Lots of Craps - Blogging about EVERYTHING

I'm MOVING!!!

2005-11-14T16:34:00.000+08:00

OK, I'll moving to my new blog addy

www.blogiseverything.com

But, I need a bunch a tweaking and editing bofore I "officially" launch my Wordpress powered blog.

By the mean time, I'm having a MAJOR exam (STPM) so, this will cost me a bit of time, so www.blogiseverything.com will be up around late NOV. Do check back and bookmark this site! (My new blog addy)

Thanks

Where Malaysians Have Sex

2005-11-09T15:36:00.000+08:00

This is what interest me....you too?

(Source: TheStar, Wed, 9 Nov 2005)

Where Malaysians have sex outside of their bedrooms.

Toilets and cars hot spots for sex!!! Parents' room another favourite.

According to the 2005 Durex Global Sex Survey of 5,409 Malaysians (70% males, 30% females) who responded:

The respondents: 72% (21 to 34 years) and 15% (below 20 years)

Hot spots for sex (outside of their bedrooms): Toilets (44%), Car (38%) and Parents' bedroom (24%)

Sexiest Malaysian celebrity: Amber Chia

Averge age of losing verginity: 19 years (Compared to 19.3 last year and 20 in 2001)

Top excuse to avoid sex: "I'm tired" (32.6%)

Average Malaysian had sex: 83 times/year (Worldwide average is 103 times/year)

Other info:

About 67% of respondents said they only received sex education when they were 15 or older.
One in 10 respondents also admitted to have had homosexual experience, 29% had one night stands, 19% "took the back door", 14% had extra-marital affairs, and 9% had threesomes.
The Greeks topped the world average with a frequency of 138 times/year, while the Japanese ranked lowest 45 times/year

Technorati Tags: Sex, Sex survey, Sex education, Verginity

Howdy
M@ttie

Flock Browser - The next generation social browsing experience!

2005-11-08T14:52:00.000+08:00

(Source: Customize.org)

Flock Browser - The next big thing...?

Will The Flock Browser Revolutionize Online Communication?

The blogging topbar aggregates your recent blog posts from multiple accounts in one place. Hit the big ass + to create a new post or drag content (images, text, etc) into the well to blog it.

The Flock browser aims to convert the traditional web browser into a communication and community tool. Adding special functionality to browsers is not new. For example, Firefox uses Extensions to expand functionality, and Opera has an integrated email client. What's different about Flock is its approach. Instead of adding extensions or clients that enhance only the user's Internet experience, they've built in features that enhance the experience of all Internet users.

Flock seamlessly keeps track of your favorite websites, and then shares them with the world (currently via del.icio.us ). The social impact of this is that content and popularity is decided democratically, instead of through advertisers, and those who control media outlets. The idea would be that a user could not only contribute to del.icio.us, but also browse and view websites based on certain tags (keywords) and popularity.

The Flock browser also has a built in blog editor that connects to the most popular blogging tools, like Blogger. Although the tool isn't as seamlessly integrated with the browser as I would like, it has an intuitive and simple interface that makes it easy to post messages to blogs.

It would appear that the Flock team's goal is to revolutionize how users interact with the web via the browser. Instead of making the browser a one-way interaction with other websites, they allow the user to contribute to the online community using built-in, easy to use tools. If the Flock team can continue to seamlessly integrate more communication tools into their browser, like VOIP, then Flock may become the de facto application used to communicate, share, and contribute on the Internet."

Download the "next generation social browsing experience" now. Flock is based on Mozilla that allows users to browse a network of users' favorite sites and bookmark locations for others to view as well as surf the internet. Its a only a developer preview, but it has been working fine. Its not available at flock.com, as it is a private release. It includes a blog publisher as well as many other cool features.

Download Flock
Homepage

Technorati Tags: Flock, Flock browser, Blog browser

G. Day
M@ttie

Desktop blogging clients - REVIEWED!

