A Blog with a DiffeRence ;)

Hello World !

noreply@blogger.com (Rahul Mathur) — Sun, 23 May 2010 12:43:00 +0000

Hey everyone !

This is my first post on this blog after December 2008. Lots of things have changed during this time. I stopped blogging to cope up with studies. I won't say I succeeded like I should have - but I tried, which is important, right ?

I still get around 200 - 300 visitors a day and tons of comments every week which is an amazing feat for a blog which is laying dead since December 2008 ( nearly 2 years ! ) So thank you my readers, a big thank you :)

You all are the sole reason I didn't sell my domain and I am planning to do loads of stuff on it in the near future.So please stay tuned !

p.s - I write about technology/Social media at Watblog, one of India's leading technology/ social media related website.You can also follow me on Twitter. So do join me there !

Take Care :)

From Rahul Mathur / weemundo - Goodbye Internet .

noreply@blogger.com (Rahul Mathur) — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 10:30:00 +0000

Hello Humanoids. This is the last time i am writing a blog post ( most probably) ,and why is that so ? Because i am quitting internet and yes this most probably is the last post on A Blog with a DiffeRence.This is the toughest decision of my life, i have never felt so bad in my life.

I got my P.C. in 2001, before computers i was heavily into the SNES and Genesis kinda gaming, nearly finished all my games. We shifted to a place which didn't have internet at that time and yeah at that time Dial -up was the only way to surf the net. So my dad bought a Dial up and i started discovering internet in 2002 . After 2 months, i realized that i couldn't understand anything. Then i never ever touched my modem for more than 3 years. In 2006 i discovered Blogs, i had no idea of what a blog is but yes i did understand that i can get a near perfect website for myself and that too for free ! I created a blog called - Rahul Rules 2006 on Blogger dot com and soon after stopped posting cause i had no readers and i had no clue of how big this world of internet is.

The year was 2006 and we were shifted to a new city or frankly a rural area, surprisingly the moment i got shifted to a rural area i cam face to face with broadband and since then i am spoilt.I began multi-player gaming the moment i got my broad band connection and then few weeks later i realized tha internet isn't just about helping gamers. I became an internet surfer which made me come across various giant websites like Google, Yahoo, WWE dot com ( yeah i was that dumb to go to wwe dot com : ) In the year 2006, Indian T.V. channels were busy showing cartoons or anime like Bey Blade and Pokemon ( I was a huge anime freak, still remember watching DBZ in late 90s ).Then suddenly i thought of playing some games, i Googled Pokemon online games and then i came across the website which changed my life. It was called Pokemoncrater dot com, PokemonCrater made me who i am on Internet today to be honest. Pokemoncrater was one of the fastest growing websites of all time and i was one of those players who was dedicated to be in the list of Top 100 which was later expanded by the site admin - Aaron. I remember tales of people hacking each other's account to get as many pokemons as possible, was so much fun ! But this wasn't the reason i got to be an internet fan. A link on the home page of PokemonCrater called - Chatroom .

Due to my curiosity i clicked it and BAM ! I went into the deep, dark and weird world called IRC. IRC was the weirdest place i have ever seen on virtual world. I saw people typing letters as fast as they can, all of them were trying to make themselves look smart in the virtual world, it was chaos for me. Then i came across channels, people were trading pokemons, they were also playing trivia based on pokemons and what not. The things that surprised me the most were what we generally refer to them as - Bots.
I had no idea of who a bot is and how it was made and how it functions, i was always in wonder why the bot doesn't reply to my private messages, well never that.

I became an active user of Pokemon Crater slowly, had tons of Pokemons to look after , spend 2 hours a day to get the pokemon i wanted to train. Also, my presence at IRC Chatroon increased day by day, i encountered various people from different relegions, countries and most importantly thoughts. Some came to the chatrooms for discussions on pokemons while others came there to make new friends. I was busy doing the both .

The first time I encountered channels was in late 2006, i remember a user called bobo who was a great pokemon trainer invited me to be his trading partner and i remember he made me an OP for doing great job. Now in 2007, I got excessive invites from various channels due to my increasing popularity as user called " wwe " , hell yeah.

Tons of people have asked me the secret of my username - weemundo. I used to be famous on IRC by the name of wwe which i later changed to "wee" due to my immense hatred towards WWE and i was a big fan of a cartoon character called Raymundo , people loved called me wee, so i just added "mundo" to it to give it a japanese feeling and lucily people loved it !

Then i met users like Flaze and Storm, Storm taught me various things about IRC and something called mIRC. While, Flaze taught me how to make a channel successfully and thankfully i did learn and that too quickly. I then had my own channel called " #wii_ps3" and soon after stopped coming to PokemonCrater, instead i just went to the chatroom and did all i can to get readers to my blog .

I got involved in mIRC scripts, i became a script designer thanks to Storm and a fellow Indian g33k d1g1t or Sandeep Kamath. I had my own trivia bot which attracted more visitors than anybody in the channel list ( except channel called #XC owned by Benny from Aus and Staff Channels ). I was on top of the world on the server.

This was the time which spoiled my life. I was a topper at school till 8th grader, always stood first in the class scoring above 90 % each time. But in 9th grade i degraded and in 2007 ( we shifted to Bhopal, Capital of Central India ) ( 10th or X grade ) i completely lost my touch with studies, i spend some 6-8 hours a day on IRC, i didn't realise that : I became an internet addict. The year 2007 was the worst year in my life, i wasted the whole year on IRC,no studies, no outdoor activities. I was now a part of internet addicts .

I struggled at school and due to my bad performance i was scolded back at home, my life was miserable. Then something extremely shocking happened, PokemonCrater was about to be shut down according to the Admin because he was about to go to college. This shocked all the users and when it did happen I lost most of my visitors ( also i would like to add the staff of server irc dot axpi2 dot net had some trouble and pokemoncrater chan is now on IRC dot lucidchat dot net, I still remember you all Axpi2 users, you always will be special to me ! ). Then in January 2008 i was highly pressurized by my peers to do well in studies and after shutting down of PokemonCrater i had nothing else to do . I then prepared for my National Level Exam, I completed my preparation in a months time and results were satisfactory enough .

I came to Internet back in April 2008, this time i went to two amazing and life changing placed called " Chip India Forums " and BlogCatalog Forums . These are two of the most amazing placed you'll ever see on the internet .I used to spend lot of time on Blogging on Rahul Rules 2008 and helping people at Chip India and of course getting help . I learned basics of blogging at BlogCatalog where i met amazing bloggers.

I slowly but steadily grew at my knowledge of Internet and it technology . I later on started discovering stumble upon Rocket dock icon developer,Digg, Tech Crunch , Mashable , Read Write Web, Softpedia and lots more. I know had an idea of how technology is shaping up and through Chip India i came to know various indian tech geniuses who helped me tremendously.

I started A Blog with a DiffeRence in April and it was a quick hit, i received Page Rank 3 in 1.5 months and visitors were pouring in. The feeling of appreciation gave me the spirit to move ahead . At one time i had 11 k visitors a day, yeah that's ahuge number.But most importantly i took benefits from great bloggers like Pro Blogger, Chris Brogan and Andy Beard, they proved to be a source of immense knowledge. I owe them a lot .Thanks to all your support and view my blog was in the list of Top Blogger who are aged 21 or less - Thanks !

