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How to save fuel and money

2010-11-03T10:17:00.001-05:00

Today I want to talk about cars, not because I'm a fan, but because I want to teach you how to save fuel. Infact, after house and food, the car is the most expensive item for a family.

Look at these 11 tips to save gasoline:

1) Avoid the fast departures. In this phase, the fuel consumption is very high.

2) Go to second gear. Pull the first gear for max. acceleration can be very costly when you refuel.

3) In the long shutdown switch off the engine. For example level crossing at the traffic lights.

4) On the highway it is preferable to maintain a constant speed. The uneven pace and the constant changes in speed, besides being dangerous, strongly pushing up consumption.

5) Close the red lights you should decelerate. Slowing down the stretch approaching the traffic lights you reach the intersection with the green signal thus avoiding an expensive visit. The stop-and-go city is a major cause of fuel consumption.

6) The weight of the car determines its fuel consumption. To reduce expenditure, leave unnecessary items at home. The rear rack is not a closet. Every pound less will save money.

7) The holder of a ski rack packs and penalize the aerodynamics of the car. Mount them only when you are using them and remove them later.

8) Keep open the windows or the sunroof in the sections outside the city also acts as a braking effect on the car, pushing up fuel consumption. Open them only for the time required for air change.

9) The car air conditioner is not free. Its use can increase 20% in consumption. Use it sparingly and only when necessary. Set the air conditioner at low temperatures, the consumption increases exponentially.

10) Good car maintenance is the key to reduce consumption of fuel. A few examples follow. A clogged air filter increases the demand of 10-15%. Similarly, the lubricating oil too old involves a greater effort to work the engine. The convergence of incorrect wheel increases the friction with the road. It's recommended to schedule an annual check-up by authorized workshops asking for complete control of the car. Modern cars are a combination of technology, only the trained eye and appropriate control equipment can help you keep an overview of the vehicle.

11) The tire pressure affects fuel economy and increased tire wear. Deflated tires have more friction with the asphalt by acting as a brake to the motion of the car. It 'a good idea to check the tire pressure at least every two weeks.

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Free software every day at Giveawayoftheday

2010-11-02T21:11:00.000-05:00

Today I want to introduce Giveawayoftheday.com.

This is a site that every day offers free download of software that normally we would pay.
It offers completely free versions, neither with the annoying limitations of time or demonstration.

Remember that every day the software available change and the full version, at midnight, will no longer be downloaded.

Then you should look every day ... God only knows that you never find something that suits you ...

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How to remove unwanted words from forms of browser

2010-11-02T10:02:00.000-05:00

On the web you never stop learning: How do I delete from the forms of a web page unwanted words, such as web searches, names, credit card numbers to keep our privacy?

Until now I knew two methods: delete all forms with browser options or use, only with Firefox, the add-on Form History Manager, but it has not been updated for last browser versions.

A rather simple method to clear this informations is as follows:

Click on the form, find the word or phrase to remove and place your mouse over it. Once that is highlighted, press together the SHIFT + DEL keys on the keyboard.

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Four laughing babies - Funny Video

2010-11-01T09:44:00.001-05:00

Look at these 4 laughing babies with their mother!
And someone say that children do not make you happy!

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Icaro Doria, simply a genius

2010-10-31T21:12:00.001-05:00

Perhaps you don't know Icaro Doria. Frankly I didn't know him too, before I saw some of the creations of this excellent Brazilian artist.

The pictures, for those who know English, speak for themselves ... in my opinion this idea is original and brilliant!

In addition to the one below, you can find other flags (who report the tragic and harsh realities of some countries) at this address:

http://www.brazilianartists.net/home/flags/

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Add Polaroid effect to photo or image

2010-10-31T10:02:00.000-05:00

Today I want to let you know a site that allows you to make the photos in the never forgotten old format Polaroid.

Just enter image url or upload file, set some optional parameters (background, angle, etc.), enter a phrase and you're done!

The site is Photo-notes.net.

On the right, the result... do you like it?

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Francesco Totti and his lob goals - Video

2010-10-30T20:16:00.000-05:00

Compilation with the best goals of Francesco Totti, aka "spoon man", As Roma's soccer player and captain, skilled in lob goals:

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The most repeated penalty in soccer history

2010-10-30T08:37:00.000-05:00

Do you believe in me if I tell you that a soccer penalty was repeated 6 times ?

The fact happens during Serbia-Tunisia football match held in 2004 in Athens, during the last Olympic Games. Serbia and Tunisia were 1-1 draw, but at 35th minute of the second half the Tahitian referee Charles Ariiotima awards a penalty to Tunisia: forward Mohamed Jedidi places the ball and score, but the goal was annulled because, according to the referee, his teammates had entered in the area before the shot. The penalty is repeated two more times and set aside for the same reason.

On the fourth attempt, the Serbian goalkeeper Nikola Milojevic blocked the ball, but the penalty is invalid because his teammates have come earlier than expected in the penalty area. The fifth penalty was saved and then canceled because of irregularities, and only at the sixth attempt the referee awards the goal. The game ended 3-2 for Tunisia.

