SG Tech Assist

Free Storage Upgrade

2012-04-28T16:52:00.001+08:00

SkyDrive are now giving away free upgrades to 25GB. Go upgrade before its too late. https://skydrive.live.com After you login to your live account, go to manage storage, then click on free upgrade to 25GB.

Tips On Backing Up Progression of Work

2011-02-12T15:00:00.002+08:00

Oh, its been some time since i posted something here. As I am very busy with my all the projects going on and i had been like lack of sleep for several months. And from my so many projects i found a useful way or archiving your stuff.

Right click and send them to ZIP! Each succession will create the folder with its name and a number value (1),
(2) and so on. Thus ignore it being for only compressing files, take it as something for you to archive yours data in progression as well, and you can rollback to the older version anytime!

WHAT? Porn is now in 3D

2010-11-26T18:36:00.000+08:00

Yes you did not read wrong.
The director of the film took the word of New York and started filming pornography in 3D.
The original website is here.
http://tinyurl.com/22p5bg6

Its in spanish but I had used Google translated it for you guys!

File Sharing Through Walls (Literally)

2010-10-31T21:11:00.000+08:00

This may look like fakes to you:

But they are real!

This thumbdrives are embedded inside walls all around New York City for people to share files offline. This are really usuable. Check their project out at http://datenform.de/blog/dead-drops-preview/

Maybe we can start this around Singapore too!

ps: Sorry for the slow update recently. I've been busy with some stuffs.

Battery Eater(Reveal its life)

2010-10-25T09:28:00.001+08:00

Schools starting today for most poly students, thus you may not know if you laptop batteries still last for the next semester? Use Battery Eater

This appliacation allows you to check your battery performance and much more.

Happy Meal That Do Not DECOMPOSE with Macdonald Official Reply

2010-10-22T09:20:00.002+08:00

Alright, everyone might have seen this video below but amazingly, Macdonald replied.

Read Macdonald Offical Reply

Some classic pranks found on youtube

2010-10-21T08:59:00.001+08:00

So what happen is that the people who pulled the prank is at the airport. After flights from India and Thailand landed, they pass a note to the PA to search from some bogus names. Watch it to find out more!

Inkjet Vs Racing Car

2010-10-20T08:53:00.001+08:00

Alright, Epson came up with an amazing test or advertisment. not sure if this is really true, but its just fun to watch. So sit back and grab some minute for this little amazing video.

Internet Addiction

2010-10-19T08:46:00.000+08:00

Many of us may be something like this.

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Rescue the Chilean Miner

2010-10-18T08:38:00.001+08:00

Now you can do it too! Rescue the 33 Chilean Miners that are trapped underground. This interactive flash game requires you to rescue them just like how they do it. Seems like there are allot of commercial benefits coming out from them being trapped.

Update: I found this picture below quite interesting

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The ways they scam.

2010-10-15T09:00:00.000+08:00

Scammers are everywhere especially sim lim square. Recently, I went to sim lim square hoping to get an iPod Touch 4. Yes i know i should not get it there cause its full of scammers, but many place are out of stock, so...

Ok to cut things short here are some of the ways they going to scam you.

1. They quote the price higher than retail price.
So they told me SGD$468 (32GB) but the retail is only $428. So I further probe him. And then he said its cause of bundled casing and screen protector. But for $40??? Bullshit. He said its unlocked also. WTF? iPod touch can never be unlock. There is not carrier attached to it, what is there for you to unlock. I gave him the WTF face and he finally said, that its only add free games and jailbreak. After all this commotion, he finally gave up on scamming me. (I have no choice, many places were out of stock, but to negotiate with him till retail price. srsly negotiating for retail price, everyone would think wtf.)

2. They add GST.
So after the price is fix to be at 428 without anything. He asked me if i want to jailbreak it. I said no. I would not want my devices to be brick by him. (The tools just came out not long ago, and he do not know what he is using to jailbreak it when i asked him, yet he want to do for me for a fee. -.- ) So things settled and he wrote the receipt. He added GST. I was like wtf? Why is there GST and he is not telling us any shit?
I asked him again. This time he say it very loudly and claim everywhere includes GST. Then bet with me $20 if others place have GST. So I gave him few quotations in other stores. He gave up, lose face, and is very angry. But who cares. I am glad to see him this way for scamming others who are new to such devices.

