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Create a Mobile Version of Your Blog (Now supports auto-redirect for Blogspot blogs)

2010-09-28T21:04:00.001+08:00

A while ago I blogged about 2 other mobile blog platforms http://myplaylist4today.blogspot.com/2010/01/setup-mobile-version-of-your-blog.html that has quite some impressive features but both don't support automatic redirection of visits from mobile phones. Instead they provide a link or thumbnail that you have to click to visit the mobile version of the blog. So basically if your browsing using your mobile phones, if your using your phones native browsers chances are it will return an error or an unable to load message. If your using mobile browsers like Opera Mini or Bolt whose among the most popular ones, your going to have to let the site finish loading then click on the link to the mobile version specially in Opera Mini.

But now automatic redirection will be possible using a new and free to use mobile blog platform called Flurp.

Setup is really easy. First Visit this FlurpSiruna

Then on the url box enter your blog blog feed url e.g. http://YourBlog.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default where YourBlog will be your blog name, so it will look something like this:

http://myplaylist4today.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default

then click on preview your blog.

a phone simulator will show your mobile blog.. you can choose from various phone models to preview it with.

Then click Sign up Now.

Fill up the form on the next page.

*You might want to put your blog name as your username cause it will be included in your mobile blog url

Accept terms and conditions.

Click create new account that's it you now have a mobile version of your blog.

On the next page you'll have your mobile blog's url and other options..

Now, how to automatically redirect mobile visitors to your mobile blog.

On the Actions, click "Redirect mobile visitors to your mobile version of your blog"

on the next page will be the code/script that your going to add to your template to detect mobile browsers.

Login to your blogger account.

On your dashboard, go to Design>Edit HTML

Before you change anything download your template first in case something went wrong or if you want to revert back to your old template.

Now look for the <head> tag. then copy the code from flurp and paste it below the <head> tag then save.

Now your mobile visitors will be automatically redirected to the mobile version of your blog.

Try visiting it on your mobile phone to check..

The Simplest Way to Surf Anonymously (Using Proxy Host)

2010-08-10T02:52:00.002+08:00

There are numerous products out there that offers anonymous surfing but most of them aren't free. Well I found one you can use free and you don't need to install anything.. Most of you may even know about this already..

Why surf anonymously?

Well for some reason some people just wanted anonymity while surfing the net. Some reasons may be they don't want websites to be collecting some personal informations (eg. IP addresses, mac addreses, location) about them, the cunning work of cookies. And some just wanted to lift location ban on certain websites, like me..

Heres how..

Just visit this site..

http://concealme.com/
or this..
http://flyproxy.com/you can bookmark it..

Then click Options located at the right side of the url box..Make sure the Remove Scripts (Javascripts) is checked or check all the options..Then type in the website you wanted to visit in the url box. Then click the Conceal Me box beside or press ENTER. thats it, that simple..

NOTE: because javascripts are disabled, not all of a websites page elements will be loaded like ads and some other javscript based elements..

I'll be updating on new Web Proxies everytime i find one so keep posted..

The Best Free Mobile Web Browsers

2010-02-20T03:18:00.004+08:00

As the mobile phone technology advances and more features being added year after year. People are now beginning to rely on their mobile phones to do most of the tasks they do on PC's or their laptops. One such is browsing the internet.

Nowadays it seems that the internet is moving from PC to the mobile phones. More and more people now use internet through their mobile phones. Reason maybe portability. Why would you bring a laptop if you can perform simple tasks on your mobile phones such as browsing the internet, downloading and uploading stuffs, sending and receiving emails, chat and social networking.

Because of the increasing demand for mobile internet, internet browsers are also being made for the mobile platform.

Here's my list of the best FREE mobile browsers.

Opera Mini

Probably the most popular among the mobile web browsers with more that 50million users as of January 2010.

This lightweight web browsers will install in almost all mobile phones that supports java..

features:

-Desktop Rendering. Web sites are shown as you you would see on desktop browsers.
-Tabbed Browsing. Browse several websites at the same time.
-Mobile View. To fit site contents to your mobile phones screen.
-Password Manager. Save passwords for your accounts so next time you visit them you can log in with just a click.
-Page Zoom. conveniently zoom in and out of pages for easier navigation and readability.
-Download Manager. The latest version now have a download manager. Browse webpages while your downloading files. You can also check the progress of your downloads.

The only downside for me is the inability to stream media.

visit http://www.opera.com/mini/ to read more and download

Bolt

Bolt browser is another free mobile web browser also gaining popularity. Bolt also supports almost all java enabled phones. Offers desktop PC style web page rendering so you view your favorite sites as you see on your desktop.

Features:

Desktop Experience - view web pages as you see on your desktop PCs.
Fast - Loads complete web pages in seconds
Widgets - the latest version supports widgets(beta).
Watch/Stream - probably the best feature of this browsers that surpasses the others is the support for online video streaming. Stream videos from YouTube, MySpace, and Google directly on Bolt browser.

visit http://boltbrowser.com/home.html to read more and download

UC Browser

Probably the least popular of the rest because for most years of this powerful mobile browser's existence it's only known within China, It remained for the Chinese until people from other countries started modifying the default language that it began to get noticed. Now UC Browser has a english site because of popularity high demands.

It also supports almost all mobile phone platforms.

Features

Easy Navigation - an easy to use navigation
Quicklinks - has most of the popular links saved so you can visit them in just a click. you can also add your links.
Search Engine - supports several search engines, conveniently switch from on to the other..
Download - supports downloads of any file types
Video - supports video streaming on most popular video sites.

visit http://www.uc.cn/English/index.shtml to read more and download

TeaShark

Still in beta but is also a promising mobile browser addition.

Features

Desktop Experience - experience full website rendering on your mobile phones
Easy Navigation - features an "intelligent mouse" like function for easy navigation.
2 Level Zoom - First level for fine scrolling and reading, while the second for jumping from section to section.
Tabs - supports multiple tabs and history.
Bookmarks - create bookmarks and color code them.

also supports most java enabled phones

visit http://www.teashark.com/ to read more and download

FOR SMART PHONES

Skyfire

Probably the best mobile web browser available. With all of the features of a desktop browser available. Full desktop web on your mobile phones. But it only supports Smart phones (Symbian and Windows Mobile).

Features:

Full Desktop Experience - browse full features of websites as it is on desktop browsers.
Watch/Stream - Watch any video and listen to any audio, podcasts.
Speed - loads full web contents in seconds.

visit http://www.skyfire.com/ to read more and download

Opera Mobile

This is the big brother of Opera Mini. Offers a full featured web browsing experience. But only supports smart phones such as Windows Mobile ans Symbian phones. Version 10 of the browser now supports additional OS platforms such as Anroid and BREW.

visithttp://www.opera.com/mobile/ to read more and download

Google Chrome Extensions Up At Last

2010-02-03T03:18:00.003+08:00

At last, the long awaited extensions for Chrome is available. Although this has already been available for developers for quite some time now. Regular Chrome users, me included, have been wanting to add more plugins and functionality with our Chrome for a long time.

I personally like Chrome cause it's minimalistic and web pages loads really fast. But the lack of extensions
limits it's usability. Specially in blogging. To make up for that, I have to use Firefox side by side. For example if I wanted to make some screenshots, I have to copy the link from Chrome and open it in Firefox. Pretty strenuous process. Now it's just a click or two away.

Most of the popular and most used extensions from Firefox Chrome has it or something similar in function to it. From Facebook clients, Twitter, Email clients, bookmarks, favicons, SEO applications and more.

Just click on the jigsaw puzzle graphic at the lower right corner of the start page in Chrome to access the list of extensions. Assuming you have Chrome already installed.

If not. You might wanna try it out and experience Chrome for yourself. Installing it is real easy and doesn't take long. You can download here http://www.google.com/chrome

Setup A Mobile Version of Your Blog

2010-01-23T04:32:00.005+08:00

These days, not all of the visitors on your blog use desktop or laptop to browse the contents. The number of people browsing the internet using their mobile phones is increasing. This maybe due to the new technologies added to the newer mobile phones of today. Also the increasing availability of "hot spots" or wi fi provided in public places like cafe's, bars, restaurant, malls, schools.

This availability is very convenient for internet users as they can surf the internet anywhere wi fi is available with no costs. If unavailable, network providers always offers mobile internet connections at a price.

In time, there will be more people surfing the internet using mobile phones.

Considering this. It might be time for you to set up a mobile version of your blog/site.

Why should I make one?

Simply to make it convenient and easier to navigate for your readers of your blog using mobile phones cause it will load faster.

-Mobile internet browsers, as advance as they are, don't render or display your blog/site as a regular desktop browser would. Sometimes the images won't show up the arrangement of your site's contents are different, disorganized.

The reason for this is that mobile browsers are designed to use very little memory which is your phones memory, often very low. Also mobile browsers are not as equipped in terms of plugins and enhancements as desktop internet browsers are. Although there are newer phones that has desktop like internet browsing capabilities, but most still don't.

