tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18462422Sun, 07 Mar 2010 20:45:16 +0000http://www.deeplysimple.net/noreply@blogger.com (Deepak Morris)Blogger65125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18462422.post-656793952140740019Tue, 26 Jan 2010 07:43:00 +00002010-01-26T13:13:38.998+05:30Privacy Policy for www.deeplysimple.net If you require any more information or have any questions about our privacy policy, please feel free to contact us by email at deepakmorris@gmail.com. At www.deeplysimple.net, the privacy of our visitors is of extreme importance to us. This privacy policy document outlines the types of personal information is received and collected by www.deeplysimple.net http://www.deeplysimple.net/2010/01/privacy-policy.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Deepak Morris)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18462422.post-80399930394738247Wed, 12 Aug 2009 15:57:00 +00002009-08-13T22:19:13.673+05:30spellingspellcheckfirefoxpostspell checkmistakeI recently discovered a little-known feature of the Firefox Browser, Spellcheck or Spell Check. You may already have come across this feature in your word processing software, where it checks spellings as you type and underlines words that it thinks you've spelt incorrectly.However, although the spellcheck function is active by default when you install the latest version of Firefox, it doesn't http://www.deeplysimple.net/2009/08/more-cool-things-about-firefox.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Deepak Morris)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18462422.post-7937137552988963636Wed, 03 Jun 2009 15:45:00 +00002009-06-10T19:57:37.847+05:30phishingrediffmailpasswordemail scamyahoogmailfraudThere's a phishing scam doing the rounds, especially on Yahoo!, that sends you a very official-looking email that says your account needs to be verified and will be deleted unless you verify it. It asks you to reply with your username, password, physical address, etc.Rule number one and only: NO mail provider asks for your password. Not if it is a legitimate service provider. Yahoo!, Rediffmail, http://www.deeplysimple.net/2009/06/important-if-you-get-mail-saying-your.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Deepak Morris)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18462422.post-4585424691597580577Fri, 27 Mar 2009 15:41:00 +00002009-03-27T23:52:14.651+05:30system diskBIOSrestoresystem filessequencebackupCMOSWhile Part I of this 3-part tutorial told you how to create a "mirror" image of your System Disk or Sytem Drive and Part II told you how to create the Rescue Disk that you need to restore your system, this part tells you how to use the Rescue Disk to restore your system.You may want to print this sub-tutorial and store it safely because you won't have access to files on your hard disk or the http://www.deeplysimple.net/2009/03/backup-and-restore-your-system-iii.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Deepak Morris)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18462422.post-3038843775207600564Thu, 26 Mar 2009 16:36:00 +00002009-03-28T21:14:19.102+05:30diskbackupSystemRescue CDPart I of this three-part tutorial covered the hardest part, creating the mirror image or backup of your System Disk for Winows XP. The next part is to create your Rescue Disk.If your computer crashes for any software-related reason and you can't restart it normally, you'll need some way to access the mirror file you made in Part I of the process. You can do this by using a Rescue Disk, which http://www.deeplysimple.net/2009/03/backup-restore-your-system-ii-creating.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Deepak Morris)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18462422.post-1537611753101506729Mon, 23 Mar 2009 17:37:00 +00002009-03-28T21:15:11.647+05:30disksystem filesbackupsession restoredisk imagemacriumIf you're anything like me, you frequently format your System Drive (the drive that "boots" or starts up your computer - usually C: or C Drive). Even if you don't do it frequently, Windows being what it is, you might have to format the System Drive and reload Windows at some point.And then you have to reinstall all your programs.MS Office, Yahoo Messenger, the works.A pain, right?You can avoid http://www.deeplysimple.net/2009/03/backup-and-restore-your-system-drive.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Deepak Morris)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18462422.post-5846978958872049191Sat, 17 Jan 2009 16:46:00 +00002009-01-27T22:19:00.714+05:30sparklesstaticfreeanimationAVI to GIF convertersnowpictureeffectsDo you have static images of snow or other things that sparkle in real life? Do you wish you could make them sparkle?Now you can do just that with two bits of software used in tandem, one a commercial suite available on a 30-day, full-featured trial and the second completely free.Here's what I mean. This is a pic I downloaded from my favourite free stock photo site:Here's what I did to it using http://www.deeplysimple.net/2009/01/add-sparkles-to-pics-with.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Deepak Morris)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18462422.post-4876115087172729948Thu, 02 Oct 2008 18:01:00 +00002008-10-03T01:01:46.945+05:30photofree editrippleanimationPhotos with water in them look good. How about photos with water that ripples in them?Sqirlz is a piece of free software that lets you do just that. No more boring photos on your blog! Add motion to them with Sqirlz!For example, check this pic:Now see what happens to it when we tweak it a bit with Sqirlz (be patient, the animation takes some time to kick in) :Cool, isn't it?Here's how I achieved http://www.deeplysimple.net/2008/10/adding-ripples-to-photos-with-sqirlz.