Three Tips A Day

Search everything easily with Sputtr

On the internet there are too many services and you cannot depend on Google to search them all for you. What you need is more searching power across all websites. Here is when Sputtr comes into picture. Sputtr is not a search engine. It is a gateway to search engines, blogs, social networking sites and more. It lets you perform a search across many platforms which include the following: Web search engines Image search engines Video/Audio search Maps Blogs Blog...

Easily Resize Images Online for FREE

Resizing images can be quite a pain in the you-know-what in case you don't have an image editor or like installed. But thanks to the internet, everything can be done online without the need of installing any software. Resizo resizes your images with an option to constrain proportions and pad or squish original images to fit. Its fast, cool and easy. Try Resizo...

Put your messages on random backgrounds

Here is something to have some fun on the internet. Gaxed lets you put some message on a set of backgrounds available under creative commons license. You can also download your picture and share it with others. Here is something we created for Three Tips a Day(and of course it is funny!): Gaxed presently offers following backgrounds: Bat Signal (yay~! Batman) Yellow Snow Blue Screen City Lights Neon Signs Crop Circles Clouds Comic...

Get dictionary definitions via email for FREE

You no longer need to visit slow-loading and cumbersome dictionary websites. Now get dictionary definitions in your email. Just follow these easy tips to get definitions in email. How to get dictionary definitions in email? Mail to: wsmith@wordsmith.org Subject: define yourword (eg: define utopia) No need to write anything in mail body Here is what happened when we tried the above example: And this was the reply: This service is amazingly fast - really! It is one of...

Convert HTML web pages to PDF online for FREE

In our ever vigilant watch on online services we keep coming across useful websites every now and then. Here is another such tool to add to your favourites. HTM2PDF converts Web pages to PDF files online. HTM2PDF Convert Web pages to PDF in one click directly from your browser Convert Raw HTML to PDF Download a 'Save page as PDF' Bookmarklet Keeps Hyperlinks active in PDF However some dynamic contents like advertisements are not saved. Their disclaimer is a bit unnerving...

Let World’s Greatest Stars Sing Your Lyrics For You

So you wrote the next best song and want Micheal Jackson to sing it for you, we may have something to help you. Here is an amazing piece of application which converts text-to-speech where the speech bits are in the voice of singing superstars. You can also mail and share your magnum opus with your friends! All you need to do is to type your lyrics and LET THEM SING IT FOR ...

How to Create Your Own Garfield Comic clip?

Everybody loves Garfield and his witty laziness. If reading it was so much fun, how about creating a few Garfield clips? Interested? Read on. This Shockwave SWF application lets you create 3 panel or one panel Garfield strip with many characters and settings. You can also print the strip you made. This is some awesome fun! Don't miss it for anything! Try the Garfield comic strip creator here. And here is a strip we created for Three Tips a Day(hope you like...

Easy Task Management and Funky To Do Lists using MiniTask

If you(like me) are really really poor at remembering things, you need a task management tool. But almost all task management tools available are either too cumbersome or too heavy on resources. After much chagrin I chanced upon a tool which does only what it claims - task management - and nothing else! MiniTask MiniTask is a blessing in disguise for those who cannot live without To-Do lists. It is based on Adobe AIR platform and is extremely lightweight. It is FREE and really simple to use....

Watch Youtube and Google Video Previews in Gmail Chat Window

Google sure knows how to keep its users happy and to go a step further in this mission, they've enabled YouTube and Google Video previews in Gmail chat. The Gmail chat window already sports many features like auto-shaping emoticons and so on. This feature eliminates the need to open YouTube and Google videos in new windows so you can watch them then and there. However do note that this feature is not there in Gtalk. All the more reasons to enjoy your videos! Try it for...

What is a False Positive?

Often used in Virus search results, a False Positive, also known as a false detection, occurs when an antivirus program detects a known virus string in an uninfected file. In general a False Positive is a Type I error - the error of rejecting a null hypothesis when it is actually true. Plainly speaking, it occurs when we are observing an anomaly when actually there is none A false positive is another way of saying ‘mistake’ and thus is also known as a 'False Alarm'. In the field of...