Another is that mobile phones don't have very large screens. So trying to fit a website designed for desktop's larger screen resolutions will basically shrink all the elements, contents of that site.

Enough of the convincing already. Let's make your site mobile friendly.

There are 2 ways to make it and both are really easy to do and free. The first one offers more costumization
and also revenue sharing through ads displayed on your mobile sites. the second just modifying your RSS feed url.

MoFuse.com
First, go to http://www.mofusepremium.com/ and sign up for a free account.
Browse to the bottom of the site. Look for MoFuse for blogs and click Mobilize Your Blog to sign up.

NOTE: they only offer free accounts for blogs. you have to sign up for a premium account if you own a website.

Fill up the necessary informations asked. You'll also need to provide your RSS feed eg. http://yourblog.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default , In my case I used http://myplaylist4today.blogspot.com/atom.xml because it's easier to remember.

MoFuse offers more customization of your mobile sites and also revenue sharing with your Adsense or AdMob a mobile advertising platform. So if you already have an account to either on of these integrate it to earn a little extra.

For WordPress blog owners it will be easier to integrate MoFuse with the WordPress Plugin The plugin also detects the browser of your visitors and automatically redirect it to your mobile blog if they are using mobile internet browsers. No modification or template hacking necessary.

For those who own their domain theres an automatic redirect script/code.

Unfortunately, other free blogging platforms don't support redirects such as blogspot.com. The best you can do is either put up a link to your mobile blog or add a small button which you can get from MoFuse.
The best positions would be somewhere at the top. Right below your header, the topmost part of your side bar cause these are the probable positions of the initial screen in mobile browsers.

Here's how my mobile blog looks like

This one showing my header and a banner ad topmost

This showing my post titles

Within posts

Pretty basic display but all the essential stuffs for your readers are there.

Now the other way to make it

Just add a new HTML/Javascript widget to your side bar or other top spots on your blog and put this code

<a href="http://www.google.com/reader/m/view/feed/http://YOURBLOG.BLOGSPOT.com/feeds/posts/default">SWITCH TO MOBILE VIEW</a>

Just replace YOURBLOG.BLOGSPOT with your blog name. You can also change the SWITCH TO MOBILE VIEW to MY MOBILE SITE or whatever.

The thing I like about this is that it shows a short summary or teasers of your posts below the post title.

Here are some screenshots

The Home Page

Within posts

How to Add "Static" Pages In Blogger the Easier Way

2010-01-22T01:33:00.002+08:00

Pages in blogs are basically created if the blogger/webmaster wants to display contents that will be "static". It won't have any permalinks or any other informations like the date of posting, author, labels, and it even won't have it's own url. It is standard on websites and other blogging platforms but in Blogger you'll have to modify the template to achieve this.

Bloggers usually add this so their readers can navigate with ease to important pages like Contacts, Links, About, etc. But one needs a bit of HTML knowledge to do this.

Fortunately, there's a easier way to do this. But you have to make Blogger in Draft your default dashboard. To do that. Just visit Blogger in Draft and sign in with your account.

Then your dashboard should look like this.

Tick on the small box to make Blogger in Draft your default dashboard.

Now to make the static pages.

On your Dashboard click Layout ---> Posting ---> Edit Pages then Click the New Page button.

Put in the name ex. About, Contacts. Publish it and your done.

You can add up to 10 pages on your blog. You can also choose where you want it to appear and easy to do. On your Layout, just drag the page element of your Pages to where you prefer. If you want it on top,
put it at the bottom of the header or just above your posts. Or you can also put it on your side bar.

List of Legit Organizations Helping in the Haiti Relief

2010-01-15T17:02:00.000+08:00

Here is a list of the organizations helping in the Haiti relief operations.

American Red Cross
http://www.redcross.org/

Doctors Without Borders
http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/news/article.cfm?id=4148&cat=field-news

AmeriCares Disaster Relief
http://www.americares.org/

International Medical Corps
https://www.imcworldwide.org/Page.aspx?pid=183

Mercy Corps
https://donate.mercycorps.org/donation.htm?DonorIntent=Haiti+Earthquake

Catholic Relief Services
https://secure.crs.org/site/Donation2?df_id=3181&3181.donation=form1

World Vision International
http://www.wvi.org/wvi/wviweb.nsf

UNICEF
http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/haiti_52423.html

Oxfam
http://www.oxfam.org/en/pressroom/pressrelease/2010-01-13/large-earthquake-haiti

Save the Children
http://www.savethechildren.org/emergencies/latin-america-caribbean/haiti/earthquake-10/?WT.ac=hp_fb_haiti&dcsref=http://www.savethechildren.org/

Yele Haiti
http://www.yele.org/

Partners in Health
http://www.pih.org/home.html

International Rescue Committee
http://www.theirc.org/

Samaritan's Purse
http://www.samaritanspurse.org/

Friends of WFP
http://www.friendsofwfp.org/site/c.hrKJIXPFIqE/b.5027069/k.8AF0/Featured_Appeal.htm?msource=updates

Feed My Starving Children
http://www.fmsc.org/Page.aspx?pid=415

Relief Efforts in Haiti Facing Logistical Difficulties

2010-01-15T03:50:00.009+08:00

After waiting for a couple of days, relief goods and aid started pouring Thursday. But it seems the Haiti people still have to wait a little longer for the supplies because relief and humanitarian teams are having difficulties reaching places. Most of the roads are still impassable and available ones are narrow, sea port was closed because it was severely damaged from the quake, The only available airport was also damaged so it can't handle the volume of incoming aid flights. All the incoming aid can only be delivered by sea or air.

As one of the poorest western countries, almost everything has to be brought in because they have nothing or very little in terms of equipment and infrastructure. Heavy equipments usually for construction purposes have to be brought in to help in the rescue and retrieval operations. Vehicles for the deliveries of the relief supplies and aid. Lots of water, for a couple of days, survivors and emergency teams have scarcity of water. Even the construction materials for the temporary shelters like wood have to be brought in because most of the local sources are heavily exhausted.

Treating the thousands of injured survivors is also becoming a challenge because most of the hospitals in Port-au-Prince where severely damaged. WHO (World Health Organization) also fears outbreak of diseases due to the difficult situation.

At the mean time desperate Haitians resort to salvaging any food, materials for temporary shelter, clothings, anything they can find amongst the rubbles, until the relief and aid reaches them.

Watch the video on Yahoo News http://news.yahoo.com/video/world-15749633/aftermath-in-haiti-17622632

Source:

Yahoo News http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100114/ap_on_re_eu/haiti_earthquake_aid_9

ABC News GMA http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/HaitiEarthquake/haiti-earthquake-aid-trickles-devastated-port-au-prince/story?id=9559182

Devastation in Haiti: Help Starting to Pickup

2010-01-15T01:05:00.005+08:00

It's a bit of a relief to know that the badly needed aid, and relief goods started arriving this Thursday on Port-Au-Prince, Haiti. Even then we still have to continue sending in anything that we could to help.

There is still no certain estimates on the casualties yet. But officials predict there could be thousands. Rescue
operations are still on going. Global aid is starting to pick up.

Here are some of the scenes on the aftermath of the Haiti earth quake

Photos courtesy of http://www.time.com/

Devastation in Haiti: Pictures from the Earthquake

Haiti earthquake aftermath: video from CBS News Online you tube Channel

If you want to donate please double check the legitimacy of the charitable organization, sites, agencies, institutions that your giving your donations to. There are a lot of ill-minded fraudsters taking advantage of the current situation.

To make sure your giving your donations to the right people. Give it directly to trusted and proven charitable institutions like the Red Cross. I bet the Red Cross has branches in every country.

Here's the link for the American Red Cross currently accepting monetary donations in any amount.

http://www.redcross.org/portal/site/en/menuitem.1a019a978f421296e81ec89e43181aa0/?vgnextoid=a8712721ea326210VgnVCM10000089f0870aRCRD

For Other countries please contact your Local Red Cross Offices or other organizations you trust.

Let's hope that more survivors will be found and more help will soon come. Let's help them get through this.

Hide LinkWithin On Your Homepage In Blogger

2010-01-12T00:14:00.005+08:00

Link Within is a free and very useful widget bloggers can have on their blogs to display related posts with a thumb-shot of an image if any, just below every posts. This simply means more page views for you and a little convenience for your readers simply because they won't have to search for the related topics on your site. It will be displayed right at the end of the post. Blogger Blogspot does not offer a feature like this unlike WordPress. So Blogspot bloggers usually use this plugin to display related post on their blogs.

However, users of this widget don't really have much control on where to position it within their posts. It will
always position itself at the bottom of every post. And show up on your home page even if you have
summarized a post. It will show up even before the "read more" link and may sometimes result to your readers thinking your posts are too short cause they missed your "read more" link. So sometimes bloggers think it would be better to show Link Within only on post pages and not on homepage, or it's just me.

