How to get best free astronomy apps ?

Google Sky Map for Android : Sky Map is a real time application which uses GPS to find out your current location and shows many stars , constellations and even you can watch distant galaxies using this app. When you move your android device in air you can watch stars in different positions. With the help of this application even you can search new stars and constellations.

Google sky


Stellarium for iPhone and iPad : With the help of this application you can watch planets and their satellite in space itself. If you move your tablet 360 degree, you can see different placements of constellations. Important thing is that you can zoom in and out as well as watch in 3D.


SkyORB for iPAD : With the help of this application you can watch 3D Sky red ring and 3D planetarium view. In this app there are other facilities such as Search Engine, Sun Clock , Weather Prediction and Digital Compass.

Star wars Planetarium : With the inspiration of Star wars Death star this table top planetarium has been build. With the help of it , you can watch earth's night sky and star war galaxies.

You will need 3 AAA batteries to power it. It has informative learning guide so you can recognize different solar systems and planets

Star theater Pro : This planetarium has adjustable focus and LID light source. With the help of this application whole galaxy can come into your room.According to device placement ,we can adjust projection angle to get best output.

There is motorized image rotation which can be adjusted according to you comfort.It has automatic timer which get switched off after set time.


Laser Pod : Laser Pod takes you in space.With the help of Laser and LID ,you can draw colored image.It comes with two styles which are galaxy and supernova.  It is famous as Modern day Lava lamp because of its various patterns and colors.
You can buy this product at www.thinkgeek.com in 70 dollars. This software helps student to understand astronomy.


Sky watcher nexstar :With the help of Nexstar 60 MLT strong database you can search for meteoroids and it is used for earth view too.


Camera Adapter :  In this device you can attach camera with Telescope eye piece  . You can take multiple pics with the help of that. You can buy it from tejraj.in in Rs 660.
 

How to replace label with other strings in bloggers ?

Sometime we need to change the name "label" with other names such as categories,similar links or things like that. You can do it easily using following steps :

Step 1. Open Blogger and click on template  

Step 2. Click on Edit HTML and Proceed

Step3. Expand Widget and search for string given below using F3.

Step 4. Replace it with other names such as Categories or whatever you want .

Step 5. Its done , Enjoy!

How to add line to seperate each post in blogger ?

Sometime we need to add line to between each post to show separation between them. It becomes very easier with advanced css option in blogger template. These steps will help you with this task :

Step1. Open blogger and click on blog name

Step 2. Click on Template which is in left sidebar.

Step3. Now click on Customize.

Step 4 Click on "advanced" just below the layout option

Step 5. In advance option click on Add CSS  and paste the following code inside it :

.post-footer {
border-bottom: 1px dotted #666666;
margin-top: 0;
margin-$endSide: 2px;
margin-bottom: 0;
margin-$startSide: 3px;
padding-top:10px;
margin-top:20px;
}

Step.6 Save it and check your blog , you will see line appearing just below the each post. I hope it helped!

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How to setup mysql database.yml in Ubuntu ?

Steps which I am sharing with you has worked for me and I hope that would help you in connecting your mysql database to your ruby on rails application.

Step 1. Open terminal and execute this command : sudo apt-get install mysql-server libmysqlclient-dev libmysql-ruby

Step2. Change Directory to your application folder ,like cd /rails_projects/cg

Step3. Now ,install mysql gem : sudo gem install mysql

Step4. Configure your database.yml :  sudo gedit configure/database.yml

Step5.Paste this code:

development:
  adapter: mysql
  encoding: utf8
  database: yourdatabase_development
  pool: 5
  username: root
  password: yourpassword


test:
  adapter: mysql
  encoding: utf8
  database: yourdatabase_test
  pool: 5
  username: root
  password: yourpassword



production:
  adapter: mysql
  encoding: utf8
  database: yourdatabase_production
  pool: 5
  username: root
  password: yourpasswod

Done! Now create database using rake:db create  and enjoy!

How to open gedit as root?

In Ubuntu, beginners often face this problem of saving or editing document having permission of read and write only to root.

This problem can be solved in two ways :

1.  Open Terminal ( Ctrl + Alt + t) , then open the file using "sudo" , for example if I want to open file "xyz", I can open it using sudo gedit xyz .

2. Or you can change permission of this file using chmod command.After changing permission for all users to 777 . You can able to edit that file without any problem.


I hope it helps!

How to type in hindi without knowing hindi typing

I received mail from many of my blog readers who face difficulty in Hindi typing and want solution which is similar to blogger typing tool. I searched for it and now found a perfect solution for this problem. You can do it by just downloading Google IME . You will get installation help from here .

After installing it , you can able to type in your regional languages including Tamil and Gujrati , even in Microsoft Word.