Website Down or Not?

Today, I was checking Demonoid but it refused to open. So, I thought the website was down but I needed to confirm it. So, while go-ogling for it I found this pretty useful website which determined whether the website was responding or not.

Down Or Not is an online website (tool) that allows us to see whether the current website is online or not. It simply checks the status of the website. If you have your website and want to check whether everything is working fine or not then you can use downornot.com. The site is very basic which helps users to check sites quickly and efficiently. A listing of popular search terms are also included on the homepage which can help users check up on the sites they frequent to see if there is a problem.

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File Extensions Registry

FileInfo.com

Well, I was wanting to know about a strange file type or file extension (suffix at the end of the file name) residing on my computer. I couldn't figure out the extension of the file and was left disappointed. Thus, I came across this pretty useful website FileInfo.com which contains a searchable database of thousands of file extensions with detailed information about the associated file types which they call as the "File Extension Registry".

Nonetheless, the coolest thing about this website is we can easily register our own file extensions. Thus, developers can submit their file extensions along with its information.

Official Website: FileInfo.com - The Central File Extensions Registry:

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Know Your Facebook Profile ID

If you want to know your Facebook Profile ID to find Fan Pages, setup Facebook Comment Box, Like Box then you probably need to know your Facebook ID. So, in order to know your Facebook ID we can use Facebook Graph API.

Paste the following URL to your address bar:

https://graph.facebook.com/your_user_name

Replace your_user_name with your Facebook Username.

For example: My username is Liverpool.Rocks so to access my graph I need to type in

https://graph.facebook.com/Liverpool.Rocks

If you don't have setup a Username you don't need to worry. Simply, login to your Facebook and in a new tab type in:

https://graph.facebook.com/your_name

For example: https://graph.facebook.com/SaugatAcharya

The output obtained is JSON format as below:

{

    "id": "1143197729",

    "name": "Saugat Acharya",

    "first_name": "Saugat",

    "last_name": "Acharya",

    "link": "http://www.facebook.com/saugat.acharya",

    "username": "saugat.acharya",

    "gender": "male",

    "locale": "en_US"

}

More On Graph Api: http://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/api/

Good Luck!

Disable Autorun of All Drives In Windows

The Autorun or Autoplay feature is enabled in Windows by default. Thus, CDs, DVDs & Flash Drives containing viruses or malwares make use of the Autorun feature in Windows to infect your computer as soon as they are loaded into your PC, Laptops. If you want to avoid all possible means of your computer being infected by viruses then disabling Autorun feature is the first step of them all.

Note: The operating system vulnerable to most of the viruses is WINDOWS.

Here are the simple steps to disable Autorun in Windows:

Go to Start, Click Run type gpedit.msc (Windows Group Policy) and click OK.

Now in the Group Policy, click Adminsitrative Templates under Computer Configuration.

For Windows XP click on System.

For Windows 7 & Vista, click on System Components, then Autoplay Policies.

Double click on Turn Off Autoplay in the Right Hand Side.

Now in Turn Off Autoplay Properties, select Enable & then select All Drives in the drop down. Click Apply and then OK.

Turn off Autoplay Properties.

You're done. Good Luck!

Find RAM Type and Speed From Commandline in Ubuntu (Linux)

If you need to find out the type of RAM and it's speed or the number of slots available in your computer without having to open the case. Then you can do so in linux machines (Ubuntu or Fedora, etc) by using the following command:

?sudo dmidecode --type 17

Greenshot - A Free and Open Source Screenshot Tool

Greenshot is probably the best screenshot tool you'll find for free. It is an open source and lightweight software for Windows with simple and easy to understand features. You can easily capture partial and complete screenshots within a second. Take screenshots - upload it to your blog, show it to your friends, enjoy!