Instruction links to all your Wifi needs

wifi

There’s a ton of resources and tips on improving your Wifi Connection. Here’s a consolidated list of links on the must dos for setting up Wifi. I’ve put them down here sequentially, so follow them in this order:

Essential guides for your Wifi router:

  1. Upgrade your Wifi Router Firmware to dd-wrt or Tomato (check if your router is supported).
  2. For security, make sure you change these 4 settings as recommended by Lifehacker.
  3. Improve your Wifi signal by choosing a free-er Wifi channel for your router.

For the Wifi Ninjas:

Auto-Type issues for Browser title while using same .kdb in Mac and Windows

I use a common KeePass .kdb database file for both the Mac and my PC, which I keep synced through Dropbox. I noticed that Google Chrome on Windows appends “- Google Chrome” to the title of the window. So my Auto-Type feature of KeePass was not working without two Auto-Type entries for the same password. This was a pain until I read this post.

Solution: The Auto-Type feature takes in wild cards :D.
So instead of:

  • Auto-Type-Window: Twitter
  • Auto-Type-Window: Twitter – Google Chrome

I can just have:

  • Auto-Type-Window: Twitter*

K’s Recommended list of Mac OS X Software

Mac OS X Software

So I recently made the move to a Mac. While I’ll follow with a first impressions post, I thought i’ll make my customary recommended list of software.

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Moving to Mac

Moving to Mac

The trusty IBM thinkpad T41 I used to own is now ancient. After having served me relentlessly through college (4 unforgiving years) and 4 more after that, it’s now time to finally put her to rest. After years of having been a loyal right-clicka, I’ve succumb and made the move. Treating myself to the new 15″ Macbook pro (referred just as Mac for the rest of this post).

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K’s Recommended list of Android Apps

Android Logo

I’ve managed to convert both my Brother and Dad to the Androidian ways. Only Mom left now :) . Mobile apps are quite selective and would differ based on your needs and customizations. So I’ve tried to cook up an exhaustive list of awesome apps for the Android Mobile platform. You will most definitely benefit from these apps, whatever your required level of customization.

To help quickly install all your apps at one go, take a look at the Android app “AppBrain Market Sync”.

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