Burn ISO image directly with Windows 7

Format currency in Ruby

ActionView::Helpers::NumberHelper:number_to_currency which allows one to format a number according to some options:

:precision – Sets the level of precision (defaults to 2).
:unit – Sets the denomination of the currency (defaults to "$").
:separator – Sets the separator between the units (defaults to ".").
:delimiter – Sets the thousands delimiter (defaults to ",").
:format – Sets the format of the [...]

Scriblly

Scriblly is a simple Adobe Air application which enables user to write a quick note, and send it to a certain email. I tried to test it to be a blogging tool, but it failed to be a quick blogging tool is combined with "Blog by Email" feature. The tool doesn’t allow user to define [...]

Solution of “hoe requires RubyGems version >= 1.3.1″ problem

gem uninstall rubygems-update
#Then
gem install rubygems-update -v 1.3.4
update_rubygems
#Then you can install hoe
gem install hoe
Reference: http://soft-dev-pro.blogspot.com/2009/07/update-rubygems.html

Changing MySQL root user password using MySQL sql command

1) Login to mysql server, type following command at shell prompt:
$ mysql -u root -p
2) Use mysql database (type command at mysql> prompt):
mysql> use mysql;
3) Change password for user vivek:
mysql> update user set password=PASSWORD("NEWPASSWORD") where User=’vivek’;
4) Reload privileges:
mysql> flush privileges;
mysql> quit

Prevent Tracking clicks on Google, Yahoo and Bing

A good article about preventing Google, Yahoo and Bing from tracking clicks on websites
http://cybernetnews.com/how-to-stop-google-yahoo-bing-from-tracking-your-clicks/

Hotmail and Live Mail POP Access Settings

POP: pop3.live.com (port 995)
SMTP: smtp.live.com (port 25)

Note: make sure you check the box that indicates that your outgoing server requires authentication (in most mail clients this is not checked by default).

Username: your full email address
Password: your Windows Live ID password

Sublime Text, a good text editor

Sublime Text is a sophisticated text editor for code, html and prose. You’ll love the slick user interface and extraordinary features.
try it here: http://www.sublimetext.com/

Creating shortcut for Outlook User Templates

Here is a good article about how to create a shortcut for user created templates:

http://articles.techrepublic.com.com/5100-22_11-6129939.html

Recovery after Quick Format

A Friend of mine has faced the situation of formatting a wrong drive which contained many important data. After some search, here is a nice tool to solve the situation. The article, and images are taken from the website:
How to recover files after quick format?
Need to recover lost files after quick format? Now, don’t worry! [...]