Its easier to track your activites on plurk. You can easily see who responded to which plurk. No matter where you are in the timeline you wont have trouble figuring out what he/she said on a specific plurk.

Fun interaction is given on plurk, you got the emoticons to use and just show what you feel, what you want to do and just about anything to interact with others. Though I wish there could be more emoticons in the future. And the “like” and “replurk” feature is just nice. You can feel that value is given to what you have to say and its more evident. <3

And finally, on a personal note, with all the plurk features combined, I get to accomplish what I want from a social networking+micro-blogging service. Mainly because I read stuff, a lot of stuff from different sites across the world wide web. And most of the stuff I read, I want to share them because information is good. And this is where plurk comes in, from my Google Reader account, I get to share interesting/weird/helpful/fun/crazy/healthy (the works i tell you!) stuff to plurkiverse.

It just works! and I dont think I can ask for more from plurk, I know there are some other features that I havent mentioned like the cliques and IM integration. But purely for the sake of what I use, I dont think I would be trying to find an alternative to plurk.

Great Job Plurk! This one is for you!

As far as I can remember, I have been using firefox way back since my college days. The tabbed interface and the number of extensions available for you to customize your browsing experience was such a sweet deal compared to the default browser that ships with the OS on most systems. For a time, all was good and fun until I decided to install Google Chrome alongside Firefox.

First Impressions Last

I was skeptic at first to try this plain looking browser because it was new and it doesn’t always mean good. Until I ran it for the first time. My initial impression was, its blazing fast! You just can’t help but notice this when you get used to running firefox on a daily basis. But wait until you’ve tried running Chrome, (oh scratch that) you dont have to wait at all. As of this writing, I tried running a fresh install of firefox 3.6.6 and it took 17 seconds to be at least web ready. I also tried to time Chrome’s startup, with extensions already installed, and it only took 5 seconds to boot and be usable. There is no doubt that once I installed my favorite extensions on Firefox, it might take longer to startup.

Icing on the cake

For a time, I was switching between firefox and chrome for web browsing, because Chrome did not have extensions when it first launched. Browser extensions helps in the web experience especially when you are usually online and the browser is a staple on your monitor.

My Firefox Setup

Until Google opened up the extensions gallery and came the flood of extensions that made the switch to Chrome more inevitable. That just made the deal sweeter for me. My current Chrome setup has all the necessary extensions I need for my online activites and more. Another thing that encouraged me is the minimal interface that Chrome has. It just gives you more real estate to look at. This is also possible in Firefox with some userchrome tweaks but its additional work. I came to love minimalism when it comes to interface and Chrome came with it out of the box.

Chromed!

The Browser War Goes On

For the purpose of this post, Firefox was the browser who brought something to the table, but Chrome just took it another level. Who knows? Firefox 4 could be something worth looking into, but for now its Chrome for me.

Google Chrome, its fast, it works and its loaded. There’s a lot more to say about this browser, so stay tuned.

“IT”S ON”

“GREATEST ENEMY”

“FORMS”

Intel’s New Nehalem-EX CPUs rock servers with 8 cores/16 threads

Zune HD is official

HP unveils Mini 1101, Mini 110 XP/MI editions with optional HD video accelerator

Windows Vista SP2 , ready to download

HP recalls another 15,000 laptop batteries, in China

[Lifehacker]

10 Best U.S. Cities  to Live and Work

ShowRSS Automates Your TV Show Downloads

Dont Clean Dishes Before Putting them in your Dishwasher

Take Great Panoramic Pictures with Any Camera

Top 10 Skills to Master your Grill

from nerdapproved.com

Ravage Transforming USB flash drive – it may not be as sleek as Bumblebee’s roll-out mode, but this 2gb flash drive might just give you some ooohs, not all the time though. A pretty steep price I would say for this unit [Product page]

3rd Gen Iphone Spec – straight from the rumor mill over at Apple Iphone Apps, a source was said to provide info regarding the specs and release date of the next Iphone. Maybe not all stated specs on this article will be present in the next iteration of the Iphone, still theres nothing wrong with some wishful thinking.

Supercook – “Supercook is a new recipe search engine that finds recipes you can make with only the ingredients you have at home.”  A Lifehacker feature post [Supercook - Turns Your Kitchen Content Into Yummy Recipes]

From Voodoo to Geforce – MaximumPC presents you with tidbits on the developments made on 3d graphics. From the first S3 Virge(Ive never heard of this before) to the latest Nvidia/Radeon offerings.

