tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38625764669188230192024-03-27T13:37:50.078+07:00Make NoiseRumblings, Blurbs, and Commentsmgandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02893161716495495543noreply@blogger.comBlogger341125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3862576466918823019.post-33825127948785051842009-01-27T03:06:00.001+07:002009-01-27T03:10:08.376+07:00Modular Trade Show Displays and Their BenefitsWith the growth of trade show market the trade show technology has also improved considerably in last few years. One of the many advancements of new technology is the rise of <a href="http://www.exhibeportable.com/modular-trade-show-displays.asp">modular trade show displays</a>. These displays are adored by exhibitors due to being lightweight and extremely flexible.<br /><br />Such <a href="http://www.exhibeportable.com/modular-trade-show-displays.asp">modular exhibits </a>can be reconfigured in size and shape if in case you have extra space in the upcoming trade show. Owners of modular displays have the flexibility to adjust their display booths as per the availability of space and various facilities.<br /><br />Modular <a href="http://www.exhibe.com">Trade Show Displays</a> are available in various vibrant textures, brilliant colors, and various finish options. Some more of the many features of modular exhibits are monitor panels, countertops, storage area, backlit panels, and slatwall. Modular displays are a growing trend and wise investment. These display provide you company with the features of a custom booth minus the cost. If in the market for a new <a href="http://www.exhibe.com/namm-music-trade-show.htm">trade show exhibit</a> be sure to checkout your modular display options.mgandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02893161716495495543noreply@blogger.com180tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3862576466918823019.post-12094622047304525762009-01-07T10:49:00.003+07:002009-02-11T23:58:06.494+07:00Busienss Marketing ArticlesThis is a list of random articles that I find interesting. These articles have no relevancy to current topics that have been covered on this blog. However, this blog is under new ownership and will focus on more business, marketing and advertising topics. Currently the articles primarily deal with the trade show convention industry.<br /><br />Article List <strong><span style="color:blue;">. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . </span></strong><br /><ul type="square"><br /> <li><a href="http://ezinearticles.com/?Banner-Stands---Make-an-Impact-at-Your-Next-Exhibit&id=1072841">Banner Stands</a></li><br /> <li><a href="http://ezinearticles.com/?Portable-Literature-Racks&id=1112036">Portable Literature Racks</a></li><br /> <li><a href="http://ezinearticles.com/?Literature-Display-Racks-Explained&id=1112025">Literature Racks Explained</a></li><br /> <li><a href="http://ezinearticles.com/?Trade-Show-Displays---Styles-to-Choose-for-Enhancing-Business-Image&id=1102083">Trade Show Displays</a></li><br /><li><a href="http://www.articlesbase.com/branding-articles/mini-guide-to-portable-trade-show-displays-762996.html">Portable Displays</a></li><br /><li><a href="http://www.buzzle.com/articles/expert-tips-for-renting-trade-show-booth-rentals.html">Trade Show Booth Rentals</a></li><br /><li><a href="http://www.articlesbase.com/branding-articles/throw-out-the-megaphone-and-use-a-more-professional-approach-with-outdoor-displays-730875.html">Outdoor Displays</a></li></ul><br /><br/><br />I hope that you found these articles to be useful as well as interesting.mgandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02893161716495495543noreply@blogger.com62tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3862576466918823019.post-51719857792511733982009-01-03T09:07:00.000+07:002009-01-03T09:09:12.511+07:00PR2? How?<div style="text-align: justify;">I am asking that myself. An email from my friend told me that this blog's PR rose from 1 to 2. I checked it using PR checker and yes it's indeed 2. But, PR banner on this blog shows that it's still 1 lol. Which is right? </div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">And I still don't know why this blog's PR rose from 1 to 2. Sheer luckiness?</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com46tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3862576466918823019.post-82006910081522679362008-12-21T10:07:00.001+07:002008-12-21T10:10:00.574+07:00Firefox Quick Tip: Don't Install Bunch Of Addons...<div style="text-align: justify;">I strongly advice you from installing addons that don't have daily uses. Install only the most necessary ones, (adblock plus, scrapbook, foxmark, WOT etc) since many add ons have memory leaks problem. This and Firefox's will slow down your computer's performance considerably. I had tried installing 50 or so addons and my Firefox's memory usage ranged around 400 to 500 MB.... That's a wicked amount...</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com75tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3862576466918823019.post-7359253021707741792008-12-13T18:18:00.001+07:002008-12-13T18:21:02.913+07:00Blogger's New Feature: Geotagging.<div style="text-align: justify;">To be honest, I haven't tried this much. I just recently discovered it from <a href="http://bloggerindraft.blogspot.com/2008/12/new-feature-geotagging.html">http://bloggerindraft.blogspot.com/2008/12/new-feature-geotagging.html</a>.