If you you want to show Link Within only on your posts here's how I did it. by using the <b:if cond='data:blog.pageType == "item"'> CODE </b:if> which I learned in some blogger tuts on how to hide adsense ads on homepage showing it only when you are within a post.

So here's what you have to do:

Note: If you currently have LinkWithin Installed you have to remove it first.

First, login on your blogger account

If you currently have Link Within Installed, on your dashboard go to Layout ---> Page Elements look for the page element of your LinkWithin. Usually labeled LinkWithin. Click Edit then Remove.

Then go to Edit HTML and download your template for backup.

Then find this code </body> it is usually located at the very bottom of your template.

Right before it, paste this code

<b:if cond='data:blog.pageType == "item"'>
REPLACE THIS WITH CODE
</b:if>

Then we have to create a new LinkWithin widget. Go to the site or here LinkWithin open it in a new window or tab.

Then fill out the form. This is Important: on the Platform select Other. Then Submit.

Copy the script/code. To make sure you selected all of it before copying, click inside the box and hit Ctrl+A.

Now go back to your template and paste the code replacing the REPLACE THIS WITH CODE. Save your template and your done. Go check your home page.

This is how will it look like:

That above is my homepage and LinkWithin is not visible

This is within my posts and it's displayed again.

ENJOY!

Surf the Internet Safe and Anonymously with a free VPN

2010-01-09T02:55:00.001+08:00

Most internet users performs searches mainly for help, answers and infos about whatever it is that they wanted to know or learn more about. But majority of them or us including me, wanted their personal data to themselves. Most people don't want to leave their i.p. adresses or mac addresses on websites they visit. We sometimes want to surf anonymously.

One way to do this is to use a VPN (Virtual Private Network). A VPN is mainly a computer network on top

of a computer network. The VPN simply fronts your existing network therefore hiding behind your real i.p. address or mac address or at least that's my understanding of it. For more info about visit Wikipedia page for VPN http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_private_network.

But the thing is, most VPN services are often not free. So for most people who don't have spare money to spend have no choice but to search regularly which is unsecured.

By scouring the internet I manage to find one provider that offers free and paid VPN's called It's Hidden. Of course the paid one offers more and support. The free account doesn't have support but the setup instructions.

To setup. Just go to the web site http://itshidden.com/ and click the Free Signup/Upgrade bar on the navigation or here http://itshidden.com/index.php?option=com_acctexp&task=subscribe&Itemid=54 and on the next page you will be offered some subscription (paid) options. Navigate to the bottom and you'll find the free option. Just click the Free tab and fill up the form, accept terms and conditions and click register. Then you will be asked to choose your operating system eg. Windows XP, WIndows Vista, Linux, etc., just choose your operating system to start setup (If you don't know your what your operating system is refer to the stickers on your computers or find it in your system) After choosing you will be taken to a step-by-step setup guide on creating the VPN connection. Just follow the steps and your done.

Now go to your Network connections and you'll find the Virtual Private Network you created there.

Just double click it to connect or right click then choose connect, a pop-up window will open. See image below. Just enter the username and password you entered on the registration and you will be connected to your free VPN.

Blogger Post Summaries the easy way

2010-01-06T18:19:00.004+08:00

Post summary is very useful if you write very long posts and you wanted to display just short teaser sentences on your homepage and it also brings a bit of ease to your visitors cause they won't have to scroll so far down just to scan your home page.

Unfortunately Blogger don't have this feature built in previously, so blogspot bloggers resort to one solution, modifying their template or "hack" as more commonly known in blogosphere. To do this you have to at least know a little about coding html/css, or at can really follow the instruction on the tuts. You have to add some
codes in your template save it then again you have to put something on your post format which will you will use to indicate where to start summary on your post and and also shows the "read more.." link on the pages on your homepage..

The problem is for some people this is just too much trouble. And you have to make your post on HTML editor. In the Compose mode In my case the code keeps on disappearing. So weren't able to specify where to summarize my post. The result was the read more link appears at the very end of my posts but did not summarize it at all. Then on the home page all of your post will have the read more link even if a post only have a word in it. You don't really have a choice it will show up on all your posts on your homepage.

Here's how:

First you have to use the updated editor.

Go to your dashboard ---> Settings ---> Basic then choose updated editor

Then save settings.

If you go to your post editor you will notice some additions to your tool bar..

How to use it:

On Compose mode write your whole article.

Now we choose where to start summary or insert jump break..

position the cursor to wherever you want to start summary..

Now click the "insert jump break" button

Then a bar will appear like this where you positioned your cursor.

Then publish your post and view your homepage.

If you want to change the text link "read more" to anything you want.

On your Dashboard, Go to:

Layout ---> Page Elements ---> then click Edit on the Blog post widget ---> then change the Post page link text to whatever you like

Save ten view the changes.

NOTE:

If you are using customized third party Templates/ Layouts you will have to add a code to your template for it to work properly.

First go to Layout ---> Edit HTML ---> then click Download Full Template to back up your template in case something goes wrong.

Then tick on the Expand Widget Templates checkbox.

Then press Ctrl+F and search for this line

<data:post.body/>

After locating it paste these code right below or after it

<b:if cond='data:post.hasJumpLink'> <div class='jump-link'> <a expr:href='data:post.url "#more"'><data:post.jumpText/></a> </div> </b:if >

then save your template.

The read more link should now appear on your posts on your homepage..

Easily replace the boring old Blogger Comment form with a feature rich plugin

2010-01-04T03:50:00.014+08:00

The default Blogger comment form is a feature poor platform often with so many restrictions that visitors are discouraged to leave any comment. Unlike other blog platforms like Wordpress and others whom already have nice comment forms with some cool features and plugins so easy to use some don't even require a knowledge in HTML coding to implement.

For Blogger Blogspot users there are some ways to improve the looks and functionality of their comment forms. However, doing it's frustrating and requires a bit of HTML coding experience or you really have to
strictly follow instructions from some so called "Blogger hacks". Tutorials provided by programmers and Blogger support sites. One really nice "hack" is provided at BloggerPlugin.org which will display avatars on the comments made. Formerly a profile picture will only be displayed if you own a blog and sign in with it to comment..

However if you're not that knowledgeable in HTML coding and you're not very good in following step by step procedures or just don't have the time to do so, then you might wanna move to another blogging platform or just leave it be..
OR... You can get IntenseDebate..

Intense Debate is a free commenting plugin that has a lot of features, plugins. Their comment forms are also easily customizable. You can change how it appears, show/hide borders, change text colors with some short snippets or codes, and the comment forms just looks so much better than the default Blogger comment form.
Best of all installing it is so easy and you and your commenter can boost SEO rankings everytime you and they use the CommentLuv plugin with their comments. You can implement it directly to your template by following just a few steps, 3 steps actually. Or you can add it as a widget and avoid the procedure (if 3 steps is still to long for you), with just a few mouse clicks..

Looks pretty cool eh!

How to add it to your Blogger blog:

- First you have to make sure your not using Classic Template. If you do, this won't work cause the plugin don't support the classic template yet..

- Then you go visit the site http://www.intensedebate.com/ and sign up for an account of course.

IMPORTANT: on the sign up page.. choose the "I want to install Intense Debate to my blog or website" option.

- After clicking save you will be taken to the first step. Specify URL. Add the blog url where you wnat to install Intense Debate to.then proceed to the next step..

- On the next page.. Follow the instruction on the left side..

Choose whether you want to install as Widget which is easier but takes longer to load on your pages.
Or Template option which is faster to load but is a bit harder to install..

- Then choose whether to enable it on new posts only which is recommended, but posts on your blog which already have comments will use the old comment form. Or on all blog posts which will replace the comment form on all your posts but your existing comments will not be displayed.

- Then click the open blogger.com link. This will open you blogger dashboard if your already logged in on your blogger or it will prompt you to log in..

If you choose to install as widget:

- First you have to disable comments in Blogger. On your Dashboard click Layout then Choose Settings and choose Comments in the sub-menu
- Then set the Comments Default for Posts to "New Posts Do Not Have Comments" then save settings

- Then click add widget to my blog. Follow instructions.
- After it is added to your blog save changes. And your done.. View your blog.

If you chose Template install:

- Then you will be prompted to download your template. To download template: On your Dashboard click Layout then choose Edit HTML.

Then click Download Full Template

Save it to somewhere it will be easier for you to find or access like your desktop.

- Then you will be prompted to choose the file and upload it.
- After the upload is completed click once on the text box to select the copy.

- Then make sure all the text is selected in your Edit template then paste.
- Save your template. Then you have a really cool comment form.

If you don't have an avatar yet sign up for one here http://en.gravatar.com/

Product Review: Traffic Python

2009-12-30T04:23:00.009+08:00

Traffic Python is a new site that says it guarantees more CONVERTING web visitors and online advertising with very little effort or cost. So I decided to put it to the test...
My first impression was the site looks professional and clean, with an attractive look and feel. It is easy to read and understand. Joining the site was easy and painless--they do offer 2 upgrade options but they are not required to gain the benefits.

