I picked up this Windows 7 tip, somewhere on the net.
Select a folder or a file, right click and the Send to menu displays more options, than the Windows 7 default. Look at the picture here. It is quite useful to me. I can configure my Send To menu with my personal preferences.
Configure your Send To Options
Learn how to add more options to your Send To menu, from the Geek here.
Kyosuke Takayama says that he would prefer his Faviconize the way it is and he doesn’t “..intend to add a feature. “stay simple, stay small” in his own words. Though it is a nifty extension, the last time I checked, it had a download count of 871,611. Shows it’s popularity.
For someone who has a very small screen acreage, be on her Net-book or laptop or likes to have many browser tabs open, ‘faviconize’ is a wonderful Firefox extension. It shrinks the ‘tab’ width and makes more screen room.
See the image here: Look at the space those tabs occupy.
Normal view of Firefox tabs before Faviconize
After installing the “Faviconize” extension, look at the additional space made. (Click on the images for more detail)
Thinner Tabs - after installing faviconize
“Faviconize” shrinks the tab to the size of a favicon the website uses. Kyosuke, thoughtfully added a few options too. Once installed, under Tools>Extensions> navigate to Faviconize and click on the options. One of the option is you can set a ‘default’ to a particular site to always open in the ‘faviconized’ size. The other option is, you set a key board short cut of your choice.
Yes, of course I am using it.
You can add “Faviconze” here.
Download the latest Firefox here.
When you are on the net, there are many instances where you come across web URLs that you may visit. You need to copy the url and then paste it in the address bar opening a new window or a tab to visit that site. Sandeep Kothari came out with a solution. He created a Firefox extension for folks like us. His “Take Me To This URL” does precisely that. Once you install “Take Me To This URL” extension, all you have to do, when you come across a website text link is, select it and right click to show your context menu. In the context menu you will find, “Take me to this URL”. Point your cursor at it and click! Bingo! The plain text URL to the selected website opens up either in a new tab or a window depending on your browser settings.
Click on the image to see detail.
Take me to this URL - Firefox Extension
Thank you, Sandeep for making life on the net easier! 🙂
You can download the Firefox extension “take me to this URL” here.
Download the latest Firefox here.
This year Solar Christmas Lights are going to spread the message through out the world that festivals do contribute to making this world go green. During the festive season Solar Christmas Lights with LEDs are expected to raise the awareness of people about green and clean energy. Solar Christmas Lights with LEDs will also increase the focus on Solar power and hopefully technologies that are involved in harnessing the abundant Solar energy will get a boost.
Solar Christmas Lights are made of LED’s (Light Emitting Diodes) that consume much less energy than your traditional tungsten filament or CFL light. They are more efficient compared to the traditional lights that need color filters.
A light sensor when triggered by sun light, activates the solar cells on a controller board, which in turn charge a battery. The energy charged battery powers the Solar Christmas Light LEDs. A bright Sun produces about 1000 watts of energy for each square meter of the earth. Solar Christmas lights burn brightly for almost up to fifteen hours after a full charge.
Solar Christmas Tree at Rockfeller Center, New York
Solar Christmas Lights with LEDs are energy efficient lights with distinctive look. They are cost efficient and last longer. Solar Christmas Lights with LEDs do not burn out but fade out over a period of time. Besides a single bulb fading out in a string does not affect the other LEDs. The energy savings made compared to the traditional lights is quite substantial.
Solar Christmas Lights with LEDs work for almost ten years. This is almost twice the time of the incandescent bulb.
Solar Christmas Lights with LEDs are safer too. Since they do not generate much heat they are safer to hang on the Christmas trees. Solar Christmas Lights with LEDs come in durable and sturdy plastic cases and do not break easily. Hence they are comparatively safer and are less risky especially when children and pets are around.
Look into her eyes, hold her elegant finger and slide on this exquisitely crafted diamond ring. A beautiful diamond engagement ring that is sure to draw all the best wishes in the world to your most loved one. Discreetly opulent, this diamond engagement ring displays the diamond’s unique cut, performed by fingers of a master craftsman. 
Ensconced in a ethereal setting, the set of prongs that hold the diamond form an intricate design. The unique cut of this beautiful diamond is accentuated by a single row of glittering sidestones on the 18K gold band. You will be appreciated for your excellent taste in choosing this Diamond Engagement Ring! Oh, how she deserves it!
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This is about a feature “Add to Watch List” on Guru.com, where you go to pick your freelance projects.
You are busy. You are busy with your content. You are that busy you don’t even have time to log into your Guru account and check out those projects. And that is pretty bad news. You are busy now. But what about tomorrow, when your current assignment ends? You will have to find a new project, bid on it and win it to keep you occupied. It could take an other three days to three weeks and may be beyond.
Don’t despair. Not all is lost. Guru has a nifty feature. “Add to Watch List”
Log into your Guru account. Click on the “Get Work” tab. Set your search filters of your choice and now you have a list of all those projects that are open. Neatly tabulated under various headings and they include Employer Statistics too. IMHO, this is the most important column. It informs you a great deal about this client. (Read Employer = Potential Client = Client.) It informs you if this potential client had paid her bills. The number of projects she had posted and the kind of rating the providers gave them.