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">But once I tried to 'geotag' my post...but the load time of this feature sure is too long. It loads the map and puts strain to your connection. Then again, maybe I still don't know the proper way to use it... heheh.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Just drop a line here if you find it useful and tell me what you used it for.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com87tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3862576466918823019.post-68557667160348431052008-12-10T21:54:00.014+07:002008-12-10T22:10:41.839+07:00Top Three Programming Languages: What And Why.<div style="text-align: justify;">In this modern world, programming can't be avoided. People want to make their job as easy as possible, and the fastest way to do so is by utilizing a program specifically designed to help their job. To make it, we can pick one programming language among many. There are languages designed for web programming, and there are languages designed for application programming, but what's the most popular programming language on the world? Here they are:<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">1. PHP</span><br /><br />Veryyyy obvious. It's fast and simple. Almost all popular websites are using this language. Compatible with popular database types (such as MySQL or SQL Server), making it's untouchable for web programming. I don't think even ASP.NET from Microsoft could compete with this PHP.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">2. Visual Basic .NET</span><br /><br />My favorite programming language was VB 6. But then, my company want to migrate to newer platform, so I have no choice but to re-learn everything from scratch. This VB .NET carries along its predecessor powers such as intuitive yet unobtrusive GUI and OOP as well.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">3. Java</span><br /><br />Cross platform capability is this programming language's main strength. Java can be found almost everywhere, on your PDA, on your computer etc... Java is also popular because it's free., unlike VB NET which needs license to be used. However, lack of good IDE like VB's makes it a little bit behind for application programming language. The web version of Java, JSP is still popular, though.<br /><br />I could also expand this to top five list. If it was, I'd have included Delphi and C. :) Deplhi has a very good user interface while C is... well... the mother of all language. But oh... maybe Pascal too? :D<br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com25tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3862576466918823019.post-80485176945985619632008-12-07T10:27:00.000+07:002008-12-07T10:28:36.526+07:00New Poll Has Been Posted.The idea came from my lil' brother. :P So thanks to him. I voted for 170 cm option, FYI.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com47tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3862576466918823019.post-60668023192639729072008-12-06T19:12:00.001+07:002008-12-06T19:12:34.000+07:00Saturday’s Random Rant (Part whateveryouknow)!<p align="justify">This week’s a very busy week. I hardly had a time to post here… *sigh* I don’t expect the next week to be the same. But … after a second thought, it would be the same. :( My boss gave me again programming job. That job… practically needs concentration, and since my office recently is very active, it tends to be noisy. Well duh, I shouldn’t complain, should I? The said program will be done on Visual Basic .NET 2005, so I don’t need to make new skin for that. Visual Basic 6 has a very pathetic skin if we compare it to Delphi, for example. If you want to beautify your program, you’d need external OCX to help you…and with it, I had a nightmare facing a program that got crashed many times. lollol, no external OCX EVER!</p> <p align="justify">As for this blog, I’d like to post the new poll of the day tomorrow. I’ll try to stumble few websites to get a good idea for it. Well yeah… I am clueless right now. –_-; Do pity me, okay?</p> <p align="justify">This is Saturday, means I should lessen the tension by… playing dota and notd of course! If you don’t know about NotD, shame on ye! *ahem* Do check this <a href="http://www.notd-aftermath.com/">site</a> to find out more about NotD. I only have 1700 or so exp for now. This is because I lost my former id that had over 30k exp, I need to use new account and this automatically reset my exp…. Boooohoooohoooo…</p> <p align="justify">If you can play on Indogamers, do wisp me on ‘monyet_super’ account. I will gladly play with you. :) But I only play at night, so don’t try to find me on office hour lol.</p> <p align="justify">Well then, imma play NotD nao. Have a nice weekend!</p> Unknownnoreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3862576466918823019.post-5613436278335485462008-12-05T19:32:00.001+07:002008-12-09T21:35:55.572+07:00Online Dota Parser.<a class="linkification-ext" href="http://www.dotaparser.com/" title="Linkification: http://www.dotaparser.com">http://www.dotaparser.com</a><br />