The Members Area is very well laid out and intuitive--I could figure out what to do after only a few minutes and was able to get up and running in less than 5 minutes. Inside the site, you create links and ads--the links you simply enter any URL links you use into the generator and it transforms them into "Traffic Python" links. You create ads for anything you want to promote using the Traffic Python Ad Generator, which is very easy to use. You can create as many links and as many ads as you like. And they are organized in a logical way--links are displayed in the order you create them but also your 5 most recent links appear on the main page for quick reference. Also, since the link generator is the tool you'll use most, it is also right at the top of the main page when you login. Very smart!

After you've created at least 1 link and 1 ad you can start to generate traffic. Just use and promote the new Traffic Python link instead of the original source link you had. Every time the Traffic Python link is clicked, the page loads followed by a cool slide-up ad window at the bottom. It displays an ad PLUS an image with your affiliate link that goes back to Traffic Python. So if anyone clicks the Traffic Python image they see the site, and if they signup they become your referral.

It's a great viral feature because you can build referrals without even trying to just by using the site. Now every time the ad window displays (your Traffic Python links get clicked) you earn credits that get YOUR ad displayed in the ad windows when other members' links get clicked. So the more clicks, the more times your ads get displayed. And this works virally--meaning as you make referrals into Traffic Python (either by promoting it or just using it and visitors click the Traffic Python image on the ad window to join) you also earn ad credits on THEIR link clicks. And this works up to 5 levels deep. So you can create a massive amount of free ad views and web traffic by referring others to Traffic Python also.

I didn't get to test the full effect of a big downline yet (I just got the tool) but I can tell you the rest of the site works exactly as stated--my links got clicked, I earned credits, and my ads got displayed. Traffic Python even tracked my results so I know how many clicks and how many ad displays. That was an impressive unadvertised extra feature.

There is one more benefit and feature which might be the best of them all--downline emailing. You can email your downline with offers, promotions, or whatever you like, and here is where Traffic Python really shines. They took time to make the emailing often enough that it's valuable as a user, but no so often that it's a burden to your downline. But the best part about this feature (and actually the credit earning too) is that it tells you exactly how long until you can mail again. Now THAT's cool.

Overall I have to say I am impressed with Traffic Python. It is simple yet powerful, and delivers on its promises. Highly recommended to anyone who wants to increase traffic and advertising. See it and join here:
http://trafficpython.com/x/aff/60177

Free $297.00 Value Traffic Python

Get Your Traffic Python Package For FREE with "No Strings Attached" A $297 value! Get it online now! Traffic Python

Screen Capture Bookmarklet for Google Chrome and Firefox

2009-10-23T00:12:00.006+08:00

Here's another useful bookmarklet you can use in Google Chrome as well as Firefox. It let's you capture screenshots and edit it before saving. You can also add texts, arrows, draw, change colors, move, crop, resize, flip add effects much more like editing images in those photo manipulation softwares. When saving you can choose whether to save it on your desktop or save and host it online but you have to register for an account to do that (registration is absolutely free).

Download or drag and drop this Screen Capture to your toolbar and your ready to capture images. If your using Firefox and you think the image capture takes to long for you, they also have an extension that integrates with your toolbar and right click menu. Here's the extension. Just click this aviary-0.8.6.xpi to download or drag and drop to your toolbar then click it to install. Restart Firefox and it's ready for use.
*only works in Firefox* Visit web site Aviary.com for more info and other cool programs.

Screenshot Captor - Freeware screen capture software

2009-10-22T03:04:00.011+08:00

Screenshot Captor is a freeware program used in making screenshots on your computer. Most screen shot softwares I formerly used where although free but with some disabled features, while some you can use as trial softwares and locks up after the alloted time.

- Screenshot Captor however is different from other similar programs simply because it's loaded with features.

- It is optimized for taking screenshots very easily.

- You can auto name files, and embed texts and comments to your files.

- Supports multi-monitor.

- You can configure it to preferences; remains silently in your system tray.

- Capable of capturing multiple monitors, your desktop, active window, and more.

- Hotkeys for quick access. Loaded with effects.

- Supports 3rd party add-ons, file browsers, image editors.

- Windows shell integration

- Unicode Image Maker tool integration.

- Can capture scrolling windows if it's too big for the screen.

- Easy to use thumbnail maker.

- Email screenshots conveniently.

- Huge set of scanner tools and scanner image correction tools.

And, adding another great feature to the above's list of great features is that you can run Screenshot Captor from a usb drive without installing it. It works like a portable application. Just unzip the setup file and copy it to your removable storage devices.

Download

Website: DonationCoder.com

Philippines appeals for help due to typhoon "Ketsana" onslaught

2009-09-28T10:17:00.004+08:00

In Behalf of my fellow Filipinos in the affected areas by the typhoon (Ketsana) or "Ondoy" it's local name, I appeal to everybody for any help you can give. Food, water, old clothes, medicines, or money donations will be very much appreciated.. Please inquire in areas near you in your respective countries how you can help.. Thank You very much in advance...

For monetary donations please visit:

Philippine National Red Cross

http://www.redcross.org.ph/Site/PNRC/wtd.aspx

If you want to send relief goods (food, medicine, used clothing, etc..), from outside of the Philippines, please inquire in International aid organizations nearest you in your respective countries how you can send the goods..

Here is a list of places and contacts in the Philippines where you can send your help... Please follow the link below...

http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AneOE-1AdFlOdEJNVmVCdmJkQXRZUmFSQjZFckZXbkE&hl=en

ABS-CBN News

Thank You Very Much in behalf of my fellow Filipino people

Dictionary Bookmarklet for Firefox and Chrome

2009-05-24T02:51:00.000+08:00

Very usefool tool for bloggers and/or readers alike.. You can look up meaning of words with just a few clicks..
To install just drag this Dictionary to your bookmarks bar..

Tip: In using.. If you want to stay on the page your on, you have to right-click on the bookmarklet and open it in a new tab or a new window..

EBooster 2.02 Build 424 - Turn your USB Flash Drives into RAM

2009-05-20T23:58:00.008+08:00

With EBooster you can turn your USB thumb drives into PC memory. You don't have to purchase a new one and spend hundreds to upgrade your PC's RAM. Add more speed to your PC's without any hardware upgrades. EBooster speeds up your PC and improves application responsiveness by using your Flash memory and free RAM as an extra layer of performance-boosting cache for your PC. You can use up to four flash drives to speed up your system. That's like just a quarter of what you will spend for a single memory.

Download 1.13MB

Save Page as PDF bookmarklet for Chrome and Firefox

2009-05-19T01:27:00.004+08:00

Originally for Chrome. Tested it on Firefox and works just fine.. Very useful if you happen to have interesting articles or web pages that you want as reference, or you simply want to have a copy of. This way you can view it offline..

To install drag this Save Page as PDF to your bookmarks bar.

* Also tried it on Opera and works fine..

To use in Opera.. Just copy the script and add it as a bookmark cause Opera don't permit drag and dropping bookmarks..

Blogger Toggle Hide/Show Quick Edit icon Bookmarklet for Google Chrome and Firefox

2009-05-17T02:13:00.004+08:00

Here's another useful tool for bloggers (blogspot) specially if you edit your own layout or background images. It simply hides/shows those quick edit icons on the bottom right side of every page element of your blog. I've been using this for quite some time now with Google Chrome cause this was originally a bookmarklet plugin for Chrome. I tried it with FireFox last night and it worked.

To install just drag this hideqetool to your bookmarks bar..

Firefox Dual View Bookmarklet

2009-05-16T01:18:00.000+08:00

Split your pane into two in Firefox. This plugin is originally for Google Chrome but then I tried it in Firefox and it works.. This is very useful when your multitasking, viewing/comparing to web pages or in my case blogging. To install this plugin just drag this Dual View to your bookmarks bar..

Google Chrome Translate Page To English Plugin

2009-05-14T02:02:00.003+08:00

A very useful plugin specially if you browse a lot of sites or blogs written in other languages.

Just drag this Translator to your bookmarks bar..

Some words and sentences on the translated pages may not all be grammatically correct but are fully understandable.. Better than not being able to understand what you are reading at all.

CamSpace - Play PC games using your webcam

2009-05-12T03:15:00.004+08:00

Play any games using only your web cam and objects you can get your hands on like you do with Wii.. Seriously, with CamSpace you can play your favorite games or any games even Need For Speed using only your webcam and anything that you can grab as your controller.

All you need to do is download and install CamSpace on your computer. Configure your web cam settings. Choose an object as your controller (shiny or bright colored objects works better) and let CamSpace and your webcam identify and lock on it. Choose a game (installer already comes with some games) and your ready to play.

