Tamil

Author: ravi

  • How to show feeds within HTML pages?

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    You can use Google AJAX Feed API to create websites embedding feeds. I used AJAX dynamic feed control wizard to show my blog feeds once.

  • NHM writer – The ultimate Tamil typing software

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    NHM Writer is a never-seen-before tool for Tamil typing. Features of NHM writer: 1. Free-of-cost 2. Downloadable software. An online version will be launched soon. 3. This makes your Windows system Tamil ready on installing this. So you will be able to read, write Tamil well in all Windows applications. This is cool, as every other…

  • I hate…

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    1. Pop-ups. 2. Pages full of ads. 3. Captchas. 4. Signup forms having more than 4 fields maximum. 5. Demanding passwords to have caps, numerics and minimum number of characters. 6. Cheating links. 7. Compulsory user registration. 8. Sites using non-unicode fonts. 9. Sites designed and optimised (!!) for Internet explorer only. 10. Hanging videos.…

  • Suggestions for Google transliteration scheme for Tamil

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    Congrats for the google team for coming up with an intuitive Tamil transliteration scheme. Pros: – Tamil transliteration tools have so far been completely user dependent to specify the correct keys to achieve the desired spelling whereas google transliteration guesses the word like a mobile phone dictionary servie. So a novice user need not remember,…

  • Simple health tips

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    Take the stairs. Keep drinking water / juice. Stop eating chocolates, ice creams, potato fries. Do not skip breakfast. Have dinner at least four hours before sleep. Do not take bus to a place where you can bike to. Do not take bike to a place where you can walk to.

  • Tamilnadu school textbooks online

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    English and Tamil medium school text books of Tamilnadu syllabus are now available online for free to be downloaded in PDF formats at http://www.textbooksonline.tn.nic.in/ . These books have the updated Samacheer Kalvi Syllabus for 2011. Some books are also available in Audio format according to the information in the website. Related reading: தமிழ்நாட்டுப் பள்ளிப் பாடநூல்கள்…

  • Time saving and management tips for online chat

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    1. Do not be logged into any chat application by default all the time you are online. If you could follow this, then half the time you spend in online chats would be saved. Having status mode as busy / don’t disturb doesn’t really help. Our best friend’s first job is to buzz! us 🙂…

  • English words in spoken Tamil

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    குறிப்பு: உங்கள் spoken englishஐ மேம்படுத்த விரும்பி இங்கு வந்திருந்தால் ஆங்கிலம் பேசப் பழகுவது எப்படி? பாருங்கள். ** Everyone knows the Tamil equivalents for simple words like first, second, front etc., but we simply forget / ignore to say it in Tamil. This is an alarming trend which makes the next generation Tamil kids to think that these are…

  • Time management tips for social networking sites

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    Select only two sites for social networking. One for professional and another for personal network. I use Orkut and LinkedIn. Do not accept invitations for new networking sites from your friends. Do not accept friend requests from people you haven’t met or with whom you don’t share a passion. This will help you save time,…

  • Web design tips for bloggers

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    Font color Keep the font color black in a white background. Any other color combination can be painful for the reader’s eyes and challenge those who are color blind. If you still wish to have colored fonts, choose a dark font in a light background with sufficient contrast and ask some of your friends for…