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What I like about Wordpress over Blogger
2008-02-01 04:30:00
As I’ve been on Wordpress for about a month, let me share what I like about Wordpress over Blogger . Many plugins available There are many advantages of Wordpress. The main obvious thing is that many varieties of plugins. I just imagine what I want to do with my blog and google it with wordpress plugin, BLAM! there’s ...
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How to config Firefox to open new pages in tab or windows?
2008-01-31 07:27:00
Well, this is actually very very easy thing. But, as one of my friend couldn’t find this option himself, I feel that I should be telling my readers too. If any of my readers overlook this option, now you can config your Firefox to do exactly what you want to do. Just go to Tools –>> ...
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How to use Quick Launch Shortcuts?
2008-01-30 11:13:00
Windows Vista has automatically created Shortcuts keys for the first 10 items in Quick Launch toolbar. You don’t need to do anything. Just use it! Only if you know how to use it! For my Quick Launch toolbar above, the shortcuts are as follows. Windows key + 1 = Show Desktop Windows key + 2 = Flip 3D Windows ...
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How to make "My Computer" toolbar in Taskbar
2008-01-27 00:41:00
Actually you can make any folder in your computer as toolbar in taskbar. But for my favourite, I’ve always made “My Computer ” as a toolbar in my taskbar. Here is the procedure to do it. First right click on the taskbar and then go to Toolbars. After that choose “New Toolbar” as in the following pic. After that ...
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Wordpress.com users get free space upgraded
2008-01-26 04:20:00
If you are looking to start a new amateur blog at Wordpress .com, there is a good news for you. Now you can host your images, movies up to 3 GB. It is a big improvement from previous 50 MB. As you know, 50 MB means nothing. But for 3 GB of space, you could blog ...
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Wordpress plugins I am using
2008-01-24 01:19:00
Since I moved to Wordpress , I haven’t made a full explanation about how and what plugins I am using. So here is the lists of Wordpress plugins I am using as of now. 1. Akismet 2. All in One SEO Pack 3. Google XML Sitemaps 4. Maintain Blogger Permalinks 5. Shylock Adsense 6. WP-ContactForm 7. WP-DBManager 8. FeedBurner FeedSmith 9. Similar Posts Let me explain ...
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This is how a bobbin works
2008-01-22 23:56:00
I have always wondered how a bobbin works when I was young. And when I’m getting older, this bobbin has gone totally out of my mind. But after I have stumbled upon Material Mama, this thing has shred some light on. Just look at the graphic, that is really amazing. Whoever invented it at that time ...
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There’s something in the air
2008-01-15 21:05:00
Yes, indeed! There is something in the air. It is the voice of disappointment from Apple hardcore fans. Many expect a lot from this year Macworld Expo 2008. But, Steve Jobs couldn’t wave any magic wand IMHO. Many are hoping that Apple would give them at least update for their Macbook Pro. But, they have got the terrible voice of Randy Newman. Apple, at last, announced MacBook Air. Something that was hinted by Apple teaser banner, "There’s something in the air". What is MacBook Air?   Steve introduced MacBook Air by saying "Today we’re introducing a third kind of notebook, and it’s called the MacBook Air. In a sentence, it’s the world’s thinnest notebook." Not sure how he’s defining thinnest, (MacBook Air is not thinnest notebook ever) but, hey, it’s his keynote. These $1,799 laptops are not for the general audience. Even though some people don’t care about the optical drive but the lack of Ethernet...

MacWorld Keynote is coming, what’s up with that?
2008-01-14 07:30:00
Yeah, MacWorld Keynote is going to start within 24 hours. What’s up with that? Well, if you really don’t know what is MacWorld Keynote, let me give you a brief introduction. It is held every year and Apple CEO Steve Jobs introduced their company new products and new idea. This year Macworld Keynote is more exciting than the past. Why? Because, last year, Steve Jobs introduced iPhone at Macworld Keynote and that product became the best invention of the year. So, for this year, everybody is exciting to listen what Steve Jobs have to say for 2008. Can he announce new product as big as iPhone? There are many rumors such as MacNano or Macbook Nano or MacTouch tablet. (Flickr MacBook Touch) Okay, we can guess anything we want because we’ll know the truth within 24 hours.

Life in the Wordpress world
2008-01-12 15:55:00
Well, moving to Wordpress is quite challenging job for me. Blogger is very good for beginners. But as I have been on Blogger for more than two years, I’m so getting used to it. The first problem I face in the Wordpress is that I can’t import Blogger posts using Wordpress built-in import tools. So, I have to google around found that I should open wordpress.com account first. Import all my bloggers post to there and then export to the wordpress files. After that I have to import to my new installed wordpress blog. Just like everyone else, even though I moved to Wordpress, I don’t want to lose all my traffic and incoming links. Thanks to advice from Justinsomnia for Maintain permalinks moving from Blogger. I have followed all the advices from that article and it worked. For those of you who wondered which plugins I am using now, here is the screenshot. I’ll share my experience about each plugin later as I’m so new to this now. Hopefully, I’m matured...
