String Theory has been the dream of many post-Einstien scientists and theoretical physicists to try to combine Einstein’s world of the large (planets, galaxies, the universe) with the ideas of the quantum world of the small (uncertainty principle, subatomic particles) into one unifying law that can describe absolutely everything that we see and even things […]
Archive for April, 2007
Extensive computer simulation and real tests have been underway at the Sandia National Laboratories on the device called the ‘Z Machine’ which is the world largest producer of man-made X Rays and has been used to produce fusion neutrons. Rapid bursts (in the nano second range) are necessary for future generating plants to produce electrical […]
A recent article on BBC Science News stated that British scientists presented details at the Royal Astronomical Society’s National Astronomy Meeting in Preston, UK of a plan to see whether a Start Trek-style deflector sheild could be built to protect astronauts from radiation.
If you guys think Star Trek is for nerds and geeks, you […]
Having started 2 startups in the last 3 years, I’ve come to benefit greatly from understanding and reading material from the venture capital realm, former clients of mine who started the same way, and experts such as Guy Kawasaki. Even with the most brilliant of ideas to launch a new venture, no amount of planning […]
So you may have found this post by scrummaging through countless search engine results on how to test your regular expression code. By the way, in case you’re not familiar with Regular Expressions, you may find this wikipedia article helpful.
I’ve searched for many quick and easy tools that are free from a coding environment and […]
ColorfulTabs in Firefox
03Apr07Ok so by now you probably think I’m in love with Firefox, but you’re wrong. Although I must admit I’m getting there gradually. The extensions that Firefox coders are adding on are superb and deserve recognition.
Take ColorfulTabs for example. Along with the 3D Rotating tab flipping that I posted about previously, this one surely adds […]
If you like to see visually slick animations in your web surfing experience you might find this Firefox extension very cool.
It works well and doesn’t eat up many CPU cycles, unlike some OS’s that we sometimes hate.
If you’re wondering how my music page is synchronized to my mix list @ Pimp Hand Productions you should install this plugin : An RSS aggregator (feed reader), supporting RSS 0.9, 1.0 and 2.0
It has built in caching layer and allows you to customize the output template if you know a little bit of PHP.
Hey all you PodCast lovers… Try typing in my name ‘Omar Uddin’ or ‘Pimp Hand’ into Itunes music store.. and subscribe to the Pimp Hand Productions podcast, serving you old and new mixes from selected artists around the nation (including myself of course). You can also click this Itunes link to get to the pod […]
Reduce Memory Usage In Firefox
02Apr07After setting up multiple Google Apps domains / mail accounts to use with Firefox’s great tabbing feature, I discovered Firefox was using more memory on my PC (300MB+ out of 2GB RAM). I found one particular blog post from last year on blogspot.
They suggest tweaking the about:config page of Firefox which gives you access to […]
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