Simple Steps to Install GRUB From Live Ubuntu CD

If you have lost GRUB due to installation of Windows while Ubuntu was already installed, you need to follow these steps to restore it from the live CD -


1) Insert live CD and restart system and let the system boot from the live CD.

2) Now on live Ubuntu, start terminal.

3) Type "sudo grub" and press enter, this will bring the grub prompt.

4) Now at the grub prompt, type "find /boot/grub/stage1" and press enter.

5) Now whatever you get the output from step 4, note it down.

6) Type "root(hd?,?)" and press enter, where you put values returned from step 4 to replace ?.

7) Type "setup(hd?)" and press enter, where replace ? with the value returned from step 4.

8) Type "quit" and press enter to quit grub shell.

9) Restart your system and you will get the GRUB shell waiting for you at the start-up.

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MySql Port 3306 Error

While configuring MySql server you may get error like - unable to open port 3306 or this port is closed. Error No. 1045.



To resolve this follow these simple steps -

1) Goto Control Panel -> Windows Firewall
2) Goto Exceptions tab and click on 'Add Port'
3) Enter name as "MySql" and port number as "3306"
4) Choose 'TCP' and click on OK

Continue with your configuration and now you won't get any port error.

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TwitterMania - Comic

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Delete All Your Tweets at Once or in Bulk

Ever thought of deleting your tweets? You may want to delete your tweets in bulk or all at once due to several reasons like, you want to transfer your account to someone else and before doing that you want to clear all the tweets or your tweets have become too much(especially if you are using some feeds for the Twitter) that you want to delete that bulk. Someone may think of creating a new account rather than deleting all tweets, but that's not a good choice at all because you will lose all your followers then. Even deleting tweets by clicking on the "dustbin" icon beside each tweet can take forever.

So, here I present you a simple online tool that will let you delete your tweets all or many of them automatically. It uses oAuth for authorization, so you needn't worry about the password getting stolen and all. Just login to TwitWipe by clicking here. Click on "Sign in with Twitter" and proceed. Just the thing which I found annoying with this site is the annoying pop-up which pops up frequently saying that the wiping process is going on. Apart from this, the tool is great and finishes your work with good speed, which if done manually can take a lot of time.

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Orkut's Silly and Annoying Glitches

Recently, I was just chatting to a guy on Orkut and I visited his profile. To my surprise, what was found on his profile was this -


I was shocked to see the number of videos. It was saying "-1". How can that be possible? With Orkut making its transition to a new version, this seems a major glitch. People are already telling that new Orkut is kinda "Facebook modified", with lot of features copied from Facebook like status update, friend suggestion, friends' update, etc. To copy is OK to some extent, but making these silly errors doesn't seem good for Orkut's future.

Already, Facebook and Twitter are way ahead in the number of users Orkut has. If Orkut has to catch them up it has to introduce some new features rather than copying them from others, apart from avoiding these bugs.

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Give Special Effects To Any Image Without Using Any Software/Site

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There are a lot of image editing/effects softwares and websites cropped up, as you can see nowadays. And they are loaded with enormous effects you can't resist. Apart from that you can also find on web a lot more tutorials related to Adobe Photoshop to transform your image into a funky one.

Now apart from all this, suppose you have no access to web, so you can't find any websites or tutorials to edit your image. I show you how you can still manage to give some effects to your pic. Altough this so called effect is not that good, but still something is better than nothing.

Now, just follow these simple steps -

1) Right-click your image and select "Open with" and then select "Paint".

2) Now select save as and choose one of the following from "Save as type" to choose corresponding effect -

• Now select "Monochrome Bitmap" to give image Black and White look.


• Select "16 Color Bitmap" to make image look like it is painted and not clicked.


• Select "256 Color Bitmap" to give effects same as previous one but less harsh.
  

Talking technically, these are not effects but loss of information in layman terms. But you can use these for fun. I tried all this with photos clicked with Sony Cybershot 7.2 MegaPixels cam. They were .jpg images.

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