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Yes, I moved to Wordpress!
2008-01-10 22:14:00
Finally, I’ve moved to Wordpress , the best blogging platform on the planet! Stay tune! I will provide all the tips and tricks for moving from Blogger to Wordpress.

Create top-notch business card
2008-01-10 07:41:00
There?s no doubt that most businesses owners aree concerned about their marketing campaigns. In business nowadays, branding is everything. So that creating an effective brand name is the very first thing business owners have to do for their business. So if you're a business owner, have you make your brand name yet? Don't forget to create a perfect logo design that would match your business. If you're about to create Custom Logo Design, I would suggest you to take a look at logoyes.com. You can try their Free Logo and Business Card Creator. If you don't like the final design, you don't have to pay a cent. Their custom logo creation process includes six steps as follow. For first step, you need to choose image that would reflect your company stance such as High-tech, Bold or Flair. For second step, you need to choose the industry of your company such as Arts, Automotive, Engineering, Real Estate, etc. After that, you need to choose the symbol that would reflect your company for t...
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How to view feedburner subscriber counts from blogs that don't display
2008-01-10 03:30:00
Well, we are very curious with our competitions. Sometimes, we really want to know how much of the subscribers do they have too? For me, I haven't publicly shown my feed subscriber counts yet even though I am having a quite impressive number for me.Well, anyway, if you want to view the feedburner counts of the blogs that don't display, you might be able to see it if you're lucky. In fact, lucky here means those blog owners should have got change of mind and should be stupid too.Here's how to achieve this.This is my feed address.http://feeds.feedburner.com/Bridg eToNovaIf you want to see my subscriber, you should type in the address bar as follow.http://feeds.feedburner.com/~fc/Br idgeToNovaWhat do you see now? I'm not lying to you. You can't see my counts because I know this trick and I've already prevented from it by deactivating in my feedburner dashboard. But hey, there are a lot of bloggers out there who don't know this and you can check their feed counts.
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Unlock your DVD player for region free
2008-01-09 14:57:00
Do you know that every DVD player that comes with your PC is limited to your region? Here's how DVD regions are divided.   So if you live in region 1 (that's USA), you can't play DVD from region 2 (Europe) or any other region except region 1. DVD manufactures limit DVD players for a reason. By dividing the region, they could make sure film makers could set the price based on specific region. If a movie is popular in USA, buying region 1 DVD for that movie might be more expensive than the very same film in region 2 DVD. So how can you unlock DVD region? Well, thanks to http://www.dvdunlocker.com/, you can unlock your DVD player within a few seconds. All you have to do is find your DVD player model in their list. If your model is listed, they can 100% guarantee that their method will work. They can unlock over 1500 mainstream DVD players. So if you are sick of malfunction DVD from your friends of other region, you should start unlocking your DVD player now. Hurry up, if ...
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How to disable UAC in Windows Vista
2008-01-09 14:40:00
If you are using Windows Vista like me, you must be familiar with the following dialog box, don't you? This is because of Windows Vista new addition security feature called User Account Control (UAC). Some people gave up on Vista and return to XP because of UAC. Well, it is quite surprise to know that some people couldn't figure out how to disable UAC and they simply blame on Microsoft . These people are really pathetic. Let me show you how easy it is to disable UAC. 1. Simply go to Start Menu -->> Control Panel -->> User Accounts 2. After that simply click on Turn User Account Control on or off as shown in the picture below. 3. You will see the last time UAC dialog to click Continue. 4. And then rebooted your computer. Simple, huh? Enjoy your Vista!
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Recover your deleted files
2008-01-09 11:07:00
Sometimes our hard disk contains a lot of data, photos, music and video files. It is quite common for us to accidentally delete important files. What can you do if you accidentally delete your files or lost your files because of nasty viruses? Well, you can recover deleted files easily by using programs from http://www.file-saver.com. With this software, possibilities are endless. You can recover any types of your files no matter they are photos, musics, videos, or whatever. I can say that if you delete it, you can easily recover it. So, I highly recommend you to check this software and get it. It would really come in handy when your disaster strikes.
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Which size is the world's largest?
