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Earth Hour 2009

2009-03-19T20:56:00.003+08:00

This year, Earth Hour has been transformed into the world’s first global election, between Earth and global warming.

For the first time in history, people of all ages, nationalities, race and background have the opportunity to use their light switch as their vote – Switching off your lights is a vote for Earth, or leaving them on is a vote for global warming. WWF are urging the world to VOTE EARTH and reach the target of 1 billion votes, which will be presented to world leaders at the Global Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen 2009.

This meeting will determine official government policies to take action against global warming, which will replace the Kyoto Protocol. It is the chance for the people of the world to make their voice heard.

Earth Hour began in Sydney in 2007, when 2.2 million homes and businesses switched off their lights for one hour. In 2008 the message had grown into a global sustainability movement, with 50 million people switching off their lights. Global landmarks such as the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, Rome’s Colosseum, the Sydney Opera House and the Coca Cola billboard in Times Square all stood in darkness.

In 2009, Earth Hour is being taken to the next level, with the goal of 1 billion people switching off their lights as part of a global vote. Unlike any election in history, it is not about what country you’re from, but instead, what planet you’re from. VOTE EARTH is a global call to action for every individual, every business, and every community. A call to stand up and take control over the future of our planet. Over 74 countries and territories have pledged their support to VOTE EARTH during Earth Hour 2009, and this number is growing everyday.

We all have a vote, and every single vote counts. Together we can take control of the future of our planet, for future generations.

VOTE EARTH by simply switching off your lights for one hour, and join the world for Earth Hour.

Saturday, March 28, 8:30-9:30pm.

Links:
Earthhour Site

GMail Themes

2008-11-20T12:17:00.003+08:00

You can now customize the look of your Gmail by setting up themes. Inside your Gmail, click on the Settings link then go to the Themes tab. Choose from a wide variety of themes, over 30 themes to choose from.

For more information:

http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2008/11/spice-up-your-inbox-with-colors-and.html

GMail Voice and Video Chat

2008-11-13T11:41:00.004+08:00

GMail has a new feature, the GMail voice and video chat. Now you can talk to the person you are chatting to and also you can see that person if he/she has a webcam. Its a good thing that it is integrated to GMail in which you don't need to install any software(excluding Adobe Flash Player) in your computer just to do a voice or video chat. You only need a speaker and microphone to do a voice chat, a headset w/ mic is recommended. For a video chat, obviously, you need a webcam. ;)

For more information go to : http://www.gmail.com/videochat

Countdown till NFS:Undercover release..

2008-10-02T13:31:00.003+08:00

Get this widget!

Need for Speed Undercover at IGN

Note: The date will also be my birthday! LOL! :P

Carpet-Bombing vs. Google Chrome

2008-09-04T13:07:00.003+08:00

Just read an article in ZDNet.com about the vulnerability of Google Chrome to Carpet-Bombing that can expose users with attacks. This was caused by the WebKit (WebKit 525.13) flaw which is being used by Google Chrome.

WebKit is the rendering engine used also by Safari, which Apple eventually fixed the flaw and updated their browser. So just be careful in browsing websites. Beware!

By the way, these problems may come since Google Chrome is just in beta version. So a fix may soon come.

Read more about the article. Click here...

JavaScript Benchmark overall winner

2008-09-03T17:19:00.003+08:00

As of 18:00 GMT September 2, 2008, Google released officially the first beta version of their own web browser named Google Chrome.

My thoughts...

As soon as I installed Google Chrome, I was amazed of it's interface, it was execellent! After being fascinated with it's interface, a question came in to my mind, "How fast is it?".

How fast is it?

Really fast! It is not only based on the internet connection I have, but with the loading of the files need by the site, its fast! Thanks to the multi-threading technology of Chrome, which makes loading of html documents, images, stylesheets, scripts, etc. a thing of the past.

Sometimes its not just the downloading of files a browser must perform, but on how it handles JavaScript codes, giving the right output at the right time. That's Chrome wins with the current browsers today, Chrome comes with a new JavaScript engine called V8 JavaScript engine.

CNet.com made a Speed Test for Javascript, I am suprised on how Chrome crushed the current browsers today in the JavaScript Benchmark.

[Read more in CNet.com]

Don't have Google Chrome yet? Click here...

Google Chrome | Google's own browser!

2008-09-02T21:37:00.001+08:00

Hey! It's been some time since my last post. I've been busy lately since I work on a new company now.