There are tons of free games available for download..

visit homepage to download

Portable HTTrack 3.43-4 Website Copier/Downloader

2009-05-07T20:53:00.000+08:00

Allows you to download entire websites to your computer along with all it's directories, links, HTML images and other files so that you can open them offline as if you were viewing them online. HTTrack can also update downloaded sites and resume interrupted downloads and is fully configurable.

Download 3.35MB

Portable FotoSketcher 1.85

2009-05-07T15:52:00.010+08:00

Turn your photos into art in seconds..

FotoSketcher is a free porgram that turns your digital photos into paintings, drawing or sketches automatically. Create stunning images you can use as greeting cards, stationary or you can simply print your works and hang them on your wall. With this program you don't need to be an artist to make beautiful works of art.

There are various output styles you can use like pencil sketch, pen and ink drawing, variuos painting renderings. You can also improve your original pictures with tools such as adjust contrast, sharpen, increase luminousity, color saturation and more, much like a highend photo editing software can do.

FotoSketcher is completely free to use, no catch or hidden schemes, no adwares or spywares.

* FotoSketcher is designed only for Microsoft Windows Platforms..

Download portable version 2.45MB

Visit website to download regular version and more info

FotoSketcher.com

Blogger Layout Generators - Make your own layouts free

2009-05-01T02:23:00.001+08:00

Make your own blogger layouts with the images, colors, style and details you prefer. Put your own background pictures on the post body or side bars or have it as the main background image.. Pick any color for your fonts , borders, links and backgrounds.. This way you will have a more personalized layout.. Whether you want your layout to look professional, posh, grunge or any which way you prefer, making it will be much easier and you don't need to know any HTML coding and programming. As long as you know how to use a computer and the Internet.

Free Blogger layout editor/generators

Pimp-My-Profile Blogger layout generator - Very easy to use. Step-by-step guide in making your layouts. You can customise everything even the scroll bars and let's you preview your work in progress so you can make changes.

If you prefer pre-made layouts you can browse their archives compiled in categories. You can also find separate layout archives for some popular Social Networking sites such as Myspace, Friendster, Hi5..

PsycHo - Generates very simple layouts but also customisable. Fonts, borders, choose whether you want a 1,2, or 3 column template. Pick any background color you wish, they even have a color wheel so you could pick specific colors. The use of image as background however is limited only to the main background.

PageColumn.com - This one generates only the columns of your layout. You can't change fonts colors except the background panels colors in here.. Choose whether you want to have a single column or up to five columns if you wish. You could also generate tabs navigation for you blog header and footer in this site..

It's A Holiday Today!! Know Why?

2009-04-30T02:29:00.000+08:00

Today is a very special day and am 'a declare it a holiday. Why? Because it's my birthday today..
I want to thank my mom and dad for bringing me into this world..
Here's a special song from Put3ska.. have fun listenin'

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Portable Real World Paint - Image Editor

2009-04-28T19:49:00.000+08:00

Real World Paint is freeware graphical editor much like Photoshop and other high end photo editors. This freeware can edit pictures, use layers and add custom effects and it displays the image with the applied effects in real time.. The layout is really simple and icons are pretty much familiar and recognizable.

Download portable version here

Visit website to download the desktop version and for more info

RW-designer.com

Slax - Portable Operating System

2009-04-28T19:03:00.000+08:00

A small, light fast Linux operating system packed for portable devices such as USB, Flash, MP3 players even a CD or Hard Drives.. Despite it's small size, has a wide collection of pre-installed softwares that people use more often.. You can add or exclude any software before downloading Slax with the modular approach.. In other words you can build your own cusomized operating system. If you want to add an application simply download a module with the software and copy it to Slax, no need to configure or install..

Visit site to download and for more info

Slax.org

Download and Convert Streaming Audio and Video

2009-04-27T14:05:00.000+08:00

Here's a free software that let's you record and download any streaming audio video sites with your browser. Ask & Record lets you record any audio that passes through your soundcard.. Download videos from Youtube and other similar sites and convert it to popular formats.. After installation anew toolbar will be added to your toolbar with the record, play, download and convert buttons as well as a custom search bar and settings. Ask & Record only supports Firefox 1.5 or later and Internet Explorer 5.0 or later.

Download 7MB

Visit site Applian.com

DownThemAll Firefox Extension - Download Manager for Firefox

2009-04-26T00:20:00.001+08:00

Easy to use and powerful download manager which completely integrates with Mozilla Firefox.

Let's you download links, images, audio, video, and files on webpage and accelerates download speed up to 400%. It also allows pausing during download and resume after anytime you want.

Download here

Installing:

1. Download the file .rar and extract it to a location on your pc.

2. Open Mozilla Firefox.

3. Copy/cut or drag the extracted file (downthemall.xpi) to your bookmarks bar.

4. Click it to install..

After installing restart Firefox.. You can access Downthemall under the "tools" dropdown menu..

Also integrated into your right click..

Visit website Downthemall.net for more info and support..

Mozilla Firefox addons download page

Portable KompoZer 0.7.10 - Easy Website Authoring Software

2009-04-25T17:22:00.000+08:00

Kompozer is an easy to use complete web authoring software using comined web file management and easy WYSIWYG (what-you-see-is-what-you-get) web page editing, so you could already see what you are making..

Using this is really easy, you don't have to know HTML or web coding to make your very own, atrractive website with all the stuffs you want in it.. It has the capabilities of similar high-end softwares (don't wanna mention them) the difference KompoZer is free. What's more better is that this version is portable (made possible by the people at PortableApps.com, so you could bring it anyware use it on any computer without having to bring your laptops.. Just copy it in your thumb drives, cd, or any USB drives and go..

Download KompoZer Portable 7.20MB

Portable Avant Browser v11.7 build 26

2009-04-23T15:53:00.001+08:00

Found another portable internet browser to add up to my list..

The browser's design is very simple yet loaded with very useful tools. One such useful tool is the tile view where you could divide the browser window into 2 horizontaly or vertically very useful for people like me who manage 2 or more sites. Or if you are writing an article you can have half of the window for your site and the other half for your reference, making rewriting very easy and faster cause you won't be switching from window to window anymore.

Other functions such as adblocker, language translator and interface languages, script blocker and more.. You could also choose to disable animations, audio, video and pictures to load up websites faster.. There's also a mail option where you could send links or webpages to recipients..

Download 2.04MB through Mediafire

Visit downTurk download page

Who will win the Hatton vs Pacquiao match?

2009-04-23T00:11:00.000+08:00

Who do you think will win the Paquiao vs Hatton match?

Pick one...

Online Surveys & Market Research

I get to vote first.. Cast your votes..

Portable Safari 3.1.2

2009-04-21T23:51:00.000+08:00

Finally found it, after about a week of searching the net.. I mentioned on my earlier post that my list of portable browsers should be four but have three instead namely firefox, opera, and chrome, because i haven't found a portable safari yet.. Now my list is complete..

The best feature of Safari for me is the preloaded nav bar.. After Installation you immediately have links to sites that maybe helpful or use often like Google Maps, Wiki or YouTube.. And you can use it on Windows platforms..

This Portable app does not require installation like the other portable browsers I posted here.. Just download then double-click the executable app then your ready to surf the net..

visit ThinDownload to download

Found A Solution On How To Recover Deleted Posts

2009-04-16T23:27:00.001+08:00

This afternoon I was deleting some of my un-necessary tags/labels on my post when I accidentally deleted all of my posts.. I immediately searched the internet for help and found some forums that suggest there are only two options, contact blogger support, or copy and paste my posts feeds in feedburner. I went to blooger support and read the guidlines sadly, they only cater to 3 specific subjects, none of them was mine and they pointed me to the forum to post for help.. After an hour a blogger replied and said that he wish he could help but there's no way it can be done.. So went to feed burner to find out that my feeds there are only summaries. By that time I was convinced that I can't get my posts back and just get over with it.. After having dinner I went back on my computer to surf the net on something that I can blog about when I remembered I syndicated my posts on other services like Google Reader, Netvibes, and MyYahoo.. I went to Google reader first and found all my posts there even my very first post in full including the images and dates of posting.. So for about an hour I spent copy pasting and publishing my posts again..

So if anyone out there accidentally deleted their blogposts you can still recover them from sites that syndicate your posts feeds. If you don't have an account try contacting one of your readers who subscribed to your feeds and all will be back to where it was again..

Here's my advice:

Back up all your post here's a link of a Blogger Downloader Software @ Digital Inspiration..

Or you could open accounts to sites like Netvibes, MyYahoo, or activate your Google reader on your Google account then subscribe to your own feeds. I recommend Google Reader.

Thanks to them I have all my posts back...

Accidentally deleted all my post..