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Deepak Morris)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18462422.post-5795268144543018926Sun, 28 Sep 2008 20:21:00 +00002008-09-29T02:07:17.233+05:30Paul NewmanSorry to be posting off-topic to my regular readers, if any, but I cannot stay quiet upon the death of a man who was my idol in many ways.I saw Paul in Black and White, long ago, when his electric blue eyes weren't even a factor in his handsomeness on screen. A friend put it succinctly years later when he commented on "The Color of Money"."Paul", he said, "dominated the screen. He reduced the http://www.deeplysimple.net/2008/09/requiem-for-legend-rip-paul-newman.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Deepak Morris)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18462422.post-3588973629958358193Sat, 02 Aug 2008 18:32:00 +00002008-08-03T00:09:18.736+05:30In my online wanderings, I came across an excellent blog that extends my Deeply Simple philosophy wonderfully - a blog that teaches you how to add features to your blog, tweak it, get more traffic and a lot more. Here it is:http://bloggertricks.comThanks to Kranthi, who gives us all those great tips, I've added the star rating widget you see at the bottom of every post (it doesn't help the blog http://www.deeplysimple.net/2008/08/enhance-your-blogs.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Deepak Morris)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18462422.post-6191110330760821444Sun, 22 Jun 2008 19:32:00 +00002008-06-23T01:22:47.941+05:30HelpdeskCustomer CareCall CenterI've found a good way (I think) to handle those Customer Care Representatives who put you on hold while they, "put you through to the right person".Call the Customer Care number and hit the button for whatever they call the real, live person who will speak to you. Get his/her name and make a big issue of writing the name down. Ask if there's any way to contact him/her directly (there usually http://www.deeplysimple.net/2008/06/how-to-tackle-customer-care.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Deepak Morris)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18462422.post-744479605796240480Sun, 11 May 2008 20:01:00 +00002008-05-12T02:14:47.965+05:30virusanti-virusold folksI SWEAR this happened to me today.A neighbour, in his 80s, asked me to check his laptop, presented to him by his daughter about five months ago. It had gone slow and weak and was doing weird things like cutting and pasting text in unexpected places when the poor guy was composing email messages.VIRUS!I checked his anti-virus software.The anti-virus software that had come pre-loaded on the laptop http://www.deeplysimple.net/2008/05/how-do-i-spray-anti-virus.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Deepak Morris)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18462422.post-3069109076805464867Thu, 06 Mar 2008 16:44:00 +00002008-03-06T22:33:39.181+05:30bambam777 asks how to put a chat room on ones blog.I presume this is different from attaching a chat room to ones blog/website, since I've already covered that in my post on chat rooms.From what bambam777 says, I understand that what's being requested is a chat room that resides directly on the blog, kinda like the shoutbox you see on the right.Well, why have a kinda shoutbox? Just install a http://www.deeplysimple.net/2008/03/chat-room-on-your-blog.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Deepak Morris)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18462422.post-2444670243792413794Sat, 09 Feb 2008 19:42:00 +00002008-02-10T01:45:59.543+05:30acquisitionyahooacquiregoogleWII FMmicrosoftOkay, so the various industry pundits are arguing about whether Microsoft will buy Yahoo!, whether Yahoo! will sell, whether the sellout will succeed, whether clashing corporate cultures will gel, whether the Department of Justice will neuter Microsoft and a whole lot besides.My concern is simple; how does all of this affect me?Here's how I see it:Yahoo! is in trouble. If not, Microsoft or anyonehttp://www.deeplysimple.net/2008/02/microsoft-yahoo-vs-google-whats-in-it.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Deepak Morris)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18462422.post-8092543124638952379Mon, 05 Nov 2007 16:22:00 +00002007-11-05T22:14:44.283+05:30javascriptautomatic lookupfree dictionaryI was looking for writing resources and happened to stumble across Jeff Friedberg's site. What intrigued me was a line on almost every one of his pages, "* Double Click On Any Word On This Site For Automatic Definition Or Information *".I guess my curiosity is now legendary (even if in my own mind) so I double-clicked random words and sure enough, a window popped up with a definition / http://www.deeplysimple.net/2007/11/cool-feature-double-click-to-find.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Deepak Morris)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18462422.post-3926009539468818598Tue, 16 Oct 2007 16:19:00 +00002007-10-16T22:07:42.723+05:30not readyemailunder constructionI came across a forum I thought would be interesting to join. It was for writers and offered quite a few resources I thought would be useful in helping me write more, write better, write more regularly (always a problem for the writer who has projects with no deadline). So I clicked the "Join" link.I got a page that said the site was under construction and asked to check back in a few days.A few http://www.deeplysimple.net/2007/10/under-construction-or-grab-em-while-you.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Deepak Morris)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18462422.post-8307083636480943404Sat, 13 Oct 2007 16:24:00 +00002007-10-13T22:49:13.728+05:30bloggeradministratoradminadd authorYou may sometimes want to take the help of a techie in managing your blog, whether in tweaking your template or managing your posts and comments.It is never a good idea to give anyone else your password in order to achieve this. In some cases, it may be specifically prohibited for anyone other than you (the creator of the account) to log in under your name with your password.A much better option http://www.deeplysimple.net/2007/10/adding-administrator-to-your-blogger.