2005-11-08T02:47:00.000+08:00

Desktop blogging clients, WHAT are they for? Simple, they make blogging a snap! Just like the WYSIWYG Editor that comes along with your blog, but these tools are fully loaded with tons of features that a professional blogger needs! and most of all, you can compose your posts offline. I'm currently using both Post2Blog and BlogJet. Desktop blogging clients reviewed are ecto, BlogJet, w.bloggar and Post2Blog, there may be some I missed out but these four tools are the major players! Scroll down for the review!

ecto
The beauty of this tool is that it is available for both Windows and MacOSX. So, Mac users don't miss out!

Latest version: v1.8 (Windows), v2.39 (MacOSX)
Platform: Windows & MacOSX
Requirements: Windows 98/later, MacOS 10.2/later
License: Shareware (US$ 17.95)
Homepage: http://ecto.kung-foo.tv/
Download: http://www.mineblogging.com/ecto.zip (Win)

ecto is a feature-rich desktop blogging client for MacOSX and Windows, supporting a wide range of weblog systems, such as Blogger, Blojsom, Drupal, MovableType, Nucleus, TypePad, WordPress, and more. ecto is the successor of the wildly popular Kung-Log, which has been in use by thousands of Mac users and which earned a 4.5 mice rating in the MacWorld July 2003 issue as well as high ratings at VersionTracker.com and MacUpdate.com.

With ecto you can write and manage entries for your weblog(s). The advantage over using your weblog's control panel is that you can compose entries offline and use the extra features ecto offers, such as spellcheck, creating links, attachments, and much more. ecto is designed to make blogging much more easier and yet give the users as much power as possible to manage their weblogs.

Features for Windows version (for MacOSX, go here MacOSX features)

Support for multiple weblogs and servers
Support for Blogger's Atom API
Support for MovableType, TypePad, cocolog, WordPress, Nucleus, Drupal through metaWeblog API and MovableType API
Support of all available remote control options of MovableType and TypePad (posting entries with continuation, summary, keywords, multiple categories, trackback, text-formatting, comment options)
Intuitive interface for creating and editing weblog entries
Quick access toolbar menu with HTML tag templates (fully modifiable)
Easily change the posting date of entries
HTML-rendered preview of entries
File and image upload tool (supports thumbnailing images)
Save settings on a per-blog basis
Send notifications by email
Spell checker to make sure no spelling mistake get published
Post template for saving frequently used post text and formats
Insert details of the currently playing songs in WinAmp/WMP9/iTunes (via free plugins) in your entry
Japanese and French localizations
‘Blog This!' support in FeedDemon 1.10
And much more!

I'm not an ecto user, so I can't actually tell how good it is, but base on its rating at MacWorld (4.5 out of 5) one thing I can say that it's the best for MacOS!

BlogJet

BlogJet is the most popular blogging client for Windows, easy to use and full featured. One think that makes me stick to BlogJet the ability to insert smiles with just a click! I love smiles!

Latest version: v1.5.0.37, v1.6 beta1 (beta version)
Platform: Windows
Requirements: Windows 98/later, Internet Explorer 5.5/later
License: Shareware (US$ 39.95 - Single License)
Homepage: http://blogjet.com
Download: http://blogjet.com/download/

BlogJet is a weblog client for Windows that allows you to manage your blog without opening a browser. Those who are seriously concerned with blogging, cannot imagine their work without using this wonderful tool with elegant interface.

Easy to setup, easy to use. Intuitive Account Wizard helps you to create a new blog or use an existing one with BlogJet (it supports almost all leading blog services). Furthermore, the intuitive smart interface of BlogJet will help you to start using the program right away.

The rich word processor allows you to format your posts according to your tastes and needs; it does not require any special skills. Changing colors and fonts, underlining, italicizing or making a text bold — all these procedures are performed with just one click or by pressing a hotkeys combination. You will instantly see the changes as if you were using Microsoft Word. If you would like to hack your HTML code, all you need is to switch to Code editor, which has such features as syntax highlighting and intelligent code completion.

Built-in spell checker fixes your mistakes with a few clicks, or launches automatically as soon as you publish your posts.

If you need to insert a picture, resize it, or create a thumbnail, drag-and-drop an image from your browser to BlogJet, or click the button. BlogJet is smart enough to automatically upload it to your blog or FTP server.

