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Phone Halo, a name is not what it always means

Nowfal Ebrahim — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 02:10:53 +0000

I had always wanted a device like this. Wanted the bluetooth controlled, aka – a distance defined from the bluetooth manager to the bluetooth device. This device is good for the purpose it is built, lost keys, wallet and anything that you can think about you would walk out without. The only thing you cannot walk out without is the smartphone itself.

When I had planned about creating a device like this, the purpose of that was completely of a different nature, I will be emailing the guys at Phone Halo and looking at how they could implement that. It would be great way to market that product into different verticals and a different audience.

This is a very cool product, it has just been demoed at DEMO, and Phone Halo is officially available for sale.

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Follow them at @phoneHalo

Spicynodes, spicy and interesting as it sounds…

Nowfal Ebrahim — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 03:02:32 +0000

SpicyNodes is a way to visualize online information that mimics that way that people look for things in the real world. Bits of information — such as text, links, photos, and other media — are placed into “nodes,” which are then linked together in an appealing interface that invites exploration. SpicyNodes can be used for everything from mind maps and content portals to organizational charts and lesson plans.
http://www.spicynodes.org

BeFunky….a great way to cartoonize and sketch urself

Nowfal Ebrahim — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 23:36:25 +0000

This is a pretty cool fun tool.

Hello readers, we are trying to control spam on our servers. Please bear with us.

Nowfal Ebrahim — Mon, 06 Nov 2006 08:50:05 +0000

Dear readers,

You were not seeing posts for the past few days. We are experiencing lots of spam post comments and this is overwhelming our servers. It is good to know that our site is becoming popular with readers all over the world and that popularity is driving the spammers also to our site.

We are in the process of upgrading our servers and improving spam protection. Please bear with us till our next post. We will be back soon. I would like to thank Jess and Nowfal for taking care of this and putting in their best efforts into bringing us back online and keeping spam away.

Thank you,
Neil

Zenfolio – a very powerful photo organizer…

Nowfal Ebrahim — Wed, 04 Oct 2006 02:50:02 +0000

A very powerful foto gallery tool. I have created a test gallery and what can I say, it is very easy, intuitive and amazing.

Zenfolio is a hosting service for photo galleries. You can show your photos with uncompromised quality using elegant page designs and easy organizational tools.

Click here for my test album

Interesting shopping bags…just a different scoop to keep the momentum

Nowfal Ebrahim — Mon, 02 Oct 2006 00:59:36 +0000

I thought to be a little funny. Here is a link, click it to enjoy interesting and innovative shopping bags.

A free and easy to use calendar – SponGeCell.

Nowfal Ebrahim — Wed, 29 Mar 2006 02:38:51 +0000

Spongecell is built with Ruby on Rails, and the javascript libraries Prototype and script.aculo.us. The patent-pending natural language processing (NLP) engine that powers the Spongebar and email/TXT entry is written in Java. As we progress, additional inputs to the NLP engine will be exposed. One of our goals is to make Spongecell the easiest calendar to get things in to and out of.

Using the keyboard to Right Click

Nowfal Ebrahim — Tue, 21 Feb 2006 00:02:20 +0000

Did you know that you can “right-click” an item without ever lifting your fingers off the keyboard? With that item (folder, file, whatever) selected, hold down the Shift key and press F10. Use your keyboard’s up and down arrow keys to select the command you want, then press Enter.

Minimize or Close a Window

Nowfal Ebrahim — Mon, 20 Feb 2006 23:59:57 +0000

Want to send an open window to the Taskbar without using the mouse? Press Alt-Spacebar to display the context menu of the currently active window, then press N for Minimize. So, for the quick version, press Alt-Spacebar-N.

You can use a similar technique to close an open window. Press Alt-Spacebar, then press C for Close. It’s easier on the wrists than
Alt-F4. And easier is better.

Cut and paste in a cleaner way

Nowfal Ebrahim — Mon, 20 Feb 2006 23:59:00 +0000

When you use cut and paste in a Word document, Word takes care of adding the correct spacing–that is, if you have the Smart Cut And Paste option selected.

Run Word and choose Tools, Options. When the Options dialog box opens, click the Edit tab. Now, select the Use Smart Cut And Paste check box and click OK to close the dialog box and record your new setting.

With Smart Cut And Paste enabled, you can paste a word right next to another and Word adds a space for you. Also, if you insert a word before a period, Word makes sure there’s no space between the end of the pasted word and the period.

Highlight and select text

Nowfal Ebrahim — Mon, 20 Feb 2006 23:57:25 +0000

To highlight a word, double-click it; to highlight a line, click once to its left (in the left margin); and to highlight a paragraph, double-click to its left (again, in the margin). Now let’s look at some bigger selections.

To highlight a large area of text, click once at the beginning of the text, hold down Shift, and then click at the end of the text;or, while holding down Shift, use the cursor keys to expand the selection.

To highlight an entire document, place the cursor at the very beginning of the document and press Ctrl-Shift-End; or, with your cursor anywhere, press Ctrl-A.

Minimize your windows and show desktop

Nowfal Ebrahim — Mon, 20 Feb 2006 23:56:42 +0000

Do you want to get to the desktop in a flash? Hold down the Windows Key ( next to the Ctrl and Alt key on most keyboards) and press M. This immediately minimizes all windows you have open and brings you to the desktop.