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So far, I've only tried that site and DW3GParser. The result's good enough and reliable. More than enough to catch those pesky leavers and stayers on Warcraft 3. :PUnknownnoreply@blogger.com31tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3862576466918823019.post-3556890083093459342008-12-05T19:30:00.002+07:002008-12-05T19:32:18.693+07:00Poll of the Day #3 Results.<div style="text-align: justify;">Nokia won gg thx... As to be expected from Nokia, eh? Here's the result:<br /><br /></div><table style="border: 0px none ; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 100%; text-align: left;" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td class="answerText"><div title="Nokia">Nokia</div></td> <td style="margin-top: 2px; padding-top: 2px;"><div style="position: relative; z-index: 0;"><div class="resultText" title="Nokia"> 13 (40%)</div> <div class="resultBar" title="Nokia" style="position: absolute; left: 0px; top: 0px; z-index: -1; width: 40%;"> </div></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="answerText"><div title="Sony Ericsson">Sony Ericsson</div></td> <td style="margin-top: 2px; padding-top: 2px;"><div style="position: relative; z-index: 0;"><div class="resultText" title="Sony Ericsson"> 12 (37%)</div> <div class="resultBar" title="Sony Ericsson" style="position: absolute; left: 0px; top: 0px; z-index: -1; width: 37%;"> </div></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="answerText"><div title="Samsung">Samsung</div></td> <td style="margin-top: 2px; padding-top: 2px;"><div style="position: relative; z-index: 0;"><div class="resultText" title="Samsung"> 2 (6%)</div> <div class="resultBar" title="Samsung" style="position: absolute; left: 0px; top: 0px; z-index: -1; width: 6%;"> </div></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="answerText"><div title="Motorola">Motorola</div></td> <td style="margin-top: 2px; padding-top: 2px;"><div style="position: relative; z-index: 0;"><div class="resultText" title="Motorola"> 3 (9%)</div> <div class="resultBar" title="Motorola" style="position: absolute; left: 0px; top: 0px; z-index: -1; width: 9%;"> </div></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="answerText"><div title="Others">Others</div></td> <td style="margin-top: 2px; padding-top: 2px;"><div style="position: relative; z-index: 0;"><div class="resultText" title="Others"> 4 (12%)</div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />And I will post the new poll the day after tomorrow (Sunday). Post your idea for the new poll here. Thank you.<br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3862576466918823019.post-58585208814659188112008-12-04T16:47:00.002+07:002008-12-04T17:54:36.635+07:00'typeerror: window.content is null' Error Message On Speed Dial (Firefox)<div style="text-align: justify;">This happened because you've just upgraded to 1.8.7 NoScript.<br /><br />To cure this: uninstall the latest version and reinstall the older version, install <a href="http://software.informaction.com/data/betas/noscript-1.8.7.2.xpi">beta version</a> OR disable NoScript completely until new stable version is released.<br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3862576466918823019.post-60555459440756929432008-12-02T12:35:00.001+07:002008-12-02T12:35:00.976+07:00How To Fix "your current security settings do not allow you to send HMTL forms' Message on IE.To fix that:<br /><br />1. Open IE and click 'Tools'->Internet Options'<br />2. Click 'Security' tab.<br />3. Click 'Internet' icon then click 'Custom Level'.<br />4. Scroll down to "Submit non-encrypted form data" and click "Enable".<br /><br />Close IE/Open IE<br /><br />Done.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3862576466918823019.post-44058420095004206152008-12-01T08:45:00.004+07:002008-12-01T08:58:18.905+07:00Software Review: PhotoResizer 3.0<div style="text-align: justify;"><br />This is the post to continue my <a href="http://eternalblackzero.blogspot.com/2008/11/how-to-bulk-resize-photos-on-vista.html">last post</a> about how to resize photo on Vista. But in here, I'll be focus on Photo Resizer 3.0 application.<br /><br />After download <a href="http://www.rw-designer.com/NT/3.0/PhotoResize400.exe">PhotoResize400.exe</a>, and place it somewhere that easy to access, you can start drag and drop JPG files or even folder to photoResize icon. By default the application will be resize you picture to 400 pixels and preserves original aspect ratio, but if you want to have another size of picture, you can simply change the program name. Ex: if you want to resize to 1024 pixels photo, you can rename the program that you downloaded into photoresize1024.exe, and when you drag and drop your photos to the icon, your photo will automatically resized to 1024 pixels. If you want to have manual control both width and height of the output image, rename the application to PhotoResizeWxH.exe, where W is the requested width and H is the requested height.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv1ZkaYzFPNVLrW_Ir3Q2ZqYmKhs2NSZJQCByAjP_WwKKZXdOUyTaDi-116iGOmJ3TAMFOFIXCR9UEg25TbMh-pZFsgqrp8SjKQ-Stydpn7DsG22Ju5Gbq70VvlV7NZx7xtsfI3lFlWOyH/s320/photoresizescreenshot.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv1ZkaYzFPNVLrW_Ir3Q2ZqYmKhs2NSZJQCByAjP_WwKKZXdOUyTaDi-116iGOmJ3TAMFOFIXCR9UEg25TbMh-pZFsgqrp8SjKQ-Stydpn7DsG22Ju5Gbq70VvlV7NZx7xtsfI3lFlWOyH/s320/photoresizescreenshot.png" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Based on the program website, they tell us that "the tool is using high quality resizing method, where colour of each pixel is a weighted average of all covered pixels from the original image. Linear interpolation is used when zooming in". They also claim that "The algorithm is optimized to work with gamma-corrected pictures".