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Fun thing about Windows
2007-08-20 12:20:00
I don't know if this is easter egg or not. You can't create folder name "con" in any Windows version. This is what I got when I try to create folder name "con". You may get some errors whenever you try to create foler name "con". You don't have to take my words. Try and figure it out yourself!
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New Design Live now
2007-08-20 11:13:00
You may have noticed that we didn't post for new posts. That's because we are working hard to get this new template working with the way we want. We thanks all original designers for Mistylook theme. Special thanks to Blogcrowds for porting to blogger. We tweak a little bit here and there, but it takes time. We have to spend several hours testing to make sure our new theme works in major browsers.We'll keep our new posts coming again.
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Free $100 Yahoo advertising coupon
2007-08-16 04:24:00
I don't want you to miss the chance to get free $100 Yahoo ! advertising coupons. Now YPN maybe facing system glitches or intentionally let you get these coupons, I am not sure.These news are spread all over the internet and I've tried it myself already. It actually works!You should grab it now while it is still available. Just your $5, and you'll get $105 for ads on Yahoo!. Do the math!
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Solitaire game Easter egg
2007-08-16 04:11:00
Microsoft never want you to lose their famous Windows built-in Solitaire game, do you know that?It is a easter egg from Microsoft.Whenever you are playing Solitaire game, you can press Alt+Shift+2 to win the game instantly. Never lose a Solitaire games again!
More About: Microsoft , Easter , Easter Eggs , Game , Easter Egg

Download Youtube video in your favourite format
2007-08-16 03:03:00
I used to download Youtube videos using Video Download er. But after downloading, if I want it on my mobile devices, I need to use another converter. Usually it tooks sometimes and have got problem if I want that video from internet cafes, where I can't install any programs.Now, I have found that a new very useful website that can convert Youtube video to many video formats such as *.3gp *.mp4 *.wmv *.mpeg *.mov *.swf *.avi. That website is called all2convert.Type the url of Youtube video that you want to convert and that's it. This could be used even inside the company's firewall which block youtube url (Of course, you need to know the url of the video you want to convert and download)Even though I am emphasizing for Youtube, all2convert supports Google video and you can upload video file from your computer to convert too.BtN's tips : It takes some time to convert a video. So that it would be better if you want to convert Youtube or Google video on-the-fly. To convert video from ...
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How to restore tabs in Firefox
2007-08-15 03:08:00
If you ever used Opera, you may like its ability to resume all the tabs from your previous sessions. You may notice that Firefox 2.0 has the capability to resume all the tabs you opened after a system crash.Actually you can config firefox to always resume just like in Opera. You don't need to install any extensions or add-ons for this.Just go to Tools-->> OptionsMain-->> When Firefox Starts under Startup: Drop down menu -->> Choose "Show my windows and tabs from last time"That's it! Enjoy your surfing with Firefox.
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Google image can search faces
2007-08-13 23:45:00
This is the coolest trick I've ever got for Google .You can use Google Image search to search only faces of people. Did you know that already? If not yet, try these:Ordinary Image Search for Microsoft Faces Image Search for MicrosoftThis picture is for faces search Microsoft.Currently, this feature is only in "unofficial mode". So that you need to add the following line after the image search queries.&imgtype=faceYour address bar should look like below:How could this be useful? Well, if you are looking for images of the people behind popular companies, products or even countries, this tool will be very handy indeed.Updated: I just figured out that Windows live also just introduces faces search at July 27. (See their official blog). Thanks garyprice for the info.To use new feature in Windows Live image search, try these:1.without the new features ? jimi hendrix2.with new face filtering on ? jimi hendrix filter:face3.with new portrait filtering on ? jimi hendrix filter:portrait4.with n...
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Gmail custom domain vs Yahoo mail
2007-08-13 07:04:00
Since I've bought bridgetonova.com domain, I haven't setup up any email addresses yet. Of course, my domain registrar provide Forward Email for free of charge, but I want POP3 access. So I am shopping for email services. Yahoo ! provide these email services.But when I checked for Gmail , it's free! (Link) Not only Google provide this services for free, but also far more better than Yahoo! Services. While Yahoo! provide only 1 or 10 email addresses for either $34.95/year or $9.95/mo, Google provide 100 email addresses for free. Yes! that's right 100 email addresses for your domain.Without any hesitation, I've already signed up with Google. Now you can contact me at jason at mydomain name. I'm really wondered is there anyone who would buy Yahoo! email services.
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Faster way to type internet address
2007-08-13 03:36:00
Most of webmasters and computer geeks might have already know this. But I want to share this to those who don't know yet.If you want to type www.blogger.com, you don't have to type every word. It's too time consuming. You can simply type blogger in the address bar and then press Ctrl+EnterFor .net ? Shift+Enter = www.blogger.netFor .org ? Ctrl+Shift+Enter = www.blogger.orgThese shortcuts work in both IE and Firefox .
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Fun thing about Blogspot and Google
2007-08-13 02:29:00
Do you know that you can't create any subdomain at blogspot.com start with gmail- ? All of these would redirect to Gmail.comTry these!http://gmail-mytest.blogspot.comhtt p://gmail-seeit.blogspot.comAnything you like gmail-xxxx.blogspot.com would also go to Gmail.com.Seem like Google don't want any blogger to know more of Gmail than themselves.
More About: Internet , Tips , Easter Eggs , Blogspot

