Following a hyperlink is always a guessing game. Wouldn’t it be nice to see what lies beyond the link even before clicking it. Time’s precious so why not get to see a preview of the target page? Cooliris Previews lets us do just that.
It’s a Firefox add-on that lets you do the following:

See [...]

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Tea is a healthy drink. And it can be a social drink too, best for afternoon get-togethers. For a quick way to prepare for a large gathering you can prepare tea concentrate. Here’s how to make concentrate good for 40 to 50 cups.

Rapid boil 1 1/2 quarts cold water.
Remove the water from heat and [...]

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Karoake has been popular in Asia (especially in Japan) for decades now, and it’s popularity spread through Europe and the US a few years ago. Now karaoke bars can be quite fun, that is, if people can tolerate off-key singing. If you’re into tone-deaf but loves singing your heart out, you might just want [...]

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Firefox blazed the trail for tabbed browsing. And it sure has made browsing so much streamlined (and fun!). Multiple windows sure are irritating. Along the line, Firefox tweaked its tabs (like having a close button for each tab). But one thing our friends over at Mozilla didn’t incorporate is tab thumbnails.
Good thing Firefox Showcase [...]

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Yesterday, I featured the Color Jack: Sphere tool. It’s a really handy tool for web designers as a few of my friends who saw it (and used it) yesterday said. Now as a web designer, choosing colors is just part of it. Remember that people surf because of content. And a great part of [...]

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Always checking yourself out in the mirror? Well better make sure that your mirror’s spic and span. Plus a sparkling mirror makes any room look real clean too.

A homemade mirror polisher can be made my mixing borax and water. Wipe dry with some old newspaper.
Another homemade glass-cleaning spray solution is 2/3 water to 1/3rubbing [...]

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Ever been given a spit of champagne? Don’t fret, it’s not a glob of good aged saliva. It’s just a half pint of champagne! But where the heck did they come up with such terms. Well, the reasons were supposedly lost in history (If someone, knows, please leave a comment!), but most of the [...]

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Here’s another site to pass the time. Just visit this site - Ultimate Flash Face. It’s a Flash-based face sketch site where you can just mix and match preset parts of faces (hair, head, brows, eyes, nose, lips, jaw, and facial hair). It allows you to tweak the scales for a custom fit. Voila, [...]

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If you’re one of the people who demand full control over what’s in your PC, you might want to have this tool - eXpress TimeStamp Toucher. It’s a freeware tool that lets you change the date and time details of your files in a folder (including subfolder). It lets you change modified, last accessed, [...]

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Anyone can answer any of these questions, please leave a comment:

Why do banks charge a fee on “insufficient funds” when they know there is not enough?
Why does someone believe you when you say there are four billion stars, but check when you say the paint is wet?
Why do they use sterilised needles for death [...]

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There are different ways to approach your ways of studying. Different people have different ways to have effective study times. I had an acquaintance who would contort herself Yoga-style to be able to focus. And I thought blaring music was already a bit extreme for me.
Anyway, here’s a simple guide on how to make [...]

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Not all of us may be gifted with that artistic sense. Choosing colors is an art but at least for us art commoners, we can approach it as a science. Knowing what colors go well together goes a long way - choosing paint for your house, picking wallpaper and accents, even with designing your [...]

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A lot of friends I know sing along their MP3s. Too bad, for most of them, they don’t know most of the lyrics. Hahaha. But if you want to practice your karaoke skills just from Winamp or Windows Media Player, you might want to check this plug-in out - Lyrics Plug-in.
It installs real as [...]

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Let’s round up the parts of a typical desktop: monitor, CPU, keybord, mouse, speakers/headset, UPS, modem, printer, and other peripherals. Put them all together on a workstation desk and voila, you’ve got instant clutter!
What my pet peeves about having all of these stuff is organizing all the gadgets and wire. But here’s one neat [...]

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This is amazing. It’s a speed painting feature using ketchup and French fries as medium. You might find it cool too.

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