If you want to add some fun to your blog, there are 20 high-quality smiles and the Now Playing feature, which detects the name of the artist and the song title for the track being currently played in Windows Media Player, Winamp, or iTunes. It can even insert a link to this song in famous iTunes Music Store, so that readers can buy your favorite music.

There is another entertaining feature — voice attachments. Take a microphone and record your voice. It will be attached to your post and uploaded to your blog. Unlike web-based audio blogging services, there are no monthly fees, and it does not require external plug-ins!

Blog This! BlogJet integrates with Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox browsers; FeedDemon, RSS Bandit, NewsGator and other news aggregators to enable you easily blog about the current web page or news items.

If you have no time to finish your post, just save it as a draft file on your computer, so that you would be able to continue writing at any time you like.

In addition, you can not only create new posts in BlogJet. The program also allows you to view and edit your previous posts.

Finally, support for secure data transmission based on the OpenSSL industry standard guarantees that the data you send by BlogJet is encrypted.

The bottom line is, this tool is highly recommended!

w.bloggar
For those who are looking for a good and most of all a FREE blogging client, consider no more, w.bloggar is the pick! FREE? Yes it is a FREEWARE. NO other tools can par with w.bloggar in terms of features/value. Also, it supports multi-language.

Latest version: v4.0
Platform: Windows
Requirements: Windows 98/later, Internet Explorer 5.01/later
License: Freeware
Homepage: http://wbloggar.com
Download: http://wbloggar.com/download.php

Briefly, here the main features

Post and Publish on most blogs/cms tools and services
Edit Posts and Templates
Save Posts locally for further publishing
Import Text files
Add links and images
Format text font and alignment
Multiple accounts and blogs
Post preview
Colorized HTML code
HTML tags menu
Find/Replace option
Post to many blogs
Title and Category Fields
Spell Checking
File and Image Upload
Custom Tags Menu
Toolbar Icons Skin
Supports Windows XP
Support to the advanced MovableType options New!
Add Account Wizard New!
Support to Multiple Categories New!
Option to XHTML compliance New!
Import and Export Settings New!
Ping to Weblogs.Com, blo.gs, Technorati and ping-o-matic New!
No Spyware!
No Nag Screens!

So, nothing to lose, have a try now!

Post2Blog
This is a not so popular blogging client that has the MOST features out of the rest! Simply stunning, a handy desktop blogging tool. I love its "Link to web service" feature, where one can set reference for selected words to Answers.com, Google, Flickr, Wikipedia, Yahoo, Technorati and others! Plus, it comes with a list of skins to choose from, just to spice up to your feel. BTW, it can double as your HTML editor, no kidding! But one thing sad is I cannot manage to setup my Blogger with this tool, this might be a bug (since it is not a final version yet). But I keep on using it to compose my posts, and I transfer (Copy&Paste) all my works to BlogJet to post it, NOT a problem at all. As whether it is a freeware or shareware, I have no idea. At their website, it is not stated, and in the program Help/About menu, there is an UNREGISTERED text there, but where is the PURCHASE/BUY link? This might due to the fact that it's still under development, anyway I will consider buying this tool (if it's really Shareware) when the final version is out.

Latest version: v1.00RC3
Platform: Windows
Requirements: Windows 98/later
License: NA
Homepage: http://bytescout.com/post2blog.html
Download: http://bytescout.com/files/Post2Blog.exe

Benefits:

More than 30 major blog types are supported (including Blogger, WordPress, Typepad, MovableType , LiveJournal, Blogware and more);
Post from Word, Firefox, Internet Explorer, send pictures to blog from Explorer;
Insert images, create hyperlinks, link words to online dictionaries;
Automatically upload images and linked files used in post via blog or via FTP;
You can use Word as editor and compose posts in Word and post them using Post2Blog toolbar;
Built-in multi-language spellchecker and thesaurus;
UNICODE text support (for Japan, Korean and other languages);
XHTML compliance option and ability to generate code without
tags;
Pings web-services automatically (Technorati, Weblogs, Moreover, Ping-o-matic, you can add new web-services);
Ability to insert Technorati, Flickr, Del.ico.us, Ice Rocket, Buzzwords, 43 things tags;
Set reference for selected words to Answers.com, Google, Flickr, Wikipedia, Yahoo, Technorati and others
Collect HTML snippets from web-pages to your post;
Skin support;
and more!