How to run multiple Yahoo Messenger?
2007-08-12 15:14:00
Another boring tip again!I have already told you guys about "How to run multiple Gtalk clients?". But, most of my friends are hardcore Yahoo ! fans. They keep asking me about how's about Yahoo? Can't we do it in simple way? They can find tweaking program, but that's very version sensitie. Okay! now I've found very easy workaround. Just add this registry key.HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareyahoopagerTe st"Plural"=dword:00000001After that, all you have to do is just click and click at Yahoo messenger icon to run as much as you want.
More About: Windows , Internet , Registry , Tips

Purchase more storage for Google services
2007-08-12 02:10:00
At last, Google official blog announced Google more storage services plan.With a Google shared storage plan, you won't have to worry about deleting files, pictures, or emails. After purchasing a storage plan, some of your individual Google services (e.g. email and photos) will share a single new storage space.It's a good news, isn't it? Well, it looks like $500 / year for 250 GB is a lot more expensive than external hard disk, you can't compare external hard disk with Google storage.1. Google will protect your data with their million dollar cluster servers.2. Unlike your external hard disk, you can access your data anywhere without having to carry anything.3. Imagine 250 GB Gmail inbox? Of course, only if you're doing email archiving for all descendants, you'll need that much. But, I mean, it's a lot!4. Google share storage plan looks very cool as you can use in many of Google services including Picassa and Gmail and many more.Ready to purchase? Go Here!
More About: Internet , Services , Opinions , Storage

How to keep Firefox bookmarks without duplicate?
2007-08-12 00:26:00
If you are a bookmark maniac like me, from time to time, you will get sicked by looking at long list of your bookmarks and know there are many sites duplicated.It's quite time consuming to find duplicate bookmarks and clean.I've found this very useful Firefox Extension called, Bookmark Duplicate Detector.After installing this extension, my bookmarks look neat and tidy.
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How to download from megaupload without toolbar? Part II
2007-08-11 11:55:00
Old news continue again. I told you guys about how to download from megaupload without toolbar a couple of months ago, but that's for Firefox users only.For Opera , it is as easy as Firefox. Type about:config in the address bar -Search there for ISP -Click on ISP and set the id to MEGAUPLOAD 1.0 and saveThat's it! Your Opera can download from megaupload without country limit slots anymore.If you are a solid fan of IE, then you may want to know IE tricks. For IE, it is not as easy as Firefox or Opera, you need to edit registry.Start-->Run-->RegeditFor IE 6 and below:[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosof tWindowsCurrentVersionInternet Settings5.0User AgentPost Platform]New-->String Value--> Type "Alexa Toolbar"For IE 7.0 and above:[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosof tWindowsCurrentVersionInternet SettingsUser AgentPost Platform]New-->String Value--> Type "Alexa Toolbar"After that restart your PC.
More About: Registry , Programs , Download , Tips

My First SEO Tips
2007-08-11 09:42:00
Well, yesterday I posted my first alexa tips, today I want to share about SEO optimization that I am using now.I'm sure most of blogger already knew about ping, but most used to ignore. Well, search engine will eventually come to your blog one day. But if you ping regularly, most search engine will come to your blog more often. Their chance of excluding your up-to-date content in the search result would be less.Just bookmark the following url for the major search engines.GOOGLEhttp://www.google.com/webma sters/sitemaps/ping?sitemap= http://www.yourdomain.com/sitemap.xmlYAHO O http://search.yahooapis.com/SiteExplorerS ervice/V1/ping?sitemap= http://www.yourdomain.comMSN http://api.moreover.com/ping?u=http://www .yourdomain.com/sitemap.xmlAskhttp://subm issions.ask.com/ping?sitemap= http://www.yourdomain.com/sitemap.xmlOf course, don't forget to subtitute your domain with your real domain name and your real sitemap url.
More About: Google , Internet , Tips