2009-04-16T19:22:00.000+08:00

A while ago i was trying to edit some of the labels in my posts.. Removing some unnecessary tags that i had.. Then it happend, clicked delete while all my posts are selected.. I've searched all over the internet to find a solution for hours now and the immediate solution was to copy my posts from my feeds in feedburner. Unfortunately my feeds there are in summary form so it's no use again.. My final option was to contact blogger support, but they only cater support to some 3 specific topics and points me back to the support forum where i have to wait for someone to reply on the question i posted earlier.. Wish someone will reply to my question really fast with the solution cause some people on the forums I visited said that I have to act within 24hours to recover my posts after that all my posts will be gone forever.. If someone out there have a solution pleeeaaaassee leave me a comment or send me an email with instruction on what to do.. My email address is murk.core@gmail.com thanks in advance..

Windows Explorer Alternatives - Desktop File Browsers

2009-04-15T23:22:00.001+08:00

Having problems about the functionality of your default Windows file explorer? Having to open too many windows while your copy pasting files? Or is organizing your files end up in having so many items in your task bar you can't even read the labels cause your task bar is all clutered up and squeezed thinly against each other? Don't you wish sometimes you browse files in your computer much like you do browsing the net with today's tab supported browsers? Isn't it much easier if you could open more panes in one window? If your fed up with your default file explorer like me it's time you try one of these file browsers..

Xplorer2 - Lite version free for personal/home or academic use but full basic functionality enabled (including tabbed browsing) and the console looks a lot like the windows explorer..

visit website (download page)
zabkat.com

Cubic Explorer - This is the one I'm using cause it looks good, supports tabbed browsing, full functionality without any disabled features because it's licensed as freeware..

visit website to download
cubicreality.com

Total Commander - this one however is a shareware which means you can only use it for free for a period of time. But good news for pocket PC and windows mobiles their pocket version is a freeware. Interface is pretty much that of internet explorer and easy functionality..

visit site to download
ghisler.com
pocket version freeware

*NOTE* All three softwares are designed for windows use only..

Where To Get Addon Scripts For Google Chrome And Other Browsers

2009-04-14T23:20:00.000+08:00

Javascripts for just about everything you want for your browsers. Download videos from you tube and other video streaming sites with just a click from your tool bar, no more copy and pasting.. Remove ads from sites you visit, no more annoying pop-ups.. There are also scripts to enhance looks and some useful tools for social networking sites you visit like removing suggestion box on Facebook, hiding ads, Bebo enhancements, auto login, auto signature writing testimonials in Friendster, Myspace enhancements and much more..

Here's the link: Userscripts.org

My browser is Chrome2 if you can see I have some scripts installed..

How To Add 3 Column Footer In Blogger

2009-04-13T23:07:00.001+08:00

Before anything else, download and save a copy of your current template in case you decide to revert back to your current one..

First we must remove all the widgets/contents of your footer. Or if you want to keep them put it temporarily on your side bar like I did..

Go to customize/ edit HTML then scroll down until you see these line:

Then replace the second line with the code below (hold right click on the top of blank area and drag down to reveal and select the code) I can't find a way to make the text codes show, maybe i'll try to find out how to show html text on posts and blog it next..

Click Save and your done!

#update just found out an easy way to display HTML text in blog posts.. the code above is already showing..

Portable Browsers - Opera, FireFox And Chrome

2009-04-08T23:03:00.001+08:00

As a follow up post for the Chrome Portable.. I think I also should be posting for the other popular browsers for others who prefer the other two.. So here it is.. It should be 4 but Safari don't have no portable version yet or at least I didn't find one (i found Safari for Windows but no portable..). So it's Opera, Firefox and Chrome.

Opera USB/Portable v. 9.5 final multi-language

Download through www.thaivisa.com

Download through my Mediafire account

Google Chrome Poratble v. 2

Download Chrome Portable v2

Download Chrome Portable v1

Firefox Portable v. 3.0

Download Firefox Portable

I did not include Internet Explorer cause most PC's run on Windows so I think most people would not be looking for a portable version of it. But for some reason you wanted to have IE portable you can download it hereKezNews.com. Note: This portable IE v7 is for users running Windows XP and has IE v6 installed.. So if your running other platforms even Vista you should not istall it..

Download Link For Google Chrome Portable

2009-04-07T23:01:00.000+08:00

Immediately right after I published my post about Chrome portable I noticed there where already 5 visitors who arrived from my post link.. So if you where looking for a download link here it is..

Download Google Chrome Portable Edition 9.35MB via Mediafire

Google Chrome Portable

2009-04-07T23:00:00.001+08:00

Anyone Of You Use Google Chrome? I've been using Chrome for about 3 months now and I think it's nice.. The only downside about it is you can't install as many addons and plugins as you do in Firefox and IE and the crashes.. But I like it cause of the simplicity of the layout and the ease of use.. Less plugins means less toolbar and more room for browser window, so you get a larger fuller view of sites you visit..

There's something strange on how my chrome was behaving this past few days.. It doesn't store search engines, even the default search engine, and it doesn't display my recently visited pages anymore,, And this morning It just went crazy.. It crashed too often not even allowing me to key in a search.. So I decided to uninstall it and download a fresh copy.. But no luck.. Tried the newest version wich is still in beta but it didn't work.. I was about to give up and revert to using Firefox as my default browser when I remembered that there's a portable version of Chrome.. So started searching through Firefox and I opened about 11 tabs checking every results from my search.. I'm using it right now.. Guess what still not working... Back to using Firefox till I figure out what's wrong with my computer.. If you know anything why this is happening, what's wrong with my PC, or knows a solution to this, I will be really glad if someone comment on what to do.. Need help really bad...

Added a download link.. HERE
If you want to download Chrome Portable I published a post next to this. Click the title on the archive on the right.. find the download link at the end of the post.. thanks..

Sites Offering 100% Free Online Advertising

2009-04-05T22:58:00.001+08:00

Want to advertise your blog or website for free?

Here are some free advertising sites I found...

Adgridwork.com - I tried this one on my other blog.. 3 easy steps to start..

1. Add your site to their network

2. Display targetted ads on your site

3. Your ads will appear on thousand of sites..

Ablewise.com - This site is quite like a social networking site.. They have like a community.. You can post your ads free. Plus they have tools, a messenger, and an affiliate program..

Inet Giant - Sign up and start your free advertising in minutes.. They also offer Opt In Bulk Email Marketing..

FreeAdvertisingForum.com - Quite like the name implies.. A forum where you post your ads..

TheBusinessList.com - Free business advertising.. Sign up and be included in their ad archive..

Adleaf.com - It's quite similar to adgridworks.. Display at least 2 ads on your site and your site can be viewed on the whole network.. You can also track your web traffic with a historical traffic data..

Friday Ad - Fill in sign-up details to post your ads.. You can also postt an image or video banner so your ads could be more noticeable..

Some Links Where to Get Free Blogger Templates

2009-04-04T22:56:00.000+08:00

Here's some links I found on the net where you could find blogger templates free for use..

Deluxe Templates.net - they have a live demo where you can preview templates before you download it.. Even have some tips and tricks to help you on modifying your templates..

Free Blogger Skins - Quite a collection of templates.. They also have some tips and tutorials..

Templates for All - Large collection of templates for Blogger, Joomla...

All Blog Tools.com - Templates, graphics, tools, tricks and images this site have it..

Bloggertemplates.itmag.com - The last publish was September 2008, but I checked some download links and all are working..

Template Panic - Not entirely about templates but they have quite a collection of template themes for Blogger and Wordpress blog..

This is Today nice and sunny...

2009-04-02T22:53:00.001+08:00

At last the sun shined the whole day.. Some photos of todays sunset I took from around my house...

..those are nice cloud formations but I can't get a clean shot.....

.......

that's my internet cable top left.. lols..

That's the moon..

that to..

driveway's dry..

the loan too..

New Photo's

2009-04-02T22:49:00.001+08:00

Sceneries, sceneries, and more sceneries....

played around with this one..

turned out nice...

Summer Is Officially Here

2009-04-02T13:21:00.000+08:00

Went out of the house a while ago and noticed the fog and the cool breeze... Signs to tell that it's officially summer.. I've known that from experience.. When I was younger when I go out early in the morning like 4, 5 in the morning, yes I'm already awake that early when I was younger, now I'm still awake till early mornings, anyways, when I go out I always remember that foggy summer mornings and that calm cold breeze.. But during the day the temp is way up on the thermometer at 37degC at average and could go even higher than that... I can also see a lot of kids playing out the streets in the afternoon, signs that school is out for the summer vacation.. And tourists are flocking their way here, when I was younger, there aren't as many. It may be because of the water and cable (wakeboard) park here.. A wakeboarding world championship was held here, I haven't got the final results yet.. Yesterday was the juniour championships....

Anyways, despite the heat... I feel great that it's summer time.. My favorite time of the year..

Funny News

2009-04-01T22:48:00.000+08:00

Kim Jong Il Announces Plan To Bring Moon To North Korea

Look's Like It's Not Entirely Summer Yet Afterall

2009-03-31T22:44:00.001+08:00

Just this early morning I thought it's not gonna rain cause I declared earlier that it's officially summer and I noticed the fog in the early mornings and the intense heat during daytime.. Guess what happened this afternoon... Yep it rained really hard.. That's how unpredictable the weather is nowadays I guess...