<br />Based on my trial, yes, the program resize picture very fast and it gives my photo more details compared to resizing photo using Microsoft Outlook. Good point..<br /><br />If you find that drag and drop is giving to much harsh for you, then try using this program with open with. First select where you save the program. After you found it, then click Ok. Remember not tick "Always use this program to open this kind of file", otherwise next time when you click your picture, instead of display, your computer will resize it.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsVEJaD3CzbnfRL8aiUrp7jkIort9u7KkwK6b-jqUhkdUOgwL8mHjcOEhHcmv9T0b2KPlt-OZBVRq2i8aakHDzxdMGXS70gORt425mxOh3cfYqdaqe3iacqdEHUiDzNQ0HWedLmtjJOYOh/s1600-h/openWith.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 263px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsVEJaD3CzbnfRL8aiUrp7jkIort9u7KkwK6b-jqUhkdUOgwL8mHjcOEhHcmv9T0b2KPlt-OZBVRq2i8aakHDzxdMGXS70gORt425mxOh3cfYqdaqe3iacqdEHUiDzNQ0HWedLmtjJOYOh/s320/openWith.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5274633520921855426" border="0" /></a><br /><br />There is a lot of other tweaks you can do with this program, for example resize the dpi, specify another folder to save, overwrite original file, etc. You can see the details from <a href="http://www.rw-designer.com/picture-resize">their website</a>. It is very simple and good guide.<br /><br />The only bug I found until now is that you can not resize to many pictures in a row. Maybe 20 or 30 will do. But when I tried 60 pictures, it didn't work. Also this program only work with JPEG files. For me it is adequate, because I rarely use another picture format.<br /><br />Oh, and this program is absolutely free. Of course you can donate to the creator of this program, if you find that this program is useful for you :)<br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3862576466918823019.post-16397064838791661832008-12-01T08:01:00.003+07:002008-12-01T08:04:48.140+07:00Entrecard? What's Going On There?<div style="text-align: justify;">I visited Entrecard this morning and got this error message:<br /><br />===<br /><a target="_top" href="http://entrecard.com/"><b>Outage</b></a><br /></div><p style="text-align: justify;"> We have an emergency outage in progress due to on-going problems with ads not being properly published. We'll keep it as short as possible but this really has to be solved properly. Sorry about this everyone! </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"> <b>update:</b> So, we're still working. I believe the problemw ith ads etc has beenr esolved but I'm doing some reloads and stuff as well at the same time. The site hasn't been performing very well recently and if it's a difference between a 2 hour outage and a 3 hour one, making it run faster is worth the extra downtime. Sorry to everyone who is missing out on drops etc but I honestly believe it'll be better once we come back. </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> <i>Served from s02</i><br />===<br /><br />lolwut? Entrecard went down again? They need to resolve this matter ASAP.<br /><br />But it's a habit recently to have a service broken. My ISP scheduled a maintenance too and I am currently unable to use them. The current connection is Dial Up lolz.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3862576466918823019.post-7946605405132534212008-11-29T14:03:00.001+07:002008-11-29T14:03:54.476+07:00Windows Live Writer Offline Installer.<p align="justify">This <a href="http://www.softpedia.com/progDownload/Windows-Live-Writer-Download-47450.html">link</a> was the end of my long journey to find a working Windows Live Writer Offline installer. I previously found another link but I couldn’t install it properly since the installer always said ‘catastrophic error’ when I invoked it. The online installer I found wasn’t a good idea since we need to redownload the needed parts again from the internet when we reformat our computer. Offline installer is the best, I think.</p> <p align="justify">So, enjoy this good software (and free!) to make a post for your blog. I am using it now btw. ^^ I’ll put up a review for it in the future for sure.</p> Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3862576466918823019.post-64367103038360011832008-11-29T08:21:00.023+07:002008-11-29T08:52:17.926+07:00Three Things You Need To Consider Before Purchasing A Computer.<div style="text-align: justify;">Just yesterday, I posted <a href="http://eternalblackzero.blogspot.com/2008/11/which-one-should-i-buy.html">a thread</a> asking which lappie that I should buy. In the past I acquired my CPU after I had asked several friends of mine about which specs should I get. Getting advices here is important because, you might don't know all development on computer stuffs, so preventing woes from purchasing a wrong thing can be avoided. Ask or find out the following areas:<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">1. Budget</span><br /><br />Huh? Of course this is important. With what do you plan to get that laptop/computer if you don't use money to buy it? Estimate your budget, don't overdo it. There are many things you might want to consider if you want to get computer/laptop that is out of your reach (such as your bills, expense plan etc). In my country, we're not using US Dollar as our currency, so the recent world recession hit us quite bad. Consider that also, don't blindly purchase anything priced in Dollars.