Magical Bits

Google Wave : Talk While You Work

Google wave is a new announcement by Google to be launched later this year. It combines the facility of chat with creation of documents. It is said to increase productivity. Anyone can join the conversation at any point of time.

Other Useful Features:

Edit rich media concurrently by concurrency technology.
Natural language tools for spelling and contextual suggestions.
Extensible: Embed Google wave in other sites or add wave gadgets to it.

For Geeks

It is available to all, if someone withes to have a wave server and operate it like the SMTP Server, he can do it. It is also open for community and development made by them are acceptable to Google wave.
Wave for this giant Wave to sweep the web this year.

Inside AdSense: Image ads join link units

This a new attempt by Google to combine the Link units with a graphical ad at the base. It seem the ad at the base makes the basis of strengthening the base of link units. It allows both CPC and CPM for advertisers. Show more, earn more. Futher eading encouraged at:
Inside AdSense: Image ads join link units

How To Retain Karmas In Plurk On Vacation

Many times I come across plurkers who plurk their complaints about zero karma because they were on vacation.
To retain Plurk Karmas while you are away is simple. Go to my accounts link and scroll down to the bottom.
"Karma vacation mode (freeze karma)
Going on a longer vacation or don't have time to Plurk? Karma freeze is here to help you! Karma freeze will freeze your karma."
You will find a check box and a button labelled turn it on, like the one shown in the pic below. It costs you 1 Karma to enable this. Deal.

Never loose Plurk Karma again!
Meet me on plurk by this link.

Easy Photo Manipulation By Picnik

Do you want to add a zing to your kids or family photographs. Use this handy tool named picnik. No installation required to use picnik. Work directly from your browser. Even more interesting is the fact that you can use it without the hassles of registration. Though some features are kept for premium paid users, even the free part is delicious.

Upload the required photograph. See the upload button.

Crown The Prince
Enter the crown and tiaras section to hand over the sultanate to your prince.

Call Outs
Let him express himself with call outs of various shapes and sizes.

Spice Up The Background
Sometimes the wall behind the subject may look too bland. Use this tool to paint some comic characters.

Snowing Inside
Don't let him out in the snow to click. This trick would be fine. The only thing is that I don't know how come its snowing inside the room.

You Are An Artist
Show your artistic skills by making him a portrait with pencil ( software pencil). Remember, don't let him visit this site.

Polaroid
The look and feel of Polaroid

Vignetting
Vignetting is a technique to darken the peripheries and get the focus in centre. Though not strictly, because in many other manipulations, vignetting can be done by a lot other patterns and reasons.

Ortononish
I don't know about this. But it looked cool.

The Old And The New
A centre with coloured image and periphery with BW. Not everyone would be fond of but its a different look.

If you have some advanced task to do then try GIMP. For tutorials just keep watching this pace. Soon basic intermediate and advanced GIMP techniques will be posted.

Gmail Inbox Preview : Starters Before Main Course

Gmail has launched a preview feature to its inbox. Before the main course arrives you can enjoy the starters. This also comes in handy to let you know whether a new mail has arrived especially in places where the connection is slow. For my connection it is helpful because I have opted for a lower speed but unlimited GBs.
Turn this feature on through the labs, The Green beaker above the inbox.

Adsense Alternative : Tom Tried Adsense Denied, Even Then He Monetized

"No means New Opportunity"

Have you been denied of placing ads on your site? Fret not! You have a lot of other options to explore. The best is not always popular, while the popular is not always the best.
If an Ad site has not accepted your blog or site it is not the end. Its actually a new beginning.

Amazon Associates

Amazon associates is an Affiliate program that offer links + banners, widgets and aStore as marketing tools for earning through blogs and sites.It is based on actual purchase of the displayed product. The banners are available in various standard ad formats. This Indian Food Recipe site has an intelligent assortment of Amazon ads depending on its content.Amazon is an amazing Adsense alternative.

The payment is offered in tiers of 4% initially which increases later. A special section of amazon known as Endless offers upto 15 % T&C.

Yahoo! Publisher Network
Yahoo publisher network is based on Cost Per Clck Model. Yet another competitive Adsense alternative. Simply display ads that are relevant to the content of your site and earn money from qualified clicks. No investment is required and setup is quick and easy.

Clicksor
Clicksor is contextual advertising program. Clicksor offers the opportunity to earn more income by simply underlining a selection of clickable text (inline text links) or displaying targeted contextual ads (various sizes of banners) on their Web sites or blogs.

Ad Brite
AdBrite can help you monetize your site with advertising that fits the content and user base of your site. AdBrite serves ads on nearly 1 billion pages daily, providing massive scale opportunities. Inline ads are also supported.

LinkShare
LinkShare is a leading provider of full-service online marketing solutions specializing in the areas of Search (SEM), Lead Generation and Affiliate Marketing. As the online marketing industry continues to evolve at a fast pace, advertisers and publishers are turning to LinkShare for technology innovation, experience and a passion for driving results.

Commission Junction
Commission Junction maximizes your revenue opportunities by developing sustainable relationships with top-tier advertisers. Perform and get paid for every sale and lead you generate. For qualifying publishers, take your program to the next level with our industry exclusive solution for top-performers.