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Here?s your chance to become the next Picasso
2008-05-06 16:45:00
Do you have what it takes to become the next Picasso of this century? You can have some fun with Mr. Picasso Head. I came across this web-based fun type application recently. It allows you to express your creativity by drawing portraits Picasso style. There are predefined objects that you can drag and ...
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Dropped your mobile phone or iPod in water?
2008-04-29 16:04:00
My mate sent me a solution on how to fix a mobile phone or iPod if you accidently dropped it in water. Fortunately, this did not happen to me but it is worth knowing anyway. The first question that came to mind when I read the email from my mate was, is it ...
More About: Mobile , Phone , Mobile Phone , Ipod , Water

Facebook Apps for business and career enhancement
2008-04-21 23:37:00
There are hundreds of Facebook applications available and honestly I find some Facebook applications are fun and others annoying, especially when I get hundreds of invites to install apps that I would only use once. While reading my email today, I stumbled upon a list of useful Facebook applications on zdnet.com that will help ...
More About: Software , Business , Social Networking , Career

The many versions of ?Over The Rainbow?
2008-04-13 17:25:00
To be honest, I listened to IZ’s version of Somewhere Over the Rainbow for the first time after I heard Jason Castro’s version of the same song on American Idol. Do you know how many people have actually sang the song in singing competitions in recent years? Jason Castro in American Idol Katherine McPhee ...
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What is CAPTCHA?
2008-04-11 15:12:00
I know what you are thinking when you glanced at the acronym. You must have said to yourself, not another acronym! When will computer enthusiasts ever stop inventing acronyms to complicate things for people who are already confused by the excessive overload of information from the www. Mind you, CAPTCHA is not a new acronym and if you have to learn one acronym, I suggest you learn about CAPTCHA. I say this because if you are a blogger, you will want to know about CAPTCHA. You must know about CAPTCHA. It will help you. What is CAPTCHA? (more…)
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Technology enables restaurant to delivery food using a rollercoaster
2008-04-08 23:43:00
The restaurant’s name is ’s Baggers and it is located in Nurnberg in Germany. So what is so special about this restaurant. Besides serving freshly prepared Franconian cuisine, technology is used to enable customers to order their choice of food using a touch screen computer and the prepared food is transported on metallic ...
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Which were your favourite retro games?
2008-04-08 22:49:00
I decided to write this post after thinking a lot about computer and console games. I haven’t played any RPG games in at least two years now. I own a Playstation 2 and my favourite RPG game of all time is Final Fantasy. I have not bought myself a Playstation 3 and ...
More About: Watch , Gaming , Games , Nintendo , Commodore

Wii Virtual Pee game
2008-04-08 22:19:00
I read about Wii’s virtual pee game from thinkgeek website. It is a whacky creation from Japan . You play the game by strapping on the Wii remote which looks like a strap on penis. Then you try and urinate into toilet bowls. Sometimes a cat will appear and if you urinate on the ...
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My interview on Peopleized.com by Mert Erkal
2008-04-04 00:02:00
I wrote a post about Peopleized.com a couple of months ago. If you have not read the post, Using Peopleized to promote your blog, Peopleized.com is a social network that uses interviews as the mechanism to encourage its members to network with each other. Peopleized.com’s business model allows the members to find registered people, conduct ...
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Quikpod for DSLR
2008-04-03 23:46:00
My friend sent me a photo of a Quikpod today and I said to myself, I should get one of this awesome gadget to use when I am travelling. How many times have I gone on a holiday where I have to ask another tourist to take a photo for me because I can’t ...

Four corners of a frame
2008-03-31 13:57:00
My nephew, a 22-year old young man enjoys blogging and has a personal blog called Four corners of a frame, just when you thought corners came in fives. Because we both live in different parts of the world, I read his blog regularly to keep myself updated with news from home. He lost his mum ...
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Donate rice to the poor by playing the word game
2008-03-30 03:47:00
I stumbled upon a website today called Free Rice .com. This is an interesting website simply because it is the sister website of the world poverty site, Poverty .com and the concept of FreeRice.com is unique. I say it is unique because FreeRice.com provide English vocabulary to everyone for free and help end world hunger by ...
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Is MAC filtering a false security measure?
2008-03-29 21:02:00
A couple of days ago I received my copy of IT Now magazine from the British Computer Society and spent some time reading the articles in the magazine. One interesting article by Steve Kennedy MBCS on WiFi security strategy is worth mentioning because I know many of you use WiFi connection at home and ...
More About: Security , Network

Listen to music with MSN
2008-03-28 13:31:00
One of my mates sent me this a couple of days ago on how to listen to music with your MSN messenger. This lets you listen to the music of your choice, all online and you don’t have to sit around downloading music to you PC before you start listening. I have been ...
More About: Software , Music , Listen