<br /><br />It might be wise to wait until everything returns back to normal. But well... it might take years haha.... Dare to gamble? :)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">2. Needs.</span><br /><br />For what purpose will you use that laptop/computer? I mainly use my computer for , browsing, blogging, coding and gaming, although I don't play modern games. I need a reasonable spec for these purposes so my choice would be a CPU that has fast processor and a decent amount of RAM. As for gaming, I absolutely need a good VGA to run latest games, but since I only play Warcraft nowadays (and I don't think I'm gonna play Far Cry 2 on the next one year) I don't need that good VGA card. This is done too to save my budget.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">3. Upgrade Plan</span><br /><br />Computer won't be updated by its own so you need to make your upgrade plan. Will that hardware run newer programs well in the next three years? If you're not going to use Vista and modern programs, you might want to opt out this plan. But consider purchasing a mainboard that can be expanded in the future. Gigabyte motherboards are a good example, since they have a decent onboard VGA card (enough to play simple game/rendering job) but offer PCI-ex slot too. This way, if you want to play newer games that is resource hungry (especially VGA) you can simply purchase a new graphic card and insert it on your motherboard easily without need to change your computer radically.<br /><br />And oh, 4 RAM slots motherboards are preferrable too. Getting a new RAM is the cheapest way to improve your computer's performace.<br /><br />....<br /><br />I think that's all but well.... did I miss anything? ^^<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Related posts:</span><br /><br /><a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://eternalblackzero.blogspot.com/2008/06/alfrans-build.html">http://eternalblackzero.blogspot.com/2008/06/alfrans-build.html</a><br /><br /><a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://eternalblackzero.blogspot.com/2008/06/recommendation-for-my-build-please.html">http://eternalblackzero.blogspot.com/2008/06/recommendation-for-my-build-please.html</a><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3862576466918823019.post-88335075539259825752008-11-28T07:45:00.003+07:002008-11-28T08:00:44.657+07:00Which One Should I Buy?<div style="text-align: justify;">I want to get myself a new lappy, but can't think or see the best option available. Dollar exchange rate is pretty bad too on my country, so I need to be careful. Here are the list of lappy I can find (good performance per price). Can you give me suggestion?<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div>Lenovo IdeaPad G410 960~ <a href="http://www.bhinneka.com/products/sku00508422.aspx">http://www.bhinneka.com/products/sku00508422.aspx</a><br /><br />Lenovo IdeaPad G430 953~ <a href="http://www.bhinneka.com/products/sku00508574.aspx">http://www.bhinneka.com/products/sku00508574.aspx</a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: left;">Or should I get this: X-Ware X-4400~ <a href="http://www.x-ware.asia/products.php?series=Legacy&type=X-4471">http://www.x-ware.asia/products.php?series=Legacy&type=X-4471</a>?<br /></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">I only have 700-850 dollars (max), so don't tell me I need to get those Vaio series.... I can't afford it. If you have any other brand in mind that you would like to recommend, let me know by dropping a comment here.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">*sigh* </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3862576466918823019.post-58571078197892725842008-11-26T12:00:00.007+07:002008-11-26T12:34:37.368+07:00How to Bulk Resize Photos on Vista<div style="text-align: justify;">It is very easy to resize bulk photos on <span style="font-weight: bold;">Windows XP</span>. You just need to install an add-on called <a href="http://download.microsoft.com/download/whistler/Install/2/WXP/EN-US/ImageResizerPowertoySetup.exe">PowerToys Image Resizer</a>. It is free and created by Microsoft. Later after install the program, you just need to right click on the pictures and then choose the new picture size.<br /><br />But, how if you need to resize photos on <span style="font-weight: bold;">Vista</span>? There is no add-on (from Microsoft) until now that suitable and easy to install like PowerToys for Vista.<br /><br />In this post, I'll share how I resize my pictures on my Vista. It is done by two way. You can pick either one that suit to you. First way to do this is by using resources that already installed on Windows: Microsoft Outlook and Windows Explorer.<br /><br /><ol><li>Open photos folder, and select the photo you want to resize.</li><li>Right click, <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 153, 153);">send to</span> and click on <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 153, 153);">mail recipients</span>.</li><li>New window will pop-up, ask you the size of the photo.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR8MMuaXK0Nn9y-dAE_iSv0o-tHVyrcsgplhS787Txa27rDaPC_tDWxUF7-QbB6UXobbUNEWytEfUHLrgbcYiuacf1wbI42HPBr9H8MxXi5zHIXZQ77Q_LotVhQbLiNBFMpUThuxhA4nv6/s1600-h/resize.