Ok so i got my stuff, paid $428 (i forgot to tell him of his bet of $20, damn. But i think he would be raging. hahaha). I left immediately. He was cursing at the back for not earning addidtional $40 and the GST of nearly $20.

So to everyone buying things at Sim Lim Square, I would strongly urge you to check the price throughly before buying. And do not have to be scared to resist them cause they way they speak to you. You can just walk out if you are not happy with the price.

TeamViewer: Remote Access, Control, Chat

2010-10-14T08:57:00.001+08:00

Teamviewer is an excellent choice for all users to remotely connect to their peers, or personal pc at home from office. All you need to do is to have internet connection on both side of the pc and teamviewer. You can run teamviewer both installed or use it as portable applications. But some functions may be not available. So its best to install.

After connecting to the peers with teamviewer, you can use it to transfer files remotely(acting like ftp but without any settings required), chat with friends, control the other computer, share your screen with other computer and etc...

Speedwise, its pretty fast, the only bottleneck maybe your internet connection. Other than that is very fast. A better option to use other than Msn Messenger to troubleshoot pc problem and transfering files. Saving allot of hassle in creating share folders.

To note: This application is free for personal use only. Thus if you are using it for a company, please buy this application.

Paint your own flame!

2010-10-13T09:00:00.000+08:00

Create images like this

simply with Flame Painter. Simple yet nice. Good for making a fast wallpaper for your own needs if you cannot find a good one.
How?
Just visit the website and created your images there and you are done.

Ultra Copier! Copies all your files!

2010-10-12T09:00:00.003+08:00

Sick of windows and mac default copy and paste? Want something that can let you move your files and pause halfway? Ultra Copier is what you need.

This application is free and works on all platform.

Duck Duck GO!

2010-10-11T09:00:00.001+08:00

Look Ma! No MOUSE!

Duck Duck GO another search engine BUT totally click free!
Awesome websites for keyboard fanatics that love to search without clicking with mouse, search and navigate your results entirely on mouse.

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ps: remember to keep your javascript on.(its on my default on most browsers.)

Pin files to taskbar

2010-10-08T09:00:00.001+08:00

A picture tells a thousand words.

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Author Site (Download here)
This little program manages the file very well and allow users to quickly pin and access files from the taskbar, rather than going to the folder and selecting the files through few steps, thus shaving off few seconds that maybe wasted from the productivity.

Free Legal Music For Everyone!

2010-10-07T09:00:00.000+08:00

Yea people, Dance to the Grooves ~ ~

GrooveShark Presents : The free online music streaming.

There is no terms and conditions, no gimmick, but music and some ads. And its fully free! This service have already been out there for quite some time, however i think its good to introduce it to more people.

Spaceships invade webs and destroy!

2010-10-06T09:09:00.000+08:00

Yes! Destroy the entire websites.
Arrow keys to move, space to shoot.

Go to any website, load it up and paste this

javascript:var%20s%20=%20document.createElement('script');s.type='text/javascript';document.body.appendChild(s);s.src='http://erkie.github.com/asteroids.min.js';void(0);

into your url bar and a spaceship will appear. It will then destory all elements in the website when you fire your weapon!

Creator's URL

Some one actually created a video for this.

Skin your window like never before!

2010-10-05T08:05:00.001+08:00

Great for customization freaks! Customize literally everything you have on your desktop into any design that you want with RainMeter! This is an example of an customization.

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You can change your default clock, a dynamic notepad of your to do list, arrange all your icons in fence like manner, have pokemon as your recycle bin, interactive icons and many more...

This customization platform has so many fans that there is a huge database of skins for the non geek to download and use it. There is also an forum for everyone to discuss and fully utilize the platform. It is so amazing that you have to try it to see it for yourself.

For geeks: you will love it so much that you will go to the extend of creating your own skins.

MyDefrag

2010-10-04T07:15:00.000+08:00

MyDefrag. It sounds so bad. Indeed, i do agree that this application does not sound serious. But it is serious when it comes down to defragging your hard disk.

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This application does what it needs to do, it defrags. As simple as that.

This application itself also had an GUI to show graphical color sector of your hard disk. Good for those who prefers to see it in colors. Rather than the plain "%" by the current window 7 defrag tools.

