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We have a New Author here at LyteByte – Josh!

Mr.Byte — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 01:59:25 +0000

About a month ago, we had this blog redesigned and on the series of continuing multiple new changes here at LyteByte, we have a new author! So please welcome Joshua Thomas.

Joshua Thomas is a computer science student since high school quite specialized in VB, HTML, C++, Java, Telnet and has knowledge in system software, data structures, OOPS.

He is currently doing his Engineering in Computer Science under Anna University. He is also educated as a beginner in bio-technology .He now resides in the Oxford of South India – Tirunelveli.

His hobbies include driving, football, music, playing guitar and keyboard, singing and blogging.

Note from me:

Since I am caught up with my graduate studies as an Electrical Engineer, in the process of becoming the next scientist of this century, I was not be able to concentrate much on LyteByte. So LyteByte will be maintained by Josh!

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There is something new here at LyteByte!

Mr.Byte — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 05:28:11 +0000

Change, Change, Change! Everybody is looking for a change this time of the year and we do have some major changes here at LyteByte. With my semester end and Christmas break, we did not see any posts in the last two month but we are back again.

Theme Change
First the obvious change everyone can see is the theme change. The previous design has been here for almost two years though we had header and favicon design change a year ago. As the matter of fact that favicon was featured in Smashing Magazine.

This new theme is based on the Options Theme from Theme Hybrid by Justin Tadlock. This magazine style theme totally changes the front page look with featured post gallery, Categories tabs and lot of other features in the sidebar.

The new logo design and the favicon was designed by me using Adobe Photoshop. See my earlier header designs and article on how to create a simple one for yourself.

Server Change

The next change is the server where Lyte Byte is hosted. Earlier it was in a shared hosting but now we are hosted in a Virtual Private Server (VPS) by Slicehost. Thanks to Nirmal for the recommendation.

Finally a weeks work on moving the server and changing the design has paid off and now its time to get back with good tips and tweaks here at LyteByte.

P.S. I would like all my subscribers to visit the home page and other pages and let me know how does the new one look. How is the ease of use? Still its prone to some bugs, so please report any feature which is not working yet.

Also, if anybody knows how to tune LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySql, Php) do let me know and your help would be much appreciated!

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Link Bytes #11

Mr.Byte — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 20:26:06 +0000

Here is yet another edition of Link Bytes, which is already due a week ago.

So here are some of the How to articles related to Windows, MS Office, Internet, Firefox and Other productivity tips.

Internet:

Make Firefox more productive with Add-ons and Extensions – Productivity Tip – List of quite unknown addons for Firefox which will definitely improve productivity.

Split the tabbed browser – Another Firefox addon for Firefox to group tabs together for reference and comparing.

BgPatterns: Perfect Background Pattern Tool for Web Designs – Good backgrounds if you are into blog and web designing.

For Windows:

How to disable writing contents to CD ROM drive in an Office? – Useful if you own a workplace or team which involves lot of secure data, you may disable writing ability to CD drive and yet read contents.

TaskSwitchXP – Alt+Tab and Task Manager Alternative – Easy Task Manager for Windows XP

How to Find out File Size before Downloading – Find the size of the file before you download. Find is it big or small!

11 Free File Shredder Downloads for your PC Security – Know what tools you need to shred all the digital files you have after you delete them.

Empty Recycle bin with a desktop shortcut – Create a desktop shortcut to empty the recycle bin.

Office Applications and Other:

17 Excel pasting tricks you must know – Different tips to paste in Excel

Let a Monkey Handle Your Music Collection – Handle your music with ease.

Download TVTonic to watch Olympics Free of charge – Watch Olympics for free.

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Best of Last Month from Lyte Byte– June 08

Mr.Byte — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 02:34:00 +0000

Last months we had couple of more posts than the recent past months and in short it was a month filled with lots of tips and tweaks. Here are some of the top posts from June 08 here at Lyte Byte.

Since we had Firefox 3 release, all the Firefox 3 tips were the most popular posts from last month.

How to Browse Firefox 3 without Leaving a trace?

Understanding How and Where Firefox 3 Bookmarks are Saved

How to Auto Export Firefox 3 bookmarks to bookmarks.html?

