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lorla — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

I don't know why people spam whey they know many bloggers are using spam protection system. Today's Akismet spam count is 20,201 ( I wish that was the traffic!)

lorla — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

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Happy May Day

lorla — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

California Stupid Laws

lorla — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

It is illegal to skateboard on walls “or other vertical surfaces” in Palo Alto.
Wearing a sweatshirt inside-out is deemed a “threatening misdemeanor” in Half-Moon Bay.
In 1930, the City Council of Ontario (California) passed an ordinance forbidding roosters to crow within the city limits.
In Los Angeles, you cannot bathe two babies in the same tub at the same time.
In California, animals are banned from mating publicly within 1,500 feet of a tavern, school, or place of worship.
Peeling an orange in your hotel room is banned in California
San Francisco is said to be the only city in the nation to have ordinances guaranteeing sunshine to the masses.
In Cupertino, California, it is illegal to count backwards audibly in hexadecimal. According to Rick Kitson, Cupertino’s Public Communications Manager, this law is not true. “Amongst many lists of strange laws is an item about Cupertino. Usually, this strange law has something to do with a prohibition on audibly counting backwards in hexadecimal.
Redwood City has outlawed the frying of gravy.
In Santa Clara, it is forbidden to dedicate parking spaces to the patron saint of television.
Prostitutes in San Francisco are not obliged to make change for bills larger than $50.
The city of Mountain View proscribes calling pet fish by “names of aggressive content, e.g. ‘Biter’, ‘Killer’, ‘Sugar-Ray’”
Bicycles may not be ridden without “appropriate fashion accessories” anywhere in Santa Clara County (de facto law).
In Blythe, California, a person must own two cows in order to legally wear cowboy boots in public.
In Los Angeles, a man is legally entitled to beat his wife with a leather belt or strap, but the belt can’t be wider than 2 inches, unless he has his wife’s consent to beat her with a wider strap.
It is illegal to set a mousetrap without a hunting license.
Community leaders passed an ordinance that makes it illegal for anyone to try and stop a child from playfully jumping over puddles of water.
In L.A. it is against the law to complain through the mail that a hotel has cockroaches, even if it is true.
It is illegal to drive more than two thousand sheep down Hollywood Blvd. at one time.
It is illegal to whistle for a lost canary before 7 am in Berkeley, CA.
In California, it is illegal to posses bear gall bladders.
In California, it is illegal to trip horses for entertainment.
a few more that maybe got missed above, maybe not
Women may not drive in a house coat.
No vehicle without a driver may exceed 60 miles per hour.
Many animals are illegal to own as pets, including snails, sloths, and elephants.

Stupid Laws by counties

Nobody is allowed to ride a bicycle in a swimming pool (Baldwin Park).
You are not permitted to wear cowboy boots unless you already own at least two cows (Blythe).
It is illegal to spit, except on baseball diamonds (Burlingame).
Detonating a nuclear device within the city limits results in a $500 fine (Chico).
It is illegal to drive more than two thousand sheep down Hollywood Boulevard at one time (Hollywood).
It is illegal to walk a camel down Palm Canyon Drive between the hours of four and six PM.
It is illegal for a secretary to be alone in a room with her boss (Pasadena).
Two bathtubs may not be installed in the same house (Prunedale).
One may not carry a lunch down the street between 11 and 1 o’clock (Riverside).
Prohibits elephants from strolling down Market Street unless they are on a leash (San Francisco).
It is illegal to pile horse manure more than six feet high on a street corner (San Francisco).
It is illegal to wipe one’s car with used underwear (San Francisco).

Colorado Stupid laws

lorla — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Colorado Stupid laws

In Logan County, it is illegal for a man to kiss a woman while she is asleep….

It is illegal to swim during the daytime in a pool or river within the city limits of Durango, CO

It is illegal to throw shoes at weddings in Colorado.

In Denver, it is unlawful to lend your vacuum cleaner to your next door neighbor.

Los Angeles “Daily News”: Have you ever had the urge to rip the tag from a pillow or mattress, despite the warning of dire penalties? Well, it’s perfectly legal now, if you live in Colorado. Governor Roy Romer formalized the law by gleefully tearing a label from a pillow at his office. “I’ve been worrying about the mattress inspector jumping through the window for years,” he said.

* One may not mutilate a rock in a state park.
* Car dealers may not show cars on a Sunday.
* It is illegal for liquor stores to sell food or grocery stores to sell any alcohol except beer that is at most 3.2% alcohol.
* No liquor may be sold on Sundays or election days.

More stupid and dumb laws from Colorado with listed counties

* It is illegal to ride a horse while under the influence.
* Tags may be ripped off of pillows and mattresses.
* Throwing missiles at cars is illegal. (Alamosa)
* Keeping a house where unmarried persons are allowed to have sex is prohibited. (Alamosa)
* To own a dog over three months of age, one must obtain a license. (Alamosa)
* Persons may not urinate in public. (Alamosa)
* Establishments which sell alcohol must have enough lighting to read text inside them. (Arvada)
* It is permissible to wear a holstered six-gun within city limits, except on Sunday, Election Day, or holidays. (Colorado Springs)
* It is illegal to bring your horse or pack mule above the ground floor of any building. (Cripple Creek)
* The dog catcher must notify dogs of impounding by posting, for three consecutive days, a notice on a tree in the city park and along a public road running through said park. (Denver)
* It is unlawful to lend your vacuum cleaner to your next-door neighbor. (Denver)
* You may not drive a black car on Sundays. (Denver)
* It is illegal to mistreat rats in Denver, Colorado. (Denver)
* It is illegal to go in public dressed in clothes “unbecoming” on one’s sex. (Durango)
* It is illegal for a man to kiss a woman while she is asleep. (Logan County)
* Residents may not own chickens, but may own up to three turkeys. (Louisville)
* It is illegal to let a dandelion grow within the city limits. (Pueblo)

• Car dealers may not show cars on a Sunday. • Colorado law requires that wine be sold in containers of at least 24 ounces and spirits in containers at least a fifth of a gallon. But, at the same time, it also decrees that no alcohol beverage can be stored in hotel minibars in anything larger than miniature containers. • Colorado Springs: It is permissible to wear a holstered six-gun within city limits, except on Sunday, Election Day, or holidays. • Crippe Creek: It is illegal to bring your horse or pack mule above the ground floor of any building. • Denver: The dog catcher must notify dogs of impounding by posting, for three consecutive days, a notice on a tree in the city park and along a public road running through said park; It is unlawful to lend your vacuum cleaner to your next-door neighbor; It is illegal to mistreat rats; You may not drive a black car on Sundays. • Durango: It is illegal to go in public dressed in clothes “unbecoming” on one’s sex. • Have you ever had the urge to rip the tag from a pillow or mattress, despite the warning of dire penalties? Well, it’s perfectly legal now, if you live in Colorado. The Governor formalized the law by gleefully tearing a label from a pillow at his office. “I’ve been worrying about the mattress inspector jumping through the window for years,” he said. • In Colorado it’s now legal to remove the furniture tags that say, “Do Not Remove Under Penalty of Law.” • In Denver, Colorado it is illegal for Barber’s to give massages to nude customers unless it is for instructional purposes. • In Denver, it is unlawful to lend your vacuum cleaner to your next door neighbor. • It is against the law in Pueblo, Colorado, to raise or permit a dandelion to grow within the city limits. • It is illegal for a man to kiss a woman while she is asleep in Logan County, Colorado. • It is illegal for a woman wearing a red dress to be out on the streets after 7 PM. • It is illegal for liquor stores to sell food or grocery stores to sell any alcohol except beer that is at most 3.2% alcohol. • It is illegal to ride a horse while under the influence. • It is illegal to mistreat rats in Denver. • Logan County: It is illegal for a man to kiss a woman while she is asleep. • No liquor may be sold on Sundays or election days. • Pueblo: It is illegal to let a dandelion grow within the city limits. • Sterling: Cats may not run loose without having been fit with a taillight. • Tags may be ripped off of pillows and mattresses.

Alaska Stupid Laws

lorla — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Alaska • A law in Fairbanks does not allow moose to have sex on city streets. • Even though it is legal to hunt a bear, it is illegal to wake a bear and take a picture for photo opportunities. • Fairbanks: It is considered an offense to feed alcoholic beverages to a moose. • In Alaska it is illegal to whisper in someone’s ear while they are moose hunting. • It is considered an offense to push a live moose out of a moving airplane. • Kangaroos are not allowed in barber shops at any time. • Moose may not be viewed from an airplane. • State policy states that emergencies are held to a minimum and rarely found to exist. • While it is legal to shoot bears, waking a sleeping bear for the purpose of taking a photograph is prohibited.

lorla — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Arizona • A man can legally beat his wife, but not more than once a month. • Any misdemeanor committed while wearing a red mask is considered a felony (This goes back in the days of the Wild West). • Cards may not be played in the street with a Native American. • Donkeys cannot sleep in bathtubs. • Due to a typographical error in the Tempe, Ariz., code, a shooting range can be run by the “Amateur Crapshooting Association.” • Glendale: Cars may not be driven in reverse. • Hayden: If you bother the cottontails or bullfrogs, you will be fined. • Hunting camels is prohibited. • In 1985, an Arizona legislator proposed that each candidate for the legislature take a reading and an I.Q. test three months before the election. The scores would have been posted on the ballot, had the bill passed. But a majority of legislators, for whatever reason, voted it down. • In Arizona it is illegal to take naked photographs before noon on Sunday. • It is illegal for men and women over the age of 18 to have less than one missing tooth visible when smiling. • It is illegal to hunt camels in the state of Arizona. • It is unlawful to refuse a person a glass of water. • Maricopa County: No more than six girls may live in any house. • Mesa: It is illegal to smoke cigarettes within 15 feet of a public place unless you have a Class 12 liqueur license. • Mohave County: A decree declares that anyone caught stealing soap must wash himself with it until it is all used up. • Nogales: An ordinance prohibits the wearing of suspenders. • Oral sex is considered to be sodomy. • Prescott: No one is permitted to ride their horse up the stairs of the county court house. • There is a possible 25 years in prison for cutting down a cactus. • Tucson: Women may not wear pants. • When being attacked by a criminal or burglar, you may only protect yourself with the same weapon that the other person posseses. • When being attacked by a criminal or burglar, you may only protect yourself with the same weapon that the other person possesses. • You may not have more than two dildos in a house.

Arkansas

lorla — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Arkansas • A law provides that school teachers who bob their hair will not get a raise. • A man can legally beat his wife, but not more than once a month. • A voter is only allowed five minutes to mark his ballot. • Alligators may not be kept in bathtubs. • An Arkansas legislator not long ago proposed that the state provide growth hormones to dwarfs. • Arkansas must be pronounced “Arkansaw” • At Arkansas State University two people cannot hold hands while standing in a doorway unless they belong to a union. • Fayetteville: It is illegal to kill “any living creature”. • Flirtation between the members of the opposite sex on the streets of Little Rock may result in a 30-day jail term. • In Arkansas it is illegal to buy or sell blue lightbulbs. • It’s illegal to mispronounce the name of the state of Arkansas in that state. • Little Rock: Dogs may not bark after 6 PM.; Flirtation between men and women on the streets of Little Rock may result in a 30-day jail term; It is unlawful to walk one’s cow down Main Street after 1:00 PM on Sunday; No person shall sound the horn on a vehicle at any place where cold drinks or sandwiches are served after 9:00 P.M. -Little Rock City Code Sec. 18-54 • Oral sex is considered to be sodomy. • The Arkansas legislature passed a law that states that the Arkansas River can rise no higher than to the Main Street bridge in Little Rock.

Connecticut

lorla — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Connecticut • A local ordinance in Atwoodville, Connecticut prohibits people from playing Scrabble while waiting for a politician to speak. • A pickle is not officially a pickle unless it bounces • Balloons with advertising on them are illegal in Hartford, Conn. • Bloomfield, Conn: It’s against the law to eat in your car. • Cattle branding in the United States did not originate in the West. It began in Connecticut in the mid-nineteenth century, when farmers were required by law to mark all their pigs. • Devon: It is unlawful to walk backwards after sunset. • Druggists in Connecticut must pay $400.00 each year for a license in order to use alcohol in compounding prescriptions. • Guilford: Only white Christmas lights are allowed for display. • Hartford: You aren’t allowed to cross a street while walking on your hands • In colonial times, Hartford, Conn., had an ordinance that allowed any resident to rent the town chain for 2 pence. • In Connecticut any dogs with tattoos must be reported to the police. • In Connecticut it is illegal to pirouette while crossing the street • In Devon, Connecticut, it is unlawful to walk backwards after sunset. • In Hartford, Conn., it’s illegal to plant a tree in the street. • In Hartford, Connecticut, it is illegal to kiss your wife on Sunday. • In order for a pickle to officially be considered a pickle, it must bounce. • In Simsbury, Conn., it’s illegal for a politician to campaign at the town dump. • It is illegal to discharge a firearm from a public highway. • It is illegal to dispose of used razor blades. • It’s illegal to clam at night in Connecticut. • New Britain: It is illegal for fire trucks to exceed 25mph, even when going to a fire. • No one may use a white cane, unless they are blind. • Southington: Silly string is banned. • Strangers in Simsbury, Conn., were required, under an ordinance enacted in 1701 and only recently repealed, to leave town within a month unless they had at least 20 shillings to their names. • The marriage of imbeciles and feeble-minded persons is prohibited. • This state still retains an old law forbidding any kind of “private sexual behavior between consenting adults.” • Under the Code of 1650 in the New Haven Colony (in what is now Connecticut), a 16-year-old boy could be put to death if he “cursed, struck or disobeyed” his parents or was “stubborn or rebellious.” • Waterbury: It is illegal for any beautician to hum, whistle, or sing while working on a customer. • You are not allowed to walk across a street on your hands. • You can be stopped by the police for biking over 65 miles per hour. • You cannot buy any alcohol after 8pm or on Sundays. • You may not educate dogs.

Delaware

lorla — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Delaware • Delaware prohibits horse racing of any kind on Good Friday and Easter Sunday. • In Delaware it is illegal to get married on a dare. • In Delaware you may not sell dead people for money without a license. • It is illegal to fly over any body of water, unless one is carrying sufficient supplies of food and drink. • Lewes: It is illegal to wear pants that are “firm fitting” around the waist; Getting married on a dare is grounds for an annulment.

Hello world...

lorla — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 01:48:52 +0000

Nothing..

Welcome to lorla's blog

lorla — Sat, 27 Jan 2007 01:37:22 +0000

Everybody is blogging... why not me? That is the thinking that came in my mind when I decided to start this blog. Don't let that motto distract. I am going to make a bit different from those everybody. But it sure is difficult to get time and efforts. I will try my best and make it the best in the web. Your support will be highly appreciated.

Not started Yet !!!

lorla — Sat, 27 Jan 2007 01:44:32 +0000

If you dropped by ... and see me screaming in the heading.... You know what I might be doing now.. Well... surf around and come back later !! See you then !

Lamp post

lorla — Sat, 10 Feb 2007 01:04:57 +0000

The Bright Blue sky soo soothing and lovely

Driving in winter...

lorla — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 22:00:14 +0000

It is always the same !! Winter brings lot of exercise and playing with snow. I HATE IT !!!

How to tell you have been bad

lorla — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 04:08:04 +0000

Santa and Christmas gift for bad kids..

Aussie desktop theme

lorla — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 04:29:49 +0000

They are proud of Kangaroo and I bet they would keep this picture as their desktop background.

Pilots

lorla — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 06:37:09 +0000

Found this picture while surfing and I am wondering ............. How can it happen ?

doesn't seem like a real plane though

Tags: funny, photos

Funny India..

lorla — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 18:35:46 +0000

Well.. what do you think about it.

It seems like an old picture and I bet you can still see such people around if you get chance to visit there.

These are funny people indeed..

50 most Romantic things to do with your Girl Friend

lorla — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 01:48:23 +0000

50 most Romantic things to do with your Girl Friend

1. Watch the sunset together.

2. Whispers to each other.

3. Cook for each other.

4. Walk in the rain.

5. Hold hands.

6. Buy small gifts for each other.

7. Gift Roses.

8. Find out their favorite cologne/perfume and wear every time you're together.

9. Go for a long walk down the beach at midnight.

10. Write poetry for each other.

11. Hugs are the universal medicine.

12. Say I love you, only when you mean it and make sure they know you mean it.

13. Give random gifts of flowers/candy/poetry etc.

14. Tell her that she's the only girl you ever want. Don't lie!

15. Spend every second possible together.

16. Look into each other's eyes.

17. Very lightly push up her chin, look into her eyes, tell her you love her, and kiss her lightly.

18. When in public, only flirt w/ each other.

19. Put love notes in their pockets when they aren't looking.

20. Buy her a ring.

21. Sing to each other.

22. Always hold her around her hips/sides.

23. Take her to dinner and do the dinner for two-deal

24. Spaghetti? (Ever see Lady and the Tramp?)

25. Hold her hand, stare into her eyes, kiss her hand and then put it over your heart.

26. Dance together.

27. I love the way a girl looks right after she's fallen asleep withher head in my lap.

28. Do cute things like write I love you in a note so that they have to look in a mirror to read it.

29. Make excuses to call them every 5 minutes

30. Even if you are really busy doing something, go out of your way to call and say I love you.

31. Call from your vacation spot to tell them you were thinking about them.

32. Remember your dreams and tell her about them.

34. Tell each other your most sacred secrets/fears.

35. Be Prince Charming to her parents.

36. Brush her hair out of her face for her.

37. Hang out with his/her friends.

38. Go to church/pray/worship together.

39. Take her to see a romantic movie and remember the parts she liked.

40. Learn from each other and don't make the same mistake twice.

41. Describe the joy you feel just to be with him/her.

42. Make sacrifices for each other.

43. Really love each other, or don't stay together.

44. Let there never be a second during any given day that you aren't thinking about them, and make sure they know it.

45. Love yourself before you love anyone else.

46. Learn to say sweet things in foreign languages.

47. Dedicate songs to them on the radio.

48. Fall asleep on the phone with each other.

49. Stand up for them when someone talks trash.

50. Never forget the kiss goodnight and always remember to say:"Sweet dreams."

Tags: girlfriend, love, romantic

When things go wrong

lorla — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 17:24:37 +0000

When things go wrong

Download wmv file

http://files.lorla.com/download.php?file=47337

watch online : here
Compilation by Borris

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lorla — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 21:49:37 +0000

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lorla — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 21:49:39 +0000

Blogger's Great Time Saver Tool!

lorla — Sat, 24 Feb 2007 03:00:25 +0000

I was just looking around in internet and found this small software that stays in your computer and lets you type your article and stuffs in its editor and automatically updates to the blog.

BlogDesk seems like a cool editor for your blog. I am using it first time for this post. If it is uploaded and posted sucessfully you can check-out "Read the rest of this entry » " link at the bottom to read further about this software.

You can create draft posts with it, it is fast as compared to posting in dashboard of the Wordpress blog online. It is really FAST to edit, link, or format the post in this tool.

It supports almost all major blogging scripts and plateforms. Like WordPress, Movable Type, ExpressionEngine, Drupal, Serendipity, Blojsom, dasBlog, Blogg.de, Twoday.net, Myblog.de, Myblog.es

The official webpage of BlogDesk. Download link for the software This post is created by Download BlogDesk 2.6 Build 300. You can find the updated software if you visit the download page : www.blogdesk.org/en/download.htm

Edit :
I posted this article sucessfully in two blogs at a time and then again retrived by the BlogDesk software to edit.

It sure seems to be a great time saving and editing tool.

Adbrite Tutorial

lorla — Sun, 25 Feb 2007 01:24:11 +0000

I found a small piece of text about AdBrite. It might be usefull for those who are just starting to use it.

AdBrite basics
AdBrite is a site like Google Adsense where you can buy or sell advertisements. This text will focus on the latter: selling advertisements. After registering at the site, you can set up your zones. The more information you fill in, the more chance advertisers will buy ads on your site. After setting up your zone, you can retrieve the html code and insert it into your website. There are two types of ads that can appear on your site.

1) Network ads
These are ads that appear on all (well, not all, but on a lot of) websites in the AdBrite network. Sometimes you will see only one, when at other moments, you will see several of these. It depends on the amount of traffic you're getting I assume.

The payout per click varies and I think the minimum is $0.04/click.

2) Direct ads
These are ads that people buy on your site specifically and they won't appear on any other sites. It's specific to one of the zones you created. It's also at the price that you set. When people buy ads on your site, you will receive an email notification and you can accept/reject the ad link.

There are 3 ways an advertiser can buy a direct ad on your site :
- By clicking the "Your Ad Here" link at the bottom of your AdBrite banner zone (if you didn't remove it)
- By browsing the list of publishers on AdBrite.com
- By calling AdBrite over the phone, but I don't think many people do that

Payout
Unfortunately, AdBrite only pays by check once a month (last Thursday) and uses a net60 payment system. This means it will take 60 days before the money earned from sold ads can be requested for payout.

For example: Suppose someone buys a 30 days ad on your site for $100, which starts on January 1. It runs for a month and ends on January 30. The $100 can be requested for payout 60 days later, on March 31. If that's not a Thursday, the check will be sent on the last Thursday of April.

So for those that can't wait a few months before money starts coming in, AdBrite is not the right program.

Hints to earn more with AdBrite
Here are some suggestions that can help you earn more money with AdBrite. They may not be perfect, but they work for me.

Because Network ads don't appear at all times, I think it's better to have as much direct ads as possible (almost constant daily income at your own prices). If you go to 'Manage Your Zones' on AdBrite and click 'View/Edit Your Listing' for your main zone, you will see the form that other people see when they want to buy ads on your site. The prices behind the different products are very important if you want to sell. You can set these prices by clicking 'Manage Products' on the 'Manage Your Zones' page.

If you move your mouse over the different zones on the 'View/Edit Your Listing' page, you will see the 'Avg CPC' or 'Average Cost Per Click' for that product. In my experience, $0.02 and $0.03 are the best prices per click, but $0.04 sells good too. Because you can't set the 'Avg CPC' directly, you will have to play a bit with the price per product and check your listing page every time. To get a low 'Avg CPC', you will want to get a lot of clicks.

One tactic that works for me is to create a product in your zone that only lasts a few days and has a very low price (and an 'Avg CPC' of say $0.01 or $0.02 per click). Putting 'PROMO' in the product title is another hint. These will be sold relatively fast, resulting in more clicks on your site (because the ad is there constantly and it's probably more attractive to visitors than a Netword ad), resulting in a lower 'Avg CPC'. If this happens, you can raise the prizes of your products a bit and still have a good 'Avg CPC'. If nothing goes wrong, you will have steady prices and sales after a while.

Here are the products in my zone, with respective prices and 'Avg CPC' :
7-Day Text Link $10.00 Avg CPC: $0.09/click
14-Day Text Link $15.00 Avg CPC: $0.06/click
30-Day Text Link $25.00 Avg CPC: $0.05/click
PROMO: 4-Day Text Link $1.69 Avg CPC: $0.03/click

This setup works quite good for me, especially since I added the PROMO product. Surprisingly, the 7/14/30-Day Text Links sell good too since then. All my ad spots are sold out at the moment, making me around $8 to $9 per day, with 8.000 unique visitors per day.

As you can see, my 'Avg CPC' is quite high. If you have a lot of returning traffic, your 'Avg CPC' will increase slowly. The reason for this (I think) is because the direct ads are sold for a longer period and the returning visitors have seen it and will click less, in general. If this happens, you have to repeat the whole process.

Sometimes, people will buy 'recurring ads' on your site. This means that they will be restarted when the period ends. Theoretically forever, but the buyer can stop the recurring ads whenever he wants. These ads are good, because you don't have to worry about the empty ad spots as they generally stay on longer.

Active interstitials ad
AdBrite also has this new type of ad, called the interstitials ad. It's basically a full page ad that visitors see before they can reach another page on your site. The ad is only shown once to every visitor, but I still think it's bad for traffic.

Source: source

Freeware: General Utilities And Other Applications

lorla — Sun, 25 Feb 2007 17:46:23 +0000

General Utilities And Other Applications:
AdShield - http://www.lossepladsen.dk/all4you/TheLostWorld/AdShield.php
AnalogX - http://www.analogx.com/
AppRocket - http://www.candylabs.com/approcket/
AutoIt - http://www.hiddensoft.com/autoit3/
BISS - http://www.bluetack.co.uk/index.php
Celestia - http://www.shatters.net/celestia
CCleaner - http://www.ccleaner.com
ClipX - http://bluemars.org/clipx/
Contact - http://www.isaacboy.com/contact.htm
Cygwin - http://www.cygwin.com
Dir2HTML - http://www.pc-tools.net/win32/dir2html/
Dirkey - http://www.protonfx.com/dirkey/
EasyCleaner - http://personal.inet.fi/business/toniarts/ecleane.htm
EditPad Lite - http://www.editpadpro.com/editpadlite.html
EssentialPIM - http://www.essentialpim.com/
Excessive-software - http://www.excessive-software.eu.tt/
File Transfer Expert - http://www.digital-digest.com/dvd/downloads/showsoftware_fte_105.html
Folder Size Extension - http://foldersize.sourceforge.net/
Hamsin Clipboard - http://www.iisr-cnc.com/hamsin/
HTTrack - http://www.httrack.com/
Inno Setup - http://www.jrsoftware.org/isinfo.php
KeyNote - http://www.tranglos.com/free/keynote.html
Language Identifier - http://www.languageidentifier.com/
Link Checker - http://www.relsoftware.com/rlc/
Memtest-86 - http://www.memtest86.com
Money Manager - http://www.thezeal.com/software/manager/default.asp
Multi Install - http://multiinstall.sourceforge.net/
MWSnap - http://www.mirekw.com/winfreeware/mwsnap.html
NetTime - http://nettime.sourceforge.net
Nullsoft Installer - http://www.nullsoft.com/free/nsis
Open Subfolder - http://www.bubblepop.com/opensubfolder/index.html
Peerguardian - http://www.methlabs.org/
Process Explorer (aka ProcessXP) - http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/freeware/procexp.shtml
png2ico - http://winterdrache.de/freeware/png2ico
RegSeeker - http://www.hoverdesk.net/freeware.htm
Restoration - http://www3.telus.net/mikebike/RESTORATION.html
Startup Control Panel - http://www.mlin.net/StartupCPL.shtml
Stickies - http://finiteloop.org/~btaylor/software/stickies/
StrokeIt - http://www.tcbmi.com/strokeit/
Syncback - http://www.2brightsparks.com/freeware/freeware-hub.html
Sysinternals - http://www.sysinternals.com/
Toolbox - http://www.sil.org/computing/toolbox/
TreeSize - http://www.jam-software.com/freeware/index.shtml
TuneXP - http://www.driverheaven.net/dforce/showdoc.php?doc=txp_about
Turbo Pad - http://turbopad.sourceforge.net/
Unlocker - http://ccollomb.free.fr/unlocker/
URLSnooper - http://www.donationcoder.com/Software/Mouser/urlsnooper/index.html
Vim - http://vim.sourceforge.net
WeathAlert - http://www.ic.sunysb.edu/stu/msowul/?page=weathermain
WordWeb - http://wordweb.info/free/
XP AntiSpy - http://www.xpantispy.org/
YourDir - http://www.primeoption.com.au/FreewareYourDir.htm

Listing of some fun filled websites

lorla — Sun, 25 Feb 2007 17:53:07 +0000

http://www.bored.com

Bored - Links to the most fun and interesting sites on the Internet. When you have nothing better to do, visit Bored.com.

http://www.newgrounds.com

New Grounds - A huge website with lost of fun flash games, movies, and more!

http://www.ndtoday.com/games

ND Today Games - Fun flash games run by Notra Dame University. As it is run by a university, most school and work networks won't block it.

http://www.zipperfish.com

Zipper Fish - Fun flash games, quizzes, and articles.

http://www.flash-game.net

Flash Games.net - an archive of flash games

http://www.aaafunnyvideos.com

Funny Videos - A free site full of hilarious videos.

I think YouTube / Google Video are also great sites to visit to find a lot of funstuffs.

Freeware : video tools

lorla — Sun, 25 Feb 2007 19:44:06 +0000

Video codecs:
DivX Codec - http://www.divx.com/divx/?src=toptab_divx_from_/index.php
FFDSHOW - http://sourceforge.net/projects/ffdshow
XviD - http://www.xvid.org/

Video players :
AC3Filter - http://sourceforge.net/projects/ac3filter
BsPlayer - http://www.filehippo.com/download_bsplayer/
Crystal Player - http://www.crystalplayer.com/index.php?page=downloads
Cygwin MPlayer - http://armory.nicewarrior.org/projects/cygmp/
DivX Player - http://www.divx.com/
MaximusDVD - http://www.maximusdvd.com/
Media Player Classic - http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=82303
VideoLan - http://www.videolan.org/

Video tools:
DScaler - http://deinterlace.sourceforge.net/
FlasKMPEG - http://www.flaskmpeg.net
GSpot - http://www.headbands.com/gspot/
TMPGEnc - http://www.tmpgenc.net/e_main.html
VCDEasy - http://www.aplusfreeware.com/categories/Audio-Video/VCDEasy.html
VirtualDub - http://www.virtualdub.org/
VirtualDubMod - http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=65889
Zwei-Stein Video Editor - http://www.thugsatbay.com/software/index.html

Freeware : photo / programming / rrs etc...

lorla — Sun, 25 Feb 2007 20:46:00 +0000

Photo manipulation and image design:
ArtRage - http://www.ambientdesign.com/artrage.html
Artweaver - http://www.artweaver.de/index.php?en_version
ColorPic - http://www.iconico.com/colorpic/
Deep Paint - http://www.download.com/Deep-Paint/3000-2191_4-10398243.html
Delineate - http://delineate.sourceforge.net/
iIco - http://www.mintrasystems.com/products/mintra/product.php?p=iico
Inkscape - http://www.inkscape.org/
JPEGCrops - http://ekot.dk/programmer/JPEGCrops/
Paint .NET - http://www.eecs.wsu.edu/paint.net/
Pixia - http://www.ab.wakwak.com/~knight/
Pixie - http://www.nattyware.com/pixie.html
PhotoFiltre - http://www.photofiltre.com/
Sodipodi - http://www.sodipodi.com/
The Gimp - http://www.gimp.org/
Tuxpaint - http://www.newbreedsoftware.com/tuxpaint
Wax - http://www.debugmode.com/wax/
Wink - http://www.debugmode.com/wink/
WinMorph - http://www.debugmode.com/winmorph/

Programming:
ActivePerl - http://www.activestate.com/Products/ActivePerl
BlueJ - http://www.bluej.org/download/download.html
Crimson Editor - http://www.crimsoneditor.com/
Code::Blocks - http://www.codeblocks.org/
Context - http://www.context.cx/
Dev C++ - http://www.bloodshed.net/
Dev Pascal - http://www.bloodshed.net/
Digital Mars C++ - http://www.digitalmars.com/download/freecompiler.html
Eclipse - http://www.eclipse.org/
ExamDiff - http://www.prestosoft.com/ps.asp?page=edp_examdiff
Freepascal - http://www.freepascal.org/
JCreator LE - http://www.jcreator.com/download.htm
jEdit - http://www.jedit.org/
Metapad - http://www.liquidninja.com/metapad/
Notepad++ - http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/uk/site.htm
Notepad2 - http://www.flos-freeware.ch/
Open Watcom - http://www.openwatcom.org/
Pelles C - http://www.smorgasbordet.com/pellesc/index.htm
PHP Hypertext Parser - http://www.php.net/
Programmer's Notepad - http://www.pnotepad.org/
PSPad - http://www.pspad.com/
Python - http://www.python.org/
Ruby - http://www.dm4lab.to/~usa/ruby/index_en.html
SharpDevelop - http://www.icsharpcode.net/opensource/sd/
WebMatrix - http://www.asp.net/webmatrix/
WinMerge - http://winmerge.org/

Pop-up Blockers:
Google Toolbar - http://www.google.com/
NoAds - http://www.southbaypc.com/NoAds/
PopUp Stopper - http://www.panicware.com/product_psfree.html
Privoxy - http://www.privoxy.org/
Proxomitron - http://www.proxomitron.info/

RSS Readers:
Ablion - http://www.fileheaven.com/Abilon/download/14059.htm
BlogExpress - http://www.usablelabs.com/productBlogExpress.html
Feedreader - http://www.feedreader.com/
FireANT - http://www.antisnottv.net/
GreatNews - http://www.curiostudio.com/
RssBandit - http://www.rssbandit.org/
RSSOwl - http://www.rssowl.org/
RssReader - http://www.rssreader.com/
RSS Xpress - http://rssxpress.free.fr/en/?page=&idNews=
SharpReader - http://www.sharpreader.net/

Freeware: browsers, servers, webcam

lorla — Sun, 25 Feb 2007 22:47:00 +0000

Web browsers:
Firefox - http://www.getfirefox.com
K-Meleon - http://kmeleon.sourceforge.net/
Mozilla - http://www.mozilla.org/
Netscape - http://channels.netscape.com/ns/browsers/default.jsp
Opera - http://www.opera.com

Web servers:
Abyss - http://abyss.sourceforge.net/
Apache - http://httpd.apache.org/
Apache2Triad - http://apache2triad.net/
HTTP File Server - http://www.rejetto.com/sw/
Sambar - http://www.sambar.com/
Savant - http://savant.sourceforge.net/
SimpleServer:WWW - http://www.analogx.com/contents/download/network/sswww.htm
Smart Cache - http://scache.sourceforge.net/
TinyWeb - http://www.ritlabs.com/tinyweb/index.html
Xitami - http://www.xitami.com/

Webcam Software:
booruWebCam - http://www.booru.net/
Dorgem - http://dorgem.sourceforge.net/
grabMotion - http://www.grabmotion.com/
Pryme - http://www.hilo.dk/pryme/

Checksum Utilities:
fsum - http://www.slavasoft.com/fsum/
HashCalc - http://www.slavasoft.com/hashcalc/
hksfv - http://www.big-o-software.com/products/hksfv/
ICEECC - http://www.ice-graphics.com/ICEECC/IndexE.html
md5sum - http://www.etree.org/md5com.html
md5summer - http://www.md5summer.org/
MooSFV - http://www.ubercow.com/moosfv/
QuickPar - http://www.quickpar.org.uk/
QuickSFV - http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Mouse/4668/

Freeware: Spyware removal

lorla — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 10:20:00 +0000

Freeware: Spyware removal

Ad-aware - http://www.lavasoft.de/software/adaware/
Bazooka - http://www.kephyr.com/spywarescanner/index.html
CWShredder - http://www.intermute.com/products/cwshredder.html
Hijackthis - http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/downloads.html
Microsoft AntiSpyware - http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx
SpyBot Search & Destroy - http://spybot.safer-networking.de/
SpywareBlaster - http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html
SpywareGuard - http://www.wilderssecurity.net/spywareguard.html
WinPatrol - http://www.winpatrol.com/

Freeware: Audio Editors and Players

lorla — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 17:22:00 +0000

Freeware: Audio Editors

Gungirl Sequencer - http://ggseq.sourceforge.net/pmwiki.php/Main/HomePage
HammerHead - http://www.threechords.com/hammerhead/introduction.shtml
Jesusonic - http://www.jesusonic.com/soft.php
KRISTAL Audio Engine - http://www.kreatives.org/kristal/index.php
orDrumbox - http://ordrumbox.sourceforge.net/
Tu2 - http://www.brambos.com/news.html

Audio Players:

1by1 - http://www.rz.uni-frankfurt.de/~pesch
Billy - http://www.sheepfriends.com/?page=billy
CoolPlayer - http://coolplayer.sourceforge.net/
DeejaySystem MK1 - http://www.deejaysystem.com/prod_mk1.asp
DeliPlayer. http://www.deliplayer.com/
Foobar 2000 - http://www.foobar2000.org/
iTunes - http://www.apple.com/itunes/
Jet Audio Basic - http://www.jetaudio.com/
Mixere - http://mixere.sourceforge.net/
Mixxx - http://mixxx.sourceforge.net/
monoRAVEik - http://www.mono211.com/monoraveik/mr1200.html
MoreAmp - http://sourceforge.net/projects/moreamp/
Musik - http://musik.berlios.de/
musikCube - http://www.musikcube.com/
QCD Player - http://www.quinnware.com/
Sonique - http://sonique.lycos.com/
Winamp - http://www.winamp.com/
XMPlay - http://www.un4seen.com/xmplay.html
Zinf - http://www.zinf.org/

isd-en.gif

lorla — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 23:51:45 +0000

Shutdown Day - 24 March 2007

lorla — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 23:51:46 +0000

Are you addicted to your computer? Can you live without your it for just one day?

The idea behind the Shutdown Day, a "global experiment" by Denis Bystrov and Michael Taylor, is to see if you can shut down your computer and last without it for 24 hours. So far, over 18,700 people had pledged to go without the computer for one whole day on Saturday, March 24, 2007. And about 3000 say they can't do it !! (dated Feb 26)

Visit to cast your vote and tell what you are planning to do on that day. Link: http://shutdownday.org/

shopping-cart-as-basketball-hoop.jpg

lorla — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 00:04:17 +0000

helmet.jpg

lorla — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 00:09:10 +0000

news.jpg

lorla — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 00:09:12 +0000

remote.jpg

lorla — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 00:16:12 +0000

bhut-jolokia-chile.jpg

lorla — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 00:43:57 +0000

bosland-paul-chile.jpg

lorla — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 00:43:59 +0000

Hottest Chile Pepper in the World

lorla — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 00:44:01 +0000

It's actual name is Bhut Jolokia Pepper and it translates to "Ghost Chile", though we are not sure why it is named that. It was discovered by Professor Paul Bosland of New Mexico State University and Guinness Book rated this chili pepper as the world's hottest pepper in fall of 2006. Scoville Heat Units (SHU) are what measures the heat of the pepper. For example, a New Mexico green chile has a rating of 1,500 SHU while an average jalapeno measures in at about 10,000 SHU. The Bhut Jolokia has a rating of 1,001,304 SHUs.

Source: shurebit
Link : http://www.nmsu.edu/%7Eucomm/Releases/2007/february/hottest_chile.htm

Freeware: Compression / Decompression:

lorla — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 03:26:00 +0000

7-zip - http://www.7-zip.org/
bzip2 - http://sources.redhat.com/bzip2/index.html
ExtractNow - http://www.extractnow.com/
FilZip - http://www.filzip.com/
Info-Zip - http://www.info-zip.org/
IZArc - http://www.florida.plus.com/izarc/
QuickZip - http://www.quickzip.org/
TUGZip - http://www.tugzip.com/
UPX - http://upx.sourceforge.net/
Zip&Go - http://www.handybits.com/zipngo.htm
Zipgenius - http://www.zipgenius.it/

Shopping cart Basketball

lorla — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 05:03:00 +0000

Nice little guys and innovative ideas

and is that a great helmet ??

News AD

found in : normanroberts.blogspot.com/

Bikini Remote

lorla — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 14:15:00 +0000

For your dirty minded friend !!

Bikini Remote
Item No: 20027
Price: $11.97

With Removable Bikini Top For Channel Up & Down. Gives new meaning to the expression, "57 channels & nothing on!" Universal infrared remote with universal appeal. You'll quickly get a feel for its classic shape. Bikini top flips up to reveal unique channel up-and-down buttons. Flip down bottoms for number and re-set controls. Compatible with nearly every brand of TV, VCR, cable box and red-blooded male ever made. Requires 2 "AA" batteries (not included). 5.5" x 4.5".

Original Price: $16.97

It may look like it lacks some buttons but Bikini top flips up to reveal unique channel up-and-down buttons. Flip down bottoms for number and re-set controls.

Source: http://www.shurebit.com/

freeware : CD/DVD Burning

lorla — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 17:25:00 +0000

Freeware : CD/DVD Burning

Burn4Free - http://www.burn4free.com/
Burnatonce - http://www.burnatonce.com/
Burrrn - http://www.burrrn.net/
CDBurnerXP - http://www.cdburnerxp.se/
CDRDAO - http://cdrdao.sourceforge.net/
CDR Tools Frontend - http://demosten.com/cdrfe/
Deepburner - http://www.deepburner.com/
DVD Decrypter: http://www.mrbass.org/dvdrip/
Easy Burning, DropCD & Audio CD - http://www.paehl.de/cdr
ImgBurn - http://www.imgburn.com/

Freeware: Defrag / Desktop Enhancements

lorla — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 17:27:00 +0000

Defrag Software

DIRMS & Buzzsaw - http://www.dirms.com/
OpenVMS - http://www.execsoft.com/freeware/freeware.asp

Desktop Enhancements

AveDesk - http://www.aqua-soft.org/board/showthread.php?t=17372
CursorXP - http://www.stardock.com/products/cursorxp/download.html
Desktop Sidebar - http://www.desktopsidebar.com/
Filehand - http://www.filehand.com/
Glass2k - http://www.chime.tv/products/glass2k.shtml
Kapsules - http://kapsules.shellscape.org/
Konfabulator - http://www.konfabulator.com/info
Lost Goggles - http://www.lostgoggles.com/
MobyDock - http://www.mobydock.com/
Panorama - http://www.ivory.org/panorama.html
Rainlendar - http://www.ipi.fi/~rainy/index.php?pn=proj...ject=rainlendar
RunFast - http://www.idiogensoftware.com/runfast/index.htm
Samurize - http://www.samurize.com/
SlickRun - http://www.bayden.com/SlickRun/
Snippy - http://www.bhelpuri.net/Snippy/
TaskSwitchXP Pro - http://www.ntwind.com/taskswitchxp/
tclock2 - http://home.inreach.com/2tone/tclock2/tclock2.htm
Trip - http://trip.glenmurphy.com/
Weather Watcher - http://www.singerscreations.com/
WinRoll - http://www.palma.com.au/winroll/

snow-angel-record.jpg

lorla — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 22:02:13 +0000

New Snow Angel Record.

lorla — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 22:02:43 +0000

More than 8,900 people frantically flapped in the snow on Saturday, February 17, 2007 at the State Capitol grounds in North Dakota to break the record for the most snow angels ever made.

The previous record was 1,791 people (also in North Dakota!)

Photo by Will Kincaid, AP
Thousands of people flap their arms and legs in unison, creating angel imprints on Saturday.
source: link

Workaholic ... funny

lorla — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 01:44:36 +0000

This commercial shows that being a nerd isnt always fun..and nerds can be heartless too.

Added December 23, 2006
From : alaapdayal
got it from : http://naser.blogsome.com/2006/12/23/lesson-a-la-computer-nerd-dont-work-so-hard/

Tags: funny, video, youtube

cats and laser pointers

lorla — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 03:38:57 +0000

Nice video as seen in YouTube

I have to thank the original uploader... whoever he/she may be.

Tags: cats, funny, video, youtube

Sleepy Baby Sloth - Ridiculously Cute

lorla — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 05:41:00 +0000

Must get out of box but too sleeeepy !!

As seen in : videosift.com

A cat that loves to be spanked!

lorla — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 10:43:00 +0000

Via: VideoSift

Tags: cats, funny, video, youtube

Rabbit and chickens!

lorla — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 14:46:00 +0000

Another funny video

Tags: funny, rabbit, rooster, video, youtube

Freeware: Encryption and data security

lorla — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 19:29:00 +0000

(pull)Encryption and data security(/pull)

Axcrypt - http://axcrypt.sourceforge.net/
Blowfish Advanced CS- http://web.bsn.ch/lasse/bfacs.htm
Eraser - http://www.heidi.ie/eraser/default.php
File Shredder - http://www.sys-shield.com/fileshredder.htm
KeePass - http://keepass.sourceforge.net/
GnuPG - http://www.gnupg.org/
PGP Freeware - http://www.pgp.com/products/freeware.html
PicoCrypt - http://picofactory.com/picocrypt.html
TrueCrypt - http://www.truecrypt.org/
WindowsCleaner - http://www.winnowsoft.com/internet-eraser.htm

Charlie Chaplin playing with his bread rolls in "The Gold Rush" (1925)

lorla — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 23:48:00 +0000

He sure is another cute animal :-) :

Charlie Chaplin playing with his bread rolls in "The Gold Rush" (1925).

Tags: funny, video, youtube

lively-phonebooth.jpg

lorla — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 17:56:41 +0000

Clever picture of Phone Booth

lorla — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 17:56:45 +0000

Phone booth come to life.. It sure is a nice cute picture with a touchup.

source Via : link

woodylanderrpy-468x359.jpg

lorla — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 18:02:03 +0000

miraclebaby.png

lorla — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 18:02:08 +0000

girls-selling-cookies-on-myspace.jpg

lorla — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 18:10:03 +0000

Girl Scouts Selling Cookies On MySpace

lorla — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 18:10:23 +0000

The Girl Scouts of America built a site on MySpace to Sell Cookies. Well well, that is the new age kids.

On the site you'll find pictures of the cookies and some of the cleanest, most fully-dressed pictures of people you'll ever find on MySpace :-).

Source: Source

Miracle Baby .. He is alive once again !!

lorla — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 20:02:15 +0000

After trying for 30 minutes to bring two-week-old Woody Lander back to life, doctors decided there was nothing more they could do and called in his parents to say their tearful farewells. A nurse passed Woody to his heartbroken father and gently pulled a tube from his mouth so they could kiss him goodbye.

Then the miracle happened. The lifeless baby suddenly coughed and moved. Nurses immediately grabbed Woody back, re-attached the tubes and lifesaving equipment and he came back to life in front of his astonished parents. Woody is now 14 months old.

Source Via link

cat-bus-small.jpg

lorla — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 01:59:31 +0000

cat-bus-cartoon-small.jpg

lorla — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 01:59:33 +0000

cat-bus.jpg

lorla — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 01:59:43 +0000

cat-bus-cartoon.jpg

lorla — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 01:59:48 +0000

The Nekobus or Cat Bus

lorla — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 01:59:51 +0000

To make the Nekobus or cat bus (Neko means cat in Japanese) in Miyazakis anime people have decorated their vehicle like this:

This is original cat bus

source in Spanish Via This link

Freewares : Emails, instant messangers and IRC

lorla — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 05:35:00 +0000

(pull)Mail programs(/pull)

Foxmail - http://fox.foxmail.com.cn/english/
i.Scribe - http://www.memecode.com/
Mahogany Mail - http://mahogany.sourceforge.net/
Pegasus Mail - http://www.pmail.com/
PopTray - http://www.poptray.org/
Thunderbird - http://www.mozilla.org/projects/thunderbird/

(pull)Instant Messengers(/pull)

AMSN - http://amsn.sourceforge.net/index.php
Gaim - http://gaim.sourceforge.net/
Google Talk - http://www.google.com/talk/
IM2: http://www.im2.com
Mercury Messenger - http://www.mercury.to/
Miranda IM - http://www.miranda-im.org/
Pandion - http://www.pandion.be/
PSI - http://psi.affinix.com/
qip - http://www.qip.ru/
Skype - http://www.skype.com/
SIM - http://sim-icq.sourceforge.net/
TerraIM - http://terraim.sourceforge.net/
Trillian Basic - http://trillian.cc/downloads

(pull)IRC Clients(/pull)
BersIRC - http://www.bersirc.com/
BitchX - http://bitchx.org/download.php
HydraIRC - http://www.hydrairc.com/
NodeIRC - http://node.sourceforge.net/
TinyIRC - http://www.tinyirc.net/
XChat - http://www.silverex.org/news/

Freeware: Network Tools and antispam software

lorla — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 19:37:00 +0000

Anti-spam

K9 - http://www.keir.net/k9.html
MailWasher- http://www.mailwasher.net/
POPFile - http://popfile.sourceforge.net/
SpamBayes - http://spambayes.sourceforge.net/
SpamPal - http://www.spampal.org/

Network Tools
CMDTime NTP Utility - http://www.softshape.com/download/
Ethereal Protocol Analyzer - http://www.ethereal.com/
Gencontrol - http://www.gensortium.com/products/gencontrol.html
hamachi - http://www.hamachi.cc/
NetMeter - http://readerror.gmxhome.de/
NetProfiles - http://netprofiles.danielmilner.com/
NMap - http://www.insecure.org/nmap/
Ntop - http://www.ntop.org
PingPlotter - http://www.pingplotter.com
PuTTY - http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty
RAS Graph & Stats - http://forum.flashfxp.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=2400
RealVNC - http://www.realvnc.com/
TightVNC - http://www.tightvnc.org/
Ultr@VNC - http://ultravnc.sourceforge.net/
WinSCP - http://www.winscp.com/

mt.everest.jpg

lorla — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 23:21:00 +0000

01.jpg

lorla — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 23:22:43 +0000

02.jpg

lorla — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 23:22:45 +0000

Won Guinness Record and Learnt it after 8 yrs

lorla — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 00:25:49 +0000

This guy won Guinness World Records in 2005 and didn't know about it till now. He is the only Nepali sportsperson to feature in the Guinness Book of World Records, for clocking the fastest run at the highest altitude, but he learnt about it only eight years after setting the record (source: kantipur daily).

Spectacular views compensate for the
dangers of high altitude running. Source

His record was Published in 2005, the Golden Jubilee year of Guinness Book of World Records. It states the Jumla-based marathoner set a world record timing of 3hr. 16min. 3sec. in the Everest Marathon in 1999. The race began from Gorak Shep at an altitude of 17,100 ft and concluded at Namche Bazar at 11,300 ft.

These are the only pictures I could find of him. I hope to find and update better quality pictures later.

A News quote about Hari.

Hari Bahadur Rokaya’s practice schedule is as tough as his home terrain in Jumla. Like most marathon runners he prefers setting off in the early morning, past the bazar, along the trail down to the Bheri, over the suspension bridge, past paddy terraces glistening in the sun, along the edge of the pine-scented forest. After two hours, this world class athlete is back home in time for a snack of instant noodles.

His training may be ‘low tech’, his shoes frayed, but Hari more than makes up for it with his determination and patriotism. The up-and-down and the thin air at 3,300m is good training. The 41-year-old sets himself a grueling pace: he has reached Rara Lake from Jumla in seven hours, a distance that takes trekkers two days.
From: Nepali Times Issue #153 (11 July 03 - 17 July 03)

Freewares: Office Suite and PDF tools

lorla — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 19:38:00 +0000

Office Suite

602PC Suite free edition - http://www.software602.com/products/pcs/download.html
AbiWord - http://www.abiword.com/
OpenOffice.org - http://www.openoffice.org/
qjot - http://www.xtort.net/xtort/qjot.php
TreeDBNotes - http://www.softviewer.com/treedbnotes/free_index.htm

PDF Utilities:
CutePDF - http://www.cutepdf.com/Products/CutePDF/writer.asp
Foxit PDF Reader - http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/rd_intro.php
Free PDF - http://www.webxd.com/zipguy/frpdfdl.htm
Ghostscript/GSView - http://www.ghostscript.com/
PDF 995 - http://www.pdf995.com/
PDFCreator - http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfcreator/
PrimoPDF - http://www.primopdf.com/

Everything about Paper Boat

lorla — Sun, 04 Mar 2007 18:32:29 +0000

This website tells about full size boats from paper during the later half of the 19th century.

Good resource about paper boats and boat building. Paper boat tutorial from a book published in 1887 is interesting (http://kcupery.home.isp-direct.com/paperfold3.GIF).

Boat building tutorial with step by step photographs can be found in http://www.laits.utexas.edu/hebrew/personal/toolbox/acm/boat/boat.html

These resources should be great help in helping kids making paper boats and play with them.

Enjoy!!

Source:

Freewares : partition and system info tools

lorla — Sun, 04 Mar 2007 19:40:00 +0000

Partition Managers:
Partition Resizer - http://zeleps.com/
Ranish Partition Manager - http://www.ranish.com/part/
SwissKnife - http://www.compuapps.com/Download/swissknife/swissknife.htm
TestDisk - http://www.cgsecurity.org/index.html?testdisk.html

System Information and monitoring:
AIDA32 - http://www.sofotex.com/AIDA32-download_L9326.html
ATITool - http://www.techpowerup.com/atitool/
ATI Tray Tools - http://www.guru3d.com/article/atitraytools/189/
CPU-Z - http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php
Everest - http://www.aplusfreeware.com/categories/util/optdiag.html
Gkrellm - http://bill.nalens.com/
K1 - http://clanpkm.free.fr/K1/?lng=en
Motherboard monitor - http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=311
SpeedFan - http://www.almico.com/speedfan.php
Sysmetrix - http://www.xymantix.com
WCPUID - http://hp.vector.co.jp/authors/VA002374/src/download.html
WhatsRunning - http://www.whatsrunning.net/whatsrunning/main.aspx

Kitchen Computer ...

lorla — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 20:22:27 +0000

Kitchen Computer

Hello! It is 1969, and my wonderful husband has bought me a Honeywell Kitchen Computer to help me with my cooking! It is a $10,000+ status symbol from the Nieman Marcus catalog. It will replace my unwieldy and difficult to use recipe box. How I love my Kitchen Computer! And my husband!