ColoRotate: 3D Color Palette Creator and CS4 Plugin(coming soon) – I may not know much about design, but I came across this application which I think will be quite useful for designers or the likes who wants to create their own color palettes. It provides nice visuals too, which I think was the one that really caught my attention. There is also an upcoming CS4 plugin that allows you to use Coloroate as your color picker. [Colorotate]

Windows 7′s Best Underhyped Features – Have you tried Windows 7 recently? Did you like its new features like Aero Peek, the new taskbar and program access? Wait til you see some of its best but underhyped features. Lifehacker made a detailed post about some of these features. There’s more to Aero Peek than meets the eye.

Guitar Hero 5 lets you cram 4 drumsets into your living room – GH 5 is coming soon, but what you didnt expect maybe is the ability to combine a combination of instrument for a true rockin’ jammin’ experience. Three mics and a guitar ? Two drumsets and two guitars? and the insane 4 drumsets setup.Insane! but yes..true story.

Tip: Dont Share your Email on Microblogs – Have you been on twitter or plurk lately and noticed that there has been an increase in volume on the number of spam you get in your inbox, maybe its because youve been sharing your email on them and unknowingly just let spammers get a hold of your address for them to bombard.

TiltShift : Tilt-Shift Photos minus the lenses and photoshop – TiltShift is an easy to use tool to apply tilt-shift photography effect on your photos. You can use it online or download it as an Adobe Air application.

6 Gadgets of the Future from Doraemon – Remember Doraemon? The blue and round cartoon character who can pull different sorts of gadgets from his pouch. I ran across this post from gizmodo and I think it was just like revisiting fun days of the past while still looking at the future.

Apple jabs back at Microsoft Laptop Hunters ad – once you throw a punch, youre sure to get one back. This is just one of the latest Apple’s Mac vs. PC ad.

41% of installed PC software is pirated – based on a recent study conducted by the BSA (Business Software Alliance), even though piracy were hampered on most of the countries that were included in the study, the growth in number of PC shipments from China and India where piracy is on a high contributed to the increase of this figure from 38% in 2007 to 41% in 2008.

Google Sketchup – A free google applications provides some facility for Home Modeling and Improvement Planning in 3D. Lifehacker provides a walk-through of this application.

Would you eat a stack of 16 sugar cubes? – Want to visualize how much sugar youre taking in? Sugar Stacks presents you with visual aids on just how much sugar your food has in it.

VLC 1.0 Release Candidate now Available – My favorite media player is nearing its 1.0 release, and now the release candidate version is available over at [filehippo].

Windows 7 en route for a 2009 holiday release – an announcement over at Microsoft TechEd 2009 signaled another release from Microsoft. Windows 7  is apparently arriving just in time for the holiday shopping season.

[Lifehacker]

Blue Screen of Death Survial Guide – Experiencing BSOD with your Windows machine? This article provides a crash course on BSODs as well as information on how to work around them. There is no guarantee that the presented solutions will work, but knowing just a little more about this unwanted screens of death can sure be useful at times.

Top 10 Battery Hacks, Tips and Tricks – Get the most out of that battery powering our devices.

How to Filter and Manage Your Online Social Life – Facebook,Twitter,MySpace..etc…This lifehacker article shows how you can work your way along the clutter of your online social networks.

How to Use Custom Windows Visual Styles – an old lifehacker guide for giving your desktop an aesthetic tweak or makeover.

The application will create a default dropbox folder where you can put the files that you want to be synced online. Its like having your files anywhere you go, because all files you put in the dropbox folder will be automatically synced online. Initially you are given 2gb worth of storage for basic/free accounts, additional storage space will be provided for premium accounts. Note that dropbox is still in beta, but their initial offering is good enough for your basic needs.

When you need to retrieve a file from your “dropbox” even if you are away from your computer, you can use their web interface to access them easily. I would say that their web interface is very easy to use and you will have no trouble at all using it. If you want to have your files on another machine aside from your main computer, all you have to do is install the application and set it up like the way you did with your main pc. After installing and setting up dropbox on the new pc, your files on dropbox will be automatically synced on the new setup. You can also access the application’s basic functions via the dropbox tray icon.

For sharing files, you can designate a folder with the dropbox directory which you can share to others via a public link that will be automatically generated for files that are in the public folder.

Another neat dropbox feature is for sharing photos wherein you only need to create a folder inside the photos folder and use the generated photo gallery link to share it to your friends. It will be viewable via a web interface.

So there you have it, a brief tour of Dropbox. You will be surprised how its simple functions can be of great use for the workplace.

Note: Referrals can get you an additional gigabyte of storage.

[Dropbox - Secure backup, sync and sharing made easy]