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 165px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR8MMuaXK0Nn9y-dAE_iSv0o-tHVyrcsgplhS787Txa27rDaPC_tDWxUF7-QbB6UXobbUNEWytEfUHLrgbcYiuacf1wbI42HPBr9H8MxXi5zHIXZQ77Q_LotVhQbLiNBFMpUThuxhA4nv6/s320/resize.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272828370079214370" border="0" /></a></li><li>Afterwards, you can <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 153, 153);">click on single photo and do save as</span> or <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 153, 153);">do select all (ctrl+A) then right click and choose copy</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwNEZdgSd33Jem3IVu6Xwmfk1KhGwdS9l3j2ppjJySXrXAunVYmBJMyJz2wE1BrWqmg4IFEp312zSwr0lgh5EnjJxbzEj7nAYt6Gc0DmMGAsn7a6N3TaYbiZrjagKjvHEVVB8CFFd2qP-U/s1600-h/resize2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 290px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwNEZdgSd33Jem3IVu6Xwmfk1KhGwdS9l3j2ppjJySXrXAunVYmBJMyJz2wE1BrWqmg4IFEp312zSwr0lgh5EnjJxbzEj7nAYt6Gc0DmMGAsn7a6N3TaYbiZrjagKjvHEVVB8CFFd2qP-U/s320/resize2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272829509322758114" border="0" /></a><br /></li><li>Create a new folder on your windows explorer, and do <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 153, 153);">paste (ctrl+V)<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">.</span></span> It is simple and fast. You don't need to send the email, just discard it after you finish.<br /></li></ol><br />The second way is done by using a program called <a href="http://www.rw-designer.com/picture-resize">Picture Resizer 3.0</a>. This is very simple yet powerful program. All you have to do is download this <a href="http://www.rw-designer.com/NT/3.0/PhotoResize400.exe">PhotoResize400.exe</a> and save it somewhere that easy for you to access (ex. on your desktop). Then you just need to drag and drop JPG files or even folders to PhotoResize icon. This tool then will resize you images and save it to original folder. Name of the new pictures will be based on the original name, only the program will alter it with number indicates the size of the picture.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv1ZkaYzFPNVLrW_Ir3Q2ZqYmKhs2NSZJQCByAjP_WwKKZXdOUyTaDi-116iGOmJ3TAMFOFIXCR9UEg25TbMh-pZFsgqrp8SjKQ-Stydpn7DsG22Ju5Gbq70VvlV7NZx7xtsfI3lFlWOyH/s1600-h/photoresizescreenshot.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv1ZkaYzFPNVLrW_Ir3Q2ZqYmKhs2NSZJQCByAjP_WwKKZXdOUyTaDi-116iGOmJ3TAMFOFIXCR9UEg25TbMh-pZFsgqrp8SjKQ-Stydpn7DsG22Ju5Gbq70VvlV7NZx7xtsfI3lFlWOyH/s320/photoresizescreenshot.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272832402984668002" border="0" /></a><br />The advantages using this program than using Outlook is, while resizing the picture, this program will also do gamma correction. It also allow you to pick the size you want, even it is not an usual size (if you using outlook, you have to follow what is provided by the program). If you want to read more detail on how to use this program, I'll post more detail information on separate post.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 153, 153);"><span style="font-size:85%;">Pic taken from: <a href="http://www.rw-designer.com/picture-resize">http://www.rw-designer.com/picture-resize</a></span></span><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3862576466918823019.post-56564824907936252662008-11-26T07:04:00.005+07:002008-11-26T09:26:27.155+07:00Software Review: TweakUI<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp2zif55BkLaayDliJxXvNzZYkZ8dels6F-fml9avRD7cB23JgMn0DXpAPSqaFk36245jaB3i4ODGTiURBn9CK5H4pqxHN5oVlnKdXqFyYNGockWUHfJJMhdyt6t_tHlcDc8Z3MVJ0cU8/s1600-h/tweakui.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp2zif55BkLaayDliJxXvNzZYkZ8dels6F-fml9avRD7cB23JgMn0DXpAPSqaFk36245jaB3i4ODGTiURBn9CK5H4pqxHN5oVlnKdXqFyYNGockWUHfJJMhdyt6t_tHlcDc8Z3MVJ0cU8/s320/tweakui.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272750810510592386" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Not exactly a complete 'software' is TweakUI. This little program from Microsoft helps you to 'gives access to system settings that are not exposed in the Windows XP default user interface'. And it was actually nice enough to help me to hide an unwated control panel extension icon, something that I couldn't do easily if I had to edit Windows registry directly.<br /><br />TweakUI allows you to change Windows registry without even have any knowledge on how registry works by simply provide User Interface to change the values. There are many options available, so explore them by yourself. All you need is to open TweakUI, change the value you want and if the results are undesirable, you can change it again without worry having destroyed your Windows settings. Friendly, huh? ^^<br /><br />You can download it from <a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.microsoft.com/Windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx">Microsoft website</a> (duh...it's pretty obvious....). And yeah, the version I listed here only works for XP, if you know anything about TweakUI for Vista, let me know.<br /><br />Score: 7/10<br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3862576466918823019.post-58981322633482706912008-11-26T06:56:00.000+07:002008-11-26T07:00:48.283+07:00Quote of the Day. (Part 37)<span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">If you don't risk anything you risk even more.