The Kitchen Computer is both stylish and functional. See its sleek lines, bright red accents, and handy built-in counter top? It matches my dress! And my lipstick!

... ... What a piece of junk! What idiot thought this was a good idea? I hate my Kitchen Computer! I hate my husband! I'm going to divorce him and go get a job designing computers that don't suck!

An article about kitchen computer in Dr. Dobb's Jornal.

You can see it in person at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, currently housed next to the first production Google rack (in the background of the photos to the left of the Kitchen Computer).

Source: link via : link

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lorla — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 20:54:36 +0000

Free Canadian Personal Income Tax Software

lorla — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 20:54:39 +0000

It is tax filing time again.... I always hate this thing. But there no way I can avoid it. You have to file it anyway; weather you like it or not.

For income tax preparation and filing, there are a number of software available in market : Quick Tax, ufile and so on.... Some are highly priced others are reasonably priced but they are priced for sure.

If you want something less expensive, or rather free, check out StudioTax.

StudioTax is a windows based bilingual personal Income Tax preparation software made by Canadians for Canadians. This software is made available for Canadian Taxpayers for personal use only.

StudioTax is distributed using a flexible licensing model. No license key or registration is required to download, install and use StudioTax. After you use StudioTax and you find it useful, we ask that you take the time to make a modest monetary contribution toward the support of this product.

They don't yet support Netfile, but they are getting the software certified with the Canada Revenue Agency.

Enjoy and get your copy at this link : StudioTax Canadian Personal Income Tax Software.

Here is the screenshot:

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Vitalist - Online Getting Things Done (GTD) Software

lorla — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 18:07:27 +0000

Vitalist is a web-based application designed specifically for David Allens methodology of Getting Things Done. Vitalist compliments the GTD system by offering an inbox, actions, projects, and ticklers.

Other features include:

* A mobile edition
* iCal and RSS feed
* Recurring actions
* E-mail and SMS reminders

The free version is advertising supported. Users can upgrade to a premium account which removes the advertisements and adds features:

* SSL encryptions
* Collaboration
* File attachments
* and a soon-to-be-added calendar

Vitalist is perfect for anyone needing to Get Things Done. Easily organize actions and projects online. From grocery lists to business projects, track it all with Vitalist.

Vitalist website Via: link
Tags: getting+things+done, GTD, productivity, software, web

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lorla — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 18:44:12 +0000

How to Build Community

lorla — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 03:32:00 +0000

Human is a social animal and we need everybody to be around and help each other. But due to the modern advances in technology and ways of life (lifestyle) we don't get much time to devote to others.

I found a nice list on what to do to build a community and want to share with you people.

The list goes like :

* Turn off your TV
* Leave your house
* Know your neighbors
* Look up when you are walking
* Greet people
* Sit on your stoop
* Plant flowers
* Use your library
* Play together
* Buy from local merchants
* Share what you have
* Help a lost dog
* Take children to the park
* Garden together
* Support neighborhood schools
* Fix it even if you didnt break it
* Have pot lucks
* Honor elders
* Pick up litter
* Read stories aloud
* Dance in the street
* Talk to the mail carrier
* Listen to the birds
* Put up a swing
* Help carry something heavy
* Barter for your goods
* Start a tradition
* Ask a question
* Hire young people for odd jobs
* Organize a block party
* Bake extra and share
* Ask for help when you need it
* Open your shades
* Sing together
* Share your skills
* Take back the night
* Turn up the music
* Turn down the music
* Listen before you react to anger
* Mediate a conflict
* Seek to understand
* Learn from new and uncomfortable angles
* Know that no one is silent though many are not heard
* Work to change this

Long huh ? But still it is nice to read (at least!!)

I hope you people will use it in your life and the works done by these sweet people at SCW community in preparing list won't go to drain.

Tags: community, life, live, share, society

15 Worst Country-Western Songs

lorla — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 09:36:00 +0000

Ian McKenzie at this blog compiled these worst country songs. I thought they are sort of funny.

1. How Can I Miss You If You Wont Go Away?
2. Youre the Reason Our Kids Are So Ugly
3. Ive Been Flushed From the Bathroom of Your Heart
4. I Keep Forgettin I Forgot About You
5. She Got the Gold Mine and I Got the Shaft
6. My Wife Ran Off With My Best Friend and I Sure Do Miss Him
7. I Changed Her Oil, She Changed My Life
8. Drop-Kick Me Jesus Through the Goalposts of Life
9. Thank God and Greyhound Shes Gone
10. If You Dont Leave Me Alone Ill Go and Find Someone Else Who Will
11. Ive Got the Hungries For Your Love and Im Waiting In Your Welfare Line
12. I Fell in a Pile of You and Got Love All Over Me
13. My John Deere Was Breaking Your Field While Your Dear John Was Breaking My Heart
14. I Wouldnt Take Her to a Dog Fight Because Im Afraid Shed Win
15. They May Put Me In Prison But They Cant Stop My Face From Breaking Out

source: link
Tags: fun, funny, humour, jokes, music, songs

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lorla — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 19:36:01 +0000

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lorla — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 19:36:35 +0000

Cute clips photos (nice and funny)

lorla — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 19:36:37 +0000

Camera Shy took these cute clip photos. I thought you would like to see them and wonder how you can make some cute photos with stories.

Tags: fun, funny, humour, photos

You can see all his photos at this link

lorla — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 22:45:00 +0000

Well, what do you think?

Danny would be really mad at me!!

I have sent him an email with this link which will open the above page.

Well, this website is a great fun to make fun of each other and enjoy the lighter side of life.

Steps to go along

1. Type what you want seen in the URL of the page and the term in the search box.
2. Type what you want to appear in the Did you mean part.
3. Type what you to be highlighted in the Did you mean part.

The you are given the link you can view or send to somebody

Enjoy!!

Oh I nearly forgot : Google No Match Message site is located here.

Tags: enjoy, fun, funny, himour, jokes, web

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lorla — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 01:11:07 +0000

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lorla — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 01:14:08 +0000

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lorla — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 01:14:10 +0000

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lorla — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 01:15:51 +0000

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lorla — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 01:33:30 +0000

Gold Plated Ear-phone Necklace

lorla — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 01:33:32 +0000

Jewelry should be something everyone wants, it used to be that everyone wanted diamonds--now everyone wants MP3 players. Anna Tascha Larsson a jewelry designer still in school in Stockholm heard the many reports of students in NYC getting mugged and stabbed to death because they wore the coveted white ipod ear-buds (a tell-tale sign that they held ipods) and decided to do something. She created a necklace, in gold and silver, that looks exactly like ipod ear-buds. Everyone wants this necklace because it's such a brilliant idea. Rumor has it that you'll be able to buy the H&M rip-off real soon.

Now people can go back to getting mugged for their jewelry and hand-bags.
Source: link

Tags: fun, funny, fashion

Magic Illusion

lorla — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 17:12:00 +0000

Move your face really close to the screen to see the girls head go inside the ring.

More illusion :

This is gif file...

count the number of people in the figure below

This is funny too

Blind spot

Funny illusion as seen in : link

Tags: fun, funny, illusion

The last king of France: Found in India

lorla — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 23:22:59 +0000

Balthazar Napoleon de Bourbon, an Indian lawyer, is being feted as the long-lost descendent of the Bourbon kings who ruled France from the 16th century to the French revolution. He is alleged to be not only related to the current Bourbon king of Spain and the Bourbon descendants still in France, but to have more claim than any of them to the French crown.

Prince Michael of Greece, the cousin of (British) Prince Philip, this week published a historical novel called Le Rajah de Bourbon, which traces the story of Mr Bourbons first royal ancestor in India. Prince Michael believes Jean de Bourbon was a nephew of the first Bourbon French king, Henry IV. In 1560, during a voyage across the world, he turned up at the court of the Mogul emperor Akbar. It was the beginning of a long line of Bourbons in India, who centuries later would serve as the administrators of Bhopal and become the second most important family in the region.

Michael of Greece, who lives in Paris and is of Bourbon descent, believes his detective work on his newfound Indian cousins is more than just the latest whimsy in a history of attempts to uncover relatives of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette.

If I am right then Balthazar Bourbon would be the eldest in the line, he told the Guardian.

From his home in the Bhopal suburbs, Mr Bourbon, 48, said he would be glad to take a DNA test, but remained stoical about the hypothetical question of whether he was heir to the throne. Conscious of the bloody outcome for royals in France, he felt royal status could bring trouble, not to mention questions from skeptical historians. []

Found at The original story at this link

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lorla — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 23:33:04 +0000

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Do you [can you] want these thongs ?

lorla — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 03:34:00 +0000

Do you (means: can you) want these thongs ?

French luxury goods makers Louis Vuitton made this sandals. These thong sandals are supposed to be very comfortable. Theyre made of ultra-soft black calf leather and have a padded insole. Since you cant wear them with socks, I suppose theyre mostly used on beaches.

So, why didnt the designers at Louis Vuitton think of putting their logo in mirror image on the soles, just like the sandals that were given away by the French UMP political party last summer? Then, with every step you make in the sand, you could show off that youre rich enough to buy sandals that nobody else can afford.

In the USA these thongs cost $420 per pair.

Buy them here: link | via

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lorla — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 20:36:01 +0000

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Dollar arts

lorla — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 21:00:26 +0000

These are the various shapes created by dollar bills:

Get your friends and loved ones a gift they'll never ever, ever, ever forget. The gift of money. Imagine their name and/or message spelled out in real one dollar bills!

For birthdays, holidays, weddings, anniversaries, promotions, recognition, nameplates, for yourself, store window displays, or just plain old love, you'll set yourself apart with this truly distinctive work of art. It's the Art of Money.

Well, I don't want money that I can't spend anyways. But that is a great idea of business. So simple and so creative... why don't you too think for a few minutes to create such creative and simple ideas !! (Never mind, I have been trying that everytime I post something unusual and gave up when I posted them for you to see.... :)

If you are interested and want visit the dollar-artist's page and see some more samples continue reading.

Teddy Bear

Homer Simpson

Dragon

There are a lot of images in the site I have selected some of funny and nice dollar bills

link | via

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lorla — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 21:01:15 +0000

Living Tables.

lorla — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 23:44:00 +0000

Our Living Tables are guaranteed to liven up any party. They will chat with your guests in character according to your theme. And if you would like, The Living Tables can even serve your guests wine, hors d'oeurves, dessert or whatever you prefer.

Link | via

Weird cars

lorla — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 15:48:35 +0000

A nice powerpoint presentation about some weird cars. (I don't believe women are that bad in driving though!!)

Download here:

http://ecaaser3.ecaa.ntu.edu.tw/weifang/image/funnyphotos/cars/Allaboutcars.ppt

World Ice Art Championships - 2007

lorla — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 00:18:32 +0000

World Ice Art Championships - 2007 Single Block Classic
Feb. 27 - Mar. 1, 2007

This championship is held in Fairbanks, Alaska.

Aiming Eyes by Junichi Nakamura (Japan) and Peter Slavin (USA )

The sculptures are photographed each day of the two and a half day competition. The sculptures are then judged under white light. To see the great sculptures on ice visit the homepage of the Championships.

Joyful Dance by Servey Loginov and Denis Abdulin (Russia)

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lorla — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 01:18:31 +0000

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lorla — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 01:30:02 +0000

Toilet Paper Manga

lorla — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 03:24:00 +0000

Well, this is unusual.

Don't share your toilet paper roll or you can't read the whole story. You mightnot be able to read the manga comic whole if you live with family and share the bathroom.

You might have to keep going to the bathroom to find out what happens next in this Manga comic.

Link [in Japanese] | via neatorama

Urine powered battery

lorla — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 17:29:00 +0000

In 2005, Singapore scientist King Bang Lee and colleagues at the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology created the credit card-size battery as a disposable power source for medical test kits powered by urine..

To make the battery, Lee and his colleagues soaked a piece of paper in a solution of copper chloride and sandwiched it between strips of magnesium and copper. This sandwich was then laminated between two sheets of transparent plastic.

When a drop of urine is added to the paper through a slit in the plastic, a chemical reaction takes place that produces electricity, Lee said.

The prototype battery produced about 1.5 volts, the same as a standard AA battery, and runs for about 90 minutes. Researchers said the power, voltage, and lifetime of the battery can be improved by adjusting the geometry and materials used.

Source | via

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lorla — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 23:08:29 +0000

Smart Kid

lorla — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 23:08:31 +0000

Are you smart enough ??

See the little guy identify all the big guys

http://content3.i-am-bored.com/games/61954_smartbaby2.flv

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lorla — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 17:33:03 +0000

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lorla — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 17:33:05 +0000

Maths Exams ......

lorla — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 17:33:06 +0000

Here are some exam papers scanned.

seems like they are real ones!

That is the end... hanged himself at the end of the square root !!

Didn't study that is another thing, but creative.... he/she sure is.

What do you think?

source

Tags: funny, humour

Crazy man video

lorla — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 20:05:00 +0000

This man is crazy... :)

Tags: funny, video, youtube

Funny commercials

lorla — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 15:30:43 +0000

Selling things is a difficult task. People do lot of things to sell things and most of them go for commercials. But there are lot of commercials going around and they demand for something different ... something catchy and funny of course. These are some of the really funny commercials.

dononeg has compiled these funny commercials and here is another of the compilation:

Tags: funny, productivity, video, youtube

Talking about commercials here are some of Super Bowl 2007 Ads. Ads during Super Bowl are considered to be most attractive and many people watch Super Bowl to see ads only.

Best Ads Super Bowl 2007 1st Half

These ads are compiled by : BestAds

Will be away for a while

lorla — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 02:28:00 +0000

I will be going away for a while. Will bring some photographs to share with you.

I am busy preparing for the trip. As it is only for 4 days I couldn't decide what to take and what not to. The place is supposed to be a bit cold and it is my first time there I don't know what to expect.

Let me hope it will be a great journey. I will share the experience with you when I return.

Bye till then.

funny cartoon

lorla — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 04:05:23 +0000

Nice and funny cartoon

found in youtube

Bill Gates : Financial Facts

lorla — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 04:37:59 +0000

Found a nice compilation of facts about Bill Gates wealth. I hope you will enjoy it.

1. Bill Gates earns US$250 every SECOND, that's about US$20 Million a DAY and US$7.8 Billion a YEAR!

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2. If he drops a thousand dollar, he won't even bother to pick it up bcoz the 4 seconds he picks it, he would've already earned it back.

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3. The US national debt is about 5.62 trillion, if Bill Gates were to pay the debt by himself; he will finish it in less then 10 years.

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4. He can donate US$15 to everyone on earth but still be left with US$5 Million for his pocket money.

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5. Michael Jordan is the highest paid athlete in US.

If he doesn't drink and eat, and keeps up his annual income i.e. US$30 Million, he'll have to wait for 277 years to become as rich as Bill Gates is now.

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6. If Bill Gates was a country, he would be the 37th richest country on earth.

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7. If you change all of Bill Gate's money to US$1 notes, you can make a road from earth to moon, 14 times back and forth. But you have to make that road non-stop for 1,400 years, and use a total of 713 BOEING 747 planes to transport all the money.

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8. Bill Gates is 40 this year. If we assume that he will live for another 35 years, he has to spend US$6.78 Million per day to finish all his money before he can go to heaven.

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Last but not the least:

If Microsoft Windows' users can claim US$1 for every time their computers hang because of Microsoft Windows, Bill Gates will be bankrupt in 3 years!!!!!!

Credits to original compiler.

25 signs that you have grown up

lorla — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 16:38:00 +0000

Nice compilation again. You are grown and responsible gentleman/woman when :

1. Your houseplants are alive, and you can't smoke any of them.

2. Having sex in a twin bed is out of the question.

3. You keep more food than beer in the fridge.

4. 6:00 AM is when you get up, not when you go to bed.

5. You hear your favorite song in an elevator.

6. You watch the Weather Channel.

7. Your friends marry and divorce instead of "hook up" and "break up".

8. You go from 130 days of vacation time to 14.

9. Jeans and a sweater no longer qualify as "dressed up".

10. You're the one calling the police because those %&@# kids next door won't turn down the stereo.

11. Older relatives feel comfortable telling sex jokes around you.

12. You don't know what time Taco Bell closes anymore.

13. Your car insurance goes down and your car payments go up.

14. You feed your dog Science Diet instead of McDonald's leftovers.

15. Sleeping on the couch makes your back hurt.

16. You take naps.

17. Dinner and a movie is the whole date instead of the beginning of one.

18. Eating a basket of chicken wings at 3 AM would severely upset, rather than settle, your stomach.

19. You go to the drug store for ibuprofen and antacid, not condoms and pregnancy tests.

20. A $4.00 bottle of wine is no longer "pretty good shit".

21. You actually eat breakfast food at breakfast time.

22. "I just can't drink the way I used to" replaces "I'm never going to drink that much again".

23. 90% of the time you spend in front of a computer is for real work.

24. You drink at home to save money before going to a bar.

25. When you find out your friend is pregnant you congratulate them instead of asking, "Oh shit, what the hell happened?"

What do you think? Is that you ?

The Best-ever Freeware List

lorla — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 22:40:34 +0000

This is a BIG list of "top 300 Freeware software!" categorised in different heading. The links leads directly to the website of interest.

The list contains wide ranges of software like Office softwares, games and Wallpapers too. Too bad, they have not reviewed the software (or at least there is no description)

If you like to read comprehensive reviews on the software there is another site which has 46 freeware categories and they have reviewed each of the freeware. You can read, review and download software of your requirement and that too for free.

24 Qualities That Geniuses Have in Common

lorla — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 04:46:00 +0000

The worlds greatest geniuses have all had 24 personality characteristics in common and you can develop the same traits yourself, says an expert.
Most people have the mistaken idea that geniuses are born, not made, declared clinical psychologist Dr. Alfred Barrious, founder and director of the Self-Programmed Control Center of Los Angeles and author of the book, Towards Greater Freedom and Happiness.

But if you look at the lives of the worlds greatest geniuses like Edison, Socrates, DaVinci, Shakespeare, Einstein, you will discover they all had 24 personality characteristics in common.

These are traits that anyone can develop. It makes no difference how old you are, how much education you have, or what you have accomplished to date. Adopting these personality characteristics enables you to operate on a genius level.
Here are the Characteristics Dr. Barrios lists, which enable geniuses to come up with and develop new and fruitful ideas:

1. DRIVE. Geniuses have a strong desire to work hard and long. Theyre willing to give all theyve got to a project. Develop your drive by focusing on your future success, and keep going.

2. COURAGE. It takes courage to do things others consider impossible. Stop worrying about what people will think if youre different.

3. DEVOTION TO GOALS. Geniuses know what they want and go after it. Get control of your life and schedule. Have something specific to accomplish each day.

4. KNOWLEDGE. Geniuses continually accumulate information. Never go to sleep at night without having learned at least one new thing each day. Read. And question people who know.

5. HONESTY. Geniuses are frank, forthright and honest. Take the responsibility for thins that go wrong. Be willing to admit, I goofed and learned from my mistakes.

6. OPTIMISM. Geniuses never doubt they will succeed. Deliberately focus your mind on something good coming up.

7. ABILITY TO JUDGE. Try to understand the facts of a situation before you judge. Evaluate things on an opened minded, unprejudiced basis and be willing to change your mind.

8. ENTHUSIASM. Geniuses are so excited about what they are doing, it encourages others to cooperate with them. Really believe that things will out well. Dont hold back.

9. WILLINGNESS TO TAKE CHANcES. Overcome your fear of failure. You wont be afraid to take chances once you realize you can learn from your mistakes.

10. DYNAMIC ENERGY. Dont sit on your butt waiting for something good to happen. Be determined to make it happen.

11. ENTERPRISE. Geniuses are opportunity seekers. Be willing to take on jobs others wont touch. Never be afraid to try the unknown.

12. PERSUASION. Geniuses know how to motivate people to help them get ahead. Youll find it easy to be persuasive if you believe in what youre doing.

13. OUTGOINGNESS. Ive found geniuses able to make friends easily and be easy on their friends. Be a booster not somebody who puts others down. That attitude will win you many valuable friends.

14. ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE. Geniuses are generally able to get their ideas across to others. Take every opportunity to explain your ideas to others.

15. PATIENCE. Be patient with others most of the time, but always be impatient with your self. Expect far more of yourself than others.

16. PERCEPTION. Geniuses have their mental radar working full time. Think more of others needs and wants than you do your own.

17. PERFECTIONISM. Geniuses cannot tolerate mediocrity, particularly in themselves. Never be easily satisfied with your self. Always strive to do better.

18. SENSE OF HUMOR. Be willing to laugh at your own expense. Dont take offense when the joke is on you.

19. VERSATILITY. The more things you learn to accomplish, the more confidence you will develop. Dont shy away from new endeavors.

20. ADAPTABILITY. Being flexible enables you to adapt to changing circumstances readily. Resist doing things the same old way. Be willing to consider new options.

21. CURIOSITY. An inquisitive, curious mind will help you seek out new information. Dont be afraid to admit you dont know it all. Always ask questions about things you dont understand.

22. INDIVIDUALISM. Do things the way you think they should be done, without fearing somebodys disapproval.

23. IDEALISM. Keep your feet on the ground but have your head in the clouds. Strive to achieve great things, not just for yourself but for the better of mankind.

24. IMAGINATION. Geniuses know how to think in new combinations, see things from a different perspective, than anyone else. Unclutter your mental environment to develop this type of imagination. Give yourself time each day to daydream, to fantasize, to drift into a dreamy inner life the way you did as a child.

source: forum.xnepali.com

How to say I Love You in 100 Languages

lorla — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 19:47:11 +0000

How to say I Love You in 100 Languages

English - I love you
Afrikaans - Ek het jou lief
Albanian - Te dua
Arabic - Ana behibak (to male)
Arabic - Ana behibek (to female)
Armenian - Yes kez sirumen
Bambara - M'bi fe
Bangla - Aamee tuma ke bhalo aashi
Belarusian - Ya tabe kahayu
Bisaya - Nahigugma ako kanimo
Bulgarian - Obicham te
Cambodian - Soro lahn nhee ah
Cantonese Chinese - Ngo oiy ney a
Catalan - T'estimo
Cheyenne - Ne mohotatse
Chichewa - Ndimakukonda
Corsican - Ti tengu caru (to male)
Creol - Mi aime jou
Croatian - Volim te
Czech - Miluji te
Danish - Jeg Elsker Dig
Dutch - Ik hou van jou
Esperanto - Mi amas vin
Estonian - Ma armastan sind
Ethiopian - Afgreki'
Faroese - Eg elski teg
Farsi - Doset daram
Filipino - Mahal kita
Finnish - Mina rakastan sinua
French - Je t'aime, Je t'adore
Frisian - Ik hâld fan dy
Gaelic - Ta gra agam ort
Georgian - Mikvarhar
German - Ich liebe dich
Greek - S'agapo
Gujarati - Hoo thunay prem karoo choo
Hiligaynon - Palangga ko ikaw
Hawaiian - Aloha Au Ia`oe (Thanks Craig)
Hebrew - Ani ohev otah (to female)
Hebrew - Ani ohev et otha (to male)
Hiligaynon - Guina higugma ko ikaw
Hindi - Hum Tumhe Pyar Karte hae
Hmong - Kuv hlub koj
Hopi - Nu' umi unangwa'ta
Hungarian - Szeretlek
Icelandic - Eg elska tig
Ilonggo - Palangga ko ikaw
Indonesian - Saya cinta padamu
Inuit - Negligevapse
Irish - Taim i' ngra leat
Italian - Ti amo
Japanese - Aishiteru
Kannada - Naanu ninna preetisuttene
Kapampangan - Kaluguran daka
Kiswahili - Nakupenda
Konkani - Tu magel moga cho
Korean - Sarang Heyo
Latin - Te amo
Latvian - Es tevi miilu
Lebanese - Bahibak
Lithuanian - Tave myliu
Malay - Saya cintakan mu / Aku cinta padamu
Malayalam - Njan Ninne Premikunnu
Mandarin Chinese - Wo ai ni
Marathi - Me tula prem karto
Mohawk - Kanbhik
Moroccan - Ana moajaba bik
Nahuatl - Ni mits neki
Navaho - Ayor anosh'ni
Norwegian - Jeg Elsker Deg
Pandacan - Syota na kita!!
Pangasinan - Inaru Taka
Papiamento - Mi ta stimabo
Persian - Doo-set daaram
*** Latin - Iay ovlay ouyay
Polish - Kocham Ciebie
Portuguese - Eu te amo
Romanian - Te iubesc
Russian - Ya tebya liubliu
Scot Gaelic - Tha gra\dh agam ort
Serbian - Volim te
Setswana - Ke a go rata
Sign Language - ,\,,/ (represents position of fingers when signing'I Love You')
Sindhi - Maa tokhe pyar kendo ahyan
Sioux - Techihhila
Slovak - Lu`bim ta
Slovenian - Ljubim te
Spanish - Te quiero / Te amo
Swahili - Ninapenda wewe
Swedish - Jag alskar dig
Swiss-German - Ich lieb Di
Tagalog - Mahal kita
Taiwanese - Wa ga ei li
Tahitian - Ua Here Vau Ia Oe
Tamil - Nan unnai kathalikaraen
Telugu - Nenu ninnu premistunnanu
Thai - Chan rak khun (to male)
Thai - Phom rak khun (to female)
Turkish - Seni Seviyorum
Ukrainian - Ya tebe kahayu
Urdu - mai aap say pyaar karta hoo (the best way )
Vietnamese - Anh ye^u em (to female)
Vietnamese - Em ye^u anh (to male)
Welsh - 'Rwy'n dy garu di
Yiddish - Ikh hob dikh
Yoruba - Mo ni fe

Google's April Fool 2007

lorla — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 20:18:02 +0000

It seems Google prefers April 1 (yes, fools's day) to annouce their plans and new services. Sometimes the announcement will be April fool's day joke or could be real serious one. Well, people really get confused nowadays whether Google's annoucement is really serious or just kidding.

Well, 2007 version of Google's serving is Google TiSP (BETA).

Sick of paying for broadband that you have to, well, pay for?

Introducing Google TiSP (BETA), our new FREE in-home wireless broadband service. Sign up today and we'll send you your TiSP self-installation kit, which includes setup guide, fiber-optic cable, spindle, wireless router and installation CD.

TiSP in-home wireless broadband is:

Free, fast and highly reliable

Easy to install -- takes just minutes

Vacuum-sealed to prevent water damage

And FAQ explains:

Is Google TiSP safe and reliable?
Google TiSP ensures reliable throughput through the power of fiber, which has been proven through extensive research to effectively facilitate consistent data flow with minimal latency. And you can rest assured that under no circumstances will the TiSP system ever expose your privates.

Well, they have done some good stuffs to make it sound like real though.

Previous Fool's meals served by Google are:

Google MentalPlex (2000)

Google announced MentalPlex search technology that read user's mind to determine what the user wanted to search for. No need to actually type in the search query. What a wonderful tool, right?

Google's PigeonRank Technology (2002)

Have you ever wondered how exactly Google manage to find the right results for every query as quickly as it does?

Google Copernicus Center (2004)

Google Copernicus Hosting Environment and Experiment in Search Engineering (G.C.H.E.E.S.E.) is hiring for engineering positions, opening late in the spring of 2007. Its Google's lunar hosting and research center.

Google Gulp with Auto-Drink (2005)

According to Google, this beverage would optimize one's use of the Google search engine by increasing the drinker's intelligence! Wow!

Although Google Gulps is free, Google claimed the beverage could only be obtained by returning the cap of a Google Gulp bottle to a local grocery store!

Google Gulp was said to occasionally send data about one's use of the product via a wireless transmitter in the base of the Google Gulp bottle. It would be received at the GulpPlex!

You might want to read this blog for each and every prnaks the gaint has played : this is the link of the april fool pranks in the Unofficial news and tips about Google - Google Operating System.

Tags: 2007, april fool, google, fun, fool

The Top 100 Worst April Fools Day Hoaxes Ever

lorla — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 22:03:12 +0000

This page lists 100 April fool hoaxes ever. Wanna try some of them to your unlucky friends ?

The Top 10 Worst April Fools Day Hoaxes Ever listed in the site are:

#1: The Swiss Spaghetti Harvest
#2: Sidd Finch
#3: Instant Color TV
#4: The Taco Liberty Bell
#5: San Serriffe
#6: Nixon for President
#7: Alabama Changes the Value of Pi
#8: The Left-Handed Whopper
#9: Hotheaded Naked Ice Borers
#10: Planetary Alignment Decreases Gravity

Enjoy and get idea about how people can make fool each other. I hope you are not fooled yet.

Wish you Luck and Happy April Fool Day!!

Reduce Weight Naturally in Eastern style

lorla — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 02:50:00 +0000

In ayurveda, Charak Samhita describes eight different types of bodies that are disease prone. Out of these, the obese body is described as the one afflicted with the most diseases and troubles. Obesity is the condition or physical state of the body when excessive deposition of fat takes place in the adipose tissue.

Extra fat puts a strain on the heart, kidneys, liver and the joints such as the hips, knees and ankles and thus, overweight people are susceptible to several diseases like coronary thrombosis, high blood pressure, diabetes, arthritis, gout, liver and gall bladder disorders. Chief cause of obesity is overeating, irregular eating habits and not following the rules of eating or mixing non-compatible food items in one meal.

To decrease weight and get rid of obesity three things must be kept in mind:
Controlling eating habits.
Regular exercise.
Avoiding the causes of weight gain
Diet recommended to lose weight
Early morning
Juice of half a lemon mixed in a glass of warm water and a teaspoon of honey.

Breakfast
Wheat or Mung bean sprouts and a cup of skimmed milk.

Midmorning
A glass of orange, pineapple or carrot juice.

Lunch
Salad of raw vegetables such as carrot, beet, cucumber, cabbage, tomatoes. Steamed or boiled vegetables
Whole grain bread or whole wheat chapatis (Indian bread) and a glass of buttermilk.
Roasted cumin seeds, green coriander leaves, a little salt and some grated ginger mixed in the buttermilk.

Mid-afternoon
Coconut water
Dry fruits
Lemon tea
Fresh vegetable soup
Dinner
Whole grain bread or chapatis
Steamed vegetables
Seasonal fruits except banana and apple.
Home Remedies for Losing Weight
Increase the quantity of fruits and vegetables and low calorie foods.
Avoid intake of too much salt as it may be a factor for increasing body weight.
Milk products like cheese, butter etc. and non-vegetarian foods should be avoided as they are rich in fat.
Mint is very beneficial in losing weight. A chutney of green mint with some simple spices can be taken with meals. Mint tea also helps.
Spices like dry ginger, cinnamon, black pepper etc. are good for loosing weight and can be used in a number of ways.
Regular intake of carrot juice.
Avoid rice and potato, which contain a lot of carbohydrates. Among cereals wheat is good.
Vegetables like bitter gourd (Karela), and bitter variety of drumstick are useful in loosing weight.
Honey is an excellent home remedy for obesity. It mobilizes the extra deposited fat in the body allowing it to be utilized as energy for normal functions.
Dosage: One should start with small quantity of about 10 grams or a tablespoon, taken with hot water early in the morning. A teaspoonful of fresh lemon juice may also be added.
Fasting on honey and lime- juice is highly beneficial in the treatment of obesity without the loss of energy and appetite. For this, mix one teaspoon of fresh honey with the juice of half a lime in a glass of lukewarm water.
Dosage: Take several times a day at regular intervals.
Raw or cooked cabbage inhibits the conversion of sugar and other carbohydrates into fat. Hence, it is of great value in weight reduction.
Exercise is an important part of any weight reduction plan. It helps to use up calories stored in body as fat.
Walking is the best exercise to begin with and may be followed by running, swimming or rowing.
The gum of Commiphora Mukul called 'guggulu' is the drug of choice for the treatment of obesity.
Preparation of Home Remedies
According to ayurveda home remedies are prepared in the same way and with the same purpose as other ayurvedic medicines. The main aim is to obtain the maximum therapeutic benefit while making it palatable.

Some common methods of preparing home remedies are:
Juice
The juice may be taken from the fresh leaves, flowers or stems of the herb. The part of the herb used should be crushed or ground in a mortar and pestle, to make a paste. This paste should be put in a piece of cloth and squeezed to take out the juice.
Dosage: One to two tablespoons twice a day.

Powder
Dried herbs are used for powders. The herbs are usually dried in a cool, shady and well-ventilated place, although some herbs are dried in direct sunlight. The herbs are then ground into a fine powder and stored in a dry, airtight bottle. The powder may be taken with water, or if specified, with milk or honey.
Dosage: Half to one teaspoon twice a day

Decoction
A decoction is prepared by boiling the herb in water (ratio: 1 part herb to 16 parts water). The herbs are broken into pieces and soaked in water overnight. This mixture is then boiled until it reduces to one quarter of the original volume. It is then filtered and stored in a glass bottle.
Dosage: One to two tablespoons twice a day.

Infusion
Herbs are soaked in water to make an infusion (ratio: 1 part herb to 8 parts water). Hot infusions result from adding herbs to hot water, or gently heating but not boiling the mixture. This is strained and taken internally. Herbal teas are forms of hot infusions. Cold infusions are made from soaking the herb overnight. Honey can be added.
Dosage: half to one cup once or twice day.

Paste
A paste can be made from either fresh or dried herbs. The flowers, roots, stems, leaves or bark are ground and mixed with water. Pastes are mainly used for external application, in cases of cuts, burns and swellings. The paste should be thick enough to be applied in a layer to the skin.

Tablets
The herbs should be first dried separately and then mixed together in a powder form, in fixed proportions. Water or herbal juice can be added to this powder to make a paste, from which tablets of a specific size or weight are made. Tablets remain potent longer than juices, powders, pastes or decoctions.
Dosage: 1 or 2 tablets twice a day.

Medicated ghee and oil
Ghee is cooked with herbal juices, decoctions or pastes. The ghee should be heated with the herbal mixture at a moderate, controlled temperature. High temperatures can easily burn the ghee or oil, destroying its effectiveness. Medicated ghee and oils are either used internally or massaged externally.
Dosage: Half to one tablespoon.

Sexy in 60 minutes (Female Beauty Tips)

lorla — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 19:54:00 +0000

Dressing up for an evening out is not hard. Irresistible party clothes complemented by simple make-up and hassle free hair is all you need to create an evening look. Ranju advises you to wear make-up that looks simple, feminine and, most importantly, realistic.

Make a fresh start :
Wash your face either by using a face wash or with clean water. Dab the face with tissue paper. Cover your face with a little moisturizer and wait for it to dry. Apply a councillor to hide spots and dark circles. Dot thin coats of concealer in the inner circle under the eye, around the lips and other dark skin area. The concealer should be one or two coats lighter than the foundation, otherwise the face will look heavy. And make sure you apply it only where needed.

Choose a foundation to match your skin tone. Using the right foundation makes your skin look flawless and smooth. To achieve perfect precision one must blend well. Use an oil-free foundation, starting at the centre of your face, blend it carefully with a slightly damp sponge all over the face, especially the chin, around the nostrils and under the jaw-line. Foundation blended well on the jaw-line avoids demarcation lines. Set it with translucent or compact powder for a matte and refined finish.

Eyeshadows
accentuate eyes, making them look bigger and brighter. Use an eyeshadow that compliments the colour of your eyes. Apply eyeshadow right over the eyelid. Draw a thin line of eyeliner on your upper lid, close to the lashes. Use a soft tipped eye pencil over the line for a smudgy effect. Apply mascara in an upward and outward manner. To make your lashes look thicker, powder them before the first layer of mascara is dry. Then apply the second coat. For defined lashes use lash comb and curler.

Even the prettiest of make-up looks unfinished without blusher. It adds life and glow to every skin colour. Use powder blush or tinting powder. Dust the blusher right on the apple of your checks with a large brush patches, so blend it outwards with a big brush in semi-circular motions. Do not go close to the nose.

Now on to your lips
To give your lips a luscious look first draw the outline of your lips with a lip pencil. Line them with a neutral colour. Blend inward to prevent the lipstick from bleeding. Use a lip brush to apply the lipstick. Powder your lips after the first coat to prevent it from fading. Apply a second coat of lipstick. And finally use lip gloss on the centre of your lower lip to give that sexy pout look.

Hair
always complete the make up first and then do the hairstyle. Your hair should have texture and shine without stiffness for an easy and sexy style. Avoid using hair spray. If you have long and straight hair it is best to leave them open. Wash your hair with a shampoo first and then use a good conditioner. Keep it for ten minutes and then wash it with cold water. Avoid back combing for long hair. When dry, brush it well in an outward direction using a soft brush.

We can try different hairstyles if you have short or mid length hair. If you have curly it to create an instant style. Do not wash your hair on the same day if you want to style them. For a sleeker looks, toss your hair completely back and make a neat low bun or tie a top knot. To create side strings take a few hair from each side, wet them and pin up. After ten minutes carefully remove the pin and let the strings loose. To make it last longer use little hairspray. Ass volume to your hair by using diffusers and drying systems that include dryers and rollers. Hair ornaments and accessories could be included to create a different look. Pamper yourself with them and make a pretty statement.

The Smartest 8 Year Old Boy in the World

lorla — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 02:30:00 +0000

Well well well... he tells himself The Smartest 8 Year Old Boy in the World. What do you think?

BIG talks religion and nationality !!

(Note: Just uploaded... might take some time before YouTube approves it)

Tags: fun, funny, video, youtube

Collection of Freeware software 1

lorla — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 16:02:26 +0000

Video Apps

AVIcodec - Gives the codecs needed to play the file, and where to download those codecs if they are missing on your system.
DVD Shrink - DVD Shrink is software to backup DVD discs
MovieTrack - a freeware dvd database and general movie collection organizer, for Windows.
TMPGEnc - converts .AVI file to MPEG1, the format which is used in VideoCD. Using variety of option in TMPGEnc, you can compress your video file in high quality.
VLC - Stream DVDs and Videos over a network
VirtualDub - VirtualDub is a video capture/processing utility for 32-bit Windows platforms (95/98/ME/NT4/2000/XP)”

CD & DVD Applications

AudioGrabber - audio CD ripper - Current Resident
CDex - a CD ripper and converter for Windows
Deep Burner - “A CD/DVD burning software that lets you create Data Cds, Bootable CDs, and Audio CDs as well as data DVDs. In addition, it lets you burn ISO files, and create ISO images. Also lets you design an auto start menu to launch documents or programs from the CD”
DeepRipper - can convert music files from AudioCDs into practically any format you’d like, including: MP3, WAV, OGG, and others.
Exact Audio Copy - CD ripper
TagMaster - lets you edit the ID3 tag in MP3 files, which contains information like the name of the artist, song, album, etc.

Graphics Design & Editing

@icon sushi - “@icon sushi is an icon convert tool that supports the mask editor and the creation of Windows XP 32bit icons.”
Avery Design Pro Limited - Customize and print professional looking labels, cards, dividers and more in minutes.
BatchRename - allows you rename all files or all image files in a folder, batch change extensions, and will automatically number each item in a series.
Blender - the open source software for 3D modeling, animation, rendering, post-production, interactive creation and playback.
Dogwaffle - “A program designed for creative individuals who want to get down and dirty with their pixels.”
Dup Detector - will scan pictures within a file (including subfolders) and present potential duplicates for deletion.
Easy Thumbnails - can resize your pictures physically either larger or smaller, or you can keep the physical size and downgrade the quality
FastStone Image Viewer - An image browser, converter and editor that supports all major graphic formats including BMP, JPEG, JPEG 2000, GIF, PNG, PCX, TIFF, WMF, ICO and TGA.
Gimp - ” GIMP is an acronym for GNU Image Manipulation Program. It is a freely distributed program for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring.”
Icon Snatcher - “This one can pull icons from your own files to use to customize your folders.”
ImageForge - Create and edit images, acquire pictures from your scanner, digital camera or other Twain-compliant device, apply special effect filters, produce your own photo albums and simple slide shows, and much more.
Image Resizer - gives you the ability to resize an image/picture in 2 clicks, by adding the option to the Context Menu.
Inkscape - an Open Source vector graphics editor, with capabilities similar to Illustrator, Freehand, CorelDraw, or Xara X using the W3C standard Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) file format. A powerful and convenient drawing tool fully compliant with XML, SVG, and CSS standards.
IrfanView - “IrfanView is a very fast, small, compact and innovative FREEWARE (for non-commercial use) graphic viewer for Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000/XP/2003.”
Paint.NET - image and photo manipulation software designed to be used on computers that run Windows 2000, XP, Vista, or Server 2003. It supports layers, unlimited undo, special effects, and a wide variety of useful and powerful tools.
PhotoPlus 6 - image editing software that enables you to create, manipulate and enhance photographs, bitmap graphics and web animations. (Free Registration Required)
Pixia -”Pixia is the English version of a popular Japanese painting and retouch software for full color graphics. It supports mask, layer and many other editing functions.”
Terragen - a scenery generator, created with the goal of generating photorealistic landscape images and animations.
Xnview - you can quickly and easily view, process and convert image files. Will read more than 400 graphic file formats, and write to about 50. Will also display video formats. Also offers more advanced features such as Web page creation, contact prints, multiple conversion (format and transformation), slide shows, screen capturing and Twain support for scanners and digital cameras.

Office Applications

Abiword - Free word processor that can open and edit OpenOffice, Word, Rich Text Format, HTML, Wordperfect documents, Palm, web pages and many more
CutePDF - Create PDF Documents
Foxit PDF Reader - You can view and print PDF documents. No installation required.
Open Office - Free Microsoft Office alternative. Has the ability to open most mainstream document types and edit them.
PDF Creator - Freeware PDF creation through any Windows based program.
PDFill PDF Writer - a PDF Writer, Printer or Converter.
Wink - A presentation program designed to make tutorials on how to use software. Can export these tutorials in Flash, EXE, and HTML.
Rainlendar - Desktop calender for Windows, that’s skinnable and able to synchronize with M$ Outlook’s calender so you may see what your appointments are, without opening Outlook.
Sunbird - Calendar program

File Compression and Archiving

7-Zip - a file archiver with high compression ratio.
IZArc - File compression utility that supports most standard compression formats.
WinRAR - click on the downloads tab and download the trial version (not the beta). You can use the full functionality forever.
ZipGenius - A nice archiving tool. It handles zip, rar and many others.

Time & Weather

Atomic TimeSync - synchronize your system clock with the NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology).
ClocX - An analog clock application for Microsoft Windows 98/ME/NT/2000/XP/2003.
ForecastFox - “This great little extension allows you to set it up so you can always view your local forecast in your Firefox Browser itself. The forecasts come straight from the Weather Channel’s website.”
SysMetrix - Highly customizable, and skinnable clock. Can be customized to monitor the weather, your e-mail, cpu, memory usage and many other things, in addition to the time.
Weather Pulse - A weather application
WebTime2000 - WebTime 2000 is a small utility program that will synchronize your PC’s internal clock with one of the several atomic clocks maintained by the United States National Institute of Standards and Technology.

Utilities

Active@ KillDisk - powerful and compact DOS software that allows you to destroy all data on hard and floppy drives completely, excluding any possibility of future recovery of deleted files and folders.
AM-DeadLink - detects dead links and duplicates in your Browser Bookmarks. Checks Bookmarks from Internet Explorer, Opera, Mozilla and Netscape.
Clipboard Buddy - a clipboard cache program that remembers what was copied to the clipboard even after new data is copied, and allows you to retrieve the old data.
Convert - an easy to use unit conversion program that will convert the most popular units of distance, temperature, volume, time, speed, mass, power, density, pressure, energy and many others, including the ability to create custom conversions.
Fass - a forum post editor & automated post generator. It also has a “Post Preview” feature, which shows your post as it will appear on forums. Designed for use with Invision Power Board, compatible with most forum software.
HandyNotes - a small software program, that makes it easy to keep all your notes organized, in one easily accessible place.
Magical Jellybean Keyfinder - a utility that retrieves your Product Key (cd key) used to install windows from your registry. It has the options to copy the key to clipboard, save it to a text file, or print it for safekeeping.
MyUninstaller - Free app to remove entries from your Add/Remove Programs list.
Netstat Live - a small, easy to use TCP/IP protocol monitor which can be used to see your exact throughput on both incoming and outgoing data - whether you’re using a modem, cable modem, DSL, or even local network. Will also graph the CPU usage of your system.
Pow - trainable, popup blocker for Internet Explorer.
Process Explorer - shows you information about which handles and DLLs processes have opened or loaded.
RealVNC - makes it possible to view, and fully-interact with, one computer from any other computer, or mobile device, anywhere on the Internet.
Snap Backup - The One-Click Backup Utility that makes it simple to protect your important work.
SpeeDefrag 3 - a program, which restarts your computer and runs only defrag.exe with optimized windows settings.
Startup Inspector for Windows - helps both novice and expert user manage Windows® startup applications.
Total Uninstall - can help you to monitor any changes that were made to your system during installation of a new software product and allow you to perform a complete uninstall without having to rely on the supplied uninstall program (which may leave files or changes behind).(last freeware version)
TweakUI - This PowerToy gives you access to system settings that are not exposed in the Windows XP default user interface, including mouse settings, Explorer settings, taskbar settings, and more.
WinKey - create keyboard shortcuts to access your favorite programs, documents, and files. Once you’ve made a shortcut, simply press your desired key combination to launch your program. This tool supports up to 200 key assignments.

Screen Capture Applications

Capture - a screen capture utility for Windows (and NT), which allows you to capture the active window, or the entire screen, at any color depth and resolution, and save it into a Bitmap file for editing.
Gadwin Print Screen - an easy to use utility, that allows you to capture any portion of the screen, save it to a file, copy it to Windows clipboard, print it or e-mail it to a recipient of your choice.
Screenhunter - screen capture tool for you to easily take screenshots.
ScreenPrint32 - allows you to print, and/or capture to disk, or clipboard, the full desktop, active window, predefined area, or user selected area of the screen.

Windows Desktop Customization

BootSkin - “These two are the full version and never expire, but are unsupported by the company. The bootskin will not work on every computer, from their literature; “Some drivers and bios makers “break the rules” which can cause BootSkin to not work correctly. If you experience that, you can try these alternative versions:”
Iconoid - Iconoid is a small program that helps reduce the clutter and confusion of the Windows desktop.
Logon Studio - Never expires
ObjectDock - Limited functionality but never expires.
WindowsBlinds - Limited functionality but never expires.

Chat Clients

ChatZilla
GAIM - a multi-protocol instant messaging (IM) client for Linux, BSD, MacOS X, and Windows.
IceChat
Trillian -

Games

Free Full Computer Games

HTML & CSS Editors

1st Page 2000 - HTML Editor
HTML- Kit - HTML Editor
Notepad++ - a free source code editor which supports several programming languages running under the MS Windows environment.
NVU - WYSIWYG HTML Editor
Selida - HTML/WYSIWYG Editor
Sothink HTML Editor - HTML Editor (Can only edit one page at a time)
Topstyle Lite - CSS Editor
WYSIWYG Web Builder - HTML Editor

Website Creation

ewisoft - Website creation tool.
Internet Explorer Developer Toolbar - provides a variety of tools for quickly creating, understanding, and troubleshooting Web pages.
Jalbum - “This one is pretty cool for making photo layouts for your website.”
SiteGenWiz -
WindowSizer - Sets a given window to an exact size in pixels. Useful for web developers who want to see what their site will look like at various resolutions.

File Transfer Programs

BlazeFTP - FTP Client
FileZilla Client & Server - FTP Client and Server
FTP Surfer - FTP client
Leech FTP - FTP client
SmartFTP - FTP Client
WinSCP - A secure FTP Program and Secure Copy Program for use with SSH

Programming Languages & IDE/Editors

Bloodshed Dev-C++ - An excellent C/C++ IDE
phpEdit - PHP IDE
Visual Studio 2005 Express Products - This includes Visual Basic, Visual C#, Visual C++, Visual J#, SQL Server, and Visual Web Dev. Free, if downloaded by November 7th 2006.

Telnet Clients

Putty - Telnet and SSH Client

Antivirus

Antivir
Avast Free
AVG Free - at the bottom of the page.
Bitdefender Free

Trojan Removal

a² Free - a complementary product to antivirus software which is specialized in protection against harmful software. Antivirus software often features an inadequate protection against Trojans, Dialers and Spyware. a² fills this gap.” - tg911
Ewido Security Suite - removes Trojans, Worms, Dialers, Hijackers, Spyware and Keyloggers.

Spyware Removal -

Ad-Aware
IE-Spyad -
Spybot - Search & Destroy
Spywareblaster - prevents spyware from being installed on your PC.
Spywareguard - provides a real-time protection solution against spyware that is a great addition to SpywareBlaster’s protection method.
WinPatrol - WinPatrol uses a heuristic approach to detecting attacks and violations of your computing environment. Traditional security programs scan your hard drive searching for previously identified threats. WinPatrol takes snapshot of your critical system resources and alerts you to any changes that may occur without your knowledge.

Free Online Virus/Trojan/Spyware Scanners

a² - Malware & Security checks. On the right, under Quicklinks.
aumha.org - Internet Explorer (IE) parasite scan
BitDefender - virus scanner
CastleCops - several scans under “Tool Kit’, on the right, at the bottom of the page
eTrust - Virus scanner - WhyBeNormal
F-Secure - virus scanner
HouseCall - virus scanner
HouseCall - Europe - virus scanner - Does not require the use of ActiveX controls. Uses Java instead.
Jotti’s scan - submit files to be scanned by multiple (14) scanners (AntiVir, ArcaVir, Avast, AVG, BitDefender, ClamAV, Dr.Web, Fortinet, F-Prot Antivirus, Kaspersky Anti-Virus, NOD32, Norman Virus Control, UNA and VBA32)
kephyr.com - PopUp Killer Test
McAfee - virus, security and Wi-Fi scanners
PandaSoftware - virus scanner
PC Pitstop - several scans, on the left
RAV - virus scanner
SpywareGuide - spyware scanner, on the left, under “Our Online Tools”
SpywareInfo - spyware scanner, on the left, under “Site Navigation”
Sygate - several different scans on the left
Symantec.com - virus & security scanners
Webroot Spy Audit - Spyware scanner. It will not remove or modify any files.
WindowSecurity - trojan scanner

Specific Virus Removal Tools - if you know what Virus you have, try here.

Firewalls

PC Security

CleanUp! - a powerful and easy-to-use application that removes temporary files created while surfing the web, empties the Recycle Bin, deletes files from your temporary folders and more. - WhyBeNormal
Core Control - a full featured advanced security program, designed for Windows 95/98/ME Operating Systems. - acklan
Cryptainer LE - A really simple to use encryption tool that creates an invisible, password protected folder on your hard drive or other media. Free version limited to 25MB.Cryptainer LE’s encryption works with all 32 bit versions of Microsoft Windows (95/98/ME/2000/XP/2003 Server) and with all known file types.
Eraser - an advanced security tool (for Windows), which allows you to completely remove sensitive data from your hard drive by overwriting it several times with carefully selected patterns. - jgweed
EULAlyzer - can analyze license agreements in seconds, and provide a detailed listing of potentially interesting words and phrases. Discover if the software you’re about to install displays pop-up ads, transmits personally identifiable information, uses unique identifiers to track you, or much much more. - Wink
Hide & Protect any Drives - Hide or restrict access to any drives such as Hard drive, CD, DVD, floppy and flash, and deny access to partitions of your hard drives. (This is an older version that is still freeware. The newer version isn’t free.)
iProtectYou - allows parents to control which web sites can be visited, which programs can have Internet access, block e-mails, chat sessions and instant messages with inappropriate words, stop annoying ads, and/or restrict internet time to a predetermined schedule. - acklan
MaxCrypt - an automated computer encryption tool that protects your PC. -
SiteAdvisor’s Plug-in for Internet Explorer - installs a small button on your Internet Explorer browser. The button changes colors as you browse the Web based on the results of our safety tests. You can also click on the button’s menu to see the site’s detailed test results.

