Are you using Open-DNS?

You should be using Open-DNS, if you answer yes to one of the following: Are you frustrated with crazy-long wait times before even the website url shows up? Is your ISP is a cheapo-*#$% using a crappy machine for DNS, and you wait enough to count the seconds between pressing enter and the little thingy on the browser status bar says “done”? Are you subject to phishing attacks? Do you want peace of mind? Do you want auto-correction of urls? Want to block your teen from accessing “excessive” porn? Do you need a new dog to carry you paper? OpenDNS is for you (well, for the dog, you’ll have to move your ass and get one yourself). It is quite trivial to setup and really speeds up your browsing speed. You can can set it up for each computer that you use, or better still, change the configuration on your router, which would apply across all machine connected through that router. ...

January 2, 2009 · 2 min · Shivanand Velmurugan

Trouble with Sony Ericsson W800i - Phone not detected.

Trying to get the Sony Ericsson W800i has been by far the most traumatic experience of my life. I tried everything possible, but still was unable to get it recognised on my home PC! So, finally I decided to resort to the most reliable way to get anything to work with a PC. Do a google search!!! Found a wonderful link, (on a forum that solved the issue). Here is the fix suggested, (I have organised in to be more of a step-by-step guide. ...

January 25, 2007 · 1 min · Shivanand Velmurugan