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Essential Youtube Customization Tricks

2011-12-20T14:50:00.001+07:00

Have you ever wanted to customize embedded Youtube player behave on your blog (or) website? Look no further. Read the articles below and you'll have enough tips and tricks to get started.

How To Customize YouTube Player Embeds - Tips and Tricks (ReelSeo)

10 Youtube URL Tricks You Should Know About (MakeUseOf)

How to remove link to YouTube from embeded video? (Link)(Caution: This might be against Youtube Terms)

Myanmar Vs Indonesia [AFC U16 CHAMPIONSHIP 2012]

2011-09-12T22:29:00.002+07:00

I went out to watch Myanmar Vs Indonesia game. Here's the goal video that I made. Enjoy!

Remove Fileserve Toolbar and Search from Firefox

2011-07-14T10:11:00.001+07:00

I recently installed Fileserve Manager and thought it would be easier to download from Fileserve. Instead, it's been a nuisance. It took over as the default search engine for Firefox. The startpage was also taken. I tried my best to uninstall Fileserve Manager from my computer to little success. The program was gone but Firefox was still hijacked by Fileserve powered Yahoo search.

Luckily, I found one solution that worked from Firefox forums. If you are facing same problem, try the technique below. It might be of help to you because it worked for me.

In your firefox browser type about:config

It will ask are you sure that you are going to be careful.

Select "Yes"

In the filter bar type "fileserve"

For all of the results that it shows Right click and select "reset"

This will take your system back to normal.

Barcamp Bangkok 4 (2010) Video

2011-07-08T15:26:00.000+07:00

It was October in last year when I went to Sripatum University to take part in Barcamp Bangkok. I was merely an observer who was just checking out how Barcamp really works; as I didn't have time to prepare something to contribute.

It was a nice experience anyway. I got to meet Myanmar Barcampers who came all the way to Bangkok to experience Barcamp. After they went back to Myanmar, they made a hugely successful Barcamp in Yangon. They are just awesome!

Here is the montage I made for Bangkok Barcamp 4. If you don't know what Barcamp Bangkok, you might get some idea after watching it.

Official website for Barcamp Bangkok is here. I recently heard Barcamp Bangkok 5 is coming. Hopefully, I'll be able to share something this time.

How to add Facebook comments to your blog

2011-03-03T14:38:00.000+07:00

Last week, I experimented Facebook comments plugin on Thingyan Blog. It wasn't as straightforward as some tutorials show you how to do it. One reason is that Facebook has just rolled out a new version of comments plug-in. I tweaked here and there and got it worked finally.

Well, if you are facing the same problem, no worries. This is how you add Facebook comments inside your Blogger blog. Read the instructions here.

But there are some minor fixes that I applied according to this article. You basically need to use new meta tags. That's all. If you are having any troubles, leave a comment. I will help you set up as much as I can.

Myanmar's Top 3 Tourists Destinations

2011-02-21T10:47:00.004+07:00

From time to time, a few people would found my blog somehow and ask me about traveling in Myanmar although I don't write much about Myanmar travel. Most of them are unsure of how to get the entry visa and some want to know about places to go. Sadly, I don't have any first-hand experience traveling inside my mother land as I moved to Thailand in my late teenage years. But I do know pretty well about Myanmar travel destinations because I am making a travel plan for myself. I've always been dreaming about going back and travel inside Myanmar. Now, let me share 3 destinations in Myanmar that tourists must go.

Bagan

Photos by Vladimir Fofanov

Bagan is magnificent. It is the land of Burmese myth and folklore. You'll see stupas and pagodas every where you look at. Most of them were built around 11th century. I've been there once when I was a kid and had my share of excitement.

Located in the central planes, Bagan is almost desert like in nature. Its dry and dusty. Maybe, that's what makes the sunset in Bagan so beautiful. I'll definitely go there again someday.

Photos by Vladimir Fofanov

Inle Lake

Photos by Vladimir Fofanov

Inle is an amazing lake formed in the mountainous land of Shan state. People living around the lake speaks their own language and practice a distinct culture. The most notable thing about them is the leg rowing style.

Ngapali Beach

If you'd like a break at a quiet tropical beach, Ngapali is for you. You can enjoy the white sand beach, crystal clear water and the wonderful local fishing community. It is less spoiled than any other tropical beaches in the South East Asia. Ngapali definitely sits at the top of my list.