Hard Drive & System Utilites

Belarc Advisor - builds a detailed profile of your installed software and hardware, including Microsoft Hotfixes, and displays the results in your Web browser. - Ronbo
Cobian Backup - a multi-threaded program that can be used to schedule and backup your files and directories from their original location to other directories/drives in the same computer or other computer in your network. - usasma
CoolMon 2 - a program for monitoring vital system stats and almost anything else you wish to display on the desktop. - nosnhoj#3
CPU-Z - gathers information on some of the main devices of your system; CPU, Mainboard, Memory, and System. - Rimmer
Digital Dolly - hard-disk-partition, image, and cloning software that runs completely from a bootable CD-ROM. - acklan
EVEREST Home Edition - a freeware system information, system diagnostics and benchmarking solution for home PC users. Similar to Belarc, but much more comprehensive. - Herk
Memtest86 - a thorough, stand alone memory test for x86 architecture computers. - boopme
MicroSoft’s Memory Test - tests the Random Access Memory (RAM) on your computer for errors. - acklan
PC INSPECTOR - a data recovery program that supports the FAT 12/16/32 and NTFS file systems. - usasma
Quick Access InfoBar - Get the latest definitions and exhaustive advice on all the processes running in the Windows Task Manager. - Quick Access InfoBar
Ranish Partition Manager - Partition resizer, create, manager similar to Partition Magic but free!
SequoiaView - an excellent utility to help you figure out what is taking up so much space on your hard drive.
SIW - This program performs computer configuration, analysis, and diagnostics. (Similar to Everest)
SpeedFan - monitors voltages, fan speeds and temperatures in computers with hardware monitor chips.
SyncBack Freeware - backup and synchronization software
System Spec - lets you can see, save and print a complete spec of your PC with this no-install, system information utility and perform various windows functions. Additional advanced info includes CPU, drives, apps, display, memory and more.
What’s Running - a product that gives you an inside look into your Windows 2000/XP/2003 system. Explore processes, services, modules, IP-connections, drivers and much more.
WinAudit - a self-contained (no setup required) PC audit, and inventory of software, licenses, security configuration, hardware, network settings

Web Browsers

Avant Browser - based on the Internet Explorer browser engine.
Firefox - a highly customizable web browser, with tabbed browsing
Maxthon Internet Browser - tabbed browser with a highly customizable interface. It is based on the Internet Explorer browser engine.
Mozilla - ” Web-browser built for 2004, advanced e-mail and newsgroup client, IRC chat client, and HTML editing made simple — all your Internet needs in one application–Mozilla.”
Netscape - Includes a browser, email client, and html composer
Opera

Email Clients & Tools

ePrompter - automatically and simultaneously checks and retrieves your e-mail messages from up to 16 password-protected e-mail accounts. It not only lets you compose, forward, and reply to your retrieved messages, but also gives you the ability to delete unwanted spam or suspicious-looking mail without having to launch your e-mail program or having to go to your Web mail’s site.
Eudora - Free mail client but is ad sponsored. ( Eudora has a lite version available… just download the current version, and if you can live without the spellchecker, you dont have to live with the ad screen, being there. Go to the help menu, after installing, and select “payment and registration”. Then select “lite mode”, and it will ask if you can live without all of the extras, just click on “reduce features” - rexifelis)
Pegasus Mail - Bizrus
SpamBayes - anti-spam filter
Thunderbird - Open Source email client.
OE Quick Backup - Backup Outlook Express mailboxes, settings, mail rules, etc.

Spell Checker & Dictionary

IESpell - A spelling checker for Internet Explorer. Works like the spell checker in M$ Office, right click and select Check Spelling.
Magical Jellybean Dictionary - a freeware dictionary client for Windows 9x/ME/2000/XP, that connects to a dictionary server, and retrieves the definition from a database on the server.
tinySpell - easily and quickly check the spelling of words in any Windows application. Monitors your typing on the fly, and alerts you whenever it detects a misspelled word. It also checks the spelling of every word you copy to the clipboard.
Word Web - a comprehensive English thesaurus and dictionary, that can be used to look up words from within most programs.

Audio Applications

Audacity - a free audio editor.
dBpowerAMP Audio Player - “dAP plays Mp3s, WMA, Ogg Vorbis, Monkeys Audio, Real Audio, Wave and Midi, and many more”
foobar2000 - an advanced audio player for the Windows platform.
iTunes - Music Player, Organizer, Tag Editor and online store. Only works with Windows XP. - Phawgg with clarifications from Jeservices
K-Lite Codec Pack - a software bundle which includes the K-Lite Codec Pack Full, QuickTime Alternative, Real Alternative and BSplayer.
Media Player Classic - The application has the same look and feel as the old light-weight Windows Media Player 6.4, but is a completely different application which has all the options and features one might expect from a modern media player. (Media Player Classic comes bundled with Real Alternative, so if you’d like both, just get RA)
Mp3Decode - a real handy app to have in your Send To menu, it simply converts MP3 into WAV, quick and lightweight.
mp3DirectCut - a fast and extensive audio editor and recorder for MP3.
Real Alternative - designed for playing RealMedia files, which normally require Real Player
QuickTime Alternative - will allow you to play QuickTime files (.mov, .qt and other extensions) without having to install the official QuickTime Player. It also supports QuickTime content that is embedded in webpages.

Thanks to fatguysmart

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lorla — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 16:12:50 +0000

Anti-Spyware/Anti-Virus/Anti-Rootkit Freeware Utilities : I want to ...

check if there is a rootkit installed on my computer : F-Secure BlackLight
check if there is a rootkit installed on my computer : RootkitRevealer by SysInternals
check if there is a rootkit installed on my computer : RootKit Hook Analyzer
protect the computer against adware : Ad-Aware Personal
protect the computer against adware : Spybot-S&D
protect the computer against spyware : Windows Defender from Microsoft
protect the computer against trojans : ewido
protect the computer against viruses : AVG Free
protect the computer against viruses : AntiVir PersonalEdition Classic
protect the computer against viruses : Avast! 4 Home Edition
protect the computer against viruses : BitDefender 8 Free Edition
protect the computer with a firewall : Sunbelt Kerio Personal Firewall
protect the computer with a firewall : Safety.Net
protect the computer with a firewall : ZoneAlarm
protect the browser against spyware : SpywareBlaster
protect the browser against spyware : SpywareGuard 2.2
remove CoolWebSearch virus : CWShredder
remove specific viruses : Grisoft/AVG Virus Removal Tools
stop/cleanup homepage hijacking : HijackThis

Audio/Music/MP3/Real/Wav Freeware Utilities : I want to ...

burn a CD : CDBurnerXP Pro
burn an audio CD : MP3 CD Doctor Lite
cut mp3 files into small parts : mp3DirectCut
cut wav files into smaller parts : CD Wave
cut wav files into smaller parts : Wave Splitter
control iTunes in Firefox : FoxyTunes
edit mp3 tags : TigoTago
edit mp3 tags : Mp3tag
fade-in/fade-out mp3 files : mpTrim
manage my iPod without iTunes : YamiPod
organize the mp3 collection : MediaMonkey
organize the mp3 collection : Media Manager
play all mp3 files in a folder : 1by1
play an audio CD : TinyCD
play an audio file : Foobar2000
play an audio file : XMPlay
play real audio (.ra, .rm) files without the real software : Real Alternative
record/save streaming music : Streamripper for Winamp
rip music from a CD : Audiograbber
rip music from a CD : CDex
rip music from a CD : EAC = Exact Audio Copy
show song lyrics for the song playing : EvilLyrics
tag/fix mp3/audio file tags : the GodFather
tag/fix mp3/audio file tags : ID3-TagIT

Business/Office/Access/Excel/Word Freeware Utilities : I want to ...

add lots of commonly used functions into Excel : ASAP Utilities
capture the screen : Gadwin PrintScreen
capture the screen : ScreenGrab 1.0
capture the screen : Screenshot Captor
capture the screen : MWSnap
change the date/time on multiple files : SetFileDate 1.1
convert a document into a different format : Omniformat
convert a document into pdf : CutePDF Writer
convert a document into pdf : PrimoPDF
convert access database into mysql : Access to MySQL
create a small database : TreePad Lite
create pdf (portable document format) file : PdfEdit995
create pdf file : Pdf995
create pdf file : PDFCreator
create pdf file : PDF reDirect
create/edit css lists : CSS Tab Designer
create/edit html color codes : Color Coder
create/edit html file / website : Evrsoft First Page 2006
create/edit html file : Alleycode
create/edit html file : Matrix Y2K
create/edit html file : HTML-Kit
duplicate a block of text with some programmed variables : DupBlock
encrypt PDF files : Signature995
open PDF files faster : Foxit Reader
password protect a text file : Steganos LockNote
show all the fonts installed : FontList
show all the fonts installed : Font Thing

Communication Freeware Utilities : I want to ...

chat on IRC : IceChat
chat on IRC : X-Chat 2 for Windows
chat with different messenger clients : Trillian by Cerulean Studios
chat with different messenger clients : Jabber
chat with different messenger clients : Miranda IM
chat with different messenger clients : Qnext
chat with different messenger clients : SIM-IM
chat with the jabber network : Pandion
check multiple email accounts with 1 utility : ePrompter
phone free using the internet : Skype
phone free using the internet : Gizmo
phone free using the internet : KishKish SAM
phone free using the internet : switchboard
phone free using the internet : Voipbuster
talk to skype and google-talk clients : Festoon Unity
telnet/ssh to a site : PuTTY
use a better MSN Messenger client : Mercury Messenger
video conference with others : SightSpeed

Desktop Freeware Utilities : I want to ...

add useful widgets : Yahoo Widgets
add useful widgets : Kapsules
automatically take screenshots at regular intervals : TimeSnapper
change desktop wallpaper automatically : Background Boss
change desktop wallpaper automatically : Panorama 32
change multiple monitors resolution : HobRes32
change my cursor shape/size : Stardock CursorXP
customize my shortcuts : PowerPr
display a calendar : Calendar
display earth-from-space photographs screen-saver : EarthView
display weather information : WeathAlert
display weather information : WeatherMate
display weather information : Weather Watcher
hide/bring back all the icons on the desktop : DeskSweeper 2.0
hide applications from taskbar/system tray : WatchCat 2.0
keep the icons fixed even when screen resolution changes : DIManager
launch applications : Mobydock
launch applications/bookmarks : jetToolBar 3 by Cowon
launch applications from a sidebar : Desktop Sidebar
launch applications quickly (list) : PopSel
launch applications quickly (icons) : RocketDock
launch applications quickly (icons) : Qsel
launch applications quickly (icons) : ObjectDock
launch applications with shortcut names : SlickRun
launch applications with shortcut names : Find and Run Robot
make application windows transparent : Glass2k
make application windows transparent : Power Menu
manage icons : Iconoid by Sillysot
manage wallpapers : Wallpaper XChange
multiple desktops and switch between them : BossKey
multiple desktops and switch between them : Virtual Dimension
rename Recycle Bin/My Computer/My Documents/My Network Places icons : Desktop Renamer
run a airplane flight simulation screen-saver : Holding Pattern
show a funny clock : Toon Clock
show a world clock : Qlock
show an analog clock : ClocX
show date and day in the taskbar : TClockEx
synch computer clock to exact time : TimeSync
synch computer clock to exact time : TimeSync by RaviB
use two desktops on 2 monitors with taskbars : MultiMon Task Bar
write sticky (post-it) notes on the desktop : ATnotes
write sticky (post-it) notes on the desktop : hott notes 3
write sticky (post-it) notes on the desktop : Stickies
write sticky (post-it) notes on the desktop : Stickies for Windows
write sticky (post-it) notes on the desktop : StickyPad

Editors/Notepad Replacements Freeware Utilities : I want to ...

edit a file collaboratively : MoonEdit
edit in hex : Freeware Hex Editor XVI32
edit php source code : PHP Designer 2005
edit programming source code : Crimson Editor
edit programming source code : PSPad editor
edit text : <Araneae
edit text : EditPad Lite
edit text : EDXOR
edit text : ConTEXT
edit text : Notepad2
preview any file as a hex dump : HexView

Files and Folders Freeware Utilities : I want to ...

add a comment field for file/folders : HobComment XP Shell Extension
access files remotely : Avvenu
add a foldersize column to Windows Explorer : Folder Size for Windows 2.3
archive (zip) files : IZArc
archive (zip) files : QuickZip
archive (zip) files : ZipGenius
backup files and folders : Replicator
backup/mirror a folder on another drive : SyncBack Freeware V3.2.10 from 2BrightSparks
change file-date on multiple files : FileDate Changer
change file-date on multiple files : ntouch
change the folder icon : NirExt
compare two text files and find difference or merge them : WinMerge
completely wipe/delete a file : SuperShredder
create a self-extracting (.exe) compressed files archive for a list of files : Funduc Software ZIP Extractor
create an encrypted archive : BCArchive
display all shared folders : GoTo Shared
display size/space of folders on a drive : DriveUse
display size/space of folders on a drive : JDiskReport
display size/space of folders on a drive : SequoiaView
display size/space of folders on a drive : SpaceMonger
display size/space of folders on a drive : TreeSize Free
encrypt a file : DSE
encrypt a large file quickly : SureCrypt
exchange files in my private network : Grouper
find/delete duplicate files : DoubleKiller
identify a file : TrIDNet - File Identifier
keep two folders in synch : SyncToy v1.2 for Windows XP by Microsoft
keep various versions of a file : CVSNT Open Source
list all files in a directory/folder in a text file : FileList
list all files in a directory/folder in a text/html file : Directory Lister
locate a file on the hard drive : Locate32
open subfolders of a folder with a right-click : Open Subfolder
perform muliple operations on files/folders : Drag and Drop Shell Robot
print the directory/folder tree list (and optionally, file list) : YourDir
print the list of files in a folder : PrintFolder 1.2
rename files (command line) : Renamer
rename multiple files : Bulk Rename Utility
rename multiple files : Lupas Rename
rename multiple files : Oscar's File Renamer
rename multiple files : THE Rename
rename multiple files easily : Rename Master
rename multiple files in one click : Flexible Renamer
search file/text on the computer : Copernic Desktop Search
search file/text on the computer : Google Desktop
search file/text on the computer : Yahoo! Desktop Search
search text (regular expressions) in multiple files/folders : Agent Ransack
search and replace text in multiple files : dsFSR
search and replace text in multiple files : ReplaceEm
search and replace text in multiple files : TexRep 2.0
securely delete a file so it can never be recovered : SDelete from SysInternals
share a folder with friends/private network : FolderShare
split a large file into smaller parts : HJ-Split
synch files between computers : BeInSync Basic
un-erase that file : PC Inspector File Recovery
undelete that file : FreeUndelete
undelete that file just recycled : Restoration
upload/download using FTP : SmartFTP
upload/download using TFTP : TFTP Server from SolarWinds
use GMail to store some files : GMail Drive
view all text files in a folder : Textview

Financial Freeware Utilities : I want to ...

budget and track expenses : PearBudget
calculate retirement cash flow: Forecaster
manage personal finances : AceMoney Lite
manage personal finances : Money Manager

Graphics/Images/Photographs Freeware Utilities : I want to ...

convert images into various formats : Xnview
convert images into various formats : FastStone Image Viewer
create a flash-based animated how-to/tutorial : Wink
create a web photo album and slideshow from my photographs. : iGal
create a web photo album and slideshow from my photographs. : JAlbum
create a web photo album and slideshow from my photographs. : Web Album Generator
create icons : Icon Sushi
create thumbnails of images : Easy Thumbnails by Fookes
create thumbnails of images : Thumbnail Generator
draw charts/graphs in 2D/3D from data : Gnuplot
draw diagrams : Dia
edit an image : CinePaint
edit an image : PhotoPlus 6
edit an image : Photo View
extract icon files from exe/library files : Icon Factory
find any duplicate photographs in a folder: Dup Detector
find the color of any pixel : CatchColor
find the color of any pixel : Pixie by NattyWare
find the color of any pixel : Xoomer
magnify image to pixel level : Magnifier
manage galleries of photographs : Picasa from Google
paint creatively : ArtRage
paint creatively : Artweaver
paint creatively (for kids) : Tux Paint
pick a color from a pallette : ColorPic by Iconico
right-click on an image and convert/print/thumbnail it : FirmTools ShellExtension
remove unnecessary information from a jpeg file : PureJPEG
stitch together multiple photographs : Autostitch
view images in an album folder : Irfanview
view images in an album folder : GL Image Browser

Information/Fun/Misc Freeware Utilities : I want to ...

convert units of measures : Quad-Lock Unit Converter
convert units of measures : Convert
find word meanings and synonymns : WordWeb
learn the periodic table information : Periodic Library
learn the periodic table information : Periodic Table v2.4
learn typing : MaxType LITE Typing Tutor from AskMeSoft
learn world geography : Seterra
see 3d space simulation : Celestia
solve a scientific calculation : ESBCalc
solve equations and plot graphs : DeadLine
watch funny videos : Metacafe
zoom onto the Earth from space : Google Earth
zoom onto the Earth from space : World Wind by NASA

Internet Freeware Utilities : I want to ...

add tabs to Internet Explorer browser : Maxthon Internet Browser
backup outlook express email : OEBackup
backup mozilla (firefox/thunderbird) browser profile : MozBackup
blog from the desktop : w.bloggar
browse the web (small footprint browser) : Off By One Web Browser
clean browser cache/temporary files : CleanCache 3.0
create a single page html of all intenet explorer favorites : FavoritesView
create/edit html files / website : Nvu
create/edit xml files : XMLSpy Home Edition
download a file via a torrent / p2p site : uTorrent
download an entire website : HTTrack
download manager for internet downloads : FlashGet
download manager for internet downloads : Free Download Manager
download manager for internet downloads : LeechGet
encrypt email messages : ClipSecure
ftp multiple sites simultaeously : BlazeFtp 2.1
ftp files securely : WinSCP
log into an internet-connected computer from another : LogMeIn
manage passwords : PassPack
manage/resume file downloads : Free Download Manager
monitor bandwidth usage : RAS Monitor
read my RSS feeds : Abilon
read my RSS feeds : FireAnt
read my RSS feeds : Pluck RSS Reader
read my RSS feeds : RSS Bandit
read my RSS feeds : RSSOwl
read my RSS feeds : RssReader
read my RSS feeds : RSS Xpress
read my RSS feeds : SharpReader
read Yahoo! email using thunderbird/outlook/POP-3 : YPOPs!
remove all html tags from a file to make a into text file : HTMLAsText
remove dead (404) bookmarks : AM-DeadLink
run x-windows server : Xming
safely browse the web : Avant Browser
search the web from the browser : Google Toolbar
search the web from the browser : Yahoo! Toolbar
tune-up firefox browser : FireTune for Mozilla Firefox v1.x
use a text editor to view-source in Internet Explorer: View Source Editor
view Outlook Express message database files (*.idx/*.mbx/*.dbx) : OE Viewer

Keyboard Freeware Utilities : I want to ...

automatically send defined keystrokes : AutoHotkey
automatically send defined keystrokes : MacroMaker
automatically send defined keystrokes : PS Hot Launch VVL
automatically send defined keystrokes : RemoteKeys
easily enter unicode characters : AllChars
remap the keyboard : Keyboard Remapper

Performance/Recovery/System Freeware Utilities : I want to ...

audit all hardware and software installed : Belarc Advisor
automatically logon without the login screen : Autologon by SysInternals
automatically adjust cpu loads : Process Tamer
backup/restore the windows registry : ERUNT
boot machine from a CD : Ultimate Boot CD 4 Win
boot windows faster : StartRight
build custom install windows CD : nLite
burn/create CD/DVD iso image files : ISO Recorder
capture all text written to screen : Textractor
change system settings : Microsoft Tweak UI
clean up temp folders : Empty Temp Folders
clean up temp folders : CCleaner
clean up the registry : EasyCleane
clean up the registry : RegSeeker
completely wipe/delete a file : Simple File Shredder
completely wipe/delete a hard disk : Eraser
customize windows install CD : nLite
defrag the hard drive : PageDefrag by SysInternals
defrag the hard drive : DirMS-S
defrag the hard drive continously : Buzzsaw-S
display CPU information : CPU-Z
display CPU information : WCPUID/XCPUID
display Microsoft ProductID and the CD-Key of MS-Office, Windows, Exchange Server, and SQL Server : ProduKey
display NTFS compression ratio of folders : NTFSRatio
display TCP/UDP endpoints and applications using them : TCPView by SysInternals
display all file activity in real-time : FileMon from SysInternals
display all processes running : PrcView
display all startup programs that run on my computer : Autoruns by SysInternals
display all windows updates (hotfixes and service packs) installed : WinUpdatesList
display and automatically optimize memory usage : FreeRAM XP Pro
display hard drive status information : HDDlife (small print freeware)
display motherboard system information : Motherboard Monitor
display system benchmark report : Fresh Diagnose
display system information : Everest Free Edition
display system information : Samurize
display system information : StatBar
display system information : SysMetrix
display system information : TinyResMeter
display system information : WinBar
display system information : SIW - System Information for Windows
display which pgrogrms are accessing the registry : Regmon by SysInternals
display/edit registry entries neatly : Registry Jumper
find which program has a particular file or directory open : Process Explorer by SysInternals
find which program has a particular file or directory open : WhoLockMe Explorer Extension
monitor bandwidth usage : BitMeter 2
monitor bandwidth usage : NetMeter
monitor voltages, fan speeds and temperatures : SpeedFan
optimize the windows registry : NTREGOPT
optimize TCP/IP settings : SG TCP Optimizer
recover passwords of network connections : Network Password Recovery
recover that password : Cain & Abel Password Recovery
remove unused files from the system : CCleaner
remotely control another computer : TightVNC
reveal the password behind the ***** in some applications : Asterisk Logger
run benchmark tests : 3DMark06
run only approved programs : Trust-No-Exe
scan IP/ open ports : Angry IP Scanner
stress test the system : HeavyLoad
tweak security settings : Safe XP
unlock the file/folder being used by another process : Unlocker
view/kill running tasks : Taskill

Productivity Freeware Utilities : I want to ...

connect two/more internet-connected-computers into a virtual network : Hamachi
defrag hard disk with contiguous files : Contig by SysInternals
display which progam has a file/directory open : Process Explorer by SysInternals
edit plain text : TED Notepad
keep more than 1 text snippet in windows clipboard : ArsClip
keep more than 1 text snippet in windows clipboard : Clipboard Recorder
keep more than 1 text snippet in windows clipboard : Ditto
make a to-do list : Easy To-Do by Xanadu Tools
organize calendar, contacts, to-do : EssentialPIM Free 1.71
organize schedules and tasks : Chaos Manager
play a music/mp3 file at alarm time : Alarm
play a music/mp3 file at alarm time : Citrus Alarm Clock
quickly launch applications : Launchy
read the text file to me : Ultra Hal Text-to-Speech Reader by Zabaware
replace Notepad : NoteTab Light by Fookes
set up date reminders : Date Reminder
spell check in an application that doesn't have that feature : tinySpell
word a to-do list : Taskmaster
write a business plan : Free Business Plan Software by PlanWare
write a daily diary : iDailyDiary Free Version by Splinterware

Programming Freeware Utilities : I want to ...

program in visual basic : Visual Basic Express by Microsoft
program in visual c++ : Visual C++ Express by Microsoft
program in visual c# : Visual C# Express by Microsoft
program in visual j# : Visual J# Express by Microsoft
proram in c++/c# : Bloodshed Dev-C++
create installation programs : Inno Setup
create installation programs : QuickInstall 2
run perl in windows : ActivePerl
view/print xml tree : XML Viewer

Uninstaller Freeware Utilities : I want to ...

cleanly uninstall applications : Easy Uninstaller v 1.5
cleanly uninstall applications : MyUninstaller

Video/DVDs Freeware Utilities : I want to ...

backup a DVD : DVD Backup Xpress
capture screen activity into a movie : AviScreen Classic
convert DVD to DIVx : AutoGK
copy a DVD : Shrinkto5
copy/shrink a DVD to the hard drive : DVD Shrink
copy/shrink a DVD to the hard drive : RatDVD
edit an avi file : AviTricks Video Editor Classic (Freeware)
identify missing codecs for playing avi fileGSpot Codec Information Appliance
join two mpg files : CombiMovie
play Quicktime movies without Apple software : QuickTime Alternative
split/join avil files : AviSplit Classic

Windows Explorer Replacements/Shell Extensions Freeware Utilities : I want to ...

replace windows explorer : A43 File Management Utility
replace windows explorer : Commander
replace windows explorer : freeCommander
replace Windows Explorer : JExplorer
replace Windows Explorer : ExplorerXP
replace Windows Explorer : xplorer2 lite
use customized shell : ShellON

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Open source software

lorla — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 16:14:27 +0000

Anti-Spyware/Anti-Virus/Anti-Rootkit Freeware Utilities : I want to

protect the computer against viruses : ClamWin Free Antivirus
protect the computer against viruses : The OpenAntivirus Project
protect the computer with a firewall : PktFilter
protect the computer with a firewall : Winsock Firewall

Audio/Music/MP3/Real/Wav Freeware Utilities : I want to

adjust sound volume of mp3 files : MP3Gain
backup a midi file : MIDI Backup Utility
burn an audio CD : Easy Burning
burn an audio CD : cdrtfe
burn an audio CD : jCDWriter
copy an audio CD : CDRDAO
correct/edit tags of mp3 files : Mp3 Tag Tools
correct/edit tags of mp3 files : MP3 Book Helper
correct/edit tags of mp3 files : MusicBrainz Tagger!
correct/edit tags of mp3 files : MP3-Info Extension
cut/edit/mix/record/remix sound files : Audacity
dj with the mp3 collection : Mixxx
manage CD collection : Ant Movie Catalog
mix audio files : Mixere
play an audio file : Coolplayer
play an audio file : LongPlayer
play an audio file : SnackAmp
play an audio file : NotifyCD
play an audio file : musikCube
play an audio file : Delphamp
play an audio file : Zinf
record save/ audio/video from screen : Krut Computer Recorder
record/save an internet audio broadcast : Juice
record/save streaming music : ASFRecorder
record/save streaming music : Streamripper for Winamp
record/save streaming music : StationRipper
rip music from a CD : MediaCoder
rip music from a CD : CDex
rip music from a CD : CD-DA X-Tractor
sequence midi files : JAZZ++
split an mp3 file into smaller parts : Mp3splt
split an mp3 file into smaller parts : split3pm
stream audio files on the web : GNUMP3d
stream audio files on the web : PeerCast
tag and upload creative commons audio : ccPublisher
turn PC into a media center : MediaPortal
update firmware on mp3 device : Rockbox
wrap mutiple mp3 files into one playable album file : Alba
wrap mutiple mp3 files into one playable album file : Mp3Wrap

Business/Office/Access/Excel/Word Freeware Utilities : I want to

administer a database : FutureSQL
annotate a pdf : Jarnal
automatically speak the powerpoint slides : PowerTalk 1.2.4
capture screen action into SWF file : Vnc2swf
capture the screen : ScreenCopy
convert .doc files into pdf files : PDF Tools
convert a pdf document into html : pdftohtml
create PDF files : PDFCreator
create PDF files : qvPDF
create/edit html file : Bluefish
design a database : DBDesigner
display a desktop calendar : Sunbird from Mozilla
manage (merge/split/fill) PDF files : Pdftk
manage customer relationships (CRM/ERP) : Compiere
manage customer relationships (CRM/ERP) : ERP5
manage customer relationships (CRM/ERP) : GNU Enterprise (GNUe)
manage customer relationships (CRM/ERP) : Open For Business Project
manage customer relationships (CRM/ERP) : opentaps
manage customer relationships (CRM/ERP) : SugarCRM
manage customer relationships (CRM/ERP) : webERP
open DjVu documents : WinDjView
open PDF files faster : Xpdf
replace Microsoft Word : AbiWord
store data in a database : Firebird
store data in a database : InterBase
store data in a database : Ingres
store data in a database : MySQL
store data in a database : MaxDB
store data in a database : Base
store data in a database : PostgreSQL
store data in a spreadsheet : Gnumeric
track support-desk trouble-tickets : SimpleTicket
track time spent on a project : Time Stamp
type faster (auto-finish words) : LetMeType
use a business intelligence package : Pentaho BI
use a desktop publishing package : Scribus
use a dictionary : Babiloo
use a dictionary : jDictionary
use a dictionary : Podo
use office suite (writer, calc, impress, draw base) : OpenOffice
view html source code for documents/emails : IESpy

Communication Freeware Utilities : I want to

add different signature/quote/funny lines to email messages : Kookie Jar
chat on IRC (internet relay chat) : BoxedIrc
chat on IRC : X-Chat 2
chat on IRC : HydraIRC
chat on IRC : KVIrc
chat on IRC : ChatZilla
chat on IRC : SeaMonkey
chat on IRC : savIRC
chat with MSN Messenger clients : aMSN
chat with a white board : Coccinella
chat with different messenger clients : Ayttm
chat with different messenger clients : LLuna
chat with different messenger clients : Exodus
chat with different messenger clients : Gabber 2
chat with different messenger clients : Gaim
chat with different messenger clients : BuddySpace
chat with different messenger clients : Centericq
chat with different messenger clients : Psi
chat with different messenger clients : SIM-IM
chat with different messenger clients : Tkabber
chat with different messenger clients : Spark
chat with different messenger clients : Miranda IM
filter spam in email/outlook : Internet Junkbuster
filter spam in email/outlook : Mailfilter
filter spam in email/outlook : SpamBayes
filter spam in email/outlook : Spamihilator
monitor email from multiple accounts : Magic Mail Monitor 3
phone free using the internet : SIPp
phone free using the internet : Speak-Freely
phone free using the internet : Asterisk
phone free using the internet : Shtoom
phone free using the internet : Ekiga
phone free using the internet : PhoneGaim
phone free using the internet : sipXphone
phone free using the internet : SIP Communicator
read/send email : Althea
read/send email : Sylpheed-Claws
read/send email : Mahogany
read/send email : RoundAbout
read/send email : si.Mail
read/send email : Unixmail for Windows
read/send email : Thunderbird
read/send email : Mutt
read/send email : Polarbar Mailer
send email : Blat
send email to multiple people : MailReactor
sort email and check for spam : POPFile
telnet/ssh to a site : Mssh is 2.1
telnet/ssh to a site : PCMan
telnet/ssh to a site : PuTTY
use POP-3 to access hotmail account : Blue HttpMail
use POP-3 to access hotmail account : HTTPMail
use POP-3 to access hotmail account : JHTTPMail
use POP-3 to access hotmail account : HotPOP3
use POP-3 to access webmail account : MrPostman
use POP-3 to access webmail account : FreePOPs
use a better AOL instant messenger : TerraIM
use groupware application : Evolution for Windows

Desktop Freeware Utilities : I want to

connect two different destops on two systems : Win2VNC
display a desktop calendar : Rainlendar
display a desktop calendar : Sunbird from Mozilla
launch applications with shortcut names : Daves Quick Search Deskbar
launch applications with shortcut names : Launchy
run a collaborative screensaver : Electric Sheep
see an active desktop : Vital Desktop
see desktop objects thru a magnifying glass : Virtual Magnifying Glass
synch clock to exact time : NetTime
synch clock to exact time : NIST Internet Time Service
use virtual desktops in windows : Virtual Desktop
use virtual desktops in windows : Virtual Dimension
use virtual desktops in windows : VirtuaWin
write sticky (post-it) notes on the desktop : A Note
write sticky (post-it) notes on the desktop : HandyNotes
write sticky (post-it) notes on the desktop : e7NoteIt

Editors/Notepad Replacements Freeware Utilities : I want to

edit gettext catalogs : poEdit
edit programming source code : Notepad++
edit programming source code : SynEdit
edit programming source code : jEdit
edit programming source code : Jext
edit programming source code : SciTE
edit rich text : Turbo Pad
edit rich text : LyX
edit scientific text : GNU TeXmacs
edit text : Jarnal
edit text : UniRed
edit text : Emacs
edit text : Vim
edit text : WinVi32
edit/view/analyze executables : HT

Files and Folders Freeware Utilities : I want to

archive (zip) files : BiGZiP
archive (zip) files : Zzip
archive (zip) files : 7-Zip
archive (zip) files : jzip.org
backup files and folders : Amanda
backup files and folders : BackupPC
backup files and folders : NasBackup
backup files and folders : Abakt
compare/differentiate/merge different files/folders : KDiff3
compare/differentiate/merge different files/folders : WinMerge
convert ASCII files between Win and Unix : Tofrodos
copy a data CD : CDRDAO
display size/space of folders on a drive : WinDirStat
encrypt a file : AxCrypt.
encrypt a file : Blowfish Advanced CS.
encrypt drives/folders/files : TrueCrypt
grep in windows : GREP for Windows
rename multiple files : Ant Renamer
search HTML and office documents : DocSearcher
search file/text on the computer : The File Seeker
search file/text on the computer : Wilbur
search file/text on the computer : Wilma
search files on the computer/intranet : MaxFisher
search text within files : AstroGrep
securely exchange files via p2p : Waste

Financial Freeware Utilities : I want to

manage business financial accounts : Quasar
manage business financial accounts : SQL-Ledger
manage personal finances : TurboCASH

Graphics/Images/Photographs Freeware Utilities : I want to

add copyright bar on images : CopyRightLeft
convert .png file into .ico format : png2ico
convert bitmap to vector graphics : AutoTrace
convert bitmap to vector graphics : Potrace
convert scanned text into text : GOCR
create a flash based photo album : zphoto
create an html photo album : Thotor
create schematic drawings : XCircuit
create schematic drawings : gEDA
create/edit 3d graphics : Irrlicht Engine
create/edit 3d graphics : Nebula
create/edit 3d graphics : Art of Illusion
create/edit 3d graphics : Blender
create/edit 3d graphics : Jahshaka
create/edit 3d graphics : OGRE v1.2 [Dagon]
create/edit 3d graphics : OpenFX
create/edit 3d graphics : POV-Ray
create/edit 3d graphics : Wings 3D
create/edit 3d graphics : Xara Xtreme
create/edit bitmap images : ImageMagick
create/edit diagrams : Dia
create/edit graphics : GLE
create/edit vector drawings : Skencil
draw circuit diagrams : TinyCAD
edit an image (for kids) : Tux Paint
edit an image : GIMP
edit an image : Paint.NET
edit an image : GIMPShop
edit vector graphics : Inkscape
extract useful imformation from digital photographs : jhead
hide information in a picture : Hide In Picture
model using computer-aided-design : BRL-CAD
model using computer-aided-design : Sailcut CAD
model using computer-aided-design : PythonCAD
organize photos in albums : ctPhotoBook
restore an old image/painting : restoreInpaint
stitch panoramic photographs : hugin
view images in an album folder : IMGV
view images in an album folder : Cornice

Information/Fun/Misc Freeware Utilities : I want to

chart planetary movements : ORSA - Orbit Reconstruction, Simulation, and Analysis
see 3d space simulation : Celestia
see the sky/stars/planets : Stellarium
write an outline : Tkoutline
zoom onto the Earth from space : World Wind by NASA

Internet Freeware Utilities : I want to

add ecommerce to website : osCommerce
add mouse gestures to Internet Explorer browser : Mouse Gestures for Internet Explorer
block IP addresses : PeerGuardian 2
block IP addresses : PeerGuardian Lite
browse the web anonymously : Tor
browse the web fast : K-Meleon
browse the web safely : Firefox
browse the web safely : SeaMonkey
browse the web safely : Opera
conect via a VPN : SSL-Explorer
conect via a VPN : OpenVPN
distribute large files over the web : Jigsaw Download
download a file via a torrent / p2p site : Ares
download a file via a torrent / p2p site : Azureus
download a file via a torrent / p2p site : BT++
download a file via a torrent / p2p site : Cabos
download a file via a torrent / p2p site : eMule Morph
download a file via a torrent / p2p site : eMule Plus
download a file via a torrent / p2p site : G3 Torrent
download a file via a torrent / p2p site : HeavyMole
download a file via a torrent / p2p site : Krimpy
download a file via a torrent / p2p site : MLDonkey
download a file via a torrent / p2p site : MUTE File Sharing
download a file via a torrent / p2p site : MyNapster
download a file via a torrent / p2p site : Phex
download a file via a torrent / p2p site : ABC
download a file via a torrent / p2p site : Qtella
download a file via a torrent / p2p site : TorrentSpy
download a file via a torrent / p2p site : BitTornado
download a file via a torrent / p2p site : BitTorrent
download a file via a torrent / p2p site : eMule
download a file via a torrent / p2p site : FreeWire
download a file via a torrent / p2p site : Gnucleus
download a file via a torrent / p2p site : LimeWire
download a file via a torrent / p2p site : Shareaza
download a file via a torrent / p2p site : XNap
download all files on a webpage : leech
download an entire website : Getleft
download an entire website : webfetch
download an entire website : HTTrack
download/upload files via FTP : FileZilla
download/upload files via FTP : JFtp
easily install Apache/MySQL/PHP/Perl : XAMPP
edit html files : SeaMonkey
edit html files : Amaya
encrypt email : Stunnel
encrypt email messages : WinPT
encrypt email messages : GnuPG for Windows
kill popup ads : AKiller
manage bookmarks : Bookmark Manager
manage download from the web : TrueDownloader
manage download from the web : WackGet
manage download from the web : FlashGot
manage passwords : Password Safe
manage passwords : PINs
read rss feeds : Feedreader
read rss feeds : RSSOwl
read usenet / newsgroups : Mahogany
read usenet / newsgroups : MicroPlanet Gravity
read usenet / newsgroups : Pan
read usenet / newsgroups : slrn / s-lang read news
read usenet / newsgroups : AmphetaDesk
read usenet / newsgroups : SeaMonkey
read usenet / newsgroups : XanaNews
run a jabber server : ejabberd
run a jabber server : jabberd
run a jabber server : Wildfire
run a jabber server : Java Jabber
run a java/xml server : Enhydra.org
run a proxy server : DeleGate
run a proxy server : Privoxy
run a server on any windows : Uniform Server
run an application server : Zope
run an ftp server : AnomicFTPD
run an web/http server : Apache
run an web/http server : Savant
run an web/http server : MyServer
run an web/http server : Jigsaw
run an x window system server : WeirdX
search for open-source code : Koders
synch bookmarks between browsers : BookmarkBridge
use a content management system (CMS) : Drupal
use a content management system (CMS) : eZ publish
use a content management system (CMS) : Plone
use a content management system (CMS) : OpenCms
use pretty good privacy : GnuPG
view html documents : Amaya

Keyboard Freeware Utilities : I want to

automatically send defined keystrokes : Qliner hotkeys
use a single keybord/mouse for multiple systems : Synergy

Performance/Recovery/System Freeware Utilities : I want to

access ReiserFS partitions in Win : rfstool
analyze network traffic : Analyzer
analyze network traffic : BO2K
analyze network traffic : Show Traffic
analyze network traffic : Ethereal
analyze network traffic : WinDump
analyze server log files : Analog
analyze/audit network security : Nmap/Network Mapper
audit computer software and configuration : OCS Inventory NG
change directory fast : WCD
check md5 checksums : MD5summer
clone a hard disk : g4u
completely wipe/delete a hard disk : Dariks Boot and Nuke
completely wipe/delete a hard disk : Eraser
display free RAM : RAMpage
display system information : CoolMon
display system performance metrics : Rainmeter
display system process information : Process Trace
graphically view linux partitions and files : Explore2fs
graphically view linux partitions and files : YAReG
log network traffic : daSniff
monitor internet connections from applications : Winpooch
monitor smart hard drives : smartmontools
partition a hard disk : Partition Logic
recover lost partitions : TestDisk
recover lost partitions on a drive : TestDisk
remotely access event log information : Snare Agent for Windows
remotely control another computer : EchoVNC
remotely control another computer : UltraVNC
remotely control another computer : TightVNC
remotely see network properties : NetBIOS
run a linux-like environment in windows : Cygwin
scan TCP security ports : Knocker
search network traffic : ngrep
synch files between win and unix : Unison
test memory : Memtest86
use a dynamic DNS / fixed hostname address : Dynksys Dynamic IP Updater
use a dynamic DNS / fixed hostname address : MyDyndns
use a dynamic DNS / fixed hostname address : DeeEnEs

Productivity Freeware Utilities : I want to

be notified when email arrives : PopTray
keep multiple html-free snippets in the clipboard : HovText
listen to text in a file : Sayz Me Text
manage a project : GanttProject
manage a project : dotProject
manage a project : Open Workbench
mind-map an idea/subject/project : FreeMind
mind-map an idea/subject/project : vym
store/manage my passwords : KeePass
use a personal information manager : TreeLine
write notes : Notebox Disorganizer IIe
write notes : KeyNote

Programming Freeware Utilities : I want to

create installation programs : NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)
create installation programs : Ultimate Packer for eXecutables
create installation programs : Inno Setup
create self-extracting archives : FreeExtractor
create xml installation programs : Windows Installer XML (WiX)
maintain version control : CVSNT Open Source
maintain version control : TortoiseCVS
maintain version control : CvsGui
program .NET applications : DotGNU Portable.NET
program .NET applications : Mono
program applications : Suneido
program in Ruby : Ruby
program in c# : SharpDevelop
program in c++ : Dev-C++
program in c++ : Code::Blocks
program in visual c# : C# Open Source

Video/TV/DVDs Freeware Utilities : I want to

backup a DVD : AutoGK
burn VCD : cdrtfe
capture video : Virtual VCR
convert DVD into RealMedia : FilmShrink
convert a DVD to VCD or DivX : DVDx
convert AVI to MPEG : TMPGEnc
convert video files : AVI-Mux
display AVI file information : YAAI - Yet Another Avi Info
edit an AVI file : VirtualDub
edit video files : AviSynth
encode DivX/XviD : Gordian Knot
join/slice MPEG files : mpgtx
manage DVD collection : Ant Movie Catalog
play multimedia files : GPAC
play multimedia files : Vitessa
play multimedia files : Media Player Classic (MPC)
play multimedia files : MPlayer
play multimedia files : VLC media player
play multimedia files : xine
repair corrupt divx files : DivXRepair
rip a DVD : MediaCoder
rip a DVD into MPEG format : HandBrake
stream video files on the web : PeerCast
tag and upload creative commons video : ccPublisher
watch internet TV and Video shows : Democracy Player

Thanks to EConsultant

Open source Software

lorla — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 23:22:56 +0000

Anti-Spyware/Anti-Virus/Anti-Rootkit Freeware Utilities : I want to …

protect the computer against viruses : ClamWin Free Antivirus
protect the computer against viruses : The OpenAntivirus Project
protect the computer with a firewall : PktFilter
protect the computer with a firewall : Winsock Firewall

Audio/Music/MP3/Real/Wav Freeware Utilities : I want to …

adjust sound volume of mp3 files : MP3Gain
backup a midi file : MIDI Backup Utility
burn an audio CD : Easy Burning
burn an audio CD : cdrtfe
burn an audio CD : jCDWriter
copy an audio CD : CDRDAO
correct/edit tags of mp3 files : Mp3 Tag Tools
correct/edit tags of mp3 files : MP3 Book Helper
correct/edit tags of mp3 files : MusicBrainz Tagger!
correct/edit tags of mp3 files : MP3-Info Extension
cut/edit/mix/record/remix sound files : Audacity
dj with the mp3 collection : Mixxx
manage CD collection : Ant Movie Catalog
mix audio files : Mixere
play an audio file : Coolplayer
play an audio file : LongPlayer
play an audio file : SnackAmp
play an audio file : NotifyCD
play an audio file : musikCube
play an audio file : Delphamp
play an audio file : Zinf
record save/ audio/video from screen : Krut Computer Recorder
record/save an internet audio broadcast : Juice
record/save streaming music : ASFRecorder
record/save streaming music : Streamripper for Winamp
record/save streaming music : StationRipper
rip music from a CD : MediaCoder
rip music from a CD : CDex
rip music from a CD : CD-DA X-Tractor
sequence midi files : JAZZ++
split an mp3 file into smaller parts : Mp3splt
split an mp3 file into smaller parts : split3pm
stream audio files on the web : GNUMP3d
stream audio files on the web : PeerCast
tag and upload creative commons audio : ccPublisher
turn PC into a media center : MediaPortal
update firmware on mp3 device : Rockbox
wrap mutiple mp3 files into one playable album file : Alba
wrap mutiple mp3 files into one playable album file : Mp3Wrap

Business/Office/Access/Excel/Word Freeware Utilities : I want to …

administer a database : FutureSQL
annotate a pdf : Jarnal
automatically speak the powerpoint slides : PowerTalk 1.2.4
capture screen action into SWF file : Vnc2swf
capture the screen : ScreenCopy
convert .doc files into pdf files : PDF Tools
convert a pdf document into html : pdftohtml
create PDF files : PDFCreator
create PDF files : qvPDF
create/edit html file : Bluefish
design a database : DBDesigner
display a desktop calendar : Sunbird from Mozilla
manage (merge/split/fill) PDF files : Pdftk
manage customer relationships (CRM/ERP) : Compiere
manage customer relationships (CRM/ERP) : ERP5
manage customer relationships (CRM/ERP) : GNU Enterprise (GNUe)
manage customer relationships (CRM/ERP) : Open For Business Project
manage customer relationships (CRM/ERP) : opentaps
manage customer relationships (CRM/ERP) : SugarCRM
manage customer relationships (CRM/ERP) : webERP
open DjVu documents : WinDjView
open PDF files faster : Xpdf
replace Microsoft Word : AbiWord
store data in a database : Firebird
store data in a database : InterBase
store data in a database : Ingres
store data in a database : MySQL
store data in a database : MaxDB
store data in a database : Base
store data in a database : PostgreSQL
store data in a spreadsheet : Gnumeric
track support-desk trouble-tickets : SimpleTicket
track time spent on a project : Time Stamp
type faster (auto-finish words) : LetMeType
use a business intelligence package : Pentaho BI
use a desktop publishing package : Scribus
use a dictionary : Babiloo
use a dictionary : jDictionary
use a dictionary : Podo
use office suite (writer, calc, impress, draw base) : OpenOffice
view html source code for documents/emails : IESpy

Communication Freeware Utilities : I want to …

add different signature/quote/funny lines to email messages : Kookie Jar
chat on IRC (internet relay chat) : BoxedIrc
chat on IRC : X-Chat 2
chat on IRC : HydraIRC
chat on IRC : KVIrc
chat on IRC : ChatZilla
chat on IRC : SeaMonkey
chat on IRC : savIRC
chat with MSN Messenger clients : aMSN
chat with a white board : Coccinella
chat with different messenger clients : Ayttm
chat with different messenger clients : LLuna
chat with different messenger clients : Exodus
chat with different messenger clients : Gabber 2
chat with different messenger clients : Gaim
chat with different messenger clients : BuddySpace
chat with different messenger clients : Centericq
chat with different messenger clients : Psi
chat with different messenger clients : SIM-IM
chat with different messenger clients : Tkabber
chat with different messenger clients : Spark
chat with different messenger clients : Miranda IM
filter spam in email/outlook : Internet Junkbuster
filter spam in email/outlook : Mailfilter
filter spam in email/outlook : SpamBayes
filter spam in email/outlook : Spamihilator
monitor email from multiple accounts : Magic Mail Monitor 3
phone free using the internet : SIPp
phone free using the internet : Speak-Freely
phone free using the internet : Asterisk
phone free using the internet : Shtoom
phone free using the internet : Ekiga
phone free using the internet : PhoneGaim
phone free using the internet : sipXphone
phone free using the internet : SIP Communicator
read/send email : Althea
read/send email : Sylpheed-Claws
read/send email : Mahogany
read/send email : RoundAbout
read/send email : si.Mail
read/send email : Unixmail for Windows
read/send email : Thunderbird
read/send email : Mutt
read/send email : Polarbar Mailer
send email : Blat
send email to multiple people : MailReactor
sort email and check for spam : POPFile
telnet/ssh to a site : Mssh is 2.1
telnet/ssh to a site : PCMan
telnet/ssh to a site : PuTTY
use POP-3 to access hotmail account : Blue HttpMail
use POP-3 to access hotmail account : HTTPMail
use POP-3 to access hotmail account : JHTTPMail
use POP-3 to access hotmail account : HotPOP3
use POP-3 to access webmail account : MrPostman
use POP-3 to access webmail account : FreePOPs
use a better AOL instant messenger : TerraIM
use groupware application : Evolution for Windows

Desktop Freeware Utilities : I want to …

connect two different destops on two systems : Win2VNC
display a desktop calendar : Rainlendar
display a desktop calendar : Sunbird from Mozilla
launch applications with shortcut names : Dave’s Quick Search Deskbar
launch applications with shortcut names : Launchy
run a collaborative screensaver : Electric Sheep
see an active desktop : Vital Desktop
see desktop objects thru a magnifying glass : Virtual Magnifying Glass
synch clock to exact time : NetTime
synch clock to exact time : NIST Internet Time Service
use virtual desktops in windows : Virtual Desktop
use virtual desktops in windows : Virtual Dimension
use virtual desktops in windows : VirtuaWin
write sticky (post-it) notes on the desktop : A Note
write sticky (post-it) notes on the desktop : HandyNotes
write sticky (post-it) notes on the desktop : e7NoteIt

Editors/Notepad Replacements Freeware Utilities : I want to …

edit gettext catalogs : poEdit
edit programming source code : Notepad++
edit programming source code : SynEdit
edit programming source code : jEdit
edit programming source code : Jext
edit programming source code : SciTE
edit rich text : Turbo Pad
edit rich text : LyX
edit scientific text : GNU TeXmacs
edit text : Jarnal
edit text : UniRed
edit text : Emacs
edit text : Vim
edit text : WinVi32
edit/view/analyze executables : HT

Files and Folders Freeware Utilities : I want to …

archive (zip) files : BiGZiP
archive (zip) files : Zzip
archive (zip) files : 7-Zip
archive (zip) files : jzip.org
backup files and folders : Amanda
backup files and folders : BackupPC
backup files and folders : NasBackup
backup files and folders : Abakt
compare/differentiate/merge different files/folders : KDiff3
compare/differentiate/merge different files/folders : WinMerge
convert ASCII files between Win and Unix : Tofrodos
copy a data CD : CDRDAO
display size/space of folders on a drive : WinDirStat
encrypt a file : AxCrypt.
encrypt a file : Blowfish Advanced CS.
encrypt drives/folders/files : TrueCrypt
grep in windows : GREP for Windows
rename multiple files : Ant Renamer
search HTML and office documents : DocSearcher
search file/text on the computer : The File Seeker
search file/text on the computer : Wilbur
search file/text on the computer : Wilma
search files on the computer/intranet : MaxFisher
search text within files : AstroGrep
securely exchange files via p2p : Waste

Financial Freeware Utilities : I want to …

manage business financial accounts : Quasar
manage business financial accounts : SQL-Ledger
manage personal finances : TurboCASH

Graphics/Images/Photographs Freeware Utilities : I want to …

add copyright bar on images : CopyRightLeft
convert .png file into .ico format : png2ico
convert bitmap to vector graphics : AutoTrace
convert bitmap to vector graphics : Potrace
convert scanned text into text : GOCR
create a flash based photo album : zphoto
create an html photo album : Thotor
create schematic drawings : XCircuit
create schematic drawings : gEDA
create/edit 3d graphics : Irrlicht Engine
create/edit 3d graphics : Nebula
create/edit 3d graphics : Art of Illusion
create/edit 3d graphics : Blender
create/edit 3d graphics : Jahshaka
create/edit 3d graphics : OGRE v1.2 [Dagon]
create/edit 3d graphics : OpenFX
create/edit 3d graphics : POV-Ray
create/edit 3d graphics : Wings 3D
create/edit 3d graphics : Xara Xtreme
create/edit bitmap images : ImageMagick
create/edit diagrams : Dia
create/edit graphics : GLE
create/edit vector drawings : Skencil
draw circuit diagrams : TinyCAD
edit an image (for kids) : Tux Paint
edit an image : GIMP
edit an image : Paint.NET
edit an image : GIMPShop
edit vector graphics : Inkscape
extract useful imformation from digital photographs : jhead
hide information in a picture : Hide In Picture
model using computer-aided-design : BRL-CAD
model using computer-aided-design : Sailcut CAD
model using computer-aided-design : PythonCAD
organize photos in albums : ctPhotoBook
restore an old image/painting : restoreInpaint
stitch panoramic photographs : hugin
view images in an album folder : IMGV
view images in an album folder : Cornice

Information/Fun/Misc Freeware Utilities : I want to …

chart planetary movements : ORSA - Orbit Reconstruction, Simulation, and Analysis
see 3d space simulation : Celestia
see the sky/stars/planets : Stellarium
write an outline : Tkoutline
zoom onto the Earth from space : World Wind by NASA