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3862576466918823019.post-50454842809492791042008-11-25T20:01:00.003+07:002008-11-25T20:30:52.837+07:00Free Ad Slots For Your Blog.<div style="text-align: justify;">For more details, please check Shirley's post <a href="http://bpwebnews.blogspot.com/2008/11/free-blog-ad-design-limited-time-only.html">here</a> and more detailed explanation can be found on bloggingwithsuccess page <a href="http://www.bloggingwithsuccess.net/2008/11/dare-you-hope-to-be-next-superstar.html">here</a>. This is a rare chance (and also a limited offer) to get a free advertisement for your blog, so don't miss it!<br /></div><br />Related links:<br /><br /><a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.bloggingwithsuccess.net/2008/11/join-bws-bloggers-cafe.html">http://www.bloggingwithsuccess.net/2008/11/join-bws-bloggers-cafe.html</a><br /><a href="http://www.bloggingwithsuccess.net/2008/11/starting-down-path-to-successful.html"><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">http://www.bloggingwithsuccess.net/2008/11/starting-down-path-to-successful.html</span></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3862576466918823019.post-57940264231685656772008-11-24T11:29:00.002+07:002008-11-24T11:36:53.295+07:00Blogger Bug: And I Can't Keep Myself Logged In To Blogger!<div style="text-align: justify;">This has been two days, I think. So basically it's a bug(?) that won't allow you to stay logged in to your blog when you close your browser completely. For example, I am using Firefox and log in to my blog to post new thread. So, when I close my browser because I have finished posting, the next time I visit blogger, it will ask me to type my password again.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Doh....<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">I have to type my _long_ password again and again? Can't I have easier way to access my blog? No, I don't care about my account's security for my room in this office is pretty much secure.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In my experience, this will be resolved on its own, so I need to be patient. But I think I need to raise a complaint here on my blog.... (not that Blogger staffs will ever read this post on this puny board, I assume).</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3862576466918823019.post-68370307830613591662008-11-23T14:14:00.008+07:002008-11-23T18:23:43.862+07:00Features And Things I Want On Google's Products..<div style="text-align: justify;">Uh... don't blame me. I am a big fan of Google (especially Google Search, Blogger and Gmail) and has a high expectation on it... These are mostly personal want and by no means I claim it to be a voice of all Google users.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>1. 'Delete all' Button on Gmail.<br /><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">Basically, it's a 'reformat' feature. If I click that button, all messages/conversations/trash/spam will be deleted in instant. :P I want it because, Gmail has quota limitation and also it has too many links to be accessed. I always clean up one folder, go to other folder, clean it up again and so on and so forth. Thusly, it consumes time.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>2. Better support forum for Blogger<br /><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The current forum is heavily spammed and lacks support from volunteer/Google staffs. The lack of support is also annoying... To be honest, Wordpress.com forum is more user friendly and a very nice place to ask for help. If they can make it better, I will be very grateful.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>3. Screenshot/page rank display on Google's search results.<br /><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;">See screenshot below. (this can be done because of Google's Preview add on for Firefox.)<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnb2eqJGqPKs7pDO_wsD1TFYXtnurLlfECuCcW8gS1V9ZKh-68WnIveuOnDaIVK6JjRL14z7IzqOIzGQswgAwQz0ykGdltMtqG0Uupv0fibErPmssyaJBpJw_Dpbs09ppk5Zi_A3UxN24/s1600-h/Google.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnb2eqJGqPKs7pDO_wsD1TFYXtnurLlfECuCcW8gS1V9ZKh-68WnIveuOnDaIVK6JjRL14z7IzqOIzGQswgAwQz0ykGdltMtqG0Uupv0fibErPmssyaJBpJw_Dpbs09ppk5Zi_A3UxN24/s320/Google.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />It will be a very handy feature to have, won't it? ^^<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>4. Add image management support for Blogger..<br /><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Maybe it's me who is ignorant but... I find it's pretty hard to manage my images on blogger. Currently, I have no means to edit and replace it easily. If you know anything about this, let me know.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>5. Filter to folder feature on Gmail.<br /><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">On Yahoo mail, we can move and organize our emails into separate folders, this is the most convenient way for me. But on Gmail, I can't have the same thing. They replace it with labels... *sigh* and so my main folder's cluttered with many emails. This is one reason why I use Outlook Express to read email from Gmail.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>6. More themes for Blogger.