How to Open Links next to the current tab in Firefox 3?

Other top posts from other categories like Office 2007, Excel, Word, Vista, How to etc

How to write mathematical equations, physics derivation, chemistry formulas in Word 2007?

How to remove duplicates in Excel 2007?

How to do calculations with Live data from web in Excel 2007?

How to change text orientation in Excel 2007?

Windows Vista

How to remove unwanted startup programs in Vista?

How to disable clicking sound in Internet Explorer from Vista?

My guest post at HowtoGeek: How to create a custom keyboard shortcut to access hidden desktop icons and files?

We still have lots of how to tips on Vista, Office Applications, and Internet Applications coming on so stay tuned.

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LyteByte Guest Post at HowToGeek: Create Keyboard Shortcut For Hidden Desktop Icons and Files

Mr.Byte — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 21:07:37 +0000

In case if you haven’t seen it by now, my Guest Post at HowToGeek was just published today.

Thanks to The Geek from HowToGeek and for all the visitors from HowToGeek, read other posts on custom keyboard shortcuts for various application from LyteByte and don’t forget to Subscribe to stay tuned.

I have always mentioned that we can increase efficiency with Keyboard Shortcuts and written various keyboard shortcut posts for various applications.

This guest post (Creating a custom keyboard shortcut for hidden desktop icons and file) is inspired by my older posts,

How to create Custom Keyboard Shortcut to open any application?

How to create a custom Keyboard Shortcut to open any folder in Vista?

and hiding the desktop icons and files.

Read the post at HowToGeek and let me know what you think.

Link: How to Create a Keyboard Shortcut to Access Hidden Desktop Icons and Files?

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Link Bytes #10

Mr.Byte — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 20:59:44 +0000

Here is another edition of Link Bytes from the friendly neighborhood of technical blogging. Also I was playing with my Nokia N95 8GB and was taking some random pictures with oranges. Some turned out good and if you want you can download and add them to your wallpaper collection. Also see my other photos at flickr.

So here are some of the How to articles related to Windows, MS Office, Internet and Other productivity tips.

First lets start with something funny that you can do next week when you go to work or school. Funny comic about sending corrupted files to your colleagues.

Internet:

Gmail trick to view contact conversations – Like the greasemonkey script which allows to view conversations when you hover the mouse over the contacts, now you can do by default with Gmail.

Sync Gmail and Thunderbird Contacts – Sync the Gmail contacts with the desktop mail client like Thunderbird.

How to Embed an RSS Feed in a blog – Using Google AJAX Feed API, embed any feed content in the blog.

Tweet even when the twitter is down – With this application, you can even tweet when the twitter is down.

Windows:

7 tools to copy or move files faster in Windows – If you frequently copy or move large files in Windows then you must try these options for faster results.

How to convert any web widget to Vista Sidebar Gadget – If you are a fan of Vista sidebar and your favorite gadgets are not available, then you can make your own.

Stop Windows Auto Update Rebooting – After windows updates, stop those annoying Windows restart message.

Disabling IPV6 secures your network – Find how disabling IPV6 in Windows secures your network.

Office Applications and devices:

Excel Tutorial: SUMIF with Multiple Conditions – Learn how to use various ways in which you can use conditions with SUM, SUMIF, SUMPRODUCT etc

Download Blank Templates Stock Photos for free – you may use these high resolution template photos when you need the most in your work.

Water Proof, Temperature resistant USB Flash drive – When you travel, you may need these water and moisture resistant, severe temperature proof drives to protect the data.

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The Best of Last Month from Lyte Byte – May 08

Mr.Byte — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 23:17:09 +0000

Its another month gone by and its time for another post in the series, ‘The Best of Last Month’. Last month we were able to see more tips when compared with the past few months and we will try to improve the number of post yet maintaining the quality.

Here is the poll of the month about what do you feel about the quality of the posts at Lyte Byte. please visit LyteByte and vote at the sidebar.

Here are some of the best posts from last month including How to tips on Vista and Office applications.

The best article of the month,

12 Must Have Extensions for Windows Vista in a single package

Link Bytes #9

Mr.Byte — Sat, 31 May 2008 01:47:30 +0000

Its been a months since I have mentioned about the good articles from blogging neighborhood and friends in the Link Bytes series. And they are back again in Lyte Byte and It will hopefully continue as a weekly or fortnight edition.