I managed to take some shots..

Those white spots are raindrops illuminated by the cameras flash..

More Artworks

2009-03-29T22:39:00.001+08:00

Here are some of my latest artworks. The last one I did entirely in Gimp a photo editing software similar to Photoshop...

Worm To Attack April 1st

2009-03-26T22:38:00.000+08:00

So many buzz about this worm 's all over the net. The name is Conficker C, some former versions have been identified and found cure but this one might be even more powerful, complicated, and probably more virulent than it's predecessors. So as always update your OS versions, update your antivirus and antimalware protections.. You might wanna do a full scan of your PC's in case a virus or malware is lurking somewhere as it might complicate things more later.. And this may also be the right time to back up your files....

My Latest Artworks

2009-03-22T22:34:00.001+08:00

Here are some of my latest artworks... These are nice as desktop backgrounds. I'm using one of these as my desktop background and it looks great, relaxing.. I uploaded it to a server in case someone wants to download it..

New Blog Background Edited

2009-03-21T22:31:00.000+08:00

I noticed from a far that my new blog background seem a little empty on the right side so I decided to edit it and add some graphics.. What ya' think?

Before

After

Free Fonts

2009-03-20T22:29:00.000+08:00

I found this site with tons of free fonts you can download.. I am making backgrounds for my blog and I can't seem to find a cool font for my text titles.. So I decided to hunt for free fonts on the net.. I found many, most of them offer their fonts free for personal use.. But this one, you can use anywhere anyhow you want to.. And they have quite a collection, 6,500 fonts available for free..

Here's the site Webpagepublicity.com. They also offer some services like site linking, free metatags, free keywords, free site submisson, and more free stuffs like free e-books and more...

Link: WebpagePublicity.com

New Blog Background

2009-03-19T22:27:00.000+08:00

I decided to make new backgrounds for my blogs.. This one ( the current backround) I made in minutes using Gimp2, a freeware photo editing software... It's fun making your own blog backgrounds, and you can make exactly what you want instead of browsing for a close match what you have in mind... Make your own too..

2009-03-18T22:22:00.001+08:00

Here are some of the images I made/rendered using free 3d animation softwares I mentioned in some of my previous posts..

And I'm on the tutorials for just two weeks and I'm already learning a lot...

Desktop Marketer - Email Marketing Software

2009-03-17T22:20:00.001+08:00

Desktop Marketer is the cutting-edge new software that is the first to bring 'direct-to-desktop' marketing technology to the small-business market.
E-mail marketing is becoming more and more difficult in light of new spam laws, increased filtering, and hoardes of vicious spammers making it tough to get legitimate e-mail into the inboxes of the customers and subscribers who want it.
And that means it's time to look for new ways to reach online audiences to build relationships and, ultimately, increase sales.
With Desktop Marketer, you can bypass e-mail altogether and deliver messages STRAIGHT to the desktops of your customers' and subscribers' computers.
That means you have a constant, private communication channel that is NOT filled with other people's messages and is NOT interrupted by third-party "filters" or "blockers" -- so your messages get read every time... guaranteed!
The best part is that this technology is SO NEW that only the wealthy Fortune 500 companies have used it until now... So people using Desktop Marketer to send promotions to their customers and subscribers now have an incredible "first-to-market" advantage over their competitors -- at least until the rest of the small-business market catches on!

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E-Book Pro - eBook Creation Software

2009-03-17T22:18:00.001+08:00

Products that can be delivered electronically over the Internet have a tremendous advantage over anything else that you might decide to market online. Problems like expensive delivery charges, wrong addresses, stocking and packaging delays, snail mail slow downs, etc. are entirely eliminated - with eBook Pro.

eBook Pro is not only a superior (and user friendly) software for packaging information, it also gives you far more security and control than other programs or packaging options. There's no longer any reason for you to be taking dangerous risks with your business. Now your computer can deliver your products instantly and automatically (with zero cost) over the Internet. eBook Pro can even:

Capture your customers' credit card numbers

Wire their money directly into your bank account

Enter their customer contact information into your own private database.

With eBook Pro, your eBooks are easy to produce, they'recost-effective, and they have the potential togenerate insane amounts of profit with relatively little effort on you part!

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Mailoop 7.0 - Business Automation Software

2009-03-17T22:16:00.000+08:00

This all-new version has super-charged functionality and an improved, easy-to-use interface that customers have been raving about. Some of the most popular features include the ability to:

Save an unlimited amount of information about each new subscriber
Use custom series of sequential autoresponders
Build your list from zero to 1,000s of opt-in subscribers
Manage and reduce your "bounce backs"
Use a "confirmed opt-in system" that can be turned on and off
Manage an unlimited number of lists at no extra cost
Send yourself "test" messages at multiple "test accounts"
Automatically distribute all of your eBooks and registration codes
Process your "subscribes" and "unsubscribes" in real-time

... and this is just the tip of the iceberg!

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BeBiz - Niche Business Builder

2009-03-17T22:13:00.001+08:00

BeBiz is an easy-to-use interactive program that guides you every step of the way as you create your own Internet business.
It includes full video tutorials that walk you through each step - removing every single barrier standing between you and your own successful online business.
Below are the crucial steps that Bebiz guides you through in order to turn an idea into a money making business…
A. Market Research
Find customers who are already waiting to buy BEFORE you decide what to sell.
1. Guarantee there’s DEMAND for your product or servicebefore you develop the business!
2. Be 100% confident that your business has REAL profit potential!
3. Transform your personal interests, hobbies, and experiences into a profitable Web business!
4. Evaluate your competition to be certain you can compete with a unique offer and still enjoy a significant profit per sale!
B. Products
Select the right product for your market, then set up for delivery.
There are absolutely NO LIMITS to what you can sell on the Web (provided it’s legal of course ;-) …
1. Sell information products like newsletters, eBooks, memberships, courses, audio series, video series, and more!

2. Sell physical products you’ll deliver via Fedex or Courier!

3. Or even use the website to attract qualified leads for your service business or your brick-and-mortar offline store!
… It’s completely up to you!
C. Salescopy
Fill in the blanks and watch your own compelling salesletter come to life.
Obviously, one of the attractions of running an automated Internet business is that it can generate sales 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
However, to attract those sales, you’ll need some compelling salescopy hard at work on your website!
If you’ve never written salescopy before, don’t worry.
With BeBiz, you’ll simply fill in the blanks, click a button, and out will pop a ready-to-go salesletter that's been 100% customized for you, which you can use to start selling your product or service right away!
For example, BeBiz will prompt you to…
1. Cherry pick from the array of proven headlines offered, or use the custom headline feature to write your own.
2. Fill in your subhead, salutation, problem, and credibility-builders to create the backbone of your copy.
3. Flesh out your salescopy so it leads visitors through a clear, step-by-step sales process. You'll tell your story, add testimonials, and explain how the reader will benefit from your product.
4. Then use BeBiz's examples and wizards to close the sale, offer a guarantee, ask for the order, show a price reduction, and add a signature.
… And of course, the library of proven examples provided in BeBiz make writing your salescopy easier than ever before.
It’s everything you need to write persuasive copy that converts maximum website traffic into eager, paying customers!
The easily assemble a functioning, professional sales website in no time at all with a wide range of templates.
D. Website
Overcome the #1 hurdle faced by wannabe Internet business owners…
Launching your first website!
It’s confusing, right?
Do you learn HTML? Spend $300 to $1000 on expensive design and graphics software? (And then another $200+ on books and tutorials to learn to use it?)
Or, do you drop $500 to $3,500+ hiring a web designer?
With BeBiz, you won’t face these challenges.
Because BeBiz already includes every tool you need to create a professional looking ecommerce website designed to convert maximum visitors into maximum sales!
… Every step has been laid out for you in advance.
As you finish each task, BeBiz will prompt you to move onto the NEXT step of creating your ecommerce website. You just point, click, and when asked, type the product descriptions and sales details required. BeBiz does all the heavy lifting of transforming YOUR choices and text into a compelling sales website!
And by simply choosing the “Publish My Website” button, you can immediately launch your website live on the Internet, where visitors can instantly view it and start making purchases!
It’s that easy!
E. Payment
Set up and easy payment system that accepts credit cards.
The ecommerce website you create using the BeBiz Business Management Center can be easily hooked up to PayPal, arguably the most recognized payment processor on the Web!

You can start accepting credit cards from your website right away, using a trusted payment service that your audience will already be familiar with!
F. Contacts
Harness the power of email marketing for future sales.
Here’s another big hurdle that BeBiz will sweep aside for you… Adding an email opt-in form to your website!
It’s well known that the majority of people who visit your website will leave without making a purchase.
So it’s absolutely essential that you capture the names and emails of these folks -– because they’re clearlyyour hottest sales leads!
With as little as just 4 to 7 email contacts with these people, you can expect to convert as many as 30% to 40% of them to paying customers!
The problem is most small business owners find adding an opt-in form to their website confusing, frustrating, and generally intimidating!