A heavy duty blogging client, with heavy duty features! Looking forward for the final build!

Final words from me.........
Now, you had the review, if you are not using a desktop blogging client I highly recommended you get one. Which one? Up to you! Any comments please put forward!

Technorati Tags: Blogging tools, Weblog tools, Blog tools, Desktop blogging clients, Blogging clients, Ecto, Blogjet, W.bloggar, Post2blog

Howdy
M@ttie

Firefox contest, with cool prizes!

2005-11-08T02:18:00.000+08:00

OUNTAIN VIEW, CA - Nov. 3, 2005 -- Mozilla Corporation today announced the Extend Firefox Contest to encourage development of extensions to the award- winning Firefox Web browser. Extensions are small add- ons that add new functionality to Firefox. They can be anything from a toolbar button to a completely new feature. The contest is expected to generate hundreds of new extensions for Firefox, allowing people to further personalize their Web browsing experience and to make surfing the Web even more fun and convenient.

Developers can tap into the Mozilla Developer Center (MDC), which will be hosting the contest, to find resources and pointers to help create extensions for Firefox. The contest also coincides with the launch of Firefox 1.5 – expected later this year – and developers are encouraged to take advantage of Firefox 1.5's new features .

"We're eager to see what our developer community has in store for Firefox users with this call for the next wave of extensions," said Christopher Beard, head of products and at Mozilla Corp. "We, and most importantly, our users, have been very pleased with the extensions that have been developed over the last year – the breadth and depth of the Firefox Extensions currently available is a testament to the strength of Firefox as a platform for innovation."

Mozilla, with the support of Alienware and O'Reilly & Associates, has a great set of prizes in store for the contest winners. Alienware has stepped up to supply the Grand Prize, their award- winning, high-end desktop systems that will be customized with Firefox graphics. To determine the winners, Mozilla has confirmed an impressive list of industry notables to judge the contest when it concludes on Jan. 6, 2006.

Contest Judges:

Aaron Boodman, software engineer and creator of GreaseMonkey, Google
Amber MacArthur, co-host and co-producer, Call for Help on G4TechTV
Brendan Eich, CTO, Mozilla Corporation
Chris Shipley, executive producer, Demo Conference
Jeremy Zawodny, technical lead, Yahoo!
Omar Wasow, executive director, BlackPlanet.com
Robert O'Callahan, software engineer and long-time Mozilla contributor, Novell

Categories and Prizes:

Grand Prizes: Three winners each receive an Alienware Aurora 7500 Firefox Edition PC and a Firefox 1.5 Prize Pack which includes a T-shirt, cap, and laptop bag.

Overall Best Extension (New/Upgraded)
Overall Best Use of the New Firefox 1.5 Features (i.e. Canvas support)
Best in Class: Eight total winners each receive an Apple iPUKEsPAM Nano, O'Reilly books, and a Firefox 1.5 Prize Pack which includes a T-shirt, cap, and laptop bag.

To enter:
https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/contest/enter.php

Contest starts November 3, 2005 and entries must be received by midnight Eastern Time on January 6, 2006.

Most Innovative (New/Upgraded)
Most Useful (New/Upgraded)
Best User Experience (New/Upgraded)
Best Integration with a Web Service (New/Upgraded)
For complete details on the Extend Firefox Contest and official rules, see
http://www.extendfirefox.com

Howdy
M@ttie

Technorati Tags: Firefox, Firefox contest, Contest,

Power of 9!

2005-11-05T12:33:00.000+08:00

Read through today's The Star newspaper, and I found some interesting facts about "Power of 9". Interesting enough, here the list about 9!

(*source: The Star newspaper, Saturday, 5 Nov 2005)

What's with the number 9? What's so special about number 9?