So here are some of the How to articles related to Windows, MS Office and Other productivity tips.

How to Shred Files in your Hard Drive for Free? – Delete the contents without a trace even after you shift delete.

How to change default settings in Microsoft Word 2007? – Change some of the common settings in Word to adjust to your style.

How to set Background for Vista Folders? – Setup a picture as a background in the folder section in Windows Vista.

How to Backup Windows Registry Automatically? – Free way to backup the Windows registry.

How to view Youtube’s No longer available videos? – Have you ever faced the situation ‘This video is not available’ in Youtube? Maybe this would help.

7 Incredible Tools To Browse Flickr Photos – Intrigued by the amazing picture collection in flickr? Browse them in style with these tools.

Make images more artistic using Virtual Painter 5 – Give some artistic look to your pictures.

Track your time and Improve your Productivity with actiTime – Helps you to manage your time better.

If you still have not signed up for the free give away of the Professional Backup Software, drop a comment to be eligible.

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The Best of Last Month from Lyte Byte – Apr 08

Mr.Byte — Fri, 02 May 2008 01:37:44 +0000

Its been a while since I write the post on the series ‘The Best of Last Month‘ and I thought it would be appropriate to start it again.

If you have missed any top posts over the last month, here is the top 5 from April 2008.

My new mobile phone helped me to write Nokia N95-4 8GB review which has become one of the top post of Lyte Byte. These days, I am writing more on Excel Tips. Although I am planning to write more on other Office Applications like Word and Powerpoint and also more on free applications for Vista. Stay connected for the upcoming How-to tips and tweaks.

As a reader of Lyte Byte, what is your suggestion? Should I diversify the topics covered or should I just concentrate on one field?

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A Note of Thanks to 1111 Lyte Byte Readers

Mr.Byte — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:05:16 +0000

It’s been little more than a year since I started Lyte Byte as a technology blog where I have been writing about tips and tweaks for software, internet applications and other computer related posts.

After working for a major software company, the one thing I learnt is no matter what field you are in, what matters the most is NUMBERS!!! Numbers not only count but they also speak a lot.

So, Thanks to the 1111 readers of Lyte Byte (as of April 17, 2008). These little numbers mean a lot to me keeping this site going. These numbers have made me accept the fact and realize that I am not writing in vain or for no reason and somebody is benefiting from what I write. Sometimes they have become the source of inspiration to me to write new posts.

If you are one of the 1111 subscribers, I would really appreciate if you could drop a comment below just saying a Hi or stating what you like and dont, and any other comments or suggestions. I just would like to know about the subscribers better.

And also thanks to Google and other search engines as it has made easy for everybody to find the answers and solution. I remember writing a post very long back, how a person lost a turtle in his house and found it on Google! So if you lose something in your house and if you search in Google, you may end up finding it.

This has made Lyte Byte to cross more than 100,000 page views every month and it’s constantly growing. There are lots of post which are constantly searched upon and the top three posts would include “How to convert .FLV(Flash) to .WMV, .AVI or any other format?”, “3 + 3 + 3 Places Where You Can Get Free Icons For All Seasons And Reasons”, and “How to share one Internet connection with another computer using Vista?” but other posts in the category of Vista, Office, How to, Tips are so closely following these.

FREE ADVERTISING FOR A MONTH

As these numbers go higher, this has also helped to gain some advertisers in Lyte Byte. And as we are just trying to find some advertisers direct or indirect apart from Google adsense, here is an initial offer of FREE ADVERTISING FOR A MONTH! The prices are very competitive and for more terms you can read it from Advertise at Lyte Byte.

One of the first advertisers here at Lyte Byte is Free Icons Download. They have more than 15,000 high quality icons for download and the best of all, they are free! These icons are user submitted and they have wide variety of source and in different categories like Art, Application, Business, Cartoon Icons, Computer Icons, Food, Funny, Holidays, People, Sport and so much more.

Do visit Free Icons Download and check out the amazing collection of Free Icons.

Once again, Thanks to all the readers of Lyte Byte and if you have not subscribed it yet, you may subscribe by mail or full feeds.

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