See a comparison of the features of the current products on storage applications.

Except for the new interface at https://drive.google.com nothing is changed really, you will see the same layout on your Gmail, Docs and Picasa Accounts. the only difference is that you get extra space of additional 3GB on Gmail and 5GB on Drive. A new storage plan is introduced with an increase in the free Gmail quota at 10GB from the previous 7GB space. If you were like me who signed up for Google storage plan before April 24, 2012 then you will notice that the old pricing scheme has been replaced with a new structure and you are no longer able to upgrade to the old plans. Here is a rundown of the old compared to the new pricing schemes.

As you can see there is an obvious increase in storage prices from the old storage plans, so better don’t let your current storage expire or change plans by downgrading or upgrading. You can upgrade your current plans and subscribe to Google Drive by logging to your Google account as currently Google Drive does not allow subscription from its URL at https://drive.google.com
 

Complains? so why use it? Despite the drawbacks, it is still a good phone considering that its comes preloaded with Angry Birds, although its just a trial version you can buy the full product at OVI for less than $0.50 not so expensive as compared to the Android or iStore counterparts. I was also able to load my old apps from my N3300 music phone. Since Asha 300 is a Series 40 phone, therefore all my .jar files will now run with a more bigger screen size at 240 x 320 pixels. I have also loaded a bunch of my audio books 3GB in total and a couple of my favorite MP3s, it can handle up to 32GB of micro-USB memory, but i think you can still add more than that. i just wish there was a lastfm app out there so i could link my played tracks to my account. With its builtin Bluetooth support i can enjoy hours of music with this phone. I haven’t tested its video and camera capabilities, although, taking pictures are a bit blurry in dimly lit areas.

Since it has no builtin Wifi, i was forced to subscribe to Globe’s data rates at Php5 per 15 minutes, later i found out that i can also subscribe for the 50MB a month data plan for PhP99. Yes, you guessed it, its too small for a bandwidth but surprisingly I was able to download a couple of apps and games from the Nokia OVI store. As far as i can recall they were QR Code reader, Angry Birds Full, Opera Browser were a few. Its not a bad service after all. Now, a am experiementing on making a PAN network with my PC acting as a bridge to my phone so i can have a free internet connection but no luck so far.

Here is the link for Globe’s surf data plans:

http://surf.globe.com.ph/plan/powersurf-prepaid

Here is the link to the Nokia Asha 300 full specification

http://europe.nokia.com/find-products/devices/nokia-asha-300/specifications

First make sure that you have a facebook account, you may add me with my facebook url at http://www.facebook.com/alfredo.sanchez.jr, if you prefer not b friends with me, just post a comment in this post to be qualified.

If you are wondering if this is for real, then you can check out my Steam profile to see the invites at http://steamcommunity.com/id/tildemark/inventory/#753

Task #1:

I have 3 facebook pages that i have just created, so i need at least 30 like to enable stats and other stuff in it, so please like the following pages on facebook:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Cazimi-Web/233216273367605

http://www.facebook.com/CompuShooter

http://www.facebook.com/UltimateHealthAndAge

Task #2:

Make a comment in this blog post or my facebook wall so i can verify who has joined.
Comment the following:

• Your facebook URL
• Your steam ID
• Your email address (you might use something like name[@]yahoo[.]com for email to prevent spam)

I have assigned ids to the participants for easier raffle at random.org
#1 Mark Ramos Trinidad – valid entry
#2 Edningson Bauzon Tobias – valid entry
#3 alvin – valid entry
#4 moustachizzle – invalid entry/same as #5
#5 Gino Kazino – valid entry
#6 Mariusz Madejczyk –
#7 Филип Кицевски – valid entry
#8 Torse Mobotu – valid entry
#9 Joshua Coleman – valid entry
#10 Max Meier – valid entry
#11 Francis – valid entry
#12 Francis Dalmascas – valid entry

Daily Winners
Draw 4-16 - #6 Mariusz Madejczyk - invite claimed
Draw 4-17 – #5 Gino Kazino – invite claimed
Draw 4-18 – #2 Edningson Bauzon Tobias – invite claimed
Draw 4-19 – #11 11 Francis – waiting for email
Draw 4-20 – #1 Mark Ramos Trinidad – invite claimed

Additional Winners
Draw 4-21 – #10 Max Meier - invite claimed
Draw 4-21 – #7 Филип Кицевски - invite claimed

But, as with most things electronic, the magic number just seems to keep on growing… 2, 5, 8, 11, 15, 18, 21?!? How many megapixels do you really need?

Approximate Resolution of Various Output Types

One way to think about this question is to estimate how many pixels (and therefore the number of megapixels) it takes to effectively render a few different common output formats.