There are 9 major planets in the solar system.
Beethoven wrote 9 symphonies.
A cat is said to have 9 lives!
A polygon with 9 angles and 9 sides is called a nonagon.
A average duration of a human pregnancy lasts 9 months.
A game in squash is won by scoring 9 points.
Golf courses are often a multiple of 9 holes.
Rounders and baseball are all played with teams of 9 players
The Hindu festival of Navaratiri is celebrated for 9 days as is the Chinese 9 Emperor Gods Festival.
The diameter of the Sun is 108 times the diameter of the Earth(give or take a few miles) and thus, 1+0+8 = 9
Interestingly, if you multiply any number by 9, the answer adds up to 9. Try it! E.g. 1X9 = 9, 2X9 = 18 (1+8 = 9), 285X9 = 2565 (2+5+6+5 = 18; 1+8 = 9), 8543X9 = 76887 (7+6+8+8+7 = 36; 3+6 = 9)
In French, the word neuf means both 9 and new.
In German, the word for 9 and neware neun and neu; and in Spanish, nueve and nuevo.
For the Cantonese, 9 is an auspicious number as its pronunciation sounds like fulfilling.
Number 9 is very favoured an car number plates in Malaysia.
The Egyptians used to believe that cosmic levels were 9 fold.
To the ancient Greeks, 9 was "the horizon", the imaginary line at the edge of the sky.
The early Chinese celebrated the beauty of autumn om the 9th day of the 9th month with wine and poetry.
In numerology, 9 signifies completion, endings and change.
In music, Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 is also known as Ode to Joy.
Long ago, 9-day old Roman male infants went through a purification ceremony in honour of a goddess.
9 is special to The Star.

The Star celebrates its birthday on 9 September. Born on 9.9.1971, add all the numbers and you get:
9+9+1+9+7+1 = 36; 3+6 = 9!

BTW, there will be a 9 weeks contest running(check with The Star) in conjunction with this Power of 9. Cash prizes for the winners! WOOOOOHU!!

P.S. What a list!....and anybody knows something related to the number 9, feel free to comment!

Goody.
M@ttie

Attn: MSN Messenger 8.0 with Yahoo integration, coming soon...err maybe later

2005-11-04T01:52:00.000+08:00

MSN Messenger 8.0 is expected to be launched at the end of the year, but its features(possible and rumored) have already been leaked. This next generation version Messenger will include Yahoo! integration allowing for users to talk to people who are on the Yahoo! IM client. It is interesting to see the different approaches to IM taken by MSN and Google. MSN's philosophy appears to be to add every feature imaginable, whereas Google Talk thinks that more is less and focuses on just providing a basic IM service without all the bells and whistles. Microsoft is contemplating on going into the IM client.

MSN Messenger 8.0 Unconfirmed Feature List,

• Change of Messenger Skins
• Real-time Emotions
• Messenger Built Internal Windows Media Player 10
• Pause/Resumed File Transfers (File Blocked Extension Applied)
• Detailed File Transfer (Download/Upload Speed)
• Animated Display Pictures (.gif .jpg .png (File Support under Consideration))
• Mood Status
• Faster Contact List Loading and scrolling
• Public Profile and MSN Spaces Combined
• More MSN Space features
• New Hotmail and MSN Messenger Integration
• Downloadable MSN Messenger on Mobile
• News Updates according to Location
• Top 10 MSN Music Radio
• New Stylish Notifier Pop-up
• Downloadable Skins for MSN (Contact Window & Conversation Window)
• Complete Integration with Windows XP® & Windows Vista® Codename: Longhorn®
• Offline Voice/Message Machine
• Animated Buddy Icon Helper
• Display Picture Ratings

BTW, wanna try out MSN Messenger 8.0 beta?

All you need to do to sign up is click the link below and insert your e-mail address into the box and click the buttom. You can change the last two letters on the URL to go to your specific language. You'll notice that the site is at the URL imagine-msn.com, which is owned by Microsoft. Microsoft will then e-mail people who signed up later this year with instructions on how to download the beta.

http://www4.imagine-msn.com/minisites/messenger/default.aspx?locale=en

G. Day
M@ttie

Check out Fido Puzzle(Read your mind) - Very cool!

2005-11-04T01:14:00.000+08:00

I came across this puzzle some time ago....and I think it would be nice for me to bring it up again in my blog. Should "amaze" everyone!

HOW can a computer reads your mind? IMPOSSIBLE?!

Check out: http://www.digicc.com/fido/

The logic/math behind it is simple, very simple indeed!