2008-01-09 10:38:00
Have you ever wonder how big the TV can go? As of now, the world's largest, biggest television is 150-inch high-definiton plasma TV unveiled by Panasonic.The giant TV features an 8.84 million pixel image resolution. Its screen is the equivalent of nine 50-inch sets, with an effective viewing area of 11 feet. This is a step up from Panasonic previous by-then world's largest 103 inch plasma.Even though Panasonic not yet announce the price of 150 inch, for 103 inch, it cost $70,000 when it launched. When I was young, the biggest TV I know of is 29 inches. It's quite funny when I look back time. I feel like the future will be funnier and funnier as technology advances on. Source : Yahoo News
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Download the whole website easily
2008-01-09 10:22:00
Have you ever afraid of your favourite website could go offline? So that you want to save all the contents of the website on your computer before the site goes down? Yeah, I know saving web page one by one could take a year to download medium large websites. But there's a copy website program from http://www.web-site-downloader.com which could do the exact job for us with our minimum effort. You can get the program from their website. This program could download all webpages, images and videos from your favourite website with one simple click. How much do you have to pay for this simple useful program? Well you need to pay only $16.95 one-time fee. For me, it sounds a great deal.
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How to configure default Ctrl+Enter setting in Firefox
2008-01-09 05:07:00
I have told you guys about how to type web addresses more quickly. Ctrl+Enter will fill you up .com. But what if you access to .net site more often and you want to change the default Ctrl+Enter to automatically fill you up .net not .com. How can you do it? It's easy just download URL Suffix Add-ons for Firefox . After installing the Add-ons, go to Tools -->> Add-ons. And then Choose the URL Suffix and click on Options. You will see the URL suffix configuration dialog box as follow. See? You could even configure for Enter behaviour, not just Ctrl + Enter. But I find it quite annoyance as most of the websites I surf are end with various suffix.
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Recover your lost Excel passwords
2008-01-08 11:00:00
I enjoy Microsoft Excel a lot. In fact, a lot of my daily usage and my budget plans are normally done in Microsoft Excel. As I used more and more Excel and contain a lot of confidential data in Excel file, I need to keep it as securely as possible. I love Microsoft Office for their invention of Password protection feature since earlier versions of Office. Their Password protection made me feel save from my friends and co-workers, who are very curious about all my files in my computer. But one of the bad thing is that, as I've got a lot of password, sometimes I forgot the password of the file that contain all my budgets for the last whole year. I was sweating a lot. But then Excel password recovery from http://www.password-studio.com/ save me from disaster. This software is really a great deal. It checks up to 140,000 passwords per second, that is four times faster than it’s competitors. So if you've encountered a password forgot nightmare like I do, you don't have to swe...
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How to change Outlook startup folder
2008-01-08 10:49:00
Microsoft Outlook display the Outlook Today page when you first start up since very earlier versions, but for me, it's a quite useless page since I just want to read my email. I always change Outlook default setting by digging into Advanced Options via Tools -->> Options and then change the default folder. Hey but there's an easier way to do this. Just click on the Customize Outlook today button on the upper right corner of your Outlook as in the following pic. After that you will see the following screen. Be sure to uncheck, "When starting, go directly to Outlook Today" checkbox. The default for these would make Outlook to go directly to your inbox. If you prefer to go Outlook to any other folder than your inbox, you can choose any folder you want by click on Choose Folders button. Hope this tip would help you make more productivity.
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Browse securely by hiding your IP
2008-01-08 10:17:00
Internet isn't as anonymous as you think it is. Whatever website you browse, or whatever you do on the Internet, you leave the trace, IP address. IP address is uniquely assigned on the Internet to identify each computer in the world. So, what's the big deal about the IP address? Well, hackers can exploit your computer and your identity, your confidential data if they just find out your IP address. So should you fear and not surfing at all? NO, not really. There's a solution for you. You can surf virtually anonymous. How's so? You can hide IP address very easily too. Check out http://www.hide-my-ip-address.com/. This site is a very good identity theft protection, I highly recommend it for the ordinary surfer like you and me.
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Having sick
2008-01-07 15:21:00
Sorry for no post for a long time. Last week, I've got a flu and now I'm recovering. Soon, I'll resume my daily tech news, tips and etc. Thanks for those who emails me and asking why I don't post. You guys really made me encourage to resume blogging. See you all soon.
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Adobe is spying on us
2008-01-02 04:06:00
We all are worried about our privacy on the World Wide Web. With technology advancing and bad boys are releasing bad things every day, we all have to install the antivirus and antispyware that we think would protect us from evil. We normally ignore that our trusted applications might sometimes be tracking on us. Even if their intention is to improve their program not to invade our privacy, I do mind. Let's take a look at Adobe InDesign CS3.   Thanks to Dan from uneasysilence, he noticed that when you start Adobe InDesign CS3, the applications try to connect to 192.168.112.207. Yes it is look like an internal IP address. But hey, take a look again, it is not! It is actually connecting to 192.168.112.2O7.net. You see? Really evil, huh? Dan find out that 192.168.112.2O7.net is owned by Omniture, a huge behavioral analytics firm. Well, Adobe says they want to know more about their users. But, in my opinion, putting behavior analysis software in an application without in...