Facebook. Let’s say you want to share a picture over the Internet. If you’re on Facebook, the largest possible image size is 720 pixel x 720 pixels. That’s 921,600 pixels… or a whopping 0.9 megapixels.

Other Web Sharing. Let’s say you just want to share some pictures over the web and look at them on your computer. While the upper limit on the resolution will vary, it will be limited by the size/resolution of your monitor. My 19? flat panel and video card on my desktop support a resolution of 1440 x 900 pixels. That’s a total of 1,296,000 pixels, or 1.3 megapixels. Hmm… now we’re getting closer to modern times.

Basic 4×6 Print. Ok, let’s up the ante and contemplate a print product. Typical print resolution is 300 ppi (pixels per inch). That means that a 4 inch by 6 inch picture will require approximatley 1200 pixels by 1800 pixels. That’s 2,160,000 pixels, or a shade over 2 megapixels.

Large 8×10 Print. Want something bigger? How about a nice 8×10 print that can fit in a matted 11×14 frame. At 300 ppi, that requires 2400 x 3000 pixels. That’s 7.2 megapixels. Now we’ve actually entered the realm of modern cameras. But, still, most consumer level digital point and shoot cameras deliver at least 7 or 8 megapixels.

Uber-Large Poster Print (24 x 30 inches). And now for something obscene. Let’s make a really big poster print. At Costco, I can print an image at 24×30 inches for $8.99. That would require 7200 x 9000 pixels or 64,800,000 pixels. So, a full 300 ppi image would take, umm, 65 megapixels. Oops. They actually look pretty good at ~12-15 megapixels as long as you don’t hold your nose an inch from the picture.

In other words, pretty much every conceivable normal output format (from web images to an 8×10 print) requires less than 8 megapixels. If you’re a professional photographer creating movie posters, large print ads, or the like, you could probably benefit from a higher resolution. And there are some reasons why you’d like to have a little extra resolution to spare. But, while more is better, that doesn’t mean it’s necessary…

Food for Thought

In 2004, Canon’s flagship camera was the EOS 1D Mark II. That camera, near the top of the line of professional Canon dSLR, offered 8.2 megapixels. It’s successor, the EOS 1D Mark II also topped out at 8.2 megapixels, and the flagship line didn’t increase until the EOS-1D Mark III was introduced in 2007 with 10 megapixels.

Up until a few years ago, 8-10 megapixels was enough for professional photographers the world round. So, although today’s flagship camera offers 16 megapixels and the more recent 5D MK II offers 21 megapixels, these aren’t exactly necessary. It’s nice, but it’s something of a luxury, and often times it’s entirely unnecessary.

Does that mean you should turn away a high megapixel camera? No, not really… but you can find some few-years-old digital bodies in good used condition for a decent price. If there’s no other reason for you to choose the newer body, you can save yourself hundreds of dollars by buying a slightly less-than-modern camera that offers less-but-enough megapixels.

Time is almost out for Windows XP and i would probably stop posting XP related content in the future due its support about to be taken from Microsoft. But for the sake of completeness I’ll be adding the command on how to display your uptime in windows xp. FYI, Microsoft will no longer support Windows XP after April 8, 2014, if you are still using that old oval start button, i suggest you start exploring other stuff you may be able to migrate to.

Unlike Windows XP, Windows 7 specifically does not have its own uptime command so you will need to get it by either downloading an application or by scanning through its net statistics. To view your windows uptime enter the comands in the console Windows:

Console that is

START -> RUN (if there is no run as its disabled by default, try Win Key (Windows Logo) + r on keyboard

The uptime that we are talking here is different from the uptime you usually see when subscribing for a hosting service. Its a measure of how they guarantee the server will be online uptime percent of the time in a year. So for example is a hosting provider might claim a 99.9% uptime, we could calculate the number of hours they maybe down in a year, usually spent for maintenance and hardware upgrades. as of the moment I don’t see any host with the guarantee of 100% uptime yet.

Let’s see, if they claim a 99.9% uptime that leaves

100% – 99.9% = .1% downtime throughout the year so
365 x .1% = .365 hours of downtime,
.365 x 24 = 8.76 hours, that’s roughly 8 hours and 45 minutes

If your host claims 99.9% downtime and they were down for a day, then you have the right to complain, and be irate to them. hehe

There are 2 more achievements in the game which are hidden or with no clues on how to get them. If you are looking on how to solve the last two hidden achievements in the game, here’s how. These last two achievements are called “For Science” and “Rickroll’d”. They are actually very easy to get.

Here is the screen shoot of the last two the quests unlocked.

