Customise Google Search page

Have you ever wanted to have your name instead of Google. Well if you are a hacker then surely you would be able to change it for every one, But lets not talk about every one, Here are services that let you change it for your computer only. Here are some of the screen shots.

Well you can create your own from these sites:

• Shiny Search : Its the best so far, with customisation option to change the style and text.
• GoogleMyWay: Another Service which allows you to change the "Google" text into sumthing else.
• Ugoogle : Its same as above but has lot of stylish fonts.

You can then set them as your homepage. ;)
These have there own advantages and disadvantages tough. The disadvantage being that you will not get your custom searchengine when you hit www.google.com Therefore I suggest you to use these:

• If You are a Firefox user then, I suggest you to use a greasemonkey script . Greasemonkey can be found here and the script here.
• The other option is to sign into your google account, Then go to www.google.com and click on the bottom conner of the screen " Add a background image" and then you can either use the images listed or upload your own my homepage basically looks like this:

 

The best mp3 search engine in the web.

Today we will look at a service, well most of you may already be using this service ,but I am sure someone may find this article useful.A search engine to be precise, which will allow us to download free mp3 from the internet. BeeMp3 as the name of the search engine goes, is the best music search engine I have used till now.
Here is what it says about its service:

BeeMP3 is a music search engine for locating an mp3-audio files over the Internet.
We don't host any files - our crawler searches through the Net and indexes all the brand new and popular songs for Your comfortable and fast search.
Today we have 800 000 mp3 files in our search database and approximately 10 000 files are added daily.

We can search for All or a Song  or an Album or an Artist. Its homepage also features top 30 mp3dowloads. Downloading a file is simple as searching for it and entering a validation code( to check whether you are a human or not ;) ) and clicking on dowload. Visit this site now to check all its features and do drop a comment here on what you think about this site.

What happened on the year you were born

Have you ever wondered what had happened on the year you were born and did you every try to find out?
If yes then i am quite sure that you had to go through a tedious process to get the required information. But not anymore while I was browsing the net I stumbled upon this website which lets you see what had happend on your birthday year.

Moreover the way the content is presented its verygood. It begins with a countdown. With a bit of humorous touch and emphasis on the main events, this site is worth a visit. I Won't spoil your fun, by telling you everything here why don't you visit this site. I hope it will be a fun and informative experience.  Do comment about your opinion about this site. Till then keep browsing.

Keep Your self out from a Website -KeepMeOut

Today we will look at a service which will allow us to keep us away from a site which we visit often or keep us away from a site with whom we are addicted to. 


Well to start lets go to . www.keepmeout.com  . On the home page you will see :-

•  Are you addicted to a website?
•  Enter the address of the website you visit too often.
•  Bookmark the KeepMeOut alias and use the bookmark to navigate to the website instead.
•  Reclaim your life!

Now On the site address type the address of the site which you visit too often and set the time and click on submit. And Your alias for the site which you have requested will be created. Now bookmark the alias and whenever you want to visit the site open it through this bookmark.And when you Try to visit the site more than once the time is specified you will be shown an message :- 

 

See the lyrics while playing the music.

Today,I am going to tell you about a plugin for windows media player and Winamp

that will enable you to see the lyrics of the song which you are playing.

Wouldnt it be nice, If we can see the lyrics while listening to the music without opening the

browser and googling for the music.Well today we will look at a plugin called LyricsPlugin

which will enable you to do just that.

The Lyrics Plugin work's with Windows Media Player and Winamp.

Here is a screen shot of what it looked like in my computer.

Here's what the LyricsPlugin site says :

"Lyrics Plugin is a piece of software tailored for music fans.

To put it simply - it is an add-on to view lyrics in WinAmp or Windows Media Player.

No more searching for lyrics.

Just start listening to your favourite songs and lyrics will be displayed automatically.

Oh, and if lyrics is not found, you can add it yourself :)"

So what are you wating for head over to Lyrics Plugin and dowload the plugin.
After installing just open media player,open any song. Right click on view and plug-ins and select Lyrics plugin.Oh yeah,Don't forget to drop a comment on this service here.

How to download videos from youtube without using any service or software.

Today, we will see how we can download videos from youtube without using any service i.e softwares or any website. All we will need to download a video is a browser ;) . With out beating around the bush let me start directly with the process to download the video. I have tried this trick with google chrome.I have used : Google Chrome as an Browser. Youtube as a site to download videos.

NOTE: In onder to avoid confusion later, perform this step .When in google chrome press ctrl+shift+del - to clear your

browsing data or press the wrench sign in the topright conner of google chrome and select Clear Browsing Data.

Firstly, We need to open youtube , and play the video you want to download. Now y

ou just watch your video after it's complete.minimize your browser [note : DON'T CLOSE YOUR BROWSER].

Then go to-

If you are using :

Google Chrome : C:\Documents and Settings\techgeektricks\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Cache

Firefox : C:\Documents and Settings\techgeektricks\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\default.udq\Cache

Internet Explorer: C:\Documents and Settings\techgeektricks\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files

Where C is the drive which contains windows. i.e the system -operating system
and techgeektricks is the name of the user.

After reaching the directory mentioned above.Right click and make sure that the view of the files is in tiles. Now look for a file size larger than 3 mb .( Because I Don't think any video will be less than 3 mb ).

After finding the file copy it and paste it in another folder say 'My Documents' now rename that file with an extension of .flv let's say tgt.flv Now open this file with your favorite media player.I personally would suggest you to use VLC Media Player.

NOTE : Some times the file that you have copied is not the video you want to download. Then you have to do is trail and error method.I.E. You need to search for another file which is larger than 3 mb or has an size of an videoand then you need to copy it into another folder and change it's extension to flv as mentioned above and try to play it.

Good LUCK

If you are facing any problems or if you have any doubt or just know some another method then you might want to drop a comment down here.

Create Shortcuts to change wallpapers,run screensavers and more

Today we will look at an Free application to change wallpapers ,Open/Close CD-ROM and much more.

Shortcuts or hotkeys are simple keyboard based combinations to perform a specific operations . like – ctrl +alt +del to open task manager and so on. It saves a lot of time .

This Software , Swift Keyboard can create hotkeys to.

• -Change wallpaper
• - Clear menu Documents
• - Empty recycle bin
• - Group hot key
• - Hide active window in tray
• - Minimize all window
• - Open a folder
• - Open/Close CD-ROM
• - Paste text
• - paste date & time.
• -paste text from file
• - Restart computer
• - Run Screensaver
• - Sound volume control
• - Start desired program
• - Turn off computer
• - URL command
• - Control Winamp
• - Windows cascade,Windows tile horizontally ,Windows tile vertically

To Download this software visit here:- Download Swift Keyboard

To Know More about the Above described Facilities Visit here : Documentations