<br /><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Pretty self explanatory. :(<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>7. Offline installer for Google Toolbar.<br /><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Again, pretty much self explanatory. Since Google Toolbar can only be installed online, it adds difficulty everytime I reinstall my Windows...<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">*looks up*<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Ah well... I am asking too much, aren't I? Have a nice weekend, pal. *flees*<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Related links:</span><br /><br /><a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://eternalblackzero.blogspot.com/2008/10/what-would-you-do-if-there-was-no.html">http://eternalblackzero.blogspot.com/2008/10/what-would-you-do-if-there-was-no.html</a><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3862576466918823019.post-49655792843062295302008-11-22T10:28:00.012+07:002008-11-23T07:56:48.508+07:00Three Things You Need To Do On Winamp.<div style="text-align: justify;">Even when Winamp is my favorite music player, it still has several.... annoying default settings. I will always change them when I reinstall Winamp (because I reformat my computer, for example).<br /><br />To change Winamp settings, go to Winamp settings page that can be accessed via right click like I performed below, or use ctrl+ P shortcut:<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdIAMn-KTtlD2uO6Rf0ssHaaH7oeU5-IiyyDDcUVp6Lr9Hjohlomjv6YutSEMqJtTBtEybMtNch-GmgzrGy0Z77bX1M3E_vysYX-O7wRPI4oGyfoZfyv8DsOaWgQRdLSyA8Ro6yCWqLeY/s1600-h/winamp.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdIAMn-KTtlD2uO6Rf0ssHaaH7oeU5-IiyyDDcUVp6Lr9Hjohlomjv6YutSEMqJtTBtEybMtNch-GmgzrGy0Z77bX1M3E_vysYX-O7wRPI4oGyfoZfyv8DsOaWgQRdLSyA8Ro6yCWqLeY/s320/winamp.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271320320144575570" border="0" /></a><br />Here are the changes I mentioned:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">1. Make Winamp's default position at Systray not at taskbar. This is done because I don't want my taskbar's cluttered.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUCgisPkyh-bW-nUhgmjFaIat6wIlYHuMJyee9rjhxNfrfPy487slYasg1k8dTPz0VALfMjANjPpOyHwZpaWHG_ZqUleRhf1Lwumf9cvBVBPzSx54X7Anl362vE6U3fDOBfwqWmcDZmA4/s1600-h/winamp2.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUCgisPkyh-bW-nUhgmjFaIat6wIlYHuMJyee9rjhxNfrfPy487slYasg1k8dTPz0VALfMjANjPpOyHwZpaWHG_ZqUleRhf1Lwumf9cvBVBPzSx54X7Anl362vE6U3fDOBfwqWmcDZmA4/s320/winamp2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271320835170778450" border="0" /></a>2. On the same page, disallow version check and automatic report of usage statistics features. And finally,<br /><br />3. Change quick shortcuts to access Winamp. This feature is done via Winamp's Global Hotkeys plugin. I usually only have two settings here: Bring/Hide Winamp UI and play/pause song being played on background.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCVoavMcEp5ZjyFe2NL26ow2L4mDQB7O0LMi0FD4xyHVMGmGB-b_4mapomOL7pmf3STKTUGkDzym2N-5vLGwEHjQEMx_Qt5C_dg0EYxJmPr8GRB9gMTW9LvZu_wcZQ18K5KqEBSveL348/s1600-h/winamp3.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCVoavMcEp5ZjyFe2NL26ow2L4mDQB7O0LMi0FD4xyHVMGmGB-b_4mapomOL7pmf3STKTUGkDzym2N-5vLGwEHjQEMx_Qt5C_dg0EYxJmPr8GRB9gMTW9LvZu_wcZQ18K5KqEBSveL348/s320/winamp3.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271322048931663042" border="0" /></a><br />Phew... That's all. Do you have any tweaks of your own for Winamp?Unknownnoreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3862576466918823019.post-8604932301665612462008-11-21T09:23:00.004+07:002008-11-21T20:40:59.740+07:00Gmail's Native Themes Support.<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2VpWeSU5L9_yjs4sXNNhpa7AZogFmK05OsOtIutOIGLmktpzZbtbsclw69poPKN7piSjV107ANZYmNgDRRYGfu4vNE_4jrBSXtCCdWbUcw_w7wTfzNgAIrfQNXPXVovfR2HLcasW7fo8/s1600-h/gmail.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2VpWeSU5L9_yjs4sXNNhpa7AZogFmK05OsOtIutOIGLmktpzZbtbsclw69poPKN7piSjV107ANZYmNgDRRYGfu4vNE_4jrBSXtCCdWbUcw_w7wTfzNgAIrfQNXPXVovfR2HLcasW7fo8/s320/gmail.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Gmail now officially support web mail themes. As you can see on above screenshot, with themes we can beautify our web mail. But then, what's the use of that? For me, there's no extra usefulness from that. It slows down my old computer's performance considerably. Also, being a fan of POP, I don't use Gmail's web mail interface often except when I want to chat with my friends....<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">But if you are a web mail user, you can use these themes (feel free to choose from 20+ themes or so) to personalize your page. For now, you can only pick themes provided by Gmail but, it would be great if we can add our own themes in the future.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In the end, it's just a matter of personal taste. Pick what suit your needs. ^^<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Related link:<br /><br /></b><a href="http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2008/11/spice-up-your-inbox-with-colors-and.html"><span style="font-style: italic;">http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2008/11/spice-up-your-inbox-with-colors-and.html</span></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com7