JohnCow $500 Contest
2007-08-11 00:56:00
Over at JohnCow.com, they must have the coolest web hosting provider as their servers can stand their moos. These guys are having a competition (for cows, it's called cowpetition) and are giving away a $500 prize! Here?s your chance to win a Playstation3,or an Xbox360, a Nintendo Wii, an iPhone .. you name it, they?ll pay it! Don?t miss out and check out their mad cow blog!Who knows?Maybe I will win. If I win, I'll buy some milk. If you don't know what I am talking about, visit JohnCow. Cows are friendly and have a sense of humor too.
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Cool CSS layout tip
2007-08-10 22:01:00
I have stumbled upon this website while I'm googling for CSS layout tips and tricks. It's pretty damn cool to round corner in CSS.Right now, I don't have any idea how I should integrate this tip into my blog, bummer, huh? But, hey if it fits yours, this tip worth your try coz it works in IE, Mozilla, and Opera. It should work in most other modern browsers as well.
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The truth about Google Earth
2007-08-10 14:54:00
I have told you guys a fews day ago that Google Earth can zoom more than you think. But we have to think again. I just found out the truth now. They are not satellite picture at all. Google plane is taking those pics on purpose for Austrial flyover day 2007. Many people have been preparing for this opportunities to put ads in Google Earth about their business. But those idea have been spoiled later due to No-Fly zone.I know what you are thinking now, "Hey! some pics don't look like from Australia!". Yes, you're right. They are from Africa. Now in Google Earth, there are two set of high resolution close ups pics. One set is from Austrlia Fly over day 2007 and the other is from Megaflyover project.Here is Wiki explanation for what Megaflyover is all about.The MegaFlyover project was a seven month aerial survey from June 2004 to January 2005 by explorer/ecologist J. Michael Fay and pilot Peter Ragg sponsored by the National Geographic Society and others. They criss-crossed Africa fro...
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My First Alexa Tips
2007-08-10 01:06:00
Well, now I've been blogging again for almost 40 days now. When I restart blogging one month ago, my Alexa rank is way over 3 millions. (3,xxx,xxx) I can't remember the exact number. So that, I've decided to tweak Alexa rank. I came across Doshdosh 20 tips and I've tried only three.1. Install the Alexa widgets. You can see in my sidebar. 2. Install the Alexa toolbar and made my blog homepage. (Of course, I visit my blog everyday).3. Use redirect for my home page link. Not really sure because of that or not, but now my alexa rank is somewhere 9xx,xxx. Yeah! It jumped over two millions. That's just for 3 months average. For 1 week average , it is way beyond 3xx,xxx. Of course, beside just following the above three tips, I blog regularly and now I've got average 200 visitors/day.Anyway, I will try my best to past 100,000, it's nice to see your website traffic stat in alexa, isn't it?
More About: Internet , Tips , Tricks