Internet Freeware Utilities : I want to …

add ecommerce to website : osCommerce
add mouse gestures to Internet Explorer browser : Mouse Gestures for Internet Explorer
block IP addresses : PeerGuardian 2
block IP addresses : PeerGuardian Lite
browse the web anonymously : Tor
browse the web fast : K-Meleon
browse the web safely : Firefox
browse the web safely : SeaMonkey
browse the web safely : Opera
conect via a VPN : SSL-Explorer
conect via a VPN : OpenVPN
distribute large files over the web : Jigsaw Download
download a file via a torrent / p2p site : Ares
download a file via a torrent / p2p site : Azureus
download a file via a torrent / p2p site : BT++
download a file via a torrent / p2p site : Cabos
download a file via a torrent / p2p site : eMule Morph
download a file via a torrent / p2p site : eMule Plus
download a file via a torrent / p2p site : G3 Torrent
download a file via a torrent / p2p site : HeavyMole
download a file via a torrent / p2p site : Krimpy
download a file via a torrent / p2p site : MLDonkey
download a file via a torrent / p2p site : MUTE File Sharing
download a file via a torrent / p2p site : MyNapster
download a file via a torrent / p2p site : Phex
download a file via a torrent / p2p site : ABC
download a file via a torrent / p2p site : Qtella
download a file via a torrent / p2p site : TorrentSpy
download a file via a torrent / p2p site : BitTornado
download a file via a torrent / p2p site : BitTorrent
download a file via a torrent / p2p site : eMule
download a file via a torrent / p2p site : FreeWire
download a file via a torrent / p2p site : Gnucleus
download a file via a torrent / p2p site : LimeWire
download a file via a torrent / p2p site : Shareaza
download a file via a torrent / p2p site : XNap
download all files on a webpage : leech
download an entire website : Getleft
download an entire website : webfetch
download an entire website : HTTrack
download/upload files via FTP : FileZilla
download/upload files via FTP : JFtp
easily install Apache/MySQL/PHP/Perl : XAMPP
edit html files : SeaMonkey
edit html files : Amaya
encrypt email : Stunnel
encrypt email messages : WinPT
encrypt email messages : GnuPG for Windows
kill popup ads : AKiller
manage bookmarks : Bookmark Manager
manage download from the web : TrueDownloader
manage download from the web : WackGet
manage download from the web : FlashGot
manage passwords : Password Safe
manage passwords : PINs
read rss feeds : Feedreader
read rss feeds : RSSOwl
read usenet / newsgroups : Mahogany
read usenet / newsgroups : MicroPlanet Gravity
read usenet / newsgroups : Pan
read usenet / newsgroups : slrn / s-lang read news
read usenet / newsgroups : AmphetaDesk
read usenet / newsgroups : SeaMonkey
read usenet / newsgroups : XanaNews
run a jabber server : ejabberd
run a jabber server : jabberd
run a jabber server : Wildfire
run a jabber server : Java Jabber
run a java/xml server : Enhydra.org
run a proxy server : DeleGate
run a proxy server : Privoxy
run a server on any windows : Uniform Server
run an application server : Zope
run an ftp server : AnomicFTPD
run an web/http server : Apache
run an web/http server : Savant
run an web/http server : MyServer
run an web/http server : Jigsaw
run an x window system server : WeirdX
search for open-source code : Koders
synch bookmarks between browsers : BookmarkBridge
use a content management system (CMS) : Drupal
use a content management system (CMS) : eZ publish
use a content management system (CMS) : Plone
use a content management system (CMS) : OpenCms
use pretty good privacy : GnuPG
view html documents : Amaya

Keyboard Freeware Utilities : I want to …

automatically send defined keystrokes : Qliner hotkeys
use a single keybord/mouse for multiple systems : Synergy

Performance/Recovery/System Freeware Utilities : I want to …

access ReiserFS partitions in Win : rfstool
analyze network traffic : Analyzer
analyze network traffic : BO2K
analyze network traffic : Show Traffic
analyze network traffic : Ethereal
analyze network traffic : WinDump
analyze server log files : Analog
analyze/audit network security : Nmap/Network Mapper
audit computer software and configuration : OCS Inventory NG
change directory fast : WCD
check md5 checksums : MD5summer
clone a hard disk : g4u
completely wipe/delete a hard disk : Darik’s Boot and Nuke
completely wipe/delete a hard disk : Eraser
display free RAM : RAMpage
display system information : CoolMon
display system performance metrics : Rainmeter
display system process information : Process Trace
graphically view linux partitions and files : Explore2fs
graphically view linux partitions and files : YAReG
log network traffic : daSniff
monitor internet connections from applications : Winpooch
monitor smart hard drives : smartmontools
partition a hard disk : Partition Logic
recover lost partitions : TestDisk
recover lost partitions on a drive : TestDisk
remotely access event log information : Snare Agent for Windows
remotely control another computer : EchoVNC
remotely control another computer : UltraVNC
remotely control another computer : TightVNC
remotely see network properties : NetBIOS
run a linux-like environment in windows : Cygwin
scan TCP security ports : Knocker
search network traffic : ngrep
synch files between win and unix : Unison
test memory : Memtest86
use a dynamic DNS / fixed hostname address : Dynksys Dynamic IP Updater
use a dynamic DNS / fixed hostname address : MyDyndns
use a dynamic DNS / fixed hostname address : DeeEnEs

Productivity Freeware Utilities : I want to …

be notified when email arrives : PopTray
keep multiple html-free snippets in the clipboard : HovText
listen to text in a file : Sayz Me Text
manage a project : GanttProject
manage a project : dotProject
manage a project : Open Workbench
mind-map an idea/subject/project : FreeMind
mind-map an idea/subject/project : vym
store/manage my passwords : KeePass
use a personal information manager : TreeLine
write notes : Notebox Disorganizer IIe
write notes : KeyNote

Programming Freeware Utilities : I want to …

create installation programs : NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)
create installation programs : Ultimate Packer for eXecutables
create installation programs : Inno Setup
create self-extracting archives : FreeExtractor
create xml installation programs : Windows Installer XML (WiX)
maintain version control : CVSNT Open Source
maintain version control : TortoiseCVS
maintain version control : CvsGui
program .NET applications : DotGNU Portable.NET
program .NET applications : Mono
program applications : Suneido
program in Ruby : Ruby
program in c# : SharpDevelop
program in c++ : Dev-C++
program in c++ : Code::Blocks
program in visual c# : C# Open Source

Video/TV/DVDs Freeware Utilities : I want to …

backup a DVD : AutoGK
burn VCD : cdrtfe
capture video : Virtual VCR
convert DVD into RealMedia : FilmShrink
convert a DVD to VCD or DivX : DVDx
convert AVI to MPEG : TMPGEnc
convert video files : AVI-Mux
display AVI file information : YAAI - Yet Another Avi Info
edit an AVI file : VirtualDub
edit video files : AviSynth
encode DivX/XviD : Gordian Knot
join/slice MPEG files : mpgtx
manage DVD collection : Ant Movie Catalog
play multimedia files : GPAC
play multimedia files : Vitessa
play multimedia files : Media Player Classic (MPC)
play multimedia files : MPlayer
play multimedia files : VLC media player
play multimedia files : xine
repair corrupt divx files : DivXRepair
rip a DVD : MediaCoder
rip a DVD into MPEG format : HandBrake
stream video files on the web : PeerCast
tag and upload creative commons video : ccPublisher
watch internet TV and Video shows : Democracy Player

Thanks to EConsultant

Freeware Software Collection

lorla — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 23:23:47 +0000

Video Apps

AVIcodec - Gives the codecs needed to play the file, and where to download those codecs if they are missing on your system.
DVD Shrink - DVD Shrink is software to backup DVD discs
MovieTrack - a freeware dvd database and general movie collection organizer, for Windows.
TMPGEnc - converts .AVI file to MPEG1, the format which is used in VideoCD. Using variety of option in TMPGEnc, you can compress your video file in high quality.
VLC - Stream DVDs and Videos over a network
VirtualDub - VirtualDub is a video capture/processing utility for 32-bit Windows platforms (95/98/ME/NT4/2000/XP)”

CD & DVD Applications

AudioGrabber - audio CD ripper - Current Resident
CDex - a CD ripper and converter for Windows
Deep Burner - “A CD/DVD burning software that lets you create Data Cds, Bootable CDs, and Audio CDs as well as data DVDs. In addition, it lets you burn ISO files, and create ISO images. Also lets you design an auto start menu to launch documents or programs from the CD”
DeepRipper - can convert music files from AudioCDs into practically any format you’d like, including: MP3, WAV, OGG, and others.
Exact Audio Copy - CD ripper
TagMaster - lets you edit the ID3 tag in MP3 files, which contains information like the name of the artist, song, album, etc.

Graphics Design & Editing

@icon sushi - “@icon sushi is an icon convert tool that supports the mask editor and the creation of Windows XP 32bit icons.”
Avery Design Pro Limited - Customize and print professional looking labels, cards, dividers and more in minutes.
BatchRename - allows you rename all files or all image files in a folder, batch change extensions, and will automatically number each item in a series.
Blender - the open source software for 3D modeling, animation, rendering, post-production, interactive creation and playback.
Dogwaffle - “A program designed for creative individuals who want to get down and dirty with their pixels.”
Dup Detector - will scan pictures within a file (including subfolders) and present potential duplicates for deletion.
Easy Thumbnails - can resize your pictures physically either larger or smaller, or you can keep the physical size and downgrade the quality
FastStone Image Viewer - An image browser, converter and editor that supports all major graphic formats including BMP, JPEG, JPEG 2000, GIF, PNG, PCX, TIFF, WMF, ICO and TGA.
Gimp - ” GIMP is an acronym for GNU Image Manipulation Program. It is a freely distributed program for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring.”
Icon Snatcher - “This one can pull icons from your own files to use to customize your folders.”
ImageForge - Create and edit images, acquire pictures from your scanner, digital camera or other Twain-compliant device, apply special effect filters, produce your own photo albums and simple slide shows, and much more.
Image Resizer - gives you the ability to resize an image/picture in 2 clicks, by adding the option to the Context Menu.
Inkscape - an Open Source vector graphics editor, with capabilities similar to Illustrator, Freehand, CorelDraw, or Xara X using the W3C standard Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) file format. A powerful and convenient drawing tool fully compliant with XML, SVG, and CSS standards.
IrfanView - “IrfanView is a very fast, small, compact and innovative FREEWARE (for non-commercial use) graphic viewer for Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000/XP/2003.”
Paint.NET - image and photo manipulation software designed to be used on computers that run Windows 2000, XP, Vista, or Server 2003. It supports layers, unlimited undo, special effects, and a wide variety of useful and powerful tools.
PhotoPlus 6 - image editing software that enables you to create, manipulate and enhance photographs, bitmap graphics and web animations. (Free Registration Required)
Pixia -”Pixia is the English version of a popular Japanese painting and retouch software for full color graphics. It supports mask, layer and many other editing functions.”
Terragen - a scenery generator, created with the goal of generating photorealistic landscape images and animations.
Xnview - you can quickly and easily view, process and convert image files. Will read more than 400 graphic file formats, and write to about 50. Will also display video formats. Also offers more advanced features such as Web page creation, contact prints, multiple conversion (format and transformation), slide shows, screen capturing and Twain support for scanners and digital cameras.

Office Applications

Abiword - Free word processor that can open and edit OpenOffice, Word, Rich Text Format, HTML, Wordperfect documents, Palm, web pages and many more
CutePDF - Create PDF Documents
Foxit PDF Reader - You can view and print PDF documents. No installation required.
Open Office - Free Microsoft Office alternative. Has the ability to open most mainstream document types and edit them.
PDF Creator - Freeware PDF creation through any Windows based program.
PDFill PDF Writer - a PDF Writer, Printer or Converter.
Wink - A presentation program designed to make tutorials on how to use software. Can export these tutorials in Flash, EXE, and HTML.
Rainlendar - Desktop calender for Windows, that’s skinnable and able to synchronize with M$ Outlook’s calender so you may see what your appointments are, without opening Outlook.
Sunbird - Calendar program

File Compression and Archiving

7-Zip - a file archiver with high compression ratio.
IZArc - File compression utility that supports most standard compression formats.
WinRAR - click on the downloads tab and download the trial version (not the beta). You can use the full functionality forever.
ZipGenius - A nice archiving tool. It handles zip, rar and many others.

Time & Weather

Atomic TimeSync - synchronize your system clock with the NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology).
ClocX - An analog clock application for Microsoft Windows 98/ME/NT/2000/XP/2003.
ForecastFox - “This great little extension allows you to set it up so you can always view your local forecast in your Firefox Browser itself. The forecasts come straight from the Weather Channel’s website.”
SysMetrix - Highly customizable, and skinnable clock. Can be customized to monitor the weather, your e-mail, cpu, memory usage and many other things, in addition to the time.
Weather Pulse - A weather application
WebTime2000 - WebTime 2000 is a small utility program that will synchronize your PC’s internal clock with one of the several atomic clocks maintained by the United States National Institute of Standards and Technology.

Utilities

Active@ KillDisk - powerful and compact DOS software that allows you to destroy all data on hard and floppy drives completely, excluding any possibility of future recovery of deleted files and folders.
AM-DeadLink - detects dead links and duplicates in your Browser Bookmarks. Checks Bookmarks from Internet Explorer, Opera, Mozilla and Netscape.
Clipboard Buddy - a clipboard cache program that remembers what was copied to the clipboard even after new data is copied, and allows you to retrieve the old data.
Convert - an easy to use unit conversion program that will convert the most popular units of distance, temperature, volume, time, speed, mass, power, density, pressure, energy and many others, including the ability to create custom conversions.
Fass - a forum post editor & automated post generator. It also has a “Post Preview” feature, which shows your post as it will appear on forums. Designed for use with Invision Power Board, compatible with most forum software.
HandyNotes - a small software program, that makes it easy to keep all your notes organized, in one easily accessible place.
Magical Jellybean Keyfinder - a utility that retrieves your Product Key (cd key) used to install windows from your registry. It has the options to copy the key to clipboard, save it to a text file, or print it for safekeeping.
MyUninstaller - Free app to remove entries from your Add/Remove Programs list.
Netstat Live - a small, easy to use TCP/IP protocol monitor which can be used to see your exact throughput on both incoming and outgoing data - whether you’re using a modem, cable modem, DSL, or even local network. Will also graph the CPU usage of your system.
Pow - trainable, popup blocker for Internet Explorer.
Process Explorer - shows you information about which handles and DLLs processes have opened or loaded.
RealVNC - makes it possible to view, and fully-interact with, one computer from any other computer, or mobile device, anywhere on the Internet.
Snap Backup - The One-Click Backup Utility that makes it simple to protect your important work.
SpeeDefrag 3 - a program, which restarts your computer and runs only defrag.exe with optimized windows settings.
Startup Inspector for Windows - helps both novice and expert user manage Windows® startup applications.
Total Uninstall - can help you to monitor any changes that were made to your system during installation of a new software product and allow you to perform a complete uninstall without having to rely on the supplied uninstall program (which may leave files or changes behind).(last freeware version)
TweakUI - This PowerToy gives you access to system settings that are not exposed in the Windows XP default user interface, including mouse settings, Explorer settings, taskbar settings, and more.
WinKey - create keyboard shortcuts to access your favorite programs, documents, and files. Once you’ve made a shortcut, simply press your desired key combination to launch your program. This tool supports up to 200 key assignments.

Screen Capture Applications

Capture - a screen capture utility for Windows (and NT), which allows you to capture the active window, or the entire screen, at any color depth and resolution, and save it into a Bitmap file for editing.
Gadwin Print Screen - an easy to use utility, that allows you to capture any portion of the screen, save it to a file, copy it to Windows clipboard, print it or e-mail it to a recipient of your choice.
Screenhunter - screen capture tool for you to easily take screenshots.
ScreenPrint32 - allows you to print, and/or capture to disk, or clipboard, the full desktop, active window, predefined area, or user selected area of the screen.

Windows Desktop Customization

BootSkin - “These two are the full version and never expire, but are unsupported by the company. The bootskin will not work on every computer, from their literature; “Some drivers and bios makers “break the rules” which can cause BootSkin to not work correctly. If you experience that, you can try these alternative versions:”
Iconoid - Iconoid is a small program that helps reduce the clutter and confusion of the Windows desktop.
Logon Studio - Never expires
ObjectDock - Limited functionality but never expires.
WindowsBlinds - Limited functionality but never expires.

Chat Clients

ChatZilla
GAIM - a multi-protocol instant messaging (IM) client for Linux, BSD, MacOS X, and Windows.
IceChat
Trillian -

Games

Free Full Computer Games

HTML & CSS Editors

1st Page 2000 - HTML Editor
HTML- Kit - HTML Editor
Notepad++ - a free source code editor which supports several programming languages running under the MS Windows environment.
NVU - WYSIWYG HTML Editor
Selida - HTML/WYSIWYG Editor
Sothink HTML Editor - HTML Editor (Can only edit one page at a time)
Topstyle Lite - CSS Editor
WYSIWYG Web Builder - HTML Editor

Website Creation

ewisoft - Website creation tool.
Internet Explorer Developer Toolbar - provides a variety of tools for quickly creating, understanding, and troubleshooting Web pages.
Jalbum - “This one is pretty cool for making photo layouts for your website.”
SiteGenWiz -
WindowSizer - Sets a given window to an exact size in pixels. Useful for web developers who want to see what their site will look like at various resolutions.

File Transfer Programs

BlazeFTP - FTP Client
FileZilla Client & Server - FTP Client and Server
FTP Surfer - FTP client
Leech FTP - FTP client
SmartFTP - FTP Client
WinSCP - A secure FTP Program and Secure Copy Program for use with SSH

Programming Languages & IDE/Editors

Bloodshed Dev-C++ - An excellent C/C++ IDE
phpEdit - PHP IDE
Visual Studio 2005 Express Products - This includes Visual Basic, Visual C#, Visual C++, Visual J#, SQL Server, and Visual Web Dev. Free, if downloaded by November 7th 2006.

Telnet Clients

Putty - Telnet and SSH Client

Antivirus

Antivir
Avast Free
AVG Free - at the bottom of the page.
Bitdefender Free

Trojan Removal

a² Free - a complementary product to antivirus software which is specialized in protection against harmful software. Antivirus software often features an inadequate protection against Trojans, Dialers and Spyware. a² fills this gap.” - tg911
Ewido Security Suite - removes Trojans, Worms, Dialers, Hijackers, Spyware and Keyloggers.

Spyware Removal -

Ad-Aware
IE-Spyad -
Spybot - Search & Destroy
Spywareblaster - prevents spyware from being installed on your PC.
Spywareguard - provides a real-time protection solution against spyware that is a great addition to SpywareBlaster’s protection method.
WinPatrol - WinPatrol uses a heuristic approach to detecting attacks and violations of your computing environment. Traditional security programs scan your hard drive searching for previously identified threats. WinPatrol takes snapshot of your critical system resources and alerts you to any changes that may occur without your knowledge.

Free Online Virus/Trojan/Spyware Scanners

a² - Malware & Security checks. On the right, under Quicklinks.
aumha.org - Internet Explorer (IE) parasite scan
BitDefender - virus scanner
CastleCops - several scans under “Tool Kit’, on the right, at the bottom of the page
eTrust - Virus scanner - WhyBeNormal
F-Secure - virus scanner
HouseCall - virus scanner
HouseCall - Europe - virus scanner - Does not require the use of ActiveX controls. Uses Java instead.
Jotti’s scan - submit files to be scanned by multiple (14) scanners (AntiVir, ArcaVir, Avast, AVG, BitDefender, ClamAV, Dr.Web, Fortinet, F-Prot Antivirus, Kaspersky Anti-Virus, NOD32, Norman Virus Control, UNA and VBA32)
kephyr.com - PopUp Killer Test
McAfee - virus, security and Wi-Fi scanners
PandaSoftware - virus scanner
PC Pitstop - several scans, on the left
RAV - virus scanner
SpywareGuide - spyware scanner, on the left, under “Our Online Tools”
SpywareInfo - spyware scanner, on the left, under “Site Navigation”
Sygate - several different scans on the left
Symantec.com - virus & security scanners
Webroot Spy Audit - Spyware scanner. It will not remove or modify any files.
WindowSecurity - trojan scanner

Specific Virus Removal Tools - if you know what Virus you have, try here.

Firewalls

PC Security

CleanUp! - a powerful and easy-to-use application that removes temporary files created while surfing the web, empties the Recycle Bin, deletes files from your temporary folders and more. - WhyBeNormal
Core Control - a full featured advanced security program, designed for Windows 95/98/ME Operating Systems. - acklan
Cryptainer LE - A really simple to use encryption tool that creates an invisible, password protected folder on your hard drive or other media. Free version limited to 25MB.Cryptainer LE’s encryption works with all 32 bit versions of Microsoft Windows (95/98/ME/2000/XP/2003 Server) and with all known file types.
Eraser - an advanced security tool (for Windows), which allows you to completely remove sensitive data from your hard drive by overwriting it several times with carefully selected patterns. - jgweed
EULAlyzer - can analyze license agreements in seconds, and provide a detailed listing of potentially interesting words and phrases. Discover if the software you’re about to install displays pop-up ads, transmits personally identifiable information, uses unique identifiers to track you, or much much more. - Wink
Hide & Protect any Drives - Hide or restrict access to any drives such as Hard drive, CD, DVD, floppy and flash, and deny access to partitions of your hard drives. (This is an older version that is still freeware. The newer version isn’t free.)
iProtectYou - allows parents to control which web sites can be visited, which programs can have Internet access, block e-mails, chat sessions and instant messages with inappropriate words, stop annoying ads, and/or restrict internet time to a predetermined schedule. - acklan
MaxCrypt - an automated computer encryption tool that protects your PC. -
SiteAdvisor’s Plug-in for Internet Explorer - installs a small button on your Internet Explorer browser. The button changes colors as you browse the Web based on the results of our safety tests. You can also click on the button’s menu to see the site’s detailed test results.

Hard Drive & System Utilites

Belarc Advisor - builds a detailed profile of your installed software and hardware, including Microsoft Hotfixes, and displays the results in your Web browser. - Ronbo
Cobian Backup - a multi-threaded program that can be used to schedule and backup your files and directories from their original location to other directories/drives in the same computer or other computer in your network. - usasma
CoolMon 2 - a program for monitoring vital system stats and almost anything else you wish to display on the desktop. - nosnhoj#3
CPU-Z - gathers information on some of the main devices of your system; CPU, Mainboard, Memory, and System. - Rimmer
Digital Dolly - hard-disk-partition, image, and cloning software that runs completely from a bootable CD-ROM. - acklan
EVEREST Home Edition - a freeware system information, system diagnostics and benchmarking solution for home PC users. Similar to Belarc, but much more comprehensive. - Herk
Memtest86 - a thorough, stand alone memory test for x86 architecture computers. - boopme
MicroSoft’s Memory Test - tests the Random Access Memory (RAM) on your computer for errors. - acklan
PC INSPECTOR - a data recovery program that supports the FAT 12/16/32 and NTFS file systems. - usasma
Quick Access InfoBar - Get the latest definitions and exhaustive advice on all the processes running in the Windows Task Manager. - Quick Access InfoBar
Ranish Partition Manager - Partition resizer, create, manager similar to Partition Magic but free!
SequoiaView - an excellent utility to help you figure out what is taking up so much space on your hard drive.
SIW - This program performs computer configuration, analysis, and diagnostics. (Similar to Everest)
SpeedFan - monitors voltages, fan speeds and temperatures in computers with hardware monitor chips.
SyncBack Freeware - backup and synchronization software
System Spec - lets you can see, save and print a complete spec of your PC with this no-install, system information utility and perform various windows functions. Additional advanced info includes CPU, drives, apps, display, memory and more.
What’s Running - a product that gives you an inside look into your Windows 2000/XP/2003 system. Explore processes, services, modules, IP-connections, drivers and much more.
WinAudit - a self-contained (no setup required) PC audit, and inventory of software, licenses, security configuration, hardware, network settings

Web Browsers

Avant Browser - based on the Internet Explorer browser engine.
Firefox - a highly customizable web browser, with tabbed browsing
Maxthon Internet Browser - tabbed browser with a highly customizable interface. It is based on the Internet Explorer browser engine.
Mozilla - ” Web-browser built for 2004, advanced e-mail and newsgroup client, IRC chat client, and HTML editing made simple — all your Internet needs in one application–Mozilla.”
Netscape - Includes a browser, email client, and html composer
Opera

Email Clients & Tools

ePrompter - automatically and simultaneously checks and retrieves your e-mail messages from up to 16 password-protected e-mail accounts. It not only lets you compose, forward, and reply to your retrieved messages, but also gives you the ability to delete unwanted spam or suspicious-looking mail without having to launch your e-mail program or having to go to your Web mail’s site.
Eudora - Free mail client but is ad sponsored. ( Eudora has a lite version available… just download the current version, and if you can live without the spellchecker, you dont have to live with the ad screen, being there. Go to the help menu, after installing, and select “payment and registration”. Then select “lite mode”, and it will ask if you can live without all of the extras, just click on “reduce features” - rexifelis)
Pegasus Mail - Bizrus
SpamBayes - anti-spam filter
Thunderbird - Open Source email client.
OE Quick Backup - Backup Outlook Express mailboxes, settings, mail rules, etc.

Spell Checker & Dictionary

IESpell - A spelling checker for Internet Explorer. Works like the spell checker in M$ Office, right click and select Check Spelling.
Magical Jellybean Dictionary - a freeware dictionary client for Windows 9x/ME/2000/XP, that connects to a dictionary server, and retrieves the definition from a database on the server.
tinySpell - easily and quickly check the spelling of words in any Windows application. Monitors your typing on the fly, and alerts you whenever it detects a misspelled word. It also checks the spelling of every word you copy to the clipboard.
Word Web - a comprehensive English thesaurus and dictionary, that can be used to look up words from within most programs.

Audio Applications

Audacity - a free audio editor.
dBpowerAMP Audio Player - “dAP plays Mp3s, WMA, Ogg Vorbis, Monkeys Audio, Real Audio, Wave and Midi, and many more”
foobar2000 - an advanced audio player for the Windows platform.
iTunes - Music Player, Organizer, Tag Editor and online store. Only works with Windows XP. - Phawgg with clarifications from Jeservices
K-Lite Codec Pack - a software bundle which includes the K-Lite Codec Pack Full, QuickTime Alternative, Real Alternative and BSplayer.
Media Player Classic - The application has the same look and feel as the old light-weight Windows Media Player 6.4, but is a completely different application which has all the options and features one might expect from a modern media player. (Media Player Classic comes bundled with Real Alternative, so if you’d like both, just get RA)
Mp3Decode - a real handy app to have in your Send To menu, it simply converts MP3 into WAV, quick and lightweight.
mp3DirectCut - a fast and extensive audio editor and recorder for MP3.
Real Alternative - designed for playing RealMedia files, which normally require Real Player
QuickTime Alternative - will allow you to play QuickTime files (.mov, .qt and other extensions) without having to install the official QuickTime Player. It also supports QuickTime content that is embedded in webpages.

Thanks to fatguysmart

Another Big List

Anti-Spyware/Anti-Virus/Anti-Rootkit Freeware Utilities : I want to ...

check if there is a rootkit installed on my computer : F-Secure BlackLight
check if there is a rootkit installed on my computer : RootkitRevealer by SysInternals
check if there is a rootkit installed on my computer : RootKit Hook Analyzer
protect the computer against adware : Ad-Aware Personal
protect the computer against adware : Spybot-S&D
protect the computer against spyware : Windows Defender from Microsoft
protect the computer against trojans : ewido
protect the computer against viruses : AVG Free
protect the computer against viruses : AntiVir PersonalEdition Classic
protect the computer against viruses : Avast! 4 Home Edition
protect the computer against viruses : BitDefender 8 Free Edition
protect the computer with a firewall : Sunbelt Kerio Personal Firewall
protect the computer with a firewall : Safety.Net
protect the computer with a firewall : ZoneAlarm
protect the browser against spyware : SpywareBlaster
protect the browser against spyware : SpywareGuard 2.2
remove CoolWebSearch virus : CWShredder
remove specific viruses : Grisoft/AVG Virus Removal Tools
stop/cleanup homepage hijacking : HijackThis

Audio/Music/MP3/Real/Wav Freeware Utilities : I want to ...

burn a CD : CDBurnerXP Pro
burn an audio CD : MP3 CD Doctor Lite
cut mp3 files into small parts : mp3DirectCut
cut wav files into smaller parts : CD Wave
cut wav files into smaller parts : Wave Splitter
control iTunes in Firefox : FoxyTunes
edit mp3 tags : TigoTago
edit mp3 tags : Mp3tag
fade-in/fade-out mp3 files : mpTrim
manage my iPod without iTunes : YamiPod
organize the mp3 collection : MediaMonkey
organize the mp3 collection : Media Manager
play all mp3 files in a folder : 1by1
play an audio CD : TinyCD
play an audio file : Foobar2000
play an audio file : XMPlay
play real audio (.ra, .rm) files without the real software : Real Alternative
record/save streaming music : Streamripper for Winamp
rip music from a CD : Audiograbber
rip music from a CD : CDex
rip music from a CD : EAC = Exact Audio Copy
show song lyrics for the song playing : EvilLyrics
tag/fix mp3/audio file tags : the GodFather
tag/fix mp3/audio file tags : ID3-TagIT

Business/Office/Access/Excel/Word Freeware Utilities : I want to ...

add lots of commonly used functions into Excel : ASAP Utilities
capture the screen : Gadwin PrintScreen
capture the screen : ScreenGrab 1.0
capture the screen : Screenshot Captor
capture the screen : MWSnap
change the date/time on multiple files : SetFileDate 1.1
convert a document into a different format : Omniformat
convert a document into pdf : CutePDF Writer
convert a document into pdf : PrimoPDF
convert access database into mysql : Access to MySQL
create a small database : TreePad Lite
create pdf (portable document format) file : PdfEdit995
create pdf file : Pdf995
create pdf file : PDFCreator
create pdf file : PDF reDirect
create/edit css lists : CSS Tab Designer
create/edit html color codes : Color Coder
create/edit html file / website : Evrsoft First Page 2006
create/edit html file : Alleycode
create/edit html file : Matrix Y2K
create/edit html file : HTML-Kit
duplicate a block of text with some programmed variables : DupBlock
encrypt PDF files : Signature995
open PDF files faster : Foxit Reader
password protect a text file : Steganos LockNote
show all the fonts installed : FontList
show all the fonts installed : Font Thing

Communication Freeware Utilities : I want to ...

chat on IRC : IceChat
chat on IRC : X-Chat 2 for Windows
chat with different messenger clients : Trillian by Cerulean Studios
chat with different messenger clients : Jabber
chat with different messenger clients : Miranda IM
chat with different messenger clients : Qnext
chat with different messenger clients : SIM-IM
chat with the jabber network : Pandion
check multiple email accounts with 1 utility : ePrompter
phone free using the internet : Skype
phone free using the internet : Gizmo
phone free using the internet : KishKish SAM
phone free using the internet : switchboard
phone free using the internet : Voipbuster
talk to skype and google-talk clients : Festoon Unity
telnet/ssh to a site : PuTTY
use a better MSN Messenger client : Mercury Messenger
video conference with others : SightSpeed

Desktop Freeware Utilities : I want to ...

add useful widgets : Yahoo Widgets
add useful widgets : Kapsules
automatically take screenshots at regular intervals : TimeSnapper
change desktop wallpaper automatically : Background Boss
change desktop wallpaper automatically : Panorama 32
change multiple monitors resolution : HobRes32
change my cursor shape/size : Stardock CursorXP
customize my shortcuts : PowerPr
display a calendar : Calendar
display earth-from-space photographs screen-saver : EarthView
display weather information : WeathAlert
display weather information : WeatherMate
display weather information : Weather Watcher
hide/bring back all the icons on the desktop : DeskSweeper 2.0
hide applications from taskbar/system tray : WatchCat 2.0
keep the icons fixed even when screen resolution changes : DIManager
launch applications : Mobydock
launch applications/bookmarks : jetToolBar 3 by Cowon
launch applications from a sidebar : Desktop Sidebar
launch applications quickly (list) : PopSel
launch applications quickly (icons) : RocketDock
launch applications quickly (icons) : Qsel
launch applications quickly (icons) : ObjectDock
launch applications with shortcut names : SlickRun
launch applications with shortcut names : Find and Run Robot
make application windows transparent : Glass2k
make application windows transparent : Power Menu
manage icons : Iconoid by Sillysot
manage wallpapers : Wallpaper XChange
multiple desktops and switch between them : BossKey
multiple desktops and switch between them : Virtual Dimension
rename Recycle Bin/My Computer/My Documents/My Network Places icons : Desktop Renamer
run a airplane flight simulation screen-saver : Holding Pattern
show a funny clock : Toon Clock
show a world clock : Qlock
show an analog clock : ClocX
show date and day in the taskbar : TClockEx
synch computer clock to exact time : TimeSync
synch computer clock to exact time : TimeSync by RaviB
use two desktops on 2 monitors with taskbars : MultiMon Task Bar
write sticky (post-it) notes on the desktop : ATnotes
write sticky (post-it) notes on the desktop : hott notes 3
write sticky (post-it) notes on the desktop : Stickies
write sticky (post-it) notes on the desktop : Stickies for Windows
write sticky (post-it) notes on the desktop : StickyPad

Editors/Notepad Replacements Freeware Utilities : I want to ...

edit a file collaboratively : MoonEdit
edit in hex : Freeware Hex Editor XVI32
edit php source code : PHP Designer 2005
edit programming source code : Crimson Editor
edit programming source code : PSPad editor
edit text : <Araneae
edit text : EditPad Lite
edit text : EDXOR
edit text : ConTEXT
edit text : Notepad2
preview any file as a hex dump : HexView

Files and Folders Freeware Utilities : I want to ...

add a comment field for file/folders : HobComment XP Shell Extension
access files remotely : Avvenu
add a foldersize column to Windows Explorer : Folder Size for Windows 2.3
archive (zip) files : IZArc
archive (zip) files : QuickZip
archive (zip) files : ZipGenius
backup files and folders : Replicator
backup/mirror a folder on another drive : SyncBack Freeware V3.2.10 from 2BrightSparks
change file-date on multiple files : FileDate Changer
change file-date on multiple files : ntouch
change the folder icon : NirExt
compare two text files and find difference or merge them : WinMerge
completely wipe/delete a file : SuperShredder
create a self-extracting (.exe) compressed files archive for a list of files : Funduc Software ZIP Extractor
create an encrypted archive : BCArchive
display all shared folders : GoTo Shared
display size/space of folders on a drive : DriveUse
display size/space of folders on a drive : JDiskReport
display size/space of folders on a drive : SequoiaView
display size/space of folders on a drive : SpaceMonger
display size/space of folders on a drive : TreeSize Free
encrypt a file : DSE
encrypt a large file quickly : SureCrypt
exchange files in my private network : Grouper
find/delete duplicate files : DoubleKiller
identify a file : TrIDNet - File Identifier
keep two folders in synch : SyncToy v1.2 for Windows XP by Microsoft
keep various versions of a file : CVSNT Open Source
list all files in a directory/folder in a text file : FileList
list all files in a directory/folder in a text/html file : Directory Lister
locate a file on the hard drive : Locate32
open subfolders of a folder with a right-click : Open Subfolder
perform muliple operations on files/folders : Drag and Drop Shell Robot
print the directory/folder tree list (and optionally, file list) : YourDir
print the list of files in a folder : PrintFolder 1.2
rename files (command line) : Renamer
rename multiple files : Bulk Rename Utility
rename multiple files : Lupas Rename
rename multiple files : Oscar's File Renamer
rename multiple files : THE Rename
rename multiple files easily : Rename Master
rename multiple files in one click : Flexible Renamer
search file/text on the computer : Copernic Desktop Search
search file/text on the computer : Google Desktop
search file/text on the computer : Yahoo! Desktop Search
search text (regular expressions) in multiple files/folders : Agent Ransack
search and replace text in multiple files : dsFSR
search and replace text in multiple files : ReplaceEm
search and replace text in multiple files : TexRep 2.0
securely delete a file so it can never be recovered : SDelete from SysInternals
share a folder with friends/private network : FolderShare
split a large file into smaller parts : HJ-Split
synch files between computers : BeInSync Basic
un-erase that file : PC Inspector File Recovery
undelete that file : FreeUndelete
undelete that file just recycled : Restoration
upload/download using FTP : SmartFTP
upload/download using TFTP : TFTP Server from SolarWinds
use GMail to store some files : GMail Drive
view all text files in a folder : Textview

Financial Freeware Utilities : I want to ...

budget and track expenses : PearBudget
calculate retirement cash flow: Forecaster
manage personal finances : AceMoney Lite
manage personal finances : Money Manager

Graphics/Images/Photographs Freeware Utilities : I want to ...

convert images into various formats : Xnview
convert images into various formats : FastStone Image Viewer
create a flash-based animated how-to/tutorial : Wink
create a web photo album and slideshow from my photographs. : iGal
create a web photo album and slideshow from my photographs. : JAlbum
create a web photo album and slideshow from my photographs. : Web Album Generator
create icons : Icon Sushi
create thumbnails of images : Easy Thumbnails by Fookes
create thumbnails of images : Thumbnail Generator
draw charts/graphs in 2D/3D from data : Gnuplot
draw diagrams : Dia
edit an image : CinePaint
edit an image : PhotoPlus 6
edit an image : Photo View
extract icon files from exe/library files : Icon Factory
find any duplicate photographs in a folder: Dup Detector
find the color of any pixel : CatchColor
find the color of any pixel : Pixie by NattyWare
find the color of any pixel : Xoomer
magnify image to pixel level : Magnifier
manage galleries of photographs : Picasa from Google
paint creatively : ArtRage
paint creatively : Artweaver
paint creatively (for kids) : Tux Paint
pick a color from a pallette : ColorPic by Iconico
right-click on an image and convert/print/thumbnail it : FirmTools ShellExtension
remove unnecessary information from a jpeg file : PureJPEG
stitch together multiple photographs : Autostitch
view images in an album folder : Irfanview
view images in an album folder : GL Image Browser

Information/Fun/Misc Freeware Utilities : I want to ...

convert units of measures : Quad-Lock Unit Converter
convert units of measures : Convert
find word meanings and synonymns : WordWeb
learn the periodic table information : Periodic Library
learn the periodic table information : Periodic Table v2.4
learn typing : MaxType LITE Typing Tutor from AskMeSoft
learn world geography : Seterra
see 3d space simulation : Celestia
solve a scientific calculation : ESBCalc
solve equations and plot graphs : DeadLine
watch funny videos : Metacafe
zoom onto the Earth from space : Google Earth
zoom onto the Earth from space : World Wind by NASA

Internet Freeware Utilities : I want to ...

add tabs to Internet Explorer browser : Maxthon Internet Browser
backup outlook express email : OEBackup
backup mozilla (firefox/thunderbird) browser profile : MozBackup
blog from the desktop : w.bloggar
browse the web (small footprint browser) : Off By One Web Browser
clean browser cache/temporary files : CleanCache 3.0
create a single page html of all intenet explorer favorites : FavoritesView
create/edit html files / website : Nvu
create/edit xml files : XMLSpy Home Edition
download a file via a torrent / p2p site : uTorrent
download an entire website : HTTrack
download manager for internet downloads : FlashGet
download manager for internet downloads : Free Download Manager
download manager for internet downloads : LeechGet
encrypt email messages : ClipSecure
ftp multiple sites simultaeously : BlazeFtp 2.1
ftp files securely : WinSCP
log into an internet-connected computer from another : LogMeIn
manage passwords : PassPack
manage/resume file downloads : Free Download Manager
monitor bandwidth usage : RAS Monitor
read my RSS feeds : Abilon
read my RSS feeds : FireAnt
read my RSS feeds : Pluck RSS Reader
read my RSS feeds : RSS Bandit
read my RSS feeds : RSSOwl
read my RSS feeds : RssReader
read my RSS feeds : RSS Xpress
read my RSS feeds : SharpReader
read Yahoo! email using thunderbird/outlook/POP-3 : YPOPs!
remove all html tags from a file to make a into text file : HTMLAsText
remove dead (404) bookmarks : AM-DeadLink
run x-windows server : Xming
safely browse the web : Avant Browser
search the web from the browser : Google Toolbar
search the web from the browser : Yahoo! Toolbar
tune-up firefox browser : FireTune for Mozilla Firefox v1.x
use a text editor to view-source in Internet Explorer: View Source Editor
view Outlook Express message database files (*.idx/*.mbx/*.dbx) : OE Viewer

Keyboard Freeware Utilities : I want to ...

automatically send defined keystrokes : AutoHotkey
automatically send defined keystrokes : MacroMaker
automatically send defined keystrokes : PS Hot Launch VVL
automatically send defined keystrokes : RemoteKeys
easily enter unicode characters : AllChars
remap the keyboard : Keyboard Remapper

Performance/Recovery/System Freeware Utilities : I want to ...

audit all hardware and software installed : Belarc Advisor
automatically logon without the login screen : Autologon by SysInternals
automatically adjust cpu loads : Process Tamer
backup/restore the windows registry : ERUNT
boot machine from a CD : Ultimate Boot CD 4 Win
boot windows faster : StartRight
build custom install windows CD : nLite
burn/create CD/DVD iso image files : ISO Recorder
capture all text written to screen : Textractor
change system settings : Microsoft Tweak UI
clean up temp folders : Empty Temp Folders
clean up temp folders : CCleaner
clean up the registry : EasyCleane
clean up the registry : RegSeeker
completely wipe/delete a file : Simple File Shredder
completely wipe/delete a hard disk : Eraser
customize windows install CD : nLite
defrag the hard drive : PageDefrag by SysInternals
defrag the hard drive : DirMS-S
defrag the hard drive continously : Buzzsaw-S
display CPU information : CPU-Z
display CPU information : WCPUID/XCPUID
display Microsoft ProductID and the CD-Key of MS-Office, Windows, Exchange Server, and SQL Server : ProduKey
display NTFS compression ratio of folders : NTFSRatio
display TCP/UDP endpoints and applications using them : TCPView by SysInternals
display all file activity in real-time : FileMon from SysInternals
display all processes running : PrcView
display all startup programs that run on my computer : Autoruns by SysInternals
display all windows updates (hotfixes and service packs) installed : WinUpdatesList
display and automatically optimize memory usage : FreeRAM XP Pro
display hard drive status information : HDDlife (small print freeware)
display motherboard system information : Motherboard Monitor
display system benchmark report : Fresh Diagnose
display system information : Everest Free Edition
display system information : Samurize
display system information : StatBar
display system information : SysMetrix
display system information : TinyResMeter
display system information : WinBar
display system information : SIW - System Information for Windows
display which pgrogrms are accessing the registry : Regmon by SysInternals
display/edit registry entries neatly : Registry Jumper
find which program has a particular file or directory open : Process Explorer by SysInternals
find which program has a particular file or directory open : WhoLockMe Explorer Extension
monitor bandwidth usage : BitMeter 2
monitor bandwidth usage : NetMeter
monitor voltages, fan speeds and temperatures : SpeedFan
optimize the windows registry : NTREGOPT
optimize TCP/IP settings : SG TCP Optimizer
recover passwords of network connections : Network Password Recovery
recover that password : Cain & Abel Password Recovery
remove unused files from the system : CCleaner
remotely control another computer : TightVNC
reveal the password behind the ***** in some applications : Asterisk Logger
run benchmark tests : 3DMark06
run only approved programs : Trust-No-Exe
scan IP/ open ports : Angry IP Scanner
stress test the system : HeavyLoad
tweak security settings : Safe XP
unlock the file/folder being used by another process : Unlocker
view/kill running tasks : Taskill

Productivity Freeware Utilities : I want to ...

connect two/more internet-connected-computers into a virtual network : Hamachi
defrag hard disk with contiguous files : Contig by SysInternals
display which progam has a file/directory open : Process Explorer by SysInternals
edit plain text : TED Notepad
keep more than 1 text snippet in windows clipboard : ArsClip
keep more than 1 text snippet in windows clipboard : Clipboard Recorder
keep more than 1 text snippet in windows clipboard : Ditto
make a to-do list : Easy To-Do by Xanadu Tools
organize calendar, contacts, to-do : EssentialPIM Free 1.71
organize schedules and tasks : Chaos Manager
play a music/mp3 file at alarm time : Alarm
play a music/mp3 file at alarm time : Citrus Alarm Clock
quickly launch applications : Launchy
read the text file to me : Ultra Hal Text-to-Speech Reader by Zabaware
replace Notepad : NoteTab Light by Fookes
set up date reminders : Date Reminder
spell check in an application that doesn't have that feature : tinySpell
word a to-do list : Taskmaster
write a business plan : Free Business Plan Software by PlanWare
write a daily diary : iDailyDiary Free Version by Splinterware

Programming Freeware Utilities : I want to ...

program in visual basic : Visual Basic Express by Microsoft
program in visual c++ : Visual C++ Express by Microsoft
program in visual c# : Visual C# Express by Microsoft
program in visual j# : Visual J# Express by Microsoft
proram in c++/c# : Bloodshed Dev-C++
create installation programs : Inno Setup
create installation programs : QuickInstall 2
run perl in windows : ActivePerl
view/print xml tree : XML Viewer

Uninstaller Freeware Utilities : I want to ...

cleanly uninstall applications : Easy Uninstaller v 1.5
cleanly uninstall applications : MyUninstaller

Video/DVDs Freeware Utilities : I want to ...

backup a DVD : DVD Backup Xpress
capture screen activity into a movie : AviScreen Classic
convert DVD to DIVx : AutoGK
copy a DVD : Shrinkto5
copy/shrink a DVD to the hard drive : DVD Shrink
copy/shrink a DVD to the hard drive : RatDVD
edit an avi file : AviTricks Video Editor Classic (Freeware)
identify missing codecs for playing avi fileGSpot Codec Information Appliance
join two mpg files : CombiMovie
play Quicktime movies without Apple software : QuickTime Alternative
split/join avil files : AviSplit Classic

Windows Explorer Replacements/Shell Extensions Freeware Utilities : I want to ...

replace windows explorer : A43 File Management Utility
replace windows explorer : Commander
replace windows explorer : freeCommander
replace Windows Explorer : JExplorer
replace Windows Explorer : ExplorerXP
replace Windows Explorer : xplorer2 lite
use customized shell : ShellON

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400 Love Letters

lorla — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 00:42:37 +0000

I came across a website with a collection of 400 love letters by somebody called Asia.

400 Love letters by Asia

This is what the site looks like when you click this link. There are 400 squares and each square is a seperate letter. The color of square tells who the letter was written to.

red and pink=lovers
orange=fan letters
yellow=strangers
green=acquaintances
blue=friends
purple=crushes
indigo=family
brown=people I don't really like
gray=anyone
black=everyone
white=me
flesh=my dream lover

Tags: fun, love, letters

Man, 102, takes out 25-year mortgage

lorla — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 21:21:22 +0000

Well well well that is what I call an optimistic man. At 102 he is taking a 25-year mortgage and the people at East Sussex believed in him.

A pensioner aged 102 has been granted a 25-year mortgage despite the fact he would have to live until 127 to pay the loan back.

The property investor from East Sussex has taken out an interest-only £200,000 mortgage and hopes to meet the £958 monthly repayments with income from rent as he joins a growing army of retired people hoping to cash in on buy-to-let schemes.

Most lenders set a limit at 75 years for mortgage applicants but a handful, including Woolwich, and Bristol & West, have no such restrictions. This has led to a rush of applications from older investors.

Jonathan Moore, of Mortgages for Business, an independent adviser based in Sevenoaks, Kent, told how he brokered the mortgage for the unnamed 102-year-old, one of hundreds he has arranged for pensioners. This is a new phenomenon.Obviously there is an element of risk if property prices and rental income suddenly fall but there is no sign of that at the moment, he said.

Richard Stone, 75, from north London, owns 10 houses and has taken out a £120,000 mortgage. The retired maths teacher admits such a commitment at his age can be quite stressful.

Source

Phobia... well

lorla — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 22:12:45 +0000

There are a lot of phobia. People tell different confusing names and you wonder if there is such thing like ..so and so..phobia.

Well, this is a very comprehensive list of phobia (more than 530 !!)prepared by Fredd Culbertson and arranged alphabetically.

It is amazing how much differently a person can feel fear. We all fear sometime of something and worst of all, most of the fears we fell in day-to-day life don't fall into any of the category given in the huge list.

Let me list some of the fears:

Ablutophobia- Fear of washing or bathing.
Acarophobia- Fear of itching or of the insects that cause itching.
Acerophobia- Fear of sourness.
Achluophobia- Fear of darkness.
Acousticophobia- Fear of noise.
Acrophobia- Fear of heights.......

and it goes on and on......

Tags: fear, medical term, phobia

Apple Sold 100 Million iPods

lorla — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 05:01:24 +0000

In a press release today, Apple announced that theyve sold 100 million iPods since it was first launched five and half year ago, in November 2001, making it the fastest selling music player. Apple has rolled out 10 different models of iPod spanning across 5 generations.

Apple Press Release

Steve Jobs : At this historic milestone, we want to thank music lovers everywhere for making iPod such an incredible success, said Steve Jobs, Apples CEO. iPod has helped millions of people around the world rekindle their passion for music, and were thrilled to be a part of that.

Via

Strange and Funny American Laws

lorla — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 01:59:25 +0000

In Texas, it's against the law for anyone to have a pair of pliers in his or her possession. In Philadelphia, you can't put pretzels in bags based on an Act of 1760. Alaska law says that you can't look at a moose from an airplane. In Corpus Christie, Texas, it is illegal to raise alligators in your home. In Miami, it is forbidden to imitate an animal. It is against the law to mispronounce the name of the State of Arkansas in that State. In Illinois, the law is that a car must be driven with the steering wheel. California law prohibits a woman from driving a car while dressed in a housecoat. In Memphis, Tennessee, a woman is not to drive a car unless a man warns approaching motorists or pedestrians by walking in front of the car that is being driven. In Tennessee, it is against the law to drive a car while sleeping. In New York, it is against the law for a blind person to drive an automobile. In West Virginia, only babies can ride in a baby carriage. In Georgia, it is against the law to slap a man on the back or front. A barber is not to advertise prices in the State of Georgia. In Louisiana, a bill was introduced years ago in the State House of Representatives that fixed a ceiling on haircuts for bald men of 25 cents. In Oklahoma, no baseball team can hit the ball over the fence or out of a ballpark. In Rochester, Michigan, the law is that anyone bathing in public must have the bathing suit inspected by a police officer ! In Kentucky, it's the law that a person must take a bath once a year. In Utah, birds have the right of way on any public highway. In Ohio, one must have a license to keep a bear. In Tennessee, a law exists which prohibits the sale of bologna (sandwich meat) on Sunday. In Virginia, the Code of 1930 has a statute which prohibits corrupt practices or bribery by any person other than political candidates. In Providence, Rhode Island, it is against the law to jump off a bridge. In the State of Kansas, you're not allowed to drive a buffalo through a street. In Florida, it is against the law to put livestock on a school bus. In New Jersey, cabbage can't be sold on Sunday. In Galveston, Texas, it is illegal to have a camel run loose in the street! In North Carolina, it is against the law for dogs and cats to fight. In Cleveland, Ohio, it is unlawful to leave chewing gum in public places. In Virginia, chickens cannot lay eggs before 8:00 a.m., and must be done before 4:00 p.m. In New York, it is against the law for children to pick up or collect cigarette and cigar butts. In Massachusetts, it is against the law to put tomatos in clam chowder. In Washington State, you can't carry a concealed weapon that is over 6 feet in length. In San Francisco, there is an ordinance, which bans the picking up and throwing of used confetti. In Kentucky, it is illegal for a merchant to force a person into his place of business for the purpose of making a sale. It is against the law in Connecticut for a man to write love letters to a girl whose mother or father has forbidden the relationship. In Michigan, married couples must live together or be imprisoned. In the state of Colorado, a pet cat, if loose, must have a tail-light ! In Phoenix, Arizona, you can't walk through a hotel lobby with spurs on. In California, a law created in 1925 makes it illegal to wiggle while dancing. In Utah, daylight must be visible between dancing couples. In Michigan, it is against the law for a lady to lift her skirt more than 6 inches while walking through a mud puddle. In North Carolina, it is against the law for a rabbit to race down the street. In Georgia, it's against the law to spread a false rumor. In West Virginia, one can't cook sauerkraut or cabbage due to the odors and the offence is subject to imprisonment. In Missouri, a man must have a permit to shave. The law states that more than 3000 sheep cannot be herded down Hollywood Blvd. at any one time. In Texas, it is still a "hanging offense" to steal cattle.