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Avoid tele-marketers by using disposable phone number
2008-01-01 07:03:00
Let's start the new year with the best tip. I've told you guys about how to avoid spammer by using one-time disposable email services. That could really save you from a lot of email spammers. But what about telemarketers? It is quite annoying to receive a call from someone you don't know and talking about the product you're not interested at all. Yeah, nowadays, spammers are everywhere. I've found a website called Numbr, which provide disposable US phone numbers. This service is very useful especially if you want to list your phone numbers in MySpace, Facebook or any other social networks. I've no idea about their business model as they provide this service absolutely free. You can forward to any US landline or mobile phone no. After one month, your number will expire, but you can renew for free in your control panel. The best of all, their website states that your number will never be reused.
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How to secure Firefox stored passwords
2007-12-30 02:52:00
I've always enjoyed Firefox handy feature of saving login and passwords for web sites. But I've never aware that without using Master password, other people could easily view our stored passwords in plain text. Go to Firefox Tools -->> Options. After that go to Security tab, then click on Show passwords.   See? You can see all your stored passwords that simple. How to prevent this? You can set a Master Password by clicking Set Master Password. Remember by setting a master password, you need to provide your master password for every session of Firefox before using your stored passwords. Anyway, that's a lot better than someone easily sneak away all your confidential.
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How to make your Document as Final in Word 2007
2007-12-28 13:54:00
I love Windows Vista and Office 2007. No matter what other people are saying, Microsoft introduces a lot of great new features. Do you know that in Word 2007 you can mark your document as final so that other people could know that no editing should be done? Here's the step to do that. Yes it's easy! First click on Office button and then go to Prepare. After that click Mark as Final. You will see the following dialog box telling you that the document will be marked as final and saved. Just click OK. After that you will see another dialog box telling you more about Mark as Final info. Just click OK. Now your document has been marked as final. No more accidental editing could occur and your collegues could also aware that they shouldn't edit the document anymore. You can differentiate normal document and mark as final document easily as in Mark as Final document, you couldn't type or edit anything. Also, if this any help,...
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Enjoy your vacation at Hawaii
2007-12-23 07:54:00
If you ever dream about taking vacation in the island? Are you planning to take your next vacation to Hawaii ? If so, an Oahu vacation rentals are the ideal place for you and your family. There are many architectural delights, beaches and several other places of interest in the small island town of Kona. The website, HawaiianBeachRentals.com, can help you find the best suitable place for you.Choose the criteria you want such as how many persons, how much rate per night, choose the arrival date and departure date and simple click search. They will give you all the possible place for you to choose from with the best price available.From their Oahu Vacation Information page, we can see that alluring island of Oahu is known as ?The Gathering Place? of Hawaii and it is the best place for you to make family or company gatherings. Furthermore, their Hawaii Travel Blog will keep you update with current events of the island.Overall, I would say that for your next vacation, you shouldn't wast...
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How to resize attachment in Outlook new mail before you send
2007-12-23 05:18:00
Do you know that you can resize the picture attachment in Outlook 2007 new mail before you send? Outlook 2007 has the option but that is hidden. I don't even notice until my Jennifer pointed me out yesterday. Outlook 2007 buried this feature in their new introduction of Ribbon.Resizing picture attachments before sending the mail is very nice to the people who use Outlook 2007 as their main mail clients (I know there are a lot of people including myself).So here is the procedure.First attach the pic as you normally would.And then click the insert tab, after that click on the option button as in the following pic.You will get the attachment options dialog box as in the pic below.Choose the size you want to resize.That's it! No more Paint or Photoshop to resize the pic attachment and no more trouble sending big photos.
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Online storage for your files
2007-12-22 11:44:00
If you have a lot of sensitive data to store into your computer, you should consider backing up on online storage. Don't waste your time searching for a good online storage and backup services, take my suggestion, ibackup.com.They offers not only a lot of spaces but also reliability. Your online backup couldn't be easier to set up as a simple software download is enough. iBackup desktop applications provide easy drag-n-drop feature and their explorer interface provide simple and familiar GUI for us. They also have many features for businesses including collaborative sharing, very simple and useful tool to share files with co-workers.Overall, iBackup.com is offering a great service with a lot of different options for almost everyone needs, so check it out today, back up your files now!
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