A week back everything was in place I felt like a pro internet user after joining Twitter and keeping in touch with great start ups, but then i had my exams and i yet again disappointed my parents. I felt frustrated at myself, since all my concentration was on Internet .But then this thought went away

I felt as if i am being too casual about my future.Three days back again i performed badly, now i am tired of being under estimated. I have to show everyone that i am not just the normal boy you'll see roaming around. I have shown by potential in the past. I have performed great at Co curricular activities, sports and academics in the past, why can't i do it Now ? This question has been the concluding factor in my decision to quit Internet.

Internet is like my second life, i have given time to others on internet more than my relatives and friends, its making me isolated these days. I am not saying being on Internet is bad, i am just saying that excess of everything is bad, you should just concentrate on one thing and aim high.

I'll be out of this world of Internet to start a new life with a broader aim on 1st January 2009. I have set high aims and will strive for it .

You all have been very kind, the kind of appreciation emails, tweets and IM messages you all have sent me will always be with me. I have tried to be helpful in every way possible, i hope i haven't disapointed ya'll .

This most probably is the last post on this blog, but i'll come on Twitter so you can catch me up there .

So here were go this is my Goodbye to Internet, i will be back here when i grow older.

If you think I or my Blog is worth remembering, please add this icon to your blog :

<a href="http://www.ablogwithadifference.com" target="_blank"><
img src="http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa242/wwe-is-nightmare/rahul_mathur_anime_2-1.jpg" border="0"
alt="Photobucket"></a>

^ Just remember to select the whole code above as it is not purely visible.

I basically did this because when i come back in the future,people would still remember a guy called " weemundo ".

I will be disconnecting my internet connections as early as possible, but yes i won't be there sitting on the computer surfing anything on the internet, maybe I can stay in touch with you all via my mobile device.But i will be back someday for sure, and then don't forget somebody called weemundo ;)

So for the last time,

Take Care and Happy New Year,

Love you always !

Best of A Blog with a DiffeRence in 2008 !

noreply@blogger.com (Rahul Mathur) — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 15:40:00 +0000

Hello Humanoids. The year 2008 has been special for A Blog with a DiffeRence. The immense appreciation,support and love you all have given me has made me grow immensely as a blogger.

I have decided to make a Year End List of The Best Posts of A Blog with a DiffeRence monthly.

Without wasting further time, here is the best of A Blog with a DiffeRence :

January, 2008 :

Cheapest Car unveiled - Tata Nano . Read more .
Windows 7 : The Successor of Windows Vista ? . Read more .
The Next Big Things From Google . Read more .
Spiderman Is A Bachelor again!!! Read more .
How To Make Your Computer Just like Windows Vista ! Read more .
How to install Yahoo messenger Vista on Windows Xp! Read more .

February, 2008 :

Do u know the Top 100 Cartoons Of all time ? Read more .
And the Grammy Goes to... [ Grammy Winners of 2007 ] Read more .
Want Colourful Folders ? Check this out! Read more .
My Day with Gametop Read more .
Honouring the Best and the Worst of 2007 Read more .

March, 2008 :

Richest men of the world 2007 .... Read more .
The Iphone killer - Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1 Read more .
You cant hide !!! Beware yahoo messenger users! Read more .
Now you can also have a VIDEO WALLPAPER ! Read more .
How to Make your own icon appear on Navigation Bar Read more .
Second Annual Youtube Awards ! Read more .
Wrestlemania XXIV Results ! Read more .

April, 2008 :

My Birthday gift - Windows Vista Ultimate ! Read more .
When Laloo Prasad Redesigned Windows XP ! Read more .
My Visit To The Pirate Bay of India .. Read more .
Collection of some So Called " iPhone Killers " ! Read more .
An Award For My blog !! Woohoo !! Read more .
GTA IV - Game of the Decade ? Read more .

May, 2008 :

Best way to make animated avatar for free - Gickr ! Read more .
Now Show Off your photos in style ! Read more. Read more .
Collection of the Best Windows Vista Wallpapers ! Read more .
Two pathbreaking Firefox and Internet Explorer Addons ! Read more .
Best Rock Songs Ever - An attempt to remember Rock hits Read more .
Flock : The Coolest way to Social Networking and more ! Read more .
Faith In God is all that Matters ? Read more .
I JUST HACKED Microsoft.com AND Blogcatalog.com ! Read more .

June, 2008 :

Animoto Converts your Still pictures to a spectacular video ! Read more .
Presenting the best Google Greasemonkey Scripts ever ! Read more .
Did i just see a Real life Bionic Woman on the baseball field ?? Jeez ! Read more .
Dynamic Architecture is the NEXT Big Thing ? Read more .

July, 2008 :

Ubiqwindows takes interactive technology to the next level ! Read more .
Batman VS Batman VS Batman !! Read more .
These Fingers are definitely funny ! Read more .
Bloggers just can't be bored with Internet ! Read more .
iPhone 3G is here * Goodluck Apple * ! Read more .
Batman - The Dark Knight Wallpaper Collection ! Read more .
Google Knol : The next Wikipedia ? Read more .
Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe : ABD Video of the Week ! Read more .

August, 2008 :

Wrestling fans are way too serious ! Read more .
Now enjoy Widgets on your Mobile ! Read more .
Beijing Olympics Opening Ceremony : ABD Video of the Week ! Read more .
Send your own Resignation Letter to Yahoo ! Read more .
Olympic Logos - From 1896 to 2012 ! Read more .
How to Enable " Embedding Disabled" Videos in Youtube ! Read more .
The Biggest Lego Model Ever : Taj Mahal ! Read more .
Beijing : Mission Successful ! Watch the Closing Ceremony ! Read more .

September, 2008 :

Google Chrome : 7 Thing I hate and like about You ! Read more .
My Top 4 Most Difficult Online Games List ! Read more .
Swype : Next Generation of Keyboard Input ! Read more .
Circle Dock : A Desktop Dock with a Difference ! Read more .
How to Run Faster Fox in Firefox 3 and above version ! Read more .
Exit Reality : The first ever 3D web browser ! Read more .
How to Add Stripe Ads in Blogger / Blogspot ! Read more .
T- Mobile releases the Google Android Mobile ! Read more .
The Large Hadron Collider " Rap " ! Read more .

October, 2008 :

This happens only in India ! Read more .
Make a dedicated iPhone or Mobile version of your blog for free ! Read more .
Create Self Destructing Notes with Privnote ! Read more .
Gadget of the Month : PSP 3000 ! Read more .
Gamers Treat : Street Fighter IV and Prince of Persia 2008 HD Trailers ! Read more .
Colormailer : The Coolest Online Digital Photo Printing Service ! Read more .
The White Tiger wins Man Booker Prize 2008 ! Read more .
Sachin Tendulkar : The Greatest cricketer alive ! Read more .
Make your desktop 3D via Real Desktop! Read more .
Video of the Month : World War - 3D Animation ! Read more .
Is somebody stealing your blog contents ? Detect Plagiarism via Copyright Spot ! Read more .
India's Mission to Moon : Step 1 Successfull ! Read more .
Make Google Chrome look like Safari and Firefox ! Read more .
Want your site to be indexed the way you want ? Add Meta Tags ! Read more .
So how did Google make the Chrome Logo ? Here is how ! Read more .