1 – The FIVE STAR rated client is the best. That means none of our clan had any issues with this client.
2 – How much did this client pay? A couple of thousands. Oh.. I like this client more. She’s been around for some time. She knows how the system works. She deserves your complete professional attention. One you would like to retain for ever and be in her black book.
3 – Does she pay all her bills? She does. Fantastic. You ought not miss her projects.
What do you do now? You are busy with your current project and yet do not want to leave this excellent potential client.
That’s where your Guru’s feature “Add to Watch List” comes in. You just click on that tab “Add Watch List” and it goes into your “Add Watch List”.
Now you can go to your My Account and there under your “Manage Your Proposals”, reach your “Watch List”. Click on it, to go to your “Watch List”.
You can also set your filters from the drop-down list that provides you four options. The first one is “Newly Listed”, then “Ending First”, the third is “Project Budget – Highest first” and the fourth is the “lowest first”. Set your filters here and Guru will deliver all your watch-list projects neatly tabulated.
At one glance you can now check out the best of the projects, the best paymaster, saving you plenty of time.
There are also other filters that hide all those projects you have applied for, projects that viewed, those that need on-site work and vendors only projects.
Keep working on your projects, make some time go to your “Watch List” and present your bids. That way you can keep both your hands busy all the time. What you say? 🙂
“Hello Anil,
The signs were all there. The thing was I did not know how to read all those signs then. I do not claim to be any wiser now. But then I think I am better off from where I began working on oDesk, having spent more than 50 productive oDesk hours (you can check my oDesk history) and made some pretty decent money with freelance writing. It included, website content writing, product descriptions (more about it in future), press release news, ghost writing for employment related blogs, some Internet research apart from other jobs.
Those little known ways that helped me, didn’t they? So I would like to share them with you so you too can save some time. You can invest that time in improving your chances of quickly finding ‘paying jobs’ and make some more money.
The First Tip
I subscribed to “Job alerts” a feature that you will find under your ‘My Profile” tab. Half the clutter is out.
You love the gig and want to ‘do’ it. Go ahead. Be my guest. You can always give this gig a try and may be you will be introducing a great buyer to all of us here at oDesk.
“It is always better to be seen at the convention, than the flea market”, says Liz, a gift and souvenir stores owner. Incidentally Liz imports novelty and gift items from China. Liz is on the road most of the time and conventions are the places where she feels she is able to drum up more business and get to add new ones to her rolodex and eventually to her shipping list.
Conventions add value
Conventions are better organized and it is much easier to set up the show and it takes much less time to get the word out to potential customers. It brings in a touch of professionalism to the business – especially to the one-man-army-bands. It helps to get to know the different market conditions. The reps are there who bring in their new lines. Networking with the other players is easy.
Do conventions cost more?
Though at the end of the day, booth rentals and advertising costs, flyers, bill boards add up to overheads, there is also the cost of the give-aways to count. The get- to-know-dinners do add value to the relationship though it adds up to the costs. But then they are all evened out by the business one does. Out of towners obviously need to factor in their motel rents and parking charges. Some of the convention centers charge additional fees for power and phone lines but then according to Peter Brown, a small business coach, “every dollar spent here is worth it. You get a place, you get your buyer and he’s got the money. You get to know the right guy who calls the the shots. So it is that much easier and quicker to close the deal. Everything under one roof and that includes your press-bureau too. I always advise my sellers to plan their presence. That way they can keep their own expenses down”.
“Children are a handful sometimes, A heart full all the time…”
During the first few weeks the baby‘s skin is soft and tender and is growing. It is rich with the hormones from it’s parents. This may cause some rashes which disappear after some time. These rashes do not cause any harm to the child. However it is advisable to have the opinion of the the gynecologist that delivered the baby or a pediatrician that is attending the baby.
Any cloth made of natural fiber is best. However cotton tops the list. Soft colors are ideal. Strong colors retain heat. So are best avoided.
Babies grow fast. The dress you choose for the baby should be a size large than her. It is ideal that you choose clothes that are easy to change. The neck opening should be large enough to help remove it over the head without any discomfort to the baby. It is better that the dress does not have any buttons for they can come off and cause unnecessary concern.
Baby’s fingers may get caught in the lace which adorn the dress. So it is best to avoid clothes with lace work. Though a lot of fancy dresses are available in the market they are best left alone. The stitching on the cloth should be soft.
Baby’s dress needs to be changed quite often. So make sure there are plenty of them available. Use a disinfectant while washing the baby’s clothes. Some disinfectants may irritate the baby. Look for those signs. Baby crying soon after dress change could be a reason. Dress that you choose for the baby need not require pressing. As long as the baby is comfortable with the dress you need not unnecessarily worry about it.
How to Write A Good Résumé
This helps you with a few tips about writing Cover Letter and a CV / Résumé and get you that job you want so badly!