Watch the video below, it's incredible:

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How to bypass proxy server

2010-10-29T20:21:00.002-05:00

We've often had to bypass (override) office, school or university proxy server, to visit sites with access denied because inserted in the "black list" of forbidden web address, as Facebook, Myspace, Youtube and more.

We could use anonymous proxies, but before that solution we could try a trick to use Google directly as if it were a proxy, using the "translate" function.

For sites in English just copy and paste the address:

http://www.google.com/translate?langpair=it|en&u=www.blockedsite.com

where www.blockedsite.com is web page you want to visit and with access denied.

In this way, the office / school proxy will connect to Google and not the blocked site, so it'll be easy navigation.

Unfortunately the trick sometimes does not work, and this happens when proxy blocks address that contains certain word in the black list (eg. Facebook, Myspace, and so on).
n these cases you can use some proxies for anonymous surfing; here are some of them:

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Best of Roberto Baggio, soccer phenomenon

2010-10-29T10:09:00.003-05:00

Today I want to post this clip with the best goals of the italian soccer phenomenon Roberto Baggio, a great champion that the whole football world mourns:

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Best film ever made in cinema history

2010-10-28T21:06:00.000-05:00

On the web there are several sites where you can see the chart of the best film ever made in cinema history.

When I say "best" I mean "most appreciated" by the public, expressing their opinion disinterested (often does not coincide with the critics).

Of course these charts are not the same for each site, but are based on the average of the votes from Internet users for a particular film.

Here we report some links where you can see the full rankings.

Akas.imdb.com/chart/top

It's very useful when you decide to go to cinema or to rent a dvd: no more waste of money!!!

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The Ebay Song - Lyrics and Video

2010-10-28T14:22:00.000-05:00

Almost everything has been said about Ebay, but a song about this auction site was still missing.

The song had been composed by two guys with almond eyes ... here is the text (in English) with its video from Youtube:

Com'on everybody!:

A used ... pink bathrobe / A rare ... mint snowglobe
A Smurf ... TV tray / I bought on eBay

My house ... is filled with this crap / Shows up in bubble wrap
Most every day / What I bought on eBay

Tell me why (I need another pet rock) / Tell me why (I got that Alf alarm clock)
Tell me why (I bid on Shatner's old toupee) / They had it on eBay

I'll buy ... your knick-knack / Just check ... my feedback
"A++!" they all say / They love me on eBay

Gonna buy (a slightly-damaged golf bag) / Gonna buy (some Beanie Babies, new with tag)
(From some guy) I've never met in Norway / Found him on eBay

I am the type who is liable to snipe you / With two seconds left to go, whoa
Got Paypal or Visa, what ever'll please / As long as I've got the dough

I'll buy ... your tchotchkes / Sell me ... your watch, please
I'll buy (I'll buy, I'll buy, I'll buy ...) / I'm highest bidder now

(Junk keeps arriving in the mail) / (From that worldwide garage sale) (Dukes Of Hazzard ashtray)
(Hey! A Dukes Of Hazzard ashtray) / Oh yeah ... (I bought it on eBay)

Wanna buy (a PacMan Fever lunchbox) / Wanna buy (a case of vintage tube socks)
Wanna buy (a Kleenex used by Dr. Dre, Dr. Dre) / (Found it on eBay)

Wanna buy (that Farrah Fawcett poster) / (Pez dispensers and a toaster)
(Don't know why ... the kind of stuff you'd throw away) / (I'll buy on eBay)

What I bought on eBay-y-y-y-y-y-y-y-y-y

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Find cheap accommondations in Italy

2010-10-28T09:58:00.000-05:00

How many times have you had to book hotel, hotel, guesthouse, bed and breakfast and you wondered "How can I find a cheap nice apartment?".

On the web there are many sites specialized in finding accommodations in Italy.

With regard to accommodations in Italy, I would report the following web sites:

All the sites allow you to see photos of accommodations; first 3 sites allow to book by credit card, the fourth is specialized in bed and breakfast in Italy, while the last site allows to book free rooms at the last minute.

Some personal examples? I booked a room in a 3 star hotel in Rome near the Termini railway station, including breakfast at 35 euro.
Or a B & B in Ravenna and one near Venice, double room with breakfast and private bathroom, 40 euro all inclusive.

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Make money selling domains

2010-10-27T21:49:00.001-05:00

The Internet bubble in recent years has certainly deflated, but you can still get good bargains selling domains particularly attractive.

This page shows the internet domains sold in 2005 above $ 10,000. There are specific sites that allow you to make these types of transactions. For example:

Afternic.com

Sedo.com

It's a pity that everything has been already registered!

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Andre Agassi Final Farewell - Us Open 2006 Video

2010-10-27T14:09:00.000-05:00

Well, accuse me of having the onion in the pocket, but there are events that make you reconcile with sport.
Below is the video of farewell to tennis of Andre Agassi, after 21 years at top level, which occurred during the 2006 U.S. Open.

That's happens only when an athlete is really loved by people !

