced :

1. Scrolling in chat window
2. User preferences(eg. For openong likns in same window or new tab)
3. Live “Users in this room” list
4. Dynamic transcript timestamps

The absence of scrolling in the chat window was a major pain in the rear ends of most chatsum users and its implementation is a huge relief.
As George,one of the devs say,let the stalking begin!!!

Technorati Tags: chat, firefox, firefox extensions, chatsum

MA.GNOLIA:Social bookmarking with a twist

I got an invite to the private beta test of Ma.gnolia somewhere last week. Ma.gnolia is a new social bookmarking service with a twist. Ma.gnolia describes itself as “Found in the new search”. When I first saw it,I thought,it was one of those ridiculous del.icio.us wannabees with extra dots and vowels.(As someone asked,”Where does that darned dot go again?”) . But that isn’t so, Ma.gnolia does have a twist indeed.It allows you to save your bookmarks publicly and privately.Then, Ma.gnolia also allows you to interact with other users in the community by joining groups,making contacts,creating member profiles and sharing boomarks in groups. It is extremely easy to make contacts with other users.You just go to their profile pages and click on an icon to make them your contacts.From then,you can see their recent bookmarks on your page.You can also create groups or join some groups.After you join a group or create one,you can also see the most recent bookmarks from the group on your frontpage.You can aslo see the most recent bookamarks from the Ma.gnolia community. Each bookmark on Ma.gnolia has it owns page you can rate it and also see a preview of the webpage.Also the page shows the name of users that have it on their bookmarks.Also,when bookmarking pages,you can add tags to these pages.Ma.gnolia has a tags page which allows you to see you tags,your contact’s tags,your group’s tags and everyone’s top tags.Most used tags are in bold and in bigger fonts. Also on the profile pages of each Ma.gnolia user,you can find his/her top tags,a bio that the user wrote about him/herself,the user’s recent bookmarks,his/her contacts and groups. Finally,Ma.gnolia allows you to import bookamarks from your browser.Currently,you cannot import bookamrks from Del.icio.us, Blinklist, Furl or Simpy though plans are in place to allow this soon.Ma.gnolia is also creating an API. My only gripes with Ma.gnolia is that,it takes some time before the bookmarks you upload appear on your bookmarks.There is a bookmarklet for your borwser that allows you to add bookmarks to Ma.gnolia from your borwser. There are rumors in the works saying that a toolbar/bookmarklet like the del.icio.us one is being created. Ma.gnolia is currently an invite only beta. You can sign up for an invite on its webpage. A more indepth review can be found here. A screenshot of Ma.gnolia: Technorati Tags: ma.gnolia, social bookmarking, web 2.0, bookmarking,

Giveaway: Limited Edition iPods

I am back again folks.Sorry again for not keeping up with the posting.As I said yesterday,I am going to post a lot about these new beta services that I am testing out but first,I need to inform all of you about the Uneasysilence Limited Ipod giveaway.You may ask,what am I doing talking about about a give away on a blog? The answer is that, I’d love for you bloggers and active blog readers to be rewarded for your efforts.You may ask,whats the deal? Here is the deal(I am quoting directly from the uneasysilence blog page):

Ladies and Gentlemen, its time for a classic UNEASYsilence giveaway and this is the best one we have ever done.

We are giving away iPods, but not just ANY iPod. This giveaway is for a limited edition UNEASYsilence iPod nano. This iPod nano has the UNEASYsilence logo beautifully anodized on the back, and comes with an generous iTunes music store gift certificate. I am making an extremely limited number of these iPods – but the number is dictated based on buzz. Not even Derek or I will have one, this will only go out to our loyal readers.

What are the rules? Well you have to subscribe to the feed, that is how the winners in round one will find out who won. This is only required for the first round of giveaways. Also, since this is based on buzz, leave a comment on THIS entry saying who or other site you told about this giveaway. The greater the buzz, the more iPods we give away.

Enjoy and good luck. Contest open to the world, UNEASYsilence will foot the domestic shipping charges, if someone outside the UNited States wins, they have the option to pay for the additional shipping (Which should be nominal). The winners will be announced on Friday Feb 10th via our feed.

Don’t have a feed reader? Get the headlines delivered to you via email or view them in any web browser. See our other feed options in the left column of the screen.