November, 2008 :

Start Earning from Twitter via Twitter Ad Network - Be a Magpie ! Read more .
The Collection of the Official Windows 7 Wallpapers ! Read more .
Start scheduling your Tweets via Twuffer ! Read more .
Twitter Sync Plugin syncs your Yahoo Messenger and Twitter ! Read more .
Convert any webpage to Audio and Embed them on your blog via ISpeech ! Read more .
Add Images from Flickr to your Twitter Background via Flickr My Background ! Read more .
Is this the Evolution of Micro - Media ? [IMAGE] Read more .
The War of Operating Systems ! [ A User Review ] Read more .
Watch Kung Fu Panda in 60 seconds ! Read more .
[ How To ] Transform Windows Vista to Windows 7 ! Read more .

December, 2008 :

[ HINDI VIDEO ] Thakur Ki Shaadi [ Full Version ] Read more .
Nokia N97 : The iPhone Killer ? Sure - Minus the looks ! Read more .
[ How to ] Remove Search Bar from Embedded Videos [ Youtube ] Read more .
Watch all Youtube Videos as Default in High Quality : Including 720 p Videos ! [ Script Update ] Read more .
10 Most Pirated Games of 2008 ! Read more .
[How To ] Add Twitter to your Signatures - Email , Forums and Blogs ! Read more .
[ Download ] 140 + Free HD Christmas Wallpapers ! Read more .
So how much time do you waste on Twitter ? Read more .
[ Download ] Christmas Tree on your Desktop ! [ Desktop Buddy ] Read more .
[ How To ] Make an " Under Construction " Page for Blogger / Blogspot ! Read more .

In short, what you saw above was THE BEST of this blog, Since i started A Blog with a DiffeRence later, hence i have included my blog posts from my previous blog which started in January.

Have fun browsing these links and hopefully they prove to be useful,

Happy New Year Everyone,

Take Care,

Measure how Happy you are on Twitter via Happy Tweets !

noreply@blogger.com (Rahul Mathur) — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 12:10:00 +0000

Hello Humanoids. I am trying to stay away from twitter as much as i can but its next to impossible for me to totally stay away from it. Due to the time i spend on Twitter, i come across various websites,blog and startups.One such website ( Twitter related website) is called Happy Tweets.

So what is Happy Tweets all about ?

Happytweets is a measuring stick for how positive, or happy, a particular Tweep is. Enter the Twitter username for you or one of your buddies, click the "get happy" button, and you'll find out how happy your Tweets are

Oh kay, but how do they calculate it ?

Actually, i have no idea, but most probably it depends on the words like " happy, smile, joy, etc " and maybe it could even include some smileys. The website owner still has decided not to tell us the particular words that could make this user stat possible .

What if the owner tells us How the stat is calculated ?

There are two sides of this . The positive side is that we finally can understand which words and symbols are included in this stat calculation, he needs to make this process transparent . The bad side is that once the words and symbols are disclosed people may start using it and will increase their " How happy you are " Score.

What else does this site have ?

Nothing much. It has a right sidebar which has 10 Most - Happiest tweeps, 10 least - Happiest tweeps ( :/ )

How do i calculate ?

Just enter the Twitter username here :

And you will get the result,

Well there are far too many websites taking advantage of the Twitter API . Lets see how popular this becomes .

So How Happy are you on Twitter ?

Take Care and Stay tuned for more updates by subscribing to the RSS Feeds of the blog !

[ How To ] Make an " Under Construction " Page for Blogger / Blogspot !

noreply@blogger.com (Rahul Mathur) — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 10:38:00 +0000

Hello Humanoids. I am back after surviving 5 days without internet ! I will be VERY busy till the end of this month, so i wont be able to post or update regularly.

This post is for bloggers who use the blogging platform Blogger.There are various customization options available in Blogger but due to lack of HTML knowledge of most of the bloggers,these options prove to be useless.After How to add Stripe Ads in Blogger [ hack ] post, I have come across a simple post that could help many [via Ariane : ].

Most of blogger users change their templates regularly ( including me ), but during the process of changing templates,exporting importing blogs,forwarding to a custom domain, we usually don't tell our readers that our blog is under going construction, we sometimes leave a blank page or sometimes we get a blog not found error ( a normal error during custom domain process ) . So how do we tell the readers that the blog is under going reconstruction ?

Here is how :

Note - Remove the red inverted commas, wherever you see them .

Go to your Dashboard . Navigate to Layout - Edit HTML .

Then find the tag

<"body">

Then Paste this code after the above tag :

<"span class="item-control blog-admin"">

Below above code, add the following code :

<"center><"img src="URL_of_the_image"/"><"/center>

Replace :

URL_of_the_image

With any image that would be appropriate, for example : this image . Yep, you have to paste the whole URL of the image.

Once you are done replacing,

Find the tag :

<"/body>

Just before the above tag, add the following code :

<"/span>

If you still have any problem, i have taken screen shots so that you can recheck if you have made a mistake :

This is how my blog looked after the whole coding process :

You should also change the header of your blog to make it look better.

Hope this post helped you ,

Take Care and Stay tuned for more updates by Subscribing to the RSS Feeds !

[ Download ] Christmas Tree on your Desktop ! [ Desktop Buddy ]

noreply@blogger.com (Rahul Mathur) — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 12:28:00 +0000

Hello Humanoids. Another Christmas Related Post, just 5 days remaining for Christmas everybody must have been busy preparing for the celebrations. But some or maybe most of you must be spending your Christmas day on your Computer as well .

So i just stumbled upon a Desktop Buddy called Christmas Tree 1.6, this tree is a desktop buddy ( remember the Bonzy Buddy on Windows 98 ) yes similar to that, it stays on your desktop and is animated like most of the other Desktop Buddies.

You can do loads of stuff with the desktop buddy Christmas Tree :

It can run on Windows XP / Windows Vista
You can Choose a Christmas Tree from several skins.
There is a Countdown of the Days until Christmas, New Year and Julian Christmas.
You can Listen a nice Jingle Bells sound sample every hour.

This is how my modified Christmas Tree looks :

Download the Christmas Tree by clicking on the download button below :

Hope you now have a Christmas friendly desktop,

By the way, You remember my 140 + HD Christmas Wallpaper Post, don't you ?

Stay tuned for more and Stay in touch with all the updates via RSS feeds of this blog !

Take Care ,

So how much time do you waste on Twitter ?

noreply@blogger.com (Rahul Mathur) — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 12:03:00 +0000

Hello Humanoids. Twitter is a great place to stay in touch with your friends all over the world, its also a great source of information, it kinda acts like a Feed Reader in some cases.