Free Children Audio Stories

lorla — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 18:47:12 +0000

Free Children Audio Stories

A Chinese Fairytale
Peach Boy
The three Little Pigs
Tom Thumb
Link http://www.stoneagerobot.com/SoundStories/

Children Stories Audio on StoryNory

Dick Whittington and His Cat
The Maiden and the Frog
The Golden Fish By the Brothers Grimm
Snow White By the Brothers Grimm
Beauty and the Beast
The Steadfast Tin Soldier
The Gingerbread Man
Cinderella
Rikki-tikki-tavi Part Two
Rikki-tikki-tavi Part One
Jack and the Beanstalk Part One
Jack and the Beanstalk Part Two
The Snow Queen
In the Cyclops Cave
Harry and Rosie Take A Train
Harry and Rosies New Pet
Harry and Rosie Trick Santa by Angharad Lynn
A Chrismas tale by Angharad Lynn .
A Christmas Carol By Charles Dickens
Harry and Rosie Trick Santa by Angharad Lynn
Berties Christmas Storynory By HRH Prince Bertie the Frog
Tim Learns About Father Christmas
The First Christmas
Bertie Meets Father Christmas
A Visit From St. Nicholas
Christmas Writing Competition Winners
The Maiden and the Frog
Noahs Ark
The Cat and the Mouse in Partnership By the Brothers Grimm
Kissa the Cat From The Brown Fairy Book of Andrew Lang
A Visit From St. Nicholas
Shock-Headed Peter
The Spider and the Fly
Two Poems about Mice
The Owl and the Pussycat By Edward Lear
Tim Learns The History of Soccer
Tim learns where Easter Eggs come from By Storynory
The Steadfast Tin Soldier
The Flying Trunk By Hans Christian Andersen
The Princess and the Pea By Hans Christian Andersen
The Snow Queen Part Two By Hans Christian Andersen
The Snow Queen Part One By Hans Christian Andersen (From The Pink Fairy book by Andrew Lang, 1897)
Aladdins Lamp
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves From the 1001 Arabian Nights
The Golden Fish By the Brothers Grimm
Snow White By the Brothers Grimm
The Cat and the Mouse in Partnership By the Brothers Grimm
Hansel and Grettel By The Brothers Grimm
Beauty and the Beast
Cinderella From the Blue Fairy Book of Andrew Lang
The Sleeping Beauty Part Two From The Blue Fairy Book of Andrew Lang The Sleeping Beauty From The Blue Fairy Book of Andrew Lang
Little Red Riding Hood From the Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang
Alices Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll

Interviews
Jeremy Strong Interview
Young Bond Charlie Higson Interview
The Getaway by Ed Vere
Link http://storynory.com/

Childrens Literature Audio Stories

Aesop Aesops Fables - Complete Menu
Baldwin, James Robinson Crusoe Written Anew for Children
Baum, L Frank Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz
Baum, L Frank Little Wizard Stories of Oz
Baum, L Frank The Marvelous Land of Oz
Baum, L Frank The Lost Princess of Oz
Baum, L Frank The Road to Oz
Baum, L Frank Sky Island
Brooke, L Leslie Johnny Crows Garden
Brooke, L Leslie Johnny Crows Party
Brooke, L Leslie The Golden Goose Book
Brooke, Leslie L The Story of the Three Little Pigs
Burgess, Gelett More Goops and How Not to Be Them
Burgess, Gelett The Goop Directory
Burnett, Frances Hodgson A Little Princess
Burnett, Frances Hodgson Sara Crewe: Or, What Happened at Miss Minchins Boarding School
Burnett, Frances Hodgson The Secret Garden
Carroll, Lewis Alices Adventures in Wonderland
Carroll, Lewis Through the Looking-Glass
Collodi, C (transl Carol della Chiesa) The Adventures of Pinocchio
Crane, Walter Babys Own Aesop
Denslow, W W The Three Bears
Grahame, Kenneth The Reluctant Dragon
Grahame, Kenneth The Wind in the Willows
Grahame, Kenneth The Wind in the Willows
Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm Fairy Tales
Harris, Joel Chandler Uncle Remus
Hoffman, Heinrich Struwwelpeter
Hope, Laura Lee The Story of a Stuffed Elephant
Kipling, Rudyard Just So Stories
Larned, William Trowbridge American Indian Fairy Tales
Lear, Edward The Owl and the Pussycat
Lofting, Hugh The Story of Doctor Dolittle
MacDonald, George The Light Princess
Marshall, HE Our Island Story, Part
Marshall, HE Our Island Story, Part (duet)
Montgomery, Lucy Maud The Golden Road
Montgomery, Lucy Maud The Story Girl
Moore, Clement C Twas the Night Before Christmas
Mulock, Miss The Little Lame Prince
Nesbit, E Five Children and It
Nesbit, E Railway Children
Newell, Peter The Rocket Book
Newell, Peter The Slant Book
Potter, Beatrix Great Big Treasury of Beatrix Potter
Sandburg, Carl Rootabaga Stories
Sewell, Anna Black Beauty
Sidney, Margaret Five Little Peppers and How They Grew
Spyri, Johanna Heidi
Stevenson, Robert Louis The Cow
Turner, Ethel Seven Little Australians
Twain, Mark The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Williams, Margery The Velveteen Rabbit (duet)
Williams, Margery The Velveteen Rabbit
Wilde, Oscar The Canterville Ghost
Wilde, Oscar The Happy Prince and Other Tales
Wyss, Johann David The Swiss Family Robinson
Teenagers might find these books especially appealing:
Alger, Horatio Ragged Dick
Burroughs, Edgar Rice The Gods of Mars
Burroughs, Edgar Rice A Princess of Mars
Defoe, Daniel Robinson Crusoe
Haggard, H Rider King Solomons Mines
London, Jack Call of the Wild
London, Jack White Fang
Montgomery, Lucy Maud Anne of Green Gables
Montgomery, Lucy Maud Anne of Avonlea
Montgomery, Lucy Maud Anne of the Island
Montgomery, Lucy Maud Rilla of Ingleside
Stevenson, Robert Louis Treasure Island
Stratton-Porter, Gene A Girl of the Limberlost
Twain, Mark A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthurs Court
Twain, Mark The Prince and the Pauper
Wells, HG War of the Worlds
Wells, HG War of the Worlds
Verne, Jules A Journey to the Interior of the Earth
Link http://librivox.org/childrens-literature/

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Figures made by hands with the help of shadows [E-book]

lorla — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 20:16:00 +0000

This is an old book which tells you how to create figures in the wall with the help of hands and a light source. You will love the series of novel and amusing figures formed by the hand and this is free book released by Project Gutenberg.

Cover

Well, it has nice such pictures to help you figure-out how to make figures on the wall.

Book Details:
Author: Henry Bursill
Published by : Griffith and Farran
Date of the publication: 1859
Language: English
Amount of pages: 32
Format: CHM
Size of a file: 642 Kb

Download the book here

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Are mobile phones wiping out our bees?

lorla — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 16:15:41 +0000

Scientists claim radiation from handsets are to blame for mysterious 'colony collapse' of bees

It seems like the plot of a particularly far-fetched horror film. But some scientists suggest that our love of the mobile phone could cause massive food shortages, as the world's harvests fail.

They are putting forward the theory that radiation given off by mobile phones and other hi-tech gadgets is a possible answer to one of the more bizarre mysteries ever to happen in the natural world - the abrupt disappearance of the bees that pollinate crops. Late last week, some bee-keepers claimed that the phenomenon - which started in the US, then spread to continental Europe - was beginning to hit Britain as well.

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Bicycle Day!

lorla — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 18:51:02 +0000

Today's the Bicycle Day. Want to know how it started ?

At 4:20 in the afternoon, on April 19th, 1943, the Swiss chemist Albert Hofmann deliberately ingested 250 micrograms of LSD-25, a substance he had discovered during experiments with alkaloids of the fungus ergot. Despite the vanishingly small dosage, he soon found himself stricken with dizziness, euphoria, and an inescapable compulsion to laugh. Within the hour, he could barely write or speak intelligibly, and fearing hed poisoned himself, rode his bicycle to his nearby home, called a doctor, asked for a glass of milk and collapsed on a sofa....... (from Page3.14)

Tags: society, event, bicycle day

BathTub Racing Cars

lorla — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 02:56:00 +0000

Sounds fun !!

You can keep ready 9000 bucks for the racing track

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Tags: fun, funny, sports

Amazing cloud

lorla — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 19:05:00 +0000

You will be amazed by the pictures of clouds and their incredible forms

Mammatus Clouds, or "breast-clouds"

Lenticular Clouds are often mistaken for UFOs

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32 Hilarious Things To Do In An Elevator

lorla — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 18:14:54 +0000

1. Crack open your briefcase or purse, peek inside and ask, Got enough air in there?
2. Stand silently and motionless in the corner, facing the wall, without getting off.
3. When arriving at your floor, grunt and strain to yank the doors open, then act embarrassed when they open by themselves.
4. Greet everyone getting on the elevator with a warm handshake and ask them to call you Admiral.
5. Lean against the button panel.
6. Stare at another passenger for awhile, then announce in horror, Youre one of THEM and back away slowly.
7. Wear a puppet on your hand and use it to talk to the other passengers.
8. Say Ding at each floor.
9. Bring a chair along.
10. Make explosion noises when anyone presses a button.
11. Stare, grinning at another passenger for awhile, and then announce, I have new socks on.
12. Try to make personal calls on the emergency phone.
13. When theres only one other person in the elevator, tap them on the shoulder and then pretend it wasnt you.
14. Push the buttons and pretend they give you a shock. Smile, and go back for more.
15. Ask if you can push the button for other people, but push the wrong ones.
16. Hold the doors open and say youre waiting for your friend. After a while, let the doors close and say, Hi Greg. Hows your day been?
17. Drop a pen and wait until someone reaches to help pick it up, then scream, Thats mine!
18. Move your desk in to the elevator and whenever someone gets on, ask if they have an appointment.
19. Lay down a Twister mat and ask people if theyd like to play.
20. Leave a box in the corner, and when someone gets on ask them if they hear something ticking.
21. Pretend you are a flight attendant and review emergency procedures and exits with the passengers.
22. Ask, Did you feel that?
23. When the doors close, announce to the others, Its okay. Dont panic, they open up again.
24. Show other passengers a wound and ask if it looks infected.
25. Leave a box between the doors.
26. Wave hands wildly at invisible flies buzzing around your head.
27. Start a sing-along.
28. Sing Mary had a little lamb while continually pushing buttons.
29. Call out, group hug!, then enforce it.
30. Say I wonder what all these do? and push all the red buttons.
31. Meow occasionally.
32. While the doors are opening, hurriedly whisper, Hide itquick! then whistle innocently.

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Can you bite your own nose?

lorla — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 21:31:51 +0000

Well, everything is possible in this world.

See how this nice, handsome guy bites his own nose....

Read further to see how his face changes when he bites his hose.

Any comments ??

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World's tallest man gets married

lorla — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 18:02:00 +0000

And the wife is 2 feet shorter. Msnbc posted a news on March 28 about the marriage of a 7 foot 9 inch man, Bao Xishun from Inner Mongolia who married 5 foot 6 inch saleswoman Xia Shujian.

Xia Shujian, 28 is half the age of her tower-tall husband.

I have collected some pictures of this guy in next page.

Funny Japanese Show

lorla — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 01:17:00 +0000

Well, Japanese people invent many things. And here they have invented some funny machines...

See the Wasabi Roll, funny slapping Machine, Huge Balloon and so on...

Tags: funny, humour, video, youtube

Make money online by using your Photo Stock

lorla — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 02:28:00 +0000

Well well well just posted an article about making money out of photos and then started researching (That's not how things shouldn go .... A lesson for me!!). I found the link tried the website and thought it was ok to share among you people ....

(shall I remove the post ?... well let me leave it for now!)

Then I found some sites posted in this blog that helps making some money with your photos stock. Let me list them here:

1. BigStockPhoto

BigStockPhoto requires a photo seller to take the Photographer Test after studying the Tutorial pages. If you pass youll be able to upload photos, which will be reviewed by the editors. When users download them, you earn fifty cents each time (or up to $60 for some downloads if you have elected to also sell photos under our Special Licensing agreements). BigStockPhoto mail checks or make payment to you via Paypal or MoneyBookers.

2. Dreamstime

Dreamstime requires that the image must be at least 3MP in size or more; it must be RGB saved at highest JPG quality 12. You should also have a model release on all people recognizeable in your image. Sellers get 50-80% from each sale made. Payment is via bank check, Paypal, and MoneyBookers.

3. Fotolia

Landscape, Architecture, People, Fauna & Flora, Objects, Transport, Food & Drink to Social Issues and Travel are the most in-demand image subjects that Fotolia suggest to those who want to upload photos using their site. Requires minimum of 1600 x 1200 pixels for web use and 2272 x 1704 pixels or greater for print use
The preferred files are with atleast 2000 x 3000 pxels. Fotolia pays an average of 52% commission to its contributors.

4. iStockPhoto

iStockPhoto requires that the images be RGB JPG format only. Required file sizes: the bigger, the better. 300 dpi 5? x 7? is optimal. 640×480 images are not usable by most graphic artists. All files should be 1200 x 1600 pixels minimum (anything smaller will be automatically rejected The royalty structure on iStockphoto is 20%. If youre eligible for exclusivity, you can make up to 40%. Pay is via Paypal and Moneybookers, or you can request a check by mail; Electronic payment requests are usually processed within 3 workdays. Check requests are processed at the beginning of each month and the checks are sent out at the middle of the month.

5. ShutterStock

Shutterstock pays 25 cents per download and it also has a referral program that users can also earn from. ShutterStock also accepts stock footage. Images must be at least 2.5 megapixel to be accepted. But new photographers minimum size is 4.0MP. Pay checks are mailed monthly.

To make the most out of making money online with stock photography make sure that your image is original and truly copyrighted by you. All trademarks must be removed. This includes logos, brands and entities with copyright or trademarked elements. This many also extend to trademarked products such as cast sculptures, toys, architecture and other elements of design. This is necessary to avoid future legal problems.

Always check the sellers portion for frequently asked questions, you better check it out first before trying to publish your work and sell your photos. This will help a lot in clarifying whatever you want to know about how to make money online from that stock photo site.

Also, dont forget to know what are the most in-demand image subjects to avoid wasting your time uploading least requested images.

Sounds great and I hope this is useful to you. Good Luck!

Before and After ... Great photoshoped pictures !

lorla — Sat, 28 Apr 2007 00:06:34 +0000

Nothing remains same forever. Some photographers have visualized this concept with the help of photos and software available. The result, is incredible.

Worth1000 site conducts contests on creative photo manipulation works (they call it photoshoping). The pictures I am talking are from the 49 entries so far in the contest.

Time changes everything. Sometimes, a few days is enough to make a noticeable difference; other times it takes years or even centuries. But eventually, everything starts to show its age.

In this contest, you're asked to speed the process up. Take any object you like, living or inanimate. Leave half (or thereabouts) of the picture untouched. Take the other half, and show how the subject will look at some point in the future.

You can choose the obvious targets: Show a girl's face, with the right half aged to an elderly woman. Or perhaps a new mansion, with one half dilapitated and neglected. Or you can be creative: Put a caterpillar on one half of your entry, changing into a butterfly in the other. It's up to you.

You can see the thumbnails of the entries here. It's worth a look.

And it is great to read the comments too.

Wise cracks

lorla — Sun, 29 Apr 2007 16:05:19 +0000

Got these wise cracks in email and thought you might be interested in looking at them. One does not need to follow them but it surely is nice to read through them and enjoy the moment you read.

1. Don't use time or words carelessly. Neither can be retrieved.

2. Don't be afraid to learn. Knowledge is weight less, a treasure you can carry easily.

3. Don't run through life so fast that you forget not only where you've been, but also where you are going.

4. Don't shut love out of your life by saying it's impossible to find. The quickest way to receive love is to give; the fastest way to lose love is to hold it too tightly, and the best way to keep love is to give it wings.

5. Don't be afraid to encounter risk. It is by taking chances that we learn how to be brave.

6. Don't be afraid to admit you are less than perfect. It is this fragile thread that binds us together.

7. Don't give up when you still have something to give. Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying.

8. Don't let your life slip through your fingers by living in the past or future. By living our life one day at a time, you live ALL the days of your life.

9. Don't take for granted the closest things to your heart. Cling to them as you would your life, for without them life is meaningless.

10. Don't set your goals by what other people deem important. Only you know what is best for you.

11. Don't undermine your worth by comparing yourself with others. It is because we are different that each of us is special.

Tags: fun, wise cracks, slogan

Well, here are some slogans and wise cracks for your funny bone.

Well, this day was a total waste of makeup.
Make yourself at home! Clean my kitchen.
Who are these kids and why are they calling me Mom?
Are those your eyeballs? I found them in my cleavage.
Don't bother me. I'm living happily ever after.
If I throw a stick, will you leave?
I plead contemporary insanity.
Therapy is expensive, poppin' bubble wrap is cheap! You choose.
I like cats, too. Let's exchange recipes.
I'm not your type. I'm not inflatable.
Allow me to introduce my selves.
Sarcasm is just one more service we offer.
Whatever kind of look you were going for, you missed.
Live within my income? Heck, it's all I can do to live within my credit.
A woman's favorite position is C.E.O.
Does your train of thought have a caboose?
Here I am! Now what are your other two wishes?
Can I trade this job for what's behind door #2?
Nice perfume. Must you marinate in it?
So many freaks, so few circuses.
Did the aliens forget to remove your anal probe?
Chaos, panic, & disorder my work here is done.
Ambivalent? Well, yes and no.
Everyone thinks I'm psychotic, except for my friends deep inside the earth.
Allow me to introduce myselves.
Meandering to a different drummer.
I just want revenge. Is that so wrong?
I thought I wanted a career, turns out I just wanted paychecks.
I started out with nothing...and I still have most of it left.
And just how may I screw you over today?
I majored in liberal arts. Will that be for here, or to go?

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Free Press Release Websites

lorla — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 05:02:42 +0000

Don't know if they are viewed by many people or not but they sure do exist. Just to test their effectiveness, I have posted in one of the free press release website. Well, it was not well-prepared and I was just testing I have created a release statement like this.

With these sites around you can release a press-release on your first love or a break-up or even a statement that your can refused to eat your most expensive pet food.

I would appreciate comments on the reader's comment on their experience with similar sites.

I found some 23 such press release sites in this blog. Some costing as much as $2850 (that sounds promising!).

Tags: free, press release, website, internet

Nice and Free Software : Text Magician

lorla — Wed, 02 May 2007 03:02:25 +0000

I had a really big text file and I didn't know how to open it. Then I found this small software developed by David Pye. It helped me to divide the file into smaller pieces so I can keep open them and play around with. Apart from splitting files it can do lot of other useful things with text files.

It is a simple interface with all options squezed in one small GUI. It looks like the following screenshot without much menus and toolbars.

This software can be used to edit text files the easy way. Join or split files while adding, deleting or replacing text, change to upper or lower case, capitalise all words or the start of all lines, add text to the start or end of lines, remove leading or trailing spaces, add or remove blank lines, remove text blocks, alphabetise lines in file(s), split files at specified lines or text or into a specified number of files, works on multiple files and on files of unlimited size. I wrote this for my own use after I couldn't find a program to do what I wanted, it's extremely easy to use with a simple interface.

Some of the tasks it can do are listed as follows:

1. Remove leading spaces and tabs.
2. Remove trailing spaces.
3. Remove all blank lines.
4. Add a blank line after each line.
5. Capitalize the first letter of each line.
6. Capitalize the first letter of each word.
7. Capitalize all text.
8. Make all text lower case.
9. Sort the lines in the file(s) alphabetically.
10. Remove text from the start of each line.
11. Remove text from the end of each line.
12. Remove text from everywhere in the file(s).
13. Add text to the start of each line.
14. Add text to the end of each line.
15. Add text in a new line after each line.
16. Remove a block of text.
17. Replace text everywhere.
18. Join multiple files and include dividers.

You can also split a file in the following ways:-

1. Into a specified number of files.
2. Every X number of lines.
3. Split at the end of specified text.
4. The first 17 editing functions can also be included when splitting a file.

The software can be downloaded from the developer's site.

Tags: text edit, file split, text, freeware

Record Setting Cable Car to be Constructed

lorla — Wed, 02 May 2007 23:49:28 +0000

A 4.4 kilometers long cable car that runs from the 2,182m high Whistler Mountain to the 2,440m high Blackcomb Mountain is planned to be completed by December 2008.

The company hired to build the cable car, Doppelmayr of Austria, says it will set two world records, one for distance between two pillars supporting the cable - 3,024 meters - and one for height over a valley - 415 meters.

In the official website there is a very neat presentation highlighting these two record breaking features of the cable car.

As Vancouver and the Whistler-Blackcomb region have been selected to host the 2010 Winter Olympics, this is one of the many new infrastructures being constructed in the area.

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Tags: cable car, mountain, winter olympics

Mother's Day

lorla — Sat, 05 May 2007 04:08:47 +0000

Mother is the creator of the world and I was wondering if people all around the world celebrate Mother's Day. A look around revealed that many countries have their own versions of Mother's Days. Although majority of the countries celebrate it on second Sunday in May, there are various dates ranging from February (Norway, Israel) to December (Indonesia, Iran, Panama). What are you going to do this Mother's Day celebration on 11th May? I am going to buy a nice flower for her. But it is not easy to choose one from different vendors. I wish it were as easy as picking some from your own garden. But virtual gardens are not that bad either. All you need to do is visit online store, choose the one you like and click options for your mothers day delivery.

Terry Tao at UCLA - Top Scientist

lorla — Sat, 05 May 2007 04:27:34 +0000

Terry Tao is considered as a greatest scientist in the modern time.

Commercial Financing

lorla — Sat, 05 May 2007 06:00:00 +0000

For a business to survive in the business world, they need money. Business financing not that easy to get and that too the right amount at right time. With the help of professionals the process might be easier and trouble free with saving in interest too. One of my foreign friend was looking for business finance and it was a tough job untill she found earth.co.uk. Many business tend to depend on a single lender for their financial needs. But being independent of any one lender and can confidently source products from all the major mortgage lenders. That is where Commercial Finance UK can be of great help as they have access to all commercial lenders ensuring you can get the best deal. They are able to give a decision in principle within 48 hours and even have products for those with poor credit. They also claim to arrange commercial mortgages of up to 70% loan to value in most cases and even up to 90% in some cases. If you are looking for a deal in commercial mortgages trying them doesn't hurt.

Best tech deals and bargains

lorla — Sat, 05 May 2007 06:27:04 +0000

I usually shop electronics and technology related products online. When it comes to shopping I try to find the best deals possible. The other day, I found a nice site that offers great bargains and exclusive deals on a wide range of technical products. They also offer a free newsletter to keep you up to date on all the latest deals which are updated 24/7 even on holidays. Keeping tracks of bargain on products from different stores is not an easy task. Techbargains.com makes the tough task easy by providing a site with constantly updated bargain news including the latest special deals, coupons, rebates, and offers for tech products. The easy-to-use website offers latest bargain news and exclusive deals backed by product database, reviews, and comparisons. If you prefer to get regular updated you can subscribe email newsletters which consolidate the best deals of the week or opt for deal alerts that are customized to fit your interests. RSS feeds, mobile web pages and mobile RSS feeds are some more options to get you regularly updated. You can also talk with other users on free stuffs, hot deals, coupons and anything of your liking in an active forum too. I saw one George Lindemann Jr in the forum and mistook him for the billionare! This would certainly be a great tool to access the best tech bargains and save money on all your technology products purchases. Getting great deals online is even better then shopping online!

The Mist - does it scare?

lorla — Sat, 05 May 2007 06:39:04 +0000

I am really scared of horror movies! I hate movies with a lot of blood. But suspense and thrillers with a horror touch is sometimes entertaining. I prefer novels to movies when it comes to horror and movies to books when it is a comedy. I have read some of Stephen King's novels and they really have nice plots and smooth flowing story line. When I saw the trailers of his upcoming movie, "The Mist", the suspense was thrilling rather than horrifying. After seeing the trailers I was left wondering what I would do when I was in that situation. I guess, I have to make it an exception in my preference to see it. The new science fiction/horror flick, The Mist by Stephen King, is directed and adapted for the screen by Frank Darabont. Starring Thomas Jane, Marcia Gay Harden, Andre Braugher, Laurie Holden, Toby Jones, William Sadler, Frances Sternhagen and Jeffrey DeMunn the movie will be in theatres on Nov 21st. Yesterday at a press conference in New York, Stephen King is quoted as saying "Frank wrote a new ending that I loved. It is the most shocking ending ever and there should be a law passed stating that anybody who reveals the last 5 minutes of this film should be hung from their neck until dead." That is the horror writer's horrifying warning!

Loose Cap or Lost Filling ?

lorla — Sat, 05 May 2007 07:35:29 +0000

It sure is a mess when you have a lose cap or a lost filling. It was lunch-time in high school when I had an embarrassing and painful experience of losing my dental filling. I had to wait till the next day to visit the dentist and fix it up. But if it were now, I would have easily repaired the filling with hassle free Dentemp OS and eat on it within 30 minutes of setting! It sure is a magic tool that comes in a resealable pack that can be used for more than six temporary dental repairs. As the ready made formula does not need to be mixed it is an easy and mess free solution for cementing loose crowns and replacing lost filling. With all these features, it sure can provides fast, temporary relief of pain and discomfort. Some people might be concerned on putting something sold over-the-counter in their mouth. But it seems one does not need to worry about this as Dentemp OS is tested and approved by FDA Regulations for Oral Care. Nobody knows when caps or fillings give way. The dental cement for temporary dental repair seems like a very useful addition in the medicine cabinet. Carrying it when you are on vacation or during the holidays would also make sense.

Online Storage: Data Storage Backbone

lorla — Sat, 05 May 2007 08:37:00 +0000

All computer users should use some kind of backup solution to protect against data loss and I learnt this lesson the hard way. Some 6 years back I had a very unfortunate event when all my data in my hard disk was gone. Although I had a CD writer to backup the data it was not that convenient to do the backups regularly. But time has change so much in these years and web-based backup solutions have made the life much easier in protecting our data. One such system, IDrive-E Online Backup is popular for ease of use and reliability of its online backup system. Users can schedule incremental, differential and full backups. For the security of the data being transferred, data is encrypted with 128-bit SSL encryption on transfers, 256-bit AES encryption on storage with a user defined key. File sharing feature is very useful for collaborating with team and business partners. Recent enhancement in the system also includes an ability to create and manage multiple accounts for small business. Best thing I like about IDrive is the good choice of options on how I do my backup and access them. When I don't want to install software for my backup needs, I can use the browser based system to access files from anywhere and share files, folders with others. There is another option of a neat application to schedule backups of important files on a regular basis. Its integration with Windows Explorer gives the flexibility of drag and drop and editing files directly. I can also use Webfolders with drag and drop facilities in which MS Office files can be edited and saved directly. With IDrive-E Basic account users can get 2GB of backup space absolutely free which can be upgraded to unlimited storage without any filesize restriction at $49.5/year. IDrive can also retain upto 30 versions of backed up data. With its versatile backup options and affordable pricing plans IDrive can be considered one best choice while selecting online storage and backup system. -This is a sponsored post

Website optimization firm for your website

lorla — Sat, 05 May 2007 13:01:00 +0000

When one creates a website, it needs a lot of exposure so that people who may be interested can find it. The effort to make it popular depends on various factors and needs expert guidance. One of my sponsors suggested a site with unique brand of superior level service for online website business. ThinkBIGsites.com, website optimization firm, is setup to ease the process of getting wide exposure of websites. The firm specializes in website design, search engine optimization (SEO), programming, and web hosting which are considered key factors in increasing sales, revenues, and profits from a website. Search engines are the major source of traffic and the position in a search result greatly dictate the web traffic. However, the complexities of online search engines hinder general webmasters from achieving the highest potential rankings available on the internet search engines. It is utilizing cutting-edge internet technology like Web 2.0 internet marketing, web advertising and brand name recognition and awareness backed up by world class graphic designers, PHP database programmers, SEO specialists, Internet business consultants, and website hosting technicians. I recommend this website optimization firm , unique brand of superior level service, for the existing as well as new websites that want to get a wider exposure and success in website publishing.

Free Site for Your Diet and Fitness Needs

lorla — Sat, 05 May 2007 13:25:00 +0000

If you are looking for some nutrition expert for your calorie management and fitness, you need not look any further. This free diet and fitness website MyFitnessPal.com will cater all your diet and fitness monitoring needs. Signing up for free will provide you a personalized dieting plan. But, if you don't want to join it right-away, you can still use the comprehensive list of Calories Burned From Exercise and Calories, Carbs, Nutrition Facts For Food. Well, the food lists contains virtually everything that we eat in the western world. I tried sushi and onigiri and as expected they are not there (sorry Japanese people!). During the free sign-up it takes your statistics like weight, height and your weight goal. Based on the answers, your suggested nutrition and fitness goals are calculated and projected weight loss in lbs/week is calculated and deadline to achieve the goal is set. You just enter food and it adds it to your "Food Diary" list for breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks. There is a cute cup at the bottom to count the number of cups of water you drank on that particular day. The exercise log gives the details of calories burnt and you can check your progress in day-to-day basis. The site also features nice report for nutrition, progress and fitness chart for specified periods. Best thing is that you can also discuss with other people on the same mission. The nicely laid-out message board is very helpful in discussing progress and shortcomings with other people in the community. I believe this is the best and that too free calorie counter available in internet. Tags: fitness, diet, nutrition, free website

Payday Loans - fast and easy cash

lorla — Sat, 05 May 2007 14:20:00 +0000

If you need small cash without a credit check payday loans might be the best bet. You can obtain $200 to $1500 in as little as 24 hours without any paperwork by submiting application online in seconds. The link above leads to a site that provides free quotes without any obligation or strings. The money can be electronically deposited and repaid from your checking account on mutually agreed upon dates. The money you recieve can be used to cover emergencies, unexpected bills and other unforeseen costs until you receive your next paycheck. To be qualified for a payday loan, one need to be at least 18 years of age and need to have a job or another regular source of income, email address, home phone number, home address, driver's license, social security number, checking account, and one personal reference.

Webmasters - Get contents and get paid !

lorla — Sat, 05 May 2007 14:26:01 +0000

If you are webmaster of a blog or a news site and you are concerned about what to post and what not I have found an easy and profitable solution for you. The News Room provides lots and lots of fully licensed news stories for your site. You can choose the most relevant and timely news to suit your requirement and get paid via advertising share. Their viral payment model can pay up to $4 CPM (cost per thousand impressions) for video feeds in your site. Their term for embedding contents in a website is mashing. Mashing the content is as easy as adding an extra piece of code and you are done with posting your new content. You can choose high quality content of your choice from major reputed content providers such as Associated Press (AP), Reuters, and Agence France-Press (AFP). For this post I have got an interesting video of Bill Gates and Steve Jobs being interviewed together from The Wall Street Journal. It was really easy to mash the video and the result you can see below. As you can see there is a nice green "mash" button on top right corner of the video frame. When you click on the button a small window opens up, where you can select your format and other details and copy the code to paste in your article. It is amazing how you can get high quality contents for your site and get paid at the same time.

Pizza sized $1 Million Coin

lorla — Sat, 05 May 2007 14:53:27 +0000

The giant coin is the size of an extra-large pizza, weighs 100 kilograms - or around 220 pounds - is 53 centimetres in diameter, over 3 centimetres thick, is hand crafted and is guaranteed to be 99.999 percent pure gold. And since the cost of that precious metal fluctuates, it's actually worth more than its million dollar asking price.

This CAD$1 Million dollar coin is the worlds highest denomination coin currency, the nearest one weighs only 31 kg (68 pound) called Big Phil to honor the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and also has a smaller value of CAD$150,000.

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End of Summer Shopping

lorla — Sat, 05 May 2007 15:08:00 +0000

With the end of great (I hope!) summer, you might be interested in doing a bit of shopping for fall decorations and if you want to get started early, for halloween and decorations you can visit onlinediscountmart.com. I was looking for wind chimes and found that they have a great collection of different design with a large variety of styles and materials to choose from. I like this bright and busy spiral tunes mosaic bumble bee chime with brilliant sparkles. Note: Sponsored Post

Understanding mortgages

lorla — Sat, 05 May 2007 15:17:41 +0000

A long-term loan for property, and the buildings on the property, is called a mortgage. Lending institutions such as banks and mortgage companies are the largest mortgage lenders, but some credit unions offer long-term loans. Sometimes a seller will finance the home they are selling and some mortgages are assumable from the current homeowner. Paying back the capital Most mortgages generally require down payments as a firm commitment from the buyer to the lender of the buyer's intention to repay the loan. Some lenders will offer mortgages for 97% or 95% of the value of the property. The borrower, then, is required to make only a 3% or 5% down payment. Generally, when a mortgage is made with less than a 20% down payment, mortgage insurance is required. Paying back the loan, you can either pay a little at a time as you go or pay it all off at the end which are explained as follows: Repayment mortgages - Each monthly payment pays off a little of the underlying debt, as well as interest on the loan. At the end of the term the mortgage is cleared. Interest only mortgages - With this type of mortgage, you pay-off the interest on the loan but not the capital. At the end of the mortgage term you are expected to repay the capital, how you fund this is your business. Endowment Mortgages - You use an endowment policy to provide life insurance and save funds to repay the loan at the end of the term (usually 20-25 years). In the 1980s endowments were very popular and heavily marketed by lenders. However, many people were not told of the investment risk. This was mis-selling and lenders faced huge claims for compensation. As a result, endowment mortgages have declined sharply in popularity. Relatively few endowments are sold today but there are still millions of policies yet to mature. Paying the interest As in cases of other debts, you have to pay interest on mortgages. Howerver, there are range of options to pay the interest. Variable rates - This means you pay the going rate on your loan. The mortgage rate changes every time interest rates change or, as in most cases, the overall effect of any interest rate changes is calculated once a year and payments are altered accordingly. Whatever kind of mortgage you start with, it is likely to change to variable rates at some point. Fixed rates - The interest rate is fixed for the period agreed - often two to five years. These are ideal for budgeting or if you think rates might increase. You do not benefit if rates fall, and will face penalties if you try to quit. Be aware of very low rates as they can be used to trap you into paying over the odds at a future date. So one has to check how long you will have to stay with the lender before you can switch without penalty. Capped rates - These are fixed, but if rates fall you pay the lower rate. Such deals can be a good for budgeting. Cash back deals - This is when lenders offer money back if you take out a particular product. However, nothing comes free in life and cashback mortgages may be weighed down with hefty penalty charges if you later want to switch lender. Discounted rates - Under this type of mortgage the borrower is offered a discount off the lender's variable rate. The rate paid will fluctuate in line with changes in the variable rate. The discount applies over a set term. Bad Credits Lenders divide customers into two classes namely good and bad. The good credit holders get low rates and friendly terms. The bad credit holders get high fees and ugly rates. Bad credit mortgages, or subprime loans, were created for borrowers with varying problems, such as a bad credit score, insufficient credit or employment history, nontraditional credit, unverifiable income, or inadequate savings. Lumping them all into the same category forced some borrowers to pay higher rates than they deserved. Today, however, borrowers with a just a few credit dings can find better terms for their bad credit mortgage or debt consolidation loan. Understanding bad credit mortgages pricing can save you a lot of money.

Fluorescent Lighting

lorla — Sat, 05 May 2007 15:33:07 +0000

The fluorescent lamp was the first major advance to be a commercial success in small scale lighting since the tungsten incandescent bulb. It is highly efficient in lighting brightly with less energy and environment friendly manner. I found a site offering wide range of fluorescent lighting products for your garage. In my case it is always a problem to inspect under hood in dim light. The underhood LED garage light (shown in the right) looks like the one I need for my garage. It is lightweight, easy to attach to hood and has shatterproof, shock resistant lens cover too! You can also check the link given above for various other products for your garage. -This is a sponsored post

Climate Change

lorla — Sat, 05 May 2007 16:30:38 +0000

Many natural disasters in the current time can be attributed to the climate change and global warming. The term "global warming" might be technically correct but I can't really care about global "warming" when the temperature outside is -30 degrees Celsius. "Climate Change" is a better way to talk about the the global climate crisis. I think "climate crisis", or "climate chaos" might convey better meaning on what the earth is experiencing. I came across a nice online channel creating awareness in climate change and in making the world a better place. It has a nice collection of videos on news, views, energy policies, and recent efforts in creating awareness and contributions in minimizing climate related problems. I watched a video on the official launch of the "greenest city in America" contest. A fleet of Yahoo sponsored hybrid taxis were to be given the the winner city to create awareness on the issues of climate change. The contest will be helpful in generating a sense of responsibility in an individual or an organization to deal with deteriorating environment. Carbon emission from vehicles may be a small portion of the greenhouse gases as compared to forest fires and industrial emission but it sure is the best way to create awareness among individuals. These are the same people who can control other sources of other greenhouse gases. The desire and motivation to be more climate friendly is also dictated by cost factor. As of current, the hybrid and energy efficient technology are costlier than the conventional technology. To bridge this imbalance, policy level changes should be enforced to motivate individual users to use environment friendly technology.

Printers, health, and cartridges

lorla — Sat, 05 May 2007 17:09:34 +0000

In a latest news, laser printers are more harmful than smoking cigarettes. According to BBC, the Queensland University of Technology scientists have called on ministers to regulate these kinds of emissions. They say some printers should come with a health warning. The researchers carried out tests on more than 60 machines and found one-third were found to emit ultra-tiny particles of toner-like material, so small that they can infiltrate the lungs and cause a range of health problems from respiratory irritation to more chronic illnesses. Whatever may be the case, we can't live without printers in the current time. The best option seems to opt for inkjet ones. But the quality of inkjet can't beat that of laser printer.

Computer speed and RAM

lorla — Sat, 05 May 2007 17:11:18 +0000

Thanks to numerous startup programs, my one year old P4 laptop used to take ages to start-up. Recently I upgraded 512MB RAM to 1GB and now it startups and works better. Talking about RAM, Mara Gulens wrote a nice illustration in Microsoft Home Magazine:

I used to have the dining room table all to myself. Taxes, Christmas cards, birthday gift-wrap, household billsI would spread out until the job was done. Nowadays, with one child drawing pictures, another doing homework, and a third fiddling with Lite-Brite, I'm relegated to a tiny cornerif that much. Often I put off tasks until everyone has gone to bed and even then I'm hard-pressed to meet the breakfast deadline.

Even if you have a computer with latest chips and huge amount of disk space, if you have a small RAM your computer can't be efficient. Good thing is that in most of the cases you can add RAM to enhance performance of your computer and laptops. If you are looking for discount computer RAM and laptop memory you can click on the link to visit oempcworld.com. The site is an online retailer of computer RAM with competitive price with great customer service. All you have to do is visit the site, select your computer model, select RAM size, and order. Note: This is sponsored post.

Online Financing

lorla — Sat, 05 May 2007 17:24:45 +0000

If you are looking for some money for purchasing vehicle or for some personal expenditure like unexpected expenses or making a purchase you can apply online for your loan needs. My sponsor suggested a site, completeloansource.com, for nationwide all purpose loans. Apart from instant processing no fax Payday Loan the site offers service to provide auto loan, personal loans, debt consolidation loans, bad credit personal loans and cash advances. Bad credit loans are financing programs designed to help rebuild credit and help people with bad credit to begin re-establishing their credit history. If you are looking for some sort of loans you can try the above links to check it out and compare the benefits it has to offer.

payperpost : Your lucky charm!

lorla — Sat, 05 May 2007 17:46:00 +0000

We are pleased to announce we have raised another $7MM. Help us spread the word! What do you think we should do with the money? This Opp is part of our Lucky 7s Promotion. http://blog.payperpost.com/2007/06/get-lucky-today-with-lucky-7s.html blog ads

Press Release: The PayPerPost Revolution Accelerates, Sponsored Blogging Marketplace Secures $7 Million Series B Draper Fisher Jurvetson leads round and joins Board of Directors ORLANDO, FL (June 12, 2007) PayPerPost, the leading marketplace for advertisers to reach bloggers and other consumer content creators, today announced it has completed a $7 million second round investment led by Draper Fisher Jurvetson, an investor in the company's Series A and one of the worlds leading high-technology venture capital firms. The financing brings the total amount of capital raised by PayPerPost to over $10 million, giving the company considerable resources for further development as the industrys leading Consumer Generated Advertising marketplace. Additional participants in the round include existing investors Inflexion Partners and Village Ventures as well as new investor DFJ Gotham. With this investment, DFJ Managing Director Josh Stein also joins PayPerPosts Board of Directors. PayPerPost created this exciting new advertising space and has established itself as the industry leader, said Ted Murphy, chief executive officer of PayPerPost. Although weve only used a portion of our first round capital, this added support from investors unlocks significant growth potential. Our content creator and advertiser ROI metrics clearly demonstrate the upside for PayPerPosts model. We intend to use this capital to build the infrastructure, visibility and professional expertise necessary to reach and retain a greater network of advertisers and content creators than ever before. Since its founding in June of 2006, PayPerPost has signed more than 6,500 advertisers to its groundbreaking service, which has enabled Consumer Content Creators to be compensated for their efforts discussing specific companies, products or services via blogs, videos or other media. The content creators are required to disclose relationships with advertisers on their blog, providing transparency for the end reader. Over 125,000 Internet postings, most in the form of blogs, have already earned money for their creators through PayPerPosts innovative marketplace. PayPerPost recently released PayPerPost Direct, a disruptive new service that allows advertisers to contract and negotiate directly with individual bloggers they identify through a safe, managed system. PayPerPost has laid a strong foundation for the future, noted Tim Draper, founder and managing director of Draper Fisher Jurvetson. It continues to attract a critical mass of participants from both the advertising and blogging communities. Analogous to Overtures sponsored search model, we believe PayPerPosts business model holds disruptive potential and will enable the company to thrive in the evolving paid-content arena. To mark the $7 million dollar funding, PayPerPost has launched a new website detailing the companys service offering at http://www.payperpost.com. Bloggers and advertisers can easily sign up at the site and begin leveraging the self service marketplace.

Basement Leakage: B-Dry System

lorla — Sat, 05 May 2007 17:50:44 +0000

Basement leakage is one of the most common problems found in houses. Water in the basement can be a major inconvenience, and often causes damage to interior finishes and stored items. In addition, odors caused by mold, mildew, and lack of ventilation are particularly offensive to some people and can even be a source of allergic reaction. For such problems, the B-Dry® System Wet Basement Waterproofing Process has been proven to be unique and effective at eliminating wet basement leakage and flooded basement problems. It was awarded a 1986 United States Government Patent. Apart from waterproofing the basement, they also provide full service repair cracks in walls, re-enforce bulged or bowing walls, window well drains and remove a faulty French drain.

London Pass

lorla — Sat, 05 May 2007 18:13:30 +0000

London has 30-plus historic gardens and 123 historic buildings, more than 200 museums, 600 cinema screens, and 108 music halls. There are 95 golf courses, 2,000 tennis courts, seven ice rinks, and six race courses. The list can go on and on. But in short, it is a place one should visit this huge, multicultural and cosmopolitan city. It has nearly 20,000 licensed taxis, double-decker buses and other public transports, plus the underground tube network for getting around. But of course they charge entry fees at many of the attractions in the city. There is a cost effective solution for this one too. A London Pass card can be used to get free access to 56 of the best charging tourist attraction in and around London. The pass can be bought for duration of 1 to 6 days and you can visit the places of your choice at your convenience. Some of the many London attractions that the card can give free access to are the Tower of London, London Zoo, Kensington Palace, Windsor Castle, London Aquarium, Shakespeare's Globe, St Paul's Cathedral, Chelsea FC Stadium Tour and the Tower Bridge Exhibition etc. One of the best features of the card is that it comes with queue jumping privileges at the busiest attractions. There is also an option to add unlimited travel pass on London's public transport network. This sure is a hassle free, cost effective and feature pack solution for anybody visiting London. Note: Sponsored Post

The Art of Sending Flowers

lorla — Sat, 05 May 2007 18:26:01 +0000

Understanding the meanings of common kinds of flowers is very important when you send flowers to someone, because human beings perceive flowers with different feelings and implications. Type of flower signify the feeling you express to the receiver. Roses are often interpreted as signifying passionate love and deep friendship. Lotuses, peonies and lilies are considered symbols of courtesy, tenderness and loyalty. Orchids means noble beauty and maturity while sunflowers mean youth, eagerness and a promising future. Knowing what type of flowers the receiver likes helps in choosing the type of flowers one can send. Best flower for newly married couple might be red roses and peonies, to wish them love and a happy marriage. The best suited flowers for a bride are lilies, orchids and roses. Age also plays important role in deciding the type of flowers to send. In birthday parties, for a youngster, roses and ivies will suit her best. However, for middle-aged people, orchids can be chosen and for elderly people small pot plants might suit best. When visiting your friend's house for a New Year occasion, you should bring flowers with the meaning of luck such as daffodils or primroses. Sending flowers to sick people is also very popular but requires more caution. You can send them flowers, which have delicate scents, such as roses or lilies. You should avoid flowers or plants, which may cause allergy or have a strong smell. Colours have many special meanings as well. Red means eagerness; white means pure and innocence; yellow means wealth, green means youth, sky blue means peace and violet means nobleness. In some countries, apart from type of flower and color, the number of flowers also matters. Chinese people always send flowers in even numbers and when seeing off a female friend, they never send her a sole flower. In Germany, you shouldn't send your friend's wife a red rose and in France, they usually don't give daisies to their friends because they think daisies mean grief. Besides, in some western countries, they never send 13 or 15 flowers because they think that means bad luck. I hope this short guide will be helpful in deciding the type, color, and numbers of flowers to send to your loved ones.

Online Betting for Casino Enthusiast

lorla — Sat, 05 May 2007 18:33:04 +0000

If you are looking for a best gambling experience, online casino is the one for you. Bet365 online is one of the leading betting and gaming companies where you can get a range of online betting services through online casino, sportsbook, interactive games and online poker. You can bet on anything from cricket to soccer, tennis, rugby and horse racing. Best thing is that they always have the big list of upcoming and ongoing games so you can always bet on your favorite. With its 'one wallet system', a single manageable account, you can have the same username, password and payment method to enjoy full range of services with minimum amount of fuss. You can see the statistics and live score, search for results, and also watch live audio/video streams for having fun with an opportunity to earn extra money. Bet365 offers a fully downloadable casino with over 60 exciting games that can be downloaded for free of charge. They also offer over 40 instant games that do not require downloading. They serve over 900,000 customers in 140 different countries through their user-friendly website available in wide range languages. They have a friendly customer service operating around the clock. I believe Bet365 is a good and safe place to play online casino games. -This is a Sponsored Post

Coloring Pages for Kids

lorla — Sat, 05 May 2007 18:47:40 +0000

Coloring is a favorite pass time for every kids and teens. There are many websites and programs for coloring. I found a nice site in which you can also upload your own pen-and-ink pictures and color it as you like. Free Coloring Pages specialize in content for teen girls, but any kid can enjoy what they have to offer. There is a big collection of line-arts like the one on the the right side. You can select a picture of your choice to color by clicking on the thumbnail. There is a color palette from which you can select the color of your choice by clicking on it. To color the picture you can simply click on the area that you would like to "fill". You can save your artwork to share with others and you can also print your creation to keep it in your collection. Best thing of the site is that it allows you to upload any existing pictures and fill them with any color selected from the palette. The process of painting is as simple as clicking on desired color in the palette and then clicking the area on the picture that you would like to "fill". For the uploaded pictures, outline should be closed on the drawing, otherwise color filling will not work as expected. Uploading your own drawing and sharing the URL with your friends can be a lot of fun as they can also try to color your picture. Well, one of the final outputs of the mermaid outline above might look like the following picture! Kids and teens will surely enjoy this free service.

-This is a sponsored post

Accoona: Aiming High

lorla — Sat, 05 May 2007 18:58:39 +0000

After three years of development and refinement of its tool, Accoona Corp., a pioneer in artificial intelligence search technology, is finally going public. A venture in a internet search business in not an easy task. When key players like Google, Yahoo, MSN and Ask are competing among themselves to get higher chunk in their share of 90% search world, new players need to come with somthing exceptionally better. It is to be seen if Accoona can capture some big chunks in the huge market. Some of Accoona's main strengths lie in the partnerships with European and Chinese markets since its creation in February 2004. Its big business index comprising of some 13 million North American, 18 million European and 11 million Chinese businesses can also be considered a big asset. Accoona has also developed a unique, online-based lead generation business model called Exchange Place, where advertisers can acquire real-time, qualified and verified consumer leads through a competitive bidding process. It would certainly be a good thing if we have much better choices around when we need to find something in the vast cyberspace. Good luck to Accoona!

Car and other insurance resources

lorla — Sat, 05 May 2007 20:11:00 +0000

It is illegal to drive without an insurance in most of the places. Knowing a few things before applying for a car insurance can be helpful in reducing the insurance rate you can get. A simple theory in insurance rate is that good drivers pay less and bad drivers continue to pay for their driving habits. Before applying for a car insurance, first thing is to get are the letters from the previous insurance company. The insurance experience might be very useful in lowering the insurance rate. You might also need a driving licence valid for the place you are living. In Canada, people living in British Columbia, Manitoba and Saskatchewan might not have much choice as the government provides the insurance, but for other places my experience tells that one needs to do a bit of market research before deciding on going for a particular company. Thriftyscot.co.uk provides details on getting a competitive rate and gives some guidelines to cut the cost of your car insurance. The website is also a very helpful resource in getting other insurances like home insurance and life insurance. Note: This is sponsored post

Pay-Per-Post Goes Direct

lorla — Sat, 05 May 2007 20:15:00 +0000

Pay-Per-Post is a marketplace for businesses to connect with bloggers who want to blog about their products for a price. Other similar service providers like ReviewMe and Sponsored Reviews were launched to create one-to-one requests for professional reviews and now Pay Per Post has started the similar service with lots of promises. I am yet to benefit from their new service, PPP Direct but as you can see I have installed the green "Hire Me" button on the right side of the blog. I could have quoted a price (they have that option too) but it looks nice without a price tag on your forehead! One thing I like was the "no waiting time or approval is required" for Pay Per Post Direct. It wasn't that nice to wait over two weeks to get my post reviewed last time. Another good thing about PPP Direct is that they charge less for the processing as compared to other competitors. In their own words:

PPP Direct cuts out the massive overhead. Where competitors like ReviewMe charge 50-100% markup and keep up to half your money, PPP Direct only charges a 10% fee, 5% of which goes to transaction fees for PayPal and credit card processing.

It seems great way for bloggers to keep the most amount of money possible with security and ease. Well, it looks like a better way to make money by posting professional reviews, well targeted towards the interest of the visitors. Advertisers also have an easy and better option to choose the most appropriate sites to review them. I don't know if it will work for me. I will surely post more in this matter later.

Luxury watch collection

lorla — Sat, 05 May 2007 20:38:36 +0000

These days you don't need a watch to tell time but its popularity hasn't diminished at all. People prefer watches as jewelery and luxury item. I found a website, watchluxus.com by World Collections db SA, with a huge collection of luxury watch in its database. The site currently features 20,000 watches and is aiming to double the number. Good thing is that they lead to the official retailer list for the preferred watch. The site has a comprehensive WatchFinder, a detail search engine based on brands, gender, visual appearance, function and movement type. They also have market-place for second-hand watches. There is also a discussion forum, a news blog featuring latest news in related field. An impressive and big brands list features almost all the popular watch makers. I wish I could buy this Piaget diamond watch (left). It is almost 260 carats of gemstone and costs seven million Swiss francs! (well, the watch looks a bit bulky for me :))

Safety equipments

lorla — Sat, 05 May 2007 22:22:08 +0000

Construction sites are notably dangerous areas and personal safety should be a priority in any such activities. For that reason safety equipments are required by law to ensure the safety of the workers.

Each day, an average of 6,000 people die as a result of work-related accidents or diseases, totalling more than 2.2 million work-related deaths a year. Of these, about 350,000 deaths are from workplace accidents and more than 1.7 million are from workrelated diseases. In addition, commuting accidents increase the burden with another 158,000 fatal accidents.