What's the new Buzz in the web? Google Chrome!

Google Chrome is an open-source web browser developed by Google. A web browser that is built from scratch according to it's developers, also it will be multi-threaded, open multiple tabs and if one crash it doesn't affect the whole browser.

Here are some features of Google Chrome that you might be interested...

Blacklists - Bad sites are history!
Sandboxing
Incognito (Private Browsing) - Stealth mode! This feature is available in the Safari and IE8b2
Multiprocessing (Multi-threading) - Finally! I can open multiple sites in each tab and it will no slow me down... :P
Task Manager - Are you windows? :P Now you can see what site is the hogger of memory and processor..

Some screenshots was posted on Blogoscoped.com. Click here...

And a comics was created by the Google Team to explain the development and will be features of Google Chrome.

A beta release of Google Chrome will be initially available to Windows on 18:00 GMT, September 2, 2008. [Download]

References:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Chrome
http://www.google.com/googlebooks/chrome/
http://blogoscoped.com/archive/2008-09-02-n72.html

MyBlogLog re-design!

2008-07-29T13:39:00.002+08:00

It's just now that I logged in my MyBlogLog account and saw the new design of the design. A much wider design, which gives you room to view more in my Community Updates section. I also notice that the Recent Visitors are now at the left column which previously placed above the New Neighbors.. section. I also like the color combination.

Check it out!
http://www.mybloglog.com/

Join My Community!

NFS: Undercover Preview?

2008-07-28T13:55:00.002+08:00

Just today I opened my Google Reader, to read my RSS Feeds. A new post from NFSPlanet.com about the possible teaser of NFS:Undercover, the newest installment on the Need for Speed franchise. I think that the story plot will be great, I hope so. :P

Also a website is shown on the video, "www.WhichRoadToTake.com", that shows a man that is being interogated which plays continuously. One funny part of it that the interogator somewhat became the person being interogated.

The best thing is the date shown at the last part of the video, which is the possible release date of the game. I'm so glad of that date since that date will be my 23rd birthday. I think EA will give me another gift for my birthday, like what they did in the released date of NFS:Most Wanted, which was released before my birthday. Thanks EA! :P

Video Link: http://www.nfsplanet.com/nfsuc_movies.php?do=view&vid=1

Source: NFSPlanet.com

How to add Social Bookmarking buttons for your posts in blogger?

2008-07-09T21:16:00.003+08:00

What is Social Bookmarking
Social bookmarking is a method for Internet users to store, organize, search, and manage bookmarks of web pages on the Internet with the help of metadata.
Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_bookmarking

Know the site...
In adding social bookmarking links to your posts, you must know what are the format of the URL for each social bookmarking site.

Here are some URL formats that my blog use: (Blogger format)

Digg:
http://digg.com/submit?url=URL&title=TITLE&bodytext=DESCRIPTION&media=MEDIA&topic=TOPIC
[more info]

StumbleUpon:
http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?url=URL&title=TITLE
[more info]

Mixx:
http://www.mixx.com/submit?page_url=URL
[more info]

del.icio.us:
http://del.icio.us/post?url=URL&title=TITLE

Pownce:
http://pownce.com/send/link/?url=URL&note_body=TITLE
[more info]

Get some icons...
To make your button to be seen easily, you need an icon that is eye catching and blends in your site or blog.

AOD Design - http://www.aoddesign.com/blog/
Note: You can get default icons to each site.

The Code
It's simple, just create an anchor tag with an image tag inside.

The format of the href attribute inside the <a> tag only differs, the format must be:

expr:href=''

Inside the href attribute goes the Social Bookmarking site URL enclosed in double quotes.

expr:href=' "http://del.icio.us/post?url=" + data:post.url + "&title=" + data:post.title '

Replace the URL with data:post.url and the TITLE with data:post.title.

How to integrate:

Login to you Blogger.com account.
In your Dashboard, click on the Layout link for the blog you want to edit.
Click on Edit HTML, under Layout page.
Check on the "Expand Widget Templates".
Scroll down and find the line containing this text, "<data:post.body>".
Paste the code before or after it, just inside the paragraph tag "<p></p>".
Click on "SAVE TEMPLATE".

Sample Code

Pownce and del.icio.us

2008-07-08T15:37:00.002+08:00

Now you can also submit my posts to Pownce and del.icio.us!
Just click the glossy icons of Pownce and del.icio.us, to submit a post to a bookmarking site.