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Create image from random photos with Webglobber

2010-10-27T10:45:00.000-05:00

I have found a nice free software called Webglobber (not Webblogger or Weblogger, as you could think...).

This software is as genial as useless: it downloads from web random photos and merge them into one image, that is final result.

Here you can find a small image's gallery and the program installer to download:

Webgobbler

On the right, my first work!

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Test ADSL speed online

2010-10-26T22:15:00.000-05:00

It's very important to have an excellent ADSL connection at home and at work.

Do you want to test your ADSL connection speed in download and upload?

Here are some interesting links that can help you:

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Best of Ronaldinho - Video soccer compilation

2010-10-26T10:10:00.000-05:00

An incredible video with soccer player Ronaldinho, when he was only a child:

Little Ronaldinho

But especially look at these two soccer compilations, with the best of Ronaldinho:

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Rocky IV - Training Video

2010-10-26T02:42:00.000-05:00

There are scenes of a film that will remain in the head forever.
Two of my favorites of all times are related to the training of Rocky (Sylvester Stallone) in "Rocky IV", to preparing for the boxe match against Ivan Drago.

It 's fantastic the parallelism between the two types of training and the music is perfect.
Which type of training do you prefer?

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Best magician of all time - Video

2010-10-25T15:20:00.000-05:00

Look at this funny video! He is surely the best magician of all time ... a real phenomenon!

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How to drag and move icons on taskbar

2009-12-09T10:33:00.000-06:00

Having to manage, for business reasons, many windows and applications simultaneously on my computer monitor, in the past I have always opened programs in a precise sequence, to have everyday the icons in the same order on the Windows Taskbar, according to my logic, that allow me to find them quickly and click.

This lasted until I found out Taskbar Shuffle, a small free program that starts with Windows and allows you to drag, move and rearrange icons on the taskbar as you like.

If anyone have the same problem, I highly recommend to download and install it.

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Powerful alternative to Windows Search

2009-12-03T10:50:00.000-06:00

When you want to find a file on your hard disk, the first solution you think is to use the "Search" function of Windows, which begins to sift through all the files and folders on your hard disk searching what we typed.
Unfortunately, if our computer is full of programs, files, folders and subfolders, research will take a lot of time. In addition, this search function frequently blocks the computer.

As alternative, I found a fantastic software called Everything.
It's freeware (just 350 Kb) and a very powerful tool, since it's able to index all your hard disk, with all its files and folders, in a few seconds.
From that moment, simply enter your search term in the top bar and results will appear in real-time.

To improve search, you can use the asterisk as a wildcard (eg *. mp3 will find all mp3 on your hard disk)..
Among the options available, you can also choose to highlight the words corresponding to your searchand you can view the file information (last modified date, file type, date creation, etc.. ). The only flaw is that it scans the compressed files (zip, rar, etc..).

Everything works with Windows 2000, XP, 2003, Vista, 2008, and Windows 7.
Try it and you'll be amazed by his speed.

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The Proust Questionnaire, play it with your friends

2009-12-02T07:24:00.002-06:00

The Proust Questionnaire is not a test, but it is a way to look yourself in the mirror, responding with sincerity to the following 35 questions.

It can be also a fun game to play with friends: you have half an hour to write your own thoughts, then eveyone have to read his answers to the other ones.

It's possible that come out surprises ...

What is your idea of perfect happiness?
What is your greatest fear?
What is the trait you most deplore in yourself?
What is the trait you most deplore in others?
Which living person do you most admire?
What is your greatest extravagance?
What is your current state of mind?
What do you consider the most overrated virtue?
On what occasion do you lie?
What do you most dislike about your appearance?
Which living person do you most despise?
What is the quality you most like in a man?
What is the quality you most like in a woman?
Which words or phrases do you most overuse?
What or who is the greatest love of your life?
When and where were you happiest?
Which talent would you most like to have?
If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
What do you consider your greatest achievement?
If you were to die and come back as a person or a thing, what would it be?
Where would you most like to live?
What is your most treasured possession?
What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
What is your favorite occupation?
What is your most marked characteristic?
What do you most value in your friends?
Who are your favorite writers?
Who is your hero of fiction?
Which historical figure do you most identify with?
Who are your heroes in real life?
What are your favorite names?
What is it that you most dislike?
What is your greatest regret?
How would you like to die?
What is your motto?

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Analyze backlinks and Pagerank for free - Seo Tool

2009-02-06T06:13:00.003-06:00

Do you want to know which web sites have linked your blog?

If you want to discover backlinks and analyze their Google Pagerank, if they are using "nofollow" tag and which "anchor text" is used to find your blog, you have to try this FREE SEO Tool.

You'll have a free and complete link check to understand who is speaking about you and your posts; after that, you can study the reports and increase your popularity on the web with SEO strategy.

Crossblock, logic flash game for your brain

2009-01-26T09:58:00.000-06:00

It's time to train your brain with logic games!

Today I present you Crossblock: the goal of this flash game is to cross out all the squares.
You have to click and drag to draw a line (horizontal or vertical, in the same line) over X squares. The number X increases with levels.

You have 50 levels, I stopped at 47th.

To begin to play, click HERE.