Getting back to the title, so HOW MUCH time do you Spend on Twitter ? You must have been like " i don't count, duh ! ", others would have been like " I am always on Twitter " and some people who think in a different way would have been like " Interesting, i would love to know how much time i spend on Twitter ! " . Good news " different people " , Tweetwaster comes to your rescue .

Before writing further, the above question can be better written as : So how much time do you spend on Twitter ? It was written because it matched the content.

I was closely following the website developer's ( @itcn) updates about his upcoming website, i knew the idea was pretty cool, it shows you an estimate of how much time you spend on twitter .

Go to the website - Tweetwasters, Just enter your user name here :

Click on Calculate and you shall have a page which contains similar data :

If you can't click the image, it says :

Rahul Mathur has 1,698 total tweets and assuming they spent an average of 30 seconds per tweet they've spent 50,940 Seconds or 849 Minutes or 14.15 Hours or 0.59 Days using Twitter!

Tweetwaster is Indeed a cute way of wasting our time, sigh . By the way, there is a Tweetwasters Hall of Fame : Check the Hall of Fame and see if you are in the top 50 !

You can also display your Tweetwasters Stat on your Word Press Blog, just click here .

Well this is just one of the few start ups that i shall review ,

Stay tuned for more and Stay in touch via RSS Feeds for more updates !

[ Download ] 140 + Free HD Christmas Wallpapers !

noreply@blogger.com (Rahul Mathur) — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 11:28:00 +0000

Hello Humanoids. Firstly i need to tell all my readers that i will be offline from 15th of December to 21st December so i will be unable to reply to comments, email queries, etc . But i shall write up few posts today which will be on the blogging thanks to Scheduled Posting in Blogger. So don't miss a post , Subscribe to the RSS Feeds now !

Christmas isn't far away so i am coming up with yet another Christmas related post, this isn't much of a traditional post, it one of the wallpaper post. I have made several wallpaper posts ( you see the search box on the right column, yeah up there : search - wallpapers and you shall come across them ) .

I found this collection on Mininova in the form of a "legal" torrent, so i thought of downloading it as seeders were surprisingly in a great quantity. But as you know, people have tendency of " not seeding " resulting in no use of the torrent .

So what i did was, i uploaded it at mediafire and now its available for download !

P.s - I even made a download button in 10 seconds thanks to a random website which is no where in my Firefox history ,

Anyways, this wallpaper pack consists of 140 + High Definition Christmas Wallpapers and they look stunning and are great for your Christmas Desktop .

Click on the download button to download the Christmas Wallpaper Pack :

I am coming up with a series of twitter related start ups hopefully and Please Subscribe to the RSS Feeds so that you don't miss a post !

Take Care

Send Christmas Greetings with Youtube Greeting Cards !

noreply@blogger.com (Rahul Mathur) — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 03:50:00 +0000

Hello Humanoids. There has been loads of update from Youtube in the past week and now this year again, we have Christmas Greeting Card Creator option in Youtube.

This is how you make a video greeting card on Youtube :

Navigate to Greetings - Youtube . Select any of the videos which you would like to send . Remember , you can also send your video too , on the right column all your videos are displayed so its easier for you to select the video which would be better as a Christmas greeting . You can do the following with the uploaded videos as well :

Select a Christmas Theme

Then click on Send this video as a greeting card . Complete the signing in process and then you will come across this page :

Just click on Send this Greeting and you are done ! :)

You also have the option to record ( quickly ) your Christmas Greetings via web cam and send it to your friends !

More Christmas Related Post upcoming ,

Stay tuned for more and Stay in touch with all the updates ,

Take Care ,

[How To ] Add Twitter to your Signatures - Email , Forums and Blogs !

noreply@blogger.com (Rahul Mathur) — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 04:20:00 +0000

Hello Humanoids. I have real tough time keeping up with my blog due to my schedule these days, but i do keep in touch with world of internet thanks to my Google Reader and Twitter !

Email signatures is used by most of us, its just like our IRL signature on the internet, its our identity .But signatures are mostly used by business professionals while others tend to mess their signatures with stupid things like - Random HTML scripts which is too bright for the eyes , but now with Tweeterbars you can add Twitter to your email signatures , you just need to put the HTML code in the signature box and you are all done to send show your twitter updates to the receiver.

You can similarly make signatures for Forums, Forums have BBCode enabled ( almost everywhere ) , so thee shouldn't be any problem as the tweeterbar code is available in HTML , BBCode as well as URl form .

The URL form can be useful for bloggers , just navigate to the url and save it on your computer . Make a HTML script out of it and add it to your signatures ( Blogger dot com users - navigate to Settings and then set your signature , if you need help post in the comment box ) .

Here are some screen shots :

Result :

I have to try the BBCode still since the forum i am actively on has disable BBCode , but it will for sure ,

Give it a try . Also, i found an alternative called : Twitsig which is quite similar , has more layout but isn't as smooth as Tweeterbar ! Twitter Signatures sounds cool by the way :)

Stay tuned for more , Stay updated with the updates by Subscribing to the RSS Blog Feeds !

Take Care,

10 Most Pirated Games of 2008 !

noreply@blogger.com (Rahul Mathur) — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 09:11:00 +0000

Hello Humanoids . This year witnessed some of the best games for consoles , GTA IV being titled as Game Of the Year, But there were few for the P.C Gamers , some of them were - Fall Out 3, PES 09 ,etc . Even games like Spore created a lot of buzz with PC gamers. But, there are hundreds and thousands of people who stay away from buying these games, instead they switch to Torrents .

Torrents are immensely useful when we want to have a look at the demand of people , for example - Fifa series from EA Sports this year was blown away by PES 09, According to the number of downloads from Gizmolio ( Skullptura ) on popular Torrent website Mininova . This shows how people are tired of the same old early 21st century game play form EA Sports .

Torrents have significant impact on the sales of the video games and companies face huge losses as most of the gamers download the games instead of buying it , to tackle piracy Ea Games added a DRM system SecuROM in the game Spore, which later angered the fans but this didn't affect the number of pirated version of this game : Spore was the most pirated PC game of 2008 ! But GTA IV is around the corner , though its been priced pretty less to attract more buyers than pirates it can have an effect on 10 Most pirated Games of 2008 list could be affected ,

Anyways, Here is the list of Ten Most Pirated Games of 2008 , acc. to TorrentFreak :

1. Spore (1,700,000, released Sept. 2008)
2. The Sims 2 (1,150,000, Sept. 2004)
3. Assassins Creed (1,070,000, Nov. 2007)
4. Crysis (940,000, Nov. 2007)
5. Command & Conquer 3 (860,000, March 2007)
6. Call of Duty 4 (830,000, Nov. 2007)
7. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (740,000, June 2005)
8. Fallout 3 (645,000, Oct. 2008)
9. Far Cry 2 (585,000, Oct. 2008)
10. Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 (470,000, Oct. 2008)

If you are an active torrent download : Are you surprised by the list ?

What do you think of the list and according to you how does Torrent affect the gaming industry ?

Stay tuned for more , loads of post coming up : Subscribe to stay in touch with updates !