Any questions, please write us at tips@uneasysilence.com

Winners will be choosen at random from the comments below…

Also for the love of god, keep those pods at less then 85 decibels

So please grab your feedreaders and run off to grab the feeds and hope you are a winner.

Technorati Tags: giveaway, ipod, free, blog, uneasysilence,

PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT

Sorry folks,I know I haven’t been blogging up to expectations for the passt month.I have been extremely busy and have also been trying some new beta services out.Tommorow,I am going to blog Ma.gnolia which is another social bookmarking site with a twist. Also I will talk more about the new features in Chatsum and also talk about the new Gtalkr. There are lots of other sites that I will review.So please hold on to your pants till tommorow.Thanks a lot.

*END OF PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT*

Technorati Tags: ma.gnlia, chatsum, gtalkr, social bookmarking

SHAKE YOUR BOOTY

I dont know why i found it remarkable.Ah well, “SHAKE YOUR BOOTY AND WAVE YOUR SWORDS AT THE RIAA.“

FLICKRBOX

I have been using this Greasemonkey Script for a very longtime and so I was stunned when I found out that most firefox/flock flickr users didn’t know much about it.The name of this script is Flickrbox.The function of this userscript is to fully preview an image in your browser when you click on the link to the image.Flickrbox is an adaptation of the Lightbox.js script.I can’t really explain it.You gotta see it in action.Here is a screenshot I took of it in action:

You can also watch the demo to see it in action here.I think all flickr users will love it.More can be found about it here and here.
You can download it here.Of ocurse,you need Greasemonkey and Firefox or Flock to use it.

Technorati Tags: greasemonkey, firefox, flock, lightbox.js, flickr

JELLYBARN

Jellybarn is a photosharing social community. It allows you to create free and private communities for friends and family. The communites are created through Jellybarn’s website or through your site with the use of their API. Jellybarn is based on flash instead of Ajax but it is fast. The interface is really slick. The above screenshot is my profile before I had uploaded any pictures.You can upload pictures,save contacts and create groups,create projects,maintain events,email photos and have an onlnie journal.
There are lots of options for uploading images.There is a java uploader,a jellybarn uploader client for Windows and Mac.You can also upload images by email and through your cell phone.
You can create projects with your pictures such as DVD movies, postcards and photo books.
Jellybarn is an excellent service for an alpha service but it still has a lot of road to cover. Jellybarn is currently an invite only beta.I do have a few invites to share.
A more thorough review can be found here.

Technorati Tags: sharing, photosharing, imageesharing, social community, jellybarn

Chatsum

Finally,the long awaited(from last Sunday)release of Chatsum 0.3.If you do not know what Chatsum is,check my earlier post. So I just downloaded the Chatsum extension and started using it.Wow.It looks and feels awesome.Chatsum has a really nice color scheme that would complement every firefox theme.Chatsum is extremely fast.Typed entries appear almost immediately.This may be due to the fact that only a small number of testers are testing it right now.You can also check and see the most active sites(sites with the most chatsummers) and the most commented on sites.There is an option that allows to stick to the chat on one website but continue browsing.If not,chatsum tracks the url in the address bar(the site that you are biewing) and allows you to chat on the website that you are viewing.There is a site tab for chatting about the site and a page tab for page specific chatting.Also,chatsum has an easy way to report bugs. There is a button just under its logo that sends you to where to submit its bugs.Also,Chatsum has been made compatible with Flock.Therefor,flock users can also experience Chatsum in their sidebars. Since chatsum was released not long ago,it doesnt have a lot of features apart from basic chat and bug reporting. The developers of Chatsum, Lee and George, have posted a list of features that are going to be released really soon.The list includes:

• Scrolling in chat window
• Member log-in and “change details” page
• Member profile pages and links to them from the chat transcript
• Live “Users in the room” list
• User blocking
• Skins
• More complex spam reporting/moderating/blocking

The full list can be found here.And to all you privacy advocates,chatsum only sends the chat transcripts and the url that you are chatting on to the Chatsum server.
Lee,one of the developers says Chatsum will remain in closed beta testing for sometime before it is publicly available. Right,only 1000 beta invites have been sent out but Lee says ,later,some more invites will be sent. Go sign up for the next round of beta testing here.
Technorati Tags: chatsum, chat, free, beta, firefox, firefoxextensions

UPDATED ON JAN 24,06 at 5.43 am.