Where do you get the opt-in form?

How do you add it to website?

Where are the emails sent?

How do you deliver the “opt-in offer”?

And how do you manage your subscribers?

With BeBiz, you won’t need to worry…

Because BeBiz will do all the complex coding in the background.
G. Traffic
Learn industry secrets that will drive potential buyers to your site.
Start Driving Eager, Qualified Potential Buyers To Your Website…
It’s absolutely essential that once your new website is ready to launch, you have a plan for attracting 1,000s qualified potential buyers.
And BeBiz helps you here, too.
Your Business Management Center includes step-by-step guidance for:

Attracting FREE traffic from search engines like Google, MSN, and Yahoo -– without spending $1,000s on SEO services!

Getting high-traffic websites to give you links, for the double benefit of attracting more visitors andbetter search engine rankings!

Using low-risk paid advertising campaigns to attract highly targeted sales leads that are easily converted to paying customers!

So after launching, you can watch a stampede of eager buyers arrive at your website and start making purchases!

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D.I.Y. Blog Background

2009-03-16T22:11:00.000+08:00

Here's a blog background I made in minutes using free photo editing software (Paint.net and Gimp2).

I will be making more and post it here..

Money Express Prepaid Mastercard

2009-03-13T22:08:00.001+08:00

The new Money Express prepaid card launched as a joint payroll payment card and international money share product, offers a simple solution to migrant workers across a wide range of industries who may find it difficult to open a bank account and those who need to share money with friends and family.

Users of the card will benefit from two key features including the ability to have wages or salary paid directly on to the card, and a ‘Money in Minutes' facility which allows card holders to transfer cash from a primary blue card to a secondary yellow card.

‘Money in Minutes' transactions are carried out using a mobile phone, offering a simple way for friends and family to spend funds earned by the primary card holder whilst working in the UK. New customers of the card will gain from getting their first card free.

Stephen Widdison of Money Express commented, "We are excited to be working with Newcastle Building Society in this successful new card programme. A safe and secure way to manage cash, The Money Express MasterCard Prepaid Card provides a quick and easy way to share cash with friends and family wherever they are in the world."

Kriya Patel, Head of Card Solutions Newcastle Building Society, commented, "We are confident in the benefits that the Money Express prepaid card offers to the communities that it targets. The prepaid card can be used wherever you see the MasterCard acceptance mark in over 26 million outlets worldwide. We are delighted with the partnership established with Money Express and as a result look forward to launching many cards together in the future.

Fairfx Currency Card - Prepaid Card

2009-03-11T22:06:00.001+08:00

Description: FairFX Plc has launched the FairFX Currency Card, available in Euros and US$ to UK residents. The Card provides market leading exchange rates for travel money. Delivered on a Card! In the current economic environment, consumers have become much more price conscious and this product will therefore be a highly attractive money-saving proposition for any travelling consumer. Given there were 44 million overseas trips made from the UK in 2007, this offers opportunities for significant volume generation for many affiliates and publishers. The Card is a new MasterCard Prepaid Debit Card service backed by the Newcastle Building Society. It provides consumers with a new way to change and spend money whilst overseas with no hidden charges and at fair exchange rates. The underlying principles of the FairFX Currency Card service are Price, Convenience and Security. PPC Policy: Please note that we do not allow bidding on our brand name or variations of it.

Fairfx Prepaid MasterCard
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Two Freeware Photo Editing Softwares that I'm Using

2009-03-11T22:03:00.001+08:00

Just to share two of the best freeware photo editing softwares that I have been using for quite some time now.. I found out about this about a year ago when I wanted to remove those red eyes from some of the photo's I took on our New Years party.. The default photo editor don't have these function so I went surfing on the net for Photoshop download. Then I thought why don't I search for free photoshop download, but then the free download links are all broken.. So I searched for freeware photo editing software then 3 or 4 links about one software appeared on my search page. The software was Paint.Net. I don't know if this is true but I read a forum post somewhere that Paint. Net was written by the sofware developers of microsoft? Don't know about that. All Iknow is that this software is as good as those commercial ones.. There are also a lot of plugins available written by users as well as the developers..

Another one is Gimp.. The console is pretty much like Adobe Photoshop.. The good thing abouy this is it's free, and with lots of plugins too..

Both have functions and capabilities of the popular commercial photo editing softwares only these are free.. Commercial photo editing software offers more functions but you won't be needing all of those extras if you just want some basic functions and a few extras like me. So I think It's a waste of money to buy those commercial ones..

Links:

Paint.Net

Gimp

Freeware Audio Converter Softwares

2009-03-10T22:01:00.000+08:00

I downloaded some Itune files and wanted to convert it to mp3 so that i can put it on my i-river as well.. I thought I'll look for some free softwares on the net again this time audio converters.. Here's what I found.. >>link<<.. The first 2 on the left are the best for me.. here's another koyote soft..

Freeware Antivirus

2009-03-09T21:58:00.001+08:00

I think I'm getting good at finding free stuffs on the net.. I found a pretty good antivirus that offers really good protection without limitations for free.. They actually have another enterprise something version which you will have to buy but the free one offers the same protection as the paid one.. I tried it and replaced my old antivirus and I'm very much satisfied cause it detected and deleted a password viewer something virus, a heuristic type virus, and a worm which 2 of my old antivirus never detected, although the other one detected the worm it can't seem to remove it from my system it just crashes and shuts down.

Links: Threat Fire Antivirus, PC Tools Antivirus

Threat Fire Antivirus is like the access scanner it detects threats (viruses, worms, adwares, etc..) by monitoring suspicious activities that goes on within your system and incoming activities as well. I don't understand much about the process..

PC Tools will be the resident antivirus.. You can choose not to install this and keep your old one.. Threat Fire can run along with your current antivirus without any problems.. At least that's what they said on their site.. But i think it's true..

Try it and decide..

* PC Tools Antivirus took about 5hrs just scanning my primary hard drive 41Gig. Running on XP, Pentium 4 3.8Ghertz.. The good thing is It seem to be very sensitive on finding viruses...

There's also a free personal firewall...

Another 3D Tutorial Nailed

2009-03-08T21:55:00.001+08:00

Iwent up to the Blender website to take another tutorial. It's making 3D mountain this time. It was really easy took me about 15 minutes max to make it. Oh.. About the previous model i made, the simple man. I said last time that I'm going to make it move. Apparently I hit the wrong key on my keyboard and it didn't go as it was supposed to. So I ended up doing a different tutorial.. I'll try the other one later..

Here's some screen shots..

And The Result

I have to add some textures to make it more life like...

If your interested or already starting 3D modelling and your a beginner like me please leave me a comment with a link where i can see your works. Or if you have some new finds please do let me know about it.. If i found any new stuff I'll sure be posting it here..

Link to the tutorial Blender 3D: Noob to Pro

My next tutorial : Making a Gingerbread Man

Grizzly Polar Bear Cross

2009-03-07T22:53:00.000+08:00

I was watching National Geographic Channel this afternoon and this episode about the evolution of bears nailed me to the couch.. It seems that grizzly bears are not the original resident bears back then.. There was a bigger one they called the short nosed bear which is like twice the size of a grizzly. But the grizzly succefully replaced it in time.. The scientist was saying that the grizzly or brown bear is the most adaptable bear species as it can evolve in such a short period of time.. Adapting to it's environment.. What is more amazing is we might be witnessing an evolution in progress as there where sightings of a new species of bear.. It's white looks a lot like a polar bear but a bit off white.. And it has his dark rings around it eye.. They took DNA samples and confirmed it was indeed a cross between grizzly and polar bear.. Perhaps these highly adaptable animal is thinking ahead for it's survival..

I searched the net and found this site with actual pictures of it back in '06. ESPN Outdoors

Maybe you already knew this but I'm from halfway around the globe so it probably didn't make a lot of buzz here when the news came out..

Freeware 3D Softwares

2009-03-07T22:47:00.001+08:00

I just stumbled upon these free 3d animation softwares on the net.. I never thought There would be one for free, but i found some.. and most of them are as good as those expensive ones.. They have all these tutorials available made by blender support team themselves and more tutorials from other users. It alll started when I wanted to make a 3D mod for my other blog that I started surfing the net for a free 3D software.. I'm now in the make a simple human part of the tutorial.. And I'm gonna animate it in the next step.. Don't you think it would be nice to know how to make a simple 3D model for yourself? And oh.. I'm using Blender2.5 there are more free softwares on the site where i found it.. Here's the link.. Your3DSource .. Have fun..

Screen shots ( made this simple man for just about an hour cause the tutorial is really easy to follow) Not bad for my first 3d model..