Take Care ,

Watch all Youtube Videos as Default in High Quality : Including 720 p Videos ! [ Script Update ]

noreply@blogger.com (Rahul Mathur) — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 13:30:00 +0000

Hello Humanoids . You must be aware of tons of greasemonkey scripts available for Youtube , such as Youtube Enhancer, random color changing scripts and lots more , but i have always been a user of this script which can run Youtube Videos in High Quality ( this script can even run 720 p ! - that's freaking clear man ) .

And yes , if you are in doubt if there are videos which are True 720 p resolution video on Youtube , then clear your doubts : There are hundreds of them over there on YOutube, you can have a glance at the list created by code developer here .

Firstly , How do i Install the script ?

To install this script , you need to have Firefox . To install this script , you need to install an addon called : Greasemonkey . Once you install the addon , go to this link and click on Install . Rest shall be self explanatory .

So what all can this script do ?

To see videos in high quality , there is an option called " View in High Quality " below the Youtube Video or you can add fmt=22 or fmt=18 you could make it high quality , sometimes it works but sometimes it doesn't . But now , with this script you don't have to click a damn thing : Just install this script and you get every video in high quality plus you get to see HD video without refreshing the window as the script uses AJAX .This script was recently updated , hence i am writing about it .

But i have a slow internet connection. Is there any way to stop this script from loading the 720 p videos ?

Yes , just go to the Grease monkey console and Edit it , you shall come across an option called : use HD , who's value will be True , just change the value to false.

By the way it defeats the purpose of the script , i recommend that if you have a good internet connection : Use this script.

This script is doing wonders for me and i am loving it , watching all Youtube Videos in High quality makes watching video a great experience !

Also , i created a list of Greasemonkey Scripts for Google fanboys here . Dont forget to have a glance at it .

Hope this helped you ,

Take Care and Keep in touch with all the updates by Subscribing to the RSS Feeds !

[ How to ] Remove Search Bar from Embedded Videos [ Youtube ]

noreply@blogger.com (Rahul Mathur) — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 16:47:00 +0000

Hello Humanoids . Today , Youtube released many updates , they got some layout changes , they also updated embedding code with variety of resolutions but with the embedded feature came the Uber lame feature called : Search bar . This bar just sticks to the video and totally spoils the frame .

But there is a way to Remove the search bar now thanks to Seedlifestyle .

What you need to do is this :

Paste the code in your post editor from Youtube dot com

Now , just add ;showsearch=0 after the url inside the embedding tag

For example : the url inside the embedding code is : http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=29Ro5gPi6OU&hl=en&fs=1 , and if you have a code without : &amp,hl=en&fs=1, then just add ;showsearch=0 after the url itself . Thanks Jim :)

What you need to do is - Just add ;showsearch=0 after the url, now the result will be : http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=29Ro5gPi6OU&hl=en&fs=1 ;showsearch=0 .

And Poof ! The search bar is gone .

Before :

After :

Stay tuned for more , loads of post coming up : Subscribe to stay in touch with updates !

Take Care ,

Few Things to watch out for in December !

noreply@blogger.com (Rahul Mathur) — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 06:04:00 +0000

Hello Humanoids .It's Time for the traditional "Few things to watch out for " post !

Lets leave aside what shouldn't have happened , lets take a look back at all the positive moments we had and we truly will be proud of November.

So lets take a look at what December has in store for us , and if you are an old reader you should be knowing that this post is a traditional post which has all the scheduled stuff related to Music , Movies and Video Games . Yeah that's hardcore entertainment .

Music :

9 December Tuesday
Av	Avant
Ken Block	Drift
Brandy	Human
Busta Rhymes	B.O.M.B.
Common	Universal Mind Control
Music Soulchild	On My Radio
Stereophonics	Word Gets Around US release of '97 album
Stereophonics	Performance and Cocktails US release of '99 album
Stereophonics	Just Enough Education to Perform US release of '01 album
Stereophonics	You Gotta Go There to Come Back US release of '03 album

10 December Wednesday
Fire On Fire	The Orchard
16 December Tuesday

23 December Tuesday
All-American Rejects	When The World Comes Down
Bow Wow	New Jack City Part II
Keyshia Cole	A Different Me
Dave Matthews Band	Live at Mile High Music Festival
Dave Matthews Band	Live Trax Vol. 13
The-Dream	Love vs. Money
Fall Out Boy	Folie a Deux
Jamie Foxx	Intuition
Piles	Da REAList
Soulja Boy	iSouljaboytellem
Fear The State	Against The Ropes

Movies

December 10

The Reader

December 12

The Day the Earth Stood Still
Delgo
Nothing Like the Holidays
Che
Dark Streets
Doubt
Gran Torino
Timecrimes
What Doesn't Kill You

December 17 :

The Wrestler

December 19

The Brothers Bloom
Seven Pounds
The Tale of Despereaux
Yes Man
Nothing But the Truth
Opening December 25, 2008
Bedtime Stories (wide)
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (wide)
Marley & Me (wide)
The Spirit (wide)
Last Chance Harvey (limited)
Waltz with Bashir (limited)

Opening December 26, 2008

Valkyrie (wide)
Revolutionary Road (limited)

December 31 :

Defiance

Video Games :

December 5

December 9 :

December 12

December 18

December 22

Rock Band 2

Note - Additions are exclusions are most welcome .

I hope this post proved to be useful . Get ready to sync your iPod and grab your movie tickets and of course ready to shell those extra money for those upcoming games !

Have a great month :)

Take care,

Nokia N97 : The iPhone Killer ? Sure - Minus the looks !

noreply@blogger.com (Rahul Mathur) — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:51:00 +0000

Hello Humanoids . Sorry yet again , but i have exam tomorrow but i have little bit of time today so though of posting this right now .

Nokia today launched N97 which was exclusively featured by Scobleizer on his blog, i was highly impressed by the looks but the Design was totally ugly, especially the white one, made it look like one of the Cheap Fake " Made in China " Mobiles, sigh .

img source - Gizmodo.

Anyways , here are the list of features , price , availability , images, and yeah it will be concluded with three of the best video on N97.

Features :

The N97 makes it easy to update social networks automatically with real-time information, giving approved friends the ability to update their “status” and share their “social location” as well as related pictures or videos.

img source - Engadget.

The home screen of the Nokia N97 mobile computer features the people, content and media that matter the most. Friends, social networks and news are available by simply touching the home screen.

img source - Gizmodo

The 16:9 widescreen display (640×360 pixels) can be fully personalized with frequently updated widgets of favorite web services and social networking sites.

The N97 is also perfectly suited for browsing the web, streaming Flash videos or playing games. Both the physical QWERTY and virtual touch input ensure efficiency in blogging, chatting, posting, sending texts or emailing.

The N97 supports up to 48 GB of storage, including 32 GB of on-board memory, expandable with a 16 GB microSD card for music, media and more.

This is complemented by excellent music capabilities, full support for the Nokia Music Store and continuous playback time of up to 1.5 days.

The N97 also has a 5-Megapixel camera with high-quality Carl Zeiss Tessar optics, 16:9 and DVD quality video capture, and support for services like Share on Ovi for immediate sharing over HSDPA and WLAN.