Let's take a walk in the world wide web!
2007-08-09 23:27:00
If the Internet wasn?t a word describing a virtual world of computers, joined together in a network, how would it look like? Walk2Web is a really interesting website, trying to do exactly that - visualize the connections between sites, while allowing to view, review, bookmark and vote for your favorite sites. After trying it with a few sites, we found that you can find amazing connections and many interesting sites, by taking a five minutes walk, down the Internet?s lane.Here is my footsteps:Come on! Let's take a walk Reference : AltSearchEngine
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How to make DRM free netflix movies?
2007-08-09 05:11:00
I told you guys about how to make DRM free Zune tracks a couple of days ago, but today I just found out that by using the same program, FairUse4WM, and a few extra steps, you can save Netflix streaming movies indefinitely and share to your friends.Using only Internet Explorer, Windows Media player, notepad and two programs, Mirakagi and FairUse4WM of course, a user by the name of DIzzIE offers step-by-step instructions on Rorta forum.In a post on forum.rorta.net titled "How to Rip Netflix 'Watch Now' Movies ," a user going by the handle DIzzIE [antikopyright 2007] claims to explain how to save and decrypt the downloadable Watch Now movies from Netflix so that "you can convert them to other mediums and watch them at your leisure."To respond DIzzIE hack, after his initial post introducing the hack, Netflix updated the Individualized Blackbox Component with the hope it would null the hack.But, as of now, DIzzIE goes on to detail a workaround at the same forum. Wow! DIzzIE is way too s...
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How to install Vista bubble screen saver in Win XP
2007-08-09 01:11:00
From Softpedia and Joejoe , you can download four new Microsoft official Vista screen saver ported to Windows XP. All these new screen saver look very modernized. But my favourite is bubble, because it doesn't change the desktop background when it's running.BtN's tips : I'm really wonder why Softpedia and original author didn't pack installation instruction. Those of you who don't know what to do with downloaded file, extract it to C:WindowsSystem32. And you can choose that extract screen saver in Desktop-->> (Right Click) Properties --->>> Screen Saver Menu. But Settings will not be working, you need to edit registry as in the readme included with download. For most of us, no need to bother about changing the setting unless we really want to mess with registry.
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You can find your favourite song by humming!
2007-08-08 16:08:00
We used to remember the song tune, music and harmony rather than the lyrics or the song title. Have you ever missed your favourite song? Have you ever just hummble it to your friends and they have ever look at you like you are from Mars? Well, not again!You know that song is famous, but all you can remember is some tune and just hummble? That's enough! That's all you need! Go to Midomi.com, where you can use your voice to instantly connect to your favorite music, and to a community of people that share your musical interests. Listen to voices, see pictures, rate singers, send messages, buy music, and more.As with any other innovative company, Midomi is still in beta. But you can contribute to their database by singing your well-known favourite song. Grab your mic and let's start singing!
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How to prevent IE clipboard hack?
2007-08-08 15:46:00
You can copy any text, then go to this link. You'll see what you copied (You must be using IE to see this effect).What if you copy your password or cc number? You need to scare only if you are using IE as Firefox is safe from this hack.This is the script which can be placed in any web page and when you visit the site, using IE Browser, it can easily retrieve what was in your clipboard. (Yes, I am talking about your Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V)How to avoid data getting stolen from clipboard ?To avoid clipboard hack, do the following: 1. Go to Tools-->Internet Options->Security 2. Press custom level 3. In the security settings, select disable or prompt for Allow Programmatic Clipboard access under Scripting as shown in the above screenshot.Reference : Link1 and Link2
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Google Earth can zoom more than you think
2007-08-06 22:11:00
If you think Google Earth is only for viewing hybrid image and satellite imagery for streets and building, think again! Because Google earth can take this kind of pic too:Still don't believe it, right? Think I play with Photoshop? Here is Google Maps link. Go there and choose Satellite. You will see that man is looking up. How can we get it? Here's how: Go to Google Maps 1. Select a location and switch to satellite view 2. Zoom in as far as you can, and click ?link to this page? at the top right 3. Now replace the ?z? parameter in the URL with a higher value, e.g. 20, 22, or 23, and wait. Some locations will now show more detailed imageryRemember you might be able to zoom more to only those location which could zoom to highest level(z=18). If you want to see more, check what others found out here and here.
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Windows Media Plugin for Firefox
2007-08-06 21:45:00
If you are solid user of Firefox and got annoy everytime you visit Windows Media embedded website, now there is a solution.Microsoft Corp., as part of its outreach to the open-source community, has released a new official Windows Media Player plug-in for Firefox 2.0 that resolves problems with the older one.You can download it on official Mozilla plugin site or official Microsoft open source lab.Plugin for linux version is still unavailable though .
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How to run multiple Gtalk clients?
2007-08-05 02:21:00
If you are a big fan of Gtalk, you do have many Google accounts for different purposes, you might want to run multiple instances of Gtalk client.Well, first I thought we might need a special program to do that. Finally, it's not that difficult at all.All you have to do is just change in the Properties field of Gtalk shortcut as shown in picture below:Add -nomutex at the end of Target file path.Enjoy your talking!!
More About: Internet , Programs , Tips , Tricks , Clients

Check your domain value with dnScoop
2007-08-05 01:49:00
I've found out dnScoop.com and it's quite fun to check how much your domain or favourite domain worth. How they value a domain? Here is their explanation:dnScoop.com attempts to estimate a value for an established website or a domain name by using factors such as: * Links pointing to the domain * Popularity of the domain * Age of the domain * Pagerank of the domain * Traffic to the domain * and more...We believe that these factors are a good indicator of a site's value and earning potential. We don't claim that the tool is 100% accurate, but we are constantly working to improve accuracy. I have made a search for problogger.net, it show that it is worth $234,350.Btn is now worth only $70. :( Let's see what's the value at the end of this year :D. Check for your domain now. It is really fun!
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Web-based torrent client
2007-08-03 20:24:00
If you're itching to download a torrent at school or work, where you are not authorized to install any software, you can use this web-based java bit torrent client. This is so cool if you just want to download only one torrent at a time. All you need is Java Virtual Machine.Here is the snapshot of Bitlet download in progress.Quote from torrentfreak : It?s not a replacement for the regular BitTorrent client, but it sure is a great addition.Reference : TorrentFreak
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Improve your Video Streaming Experience
2007-08-03 17:06:00
I've found the program called "Speedbit Video Accelator". It supports the following video networks:How it's works?With SpeedBit Video Accelerator installed, your browser?s connection to specific streaming video server is being rerouted through the Video Accelerator Daemon. Unlike the normal browser connection, the Daemon uses a unique patent pending technology, that substitutes the single connection with a sophisticated multi-connection algorithm. The end result is an (up to) 5 times faster connection, which handles the cache buffering (the ?preloading? of the movie) much more efficiently.BtN's Tips : Even though they don't disclose their technology, I've observed that this program makes several connection to the video that you're playing. For my case, without this program, I can see only three connections to dailymotion, but after using this program, it makes 8 connections. By this way, it accelerates the video. So, if your connection is dialup, using this program won't make...
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