It’s very simple.

• Download and install the new Opera Unite
• Log in using your existing myOpera account or create a new one.
• Start the service and select the folders or files to share
• Set the access controls. There are 3 levels of access controls Public
  1. Public – Anyone can access your files
  2. Limited – You can protect files with a password and only those who know it can access files
  3. Private – only you can access files.
• Share your url with others and enjoy.

Note that others can access your files only when your computer is on, connected to the internet and you are running the Opera Unite Service.

Also your file are stored or cached no where on the internet.

Get Started

http://labs.opera.com/news/2009/06/16/

http://dev.opera.com/articles/view/an-introduction-to-opera-unite/

Opera Unite looks promising. It can act both as a server and a client.  With lots of people having access to broadband connections, this can add a new dimension to the social networking and sharing phenomenon.

• This works with Mozilla Firefox only.
• Install Greasemonkey add-on for Firefox (if you haven’t)
• Install the remove Orkut ads script

Why Orkut is showing ads ?

The Official Orkut blog explains that in this post as

One of the great things about social networks is their ability to supply you with information that’s relevant to you….On the Orkut team, we believe that advertisements should be no different

So the Orkut team thinks that these ads may provide additional information relevant to you.

But that might not be the only reason. There were rumors that Google might be shutting down Orkut. Running Orkut is a very expensive task for Google and they might want to earn at least some part of the expenses through these ads.

In fact they have created a micro site for advertising on Orkut that says Orkut is the best way to reach Indians online.

1. Create a filter for emails from Twitter :

Go to Gmail Settings > Filters > Create a new filter

In the From text box use Twitter . Then just click Test search to find if that is really working and click Next Step >>

In the next window check the options Skip the inbox (Archive it) and Apply the label and create a new label from the drop down box. I used the label Twitter

NB: Checking the Skip the inbox option is important, otherwise you will see the email in both your actual inbox and new inbox

2. Using the Multiple inboxes feature

Multiple Inboxes is a Gmail labs feature so you have to enable that first. Goto Settings > Labs and find the Multiple Inboxes feature .enable it using the enable radio button and Save your changes.

You can add a number of inboxes. For adding  a new inbox for your Twitter emails use label:Twitter in the first text box. (since I used Twitter as the label name).

You can choose the number of emails to be shown and also the position of the new inbox.

That’s it now when ever you open your Gmail you see a multiple inboxes. Filters are a power feature of Gmail. You can used them along with some Gmail labs features such as Canned Responses to create amazing results. So  do experiment with them. You can use the same idea to manage your newsletter and rss subscriptions and lots more.

It’s your life and you should have the right to choose how to live. Why on Earth would someone want to control you unnecessarily as long as you don’t cause trouble for others.

Internet giants are doing no good. According to this blog post at Digital Inspiration companies like Yahoo, Google and Microsoft co-operate wholeheartedly with the Chinese government in implementing internet censorship there. Even Google shows a separate set of search results for China.

WordPress is different That would be the good news to all those WP fans including me. Matt said a big NO to the Communist government on blocking some topics in WordPress or giving out details about WordPress users. Big Kudos to Matt and WordPress.

Thank God the Communists are losing grounds in India and their anti media activities are limited to calling  the main stream media “a syndicate against the communists”.

Image: Xanga-TaiwanIndependent

• This works with Mozilla Firefox only.
• Install Greasemonkey add-on for Firefox (if you haven’t)
• Install the Vodafone Orkut smileys (via OrkutPlus)

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He was quoted in cricketnext.com

“It is a question that we have posed to IPL a number of times about the involvement of more players on the field. I have personally mentioned that a number of times”

Meanwhile there are a lot of speculations that Kolkatta Knight Riders team owner Shah Rukh Khan is trying to sell his team. SRK, do that at the earliest so that someone else would kick out the coach before he comes up with any more incredeble ideas.

Any way I’m very much happy that the Chennai Super Kings are again on the winnig track and hope to see some more super shows from EM ES DHONI and his team.

Indian Squad Announced

The squad for the ICC T20 world cup next month was annouced today:
M S Dhoni (c), Virender Sehwag (vc), Gautam Gambhir, Suresh Raina, Yuvraj Singh, Yusuf Pathan, Rohit Sharma, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Ishant Sharma, Praveen Kumar, RP Singh, Ravindra Jadeja, Pragyan Ojha and Irfan Pathan.

Some great performacnes at the IPL helped Ravindra Jadeja and Pragyan Ojha to be in the 15 member squad. In spite of his perfomace in the match against Mumbai Indias (that happened a day before the selecton) the Banglore Royal Challangers batesman could not make it to tha squad.Munaf Patel,Dinesh Karthik, Ajith Agarkar and Sreesanth were also not included in the team.

Image : ABC News

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Why should you vote ?

Earlier I thought I would never vote. Why should I vote for these corrupt politicians? I know many have this same question. Then I changed my mind. After all something is always better than nothing. As far as there is no option of “NO VOTE” somebody would be elected even if you don’t vote. So vote for better one ( I believe the better party).

Political party or the candidte?

Our constituency Kottayam had the largest number of candidates contesting form the state (20). But the contest was primarily between two contestants and I had to choose one among them. I preferred one candidate over the other as a person. Unfortunately as a political party I preferred the party of the other candidate. I was really confused whom to vote.

Finally I decided to choose  the political party. After all the policies of the political party matters more than an individual. Forget about regional development. That won’t be a lot different. They know very well that they have to face the people at least in every 5 years.  Only a stable government with less number of parties can take the country forward.   ( I hate this coalition government  and the associated  political bargaining).

Should there be a a no-vote option ?

Personally I don’t think this can make any difference.  And I’m sure at least for this state of Kerala number of people who would choose that option if available  would be very less.

My advice to all those who haven’t voted and are yet to vote would be to go out and vote.

Image: rediff.com

I think he is in many ways the most different candidate contesting from the state for many reasons. For many ordinary voters he is still alien in spite of the heavy campaigning done for Mr Tahroor. Some one who doesn’t speak Malayalam well, some one who was never seen in any of the political activities in the state before.  But there are some serious issues about Mr Tharoors candidature.

Mr Tharoor in his election website http://www.shashitharoor.in make his intentions and view about his constituency and politics clear. He has also explained ‘Why UPA ?’. Really I liked his website very much.

But there are some serious issues regarding Mr Tharoor, especially because  of his involvement in many controversies because of his view about Israel and Coca Cola. Many others believe he is an opportunist. The are still others who campaigns for him.

This makes it clear why the road is not that smooth for Shashi Tharoor. He has to face opposition from even within his party. Anyhow the result of the Thiruvananthapuram constituency will be a landmark in many regards.