Based on the S60 5th Edition platform, the N97 measures 117.2 x 55.3 x 15.9 mm and weighs 150 g. Available ports include TV Out via standard 3.5 mm audio jack. The phone provides access to world-class game titles with its N-Gage support.

The BL-4C (1500 mAh) battery provides about 400 hours of standby time, 320-400 (3G/GSM) hours of talk time, 4.5 hours of video playback and over 37 hours of audio playback.

The Nokia N97 is expected to begin shipping in the first half of 2009 at an estimated retail price of EUR 550 before taxes or subsidies.

Via - SymbianOp

So in other words , it has everything what iPhone Lacks : From Copying and pasting , to seding multiple messages , from having a great camera and replaceable batters , this mobile has it all . It is expected to be available 6 months after the start of 2009 and its priced at 550 Euros .In case you didn't know This is the first touch screen N series mobile .

img source : Scobleizer .

Most of you may beg to differ about the looks , but hey ... well nevermind !

Want to read the official press release , just click here to read more .

Time for some videos , which would help you realise How awesome this mobile device is !

Nokia N97 Demonstration Video :

A user tries his hands on the N97 :

Engadget Reviews :

So thats all for today , N97 does look promising , but will it be as popular as the Apple iPhone . But at the moment is Style over Features , so N97 may have to wait a little longer !

Stay tuned for more ,

Take Care ,

[ HINDI VIDEO ] Thakur Ki Shaadi [ Full Version ]

noreply@blogger.com (Rahul Mathur) — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:07:00 +0000

Hello Humanoids . Sorry but i have still exams going on and its literally impossible for me to post about anything , since i genrally take some time researching on it before posting .

Since most of my readers are from India i thought of posting this video , this is one of the funniest animated video ever .

Note - You should know Hindi for this video.

I shall be coming up with a new post , soon !

Stay tuned for more ,

[ How To ] Transform Windows Vista to Windows 7 !

noreply@blogger.com (Rahul Mathur) — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 06:14:00 +0000

Hello Humanoids . Its been long since i did a post : thanks to my ongoing exams ( i have a four day leave now ) and i shall try to do as many useful posts as possible .

Windows 7 , is the next Windows OS from Microsoft , After the success of Windows XP Microsoft gave us Windows Vista but it is way to buggy , resource hogging and costly , unless you are a pirate , but now Microsoft has come up with the OS that could bring back their lost glory . So why did they bring out Vista ? To make us comfortable with the UI i suppose .

Anyways , There are tons and tons of ways to convert your vista into Windows 7 and i have successfully modified every piece of my vista to make it look like Windows 7 , a friend of mind recently asked me to share the changes and mods i used , so :

Here is how you can Transform Windows Vista to Windows 7 without using any customization pack or resource hogging softwares :

Firstly and most importantly to do any of the following you need Tune Up Utilities , since all the themes are needed to be patched but its not free ( trial ) , but there is a freeware called VistaGlazz which can patch up the themes for you .

Windows 7 Theme for Windows Vista : Deviant Artist called giannisgx89 is famous for making Windows 7 theme for Windows Vista .

The two themes that are nearly perfect are :

Windows 7 PDC Style For Vista :

This is the latest theme from the Deviant Artist and this theme is the best Windows 7 theme around .
The only problem which i faced is the Windows 7 like superbar abnormality , yes the font size is pretty bad but only for people using Enhance My Vista ( will tell you about this , keep reading )

Download The Theme by clicking here .

Another theme ( which i am using right now ) from the same Deviant Artist is :

Windows 7 Vista Style Final :

This theme is my favorite , everything seems perfect here , though if you want better details i wouldn't suggest you this theme , try downloading the theme above.

Download The Theme by clicking here .

You know how to install 3rd party themes on Vista , right ? If not , refer this link .

Windows 7 Wallpaper for Windows Vista :

There haven't been many wallpapers in Windows 7 but the Fan Favorite PDC Wallpaper is a must have if you want to make your Vista Look like Windows 7 .

Download the PDC Wallpapers by clicking here .

Another Wallpaper which i would like to share is undoubtedly the greatest fan made wallpaper on Windows 7 ( in my opinion) . This wallpaper has been made by DJ Corny , yet again , a Deviant Artist .

Click here to Download Windows Seven Aurora Wallpaper.

Windows 7 gadgets (Sidebar) : Windows 7 has no sidebar , but you can play with the gadgets on the desktop , so what should i do ? Just drag the gadgets from your sidebar on to your desktop , DUH.

Windows 7 Boot Screen For Windows Vista :

The only thing on internet which is rare , but Deviant Art user Vishal Gupta has made a Boot Screen for Windows Vista .

Though there is no animation in status bar ( due to limitations in Vista ) the boot screen is the best on the internet .

Click here to Download Boot Screen for Windows Vista .

If you are worried about : How to add Boot Screen in Vista , refer this link .

I am still suggesting you to use Tune Up Utilities ..

Windows 7 Login Screen for Windows Vista Theme :

Another Important part of the customization process is the login screen and this Login Theme is perfect and has been made by Deviant Artist pugalenthi .

Click here to Donwload the Windows 7 Login Screen.

To make this Login Screen work , you need to Download and install a software called Stardock Logon Studio for Vista , yes it free : just google it and download it .

Windows 7 Superbar or Iconised Taskbar for Windows Vista

There are many ways to get iconised taskbar on Windows Vista , most of them have resize issues , but the software which can do that for free is called : Enhance My Vista .

So how do i get iconised taskbar via Enhance My Vista ?

First download the software ( its free ) . Run the software , you shall see various options .

Follow the steps below [ IMAGES ]

Go to Customization Menu :

Then Click on Tasbar menu :

Tick the option which says Iconised Taskbar , once you tick it : It shall appear like this :

Finally Go to Menu Icon ( Top Left ) and select Save and Close and you shall have your taskbars ready .

Windows 7 Aero Shake Feature for Windows Vista .

Aero Shake is one of the coolest feature on Windows 7 , what it does is it clears all your background apps once you shake the window , if you shake it once again they shall re-appear !

This software has been developed by Gawker coders and it can take time in minimising and max"ing : it depends upon the RAM of your computer , if you have a slow PC , then it may hang your P.C. , but it works great.

Click here to Download Aero Shake For Windows Vista .

Remmeber to Download Version 1.3

Windows 7 Aero Snap Feature for Windows Vista

This is also one of the most useful features in Windows 7. Aero Snap is a feature of Windows 7 that allows you to resize, arrange or maximize your desktop windows with just drag ‘n’ drop.

This is how Aero Snap works :

Click here to Download Aero Snap For Windows Vista .

Windows 7 Aero Peek Feature for Windows Vista

Recently released by a dude at WinMatrix, what it does is that it replaces the " Show Desktop Feature of Windows 7 " , "Aero Peek" has replaced the old "Show Desktop" feature in Windows 7. It can be found as a small rectangle present at last in Windows 7 taskbar. When you hover the mouse cursor over it, it allows you to peek behind all open windows by hiding all windows and showing only outlines of all windows.