Photos by Vladimir Fofanov

Study Graphic Design in Bangkok?

2011-02-11T16:03:00.000+07:00

Since my web-design skills are self-taught (books, online tutorials), I recently thought about getting a formal education in graphic design or visual communication. It could boost my credibility in my resume. I googled and found 2 decent schools.

Raffles International College offers professional diploma(1 year), advanced diploma(2 years) and Bachelor degree(3 years) programs in Graphic Design(Visual Communications). The professional diploma will set you back 150,000 Baht. I called them to get that info.

Accademia Italiana offers a Bachelor degree in Graphic Design Program. I don't know how much it costs. I think their main program is Fashion Design.

I'm quite interested in Raffles' professional diploma but classes are offered in weekdays only. That just ruined it. I can't get my diploma!

So, my fall back option is self-study. I'm gonna get Jim Krause's index series from Kinokuniya. The Designer's Ultimate Index (3-Volume Set) includes layout index, color index and type index; which will cost me 2000 Baht in total. Jim's design basic index is sold separately for 800 Baht. The cost is only 2800 Baht but I will need a lot of self-discipline.

Thanyarat "Film" Jiraphatpakorn landed flight attendant job

2011-02-04T09:44:00.003+07:00

Thanyarat "Film" Jiraphatpakorn is very well known in Thailand because of her beauty. Below is the photo of her when she was crowned Miss Tiffany in 2007.

Photo by Bangkok Post

One thing you might not know is that she is not really a woman. She is actually a transsexual! As I have been living in Thailand for years, I can certainly say that Thailand has the most beautiful transsexuals in the world. No wonder the top three impressions of Thailand are Thai hospitality, Thai food and Thai ladyboys. At least that's what the Chinese think. Take a look at the photo below.

Who's the real girl?

The talk of the town at the moment is that Thanyarat recently has landed the flight attendant job at PC Air. This the first time in Thailand's history that a transsexual got a proper job other than becoming a cabaret dancer. In my opinion, this is good for the third-gender people. We just can't deny them, can we?

Welcome aboard!

And here's the video clip taken from TV news. Skip to 01:38 to see Nong Film.

Ref: Bangkok Post | Ladeez-b

23 Lush Green Forest Wallpapers

2010-12-20T10:18:00.000+07:00

Today, I've got a collection of nature wallpapers. And what I found was stunning green forest wallpapers. As usual, I share them here for everyone to decorate their desktop. Enjoy!

Myanmar Vs Thailand [AFC Women's U16]

2010-12-14T12:12:00.001+07:00

Bangkok | Dec 12, 2010 - Last Sunday, I had a chance to watch the football match between Myanmar and Thailand at the Rajamangala Stadium. It was the AFC U16 Women's Championship qualifiers. Our Myanmar girls needed only 1 point to go through since they had won the three previous matches and were group leaders. We mistakenly thought that Myanmar needed only one point or losing to Thailand without conceding no more than 7 goals because Myanmar scored 10 and conceded none prior to that game.

Myanmar girls fought hard but Thai girls won due to the fact that they are the host and the referee certainly had preference over them. Still, we thought we qualified because the score was 2-1. For the girls, they just didn't want to lose and were very saddened after the game. And we cheered up the girls just to lighten the mood.

The bad news came in the other morning. I thought Myanmar qualified but according to the news, they didn't. The AFC rule is that if 2 teams have the same points, the team with the better head to head record go through. So, Thailand qualified although their goal difference within the group were lower than Myanmar. It was very sad for the girls because they tried so hard. Anyway, we had fun and let them know we are very proud of them.

I cut the 42 minutes footage into 11 minutes and 30 secs. I hope this video reflects our girls effort and the Myanmar crowd's passion.

Beautiful Christmas Wallpapers for 2010

2010-12-01T11:02:00.003+07:00

It is Christmas time again! I just love the atmosphere of this season. The joy of giving and all the new year hype are just amazing. Today I'd like to share a handful of Christmas desktop wallpapers that I came across while searching for a decent wallpaper.

I found them from free wallpaper sites so I don't know the original artists who deserve full credit for the incredible artworks. There are 21 of them to choose from. Download link is at the end of the post. Enjoy!

