Archive for the ‘Web’ Category

Where Does Google Chrome Store User History, Profile & Bookmarks?

Monday, September 8th, 2008

I have been using and enjoying Google Chrome for the past couple of days. So as I am setting up my new computer, I am installing Chrome there as well. While doing this, I would like to bring over my saved browsing history and bookmarks so that I don't have ...

Google Chrome – Likes and Dislikes

Sunday, September 7th, 2008

I just downloaded Google Chrome and am going to try using it for some of my day-to-day web browsing over the next few days. Here are my initial reactions: Likes Fast. Very fast, and small memory footprint. Each tab is a different process. This will make it very easy to any single tab ...

Trying out Windows Live Writer

Wednesday, November 14th, 2007

In honor of its officially coming out of beta, I decided to download and try out Windows Live Writer. Some of the features that attracted me are the ability to use one interface to publish on a number of different blogs at the same time, through a desktop client, without having ...

What is powering GridServer?

Tuesday, November 28th, 2006

MediaTemple recently released a new hosting platform, GridServer, which basically promises to set up your site on a very scalable network of server, where you are not tied down to any specific piece of hardware, and your site can handle large amounts of traffic without hiccupping. (I switched my sites ...

MediaTemple vs. DreamHost

Thursday, November 23rd, 2006

Four days ago, my webhost (who will remain nameless for the time being) noticed that its aging servers (all hosted by third-party enterprise hosting services) were dying. So they decided to upgrade all of the servers, and switch to a different hosting location at the same time. The result: my ...

Select All Conversations in Spam

Wednesday, July 26th, 2006

One of the reasons that I really like Gmail is that I know that the development team in Mountain View is pretty active. How do I know? Because every few weeks or months I notice new, helpful, well thought-out features in Gmail that were not there before. Every few days I ...