Looking at expert from an ILO report above, it is more evident that strict use of safety equipments should be enforced. In this context I would like to introduce a supplier of safety equipments, All In Safety.com, that has a full line of Safety, Construction and Industrial supplies. They have all the important safety equipments like body support, safety goggles, first aid kits, orange traffic cones etc. all stocked in their 150,000 sq. ft. distribution center ready to ship on the day of order. The site has everything for construction companies looking for the safety of their workers or to those individuals who need some safety gear for their personal use. Note:This is a sponsored post

Insurance - Do we need them?

lorla — Sat, 05 May 2007 22:22:12 +0000

Insurance do increase our current financial burden and people tend to shy away from them unless there are strict government regulations. But are they really important for a general public? In this context I remember a recent news in which a young German couple had an unfortunate event of burning a house. Nicole S. and Martin S. were having fun time when the apartment caught fire. The upper floor of the house burned out completely causing around 100,000 euros ($134,800) worth of damage. Nicole was later quoted as saying "I ruined my parents. Both are unemployed, the insurance for the house had quit. We have nothing more." (translated from German). Read Reuters news for further details. If she had a better insurance policy she wouldn't be worried so much. It is a proof that insurance do really help in such adverse situation. Life is full of uncertainty and everybody needs to be prepared for the worst case. But it is not always that easy to get a good insurance rate. One of my sponsors suggested a site offering help in getting better home owner insurance rates. The site, http://www.2insure4less.com, offers a range of insurance services ranging from auto, life, home and health insurance quotes that are affordable. I think everybody should get proper insurance for the things that are important for them and be prepared for the worst. Note: Sponsored Post

Credit Cards

lorla — Sat, 05 May 2007 22:43:00 +0000

I heard of a study on credit card usage that tells people tend to spend 12 to 18% more when using the plastic instead of cash. Some people are simply scared by such data on credit cards usage. But if you think you can manage the credit you recive you don't need to worry of spending much. It is simply receiving interest free credit for a short time, provided you pay the amount back in time. The Co-operative Bank, a part of The Co-operative Group, the UK's largest consumer co-operative, is is introducing credit cards ranging from 0% on purchases and balance transfers for six months, to a card that earns money for your chosen organisation as you spend. Well, earning money for a charity for every purchase you made by an affinity card is really a nice feature. They have a card of up-to 46 days interest free credit if balance is paid in full by the due date. Also, the travel card for the people who like traveling earns 1% credit points for every amount spent on the card.

VoIP video phone

lorla — Sat, 05 May 2007 22:46:00 +0000

Internet has changed everything for sure. Doesn't it sound amazing when you can get unlimited calls to anywhere in US and Canada for as little as $24.99 per month? To get the great service all you need is a broadband Internet connection such as cable or DSL and a Packet8 service. The technology behind the cheap and versatile phone, Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), is location independent and works exactly like traditional phone service with added features like voicemail, caller ID, call forwarding, three way calling and much more at no extra charge. The one I like most is the worlds first Video Terminal Adapter (VTA) with a high resolution 5 LCD color display and 180° rotating camera. The video phone not only works with a traditional phone but also provides full motion, face to face video conversations with friends and families. It might be interesting for you to visit and see a flash presentation about its features and benefits. The 2-way and 3-way video conferencing feature is a great tool to get together with friends and families from different locations. I guess, that would be a great tool for my brother who is in US, myself and my parents back home on his birthday next month. I would really love to see the dimple on his little doll, Tanys's face too. Sounds so exciting! Now, Packet8 is providing great promotional offers which consists of free activation of Packet8 service plan ($29.99 value) and first one month of service free of cost. Time to grab the ultimate phone experience!

Boosting Website Popularity and Search Engine Optimization (SEO)

lorla — Sat, 05 May 2007 23:16:00 +0000

Search engine optimization (SEO) is an necessary part of search engine marketing (SEM). It's the basic matter that brings search engine success which means that your site have better (or the highest) position when someone use search engine. Some of the most important consideration for website marketing are keywords, title and meta-tags, site design, and site content. Another most important factor is to boost ranking is back-link or incoming link. However, for a beginner like myself, all these things make little sense in terms of implementing in the blog. When I was a kid I heard a story about some blind men who touched elephant to find what it looks like. One touched the tail and thought the elephant should looks like a broom, another blind man touched its legs and told that it should be like a pillar and the next man one touched its belly and concluded it should look like a wall. I have tried them some the tricks and it all happened like interpreting the elephant by touching it. I am thinking of getting professional services on SEO, SEM, and PPC Advertising from Dallas Pay Per Click (PPC) Management site, an Adwords qualified company. They claim to provide almost immediate results from Internet marketing. They specialize in building SE friendly websites, SEO, Pay-Per-Click ads management, email marketing, blog support and web analytics services to name some. Note: This is sponsored post

Drug testing made easy

lorla — Sat, 05 May 2007 23:22:09 +0000

Drug abuse has become a major problem among teenagers so parents these days are very much concerned about their kids taking some sort of drugs. To find out if their kids are taking drugs drug test are done on urine sample. However, drugs usually disappear from urine within 2-3 days of use, so intermittent use can be easily concealed. With hair confirm home drug test drug testing has become much easier. It measures the drug molecules embedded inside the hairshaft. The drug contents in hair samples cannot be altered with shampoos, bleaches or other external chemicals too. If no head hair is available any body hair can be used as the hair sample for analysis. Hair grows at an average rate of ½ inch (1.3 cm) a month. So each 1.5 inches of hair sample can give drug use history of 3 month. Teenagers start drugs by testing in small samples. If parents are smart enough to tell their kids all about the hair sample testing, and do a test on their hairs, they won't risk in trying any drugs.

Win Free Raleigh, NC Getaway

lorla — Sat, 05 May 2007 23:37:20 +0000

Never been to Raleigh, North Carolina but would like to visit it someday. It is renownd for its world-class museums, Broadway shows and live concerts, historic sites, professional and amateur sporting events, and shopping. Canoeing or sailing excursion, hiking through the woods would be particularly intereting for me as I love the natural environment. All in one entertainment in a scenic setting would really be a great way to spend a vacation. Also, Raleigh is ranked first by Forbes as the best place to look for a job. I wish I had a vacation this fall as theFall Getaway seem exciting and fun filled. If you are planning vacation and want to win the free Raleigh Getaway you should loose no time in registering as the contest will end at 11:59 p.m. CST October 31, 2007. Nice thing about the gateway is that there is no need to purchase anything and you are entitled to win:

One night accommodations for two at the Courtyard by Marriott Raleigh Crabtree Valley
$25 gift certificate to Bloomsbury Bistro
Free VIP admission for two to Rum Runners
2 tickets to the North Carolina Theatre
2 tickets to the N.C. Museum of Arts Landscapes from the Age of Impressionism
2 tickets to Dinosaurs: Ancient Fossils, New Discoveries at the N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences

Among many exciting events coming this fall, the NC Shakespeare Festival - The Comedy of Errors on 10/04/2007 might really be an interesting event to attend and enjoy the classic fun.

Christmas: Go green with lights

lorla — Sat, 05 May 2007 23:48:26 +0000

Christmas is coming soon and I feel excited thinking about the trees and lights. The electricity bills later show how much we had enjoyed the holiday season! The incandescent light bulb we use for lighting takes huge amount of energy and it sure is harmful for the environment. With energy efficient LED light we could have saved money in using less energy and at the same time being more environment friendly. LED Christmas lights consume 90% less energy and life span of the bulb is also way longer than the conventional bulb (50,000 hours vs 2,000 hours). It is also safer than the incandescent light as the bulb doesn't get hot. Let's have a cheaper and environment friendly Christmas with LED Christmas lights. Note: Sponsored Post

Fashionable mailboxes

lorla — Sat, 05 May 2007 23:51:59 +0000

Thanks to email, these days we rarely write letters to friends and families. But the old fashioned letters in the mailbox have their own importance and value. Nice looking mailboxes are seen sitting in front of houses waiting for the postman to feed them and beautify the neighborhood. Great looking mailboxes enhance the aesthetics of a house and the community. Mailboxixchange.com offers 1500 great designs of mailboxes including commercial mailboxes and residential mailboxes. They come in all sizes, shapes and colors. Great thing is that some of them are provided with security measures to protect your important mails. With its wide range of design and installation options you can choose the color, pattern and design of the mailboxes to match that of your house. You really need to check out the site to actually see the classy and fashionable collection of residential and commercial mailboxes. If you can't change your mailbox due to various reasons, still you can benefit by recommending these mailboxes to your friends and receive $20 for signing up. Note: This is sponsored post

User Submitted Green News

lorla — Sun, 06 May 2007 00:10:00 +0000

With all the environment related problems and global warming, conservation of environment has gathered much attention these days. People are more concerned and worried in keeping the nature in the natural environment or restoring the role of nature in this environment. Last week, a new social networking site for environement friendly people is setup for submiting pages to grow green news. In addition to web pages, the registered users can submit photos and videos to the stories. The voting system as in other social networking sites are called Growing and popular stories "grow" higher than the others. If members like the story and think that the story is relevant and interesting they can help it grow in its popularity by voting for it. The members can discuss the submitted stories and tell how good it is or how worthless it is (if it is so!). After certain growth, they are promoted to the frontpage as the Top Stories which can eventually be picked up by the main site. The submission process has 3 steps. First I had to enter the link, then in the second step the details like title, tags, category and description. Unlinke other similar sites, in addition those regular details there is an option to upload a photo, embed YouTube video, and enter trackbak. They also have a shortcut that can be used as a bookmark for easy submission. But the shortcut could only get the URL of the page submitted. I think, they need to work on getting at least the title and some details like photos from the post. It is a nice start and I love the neat green layout. This site has given me a feeling that I am missing some greener side in this blog. I am thinking of writing some "Let's Go Green" posts in future.

Travel Guide

lorla — Sun, 06 May 2007 00:17:05 +0000

When I have some free time and decide to go for a vacation it is always a pain to get the best place to go. Then comes the travel arrangements like hotel, tickets, cars. In the last hour I always wish I had started earlier so I can get better deals and savings. It is almost winter now and I don't have any plans for a vacation but still I was looking around if I can see something useful for my future vacation and found this nice site with most travel destination. It looks like a very comprehensive travel guide for a person like me. I can plan everything in a single site from flights, hotels, packages and cars for the best rates. Nice thing I noticed about the site is the travel blog. People in move jolt down some useful information about the place they visit and that would surely be useful for some other traveler. They also have a lot of photos of different parts of the world. The feature to read about various travel destination covering almost the whole world with information about hotels, restaurants and places of interest really help in planning the journey in better manner. You can sign up and make a trip plan. Oh, this is the site I will visit when I have some free time. Note: Sponsored Post

Toronto reviews: all in one site

lorla — Sun, 06 May 2007 00:32:41 +0000

I have only been to Toronto airport when I was visiting Helifax. The transit time wasn't long enough to take a peek out side. I really missed the opportunity. But, when I visit there in future I will surely go through this cool site: Toronto Delivers. They have great information for the city dwellers and newcomers alike. They do "mystery shopping" type of reviews on transportation, restaurants, movies, museums, hotels, clubs, and virtually everything you would be interested in when you are visiting a new city. I have a feeling, only if I had time, I would have done a similar site for my city. That would surely be beneficial for the people. -This is a sponsored post

Investing and Rookie Challenge

lorla — Sun, 06 May 2007 00:38:03 +0000

Are you interested in investing? Investing and stock market is a game with lot of uncertainty and huge money. I found this social networking site where you can play a fantasy stock market game. Playing the game is free and you are not investing any money but you can win real money of $1,000. Sounds interesting? Here's how you can participate. First you register on MyWallSt.net for free, then you can build your profile page. A click on Rookies after you log in leads you to start building your portfolio. By the end of the week they calculate the equity of all the portfolios, the rookie with the highest percentage gain in equity for that week wins $1,000. Well, it looks like a lot of easy money but it is not that easy. Investing is complicated business with lots of variables to care about. The best thing I found about rookie challenge game is that it will train you for the real business without risking any money. You can start out with some virtual money to invest. You can buy and sell stocks, pay commission on all transactions all like a real stock market. That's not all, you can create a social network among the like minded people. You can upload audio, videos and photos also create custom profiles, create blogs, and write comments. They are also offering a free hat to all new members. It seems there is no harm in trying this exciting game of stock market.

Email Marketing for Bloggers

lorla — Sun, 06 May 2007 00:52:13 +0000

If you are a blogger, don't you wish you could send scheduled newsletters to your readers with current updates in your blog? Yes, feeds are always there to provide the latest contents if the readers want them. But, feeds need to be "pulled" from the site and are not delivered to their emails. Newsletters in the other hand can be formated to suit the contents and have better customization facilities. I found a website to do this stuffs easily and freely. The website, Zookoda, is a email marketing application, designed specifically for bloggers that helps bloggers to send a daily, weekly or monthly summary of the latest blog posts in email. The website helps the bloggers to manage email newsletter subscribers, design newsletters to match blog design, schedule email, and view the reaction of the receiver (like open, bounce, click, unsubscribe) in report format. There is also an option to send emails in text format for mobile users. The process of registering for the service is simple and straight forward. Users can create a mailing list within Zookoda and add a subscription form. Zookoda uses Javascript that can be pasted into the blog template to display subscription form, with validation and verification process. I like their option to export all your mailing lists in Excel format at any time. And also, they have a simple process for unsatisfied users to discontinue their account.

The Police and their greatest reunion release

lorla — Sun, 06 May 2007 01:32:02 +0000

The Police entered the public eye during the punk era of '80s but this group was never truly punk. All these years they have gone through a rollercoaster trip from 80s stadium kings, fall into antagonism and recent reunion. Which is reflected in this months issue of the MOJO magazine (based in the UK) featuring an exclusive interview with the reformed The Police who are back with a world tour. The album, The Policeis the compilation of greatest hits released by The Police on June 5, 2007 to accompany their reunion tour. It contains 28 songs spanned over two discs, a mixture of hits and fan favorites. The album debuted at number 11 on the U.S. Billboard 200, selling about 58,000 copies in its first week. When you click on the adjacent poster, you will be taken in The Police banner where you can watch their videos, get track list / jukebox, news about their tour and ringtones. You can also participate in contests and win prizes that can let you win a trip to New York and there is also an option to send the link to your friends tell about these offers. Please click on Police Cd to go and view an awesome banner where you can watch The Police's videos, listen to tracks from The Police's new 2 cd hits collection, enter to win a trip to NYC to see The Police in concert and even view details about their current world tour. All of their songs are masterpiece in the album but "Driven To Tears" has always been my favorite and it was the first song I listened from the CD:

... Hide my face in my hands, shame wells in my throat My comfortable existence is reduced To a shallow, meaningless party Seems that when some innocents die All we can offer them is a page in a some magazine Too many cameras and not enough food 'Cause this is what we've seen Driven to tears ...

This is a great release. I have got my copy! What about you?

Photo Morphing with Morpheus

lorla — Sun, 06 May 2007 01:33:38 +0000

Photo morphing can be a lot of fun. You can change one image into another through a seamless transition. For fun, you can morph a your friend with a cat or dog and send it to them. By definition morphing is a special effect usually done in motion pictures and animations that changes from one image into another through a seamless transition. Do you remember the 1991 music video "Black or White" where morphing was done beautifully?That time it sure was not an easy task, but now with the availability of morphing software, the process has become much simplified and can be done by anybody with a bit of computer knowledge. I was checking Morpheus Photo-Morpher software to morph two kids and the process sure was easy. All I had to do was select and load the two pictures, click on the pictures to create controlling "dots" and move them to guide the transition process. I took pictures of two kids (inspired by Black or White) and morphed them to get a nice smile. In the screen shot below, you can see the green and red dots in the left eyes of both the photos tell the software where their eyes are and so on.

And the cool morphed output of the two photos looks nothing less than a professional animation.

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Cheap Hotels in Australia

lorla — Sun, 06 May 2007 01:58:00 +0000

Australia is popular for its natural beauty on the landscape that varies from endless sunbaked horizons to dense tropical rainforest to chilly southern beaches. The most sought after destination in Australia are Sydney, Perth and Adelaide. Sydney, Australia's oldest city, is the economic powerhouse of the nation has lot of natural attractions and numerous urban attractions with an average of 25°C temperature and 300 sunny days a year. Perth, the largest city in Western Australia, is popular for natural, historic, artistic and family attractions. Adelaide, South Australia's capital, is popular for festivals, arts, shopping and sports. For your continence cheaperthanhotels.com.au offers cheap Sydney accommodation at convenient locations around the city. The website that started online reservation services in 1996 for more than 30,000 hotels in 130 countries worldwide, also offers hotel booking in other Australian cities like Perth hotels and Adelaide hotels.

Battle Dress Uniforms

lorla — Sun, 06 May 2007 02:20:00 +0000

I came across a website that supplies ideal dresses for military, public safety, hunting, paintballing, and work related activities. At first I thought it is of no use for a general public but then I realized that the rugged yet comfortable design of Battle Dress Uniform(BDU) and Army Combat Uniform (ACU) would be very useful while traveling in wilds. If you are interested in such type of dresses you can place your order at BDU.COM. The ordered materials are packed within one business day and shipped via UPS ground free of charge. Sorry for the international customers, at this time they are unable to ship the uniforms in the locations outside the U.S. Note:Sponsored post

Online Storage for you Precious Data

lorla — Sun, 06 May 2007 02:20:55 +0000

I posted one post about an unfortunate event some 6 years back when all my data in my hard disk was lost. Then I started to do regular backups in CDs and DVDs. Well, I didn't really like to stare at the progress bar during the burning process. Storing, managing, making multiple copies and retrieving them was another big story that I don't want to recall here. Fed up with these plastic discs, I have started doing regular backup of data in web-based backup solutions which are much easier and reliable. With online backup system one can perform automated scheduled backups and such backups can be done from anywhere in the world with browser access. One such system, IBackup is popular for ease of use and reliability of its online backup system. IBackup is popular among many individual users and organization and it has also own several awards including PC World (2006) and PC Magazine editor's choices. In addition to browser based data backup, IBackup for Windows or Mac can be downloaded for convenient backup option. For the security of the data being transferred, data is encrypted with 128-bit SSL encryption by default. IBackup Professional provides 256-bit AES encryption on storage in addition to 128-bit SSL encryption during transmission. The Professional version of the package can retain up to 30 previous versions of data. With its versatile backup options and affordable pricing plans IBackup can be considered one best choice while selecting online storage and backup system. -Sponsored post

Eye Of The Dolphin to hit theaters on August 24th

lorla — Sun, 06 May 2007 02:52:21 +0000

Finally the Eye of the Dolphin, a family movie, is coming in theaters on August 24th. It is an uplifting story of a troubled teenager, played by Carly Schroeder, who finds deep meaning by learning to communicate at a basic level with dolphins, while struggling to get to know a father she never knew, played by Adrian Dunbar. This family drama is co-written and directed by Michael D. Sellers.

The film, rated PG-13 for some substance abuse involving a young teen, has beautiful combination of humor, angst, love, environmental activism and stunning scenery. Carly Schroeder won the Best Child Actor Award for the film and the film itself was awarded with the Best Drama Award at the International Family Film Festival. I am attaching YouTube clip of Eye of the Dolphin movie trailer for you to get an idea of what to expect at the theater.

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A Brand New Site on Celebrity Gossips

lorla — Sun, 06 May 2007 02:54:09 +0000

I like to keep up with celebrity gossips. I love newspaper articles or news on the TV or internet sites with celebrity matters; I simply gravitate to any celebrity news. Whether it is Criss ditching Cameron for Paris or Victoria and Beckham's new home, I love every gossips. Well, that may be in the nature of this half of human kind! But who cares, these gossips have no competition. Today I found a brand new site on celebrity gossip filled in with juicy celebrity rumors. With celeb gossip, all in a nicely designed and colorful webpage at the click of your mouse, you can know about all the new things going in the celebrity world. Well, now it is time for you to thank me for giving you link to such a nice site. LOL. Note: This is a sponsored post

Site Review: Hotel Booking for Your Vacation

lorla — Sun, 06 May 2007 03:00:41 +0000

Are you planning to go somewhere new and exciting for this summer? In my experience, the most boring part of a great vacation is to look for hotels and plan the trip such that I can make maximum use of time and money. The situation is worse when the planned vacation spot is not somewhere I am familiar with. Well, if you are planning to go to Amsterdam or Barcelona or Rome I have found this cool website EasyToBook.com and I believe it would be a best bet for planning the trip and booking hotels. With its easy online booking system you can plan your exciting trip in the comfort of your room. Visit of the clean layout and eye-catching design of the website implies that the webmaster wants you to feel as if you are already in the vacation. Site is loaded with resources like tourist attractions, easy map search which are very helpful during the vacation. EasyToBook have been around since 2004 and they offer discounts of up to 75% on selected hotels. I like the 360 degree tours of hotel rooms that let you see the rooms from all the angles. Visitor's reviews and ratings posted on every hotel pages also help you to know what other guests have to say about the hotel and what you can expect when you reach there.

ASP.NET Press Release

lorla — Sun, 06 May 2007 03:15:16 +0000

Codango Labs just released a new ASP.NET application review of XSE shopping cart. They took XSE for a whirl around the virtual store and found that its extensive features and excellent technical support made it a solid ecommerce app. They did say that its one squeaky wheel is its UI, but nevertheless, it's a shopping cart that's ready to roll. Check out the Full Review

Online Dating to Spread Your Love Around

lorla — Sun, 06 May 2007 04:21:27 +0000

It seems we are spending more time in front of our computers than we do to watch TV, play in park or socialize with our neighbors. Is this behavioral change affecting our relationships and our capability of make new friends? My parents and their friends think so. But my friends and various researchers have different opinions. With the availability of a number of different social networking and dating sites it has been much easier to find friends in a wider circle without any geographical or socio-cultural boundary. Jeff Cole, director of the UCLA Internet Project says "Those who go online don't put their social lives at risk"

A bit of anonymity coupled with the ability to link with others who have similar interests, values, and beliefs have created a proper environment to make new friends online. Online dating is growing rapidly and it is set to continue and will become the preferred most easy and reliable way of meeting suitable mates. Online matchmaking is much safer than traditional dating. Not only safer, but more effective when finding exactly what you are looking for in friends, lovers, and relationships. With internet sites like JustSayHi.com, it is becoming increasingly acceptable and common place to meet strangers through the web.

With this type of dating you can scan all of your potential matches from the comfort of your home, you can see who has similar interests as you, their likes and dislikes, you can play the numbers game and access so many people like never ever before thought imaginable ! Upping your odds of meeting your near perfect match for sure.

Many of the dating sites that are available in internet charge its members to post their profile or to contact other members in the site. However, there are other sites like this dating site are completely free. Just Say Hi is really a free site and it never asks it's member for credit card. It has great search option in which one can search by sex, zip code and age. It has many members to choose from and its attractive layout with eye-catching pictures of its member is another positive aspect to go for. A visit to this free dating site will certainly make you stick with it.

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A Noble Mission

lorla — Sun, 06 May 2007 04:26:47 +0000

Youth are the pillar of society and these pillars are being crumbled by drugs, alcohol and gang-culture. Boat Angel Outreach Centers are established around the world to help these mis-guided youth to guide them to the right path. According to Rev. David Crawford, 5,000 people sleep on the streets in the Los Angeles area and they are vulnerable to various negative influences like drugs, alcohol etc. Boat Angel Outreach Centers help the these people to get a better life. Youths go through a one year Bible School & Ministry Training program and multiple daily services. The school program inclues running three miles six day a week, attend high school and Bible School, and two to three hours of church and worship services daily. In addition to the two to three hours of church and worship services daily they are taught choreography to reach out with hip-hop and break dancing. Every summer these youth go on the road on outreaches across the United States. In Wikieup, AZ, they have acquired a land and plans have been drawn up to construct a permanent 5,000 square foot building with an estimated cost of $200,000 which will be a sanctuary for misleaded youths in the society. Boat Angel Outreach Centers are run by the help of generous people who donate used cars, boats, boat houses etc. Car Donations and other donations will help the Outreach Centers to achieve the noble goal to help those who can't help themselves. If you want be of some help in this great work you can send your check to: BoatAngelOutreachCenter 1745 N. Ashbrook Circle, Mesa AZ 85213 Note: This is a Sponsored Post

EZUnsecured for easy business loan

lorla — Sun, 06 May 2007 04:29:00 +0000

Small business owners and entrepreneurs face numerous challenges in obtaining capital needed for their success. Since 2002, EZUnsecured.com has been providing fast funding with great service to obtain business loan to small business owners and entrepreneurs. Check them out to find out what they have to offer for your financial needs.

Cheap Hotels in London

lorla — Sun, 06 May 2007 04:29:01 +0000

If you are planning to spend your vacation in London you have to consider that it is both a historical and business hub and the city plays host to millions of visitors each year. Travelers from all around the world spend their vacation in this magnificent city all year round, so you can expect to have a hard time looking for London Hotels. If you are in a limited budget it will be even more difficult. To address this problem I found a site, cheaperthanhotels.co.uk which has solution to all the travel arrangement problems. They provide the online reservation services since 1996 for more than 30,000 hotels in 130 countries worldwide. It is incredible how you can book hotels all over the world in one stop at the site. They have cheap London Hotels at great year round and last minute prices. They have a nice interface with easy-to-use navigation system. Booking a hotel in Edinburgh, Manchester, Glasgow, Birmingham, or any other cities is just a piece of cake in the website.

National Memory Screenings Day, 2007

lorla — Sun, 06 May 2007 04:32:43 +0000

Did you know that November is National Alzheimer's Awareness Month? In a collaborative effort spearheaded by the Alzheimer's Foundation of America to promote early detection of Alzheimer's disease and related illnesses, and to encourage appropriate intervention, November 13th is is marked as National Memory Screening Day. Memory screening is done for early detection of Alzheimer's disease and related illnesses. According to the Alzheimer's Foundation of America, memory problems can be caused by a variety of factors and identifying the problem is the first step in addressing it and obtaining proper care. Early detection is critical to maximize available medical treatments and support services. Participating sites offer free confidential memory screenings, as well as follow up resources and educational materials to those concerned about memory loss. Please choose a memory screening location near the area you or your loved ones live to sign-up for free screening. Successful aging tips found on the Alzheimer's Foundation of America website can be really helpful for a healthy aging. The tips are useful to slow or prevent the loss of brain cells, maintain the brain's capacity to make up for any loss, and let remaining brain cells function well. The effort of Alzheimer's Foundation of America to address the importance to offer quality care for those who suffer from the disease apart from seeking a cure to Alzheimer's is highly appreciable.

Virtual Makeover

lorla — Sun, 06 May 2007 04:40:52 +0000

You can find a lot of beauty makeup tips in magazines and beauty sites. Making your face a laboratory to test different shades and colors wouldn't make much sense and it doesn't come cheap too. I came across a site which can be an ideal place to try on every makeover cosmetics and accessories on your face without touching any of them. Yes, it is a virtual makeover solution. I signed up the site and tried creating a lady out of a kid in demo mode. It was a rather rough makeover to test the features but I think you can get some idea on what the site can do on your face.

First I removed the hair of the kid to change it to the hairstyle of a lady. They have a huge collection of wigs and celebrity hair styles. I applied some cosmetics like lipstick, face blush and eyeliner. If you are smiling in the photo you can even whiten your teeth. Then from the accessories list that has hair clips, hats, sunglasses, contacts, necklaces and earrings, I chose the eyewear to fit the kid. If you are not patient enough to apply individual accessories want to try a short-cut there is an option to apply all the makeover at one go. I tried a Halloween witch makeover on the kid.

It is nice to try the features and sign-up for full version so you can upload your photo and use many other options that are not available in demo version. Sponsored Post

Dating site

lorla — Sun, 06 May 2007 05:24:44 +0000

There are a lot of dating sites around. I have joined some and forgot about them before I could get used to the interface and complications in taking full advantage of what they offer. It is a bit different story for the site I recently stumbled upon. Datehookup.com is a simple yet feature rich site with your own personal space to show-off. Editing profile, uploading pictures or searching for required dates in one's locality are general feature available in almost all dating sites. The like the blogging feature in the site (may be it is because I am a blogger!) and the forum for discussion. Another forum style groups interface helps in advertising yourself in the selected category. They have groups of different age groups, religion, politics and different interest groups. I wish they have some for students, workers, and unemployed too (I did posted one request.) It sure looks like a different type of online dating website with a lot of flexibility yet very simple to use. Did I say it is free?

Another Search Engine

lorla — Sun, 06 May 2007 05:34:44 +0000

With the big brother Google around and big players like MSN and Yahoo trying their best to remain in the internet search market, starting a new search engine requires nothing less than a perfect algorithm. As a general user I always wish I had an option when I search the web and somebody would come from nowhere to beat the giant G. When I came across TigerTom Search I was expecting a competition to Google. But the result was not what I expected. First I searched "lorla" and it was nice of the search engine to give this blog the first position. But it was sad that it couldn't recognize "Canada". What I got was "This result has been filtered out" (see screenshot below). Hey! it is not Iran or Syria! But the Google does recognize the country and listed ads about mortgages. On top of that there was no "Images" or "News" about Canada in www.tigertom.org.ukworld.

I don't know if the goal of the website is providing its user with a better search result or not. Or it may be because it is in betastage. Well, for me it seems this site just proved that Google is unbeatable! This is Sponsored Post

Ecommerce Guide for Online Holiday Sales

lorla — Sun, 06 May 2007 05:35:00 +0000

Winter holiday seasons usually sees higher online business sales. To claim the bigger chunk in the share of online business ecommerce sites need to be well equiped with and apealing design and better search engine optimization (SEO) strategy. In a new Ecommerce Whitepaper, "Is Your Site Holiday-Ready? 7 Steps to Improve Your Online Holiday Sales," Network Solutions provides a comprehensive Ecommerce guide that explains the importance of ensuring Ecommerce sites are updated and tailored to shoppers, as well as the importance of developing an SEO strategy. Some of the issues addressed are:

Update your product catalog and inventory.
Make it easy for your customers to shop for gifts.
Enhance your site design with holiday flair.
Make potential buyers comfortable about your business.
Provide specific delivery lead times.
Use pay per click advertising to drive traffic to your site.
Use holiday specials to convert shoppers to buyers.

You candownload the white paper to learn more about how online merchants can prepare for the holidays. Network Solutions has 28 years of experience in ecommerce. It is also a leading provider of Web solutions that offers a full range of Web-related services including Web hosting, Web design, e-commerce software, search engine marketing, Pay Per Click Advertising , SSL certificates, e-mail services and domain name registration.

Blog to Earn

lorla — Sun, 06 May 2007 23:22:46 +0000

Apart from placing advertisements in your blog there are other neat means to make some extra money. One of them is to write opinion posts with links back to the sites that pay. Although one needs to use their creative mind to post article on the given theme and it sure does take some time but the creativity is appreciated by the advertiser and the readers alike. Among some such blog advertising sites Smorty.com pays better and helps you find best advertisers to make sure you get paid to blog . Smorty has its own blogger ranking system and according to the blog ranks the earning can be as high as US$100 per post. If you have high ranks in Googles PageRank and Alexa coupled with a number of successful blog advertising posts, you will rank high in their system and you are likely earn more per post. They pay a minimum of US$6 per post which is higher than many of the other players in the field of blog advertising. If you want to blog for money Smorty is the best bet.

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Come on ... Click Click Click

lorla — Tue, 08 May 2007 02:40:23 +0000

People find different ways to waste their time in internet. In one of such sites click click click you can click as much as you can for your country. I clicked 99 times for my country Canada and found that I was the only one in Canada to click today. It is ranked 30th in the list.

Chile is ranked 1st in the list with 134,353,954 clicks (at the time of this post). It might be fun for some people but I think it is waste of time and will surely wear out your mouse soon!!
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Naked man glued to exercise bike during theft

lorla — Tue, 08 May 2007 04:16:43 +0000

In Johannesburg, South Africa a gang stripped a South African man before gluing him to an exercise bicycle while they ransacked his house.

The victim was then forced to strip, after which he was superglued to the seat of an exercise bicycle, his hands were superglued, as were his feet and then his mouth was superglued shut.

Anybody thief around? :-)

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Buttons and buttons everywhere

lorla — Tue, 08 May 2007 07:03:00 +0000

You never get tired of pushing the buttons in your TV remote control. Kid's remote controlled toy car or a room AC or even the bombings in Iraq and Afganistan are all done by buttons. It seems like everything comes with buttons these days. When I post this post the software I am using will ask to push "OK" button to confirm my decision (as if computer are much smarter than the users themselves).

I was looking around and found Bill DeRouchey's blog dedicated to History of the Button and it was a nice read. The history of OK button is interesting.

OK, that was easy. I may have finally figured out which is my favorite button.

The OK button. .... OK? OK.

found via | button history

Most Creative Logos

lorla — Tue, 08 May 2007 21:46:03 +0000

Logos are the most creative designs of graphic art. We recognize many company or brands by the uniqueness/creativeness of their logo.

This compilation of 56 Most Creative Logos is really colorful and interesting to see and appreciate.

Among the big collection of most interesting logos, the ones I like most are: Fedex's arrow hidden in between E and x, Firefox, Nike and Apple logos.

Tags: logo, graphic design

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Birth of a Parrot

lorla — Wed, 09 May 2007 04:41:00 +0000

There are 33 pictures of a baby parrot, from freshly hatched to its achieving a full set of feathers in this photo collection. It is cute to see all the stages of a parrot childhood.

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Identity theft and its protection

lorla — Thu, 10 May 2007 21:59:19 +0000

Identity theft can cause lot of hassles and might take a lot of time to get back your good name. In a survey released by Javelin Identity Fraud Survey 27.3 million Americans have been victims of identity theft in the last five years, including 9.91 million people or 4.6% of the population in the last year alone. 52% of all ID theft victims, approximately 5 million people in the last year, discovered that they were victims of identity theft by monitoring their accounts. The survey also shows that the number of US adult victims of identity fraud decreased from 10.1 million in 2003 and 9.3 million in 2005 to 8.4 million in 2007. The decreasing trend can be attributed to awareness among people and better monitoring system to address the issue. Todd Davis, CEO of lifelock gives away his Social Insurance Number claiming that his company is protecting his identity and they also claim to guarantee the service up to $1 million dollars. I think it is worth a visit to Lifelock if you want to protect your identity against prowling eyes.

Walking around : some photos

lorla — Sat, 12 May 2007 17:05:37 +0000

Last week when I was walking around I took some pictures. I want to share them with you.

The first picture is from a bench ad in a bus stop. The bolt was placed such that it goes through its head.

Talking about ads, I found another unique ad in a cycle stand. I was walking by and saw a different kind of bike attached to cycle stand: with square tires. It was locked all right but it was not a bike to ride around in the summer. It was an ad of an website. You have to figure-out the website yourself. It sure is nice way to advertise as long as the parking space people don't take it away.

The next photo I took was of a small branch from the bush near my house. One tiny branch has sprouted out to welcome the spring. I liked the this combination:

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Fed-up with the winter: At last the watermelon season has come!!

lorla — Sun, 13 May 2007 15:57:46 +0000

It was a harsh winter and I am fed-up with the snow and cold. It feels great to go out in shorts and t-shirts and take a gulp of watermelon on the way.

Inspired by the taste and freshness of I thought of writing about watermelon. But I didn't have anything special to write about. I searched internet and found some cool watermelon arts. Lets see how people turn it to a form of art.

First article that caught my eyes was the picture of square watermelon in crazy aunt purl's site. At first I thought it was a photoshoped picture but when I read the article it really is amazing how people can grow square watermelon.

Then comes the art. It is incredible how people can transform it to shapes of flowers, people and other things that do not constitute a watermelon.

Loved this grumpy old man!

Some Chinese artists have made various forms in watermelon.There are whole lot of shapes and figures in watermelon cover in this site.

Now the arts involving watermelon (no watermelon involved!).

Watermelon toy for your kids.

Watermelon art in oil

If you are interested to see more of watermelon arts you can visit this beautiful collection of 6 galleries.

Tags: watermelon art, photo

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Anonymous Blogger and the Secret Diary

lorla — Mon, 14 May 2007 17:34:41 +0000

The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs is a satirical blog by an anonymous writer channeling Apple's chief executive. If you are in ayway (even remotly) interested in Apple product like iPod, Mac computer or looking to get an iPhone you will surely love to read the posts and get a good laugh.

The Secret Diary that started last year with daily stream of unfiltered satirical entries lets techies revel in their never-ending fascination of their own industry, and be entertained at the same time. The guarded identity of the blogger has fueled the guessing game in the industry. Some tech journalists and former Apple marketing staffers are popular choices in the guessing games.

link: The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs | news: Businessweek Article

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US Military says YOU SUCK

lorla — Wed, 16 May 2007 18:36:37 +0000

I don't like talking about politics. That doesn't fall in any of my interest but still I enjoy reading news. Well, this post is not really a political writing it is rather about internet and its freedom.

I was always told that US is the most democratic country in the world and they enjoy the ultimate freedom. Today there was a news about US Military Blocking Web site Access to its soldiers with funny reasons to back up the ban.

Commander Jeffrey Gordon, spokesman for the Department of Defense, pointed out that the regulation is intended primarily to prevent military Internet connections from being clogged with uploads or downloads of data-rich files such as video clips. The ban is also meant to guard against infiltration by malicious or spying software hidden in files created by hackers.

Gordon says that the bottom line is bandwidth, which is the most important consideration. They have to make sure the network is reliable. Restrictions were imposed on MySpace, YouTube, and other Web sites after a usage study showed they were the most visited by soldiers.

Hey, US doesn't have sufficient bandwidth for its military! What about other countries?

Banned websites include video-sharing sites - YouTube, Metacafe, iFilm, StupidVideos, and FileCabi; social networking sites - MySpace, BlackPlanet, and Hi5; music sites - Pandora, MTV, 1.fm, and Live365; and the photo-sharing site, Photobucket. We have to be aware of the malicious or spying software hidden in files too!

Webmail - Unlimited Storage in Yahoo

lorla — Wed, 16 May 2007 23:12:00 +0000

News on 27 March 2007 announced the unlimited storage capacity of Yahoo. Today I was welcomed by the following screen when I was logging in it.

Well, it seems it is happening for sure. Despite this big upgrade, the attachment sizes are still limited to 10MB for free accounts. I am wondering if it will bother a general user? 10MB is somewhat small when you talk about unlimited storage space. If you are compled to make maximum use of it there are software like HJsplit , a small and free software that allows you to cut a big file into small parts which can be sent as attachments in separate emails. But one needs to take considerable amount of time to send gigabytes of data with a free account.

One biggest disadvantage these email services have is that you have to log in frequently. They erase all of the emails if you fail to log in for some specified time depending upon the provider. In the long run, it's nice that "unlimited space" is available, but common users like myself wouldn't be able to make much use of the available space. I've had gmail for well over a year and have barely scratched the surface of my available space and I've made strides to fill it up. I have all sorts of backed up data in there. I don't know what I will do with the unlimited space!

If you want to compare different offers other email providers have visit thisnice comparision of web based emails in wikipedia website.

If you think Yahoo is the only one to offer unlimited space and create all these hypes then you are wrong. rediff one of India's largest email service provider has started offering unlimited storage some time back and aol is offering such service since August 2006 (Please comment if there are any others too).

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lorla — Thu, 17 May 2007 01:12:58 +0000

First person to fly over top of the world

lorla — Thu, 17 May 2007 23:54:40 +0000

Bear Grylls climbed Mount Everest at the age of 23 in 1998 and became the youngest British climber to scale it. That was a British record. He was not satisfied by the record and he was lured by the highest peak to fly higher and create a new world record!

To the news reporter covering flying over the top of the world Grylls said: "The propeller, oxygen bottle and all the other equipment strapped to my back weighed more than 120kg (264lbs). It took me three attempts to get off the ground but when I was finally in the air, I noticed the crowd of people sitting on the ridge clapping and cheering," .

"On 14 May 2007, Grylls and his fellow pilot and inventor of the parajet engine, Giles Cardozo, took off from the small Himalayan village of Pheriche, which lies at an altitude of 4,400m (14,435ft) about 20 miles (32km) south of Mount Everest in eastern Nepal," the news report said.

It is great to see the incredible videos and pictures of the mission in the official mission homepage.

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Hawaii - Vacation of your dream

lorla — Sun, 20 May 2007 17:57:34 +0000

What are your plans this this summer? With all the tiring jobs at home and office it would be great to visit somewhere you can forget about all the problems and be yourself. I was wondering what would be the best place to visit this summer and I came across some beautiful pictures of Hawaii and did a bit of research on what to expect there. With all the exciting pictures and videos I came across I am inclined to believe the "Theres no place on earth like Hawaii" slogan. People from all around the world travel to Hawaii to experience the paradise in the earth. If you are looking for a vacation of a lifetime, Hawaiian vacation can be the one best choice! First thing before you go to any new place is to find a local expert to guide you for the ultimate pleasure you seek. If you are lured by the pictures I have collected and planning to go there soon, I would suggest you to seek the help of these local experts. Some great Hawaii pictures: It's an awful place! Picture source: http://www.hawaiianbeachrentals.com

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25 SIGNS YOU MAY BE CANADIAN:

lorla — Thu, 24 May 2007 18:23:43 +0000

1. You're not offended by the term "HOMO MILK".

2. You understand the phrase "Could you pass me a serviette, I just dropped my poutine, on the chesterfield."

3. You eat chocolate bars, not candy bars.

4. You drink Pop, not Soda.

5. You know that a Mickey and 24's mean, "party at the camp, eh!!!"

6. You don't care about the fuss with Cuba. It's a cheap place to go for
your holidays, with good cigars .

7. You know that a pike is a type of fish, not part of a highway.

8. You drive on a highway, not a freeway.

9. You have Canadian Tire money in your kitchen drawers.

10. You know that Casey and Finnegan were not part of a Celtic musical
group.

11. You get excited whenever an American television show mentions Canada.

12. You brag to Americans that; Shania Twain, Jim Carrey, Celine Dion & Mike Myers are Canadians. ... also , Alex Trebec, David Foley, Matthew Perry etc.etc.

13. You know that the C.E.O. of American Airlines is a Canadian!

14. You know what a toque is.

15. You design your Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit.

16. You know that the last letter of the English alphabet is always
pronounced "Zed".

17. Your local newspaper covers the national news on 2 pages, but requires 6 pages for hockey.

18. You know that the four seasons mean: almost winter, winter, still
winter, and road work.

19. You know that when it's 25 degrees outside, it's a warm day.

20. You understand the Labatt Blue commercials.

21. You know how to pronounce and spell "Saskatchewan".

22. You perk up when you hear the theme song from 'Hockey Night in Canada'.

23. You are in grade 12, not the 12th grade.

24. "Eh?" is a very important part of your vocabulary, and is more polite
than, "Huh?"

25. You actually understand these jokes, and forward them to all of your
Canadian friends! Then you send them to your American friends just to
confuse them!

I copied and pasted the above contents (to be frank) from this funny site by Bert. There are much more funny pictures, video and things you will appreciate. I loved the A Single Sheet of Paper too. There are other thing I am yet to explore.

Bloody Passwords ...

lorla — Sat, 26 May 2007 19:59:44 +0000

Passwords... yea they are headache for most of us to remember. And worst of all, these days you have to have tons of them - for almost every websites. I got a video from this lady (Natalie) explaining how you get jumbled with passwords.

Here is her YouTube page. If you have some time to spare, you can see/listen some more of her interesting talks!

This might be what Natalie was talking about: A news video from CNETTV.

Some blogger's reaction in next page.

Natalie got some replies too ...

And this guy has problem with user names (Reply to Natalie):

Well, it is not you alone who are responsible for the password problem. Here is another funny clip about the Password Hell (a bit long: five and half minutes).

This cartoon guy has one solution to the password problem:

The Machine is Us/ing Us : Web 2.0 Explained

lorla — Sun, 27 May 2007 17:05:34 +0000

This YouTube release titled "Web 2.0" in just under 5 minutes by Dr. Wesch, an anthropology professor at Kansas State University might look like a technical document but it is nice on how it is being presented. It is a beautifully produced history and explanation of the Internet and the implications for the future which can be considered both a piece of art and a scientific paper.

If your creative bugs are trying to get out in similar ways, information on how Dr. Wesch prepared this video might be of interest:

The video was created by me (Michael Wesch), working alone from my house in St. George, Kansas. I used CamStudio for the screen captures and Sony Vegas for the panning/cropping/zooming animations...

If you want to download the video in higher quality versions you can download them here:
Windows Media File (55 MB)
Quicktime File (96 MB)

Creative Ads.

lorla — Tue, 29 May 2007 16:01:00 +0000

Shopping bags are the most useful everyday accessory. Advertisers have used it in different ways to make it attractive. Some of the most creative miniature traveling billboards are presented here for your entertainment. Click on the image to view bigger photos. Apart from bags some other interesting and creative advertisements are presented in next page. The pictures were collected from various internet sources and I have included link to the source wherever I could find one.

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A print of a cup of Folgers coffee was placed on top of manhole covers in New York City, USA. Holes on the print allows the steam to come out. Wordings around the cup reads 'Hey, City That Never Sleeps. Wake up." from Folgers.

Unicenter Shopping Mall in Buenos Aires, Argentina for Valentine's Day.

A giant mirror was built that allowed passersby to stop and look at themselves wearing Indivi clothes at a shopping mall in Tokyo.

advertisement for a job recruiting company in Berlin, Germany

From South Africa for the advertisement of glass and window cleaner I.C.U.

Sources: hemmy | pepperjamblog | kucau | funny blog

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Piano playing kids

lorla — Wed, 30 May 2007 05:28:00 +0000

Couldn't help laughing at this child playing piano!!

YouTube link

And this is another sweet kid, playing piano for real.

Source: link to YouTube

Tags: kids, playing piano, funny, cute

Online Entertainment : Backgammon

lorla — Thu, 31 May 2007 02:37:00 +0000

Internet is taking over every aspects of our lives. It is taking over our work, entertainment, networking and socializing needs as a human being.

Playing games online is one of the best way to entertain us and among many online game sites Backgammon Online Game company is rapidly expanding worldwide. Backgammon Masters are opening their offices in Central America and I have included their press release for your information:

Press Release:

Backgammon online game company is expanding worldwide, placing its attention and resources on Latin American markets. By being the first-ever and only company to introduce an online version of the popular Spanish dice game, Perudo, (in addition to their poker and backgammon) BackgammonMasters has now established itself as an industry leader in most, if not all, of the worlds major online game playing regions. This increased activity in Latin markets has resulted in the need for the company to open a branch office in Central America.

By studying and listening to the demands of Latin audiences, BackgammonMasters is able to provide the most desirable and popular community games of particular world regions as part of their global strategy to maintain the worlds largest community game network. In addition, the BackgammonMasters animated series starring their tiger mascot, Jean-Claude, has drawn viewers from all over the world, including those from Latin Markets.

What is unique about BackgammonMasters software and all-in-one game concept is that with only one download from one site, players enter one game lobby and select from any number of games whether it be backgammon, perudo, poker and soon to come, blackjack. All of BackgammonMasters games are developed in multi player variations as part of their community concept, and the company has stated that more popular games for the Latin Markets are already in the works.

BackgammonMasters.com, the World Backgammon Network, has a revolutionary approach to online backgammon. BackgammonMasters.com owns and operates its own proprietary backgammon software that delivers a realistic experience, with first-rate graphics and unrivaled usability, in a fully-supported playing environment. BackgammonMasters.com supports all popular payment methods in Latin American countries such as Visa/MasterCard.

Report by Gammonish.com backgammon online resource for news and information. More about backgammon online and online backgammon game rules can be found at backgammon.

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Want to buy my blog ?

lorla — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 04:35:00 +0000

Well, this is not an offer! I am not finished yet! I have many things to write about and I am lovin' it!

But this nice widget by technorati.com is cool way to boast about the value of your site!

My blog is worth $4,516.32.
How much is your blog worth?

Well, if you have a blog you too can get it and place it in sidebars. I have seen big numbers in many sites. Tell me about you!

Tags: technorati, wiget, website value

WiTricity and Nikola Tesla: Wireless electricity

lorla — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 19:38:38 +0000

"Goodbye wires MIT team experimentally demonstrates wireless power transfer, potentially useful for powering laptops, cell phones without cords."

That was the MIT news release. And there was flood of news about this new technology.

We moved one step closer to a world where plugging in your laptop, cell phone, iPod, and even a lamp for power is no longer required. Researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed a wireless electricity called "WiTricity" that can transmit electricity wirelessly. (from PC world)

But many people think differently. They claim this is not a new invention but it was already invented a century back by Nikola Tesla. You can see Tesla's demonstration of "the transmission of electrical energy without wires" in 1891 in this photo and it is explained in this wikipedia page.

But it is also true that the invention was not implemented in the real world. With whatever I have read and learnt, it is clear that WiTricity concept is not recreation of Tesla principle either. This small clip Tesla - The Lost Wizard - A brief biography on the brilliant inventor, Nikola Tesla from History Channel would be very nice addition:

The following article implies that Tesla had to abort the research due to lack of funds.

...After paying off his investors, Tesla spent his remaining funds on his other inventions and culminated his efforts in a major breakthrough in 1899 at Colorado Springs by transmitting 100 million volts of high-frequency electric power wirelessly over a distance of 26 miles at which he lit up a bank of 200 light bulbs and ran one electric motor! With this souped up version of his Tesla coil, Tesla claimed that only 5% of the transmitted energy was lost in the process. But broke of funds again, he looked for investors to back his project of broadcasting electric power in almost unlimited amounts to any point on the globe. The method he would use to produce this wireless power was to employ the earth's own resonance with its specific vibrational frequency to conduct AC electricity via a large electric oscillator...

Tesla was not alone in the pursue of wireless electricity.

...One British inventor, H. Grindell-Matthews, actually demonstrated his "mystery ray" apparatus in 1924 to a Popular Science Monthly writer in London (See: Pop. Sci. Monthly, Aug. 1924, P. 33). When his beam was directed toward the magneto system of a gasoline engine, it stopped the system. Afterwards, it ignited gun powder, lit an electric lamp bulb from a distance and killed a mouse in seconds! Grindell-Matthews said the secret was involved with the "carrier beam" he used to conduct a high-voltage, low-frequency electrical current. During 1936, Guglielmo Marconi experimented with extremely low frequency (ELF) waves and displayed their exceptional ability to penetrate metallic shielding. These waves could affect electrical devices, overload circuits and cause machines like generators, electric motors and automobiles to stall. Diesel engines, which do not rely on electrical ignition, were not affected. Mysteriously, Marconi's research on the subject was never found after the war.

One comment in one of the news article goes like "... it is true that Tesla is almost completely ignored by the media and by schools. All I was taught in my physics class was that Tesla invented the Tesla coil. Is it a conspiracy? Or are our teachers and media just bone-stupid?" Some say in Tesla experiment "electricity was conducted through the earth, with a small portion of it making the return link through the air".

But whatever may be the case, no-one had even attempted to recreate it and these snake-pile of wires are still plying beside my computer. At least those MIT guys have started it again. Hats off to the MIT team!

Source/links: Tesla wireless | Telsa Page in wikipedia | MIT page | wikipedia witricity

Tags: witricity, telsa, wireless, electricity

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"I look exactly like your dad"

lorla — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 00:11:10 +0000

A new research at Durham University UK on women's behaviour shows that women who get on well with their fathers tend to marry men with similar facial characteristics. Those having difficult relationships with their fathers tend to choose men with very different looks.

Well, it seems a new love phrase for love-struck guys is brewing up - "I look exactly like your dad". But be aware... you need to study past history of your girlfriend too. Only "Daddies' Girls" look for men like their fathers!

I am sorry for those girls with fathers having unique face! You are bound to get a hard time finding your love.

If you don't believe, click on the link to see some photos of well known "Daddies' Girls" with their partner and fathers.

news link | Sciency Daily

Waterbed for your healthy living

lorla — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 18:58:00 +0000

Eight hours of therapy every night - that is the health benefits of waterbeds and the great feeling it brings too. if waterbeds can ever make a comeback, the waterbed fad of the 70's.

- This is sponsored post.

Waterbed FAQ| Wikipedia waterbed page |waterbed hygiene

Britain's Got Talent - 6 year-old Connie Sings Great

lorla — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 20:23:31 +0000

"I thought you were fantastic," said Simon. "I only have one question: Was that really you singing?"

Pretty little girl Connie Talbot aged 6 became the star of the latest round of auditions for Britain's Got Talent.

Picture Source | Youtube
Tags: Britain's Got Talent, singing, little girl

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Canada: Still in the Stone Age of wireless Telecommunication

lorla — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 15:28:45 +0000

Cell phone bills are really a headache in this part of the world. Everytime I want to call somebody I have to calculate the remaining free-minutes in the plan. I can't afford not having a landline!

To backup my everyday feelings, a recent analyst report calls Canadas mobile phone adoption rate a national disgrace.

SeaBoard Group report, Lament for a Wireless Nation states that the average wireless customer in Canada pays 56% more than his U.S counterpart.

Canadian wireless penetration is 58%, second last in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development countries and 20 percentage points behind the United States.

... Canada is a wireless telecommunications backwater whose citizens pay more money for fewer features, and some argue that our slow adoption of true next-generation high-speed wireless data networks has cost the country billions in lost productivity and opportunity.

I believe on SeaBoard's belief that relatively high cell phone prices in Canada suppress demand for wireless services.

I wish I could update this post with some good news soon !!!

reference/sources: news article | analysis

Tags: canada, mobile phone, cellphone

small words, big meanings

lorla — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 11:53:52 +0000

Words with 1 to 10 letters to ponder upon!

The most ...

You will love this compilation of cute cats

lorla — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 12:43:00 +0000

Nice, well done bjørk song and cute cats!!

I love the cute little cats. Thanks to liddymouse for the great video compilation.