This is how your Vista Desktop looks like :

Click here to Download Windows 7 Aero Peek Feature for Windows Vista .

Windows 7 Calculator for Windows Vista

Windows 7 has one of the most featured and good looking Calculator ever . But unlike Windows 7 the Vista Calculator is plain ugly , so you should get your hands on this Calculator !

[img link - Lifehacker ]

Before you download , let me tell you that you should backup your Calculator and in case you want to make it your default Calculator just replace it with the address of the previous Calculator .

Click here to Download Windows 7 Calculator for Windows Vista .

Windows 7 Notepad for Windows Vista

You must have read about the new Ribbon UI for Notepad ( Ribbon UI was first implemented in MS Office ) , Deviant Artist Solo Dev has made a great looking Notepad ( Ribbon UI inspired ) .

This is said to be the only look - alike , he just added Tabbing to Notepad so stay tuned for more updates from him .

Click here to Download Windows 7 Notepad for Windows Vista

Last but not the Least ,

Windows 7 Icons for Windows Vista

Nothing is complete without brand new set of icons and yes somebody does have the PDC icon packs , you know how to change the icons , right ?

Click here to Download Windows 7 Icon Pack for Windows Vista .

Random Hacks that can help you in making your Vista look more and more like Windows 7 :

Get Windows 7 Desktop Context Menu in Vista, Add “Display Settings” and “Gadgets” Options

How To Get Windows 7 Explorer Pane In Vista?

Note - This list shall get updated regularly , so please bookmark or save it , if you found it useful enough .

So this brings the marathon post to an end , i think such big posts were needed since i didn't blog for so many days .

Subscribe to the RSS Feeds if you enjoyed this post and Stay tuned Some Big Posts are coming up !

Take Care ,

No new Post till Novemeber 24th :-(

noreply@blogger.com (Rahul Mathur) — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 05:41:00 +0000

Hello Humanoids . Sorry for not posting for a while , i have exams, so i will be busy till 24th of November , please be patient and stay tuned !

In case i post early : Why don't you subscribe to the Rss Feeds ?

Take Care ,

Watch Kung Fu Panda in 60 seconds !

noreply@blogger.com (Rahul Mathur) — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 09:02:00 +0000

Hello Humanoids .Its been long since i posted a cool video on this blog so here you go , check out Kung Fu Panda in 60 seconds Video from Metacafe :

I Like To Watch: Kung Fu Panda in 60 Seconds

If you have seen the above video , i have two question for you :

If you have seen the movie : Do you think it was well compiled ?

If you haven't seen the movie : Do you think it made sense ?

Stay tuned for more ,

Take Care ,

The War of Operating Systems ! [ A User Review ]

noreply@blogger.com (Rahul Mathur) — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 06:00:00 +0000

The War Of The Operating System's

Posts like Windows vs Mac vs Linux are quite common now a days especially with the launch of Ubuntu 8.10. People prove how one operating system is better than other through benchmarks, but today we will not compare any benchmarks like other. This post will tell you which Operating system is better than the other on pure usability terms.

Installation

So first lets talk about the Default looks and installation procedure of the 3 OS'es. The OS X Installer looks great and so does that of Vista. Ubuntu's installer is quite dull and not at all pleasing to the eyes. In terms of ease of installation, Vista and OS X are quite close to each other, Ubuntu's installation is also easy but if you select Manual Partitioning then you have to select the “root” and the “swap” partition which the newbie's may not understand. After that installation is fairly quick and simple and Ubuntu even detects your other Windows Partition and imports your documents and files as well.

Ease Of Use

All operating systems are user friendly to use, all of them has some nice features like the expose feature in OS X, the panel in Ubuntu where you can add some useful quick launch buttons. The Spotlight in OS X is present in Ubuntu as well in the form of Deskbar. Vista has the powerful start menu with Search features which is extremely useful as well. Installing Applications in Mac is quite easy and so is it in Ubuntu thanks to the Add/Remove and Synaptic Package Manager but if you get hold of an app which is not there in the Resporiteries then you have to compile the app so that you can install it which is not so easy. Users are quite happy with the way applications are installed in Windows Vista so no complaints regarding that. Installing apps in OS X is also quite easy, just drag n drop the installation file to the applications directory and the application would be installed but one problem with OS X installation file is that they are quite heavy. For Eg if Opera for Windows weighs 6Mb then Opera for Mac OS X weighs around 14Mb. So people with slow internet connections should keep this in mind.

In terms of resource usage Ubuntu wins! Vista needs 2GB Ram to function properly and Mac needs 1Gb RAM to function properly while Ubuntu can function smoothly on a system which has only 512Mb RAM. Aero effect of Vista is also quite resource hungry and the same effect can be applied in both Ubuntu and Mac quite easily! In terms of installation of themes, Ubuntu and Mac are quite user friendly and you can install themes by “drag n drop” while in Vista you have to patch your system files to install themes and they may very well corrupt your system files thus forcing you to reinstall Windows. Hardware compatibility is something which we cannot ignore. Here some people may say Mac OS X wins because everything works out of the box in OS X but we must keep in mind that Mac runs on selective hardware, unlike Windows and Ubuntu. Windows as well all know has the largest user base, and thus the lack of drivers for all kind of hardware's even in the latest version of Vista is something which we must get used to. We cannot blame Microsoft for not developing drivers for various hardware's, its the fault of the Hardware Company. Microsoft unlike Apple does not make drivers for various hardware's so its senseless to blame Microsoft for it, and there are many work arounds if you cannot find the driver for the latest gadget you got and some of these workarounds end up in giving up the dreaded BSOD. Ubuntu's condition is also the same in terms of hardware compatibility. Consider my PC as an example, Ubuntu 8.04 just refused to run on my PC while Ubuntu 8.10 runs flawlessly and it even detected my 22” LCD!

The Final Word !

Ubuntu, OS X and Vista all have been stable for me, but performance of Vista degrades significantly with time while the performance of Ubuntu and OS X more or less remain the same. To keep Vista running at its peak you have to maintain it regularly by defragmenting your partition and for that we need to use 3^rd party software since the inbuilt Windows Defragmenter is just useless. Also major thing i would like to point out is that i really did not like the Dock of OS X for multitasking, its a big hindrance. It significantly slowed down the speed of my multitasking, other users may not agree with me here especially the Mac Fanboy's but then again thats my own personal view. OS X is good for developers, its not that useful for normal users. I was completely blown away by the softwares available for development in OSX. But one must keep in mind that nearly 99% of the apps available for Mac is paid and thus owning a Mac can be a costly affair. Windows will and always have the largest user base just because people have got used to it and only a revolution can change this. Ubuntu is one of the best kept secret to the public.

One big reason alone why i would say people to shift to Ubuntu is the lack of virus, now a days everyone's PC's get infected with viruses and even the best of the antivirus is unable to remove it and it creates a lot of trouble for the users.

In the end i would say that there is no clear winner in this war of the Operating System's, and there wont be ever! This war will go on and on, you, your grandchildren and their grandchildren all will witness this never ending war and in the end it will benefit us the users!