Download : 13MB Zip @ Hotfile | Mediafire

Top 5 Free Media Players You Should Install

2010-11-26T10:01:00.002+07:00

I watch a lot of videos on my PC. Yeah, I really do. Movies, Anime, Kdrama, TV Shows and so on. I really enjoy them but there is one problem; those videos are in many different formats. DVD rips and TV rips are usually AVI files. But Anime is mostly in MKV. BD rips are in MKV. Web videos are FLV. Not to mension RM or RMVB files. And there are a lot more. To play them all, you'll need a bunch of media players. I'll talk about my favorites and the reason why you should install them.

GOM Player : This is my first choice media player. One thing I like about GOM is that it gives me lots of control over video and audio. And it supports almost all the media formats. I never look back after I installed GOM. Its so good. [Link]

KM Player : I used it before I've heard of GOM, it was very much like GOM but it can't seem to handle HD videos. Anyway, it is still a very good media player and the developers must have improved a lot since last year. [Link]

VLC Media Player : The play-it-all media player. The streaming support is great. And you can do a whole lot of cool stuffs with. I think I'd like to call it a geek's media player. A normal PC user wouldn't recognize what VLC can do. It is that cool although the original interface design is very dull. [Link]

Media Player Classic : This little player is bundled with K-lite Codec Pack. You should install k-lite if you really want to play all types of media files. Simple but very useful because it will play Quicktime without having to install Quicktime player and the same goes with Real media files. [Link]

Real Player : Well, this player still has a fair share of market. Certainly, it will play real media files. And it will play many other video and audio formats, too. And you can easily save web videos such as Youtube easily because it has built is browser support. How cool is that? For me, I use a Firefox extension to download Youtube videos so I don't need this one. [Link]

I am now using GOM, MP Classic and VLC on my PC. The reason I installed 3 media players is that one can do better in a certain media format. Sometimes, GOM can't handle HD mkv files properly and VLC can do the job really well. Therefore, I recommend that you install those 3 players. You'll need them. Cheers!

Funny Girl Quits Job

2010-08-12T17:12:00.001+07:00

I don't know whether this is fake or real. But its hilarious. This chick's got a great sense of humor. Check it out!

Ban the Vuvuzela from World Cup 2010

2010-06-13T23:15:00.000+07:00

The Vuvuzela is an annoying plastic trumpet also known as a stadium horn that is constantly blown at all soccer/football matches in South Africa. It sounds like a deafening mix of angry elephants trumpeting, a swarm of buzzing bees and a fog horn.

I am trying to watch this Serbia/Ghana game and it's unbearable! I have watched all the games on TV with 2 different groups of people, and not a single person had a good comment about the Vuvuzela. The commentating is being drowned out, and you cannot even tell the difference when a player makes a move deserving of a crowd cheer.

1) The vuvuzela is loud enough to cause permanent hearing damage (reference: http://www.scielo.org.za/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0256-95742010000400024&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en )

2) The Vuvuzela is not part of South African culture/heritage/tradition - They only started getting mass produced in 2001. Also, in case you hadn't noticed, it's made of plastic. Hardly traditional.

3) Other instruments can play more than one note, and people who chant and sing don't do it in a droning monotone.

FIFA, please ban this now or this 2010 World Cup will surely be a disaster. We can't enjoy the football at all.

Ryu Ji Hye - Gorgeous in Black Dress

2010-06-03T21:22:00.000+07:00

I've posted Ryu Ji Hye's first photo set here a while ago. Now is her turn again. Enjoy!

50 Cents who?

2010-05-30T13:57:00.001+07:00

50 Cents lose astonishing 54lbs in just 9 weeks for his role in an upcoming movie. This is crazy. Anything is possible for such celebrities. How did he do that? Well, here's the answer; a liquid diet and three-hour-a-day treadmill walks for nine weeks. One more pic of unrecognizable 50 Cents after the jump.

Cutest cat photos that you'll see today

2010-05-30T12:21:00.001+07:00

Those are the cutest cats I've ever seen. You'll see the real Puss in Boots acting cute, too. Enjoy!

Free Colorful Cartoon Wallpapers

2010-05-29T11:12:00.001+07:00

Today's freebie is a bunch of cartoon wallpapers collected from deviantart. Those artists are very talented and also generous enough to let us enjoy their works.

