Kokul’s World

Amarok is probably one of Linux’s most popular music players, not just because it provides an easy-to-use and intuitive GUI, but also because it’s features blow away any other music player created for computers. Best of all it’s free! Amarok 2.0 is scheduled to be released in the near future, with a version of the Continue reading →

Just a few months ago, I would have been championing XviD as my favourite format to encode and view videos in. Why? Because it produced small file sizes with minimum loss of quality. However now I am championing a new codec as my favourite and that is the H264. Like XviD, it is cross-platform compliant.  Continue reading →

API stands for Application Programming Interface. Program developers often supply it with their programs so that other developers can access the functions and code of their programs without seeing the actual source. In essence, APIs allow third-party developers to use other software’s code to do things without ever having to see the first-party software’s code. Continue reading →

Today I decided to upgrade the site’s WordPress version from 2.1 to 2.2.1. The upgrade went smooth as usual, however I forgot to back up my files, and since this time it was a large leap in the code, my theme failed to work properly. So I had to move to a new one. That’s Continue reading →

Everyone has at-least once picked up a computer game or a console game. But it can get pretty lonely, when all you do is play single player mode. In today’s age, where everyone is connected through the Internet, it is sometimes nice to play games where you can interact with others at all stages. For Continue reading →

One of the things I like about Google is that unlike most other big corporate companies, Google still has a sense of humour. Well shows one anyways. Anyone heard of the trick of typing into the Google search engine “the answer to life, the universe, and everything else” bringing up 42 from Google calculator? Google pulled Continue reading →

Youtube, a user-powered revolution. We’ve all heard about it in the news. CNN has done countless stories about it. Even TIME magazine featured it in their person of the year issue. The site makes antipiracy advocates uneasy because any user can get easy access to movies, TV shows, anime, etc. It’s amazing how much of Continue reading →

Yes this may seem too good to be true, but it’s true. You can get those flashy effects that Windows Vista has but without the several hundred dollar price tag, or the heavy hardware requirements. How’s that possible you say? Well all you need to do is download an install a free piece of software Continue reading →

Today I decided to try out the 3D feature of Windows Live Local which is powered by Microsoft Virtual Earth. I was using everyone’s favourite and Linux friendly browser Firefox. However, when I click on the 3D button, a little bubble pops up telling me to go to Windows Live Local in Internet Explorer 6 Continue reading →

Today I decided to sit down, and download the latest Knoppix distro to play around with. The fastest way to get this distribution was to download it through the Bittorrent protocol. Note, this is completely legal. The distro is offered free by the developers. What did I notice when I started downloading it? Well, my Continue reading →