Explaination: http://britton.disted.camosun.bc.ca/jbfido.htm

Simple huh? Time to trick your buddy!!

CheerZ
M@ttie

Sleeping position....

2005-11-04T00:56:00.000+08:00

I came across this from a mag (Cosmopolitan) and I think quite interesting to share.

According to a new article in 'Cosmopolitan' magazine, they say the position you sleep in says a lot about you.

They say women who sleep on their sides are sensitive,

Women who sleep on their stomachs are competent,

And women who sleep on their backs with their ankles behind their ears are very popular.

Is it true "women"?

G. Day
M@ttie

Microsoft Windows "Weirdo"

2005-11-02T20:06:00.000+08:00

You cannot create a folder or file anywhere named as "CON, PRN, LPT1, LPT2 ..LPT9, COM1, COM2 ..COM9"

This is something pretty weird and unbelievable!

Try it out yourself.

G. day.
M@ttie

Tan Ah Beng - Just for laugh!!!!

2005-11-02T17:33:00.000+08:00

(Act 1: Telephone operator)

Ah Beng calls the telephone operator.

Ah Beng: "Could you please tell me the time difference between Singapore and New York?"
Operator: "Just a minute..."
Ah Beng: "Thank you."

Ah Beng got his answer and cut off the line.

(Act 2: The bar)

At a bar in New York, the man sat next to Ah Beng told the bartender, "JOHNNIE WALKER, SINGLE." and his companion said, "JACK DANIELS,SINGLE."

The bartender turned to Ah Beng and asked, "AND YOU, SIR?"
Ah Beng replied: "Tan Ah Beng, MARRIED."

(Act 3: The jigsaw puzzle)

After completing a jigsaw puzzle he'd been working on for quite sometime, Ah Beng proudly shows off the finished puzzle to a friend.

"It took me only 5 MONTHS to do it," Ah Beng said.

"FIVE MONTHS? Why did you take so long." the friend asked.
Ah Beng replied, "No, it is not long at all, look at the box, it says it is for 4 to 7 years".

(Act 4: Manhunt competition Q&A)

Ah Beng took part in the Singapore Manhunt Competition.
During the Q&A segment, the host asks, "Name a drink that begins with the letter 'G'."

The crowd shouts, "Gin! Gin!". Others exclaim, "No, its Grape Juice!"

Another smart aleck yells, "Alamak, Gatorade!"

Host : "Quiet please."

Ah Beng laughs hysterically like a hyena before replying, "C'mon man, I don't need their help? I got more original answer. My answer is "Gu ni!" (milk in Hokkien)

(Act 5: The computer)

Ah Beng had just bought a new computer and was using it when he encountered some problems. After a few attempts, he decided to use the 'Help' command. Soon after, he became very irritated and called the computer shop for support.

Ah Beng : "I pressed the 'F1' key for help... but it's been over half an hour & still nobody has come to help me...."

(Act 6: In the class)

In the class.

Teacher: "Class, do you know the meaning of parents?"
Ah Beng: "Yes, teacher, it means father and mother"
Teacher: "Good. Can you give me an example?"
Ah Beng: "Sure. Cowboy's parents means cowboy's father and mother. Also can say Cowboy's father is Cow Pay and Cowboy's mother is Cow Boo. So if they walk together, we can say they are 'Cow Pay Cow Boo'".

(Act 7: The doctor)

Ah Beng with two red ears went to his doctor. The doctor asked him what had happened to his ears and he answered," I was ironing a shirt and the phone ring lor- but instead of picking up the phone, I accidentally picked up the iron and stuck it to my ear. So Kena lor!"

"Oh Dear!" the doctor exclaimed in disbelief. "But, what happened to the other ear?"

Ah Beng: "That stupid fellow called back again loh!"

(Act 8: The movie)

Why did Ah Beng go to a movie with his 18 friends?

Because according to the advertisement, below 18 is not allowed to go in.

Cheerz!
M@ttie

The birth of M@ttie's Bloggie - Lots of Cr@pz

2005-11-01T16:31:00.000+08:00

Hey ya guys!

REMEMBER the birth date..

Tuesday, 1 November 2005, 4:25 PM(Malaysian time)

Cheer up!
M@ttie