Like the icons? It's free! Click here...

Submit to Mixx!

2008-07-07T22:00:00.005+08:00

You can now submit my posts to Mixx. Just click the "mixx it up" button.

Update:
I have changed the button to a Mixx icon.

at last Bux.to Payment!

2008-07-07T17:22:00.003+08:00

The long wait is over! Bux.to has paid me.

The story...
Just this afternoon I've opened my account in Bux.to, as usual I click all the ads available for this day. After the clicking, I clicked on the My Stats link to view my current status. Then when I saw my Account Balance, $10 was deducted from it. At first I thought an error has occurred an my account has been deducted, but when I saw the Total Amount Paid $10 was there. Which means that my cashout request has been granted. Then I checked my e-mail that I used to sign-up for AlertPay, there was an e-mail that says I have received money from Bux.to. Then I opened my AlertPay account and there it is, the $10!

Reaction
Honestly I was happy about it, not because I received $10, it is because I can now tell others that Bux.to is not a scam. It really pays. I was a bit sad about, because I have to wait for more than 6 months just to receive my first cashout money. I have requested for cashout last Jan. 11, 2008, and I received my payment last Saturday, July 5, 2008. I understand how the hard working people of Bux.to paying and servicing its more than 2 million members. That's a lot to maintain and manage. Good job Bux.to!

Proof
My AlertPay account screenshot:

Not yet a member of Bux.to? Click here...
Want to have an AlertPay account? Click here...

IE8 Beta 1 Experience

2008-07-04T17:15:00.008+08:00

Today I have just installed IE8 just to try it. Which the new features focus on Developers for web page debugging.

Installation
The installation take up more than five minutes, since it downloaded some security updates for Windows that is needed by the browser. The it required you to restart because of the Windows update it downloaded.

First run
IE8's start-up is faster than the start-up time of IE7. I think it also (correct me if I'm wrong...) low in process resources. It looks the same IE7, nothing new in the design, except for the Favorites bar which is like the Bookmarks toolbar by Firefox. It has this new button that says "Emulate IE7", which is one of the features of IE8 that it can emulate IE7. On the address bar, it highlights the domain name of the site you are viewing. Closing the browser is slow.

Actions
I uninstalled it. No explanations.

Updates
IE8 beta 2 is due release in August.

In case you want to try IE8b1 download it here.
If you're installing, it is better to create a restore point first before you install.
Using Vista and uninstalling it IE8? Go here.

Guinness World Record for Firefox 3

2008-07-03T13:06:00.003+08:00

Mozilla now holds the Guinness World Record for the most downloaded software within 24 hours. Over 8 million unique copies of Firefox 3 was downloaded.

Download day
The Firefox 3 Download Day was held last June 17, 2008. It was a success! Exactly 8,002,530 people downloaded Firefox 3 that day. The download time started 18:16 GMT till 18:16 GMT of June 18, 2008.

Now as of July 3, 2008(6:30 GMT), Firefox 3 has been downloaded by 28,601,284 users and still growing.

For more information about the Firefox 3 Guinness World Record, please go to...
http://www.spreadfirefox.com/en-US/worldrecord/

Not using Firefox 3? Click the button below..

Something new in wrong move blog..

2008-07-02T21:18:00.002+08:00

There's something new in the Wrong Move blog.
As you can see there are Digg and StumbleUpon icons at the bottom right of my every post. Now you can easily dig and stumble my posts.

Online Media Converter

2008-06-26T16:03:00.004+08:00

Just today, I am looking for a converter of .m4a file to .mp3. When I ask Mr. Google, it showed me a software to download, since I think I don't wanna install it because I will only use it once, I decided to modify my search and add an online to it. Then this site came to me, media-convert.com. A free online file converter.

It can convert documents, archives, movies, images, sound, and tones. The source files can be from your local computer or from a website. After successfully converting your file, you have the choice to download it or host it to them for 24 hours or 120 days. You can also download it thru WAP. It's a great site, Try it! I'll place it in my bookmarks if I were you.

