First Blog Anniversary

I started this blog exactly a year ago, so today (June 18th,09) is its first anniversary. The blog ‘TheTechTalker.com‘, in early days was called as ‘T3c-n0-cr@t : The Blog-e-zine’. It currently contains 82 posts and 118 comments, and has more than 19,000 hits till now. Unfortunately it also attracts a huge amount of spam posts – fortunately the WordPress spam filters catch most of these.
When I took my first tentative steps into the blogsphere, I was a bit worried that I wouldn’t be able to find enough time to write. But so far I’ve managed to write at-least 3 to 4 posts a month, if not more. While perhaps not every post is a perfectly honed gem, I do try my best to make them interesting and informative.
Going onwards, I would definitely try to write more often and provide quality content.
Thank-you dear readers for watching this space, for allowing my experiences, my thoughts, likes & dislikes.
Google Chrome now available for Mac and Linux
Great news for Mac & Linux users. Google Chrome can now be downloaded to be used on Mac & Linux systems.
This is basically a Developer version and Google recommends NOT TO DOWNLOAD, unless, you are a developer, as the browser can crash.
Google Chrome for Windows has been in use for a while now.
If you are looking to install Chrome on a USB stick, check out Portable Google Chrome.
Download Link for Mac
System Requirements: Requires Intel CPU and Mac OS X 10.5.6 or later
Download Links for 32-bit and 64-bit Linux
System Requirements: Requires 32 or 64 bit Ubuntu 8.04 or later, or 32 bit Debian 5
Screenshot of Google Chrome for Mac OSX

Screenshot of Google Chrome for Linux

A Beta version of Google Chrome for Mac & Linux users is coming shortly ..
A Peak into MTV office
These pictures are from MTV’s office in Estonia. This office space is the home base for MTV’s Baltic regional operations. The place is very vibrant and full of energy, unlike traditional workplaces. Does not have many cubicles and those classic workstations. If you notice closely, almost all the chairs are different from each other.
The whole place really gives a Work from Home feel..













Via: Office Snapshots
Shock 3D for Windows
If you thought Microsoft’s Windows 7 desktop was cool, wait till you see Shock 3D, an OpenGL application that is under 3MB. The application turns all your icons/desktop into 3D, such that you can move them around like objects. 3D desktop action is not limited to only Linux or Windows 7 users anymore, see Shock 3D and you’ll know what I talking about.

A drawback of this app is that you cannot use your desktop normally as Shock 3D sits as a layer on top of your desktop. It is not a fully baked application to replace your desktop, but hey… give the developer a break !
Download Shock 3D
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