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Deepak Morris)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18462422.post-4659835265625823231Wed, 18 Jul 2007 19:21:00 +00002007-07-19T01:11:20.934+05:30firefoxsession restorecrashbrowserIn case you haven't, do download Firefox 2.xxxCertainly, I'll tell you why. It's far more secure than IE, it offers tabbed browsing and all the other stuff that Firefox 1.x did.But Firefox 2.xxx goes beyond all that. Here's why:Session RestoreThis has got to be the coolest yet!Very often, your browser may crash. Whether due to malignant script on a page or a problem with the OS, you're suddenly http://www.deeplysimple.net/2007/07/cool-things-about-firefox-2xxx.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Deepak Morris)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18462422.post-3244131373759382032Mon, 25 Jun 2007 18:55:00 +00002007-06-26T01:34:07.217+05:30audio cdneronero wizardAnother question that I see very often.Mostly, you and I don't bother with traditional systems but Aunt Maye (or Nellie or whatever) has an Audio CD system and your mp3 collection doesn't work on her system. You need to give her an audio CD that she can put into her CD drive to listen to the kewl music you saved from the Jurassic age.Here's how you do it using NERO:If you have Nero Startsmart:http://www.deeplysimple.net/2007/06/making-audio-cd-with-nero.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Deepak Morris)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18462422.post-2387975800444019969Sun, 24 Jun 2007 16:15:00 +00002007-06-24T22:05:11.907+05:30javascriptjavaenableenablingbrowserOkay this has had several people I know in a tizzy. They go to a site and it tells them that they need javascript. So they download Java, install it and try again and - nothing happens! The site still tells them they need javascript!One thing you HAVE to understand is that Java and Javascript are different. It doesn't matter what the difference is. What's important is that if a site tells you http://www.deeplysimple.net/2007/06/enabling-javascript.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Deepak Morris)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18462422.post-3618916332617192981Fri, 22 Jun 2007 16:36:00 +00002007-06-22T22:33:13.950+05:30system restorequickwindows xpsimpleeasyWindows is Windows and very often you may find your computer doing decidedly odd things at startup, like freezing or throwing unintelligible messages at you.The best thing to do at such a time is a System Restore, which rolls back your system (your computer) to a state where it worked.Unfortunately, Microsoft, in its wisdom, gives you a very complicated set of instructions on how to do this (if http://www.deeplysimple.net/2007/06/quick-system-restore-with-windows-xp.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Deepak Morris)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18462422.post-6427924028632382686Wed, 11 Apr 2007 18:02:00 +00002007-04-11T23:43:10.913+05:30complaintebaymistakegoofGot this via Seth Godin and I thought I'd share.If you goof up, it's better to admit that you did and engage in damage control rather than try CYA (Cover Your Ass).If most blogs are never seen and therefore ineffective as media of complaint, there's always a way to tune existing popular media like ebay to make a complaint.Deepakhttp://www.deeplysimple.net/2007/04/if-you-goof-youve-had-it.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Deepak Morris)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18462422.post-78392264367161118Tue, 20 Mar 2007 18:38:00 +00002007-03-21T22:26:50.648+05:30domain namecybersquattercybersquattingThere has been keen debate on cybersquatters and their tactics on a network I'm part of, so I thought I'd post my thoughts on cybersquatting:To encapsulate the expert witness, Mr. Milton Mueller's*, deposition in the TaubmannTaubman Company Vs. Hank Mishkoff case:Domain names perform three functions:1. As a means for people to find you2. As a memorable identifier - of an author or a book, say3. http://www.deeplysimple.net/2007/03/what-domain-names-mean.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Deepak Morris)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18462422.post-116388829667978793Sat, 18 Nov 2006 22:06:00 +00002006-11-19T03:48:16.693+05:30I'll readily admit, I didn't, and still don't, have any idea what that message means. Yes, I know it means a page in PDF form won't be displayed but I don't know what it MEANS, in the sense, it doesn't tell me what to do to fix it.So I experimented and found out how to fix it.Here's what you should do:Go through the PDF file and note every page where you get that unhelpful error message.Then go http://www.deeplysimple.net/2006/11/wrong-operand-type-in-acrobat-reader.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Deepak Morris)7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18462422.post-116319215780805012Fri, 10 Nov 2006 20:40:00 +00002006-11-11T02:25:57.896+05:30Josh asks me how to have a Google sitemap for his site, which is, unfortunately, a blog hosted by blogger.com.I'll be blunt, Josh, you can't have a Google sitemap.The reason is, a Google sitemap must be posted to the root directory of your site, a space you do not have access to because you, like me, are using a third party server to host your site. In other words, if you haven't paid a hosting http://www.deeplysimple.net/2006/11/google-sitemap.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Deepak Morris)0