This post has been written by Rajesh Pandey who is a "hardware related category " freak , he loves trying different OSs out the moment they come out , A Sony Ericcson Fanboy and a great modder,helps people out in every way possible, a blogger at Life of Rajesh and of course a great friend !

Vista Transformation Pack 9.0 ( Finally ) Released !

noreply@blogger.com (Rahul Mathur) — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 16:14:00 +0000

Hello Humanoids . This is a quick notification post .

I have been tracking Windows Vista development since its development came into news and i adored every little feature of it but sadly never thought of buying one when i had Windows XP ( I have windows vista ultimate now btw ) so what i did was what most of use did : Installed Windows X 's Vista transformation Pack : the ultimate conversion tool from Windows Xp to Vista .It's a must have for people who want Windows XP to look like Windows Vista . The Pack used to be great though was resource hogging , but its been long since i used it so can't say much about the new pack ,

Here are the list of new features :

New 3rd-party applications
ViSplore - Vista Glass explorer simulator
Vista Drive Icon - adding free space percentage in your drive icon like Vista explorer
Vista Rainbar - Lightweight Vista sidebar based on Rainmeter that even consume less resources than real Vista Sidebar
Improved 3rd-party applications
ViStart - Files indexing for documents search, improved reliability and compatibilities
ViOrb - Improved graphic and reliability (C++ re-written)
TrueTransparency - Improved reliability with improved AeroStyle's glass border
WinFlip - Improved stability and reliablity
New functionalities
Setup personization - Allow customizing Vista experiences upon installation without access to Welcome Center
Windows XP Service Pack 3 compatibilities - Now you can enjoy Vista themes after installation with Windows XP Service Pack 3
x64 compatibilities - More secured x64 installation without getting hurt by incompatibilities
There're also a lot of bug fixes and refinements in the program but let's just keep it simple with these for now. You can experience the rest later by yourself.

Read more here : Window's X live blog .

Click here to Download VTP 9.0 pack .

Don't forget to test it out and gimme the result !

Stay tuned for more ,

Take Care,

Is this the Evolution of Micro - Media ? [IMAGE]

noreply@blogger.com (Rahul Mathur) — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 12:44:00 +0000

Hello Humanoids . The image below displays a clear image of evolution of Micro Media . This image is totally spot on w.r.t the current situation.

Source : Darmano's Blog

Is it really the evolution of Internet , in other words Twitter is THE FUTURE of Internet ? Well if you see the image clearly the cloud above retweeting is blank , you need to fill it and in future we will see an updated images for sure , what do you have to say ?

Stay tuned for more ,

Take Care ,

Add Images from Flickr to your Twitter Background via Flickr My Background !

noreply@blogger.com (Rahul Mathur) — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 08:48:00 +0000

Hello Humanoids .I have just three minutes to finish up with this post , I thought of writing about this for my readers who are twitter friendly .

I have been using the same Twitter background from the start and i am totally bored of it , today i tried making one for myself but couldn't come up with good idea so decided to leave it as it is . Most of us don't know photoshop or can't edit the photos . But now you don't need a stupid " wanna be cool " backgrounds , please - its O.L.D .

Wouldn't that be cool if your Flickr Images are shown as your background and they get updated hourly ? Yes , that would be very cool .

So how do you do that ?

Simple , Fill the details at Flickr My background website : You need to fill your Twitter account details and validate your Flickr account. Remember to Enable background images ( you do that by going to Profile -> Design - > Background )

P.s - I have tested it and its working great :)

P.p.s - i was the first one to find a bug in this app but now its fixed and ready to rock and roll.

And Voila you are done .Sit back and let others enjoy your backgrounds !

Stay tuned for more,

Take Care ,

Opera Mini 4.2 beta is Better , Faster and now Pimped !

noreply@blogger.com (Rahul Mathur) — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 09:13:00 +0000

Hello Humanoids . I use my mobile ( N - 73 ME ) to search the web daily and i never use the default browser , the only browser that i use is the Opera Mini , i have been using Opera since past 6 months and am pretty much satisfied with all the features though i have the " con's list " ,but I'll tell you once i test the latest version on my mobile.

Opera Mini users should be pretty happy since Opera has released a latest version of the best browser for mobile - Opera Mini ( version 4.2 beta ) yes its still in beta but its features would tempt you to download it now !

Lets see some of its features ( new ) from Opera Mini webpage :

Skins : Personalize Opera Mini by choosing a new colorful skin. We have reintroduced the popular skinning feature from Opera Mini 3.

Performance : Opera Mini 4.2 can use our newly established server park in the US. This means significantly faster page downloads for our users in the Americas and Asia-Pacific region. Users in the rest of the world will also experience faster page downloads since we’ve reduced the load on our other servers.

Video : We are working to make video content available on more phones through Opera Mini. If you have a new Sony-Ericsson or Nokia phone, the chance is high that you can take Opera Mini for a spin on m.youtube.com.

Sync your Notes : The handy Notes functionality from the Opera Desktop Web browser just got more portable through Opera Link. All of your notes are available in Opera Mini directly from the Bookmarks menu.

How do I download Opera Mini 4.2 beta ?

Point your phone’s browser to mini.opera.com/beta to download the beta version of Opera Mini 4.2. The older version will install separately and won't destroy your Opera Mini ( previous version ) data . So feel safe while downloading it .

Stay tuned for more ,

Convert any webpage to Audio and Embed them on your blog via ISpeech !

noreply@blogger.com (Rahul Mathur) — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 08:22:00 +0000

Hello Humanoids .There have been many cases where websites have enabled Audio version of their posts or you call them as podcast s , where you get to listen to whatever the written post had to say . But most of us don't have audio versions of our posts in our blogs . Why ? Because we generally are better writers than orators , so we stay away from audio version of our posts .

But now with ISpeech , you can embed the audio version of your blog post on your weblog just like a widget or an addon and you don't even have to speak !

So what does ISpeech do ?

ISpeech can convert Documents of various formats to Speech
You can copy and paste text to listen to it in English
You can covert the whole webpage to Speech
You can listen news from high quality and selected news providers

Here is what Killer Startups has to say :

In a nutshell, iSpeech is a web-based solution that will allow you to convert your favorite websites and blogs to audio. A service like this caters for multiple users

. For example, bloggers can easily increase their existing reader base by giving readers the chance to listen to the blog, whereas content providers can easily mobilize digital content and reach a broader audience instantly. Of course, the general public will also find such an approach compelling as they will be able to dispense with sitting in front of the computer to read the news – rather, they can listen to them whenever they desire.

iSpeech has been in development for over 18 months now, and it works in a very straightforward manner – as a matter of fact, you don’t even need to download or install anything. You simply cut and paste what you want to convert into the box that is provided on the site, or upload the files in question. Supported files include Microsoft Word

and Excel documents along with Rich Text Files and RSS news feeds among several others.

You can see this system at work for yourself on the corporate website. Just type in the text you want to hear and away you go. You can also sign up by following the provided link.

I tried converting the whole blog to Speech and bam ! All the tags , titles ,and everything except the post was being spoken about so there is nothing much i could do !

Here is the ISpeech version of this post :

How useful will it be for you ?