A very simple to use application but pack with tons of features for admins.Such as scripts that allows admins to schedule defrag jobs etc. But to most users out here, all you have to do is to run the simple defrag.

Feel free to explore the features when you get used to it. It is indeed handy.

Defrag Defrag Defrag. WTH is it?

2010-10-01T08:39:00.000+08:00

Defrag and Defrag, all your IT friends IT admins always ask you to do it. But WTH is it?

Copy, Move, Cut, Paste, Delete, Install, Uninstall, Download.... So on and so forth.
While doing all this minor operations, your hard disk is actually quite messy, is just that you do not know.

Lets say you have a new hard disk. It clean[physical - internal]. So you start adding stuff. Then they take up some space from your hard disk. And then you delete some of them.

Result? Your hard disk is messed up. But why? I had arrange the files in folders. Yes they are arranged on the appearance but not physically.

To simplify the explanation I am going to use an analogy.
There are 2 empty drink bottles A and B[capacity of 3L each], you have 4 semi-liquid object, Q,W, E, R, of 1L, 1L, 2L, 3L respectively.

1. You added in Q and W bottle A.
2. You want to add R into bottle A but its already half full, so you split(fragments) it up into 1L and 2L and put the remaining 2L into Bottle B. Thus there is fragmentation.
3. You decided to remove Q from bottle A.
4. Then you add E into Bottle A but it was full and you split it(fragments) into 1L and 1L

So now the bottle A contain some of W, E, R.
Bottle B contain some of R.

When you want to get whole of E, you have to retrieve it from 2 bottles, thus wasting your time. This is where defragments comes in. Defragmentations, will actually move W and E into bottle A and the remaining W into bottle B. Thus keep all related files altogether.

So a hard disk also work quite similarly, thus as a hard disk get used too often, they tend to slow down, and you should start defrag-ing your hard disk soon.

Launchy, The one for Keyboard Fanatics

2010-09-30T08:00:00.000+08:00

Launchy! Few keystrokes and there you go, launching your applications.


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[Alt] + [Space] + "Word", that is all you need to launch your applications within your pc.

Plugins are also available to download for you to do task like exiting a computer process, open chat windows for messenger and also finding the multiple windows that you have just open. Great for speed typers on messenger.

You can change the skins for it too! With many skins available to choose and download from devianart, from glossy design to domo.

This applications is not only free, but also available for different platform, from Windows to Mac and Linux.

Words Dominations

2010-09-29T08:15:00.000+08:00

Word Domination simply dominate your crosswords puzzle. Filling your thoughts with letters to fill? It will fill em up for you!


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This little web apps need no instructions. Its as easy as you can see. Choose the number of characters at the side, and fill the boxes with letters that you already have. Then it click [Search] it will populate words that you can fill them with.

Enjoy!

Temporarily Lock Out!

2010-09-28T08:32:00.000+08:00

Now if you left your laptop at home or in school, you would normally lock them up to have privacy. But often people would go to the extend to guessing your password trying to unlock it to find your secrets.

Now I am going to teach you on how to lock them up temporarily with Command Prompt.
(Currently working on Win7 and Vista, have not tried it on others.)

Command Prompt (Do take note to follow each steps carefully, if you type in wrong you may get lock out.)

1. Right click on CMD (your command prompt) and click "Run as administrator"
2. Type in "net accounts", you will see that your lockout threshold is none
3. Type in "net accounts /lockoutthreshold:3", this will change the max tries to 3
4. Type in "net accounts /lockoutduration:30", this will chage the lockout time to 30 mins
5. Type in "net accounts /lockoutwindow:30", this will reset the number of incorrect logins after 30 mins.
6. Type in "net accounts", to see the updated changes

Quick Tip: You can always lock your computer with [Win]+[L]

Photography: Panning

2010-09-27T08:57:00.000+08:00

This tutorial will show you how to get images like this:

Image taken at SG GP on 25 Sept 2010

The technique to capture images like this is called panning. To get this picture, you have to press the shuttle button when the car is within your viewfinder and move slightly to the direction in which the vehicle is moving as you press it. Thus all the background is blurred except the moving object.

It may not be easy to start as you need to know how much to move your camera with respective of the moving object speed.

So in order to get more pictures that are like this, you need to have practice, practice and more practice.