Monday, March 24, 2003
How to Write a Good Résumé.
Hints, Pointers, and Tips ‘O the Trade
1. Don’t send your résumé as an attachment. People looking to fill a position can receive hundreds of inquiries, and they’re not going to bother to take the extra time to open and print out your résumé. Put your résumé in the body of the email, after your cover letter.
Writing Letters:
The résumé & the Application Letter gives the prospective employer everything they
Would like to know about you.
You need to format your résumé and Cover letter for the hard copy, which you may send.
1- While formatting leave adequate margins on all sides i.e., top bottom, left and right.
2 – The lay out should be neat and visually pleasing.
3 – The first block on the left of the letter would be the Employers Address.
A It would be better to call up the advertiser and get to know the name of the person who is to receive the letter. Check the spelling. Check it again read out aloud and confirm it. If you do not have a name, if the advertisement gives you no salutation, print ‘The Advertiser’ or ‘The Personnel Manager’.
The title of the employers name can be abbreviated like a Mr. Or Dr. If it is a woman you are addressing, use ’Ms’. Most of the other forms would be a Mrs. or a Miss.
It is a Ms. Laxmi and a Dr. Adam Wheavil and NOT Dr. Vinod Kumar MBBS.
Introduction:
You identify yourself, the position you are applying for and how you came to know about it.
Body:
You mention about your knowledge, your experience and your desire to work for the company and any of your knowledge about the company.
Conclusion:
You indicate the enclosed contents of the résumé and finish with a request.
You may also be proactive and inform that you would call back say in a week or ten days time to follow up your application. You request for an interview.
Ending
It is ideal to close the letter with ‘yours sincerely’ and ‘with regards’ / ‘warm regards’ ONLY when you know the employer.
Signature Block
You put your signature here. Ideally two lines below the ending of the letter. Beneath your signature your name should be printed legibly. Ideally with the first letters of your name in capitals e.g. A. Bill Gates but not Mr. A. Bill Gates. (You never introduce yourself with a Mr. / Ms / Dr. Etc.,)
Check the résumé for spelling mistakes before enclosing. The enclosure should be mentioned in the cover letter.
After your name leave two lines space and type : ‘Enclosure’. You may also type
‘Encl.:’ my résumé or simply résumé or append your name to it, to make it unique. Say for example if your name is Joe Bill, it would read, Joe Bill_résumé.
SAMPLE LETTER:
DATE
dd mmm yy
The date on which the letter was written.
ADDRESS:
The Advertiser (When no name is given) When a name is given Mr. / Ms. / Dr. /Prof. /)
The address in the advertisement.
Dear Sir / Madam
(You use this salutation when you or not aware of the gender of the person to whom you are addressing the letter.)
Sub: Application for the post of (mention the position you are seeking)
This letter is with reference to your advertisement
(NEVER USE THE ABBREVIATIONS) in the mention the name of the publication, and the date
(for e.g ‘The Hindu’, dated 15th August 2003.) I would like to apply (mention the position).
(This paragraph mentions about personality, character attributes that would suit the position you are applying for. These are the qualities that you wouldn’t able to mention in your RÉSUMÉ apart from others. Here you may mention that your résumé is enclosed).
I have ………………………. about ………………as mentioned in my résumé which is enclosed
Kindly give me a chance to present myself for an interview. I am looking forward to an early and positive response from you.
Yours sincerely,
(leave at least five lines space.)
Your signature.
(Your name)
Encl.: Résumé .
A résumé is a document that describes you, your background and the career your seeking
To excel in. This is THE document that creates the first impression of you on the prospective employer.
try to get to know about the organization.
Its services / products.
Avoid length descriptions.
Combine your knowledge with the experience required by the organization.
Put it chronologically.
Mention what ‘YOU’ did for the previous company or the present company with which you are employed NOT what ‘WE’ did.
Use action words.
Check your gramar.
Check your spling.
Take second opinions.
Résumé should mention your
Personal Details
Educational Achievements
Work Experience
Additional Skills and any Training
Extra curricular interests and hobbies
Résumé
(This is to be printed in capital letters and center aligned. Ideally all the heading should be in bold letters.)
Leave three blank line spaces. But should not be less than two lines.
Name: *Start here and align the consequent text to
this margin.
Age: *Leave double / triple line spacing between
Headings. Keep it uniform.
Date of Birth:
Address: 123, abc apts
456, road
Area
City – Pincode (123 456) or zip code in some countries or postal code in some other countries.
State / provice
Telephone No: 91+ (Std Code) 1234 56 78
Academic Qualification:
Degree / Course Year of Passing Percentage
Degree 1999
HSC 1996
SSC 1994
Technical Qualifications
(Mention different h/w and s/w platforms.)
Work Experience:
Interests:
*
*
You can mail me at:
Email Id: the.achievers+résumé AT gmail DOT com
While the help that is offered here is free it would be appreciated if you could acknowledge the use of this material.
How to Write A Good Résumé