And in this video compilation there are many clips of various cats doing many hilarious things.

Tags: youtube, cats, bjørk, google video

iLord, Thy Phone ...

lorla — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 22:43:45 +0000

iPhone will feature up to 8 hours of talk time, 6 hours of Internet use, 7 hours of video playback or 24 hours of audio playback. In addition, iPhone will feature up to 250 hoursmore than 10 daysof standby time. Apple also announced that the entire top surface of iPhone, including its stunning 3.5-inch display, has been upgraded from plastic to optical-quality glass to achieve a superior level of scratch resistance and optical clarity.

That was the new press release from Apple.

The combination iPod and smartphone will be available at 6 p.m. local time on Friday, June 29, at Apple and AT&T retail stores. The iPhone will be priced at US$499 for the 4GB model, or $599 for the 8GB model.

For that price, it is not unfair to expect all-around features. But, inspite of all the hypes, it is not that perfect piece of gadget. Here are some of the shortcomings I came to know:

Although it is supposed to have the "full internet", it won't even have the Adobe Flash Player! Well, it sounds like it won't be much happy surfing on many sites with flash animations and sites like YouTubes won't be of much fun either.
It will not support Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS), so users won't be able to send text messages with pictures or video to other cell phone users.
The iPhone does not offer Global Positioning System (GPS) capability.
Third-party applications will be allowed only as web-based applications loaded from the internet on the iPhone's Safari web browser.
In order to use an iPhone, buyers will be required to first set up an account with the iTunes store using their credit cards, even if they have no intention of buying anything there. This is in addition to the required carrier contract with AT&T.

Some Apple fans and iGod might diagree with me but inspite of all the great features I don't think this phone is made for me!

Edit: Found pictures of (future?) versions of iphone here and wanted to share with you! Here goes - iPhone, iPhone Nano and iPhone Shuffle.

Other reads: computerworld | Who Can Kill the iPhone

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Friends' Blogs

lorla — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 16:11:59 +0000

This page is created to list links to the blogs and websites that I like and enjoy visiting! If you want your pages / interesting sites to be listed here please post them in comment. I will review them and add in the list!

Blogs

Todspace Skeet's Stuffs Forum Finder Blog Tip Tail Luna Tail Pixie Tail Collie Rescue FFBlog Freebies Freebies Everywhere Informal Critique Everyday Randomness Technically foreign Don't Be Shy A Little of everything gothic peach Websites GeekySpeaky Blog Directories Blogarama Will update this list soon

Most hated internet words includes 'Blog'

lorla — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 19:53:00 +0000

Have you ever felt like banging your head on your keyboard when you see dumb words while surfing? British pollsters YouGov questioned some 2,091 adults earlier this month to find out which are the most detested words going around in internet.

In a news release by yahoo news quoting AFP, "blog" is the third most hated word among internet community (I don't believe in it though!).

'Folksonomy', a term for a web classification system topped the list of most hated word followed by 'blogosphere', the collective name for blogs or online journals. 'wiki', a collaborative website edited by its readers got the tenth position.

Ten most hated words in their order:
* Folksonomy
* Blogosphere
* Blog
* Netiquette
* Blook
* Webinar
* Vlog
* Social Networking
* Cookie
* Wiki

via: yahoo news | ars technica
Tags: internet, blog, hated word

Auction ads...

lorla — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 10:41:28 +0000

One of my friend joined Auction ads on my referral. I posted a post in my blog about AuctionAds too so I expect some people might have joined by that affiliate link too. But my account shows 0 affiliate. I commented in your blog about it and today I saw that the comment was removed without notice (I was expecting some replies). Does that mean I should not advocate about joining AuctionAds? Thanks. Visiting Europe for business or leisure. - ways to save money on accommodation. Cheaperthanhotels UK provides last minute and year round accommodation in 8 European languages, at the last minute or up to one year in advance. Users can sort options by price, location, star rating , last minute or year round as well as hotel names. To save money, users are encouraged to recognise a few tips: Hotels are priced per room Hostels are usually per bed. Serviced apartments can accommodate more people. Locating well will save you on transport costs. Many hotels offer free parking Hotels in Norway

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Funny and Beautiful Fruits and Vegetables Arts

lorla — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 01:45:46 +0000

I posted watermelon art in my previous post. Let me add some more funny and interesting fruit and vegetable arts.

History of fruit and vegetable carving and more funny arts in next page.

Xiang Wang explains the history of the art:

The exquisite craft of fruit and vegetable carving developed very slowly, constantly adapting to the prosperity of the population. At the time of the Tang Dynasty (AD 618-906) and the Sung Dynasty (AD 960-1279) the garnishing of food was already widespread in China. Splendid fruit decorations or pastry models of animals and humans were not only created for the Kaisers feudal banquets; indeed, this art was also practiced amongst the middle classes.

According to Pam Manneeratana:

The Thai Art of Fruit and Vegetable Carving is a valuable heritage of Thailand and one of its oldest art forms. It was originated in 1364 when Nang Nopamas decorated the floating lamp for the Royal Festival celebrated on the night of the full moon of the 12th month of every year. She carved fruits and vegetables in a variety of flowers which were used to decorate the floating lamp, making It look like a huge water lily flower. When the King Phra Ruang saw what she had created, he appreciated this new innovation and decreed that it would be an art heritage of Thailand and should be taught to all Thai ladies. This knowledge has been passed on through generations only in person and to loved ones, especially in the Royal Palace.

Links: history | Saxton Freymann

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Funny Fingers

lorla — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 22:32:33 +0000

Fingers are unique and their imprints can tell a person's faces. The photos I am presenting here won't tell about the face of the owner but they will surely tell you about the creativity of the creator.

Paints on fingers should have been around for a long time. Girls in India paint their hands and fingers by Mehendi to enhance their beauty. People all over the world paint their fingers in election. Well, I am not going to talk about such paintings. Following are completely different and funny faces that can be made by our own little fingers.

Here are some photos of fingers showing human faces in different postures.

I don't know who made these funny fingers. However, inspired by these pictures, I made my own finger-faces.

Lucky Seven Generation

lorla — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 13:07:00 +0000

Yes that is us!

We have lived through six 7s day: July 7th, 2007, 7 Minutes, 7 seconds or 07:07:07:07 /07/07. And it can only happen once in a thousand years.

That is:
1. July 7
2. Date 7
3. Hour - 7
4. Minutes - 7
5. Seconds - 7
6. Year, 2007 7
7. Saturday, being 7th day - 7

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lorla — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 19:11:22 +0000

Thanks to harsh US immigration rules, Microsoft going Vancouver Canada

lorla — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 19:11:23 +0000

It seems Canada is going to attract big business due to its immigration policy. In a recent news, Microsoft is opening a new office in Vancouver this fall to develop software programs and locate new talent.

Reason given for the new establishment sounds like businesses in US are not happy enough with their immigration policies. "There's a restriction on the number of visas the company can get for foreign employees in the U.S.," Sharif Khan, vice president of human resources of Microsoft Canada said "Canada's slightly more inclusive in that respect."

Canada is currently the third-largest source of recruits for Microsoft outside the United States, after India and Japan.
Sources: CBC|turkish press
Tags: Microsoft, Vancouver, Canada

New seven wonders of the world

lorla — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 23:01:24 +0000

The New 7 Wonders of the World announced during the Official Declaration ceremony in Lisbon, Portugal on Saturday, July 7, 2007 are:

1.The Taj Mahal Agra, India

The Taj Mahal (sometimes called "the Taj") is generally considered the finest example of Mughal architecture, a style that combines elements of Persian, Turkish, Indian, and Islamic architectural styles. While the white domed marble mausoleum is the most familiar part of the monument, the Taj Mahal is actually an integrated complex of structures. It was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1983 when it was described as a "universally admired masterpiece of the world's heritage.

2. Christ the Redeemer in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Christ the Redeemer is a large Art Deco-style statue of Jesus Christ in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The statue stands 32 m (105 feet) tall, weighs 1000 tons and is located at the peak of the 710-m (2330-foot) Corcovado mountain in the Tijuca Forest National Park, overlooking the city. As well as being a potent symbol of Christianity, the statue has become an icon of the city.

3. The Colosseum in Rome, Italy

The Colosseum or Coliseum, originally the Flavian Amphitheatre (Latin: Amphitheatrum Flavium, Italian Anfiteatro Flavio or Colosseo), is a giant amphitheatre in the centre of the city of Rome, Italy. Originally capable of seating around 50,000 spectators, it was used for gladiatorial contests and public spectacles. It was built on a site just east of the Roman Forum, with construction starting between 70 and 72 AD under the emperor Vespasian. The amphitheatre, the largest ever built in the Roman Empire, was completed in 80 AD under Titus, with further modifications being made during Domitian's reign.

4. Great Wall Of China, China

The Great Wall of China is a series of stone and earthen fortifications in China, built, rebuilt, and maintained between the 5th century BC and the 16th century to protect the northern borders of the Chinese Empire during the rule of successive dynasties. Several walls, referred to as the Great Wall of China, were built since the 5th century BC, the most famous being the one built between 220 BC and 200 BC by the first Emperor of China, Qin Shi Huang. That wall was much further north than the current wall, built during the Ming Dynasty, and little of it remains. The Great Wall is the world's longest human-made structure, stretching over approximately 6,400 km (4,000 miles) from Shanhai Pass in the east to Lop Nur in the west, along an arc that roughly delineates the southern edge of Inner Mongolia. It is also the largest human-made structure ever built in terms of surface area and mass. This is the only man made structure visible from space.

5. Chichen Itza in Yucatan, Mexico

Chichen Itza (from Yucatec Maya chich'en itza', "At the mouth of the well of the Itza") is a large pre-Columbian archaeological site, an ancient city built by the Maya civilization, located in the northern center of the Yucatán Peninsula, present-day Mexico.Chich'en Itza was a major regional center in the northern Maya lowlands from the Late Classic through the Terminal Classic and into the early portion of the Early Postclassic period. The site exhibits a multitude of architectural styles.

6. Petra, Jordan

Petra is an archaeological site in Jordan, lying in a basin among the mountains which form the eastern flank of Arabah (Wadi Araba), the large valley running from the Dead Sea to the Gulf of Aqaba. It is famous for having many stone structures carved into the rock. The long-hidden site was revealed to the Western world by the Swiss explorer Johann Ludwig Burckhardt in 1812. It was famously described as "a rose-red city half as old as time" in a Newdigate prize-winning sonnet by John William Burgon. Burgon had not actually visited Petra, which remained accessible only to Europeans accompanied by local guides with armed escorts, until after World War I.

7. Machu Picchu, Cuzco, Perú

Machu Picchu is a pre-Columbian city created by the Inca. It is located at 2,430 m (7,970 ft) on a mountain ridge. Machu Picchu is located above the Urubamba Valley in Peru, about 70 km (44 mi) northwest of Cusco. Forgotten for centuries by the outside world, although not by locals, it was brought back to international attention by archaeologist Hiram Bingham in 1911, who made the first scientific confirmation of the site and wrote a best-selling work about it. Peru is pursuing legal efforts to retrieve thousands of artifacts that Bingham removed from the site.

UPDATE: Just to remind you the 7 Wonders of the Ancient World :

The Great Pyramid of Giza: A gigantic stone structure near the ancient city of Memphis, serving as a tomb for the Egyptian Pharaoh Khufu.
The Hanging Gardens of Babylon: A palace with legendary gardens built on the banks of the Euphrates river by King Nebuchadnezzar II.
The Statue of Zeus at Olympia: An enormous statue of the Greek father of gods, carved by the great sculptor Pheidias.
The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus: A beautiful temple in Asia Minor erected in honor of the Greek goddess of hunting and wild nature.
The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus: A fascinating tomb constructed for King Maussollos, Persian satrap of Caria.
The Colossus of Rhodes: A colossus of Helios the sun-god, erected by the Greeks near the harbor of a Mediterranean Island.
The Lighthouse of Alexandria : A lighthouse built by the Ptolemies on the island of Pharos off the coast of their capital city.

Sources: wikipedia | new 7 wonders

Tags: seven wonders, new wonders, ancient wonders

Blog Advertising - payu2blog

lorla — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 22:50:31 +0000

As you know I am testing different blog advertising platforms, today I am reviewing PayU2Blog.com. They pay in every two weeks via PayPal. For most of the posts, post needs to contain a minimum of 60 words post. They only require one link per post and don't have any disclosure required. Everything looks good and I hope to review all the pay to blog platforms I am using in a single post in the near future. Your feedbacks will be appreciated.

Julie's Journal review

lorla — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 23:45:07 +0000

Today I was reading Julie's journal. She is a sweet writer who writes every little things in her life and they are sort of easy going and enjoyable. Well, the blog has some posts that she is paid for but still they don't stand-out, everything just go along smoothly and I enjoy reading all of her posts.

... Our wedding was part of a contest promotion that PayPerPost did, and we had a blast. The whole thing was broadcast live on the internet, and we had over 1500 viewers.

I wish her a great married life!

Disclosure

lorla — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 00:03:01 +0000

This policy is valid as of 1 July 2007.

This policy serves to inform that the owner of this blog may or maynot be compensated to provide opinion on products, services, websites and various other topics.

Even though the owner of this blog may receive compensation for posts, the owner will always give honest opinions, findings, beliefs, or experiences on those topics or products. The views and opinions expressed on this blog are purely the bloggers' own. Any product claim, statistic, quote or other representation about a product or service should be verified with the manufacturer, provider or party in question.

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Airport Security - Computers

lorla — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 00:21:28 +0000

I came across a funny photo taken at an airport somewhere. It really doesn't sound funny when you are taking this terminal for your travel. The message shows that the computer does not have firewall turned on and there is no antivirus installed. I believe, all the computers in airport are connected by some sort of networking and if one computer is vulnerable all others should be.

Don't know the dates and details of the airport but it sounds alarming to me.

Well, that is not a lone computer. People have found many pop-ups and errors being displayed on the information terminals. Here are some of such photos from different locations around the world.

Well, all of the above pictures seem to be running in windows system and you might suggest them to be run on relatively secure Linux system. But wait, here is another picture showing errors in a Linux system of Kiruna (Sweden) airport.

sources: sirbrett84|steve portigal|nion|krusha

Tallest man marriage - still being news after 4 months

lorla — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 13:42:22 +0000

I posted about the marriage of the world's tallest man in my previous post, Worlds tallest man gets married. But I was surprised to see the same news posted today in offbeat news section of USA today and thought he might have married again. When I went through the news, there was nothing new and it was the same stale news. (EDIT: At least I thought so.)

July 12 - The world's tallest man has married a woman from his hometown in a traditional Mongolian ceremony.

EDIT: "The couple got married in March but plan to held a wedding ceremony in July." Well, that was the marriage and this is wedding ceremony! I hope they will have some more ceremonies coming up to keep themselves in the headlines!

Anyway, I found a nice photo of the wedding ceremony by Jason Lee from Reuters and a video link in the news to share with you:

And there is a video of the ~~marriage~~ wedding ceremony if you are interested to see.

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Beautiful Rainbow during Jasper Tour

lorla — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 20:12:00 +0000

We went to Jasper in the Canada Day (July 1) weekend and it was a great tour. I am a bit busy to write all about it but I couldn't resist posting a rainbow I saw there. This is the most incredible rainbow I ever witnessed in my life. The full semi-circle, double layered rainbow was so beautiful that people in the street stopped by to look it as if something strange was going-on at the horizon. I couldn't capture the full semi-circle in a single photo so I am posting two photos to make it complete. The second bigger semi-circle in the first photo is not that clear but it can be seen more clearly in the second photo.

Tags: rainbow, travel

World's tallest man meets world's shortest man

lorla — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 14:31:34 +0000

I was not wrong in telling in the previous post this tallest man in the world wants to be in headlines. Or is it the shortest man who wants to be in the headline? In the latest news he met a person who thinks himself as the the shortest man in the earth.

Bao Xishun, the tallest man shakes hands with He Pingping, who is currently aiming for a place in the Guiness Book of Records as the world's shortest man.

The historic meeting between Bao, who stands 2.36 meters (7.9 feet) tall, and He, who only reaches 73 centimeters (2.4 feet) in height, took place in Baotou, in China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region on Friday.

Bao became officially recognised as the world's tallest man last year, beating the previous record holder, Radhouane Charbib of Tunisia, by just 2mm.

Mr Pingping was born in Wulanchabu city, Inner Mongolia. His father claims he was only the size of an adult's palm at birth.

He is now seeking to be registered as the world's shortest man by the Guinness Book of Recrods. He could be in for a disappointment though. While Mr Pingping is 73cms tall, the current holder of the title Lin Yih-Chih was measured as 67.5cm.

Well, 73 cm doesn't seem to make the shortest and in another news I found that Khagendra Thapa Magar from Nepal is 14 years old, is only 20 inches (50 centimeters) tall and weights 4.5 kilograms (10 pounds). (china daily )

Metro news, factsbucket
Tags: tallest, shortest, word record, Guiness Book of Records

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Periodic Table Of The Internet

lorla — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 01:04:15 +0000

Wellington Grey had a great idea and created a cool periodic table of the Internet.

It is cool how each block contain site link URL, symbol, and Alexa rank.
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lorla — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 03:03:30 +0000

Sleep whenever you like and wherever you like with Pillowig

lorla — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 03:03:32 +0000

Joo Youn Paek with "ultimate goal to deliver laughs and twists to our daily lives" created this pillow wig for his Independent Study's project. I think it is cool and useful when you have to take a long bus or train ride everyday.

"Pillowig" is hand made wearable pillow comforting trieness of people in daily lives, enabling users to sleep comfortably whenever and whenever theyd like. When user test is done in public spaces - subway, airplane, library, class room and laundromat, viewers commented: I would like to have it for my trip., Very funny. This is practical, but a laugh, too." I made 50 limited editions and sold 47 pieces at the exhibition of the work and gained Pillowig fans. Two months later fans did a group performance piece at the Old Palace, Seoul.

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Personal loans facts

lorla — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 00:38:39 +0000

Advertisements in TV, magazines, newspapers, internet, and even the mail boxes seem to imply that almost every bank and other financial bodies are ready to throw cash our way. There is no doubt that a personal loan provides a good opportunity to organize our finances or improve your standard of living, whether it be with a latest model of car or a new iPhone. But personal loans are usually more complicated than some lenders say it is. Firstly, the rate quoted in the ads may not always be the one that comes your way. Your rate is actually dictated by your own personal circumstances. How you go about applying for a loan, who you apply to, how much you want to borrow and for how long you want to borrow it are just some of the factors that have a huge effect on the interest rates and loan terms. Credit history is another important factor the financial institutes consider while providing loans. Bad credit loans are usually difficult to obtain and have high interest rate when available. One big reason for taking a loan is to consolidate your debt and make life easier by having it all in one place. But this can also end up meaning the repayment term is extended. Many debt consolidation loans offer a good way of organizing your debt and making sure you pay off a fixed amount per month. But if you are not careful, you could end up paying a high price for choosing the wrong loan in the first place. Note: this is a sponsored post

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Bao Xi-shu has probably become one of the most famous of all the tallest men before him. And he knows how to do it.

This is my fourth post on the guy! First post was about his marriage, then his wedding ceremony, and he decided to meet a short guy.

After his marriage he couldn't find bed big enough to fit him. But luckily due to all the publicity it received, he actually received a free bed from QuanU, a furniture company based in Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia.

The wedding dress to fit the Worlds Tallest Man was also had to be custom made.

Around 30 tailors worked for three consecutive days to complete two wedding dresses for the 2.36-meter (7.74 feet) giant from northern Chinas Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.

All these photos and story are taken from another this weird Blog.

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lorla — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 15:03:24 +0000

Blogging Is Turning Ten on December 2007

lorla — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 05:02:13 +0000

It's going to be 10 years since the blog was born. Well, that is not a kid in the internet term. They've roiled presidential campaigns and given everyman a global soapbox. We are approaching a decade since the first blogger - regarded by many to be Jorn Barger - began his business of hunting and gathering links to items that tickled his fancy, to which he appended some of his own commentary. On Dec. 23, 1997, on his site, Robot Wisdom, Jorn Barger wrote: I decided to start my own webpage logging the best stuff I find as I surf, on a daily basis. The Oxford English Dictionary regards this as the primordial root of the word 'weblog.' To mark this Blogiversary, The Wall Street Journal published an article where twelve commentators - including Tom Wolfe, Newt Gingrich and actress-turned-blogger Mia Farrow tell what they think of blogging. Well, if you want to know more about Jorn Barger you can visit his wikipedia page or visit his blog. Tags: blog history blogiversary "jorn barger" "Robot Wisdom"

One month of paid posting

lorla — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 00:45:46 +0000

Last month I started writing for pay-per-post and I also got some money from it. It is in the PayPal account and as I haven't used it. It sure will be helpful in paying the server bills. I have to think about what to do with the remaining amount :) Well, before starting to post paid posts in this blog I thought about it a lot. Some people told that it degrades our morality or it is like selling our soul and so on. But those same people were happily posting other advertisements like Google ads and talk proudly about sponsors in their websites. If you think in similar manner, all my paid postings are in "sponsored" category and you can easily skip them to read other postings. I am not forced to take every opportunity that come in my way. Also, I believe I have a moral compass that works well enough to tell me its wrong to post dishonestly just to make cash. If you are blogging for at least 3 months and haven't been lazy enough in updating it regularly you can apply for payperpost account and get paid to blog about the things you like from its big pool of opportunities. Payperpost is a platform in which bloggers write posts linking to advertisers' websites, fitting within the advertiser's guidelines for the post. The bloggers get paid via PayPal once the post has been live for 30 days. Blogging opportunities range from few dollars to hundreds of dollars depending on ranking of your website based on various parameters. I would suggest you to give it a try if you haven't already.

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lorla — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 21:01:15 +0000

Zhang Quan claps as loud as helicopter

lorla — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 21:01:17 +0000

Zhang Quan, 70, a Chinese man wants to get into the Guinness Book of World Records by clapping his hands. His claps are as loud as the sounds of helicopter blades.

According to the news reports from Chongqing Business News, his claps measured 107 decibels - only slightly lower than helicopter blades which measure 110 decibels.

Workers from the environmental protection bureau said that technically Zhang could face arrest for noise pollution if he clapped too often.

"When I am clapping, even my own ears feels painful, no mentioning of others. That's why I usually don't clap," Zhang was quoted saying. News source

One pop a day ... greater heart risk

lorla — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 01:47:59 +0000

People opt Diet version of Coke, Pepsi and other soft drinks thinking that they are the healthy alternative. But a recent research finding show that diet or not all soft drinks are great risk to cause heart problem.

Those who drink one or more softdrinks a day had about a 50 per cent higher risk of metabolic syndrome - a cluster of risk factors such as excessive fat around the waist, low levels of "good" cholesterol, high blood pressure and other symptoms.

"When you have metabolic syndrome, your risk of developing heart disease or stroke doubles. You also have a risk of developing diabetes," said Dr Ramachandran Vasan of Boston University School of Medicine, whose work appears in the journal Circulation.

Healthy 6,000 middle-aged men and women were observed over four years to get the following result:

31 per cent greater risk of becoming obese (with a body mass index of 30 or more).
30 per cent increased risk of adding on belly fat.
25 per cent higher risk of developing high blood triglycerides or high blood sugar.
32 per cent higher risk of having low HDL levels.

"The simple message is eat healthy, exercise regularly and everything should be done in moderation. If you're a regular soda drinker you should be aware that this study adds to the evidence that regular soda may be associated with metabolic consequences."

source of news

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Nissan commercial: selling or making fun in Canada ?

lorla — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 00:11:15 +0000

Don't know if this new commercial will help in boosting the sales of Nissan vehicles in Canada. Or will it reduce sales? What do you think?

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I posted this cute little girl with lovely voice in my previous post and it seemed like she was going to win the completion but alas she didn't. But she sure made it to the final. In the semi-final of Britain's Got Talent, 6 year old Connie Talbot performed Michael Jackson's 'Ben' and she got qualified for the final.

Here is the clip of the semi-final show.

And finally her clip from the final of Britain's Got Talent show.

I wish her all my best for her bright future !!

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lorla — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 23:23:48 +0000

Nice looking piggy bank

lorla — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 16:23:00 +0000

If you feel like your piggy bank design looks outdated then you can try this great looking one. It looks like a giant key from a computer keyboard, emblazoned with word Save.

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Soda and your health

lorla — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 01:59:16 +0000

I posted a news article some time back about heart-risk caused by drinking soda beberages. Today I forund a cool page that lists 8 Ways Soda Fizzles Your Health.

The site's claims are pretty convincing, and I prefer to list some of them:

Cold drink is the most acidic beverage you can buy.
The high levels of phosphorous in them will leach calcium from the bones.
They dissolve tooth enamel
Each additional drink increases risk for obesity by 1.6 times
Children who drink cold drinks break their bones more easily

You can read details in the original Water for Life USA page.

Survival Game in the wild - Great video

lorla — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 16:00:01 +0000

One of my friend refered this great video featuring survival game in the wild. It shows a rare sight of conflict between pride of lions, a herd of buffalo and 2 crocodiles for saving a young calf at a watering hole in South Africa's Kruger National Park.

A few lions basically play tug of war with crocodiles using a baby buffalo's body...and then a huge herd of buffalos come to fight back.

This is what I call great video shoot at right time and right place.

Update: It seems that was not the only occassion buffalo have attacked the lions. I saw another clip from Discovery Channel in which buffallo have attacked the lions.

Video: Bear Grazing

lorla — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 05:30:25 +0000

I posted an incredible wildlife video in the previous post. Those who took the video were lucky enough to witness one of the most rare encounter of wild animals. I went digging for some videos I took during our visits to the wild. This is a short clip of bear grazing by the side of road. It was great to see the black bear in wild so close and I was very excited about it.

Don't blame me on being it a dull one. It is not taken in Africa and we were not scanning through jungle to take it. Last month, when we were just passing through a highway in Jaspar National Park, Alberta, we saw it gazing leisurely beside road and stopped to catch it in camera. If you have such clips and photos please send them I will post them here for everybody to enjoy.

Always hiring : nobody to paint

lorla — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 15:50:28 +0000

I was walking around the city and found this bench ad in a bad shape! The ad reads "always hiring" and it seems like they are yet to find the right person to repaint the ad.

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lorla — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 16:50:26 +0000

Steve Jobs Blogger Exposed as Forbes Editor, Dan Lyons

lorla — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 00:49:10 +0000

I posted a post about a blog "The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs" written by an anonymous blogger. The New York Times has pulled the mask off a blogger known affectionately as "Fake Steve Jobs," author of "The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs," a satirical blog based on Apple's chief. Fake Steve is really Dan Lyons, a senior editor at Forbes.

The blog has been around for the last 14 months and nobody was able to pin point the author of the blog. Various news media was determined to discover Fake Steve's identity. Some thought it was tech columnist Andy Ihnatko. Others thought it was actor Harry Shearer. Still others called out various well-known tech bloggers as the true Fake Steve.

"Well it had to happen," Lyons, 46, wrote in his August 5 blog post. "Honestly, I can't believe it's taken this long. But as you may have heard, I've been busted by a newspaper reporter. My cover has been blown."

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New World's tallest man: Ukrainian beat Chinese guy by 8 in.

lorla — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 21:41:30 +0000

In one of my posts about Bao, one of the readers, Natalie, commented telling that he is not the tallest man in the world. I searched for the man and found that he is a shy guy and would not let people measure his height. I collected some of his photos and was going to post about the man, but today I got news that he is indeed 20 cm. taller than the Chinese man.

The Chinese hero Bao Xishun loses his title as a Ukrainian vet is decleared officially the tallest man in the world.

The Guiness Book of World Records decleared Leonid Stadnik, 36, who lives in a small poor village in northwestern Ukraine, is 2.57 meters (8 feet and 5.5 inches) tall the tallest man in the world.

Stadnik is more than 20 centimeters (8 inches) taller than the former title-holder/fallen hero Bao, who measures at a stumpy 2.36 meters (7 feet and 9 inches).

Stadnik's growth spurt started at age 14 after a brain operation apparently stimulated his pituitary gland.

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lorla — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 23:41:28 +0000

Video: cute squirrel

lorla — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 20:47:38 +0000

I took this video sometime back. It is sort of cute how the little squirrel is eating flower.

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lorla — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 18:33:04 +0000

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lorla — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 20:54:56 +0000

Mountain Goat Sighted in Jaspar National Park

lorla — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 20:55:02 +0000

Mountain Goats are amazing climbers and we were lucky to see them in real when we went on our tour to Jasper. It might be the frequent encounters and people feeding them, they seem a bit more friendly to human. I am posting the small clip I took of them blocking the traffic on the highway.

If you are interested to learn more about them you can visit Jasper Journal website. I was busy taking the following video clip so I borrowed the above photo from the journal website :-;.

Warning ... warming

lorla — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 03:06:00 +0000

I used to walked by the side of this electrical box everyday for the last 2 years and today I realized the writing on it. Or was it today somebody tamperd it... who knows. But the modification doesn't look that fresh. Whatever may be the case, it seems whoever has changed it has a good sense of humor!

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lorla — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 05:06:29 +0000

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lorla — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 05:06:34 +0000

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lorla — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 15:40:42 +0000

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lorla — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 15:40:43 +0000

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lorla — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 15:40:49 +0000

B.C. balloon crash: some photos

lorla — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 15:40:52 +0000

Twelve people have been injured and two people are missing after a hot-air balloon caught fire in mid-air before crashing to the ground in a trailer park in Surrey, B.C. According to witness, people were screaming, jumping out of the balloon when it caught fire. As many as 14 people may have been on board at the time of the accident. As of early Saturday morning, two people were still unaccounted for. The hot air balloon's basket bursts into flames shortly after takeoff when it was about 25 feet off the ground in Surrey, B.C., Friday evening Aug. 24, 2007. Even worse when the balloon landed on the ground, one of its propane tanks shot out from the side of the balloon and hit a mobile home in the RV park. The balloon was operated by Fantasy Balloons Charters based in Langley, British Columbia and was one of several balloons in flight at the time. Another similar incident occurred in Manitoba earlier this month left 12 people were injured with some suffering second- and third-degree burns.

Photos and news from CTV, CBC and ABC

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lorla — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 00:44:14 +0000

Calgary Tower: Photos and Video

lorla — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 02:38:00 +0000

We went to see Calgary Tower last weekend and I am posting some photos and videos of the tower. Thanks to the clouds, we were not lucky enough to see the mountain but the view of the city and the virtually 'stepping out into' space on glass floor at a height of 525 ft. was simply amazing. One of my friend took a video (posted below) of the view from the glass floor which is new addition (added in June 2005) to the old tower.

View from the glass floor on the tower (video posted below) The tower officially opened on June 30th, 1968. The 191 m (627 ft)tower is considered one of the first Towers of its kind, offering the best view of the City of Calgary. At the time of construction, it was the tallest building in Canada, although it was surpassed that same year by the Toronto-Dominion Centre in Toronto, prior to opening. (Don't want to copy everything, you can visit wikipedia article on the tower for more information). During 1988 Winter Olympic, the torch lighted on top of the tower made it the World's Largest Olympic Torch. This and other facts about the tower can be found in the Official Site of Calgary Tower. Well, the tower is not the tallest building in Calgary. The tallest building in Calgary (in all Canada except Toronto) is Petro-Canada Centre Building which is 215m tall followed by Bankers Hall East and West (each 197m).

Petro-Canada Centre Building and other skycrapers as seen from the Calgary Tower Soon, EnCana's 236m and 59 floors office tower will be the tallest building in Calgary for which the construction work has already started. Ongoing construction work can be seen in the following photo.

The consturction site of EnCana's office tower is seen behind Hyatt. The google map screenshot below shows the site before the construction started. (They sacrificed a road for the construction)

Calgary Tower Peeking

Nice View of the Tower from southern side.

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lorla — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 02:46:21 +0000

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lorla — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 02:46:34 +0000

Blog review - Pixie Tail

lorla — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 03:23:00 +0000

I came across a pink blog some time back and today was going through the neat, short and witty posts of Cynthia. Pixie Tail is one of her numerous tails equally witty and interesting. I love the way she tells:

I have four blogs, four dogs, two cats, and one husband.

That's a big family!!

Calgary Tower: Photos and Video

lorla — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 03:45:37 +0000

Calgary Tower Peeking besides a Skyscraper

Original post

Calgary Tower: Photos and Video

lorla — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 03:48:22 +0000

Nice View of the Tower

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lorla — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 14:17:26 +0000

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lorla — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 18:32:33 +0000

You Boasted, Now Gimme Your House !!

lorla — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 20:07:00 +0000

Xin Liangkun, 53, of Dalian city, created an unique five layered ball in 10 years. He created the ball such that each of the five balls can turn inside without touching the others. In a television documentary he claimed that no one could reproduce the ball.

"This ball was my first piece, and only I understand how it was made," he told a television documentary. "If anyone can reproduce it, I'l give him my three-storey building, and the collections within it."

But young porcelain amateur from Luoyang city, Sun Zheng, created the exact same thing in six month.

Promise is promise but it was not easy for Xin to hand over his home and his prized porcelain collecion. He tried to prove that the replica wasn't similar to the one he created but unsucessfully.

A court ruled that Xin's TV pledge has the same validity as a signed contract, and must be fulfilled.

If Xin does not appeal within 15 days he will lose his £100,000 three-storey home and his prized porcelain collection.(ananova)

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lorla — Sun, 02 Sep 2007 15:47:48 +0000

Waves of recall

lorla — Sun, 02 Sep 2007 15:47:48 +0000

Is it the manufacturers that are undermining the consumer's health and safety or is it just the alertness of the monitoring agencies? News are flooded with news of recalls.

Today, Transport Canada is recalled three brands of car seats: Cosco, Eddie Bauer, and Safety 1st car seats have a strap that can loosen, and jeopardize a child if there's an accident. (CTV, sept 2)
Canada recalls Lead-filled Chinese pencils (AFP, Sept 2)
Toys 'R' Us recalls paint sets from China (AFP, Aug 31)
US company recalls fresh spinach over salmonella contamination (AP, Sept 1)

Well, it might be a higher cost for some businesses and opportunities for other businesses as Quebec toymaker, Bojeux, says that the recall of Chinese-made products will have consumers opting for Canadian-made goods. (CanWest news)

I was wondering are recalls enough for the consumers? Comments please.

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lorla — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 05:55:36 +0000

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lorla — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 15:41:18 +0000

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lorla — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 15:41:21 +0000

"King Tooth" Pulls Train With Teeth

lorla — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 03:53:00 +0000

A Malaysian man nicknamed "King Tooth" has pulled a seven-coach train using a steel rope to set a new world record for the heaviest weight pulled with teeth. Rathakrishnan Velu hauled a nearly 328-ton train over more than 9 feet along tracks at a railway station in Kuala Lumpur.

Rathakrishnan, who partially attributes his strength to an Indian form of meditation, pulled the train 9 feet, 2.2 inches in the first attempt.

His second and third attempts resulted in the train moving 2 feet, 4.7 inches, and 8 feet, 1.6 inches.

Rathakrishnan told that he does some Indian meditation exercises and jaw training daily.(AP, news )

Skull with Diamond Work

lorla — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 00:04:37 +0000

British artist Damien Hirst, 41, created an unique skull art which was sold last week at a record price of 100 million dollars (75 million euros). According to the London gallery the price is a new record for work sold by a living artist. Shall I call it beautiful? I don't think so. Ths artifact named "For the Love of God," is a skull cast in platinum and encrusted with 8,601 diamonds. Death is one of the central themes in his works and the skull used in this work is considered to be from 18th century. He once said that the September 11, 2001 attacks in the United States were like a work of art, but later apologized. (source) Much details on Hirst's life and his work can be found in his Wikipedia page.

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lorla — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 19:58:38 +0000

Scare away the kids..

lorla — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 02:05:00 +0000

This sure is creative!!

source - somepreparedreamarks (that is long!)

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lorla — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 02:43:54 +0000

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lorla — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 16:27:44 +0000

Auction Ads

lorla — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 16:27:45 +0000

Does the image in left look like something weird?

Yes zero everything and earnings $25. That is what the welcome screen stats looks like when you sign-in Auction Ads for the first time. That is great to get some money for doing nothing.

Auction Ads is a advertisement network set-up to promote eBay auctions and they promise to pay 100% of eBay commission revenue. Auction Ads is not contextually based ad product so it can go along with Google Ads too.

If you are wondering why they are paying $25 for every new publisher, there sure is a catch. They have increased the minimum payout amount to $50 so you have to earn another $25 from the advertisements to be eligible to receive your first pay in PayPal. If you want to sign-up here is the referral link.

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lorla — Sat, 08 Sep 2007 17:30:35 +0000

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lorla — Sat, 08 Sep 2007 23:20:40 +0000

Canada: Burka allowed for voting

lorla — Sat, 08 Sep 2007 23:20:43 +0000

I don't usually talk about religion and faith but after reading today's news about new Canadian regulation on voting I thought of writing something. The move might reinforce Canada's multi-cultural and multi-ethnic image. But does it do justice in personal freedom? That too when women in Islamic countries are demanding freedom of dress and behavior for women in the Islamic society. In some Islamic countries women are not allowed to vote and that does not mean Canada needs to follow them to make some people happy.

Under the new regulations, the voter --presumably a woman wearing a niqab or burka -- will need to present a valid piece of identification with a photo and address as well as a back-up document that meets the standards of an authorized list. (news source)

A photo identification? Why is that required if you can't see the face to verify it?

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lorla — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 00:43:15 +0000

Counting Words in a Post

lorla — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 04:07:06 +0000

As you know I am using some sponsored posts to pay for the blog hosting and other costs. Most of the offers demand that the post should be at least certain number of words. It had always been a problem to count the numbers of words in my post. I used to write the post and copy it and paste in Microsoft Word just to count the words. That was not that convenient. Then I decided to create a code in JavaScript to count words in a post so that I don't need to leave the browser. Now I can type the post and open the link from my blogroll in new window to paste and count the words before publishing it. Let me count the words in this post: It is ...

Word count tool

lorla — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 04:10:20 +0000

I created this word count tool for posting paid posts

Bald man made news

lorla — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 22:01:01 +0000

A bald man went into a pharmacy and stole five bottles of a hair loss treatment but was caught while running away, police said. (AP)

That was a typical steal for a bald man and yea he made news out of it! But it is sad the man, Mark Hoousendove, 42, had to pay $3,000 bail for stealing the product worth $50 and he is due in court Thursday. Will somebody tell him about the "Bald is Beautiful" movement. Or tell him to read this funny article by Ravi Pipal who says,

... don't waste your hard earned money on oils, tonics, grafting, weaving, wig,, etc. all these are rackets run by haired to rob we poor hair nots.

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lorla — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 22:34:24 +0000

Venezuela "almost" banned the odd names

lorla — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 20:34:00 +0000

When the electoral official of Venezuela found two Venezuelans with name "Superman" registered to vote, they decided that people are not capable of naming their children decently.

The National Electoral Council had proposed banning "names that expose (children) to ridicule, are extravagant or difficult to pronounce" or raise doubts about whether a child is a girl or a boy.(cbs news)

It also proposed to provide a list of valid traditional names for parents to choose from for their newborn. If it were passed naming a child would not be that much exciting! Thanks god, after child protection official's warning that it will people's right of liberty, Venezuelan officials withdrew the proposal. There was a news about a kid from New Zealand being named Superman when he was declined to be named 4real. And one Chinese couple wanted to name their child very uniquely- @ (source). I have no idea how I shall call the the Chinese guy if I ever met him. At, at the rate of, email, or mailman ?? :-\

Second affair with each other led to divorce

lorla — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 15:50:58 +0000

"Sweetie" and "Prince of Joy" in an online chatroom, spent hours telling each other about how they dislike their spouses. They were in love and went in a date only to realize that they had already met and in fact they were living together.

Sana Klaric, 27, and her husband Adnan, 32, didn't realize they were chatting each other up on the internet. Now when they met, they are accusing each other of being unfaithful and are divorcing.

Adnan is quoted as saying: "I still find it hard to believe that Sweetie, who wrote such wonderful things, is actually the same woman I married and who has not said a nice word to me for years".

Sana had the similar feeling, "I thought I had found the love of my life. The way this Prince of Joy spoke to me, the things he wrote, the tenderness in every expression was something I had never had in my marriage."

If it were a film or a book, the couple would realize they have more in common the would have lived Happily Ever After.

Were they missing something in their marriage that they could find in the chat? Are all online chat-affairs like that?

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lorla — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 15:54:47 +0000

Horse race - Playing to win - Won by losing

lorla — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 02:54:49 +0000

A Puerto Rican racehorse has set a new record and it is not about winning but a losing record. The wednesday's loss got her $12,971 by beating the losing record of 0-124 set by Australian racehorse Ouroene, who raced from 1976-83. Dona Chepa, a 9-year-old brown mare, finished last in a six-horse field at Camarero Racetrack in eastern Puerto Rico on Wednesday, a 125th consecutive loss that is believed to be the longest in horse racing history. Since Valentine's Day in 2001, when she started her racing journey, the closest she came to victory was in May 2003 when she finished second. (AP) Losing can also be rewarding sometimes!!

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lorla — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 02:25:36 +0000

Crossword Puzzle: proposal solved!

lorla — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 02:25:42 +0000

How do you propose your boyfriend or a girlfriend? Not in a crossword puzzle I guess.

But this crossword puzzle fan's marriage proposal was written in a puzzle titled "Popping the question" in the latest issue of in a The Boston Globe Sunday magazine. Egmont, 29, of Cambridge, persuaded the magazine this summer to write the special puzzle for him.

Aric Egmont and Jennie Bass were working on a puzzle titled "Popping the question" in the latest issue of The Boston Globe Sunday magazine. Bass spotted her sister's name and her best friend's name, but initially thought it was just a coincidence. Then they got to 111 across: "Generic proposal" (Jen + Aric generic). The answer: "Will you marry me?"

"We get to the `Will you marry me?' clue, and I said, `Will you marry me, Jenny?' I got up, got the ring, and got down on one knee and she screamed, and hugged me. It took her a minute to say yes," Egmont told the Globe.

Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon, who have been writing Globe magazine crossword puzzles for years designed the puzzle that would be clear to the happy couple, but not obscure to all the other readers who do the puzzles.

Got the news from cbs news. The puzzle of hearth shape is another puzzle I found in clcoc (not the one in The Boston Globe).

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lorla — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 01:33:31 +0000

Kids smile morph photo

lorla — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 01:34:44 +0000

Created for testing Morpheus software

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lorla — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 05:00:21 +0000

Created new record and went to jail

lorla — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 05:00:28 +0000

When you create a new record you are recognized and rewarded.

But this record holder is different. He has beaten a previous British record of driving at 156mph (and being caught) set by a car dealer Jason McAllister in 2003.

The new record holder is Tim Brady, a car rental worker, who was caught on Jan. 27 for driving at 172 mph in his company's Porsche. The reward - awarded on Monday was 10 weeks in jail!

He was also banned from driving for three years and will have to take a new driving test before taking to the road again. (source)

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lorla — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 05:11:50 +0000

Traveling on the Boeing Wing

lorla — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 05:11:55 +0000

A teenage boy, Andrei, 15, somehow survived a two-hour flight on the wing of a Boeing 737. He was only discovered when the plane landed in Moscow in a very severe frost bitten condition.

Investigators are amazed that Andrei survived the journey in temperatures as low as minus-50 degrees Celsius - and speeds of up to 900kmh.

At the end of the 1,300km journey, rescuers at Vnukova airport were initially unable to take off his coat and shoes because his arms and legs were so badly frozen.

It was suggested that he ran away from home after an argument with his parents, first to see his grandmother in a neighbouring village.

He then hitched a 220km lift to Perm, where he was let out at the airport and somehow got onto the plane wing.

Moscow's air and water transport control department confirmed radio reports about the boy's bizarre journey were true.(metro.co.uk)

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lorla — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 00:40:27 +0000

World's Largest Advertisement

lorla — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 00:40:36 +0000

People love setting new records. Some set records for fun and others for business. This massive hoarding board measuring 20,000 square meters: equivalent to the size of three football pitches is to be installed in fields near Heathrow Airport.

You sure won't see it when you drive there. The but the entrepreneur Paul Jenkins and his company, Ad Air. Advertisers say that the people from outer space will be able to see the ads (and buy your products!) if you have something to offer them. Actually the board will be targeted to the air passenger (window side only, poor aisle passengers) who will be able able to see the ads for a mere 20 seconds.

I guess, the government should make sure that the ads are not too much interesting. If they are really interesting and people love to see it, they might risk the plane to topple as everybody might crowd towards the window! (well, that is only my wild guess! :)

It is another story that Ad Air. Advertisers will have to pay about £500,000 a year for each of the three poster sites near Heathrow, which is used by 67 million air passengers a year. (via | news)

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lorla — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 16:55:07 +0000

Overweight baby at birth

lorla — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 23:30:08 +0000

Governments in developed world are worried about overweight kids and are proposing different measures to make them healthy. What about the overweight baby at birth? A Siberian mother, Tatyana Barabanova, 43, gave birth to her 12th child Nadia on September 17 who weighed a massive 7.75 kg (17.1 lb) at birth. Nadia's weight is way higher than the World Health Organisation's data of the average weight for most healthy newborn babies which is around 3.2 kg (7.06 lb). It seems it is in her genes as all her previous 11 babies had weighed more than 5 kg.

The mother was quoted as saying she didn't eat any special foods. All she ate in her pregenancy were potatoes, noodles and tomatoes. But, it is not a new record though. The Guinness World Records lists a 10.2 kg baby boy born in Italy in 1955, and a 10.8 kg baby boy who was born in the United States in 1879 but died 11 hours later. (news link)

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lorla — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 00:43:30 +0000

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lorla — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 03:11:11 +0000

Scientists produce see-through frog

lorla — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 20:40:00 +0000

Japanese researchers have produced see-through frog for research purposes. The photo of the frog in the left was released from Hiroshima University professor Masayuki Sumida showing a see-through frog with visible organs, blood vessels and eggs under the skin. Sumida's team has created the first transparent four-legged creature, although some small fish are also see-through.(AFP/HO/File) These frogs can be used to observe organs, blood vessels and eggs under the skin without performing dissections. The lead researcher Masayuki Sumida, professor at the Institute for Amphibian Biology of state-run Hiroshima University told: "You can watch organs of the same frog over its entire life as you don't have to dissect it. The researcher can also observe how toxins affect bones, livers and other organs at lower costs." (Yahoo news)

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lorla — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 16:13:39 +0000

Google Adsense Enabled YouTube Video Player

lorla — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 16:13:41 +0000

Finally Google decided to share its revenue from YouTube.

Choose categories or have Google target your site content, and decide which categories you want to exclude. ... Bring users to your site more often and keep them there longer with highly revelant, frequently refreshed video from popular content providers.

Looks like you can't have ads if you display your own video. The player for ads enabled video can also be customized to suit the website theme and layout. Here is the screen-shot of the information page.

My adsense account doesn't seem to be updated to incorporate YouTube till now (Is your's updated?). If you don't have adsense account, you can get one by clicking on the white button on top of this page. (via Problogger)

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lorla — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 05:01:12 +0000

Grandmother Gives Birth To Her Own Grandchildren

lorla — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 05:01:14 +0000

Thanks to the medical advancement, a 51-year-old surrogate mother for her daughter has given birth to her own twin grandchildren in northeastern Brazil. It was the Brazilian law that only allows close relatives to serve as surrogate mothers, Serrao, the grandmother had to receive four embryos from her daughter. Although the cousins of the biological mother could have legally serve as surrogate mothers, all of them refused. The photo below shows Claudia Michelle (on left) looking at her twins Victor Gabriel and Antonio Bento as her mother Rosinete Palmeira Serrao rests in a bed at the Santa Joana hospital in Recife, Brazil on September 27th.

Rosinete Palmeira Serrao, a government health worker, gave birth to twin boys by Caesarean section on Thursday at the Santa Joana Hospital in the city of Recife, the hospital said in a statement on its Web site. Hospital officials were not available for comment on Sunday, but press reports said the grandmother and twins were discharged on Saturday in excellent health. The Caesarean section was performed about two weeks ahead of time because Serrao was having trouble sleeping, the statement said. Serrao decided to serve as a surrogate mother after four years of failed attempts at pregnancy by her 27-year-old daughter, Claudia Michelle de Brito. (cbs news )

Congratulations! Update: A Tokyo newspaper reported on August 21, 2008 that a 61-year-old Japanese woman has given birth to her own granddaughter after being implanted with a fertilized egg from her daughter. The 61-year-old is believed to be the oldest surrogate mother in Japan.

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lorla — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 05:34:41 +0000

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lorla — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 19:19:46 +0000

Japan: Watch movie for free - if you don't like it

lorla — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 19:19:47 +0000

Most of the retailers these days offer "No question asked" return policies. A Hiroshima movie theater is trying out similar concept for movie goers - If you didnt like it, dont pay. It is a bit weird and I don't think it is same as the return policy.

Cinema Mode are expecting customers who felt satisfied with the movie to pay 1000 yen or more, those who thought it was so-so around 800 yen and those who were not satisfied 500 yen or less - even not paying a single yen, if you thought the movie was a complete waste of time. The project is however rather small-scale: it will only be carried out once every second month, if the debut screenings go well. (JNR)

It sure is a step towards consumerism and I hope it will be a success and others follow similar concepts too. The new concept will be tried out on Oct. 13 and 16. They however show only movies they havent screened before and sorry, no plans to offer the blockbusters for free.

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lorla — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 20:38:32 +0000

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lorla — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 20:50:20 +0000

Most pampered dog in the world

lorla — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 20:50:22 +0000

Conchita is now gearing up for US TV chat show appearances and she once actually choked on her own Cartier necklace.

Conchita's owner, socialite Gail Posner, a daughter of a billionaire businessman spends £7,000 a month on Louis Vuitton bags, bikinis, pearls, dresses and make-up for her. It is also told that the dog refuses to go to bed until she is wearing either her blue or pink cashmere sweater. Conchita is now gearing up for a US TV chat show appearance. (Read more in Metro)

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lorla — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 16:22:04 +0000

Stole bible, got another after being sentenced

lorla — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 16:22:05 +0000

This guy is a thief, but a religious one I guess. He wanted to replace his old bible and landed in a jail.

The Singaporean man got four months in jail for stealing the Bible. The district judge Bala Reddy however presented a new Bible to the 26-year-old thief, who said he had tried to steal the book from a bookshop last month because he wanted to replace his old, tattered copy.

"You will see at page 65 that it says "Thou shalt not steal. While you are in prison, sit in prison and read the Bible, and ensure that you don't come before the courts again," Reddy said.(Reuters)

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lorla — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 05:51:45 +0000

Most stolen book ?

lorla — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 05:51:46 +0000

I have heard of most popular book or best-seller book but never before heard of the "most stolen book".

The Frankfurt Book Fair has an indicator to help publishers gauge public interest in the new offerings presented at the annual exhibition -- the unofficial "most stolen book" index. Bild am Sonntag and Germany's ZDF television have come up with lists of titles most stolen from 15 leading German publishers' stands set up in the Frankfurt trade fair grounds.(Reuters)

Claudia Hanssen of the Goldmann Verlag publishing house told Bild am Sonntag newspaper, which published a list of the 10 most stolen German-language books this year that the most-stolen books are usually the best-sellers later on. Most-stolen ones are usually most-popular too. Yea, we have another rating to help in choosing which book to go for!

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lorla — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 00:33:30 +0000

Seniors told to play Video Games

lorla — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 00:33:31 +0000

Games are for kids! That was what I am told and you are not supposed to stick to a GameBoy when you grow-up. But hey, Malaysian Health Ministry Secretary Datuk Lee Kah Choon looks like he enjoys video games himself (I hope he is a grown man) and he is paving his way in playing video games without being reticulated upon. He has advised senior citizens to take up video games as a way to help fend off Alzheimer's disease.

"Senior citizens should engage in mental activities," he said. "A good way is to use the PS3 [PlayStation3] or play other computer or video games, as it would help to keep them alert."

When senior citizens start playing games and don't move off their chairs, it would surely be a relief for caregivers too. I do believe keeping them alert and engage in mental activities sounds great but don't they need a bit of exercise too. I hope somebody will create some games for the senior citizens that involves physical as well as mental activities so they can remain healthy for long time. (news: source) May be someday somebody will tell Barney theme song mp3 will help seniors to tune up their mental health too!

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lorla — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 17:13:18 +0000

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lorla — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 17:13:24 +0000

Fabricated Excuse - Excused Absence Network

lorla — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 17:13:25 +0000

It is not fair!

This business publicly sells fake excuse notes for students and employees from doctor, jury etc. to make a fool of the employer and take some day off.