Happy file converting! :P

Media Convert - http://media-convert.com/

Low memory load audio player

2008-06-25T17:26:00.003+08:00

I conducted a small comparison test between Windows Media Player(WMP) and XMPlay. The comparison is done in Windows Vista Business edition and plays the same mp3 file, David Cook - Always be my Baby(Studio version).mp3 with the same setup of equalizer. It shows that XMPlay is way low memory load when playing, WMP consumes 18K+ of memory load while XMPlay only consumes 1.8K+. XMPlay even had Amplification adjuster set to +9.0db, which consumes added memory load.

What is XMPlay?
A low resource and compact audio player that plays MP3, OGG, WAV, WMA, CDA, etc. No installation required for this application, just extract it to a folder and you're done! The folder doesn't have to be in your Program Files folder, your Desktop is good.

Developer: Un4Seen - http://www.un4seen.com/
Download: http://www.un4seen.com/download.php?xmplay34
Linux, Mac OSX or PocketPC user?
Try BASS also by Un4Seen.

20 Million+ Firefox 3 Downloads

2008-06-25T15:54:00.004+08:00

As of June 25, 2008 9:00AM (GMT), Firefox has been downloaded for 20,129,463 times. That's a lot! If you haven't downloaded the new version of Firefox click here.

Web Developer's must have FF add-ons...

2008-06-18T16:18:00.001+08:00

Firebug
A must have for all web developers, it has it all. From DOM inspection, JavaScript debugging, HTML and CSS live modification. [Download]

ShowIP
A simple tool that retrieves that IP address of the website currently viewed. [Download]

MeasureIt
A tool that lets you measure that page or an element in the page in pixels. [Download]

Firesizer
Simple yet functional tool that lets you resize your Firefox window to a specific width and height. This tool is great for developers that needs to look the layout of their site in low resolution screens. [Download]

Web Developer
As the name says, it is a tool for Web Developers. Contains various tools that can help you in developing a website. [Download]
Note: This tool is good but honestly I don't use it. Why? Because it slows me down.

FireFTP
FTP Client embed in Firefox. [Download]
Note: For beginners, this tool can help you understand how to use a FTP client. For me, I don't use it, because it only uses one(1) connection at a time. Not recommended for multiple file uploading.

Dummy Lipsum
A tool that helps you insert automatically "Lorem Ipsum..." dummy text. This is great for filling-up forms that gives you a problem on what to insert in a field. [Download]

For more Firefox Add-Ons Web Development related just click the link below.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/browse/type:1/cat:4

Download Day misunderstood

2008-06-17T14:55:00.007+08:00

There was a misunderstanding regarding the Download Day of Firefox 3. According to the Mozilla Blog, the specific time of the Download Day is June 17th, 10am PDT.

Bad planning!
They only stated June 17, 2008, no timezone stated. How about the people in other timezones? They expect that it would be June 17th in their own timezone, but it is not.

A lesson must be learned...
If you make a website and you will make a release date, place the specific time and timezone.

Mozilla Blog: http://blog.mozilla.com/blog/2008/06/16/download-day-kickoff/

Firefox 3 : Download Day

2008-06-04T14:04:00.002+08:00

Join the mission to set a world record for the most downloaded software within 24 hours. The date of the final release of Firefox 3 is to be announced in the coming months. So watch for it!

Pledge now! Click here...

Why Firefox 3?
Firefox 3 has more than 14,000 improvements from it's predecessor Firefox 2. It is faster, safer and smarter!

10 Worst PC Keyboards of all Time

2008-06-04T09:25:00.000+08:00

Here's the article of Benj Edwards from PCWorld.com, about the worst designed keyboards manufactured from the time then.
It will be a funny pictures to see that these has been the primary input device of the computers before, which are now following a standard format. These keyboard are dated from 1970s and 1980s, some are older than me.

Here's the link to the article: http://www.pcworld.com/article/139100-1/the_10_worst_pc_keyboards_of_all_time.html

Paypal Alternative

2008-06-03T16:17:00.001+08:00

Sick of Paypal's strict rules? I've found a payment processor that may help you. It has the same necessary features needed as Paypal has. Click the banner of AlertPay below to sign-up for a free personal account.

CNN's News article about AlertPay:
http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2008/fsb/0802/gallery.paypal_alternatives.fsb/3.html

Prince of Persia: Prodigy

2008-05-29T13:27:00.001+08:00

Here's the trailer video of the upcoming sequel to the Prince of Persia franchise. It will be called "Prince of Persia: Prodigy". No release date was yet published by Ubisoft, but surely it will be released at the 2nd half of 2008.