For Science Mozilla Browser Quest Hidden Achievement

There is a place down the town to the right where you can see portals. Just get into the portal and wait for the cake to come out and grab it. See the images on how to do it on your own.

Rickroll’d Mozilla Browser Quest Hidden Achievement

The other hidden achievement is located just above town in the forest where are are ogres guarding the cave. Its a bit tricky and confusing so remembering which door you entered is important. You could test each door until you find the place where there is Rick singing. Just click on him and get the achievement.

Tip: There is a trick in getting into Rick easily. When you get into the confusing doors, always select the leftmost door, May it be located on top or at the bottom and even if you came from that door.

Just in case you were wondering who Rick is, we’ll here is the source of the real Rick

If you have tried uploading MP3 albums from your PC to your Google play account, often times you would notice that some albums are split. Basically, some of the tracks are grouped into one album and the other tracks into another with the same album cover. It will then show two albums with the split tracks inside. This usually happens when there are inconsistencies in the tacks ID3 tags, specifically the Album Artist field. To solve this, you could go on and edit each track to remove or to add the Album artist making consistent throughout the album. You may find that you could edit multiple tracks at once by selecting them using SHIFT CLICK combination. Then clicking the triangle at the end of the cell in the song title field selecting “edit info for selected songs”.

Another option would be is to just make sure you are uploading the correct ID3 tags. The older versions of the Microsoft Media player allows you to edit them but I can no longer find this option with the newer versions. What I usually do is download a 3rd party tool to edit the ID3 tags. I found that Media Monkey is the best application for editing ID3 tags.

While at it you may want to try out Music Plus for Google Music an extension that lets you scrobble song to your Last.fm account. Use the Google Music Manager to upload and download you MP3s including the ones you bought at the android store. The only problem I found using the application is that sometimes tracks will fail to upload and if you are uploading hundreds of files it will be hard to track and the application does not provide any option to retry the failed upload.

There are many ways to create the circle and i am only  providing two its up to you to choose which method you prefer later. In my own personal opinion, i find method 2 to be the easiest and more accurate.

1. Add a new layer
2. Using the polygon tool (press U)
3. Draw a polygon (circle) in to the canvass
4. To make a circle or square hold down the shift key while drawing the object
5. At the layers palette (press F7, if there’s no layers palette)
6. Select the layer with your polygon on
7. Drag the Fill Slider bar from 100% to 0%
8. Right Click on the polygon layer, and choose Blending Options at the context menu
9. At the Styles sidebar, select and place a check at the Stroke check box
10. Adjust the Size of the stroke in pixels
11. Change the color and the position
12. Then click OK
13. You may resize the polygon by using the Free Transform (Command-T) key

1. Add a new layer
2. Using the Marquee tool (press M)
3. Draw a polygon (circle, square, etc) into the canvass
4. To make a circle or square hold down the shift key while drawing the object
5. At the Edit menu, choose Stroke
6. Set the Width in pixel,
7. Set the color and location
8. Then click OK
9. You may resize the polygon by using the Free Transform (Command-T) key

The greatest change to the game would probably be the auction house which will allow us to use the in-game gold or real cash via Paypal to purchase and trade game items. If you have used Diablo 2, you probably have gone to forum sites and trade from there which is prone to scams and other forms of cheat. the auction house will be a great addition to the new Diablo series. Runestones by class is also new to D3 give you more control over your skills and abilities including enhanced damage, better accuracy, AOE or other special effects. The henchman from D2 were replaced with even better followers in which you can now outfit them with armor and have skills that can be upgraded too. Another new feature is the achivements, which we already saw in Starcraft 2, and i find it very cool just to be able to track how we progress throughtout the game.

The main objective of the game is to defeat the god Aldiun in the form of a dragon. You will get to play a character as the last living dragonborn to save Tamriel from being destoryed.

Hundreds of weapons available throught the game. Its unique level-up system allows you to master a weapon or spell eacht itme you use them. You can use single handed weapons and spells as well as double weild them. A unique skill in the form of a voice is also available as a quest which gives you a new set of skills that are activated in the form of a shout. Altough, you will need to kill dragons in order to activate them. In game loot and items can be zoomed in high detail. The skill tree can be accessed in contellation like user interface lets you plan on which skills you want to develop as you progress. A level up of a certain skill grants you a perk as a bonus which you can use in battles.

The games release date is on November 11, 2011. Available via Games for Windows, Playstation 3, Xbox 360 with Xbox Live enabled. The game also features a collectors edition which can be pre-ordered at Amazon, Walmart, Best Buy and Game Stop for the US. Check the website for the other countries supported at http://www.elderscrolls.com/skyrim/pre-order/

More information about the game at the Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim website.