Bloghology - March 2008 Edition is launched
2008-03-27 10:34:00
Today Mert Erkal, a young Internet entrepreneur from Istanbul, Turkey launched the 2nd edition of Bloghology. Bloghology consists of profiles of unique and remarkable bloggers from around the globe. The first edition of Bloghology was released on 13th of January 2008 and the number of downloads exceeded 6000. Mert selected 14 bloggers for ...
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Website valuation
2008-03-26 15:14:00
Do you know how much your website is worth? Recently I tried to value my website www.ashchuan.com using dnscoop.com. What dnscoop.com does is it estimates the value of a website using several factors such as: Links pointing to the domain Popularity of the domain Age of the domain Pagerank of the domain ...
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Which superhero are you?
2008-03-26 11:30:00
Here is a quiz to determine which superhero you are by answering a set of preference/personality questions. Based on my result, I am Superman because mild-mannered, good, strong and you love to help others. What a laugh, I should be Wonderwoman/Supergirl, not Superman. Anyway….Which superhero are you? http://www.thesuperheroquiz.com/ Your results:You are Superman You are mild-mannered, good, strong ...
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Blog Visuals - the visual Blog Roll
2008-03-16 08:44:00
I have started a visual blog roll page on www.ashchuan.com using Google Maps . A blog roll is link advertisement placed on a blog that will link to your blog. Blog roll is usually used in link exchange. Using the concept of blog roll, I decided to extend it by incorporating visuals and ...
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Translate your name to Chinese
2008-03-15 23:42:00
Here is a website which will translate your name into Chinese characters. For example, I typed in Ashley and the website translate my name to the following.
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Stock photograph search engine
2008-03-15 22:25:00
Whether you are a photographer or web designer, chances are you either sell or buy stock photos online. There are hundreds of stock photography websites available that compete with each other but none provide a way for stock photo buyers to search for photos across the hundreds of stock photography websites. For example, ...
More About: Photography , Search , Search Engine , Stock , Engine

Paula Abdul?s music video
2008-03-15 19:06:00
Dance like there’s no tomorrow is the name of the song. I watched the video for the first time when they showed it on American Idol but I didn’t pay much attention. Today I decided to watch it again on YouTube and I think the beat is catchy, Paula Abdul is in her ...
More About: Video , Music , Music Video

FriendFeed social networking site
2008-03-15 18:30:00
Here is a new social networking site that I stumbled upon today. It is called FriendFeed and when you create an account with FriendFeed, you can use it to share your feeds and connect to friends with feeds that interest you. Signing up with FriendFeed is free and you can import your friends ...
More About: Social , Social Networking , Networking , Site , Websites

A Tribute to Atari
2008-03-15 15:34:00
Here is a video about Atari , the company who created the Atari gaming console and popularized games like Pong and Space Invaders in the 1980s. The video tells how the company achieved success and how it fell from its glory. Gaming consoles have come a long way since the days of Atari…
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Make a plan to succeed
2008-03-13 17:16:00
I would like to share with you about a story by Marc Allen regarding achieving success. Success is a subjective matter but in a rat race world, success is always measured by how much money one makes. I personally believe having a successful life is attainable in this life time. I am ...
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Blogging resource
2008-03-11 04:49:00
Here are some of my favourite blogging resource that I found very helpful when I first started taking blogging seriously. Every now and then I revisit these articles and remind myself of the key points and do a check if I am on the right track. For me blogging is a consuming activity ...
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Open Source resource
2008-03-09 21:44:00
I may be a Windows developer but I use open source software all the time. In fact it has become a norm for me to use open source software where possible. For example WordPress, the blogging platform that I use is open source. MySQL, the WordPress backend database is open source. The operating ...
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Optimze Chitika ads on your website
2008-03-06 14:06:00
If you optimize your blog using Chitika , read on to find out tips on how to use Chitika ads effectively on your blog. 1. Submit URL to Chitika I came across a link today that allows you to submit your URL to Chitika staff and members to help optimize your site using Chitika products.
More About: Website , Advertising

Camtasia Studio for Mac
2008-03-04 16:32:00
I’ve been looking online for a while now for a good screen recorder and presentation software and one of the popular software is called Camtasia Studio . Many bloggers who publish videos and presentations on their blog use this product. From my research I find that it works a treat for Windows users but ...
More About: Software , Screen Capture , Apple , Mac

Ways to keep visitors coming back
2008-03-01 16:59:00
A lot of successful websites depend on returning visitors to account for a major part of their traffic. Returning visitors are easier to convert into paying customers because the more often they return to a site, the more trust they have in that site. The credibility issue just melts away. Hence, you can keep your ...
More About: Website Traffic , Back , Visitors

The new and more powerful MacBook Pro
2008-02-26 18:18:00
Apple fans would be interested to know that Apple has released a more powerful Mac Book Pro today. What is the power behind the new MacBook Pro? It has a 2.6GHz Intel Core 2 Duo Penryn processors, and the MacBook Air’s trackpad, which allows for multi-touch gestures. The multitouch trackpad on MacBook Pro ...
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