The_Beatles_Cartoon_by_apenasds

Gir and Pig

Chris and the Axe effect by noMirar

i dont think they noticed by mikehandsdown

Love by mohammadamiri

Monsters Escaped by giorgos93

Ei-Robot by ReginaldBull

Hard Boiled Scrambler by DivineError

The Hand of God by DivineError

xmas sheep by bsign

I, Robot – LEGO version by rawart

OMG ITS DOMO-KUN by andidas

cat by nicobou

Milk Cheeks. by ravenskar

Giraffe by nicobou

Charming Prince by nicobou

The Little Andy Wallpaper by emciem

suicide by mercio

Hippies Sheeps by bsign

Kawaii Cookie Surfing Desktop by lafhaha

piranha widescreen by ducatart

Kim Ha Yul - The Outdoor Portraits

2010-05-25T21:15:00.000+07:00

Korean Race Model Kim Ha Yul (김하율) is quite popular among the fans of Asian girls. All of her photo albums become popular as soon as they are released on the internet. I got some from this outdoor photoshoot and they are stunning as usual. 20 more photos inside.

Incredible Origami Art of Won Park

2010-05-18T21:19:00.000+07:00

Origami is the Japanese art of paper folding without the use of glue or cutting. The most familiar origami object you've seen might be the bird. Artists use different kind of papers to create a variety of objects.

Among them, Won Park is a specialist who uses dollar bills as paper to fold awesome objects. He creations are both life-like and carry incredible detail.

Link: Won Park's DeviantArt

Walk on water or Liquid Mountaineering Video

2010-05-18T20:43:00.000+07:00

These guys are really something. They invented a new sport where a person must run on water as far as he can. And they are doing it pretty alright. I mean, who else could do something like that. Not me!

20+ Stunning HD Wallpapers To Decorate Your Desktop

2010-05-15T13:21:00.000+07:00

This is the wallpaper weekend. I've collected 21 beautiful HD wallpapers for your download pleasure. Enjoy!

Download 800+ Super Nintendo Games with Emulator

2010-05-09T13:39:00.001+07:00

I grew up with NES and Nintendo games and still very much in love with them. Super Mario is my favorite game although I wasn't that good. Now, you can play all the Nintendo games on you PC thanks to ZSNES emulator. It's been quite sometime already that zsKnight and _Demo_ programmed the emulator in 2001. The current version is 1.51 and works like a charm on my Win 7 PC.

File: ISO
Size: 690 MB
Mediafire Links:



http://www.mediafire.com/?ydowwmcyfk1

http://www.mediafire.com/?z0n2mlcemnw

http://www.mediafire.com/?zrmwnzzymt2

http://www.mediafire.com/?zryjmzdwhmn

http://www.mediafire.com/?wtz1h55tnnq

http://www.mediafire.com/?nm1n0natn55

http://www.mediafire.com/?zwmgmtzwjeh

Emulator Download: Here

Awesome Citroen Metropolis Concept Photos

2010-05-08T11:44:00.000+07:00

Citroen Metropolis is due to be unveiled next month at the Shanghai Motor Show. It was created by the French manufacturer's international design team.

Well, I don't understand much about cars but this concept is really cool. I hope I can get some wallpapers of this car on my desktop.

Useful iPhone Apps for Educational Purpose

2010-05-07T23:43:00.001+07:00

I've been trying out a few educational iPhone apps to run on iPod Touch lately. I did my research and found really useful apps which are also free. I thought I share the list with everyone. All of the following apps can be used on iPhone and iPod touch.

VocabDaily Free: Learn a new word each day or find new words to share with your students using this application.
Word of the Day: This application is another way to get access to new words to expand your vocab and teach with.
AccelaStudy Vocabulary Builder: Created for studying for the SAT or ACT, this application is also a great way to boost your own vocab and teach your students new words.
Free Translator. This translator uses Google Translate to help you translate between several different languages.
Remember the Milk: Many students and web workers may already be using this great application. With the iPhone version you can take it with you anywhere.
Todo List: Check out this application to monitor your to-dos and keep them handy at all times.
Brain Tuner: presents you with 20 to 100 math problems and asks you whether the solutions provided are right or wrong. It times you and presents a score based on accuracy.
GPA.me: This tool will allow you, or your students, to more easily calculate their GPA.

More Apps:

100 Best Free iPhone Apps for Educators
50 iPhone Apps To Help You Learn A New Language
100 Awesome Time Saving iPhone Apps For Students and Web Workers
20 Educational iPhone Apps for Everyday Uses
8 Must Have Education Apps for iPhone