Create your own fun excuse notes. Fully customizable Doctors Notes, Funeral Notes, Jury Duty Notes, Emergency Room Notes and more.

Though the company's disclaimer advises the notes are "for entertainment purposes only," its Web site shows pictures of people sunbathing and playing golf using the fabricated excuses. One testimonial says: "I've managed to take the nine weeks off using these templates! It couldn't be any easier!" (cbsnews)

Making fool of others to gain something is not an ethical practice and I believe such a business should be made "illegal". If they are running a business of making excuse notes and if the employer finds out about the fake notes they should be held responsible for the consequences.

What do you think?

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lorla — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 23:48:25 +0000

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lorla — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 05:28:24 +0000

A man rescued a couple from fire and was arrested

lorla — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 05:28:25 +0000

A man rescued an elderly couple from their burning home. For his heroic act he was arrested soon after the rescue, released on bail, and is scheduled to be in court on Nov. 20. He is charged with assault and resisting detention.

Steven Rivers said that he was sitting on his Walker Street porch at about 2:30 a.m. Monday when he saw flames shooting from the house across the street. He rushed into the building, guiding an elderly couple on the second floor to safety.

"I actually went in there twice," Rivers said. "There was an elderly man and an elderly woman who lived up there, and I came out there and helped them get out and was glad that they're all right." (wmur)

It is told that Rivers refused medical attention when he came out of the burning building. He then walked across the street and passed out. Officials still believe his action was heroic. I hope the court thinks so.

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lorla — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 05:44:23 +0000

Swing keeps on rocking in a playground

lorla — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 05:44:27 +0000

Looks like there is something strange going on in this playground. A swing goes on rocking without being touched. The parents in the locality have decided that the playground must be haunted. Police in north-eastern town of Firmat, Argentina, were worried enough to call in physics professors - but they too were unable to explain the mystery motions. It is told that the swing kept on moving continuously for 10 days and stopped moving after that. When you play the video below at first you will just think it is due to the brisk wind but later it starts swinging more and more without any apparent reason. This is weird... see for yourselves.

(source) Here is another video in which a girl stopped the swing to see what will happen and the swing didn't stop rocking.

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lorla — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 05:05:26 +0000

Deal of a Lifetime - Offering Cash Back to Home Buyer

lorla — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 05:05:28 +0000

The housing market may be hot on its Northern neighbor but US housing market is not so favorable. A Pittsburgh-area couple, Bob and Ricki Husick have been trying to sell their home for almost a year without any luck. Now they are offering anyone who buys their home full cash-back upon their death and even their full inheritance, currently worth at least $500,000.

Bob Husick said he's asking $399,900 for the four-bedroom, three and a half bath home about 20 miles north of Pittsburgh. According to the Husicks' offer, the buyer would get the money back when the couple dies. And if the buyer agrees to care for them in old age, they could also inherit their retirement home in Arizona, bringing the estate's current value to about $500,000. (CBS)

I wish somebody offer such a deal in Canada!

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lorla — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 04:40:44 +0000

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lorla — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 05:41:58 +0000

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lorla — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 05:42:02 +0000

Car seat saved a kid in plane crash

lorla — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 05:42:03 +0000

Three-year-old, Kate was lucky enough to survive a plane crash near Golden, B.C. all because her grandfather, who died flying the aircraft, had carefully strapped her into a child's car seat. Rescue crews found the upside-down plane on the edge of an icy riverbank with its nose buried in snow. Kate had been hanging by her seat's straps for about five hours, with minor injuries.

She didn't want to leave the plane without her stuffed penguin, but was concerned when she saw it was covered in snow. "We picked it up and I handed it to her, but she said, 'No, no, I don't want it, snow,'" said Sat. Scott Ellison of the 442 Transport and Rescue Squadron. "I had to brush it off before she would take it. Then she was happy and clung to it."

She was first taken to the Alberta Children Hospital in Calgary for treatment and later transported to Edmonton to be reunited with her family on October 29, 2007. Williams, the CEO and founder of an engineering firm, had traveled to B.C. for a business retreat with the company's chief financial officer, Steven T. Sutton, who was also killed in the accident. (ctv)

A picture taken in 2006 shows shows the girl, Kate Williams, smiling broadly in a toy car with her grandfather, Allen D. Williams. (CP / Nancy and Sheldon Williams) Car seats DO save lives!!

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lorla — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 04:32:40 +0000

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lorla — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 21:10:01 +0000

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lorla — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 21:10:03 +0000

"Miracle" child's brother named after granddad

lorla — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 21:10:06 +0000

In a tragic plane crash last week, an Edmonton businessman and pilot Allen Dale Williams and his colleague Steven Sutton, were killed near Golden B.C. However the 3 year old grandkid, Kate, survived the accident with minor injuries. I wrote about the miracle child in my previous post.

When the family gathered for a private funeral Friday night, Kate's mother, Allen's daughter-in-law gave birth to a son, who was named after him.

"He's one of the great stars at this moment," said Sheldon Williams, father of newborn Allen and three-year-old Kate, the "miracle" child. (EdmontonSun)

Can you find C?

lorla — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 16:25:45 +0000

One good friend of mine sent this email and I though it might be good for your brain excercise. It sure is fun if you have some time to spare. Can you find the C? (Good exercise for the eyes!) OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOCOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Once you've found the C.......... Find the 6! 9999999999999999999999999999999999 9999999999999999999999999999999999 9999999999999999999999999999999999 9999999999999999999999999999999999 9999999999999999999999999999999999 9999999999999999999999999999999999 9999699999999999999999999999999999 9999999999999999999999999999999999 9999999999999999999999999999999999 9999999999999999999999999999999999 9999999999999999999999999999999999 9999999999999999999999999999999999 Once you've found the 6... Find the N! (it seems hard - but it is not that hard though) MMMMMMMMMMMMM MMMMMMMMMMMMM MMMMMMMMMMMMM MMMMMMMNMMMMM MMMMMMMMMMMMM MMMMMMMMMMMMM MMMMMMMMMMMMM MMMMMMMMMMMMM MMMMMMMMMMMMM MMMMMMMMMMMMM

Once you've found the N... make a wish! OK, now that you've made a wish, it will come true.....all you have to do is send this on saying, "Can you find the C?"

You sure can share good stuffs even if it might not make your wish come true! :-)

Making your home a workplace

lorla — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 05:37:13 +0000

I guess most of us want to be the boos on our own. But it is not that easy! People are constantly looking for get-rich-quick sources. But I don't believe in such a thing. One has to grow in a steady pace to achieve a sustainable financial security. One of my sponsors suggested this unique opportunity provided by Courtney Raymond Consultants (CRC). It sure looks like a dream opportunity to work at home with no start-up fees, no experience requirements and free training. CRC has been recruiting for Merrill Lynch since 1997 and they are providing this opportunity for anyone can take advantage of. If you want to make a living by talking on the phone this could be just the opportunity for you. They are looking for good people with excellent communication and phone sales skills. Free training, free leads & free backend support are some of the value added services CRC provides to start up the home-based business with an executive income potential. They surely can help in running your own recruiting business with ease and that too working from home. If you are serious in starting the home-based work, it is definitely worth checking out. Good luck!

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lorla — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 07:10:04 +0000

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lorla — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 07:10:07 +0000

Granny got birthday present - A Blog

lorla — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 07:10:10 +0000

"Today it's my birthday and my grandson, who is very stingy, gave me a blog."

That was the first post in Web-blogger Maria Amelia Lopez's blog and in the picture below she is showing the home page of her blog on a laptop screen in Sanxenxo October 5, 2007. At the age of 95 (yes 90 and 5 years!) Lopez has surprised herself by a sudden conversion from Web-illiterate to cybercelebrity. With 60,000 regular readers so far, Lopez's homely mix of memory and chat, available at http://amis95.blogspot.com/, attracts regular readers from around the world and has put her back in touch with the younger generation in a way she had never imagined. Today's post in the blog contains the news cover screen-shots of Reuters and The New York Times. Who says blogging is for younger people? See her clutching the laptop!

I wish I could read and understand her blog without help of Google! Somebody in the younger lot free enough to translate the writings? Please!

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lorla — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 18:25:59 +0000

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lorla — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 01:18:08 +0000

Carving to give trees a second life

lorla — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 01:18:08 +0000

Dan Pierce gives dead trees a second life! He carves the tree stumps and logs to turn them into a piece of art. In the adjacent photo, Dan Pierce is seen carving an indian out of a stump at the home of Jerry Clapp in Edgewood. Pierce stays busy with carving projects and festivals from spring through fall. Pierce charges between $200 and $2,000 per piece and he told that the Indian was a midrange price. He has setup a website and promotes his work through the Web site spiritwoodcarving.com Here are a couple of his artworks from his website.

Read further in HeraldBulletin Photo - Don Knight of Hearald Bulletin and spiritwoodcarving.com

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lorla — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 06:58:51 +0000

Two decades of raised hand!

lorla — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 14:58:00 +0000

Life is just one, long high-five: Hindu holy man Baba Hath Khada last seen at the Ardh Kumbh mela in Allahabad, India has kept one arm raised over his head for nearly two decades. Why we dont know.

Well, keeping your hand above your head for an hour might be difficult for most of us but this hermit is keeping his hand like this for about a couple of decades. The fingers look so weird... may be it is because of uncut and curled nails. I wonder how he can do everything with a single hand when workable hand is hanging above his head all the time. I don't know what he gets by doing all this (except a photo feature and articles like this)! Don't you think it would have been better if he donated his hand to those who don't have one and desperately need it! (AP photo in flickr)

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lorla — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 22:36:48 +0000

Cellphones to provide traffic maps

lorla — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 22:36:50 +0000

In a down-to-the-earth approach, Canadian in near future will be able to access traffic jams information from the Cellphones of motorists.

It is told that by February 2008 a new service called LiveTraffic will be launched to provide realtime data for traffic flow of highways and major streets.

A traffic information firm, IntelliOne, based in Atlanta and Toronto, announced that it has reached an agreement with Rogers Wireless to use the company's data on the location of the cellphones in its network to create a real-time map of traffic congestion across Canada. Unlike the GPS technology, this system will be able to analyze the constant stream of cell phone information travelling through the Rogers network.

Looks like if Telus people organize a motor rally it won't create a traffic jam in the LiveTraffic system. :) I hope they will get data from all the other providers so that the information obtained will be more reliable.
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lorla — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 06:38:59 +0000

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lorla — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 16:28:55 +0000

Swiss official think a 70 year old German Guy doesn't know German

lorla — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 16:28:57 +0000

According to a Swiss newspaper a native German guy of 70-years seeking Swiss citizenship was told to go back to school to learn his own native tongue despite being proficient in German.

The Swiss town of Dielsdorf ordered Ulrich Kring -- who lived in Switzerland his entire life but is only now applying for citizenship -- to take a German language course to the tune of 250 Swiss francs ($222.6), the Tages-Anzeiger newspaper said. (Reuters)

It is told that the German class is obligatory for all foreigners seeking a Swiss passport. Kring however is challenging the decision and had lodged an appeal for which he is yet to receive a reply.

About two-thirds of Switzerland's 7.5 million inhabitants are German speakers although the dialect is a bit different from the German language in Germany.

There is a hot debate about immigration in Switzerland, where some 20 percent of the population are foreigners, and some newspapers have criticized the big influx of immigrants from neighboring Germany.

How green is this blog?

lorla — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 04:37:11 +0000

Based on the the total electricity usage of the readers' computers as they spend time on the site CO2Stats Project calculates the carbon dioxide emission statistics. It claims that the internet is responsible for more than 100 billion pounds of CO2 emissions per year. It sure is alarming how we are unknowingly helping in increasing CO2 emission.

Founded by Ph.D. students at Harvard and Yale, The CO2Stats Project has the ambitious goal of making the entire Web carbon neutral!

I don't believe you can make it carbon neutral but we sure can help in reducing it though. Here is my widget....

Blogging For Money

lorla — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 04:58:00 +0000

Google is hitting hard on blogs posting paid posts. As you might have noticed the Google ranking for this blog - PR3 has dropped to PR0 and it should be because I am posting paid-posts. It is not a secret and I guess I am not cheating anybody by posting paid-posts. It seems bloggers with PayPerPost and Text-Link-Ads were targeted by Google. Well, I don't blog for Google and Pagerank is their tool and they can manipulate in whatever manner they like. I have no complaints! But still, don't you think Google is living in a glass house and throwing stones in other's window panes? If they weren't placing paid listing in their search result I would have agreed they are genuinely concerned about the paid-post. With 0 pagerank I sure will get less opportunities to write paid-post. But I am still looking other ways to pay my hosting cost. I wish I could get more opportunities in bloggerwave. But it is targeted to European bloggers and it is aiming to be a biggest advertising media on blogs in Europe. I hope they go more global in future.

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lorla — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 05:05:58 +0000

Out of Control Monkeys - stealing mobile phones, sipping cokes

lorla — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 05:06:01 +0000

In north India, monkeys are creating havocs and forced the state government to form a panel to study the problem according to Assam's wildlife minister, Rockybul Hussain.

"Monkeys are wreaking havoc in my constituency by taking away mobile phones, toothpastes, sipping coke after opening the refrigerators," Hiren Das told Assam state's assembly. He said the primates were "even slapping women who try to chase them." "It is a cause of serious concern in my area, with more than 1,000 such simians turning aggressive by the day," fumed Goneswar Das, another legislator representing Raha in eastern Assam. (Yahoo news)

In the news report it is told that the deputy mayor of Delhi died when he fell from his balcony after being attacked by monkeys last month. In another incident last week, around two dozen people were hurt after monkeys rampaged through a New Delhi neighbourhood.

Efforts to drive out the animals is complicated by the fact that devout Hindus view them as an incarnation of Hanuman, the monkey god who symbolises strength.

The photo shows monkeys cross the road in front of the Presidential Palace and government buildings in New Delhi, India (Phot0 - Times). Read more here.

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lorla — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 07:46:14 +0000

Porsche was green 100 years ago

lorla — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 07:46:16 +0000

Porsche is going show off an electric car from 1900 designed by founder Ferdinand Porsche at the 2007 Los Angles Auto Show later this month. The car will be positioned next to its new Porsche Cayenne Hybrid SUV. This is the predecessor of what Porsche Cars claims was the world's first hybrid car, which followed this one by just a few years.

Even Porsche's initial all-electric design was revolutionary, despite the fact that electric cars were fairly common (insofar as any automobile was common) at the turn of the last century. Porsche's electric car was named "most innovative invention" at the Paris World's fair in 1900, notoriety that resulted in the sale of over 300 of the cars. (cnn)

All of the five hybrid cars produced in 1901 were equipped with Mercedes-Benz engines and were bought by Emil Jellinek. It is told that after further development, the Porsche-Lohner hybrids reached top speeds of 56 miles per hour. Visit the above link for more details.

How to Save Money on Car Insurance

lorla — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 22:07:05 +0000

Car insurance is possibly one of the largest bills you have to pay, after housing, food, and the paying for the car itself. What you pay for car insurance is determined by many things, and thankfully most of them are within your control. There are the usual suspects, such as the type of car you drive. Teams of actuaries at the insurance providers have determined that your Porsche 997 turbo should be much more expensive to insure than your wifes 2004 Corolla, and both will cost more if you live in New York City, than if you live in Billings.

So, short of moving and trading in your prized sports car in for a family econo-box, what can you do to save money on car insurance? There are some things that go for almost any kind of insurance, be it car, home, boat or anything else. Then there are some savings tips that are more specific to car insurance.

General ways to same money on car insurance
Keep your deductibles as high as you can stomach. After all youre not going to turn in a claim unless its probably over $1,000 anyway, so keep your deductibles for your different coverages at $1,000 or higher if you have a policy that allows it. If not, well, see section 2. Youre not going to turn in a claim for less than $1,000 because that is another strategy for saving money on car insurance; dont use it unless you absolutely have to. Its pretty common knowledge that most insurance companies use a claim as an excuse to raise your rates, so dont make one.

Way to Save Money on Your Car Insurance -1
Review your coverage to make sure youre not paying for anything you shouldnt be. Ive seen people pay premiums for months on cars they had already sold, for example. Then evaluate the level of coverage you have in each area. Some may be lowered or eliminated entirely. For example, do you really need collision insurance on that 85 Dodge Colt? Probably not. It will end up costing you more for the insurance than the cars worth, so if it gets hit in the parking lot (or you hit something), the loss will probably exceed the value of the car. The company will declare it a total loss (where the term totaled originates). Youll collect a check for the retail value of the car, in most cases. Since, on the car in question, thats about $900, you can see how paying $45 a month for collision insurance would be a bad deal.

Way to Save Money on Your Car Insurance -2
There are some other things that insurance companies look at to determine how much youll pay for their services, fair or not. One such item is your credit score. The insurance providers have determined that there is a link between your credit rating and the risk you present as one of their insured. As such, as your credit score falls, the price of your car insurance rises. So, not only will you save money on a mortgage, auto loan and credit card by keeping your credit score high, youll save on your car insurance as well.

Way to Save Money on Your Car Insurance -3
Bundle your insurances together and youll likely get a muti-policy discount. If you have your homeowners, auto, life and business insurance with the same provider, they typically reward you with a bit of savings on all your policies. The exact amount youll save is influenced by too many factors to count. Youll also save money if you insure more than one car with the same provider. Im not advocating you rush down to Bills Bargains on Wheels and drive off in another car so you can save money on insurance, but if you have multiple vehicles in your family, insure them all at the same place.

Way to Save Money on Your Car Insurance -4
There are many lifestyle choices you can make that will impact your insurance. Weather you buy your home or rent, married or single, your highest level of education, your job (or lack thereof) and if you have kids can all influence how much youll have to pay for car insurance. Some companies offer discounts for how you pay as well. If you have your payment automatically deducted every year, youll pay less than if you send a check every month, for example.

Way to Save Money on Your Car Insurance -5
Get your discounts. All should, but many people dont. Get their insurance discounts, that is. Its possible that you could qualify for one or more discounts and not even know it. Discounts are offered for many different reasons. There are policy discounts for professional association memberships, senior citizens, multi-car (as mentioned above), club membership discounts (car clubs, travel clubs, AAA, and other clubs will offer discounts as benefits to their members).

Way to Save Money on Your Insurance -6
Properly equip your vehicle and you can earn lower insurance rates as well. Get the important safety features, such as extra air bags, stability control, amiable headlights, etc. and some companies will reward you for your interest in safety by giving you a cheaper rate on your insurance.

http://opportunitiesaplenty.com/Debt_Blog/2007/10/_how_to_save_money_on_car_insurance.html

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lorla — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 07:08:17 +0000

Qarters thief ... stole nearly 6000 quarters

lorla — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 07:08:19 +0000

A former employee, Scott Schmitz, is accused of stealing stealing 5,619 quarters worth $1,400 and $1,000 worth in bills from cash machines of a local car wash.

Well, that was more than 71 pounds of quarters!

In searching Schmitz's home and car, police confiscated two containers filled with quarters, totaling over $100; several clear plastic bags; twist ties; and a broken lock, according the report. In investigating the crime, police learned Schmitz was drinking at a home near the area of the burglary that night. A beer can the same brand he was drinking that night was found at the scene, according to the report. (fldreporter)

It is also mentioned in the news that in the week following the burglary, Schmitz, who didn't have a job, bought a car and was seen purchasing items using only quarters.

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lorla — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 06:08:42 +0000

Top 10 British Stupid Laws - Thou Shalt Not Die

lorla — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 06:08:44 +0000

I talked about some strange and funny American laws, one reader commented with some stupid laws from Canada. I am yet to get comment on stupid British laws! I believe every country has its own share of stupidity in creating laws. :) Well, UKTV Gold thought of testing what people think about the stupid law in UK. Their survey gave the following Top Ten stupid Laws in UK:

It is illegal to die in the Houses of Parliament (27 percent)
It is an act of treason to place a postage stamp bearing the British monarch upside-down (seven percent)
In Liverpool, it is illegal for a woman to be topless except as a clerk in a tropical fish store (six percent)
Mince pies cannot be eaten on Christmas Day (five percent)
In Scotland, if someone knocks on your door and requires the use of your toilet, you must let them enter (four percent)
A pregnant woman can legally relieve herself anywhere she wants, including in a policeman's helmet (four percent)
The head of any dead whale found on the British coast automatically becomes the property of the king, and the tail of the queen (3.5 percent)
It is illegal to avoid telling the tax man anything you do not want him to know, but legal not to tell him information you do not mind him knowing (three percent)
It is illegal to enter the Houses of Parliament in a suit of armour (three percent)
In the city of York it is legal to murder a Scotsman within the ancient city walls, but only if he is carrying a bow and arrow (two percent)

If you come across similar stupid laws from other countries please share them in the comment section. Thanks.

Tough Toddler - Survived a 20 Feet Fall

lorla — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 06:25:15 +0000

What would happen if you fall 20 feet, out of a third-floor window? Well, this toddler who crawled out a third-floor window during his family's Thanksgiving festivities and fell onto a store roof not only survived _ he didn't even break a bone.

Brandon Priebe said his 14-month-old son, Bradley, tumbled from a bedroom window in his aunt's Brooklyn apartment on Thursday. His relatives said they thought the window was closed. (CBS)

Bradley fell about 20 feet onto the roof of a music store next door, police said. Priebe told police that his son wasn't seriously injured in the fall. The boy was in stable condition later Thursday at a local hospital, where no update on his condition was available early Friday. Anna Priebe the boy's mother believes it is a miracle!

Geekiest Tattoo on the Neck

lorla — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 18:36:02 +0000

Well, does the tattoo in left sound familiar ? What do you think: Is he obsessed with tattoos or web designing! Computer language and computer are the fastest changing subjects in the world. It still feel like yesterday that I was amazed on learning what an internet was. HTML is computer language to talk between client's computer and internet server. Who knows , HTML might be replaced by some other language and won't be there tomorrow. But tattoo in other hand is engraved forever. (I wish the photo in left side is not real tattoo but a photoshoped photograph!) Let's expect tattoo removal thing will be even more easier thing by then. Well, here are other funny tattoos... I can go on posting huge number of tattoo symbols on different parts of body and different subjects. But let me post some I like. Here are some bar codes on head and hand.

One more geek tattoo to finish with ...

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lorla — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 05:00:48 +0000

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Parking Chief Sacked for Parking in No Parking Zone

lorla — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 04:32:53 +0000

Rome's mayor sacked the city's traffic and parking chief on Sunday after a newspaper reported he parked his car in a no parking zone. That's not all, he is also accused of displayed a handicapped permit that belonged to an 86-year old woman.

Giovanni Catanzaro parked his red Alfa Romeo Brera in a tow away zone near the Spanish Steps in central Rome before heading off to a restaurant on Friday night, Roman daily Il Messaggero reported on Sunday, complete with pictures from the scene.

I can't read Italian, but this news article mentions the name Giobanni and also features a photo of a car, so I suppose this must be the news about the parking chief and his car.

His car displayed a permit for disabled drivers that was no longer valid and initially issued to a senior citizen, the paper said, noting that officials almost never tow away a disabled person's vehicle no matter where it is parked. A spokesman for Rome Mayor Walter Veltroni said Catanzaro had been removed from his post as head of the city's municipal police force that oversees traffic and parking violations after the newspaper report. Rome has a series of restrictions on driving and parking along many of its narrow, cobblestoned streets, though parking illegally -- often on sidewalks and crosswalks -- is a common sight across the city. (Reuters)

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lorla — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 21:05:44 +0000

Rooster crows too early - owner to blame?

lorla — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 21:06:26 +0000

Do you get woken-up early in the morning by a cock crowing in your neighbor's house? If that is the case, you might also be able to impose a fine to the owner, as it was done in Italy. Funny laws and funny complaints! A rooster crowing at the break of dawn has earned his owner a 200 euro ($295) fine in an Italian court after neighbors complained it was waking them up too early. It is another story though the rooster's owner in Bolzano province would appeal the sentence, supported by the local Farmers' Association, on the grounds that he needs at least one rooster to breed chickens. (Reuters)

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lorla — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 23:49:44 +0000

Unlucky Winner Of $1M Lottery Scratch Ticket

lorla — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 23:49:45 +0000

Winning a lottery sure is a matter of luck! But this unlucky winner might not get his winning amount all because he was a convicted bank robber who wasn't supposed to be gambling.

Decision on weather Timothy Elliott, 55, violated his probation when he bought the $10 ticket for the "$800 Million Spectacular" game at a Hyannis supermarket or not will be made on a hearing on Dec. 7 in Barnstable Superior Court.

Elliott already has collected the first of 20 annual $50,000 checks from Massachusetts' lottery commission. A picture of Elliott, holding his first check, was even posted on the lottery's Web site Monday, though it was removed by Wednesday.

Elliott was placed on five years probation after pleading guilty in October 2006 to unarmed robbery for a January 2006 heist at a bank on Cape Cod. (CBC)

The terms of his probation states that he "may not gamble, purchase lottery tickets or visit an establishment where gaming is conducted, including restaurants where Keno may be played." It is told that he was also put under the care of the state Department of Mental Health and sent to Taunton State Hospital for treatment.

Lottery spokesman Dan Rosenfeld said the lottery routinely cross references the names of winners with the state Revenue Department to see if they owe back taxes or child support. In those cases, winnings go straight to the Revenue Department.

But in this case, it will be up to the court to determine what will happen with Elliott's winnings.

Japan and Workholics !

lorla — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 03:20:09 +0000

A judge ruled that a Toyota Motor Corp employee died of overwork after logging more than 106 hours of overtime in a month, reversing a ministry's earlier decision not to pay compensation to his widow.

The employee died of irregular heartbeat in February 2002 after passing out in the factory around 4 a.m.

Overworking is a serious issue in Japan, where an average worker uses less than 50 percent of paid holidays, according to government data. (Reuters)

In fiscal year only 2005-2006, the labor ministry received 315 requests for compensation from the bereaved families of workers who died of strokes and other illnesses seen as work-related. OMG, that is a huge number!

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lorla — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 01:02:58 +0000

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Sweeney Todd in theaters this Christmas

lorla — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 16:50:56 +0000

When you feel you've been wronged, do you crave revenge? Yes, revenge is sweet but revenge in a movie is the sweetest! Does revenge solve anything? Well, that might be another avenue of heated debate but as long as it is a revenge in a movie all you do is watch and enjoy. The best revenge movies I have seen is Kill Bill 1 and 2. In Kill Bill 1 when The Bride wakes up after a long coma the baby that she carried before entering the coma is gone. The only thing on her mind is to have revenge on the assassination team that betrayed her - a team she was once part of. It was a great plot. The other movies I liked in revenge theme were The Godfather, The Empire Strikes Back, Batman Begins. I look forward to adding Sweeney Todd in the list. Tim Burton's latest film, Sweeney Todd, is coming to theaters this Christmas. The new Sweeney Todd movie is supposed to be all about revenge and is also quoted as Cinema's Best Revenge Scene. John Creasy is wrongfully imprisoned, and while he is away terrible things happen to his wife and daughter. And yes, the revenge is best served cold for which Sweeney Todd is a perfect chef. For trailer, promotional materials and all other details about the movie visit the official Sweeney Todd movie site. If you are interested to know further visit Sweeney Todd on MySpace. I am looking forward to December 21st release of the movie.

Man With a Horn

lorla — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 16:55:03 +0000

People talk about people with horn in music and movies. But today I am not going to talk about the 1950 film "Young Man with a Horn" or the novel it was based on or the songs titled Man Horns but the real horns on real people's head! It is so strange and scary. Ma Zhong Nan, a 93-year-old man living in a small village in China, recounts how a horn began to sprout on his head five years ago. Ma was combing his hair one day and carelessly injured his scalp. Because it was just a small wound, he did not pay much attention to it. Little did he expect that a thick, hard substance started to grow on his head. Since it did not bother him, he just ignored the growth. But the growth just kept getting bigger and harder, forming a horn of about 10cm (4 inches) long half a year later. Two weeks ago, Ma suddenly felt itching of the horn and his children brought him to see a doctor at the local hospital. But the doctor has no explanation for it. His children are now trying to seek help through the media. (source, 2007-11-13) In another news, an old man with horn is also spotted in Yemen. Saleh Talib Saleh used to dream that he would grow horns on his head. He dismissed them as mere fancy at first, but then, at the ripe old age of 78, a horn did indeed begin to grow on the left side of his head, astonishing his fellow villagers. Saleh, a resident of Adban district of the Shabwa governorate, claims that the horn started growing over 25 years ago. He has no explanation as to how the horn developed or why. However, a large medical team at the Aden Specialized Hospital believe that the horn was caused by multiplying layers of hardened, dried skin on Salehs head. Eventually these layers piled up enough to become a horn. Saleh, 102, spoke to the Yemen Observer about the astonishing experience of growing horns on his head, beginning at the age of 77. The first, he said, began growing some 25 years ago, and kept growing until it reached a length of half a meter. But that horn broke off one day last year. Eight days later, another horn started growing in the same spot as the first one. This horn is currently still growing on the left side of his head. (Feb 13, 2007, Yemen Observer) The old man told that he is grateful to God for this unique blessing.

Those two were the news article so authincity of which can't be argued upon. I found he photo shown below while searching internet so I don't know if it is for real or not. Anyway if it should be really inconvenient to have horn on top of your nose.

Well, don't know how he can wear glasses if he ever had to. It sure is a strong horn!

got photos from this link

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lorla — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 01:37:55 +0000

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lorla — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 01:37:56 +0000

Fake Coca-Cola in the fountains

lorla — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 01:37:57 +0000

What would you do if the taste of fountain drinks doesn't corrosponds to the label it carries? Restaurants buy Coke and other soft drinks in the form of syrup, which is converted to its drinkable form when dispensed through a carbonated water machine. Coke syrup costs more and if you can buy something similar in half the price who knows? Well, this is not always true though. Fountain drink supplier Cecil Donald St. Pierre, 69, is charged with conspiracy, trafficking in counterfeit goods, mislabeling a food product and operating a food processing plant without federal registration. He however denies federal charges that he pitched generic syrup as 'real thing' to restaurants.

St. Pierre, who operates Cecil's Fine Syrup in Oak Park, denied the charges and complained federal officials had unfairly shut down his business. He was released pending a preliminary hearing Monday. St. Pierre said outside court he uses Coke boxes but puts his own labeling on top. His customers "know it's not Coke," St. Pierre told The Detroit News. "I'm charging $31 a box, compared to $60 a box for Coke." St. Pierre said he will be represented by his son, attorney Cecil St. Pierre Jr., a former Warren city councilman. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration began receiving complaints about "off-taste" Coke products in the Detroit area in 2004, according to an agent's affidavit attached to the complaint. (Detroit news)

Well, he uses Coke boxes and assumes his customers - may be the retailers - know it is not coke! What about the consumer? What an argument!

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lorla — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 18:41:43 +0000

Invest for your future

lorla — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 07:00:59 +0000

Who doesn't want to retire early? Even if you have some money to invest, investing and its return is always unpredictable. I was looking around and found this company that claims to provide 12% return rate on on high yield first trust deeds and hard money lending systems. Real Estate Trust Deed investments claims to produce a high yield investments with a low margin of risk. Looks like it is ideal for retirement, income, and IRA investment portfolios. Well, it is the money that is involved. One needs to be careful while investing and if you are interested you can go through the site and talk about it with your friends and families too. The company is looking for a minimum investment is $25,000. It sure is a big sum and 12% is not a small return either!

33-cents a gallon gas!

lorla — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 07:01:44 +0000

Thanks to the mistake of a gas station employee, there was a relief for at least some time for the drivers in the rural northern Wisconsin community. 42 people bought 586 gallons of gas in an hour and 45 minutes. One person had pumped 27 gallons and two purchased 18 gallons in 33 cents a gallon. An employee closing Trig's Minocqua Shell for the night mistakenly entered the price of a gallon of gasoline as 32.9 cents instead of $3.299 on Monday night. He left about 10 p.m., but drivers could still use their credit cards to buy gas.

Local police saw the horde at the station and called store manager Andrea Reuland, who went to the station and pushed the emergency stop. "There were cars two deep at each of my pumps," said Reuland, who knew many of the drivers and told them they were being dishonest the main store sign had the correct price. "I was very upset that there's that many dishonest people," she said. "They knew there was a problem, and they took advantage of an employee's mistake and I think that's terrible."

The employee, who has been there for about six months, had changed the gas prices 25 times in the past six months. "It was an honest mistake," Reuland said. "I could have done it." (yahoo news)

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lorla — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 18:36:40 +0000

Survived an accident to claim a Guinness record - Greatest Distance Thrown in a Car Accident

lorla — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 18:36:41 +0000

Matthew McKnight, 29, got hit by a car and survived after being thrown 118 feet (about the height of a 12-story building) to tell the story and secure a record for "Greatest Distance Thrown in a Car Accident" in the 2008 edition of Guinness Book of World Records.

It was Oct. 26, 2001 while he was trying to help accident victims along Interstate 376 in Monroeville, about 15 miles east of Pittsburgh when he got hit by a car traveling at 70 mph.

He suffered two dislocated shoulders plus a broken shoulder, pelvis, leg and tailbone. He spent two weeks in the hospital and 80 days in rehab before returning to work in April 2002.

McKnight is a volunteer firefighter and paramedic, though he wasn't on duty when he stopped to help the accident victims. He works full-time as a communications specialist at Mercy Hospital in Pittsburgh.

McKnight's emergency room physician, Dr. Eric Brader, submitted paperwork for the record, which Guinness recognized in 2003. It was not listed in the book until the 2008 edition, however. (CBS)

"I thought it was a big joke. Dr. Brader is known for joking around a lot," McKnight told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. "But when he brought (the paperwork) to me, I saw how serious he was."

McKnight thinks it's something that no one would try to beat! (Photo Source)

Custom-made houses

lorla — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 06:15:55 +0000

Buying a ready-made house might be easy and fast but building your own house is something else. You can design and construct every details to suit your requirements. But it sure demands your time and patience! I came across the website of Vermont Timber Works that is designing and building post & beam homes since 1998. They have a nice collection of photos of completed houses and architectural drawings. Going through the floor plans, shop drawings and 3D drawings gives a glimpse of what they have to offer. The timber house in left is one of the houses I like. If it were not snowing taking a sip of coffee sitting on the upper balcony would be really nice!

Man trapped for 100 hours in a lavatory

lorla — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 07:10:13 +0000

A retired Scottish school teacher in UK was reported to be trapped in a toilet for nearly four days without any food in cold. David Leggat was locked inside the bathroom at a lawn bowling club near the Scottish city of Aberdeen after the door jammed and the handle on the outside fell off. The 55-year-old kept warm by dipping his feet in hot water but only managed to get about three hours' sleep a night in the freezing temperatures, the local Evening Express newspaper reported. He was rescued when the cleaner at the club, which is little used in winter, turned up to collect her cleaning equipment. Leggat said a survival course he had once done had helped him endure his captivity. The cleaning lady said he looked shaken and grey when he emerged. Leggat was stoical. "At least there was a toilet to use," he said. "The only thing I regret is not getting trapped behind the bar." (Reuters)

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lorla — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 07:15:50 +0000

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lorla — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 16:19:11 +0000

Million on cents

lorla — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 16:19:12 +0000

Children helped to collect pennies surround the 'Penny Harvest Field' which includes an estimated 100 million pennies plus a few nickels, dimes and quarters that slipped in by mistake.

Photo in left shows the unveiling ceremony Monday, Dec. 10, 2007 in New York. The approximately one hundred million pennies, gathered by school children across all five boroughs of New York City, filled a 165x30 foot 'Penny Harvest Field' in Rockefeller Center.

The funds will be donated to various charities.

The exhibit was designed by architect James Polshek and will be on display in Rockefeller Center, near the famous Christmas tree, through the end of the year. (commoncents.org)

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Michael Schumacher Drove Taxi

lorla — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 20:28:27 +0000

The seven-times world champion, Michael Schumacher, drove a taxi so that his family can catch the ariline in time. He also gave the original driver of the taxi a 100 euro ($146.6) tip on top of the 60 euro fare.

The retired Formula One champion drove the cab back to the airport himself after a trip out to the village of Gehuelz, near Coburg in southern Germany, left the family short of time to make their flight home, the Muenchner Abendzeitung newspaper reported.

Doesn't that qualify him for another title "Germany's Fastest Taxi Driver"?

"It was crazy having Schumi driving, with me in the passenger seat," the taxi driver was quoted as saying. (Reuters)

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lorla — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 01:09:59 +0000

$85K mobile phone bill!

lorla — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 02:10:00 +0000

I talked about Canadin Still being in the Stone Age of wireless Telecommunication where it was told that average Canadian customers pay 56% more than their U.S counterpart. But that doesn't mean a mobile phone bill needs to cost more than a BMW M5! Piotr Staniaszek, a 20-year old oil field worker was shocked to get a C$85,000 mobile phone bill. That was all because he had used his new phone as a modem for his computer as part of C$10 unlimited browser plan from Bell Mobility, a division of Bell Canada, to download movies and other files. Staniaszek's father who is also named Piotr Staniaszek said that Bell has agreed to reduce the charges to C$3,400 for "goodwill". But he still thinks that is a huge amount to pay for a phone bill.

"He's working in the field sometimes, alone, in the shack. What to do? Drink vodka or go on the Internet?" Staniaszek senior told Reuters on Thursday from Calgary, Alberta. "Now it's $85,000 and nobody told him," he said.

According to the invoice, his son rang up C$60,000 in charges in November, and they have since climbed to C$85,000.

Canadians complain that their mobile phone charges are much higher for comparable service in the United States.(BBC)

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lorla — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 23:50:28 +0000

Newlyweds - strange celebration

lorla — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 23:50:29 +0000

If you are newly-wed you might want to party, walk around hand-in-hand, spend your time talking romance, or something more romantic things.

But not this couple, Jeanie Dulski and Jamy Knittle, think something else is more romantic. First, they got married at Hazleton Municipal Airport, then after about 45 minutes they were flying at a height of 10,000 feet and leaped out. Yes, they think skydiving is more romantic!

Dulski thinks "Getting married is scarier than jumping out of a plane."

Scariest thing is that it was the first skydive for Dulski (although the marriage was second) and Knittle had skydived only once before.

It sure is a strangest marriage ceremony! (news)

26-year-old and 10+7 husbands in 4 years

lorla — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 23:58:26 +0000

I have heard of people having lots of wives in Middle East and other parts of world, but 17 husbands is something strange and that too in 4 years' time! I don't think you can manage your mental and emotional health if you were that unlucky! But this story is something else. Eunice Lopez has been charged with bigamy, accused of marrying 10 men between 2002 and 2006 without divorcing any of them, federal immigration authorities say. The Miami Herald reported Saturday that a records search by the newspaper found seven additional marriages under the bride's name and birth date. It is told that Lopez arrived in South Florida from Cuba in 2002 and was a legal U.S. resident. Well, it looks like the marriages have nothing to do with romance. She is told to charge her husbands an unspecified amount to help them secure immigration status and continued asking the men for money long after the wedding, threatening to expose them if they didn't pay.

Lopez was released on $18,000 bond. Her last known address was in Hialeah, just north of Miami. A telephone listing for her could not be located, and it was not known whether she had an attorney. (CBS)

Personal Finance and Loans

lorla — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 16:20:49 +0000

Advertisements in TV, magazines, newspapers, internet, and even the mail boxes seem to imply that almost every bank and other financial bodies are ready to throw cash our way. There is no doubt that a personal loan provides a good opportunity to organize our finances or improve your standard of living, whether it be with a latest model of car or a new iPhone. But personal loans are usually more complicated than some lenders say it is. Firstly, the rate quoted in the ads may not always be the one that comes your way. Your rate is actually dictated by your own personal circumstances. How you go about applying for a loan, who you apply to, how much you want to borrow and for how long you want to borrow it are just some of the factors that have a huge effect on the interest rates and loan terms. Credit history is another important factor the financial institutes consider while providing loans. Bad credit loans are usually difficult to obtain and have high interest rate when available. One needs to shop around to find the best deals and available options before making a decision.

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lorla — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 16:23:00 +0000

Christmas Surprise - Card 93 Years Late

lorla — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 16:23:02 +0000

A postcard took a 93 year journey to reach northwest Kansas to the receiptant's relative. The Christmas card was dated Dec. 23, 1914, and mailed to Ethel Martin of Oberlin, apparently from her cousins in Alma, Neb.

The card features a color drawing of Santa Claus and a young girl. Ethel Martin is deceased, but Oberlin Postmaster Steve Schultz said the post office wanted to get the card to a relative.

That's how the 93-year-old relic ended up with Bernice Martin, Ethel's sister-in-law. She said she believed the card had been found somewhere in Illinois.

"That's all we know," she said. "But it is kind of curious. We'd like to know how it got down there."

The card was placed inside another envelope with modern postage for the trip to Oberlin the one-cent postage of the early 20th century wouldn't have covered it, Martin said.

"We don't know much about it," she said. "But wherever they kept it, it was in perfect shape." (Yahoo)

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lorla — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 16:39:28 +0000

Italy - Court thinks Friday is not a nice name

lorla — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 16:39:28 +0000

I talked about strange names and disputes in naming a child decently.

In another recent news an Italian court has ruled that a couple could not name their son "Friday" and ordered that he instead be called Gregory after the saint whose feast day he was born on.

Well, I don't think Friday is such a bad name. Or at least it is much better than "4real" or "@". The child's mother was quoted as saying: "My son was born Friday, baptised Friday, will call himself Friday, we will call him Friday but when he gets older he will have to sign his name Gregory". (Read more)

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lorla — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 01:43:45 +0000

Small Business Loans

lorla — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 04:10:56 +0000

Every business needs working capital but to obtain required capital is not that easy for small to medium sized business owners. One of my sponsored introduced Advance Restaurant Finance (ARF), that offers small business loans from $5,000 to $500,000 with very simple application process. It provides funds fast with very little documentation requirement. You can visit restaurant finance website for further details.

Cousins Reunited After 70 Years - Thanks to a Web Post

lorla — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 04:30:47 +0000

Internet has changed how we live in today's world. We do almost everything online and today I came accross a news story that gives one more reason to be grateful to the development of internet.

Two South Florida sisters are catching up with their Russian cousin after 70 years apart. Ossie Rasher, 81, and Sophia Altfeld, 78, last saw their cousin Rosalie Berkovich, 80, in 1937 when the sisters fled to the United States with their parents.

The families lost track of each other until decades later, when Berkovich's relatives tracked down the two sisters using a family tree posted on geneology.com. Berkovich flew from her home in Acton, Mass., for a reunion Friday night at Altfeld's home in Coconut Creek. They are also planning for a larger family reunion. (CBS)

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lorla — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 22:42:58 +0000

Finance Genius

lorla — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 06:00:35 +0000

Everybody wants to save some amount on their spendings. But how? There are numerous resources to choose from one option might be cheaper than others. It sure demands time and effort to seek every available options. I was looking for a site to cover all these in a single place and one of my sponsors suggested FinanceGenius. The site helps customers access all available financial resources like auto, mortgage, credit, insurance, student loan, and budgeting. It sure has a very informative collection of articles to cover many aspects of personal finance. The article auto warranty was particularly helpful for me to understand the difference between warranty and insurance of my car.

Norway - Parking wiped out bank account

lorla — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 06:12:59 +0000

Some Norwegians were charged between $37,000 and $148,000 for parking in a municipal spots in the central Norwegian city of Trondheim last week. At least 26 motorists were left baffled and broke when they used their bank debit cards to pay for the street parking. Well, that was not the usual rate of parking though. It was all because of a computer glitch. The machine dispensing windshield parking permits multiplied the amount of time they bought by 10,000, and automatically deducted it from their bank accounts. (abc) They should be pretty rich people to keep that much of money in their banks and that too accessible to debit cards!

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lorla — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 00:58:57 +0000

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lorla — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 00:59:00 +0000

World's Tallest Snowman to be Dwarfed

lorla — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 00:59:01 +0000

The world's tallest snowman 113 feet, 7 inches was built in this western Maine town back in 1999. In the photo below the tallest snowman, "Angus, King of the Mountain", stands tall over a crowd of people gathered to attend a ceremony in Bethel, Maine, in February, 19 1999.

Now the Bethel Area Chamber of Commerce will attempt to build the world's tallest snowman (snowwoman) again. It is told that the work will start on Jan. 22 and take up to 20 days to complete, said Executive Director Robin Zinchuk.

"We definitely learned a lot the first time around and that's helping us know what we need to do. We really didn't know what we were doing last time," Zinchuk said. The giant snowman was named "Angus, King of the Mountain" in honor of former Gov. Angus King.

Angus was so big that his nose was 8 feet long, his hat was 20 feet in diameter and the scarf around his neck was 120 feet long. His eyes were 4-foot wreaths, and his smile was made from automobile tires.

There was also a raffle as to when Angus would melt, which with our Maine weather, was anyone's guess. The official melt date was June 10, 1999. The raffle was divided by 22 winners. Fashion ideas being tossed around for a giant snowwoman include making a skirt out of snow, adding a pink scarf and painting tires lipstick red for her mouth.

Jim Sysko, the chief architect and engineer nine years ago, will again lead the construction team. He'll be assisted by an engineer and a longtime snowmaker from the nearby Sunday River ski resort, which has a new snowmaking gun that could help ease the effort.

For a name, the chamber is considering holding a naming contest. The giant snowman was named by a radio station disc jockey. "I haven't heard from Angus (King) yet, but I'm sure he will be thrilled that we're doing it again. He's all about doing fun things," Zinchuk said.

Detail of the to-be-dethroned tallest snowman are:

Height 113 ft. & 7 inches tall
9,000,000 lbs
200,000 cubic feet of snow
4 ft. wreathes as eyes
6 ft. of chicken wire & muslin for the carrot nose
6 automobile tires as the mouth
20 ft. fleece hat
120 ft. fleece scarf
3 skidder tires for the buttons
2 - 10 ft. trees for arms

The snowman's hat was made by seventh graders at Telstar Middle School. His six-foot nose was made by local elementary school students and as a special touch, has the imprints of the student's hands.

Maine's governor, Angus King, whom "Angus, King of the Mountain" was named after, came to participate in the ceremony to honor the citizens of Bethel who achieved their goal and "made it" into the Guiness World Book of Records for the World's Largest Snowman. He stated he felt honored to have had the snowman named after him, but wondered if "Willie Melt" might not have been a more appropriate name! (source )

The snowman is listed in Guinness Book of Records 2002, page123.

Connie Talbot - Over the Rainbow

lorla — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 01:29:21 +0000

The Britains Got Talent fame sweet little girl Connie Talbot has released a sweet little music album. It would be a nice gift to your little ones as it is easy to sing along with. You would surely love the sweet, untouched, untainted, talent in it's purest form.

Connie Talbots "Over The Rainbow" cd is so touching and she sings like an angel. I believe someday she will become a loved star and bring happiness to others with her beautiful voice, smile and personality. Her cd can be for everyday listening as well as for the holidays. Any little 6 year old girl who can "WOW" Simon Cowell has to be pretty impressive. I posted the videos and pictures of hers in my previous posts. You can go back to the post to listen her singing in :

Connie Talbot stunned the Final and Semi-final of Britains Got Talent

and Britains Got Talent - 6 year-old Connie Sings Great

I wish the amazon price were a bit low.

Chinese Student wins lottery and leaves school

lorla — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 04:10:29 +0000

A college student withdrew from school after winning the 5 million yuan ($683,000) jackpot in a lottery in China' eastern city of Nanjing, local media reported on Thursday.

The second-year student at the Jiangsu Maritime Institute, identified by the nickname Yong to protect his identity, was the sole first-prize winner in the "Double Colour Ball" issued by the China Welfare Lottery on Tuesday, the Beijing News said.

"After winning the lottery, Yong told his roommates that he would share 2,000 yuan with each of them," it added.

Yong informed school authorities of his winnings, and had returned home.

"We are not sure if he will return to school, but we hope he will eventually finish his education," the paper quoted Yong's teacher as saying.

The Communist Party abolished lotteries in China after taking power in 1949, denouncing them as a practice of decadent capitalists. But the country launched state-run lotteries in 1987 amid market-oriented reforms.

Lotteries have become increasingly popular both among the poor and the newly rich in China, where many forms of gambling are banned. Per capita income in China's urban areas is roughly $1,900 a year and about $600 a year in rural areas.

Lottery-related crimes have been on the rise as well, and underground lottery schemes have become rampant across the country in recent years, bankrupting many families.

Last month, China set up its first help centre for lottery addicts, offering counseling and legal assistance. (from Reuters)

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lorla — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 23:14:07 +0000

High tuition led to robbery and 20 years behind bars

lorla — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 23:14:08 +0000

In the previous post a Chinese student won a lottery money to quit school, but these two college students were not that lucky so they have chosen armed robberies to raise tuition money. However, the court doesn't think they should be sent to school!

A Hamilton County common pleas judge sentenced Andrew Butler and Christopher Avery to 20-year prison terms and told them dire financial straits don't justify breaking the law. "If you get to that point, robbing people isn't the answer. It never has been and it never will be," Judge Steven Martin said.

Butler, 20, and Avery, 22, apologized to their families and their victims before Martin imposed the sentence. The men pleaded guilty to two charges of aggravated robbery and six charges of kidnapping. Butler, who attended the University of Toledo, told Martin in an earlier hearing that tuition increases outpaced his scholarships and financial aid. Avery, a student at the University of Cincinnati, said he couldn't pay for summer classes after an internship fell through. Avery was a student at UC in mechanical engineering and was about to start his summer employment with an engineering firm. Prosecutors said the two had guns and were wearing masks when they made off with $130,000 from a crowded bank in suburban Reading on July 17. A day earlier, they unsuccessfully tried to rob a check-cashing business, prosecutors said. It is told that they were caught while switching cars after the bank robbery. (CBS)

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lorla — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 07:03:02 +0000

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lorla — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 07:03:04 +0000

World's tiniest Bible

lorla — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 07:03:13 +0000

Israeli scientists have inscribed the entire Hebrew text of the Jewish Bible onto a space less than half the size of grain of sugar!

The nanotechnology experts at the Technion institute in Haifa say the text measures less than 0.5 square millimeter (0.01 square inch) surface.

"It took us about an hour to etch the 300,000 words of the Bible onto a tiny silicon surface," Ohad Zohar, the university's scientific adviser for educational programs, told the Associated Press.

The Technion's microscopic bible was created by blasting tiny particles called gallium ions at an object that then rebounded, causing an etching affect.

"When a particle beam is directed toward a point on the surface, the gold atoms bounce off and expose the silicon layer underneath just like a hammer and chisel," Zohar said. Zohar said the technology will in the future be used as a way to store vast amounts of data on bio-molecules and DNA.

The tiny Bible appears to be the world's smallest.

The previous smallest known copy of the Bible measured 2.8 x 3.4 x 1 centimeters (1.1 x 1.3 x 0.4 inches), weighing 11.75 grams (0.4 ounces) and containing 1,514 pages, according to Guinness World Records spokeswoman Amarilis Espinoza. The tiny text, obtained by an Indian professor in November 2001, is believed to have originated in Australia.

Well, how do you read it?

The next step for Technion researchers is photographing the Bible and displaying it on a giant wall within the Faculty of Physics.

In this picture, which will be 7m by 7m (23ft by 23ft), it will be possible to read the entire Bible with the naked eye (the height of each letter will be some 3mm - 0.1in), Mr Zohar said.

Near this picture, the original - the nano-Bible itself, which is the size a grain of sugar - will be displayed.

(metro, photo - Ariel Schalit, Associated Press)

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lorla — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 15:47:17 +0000

Stolen GPS lead home

lorla — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 15:47:19 +0000

NY Police arrested a man on suspicion of stealing a GPS receiver, after the device apparently gave him away.

A 33-year-old man was arrested on Dec. 30 when police spotted him trying to ride a bicycle while carrying several items, including a car GPS unit.

Police say the cyclist gave evasive answers to questions, and when the officer pressed the home button on the GPS, the unit displayed a nearby address.

The resident of that home claimed that the device was his. (metro)

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lorla — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 19:48:16 +0000

Happy New Year 2008

lorla — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 22:48:00 +0000

It has nearly been a year since I started writing in this blog. You people have loved it and I am impressed and excited by the traffic it is getting. Thank you and have a great year!

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lorla — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 20:04:36 +0000

Piano blog

lorla — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 05:30:43 +0000

I found this piano blog with archive dating back to 2005. Looks like it is a nice place to know some music stuffs with details on piano chords & chord progressions. Looks like this Piano lessons & piano chords is useful for music students or new learners alike. One can also subscribe a free e-mail newsletter to obtain lessons on piano. I found the the site is redesigned with catchy graphics and easy-to-navigate menu system.

BC Bovernment to provide free crack mouthpieces

lorla — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 05:40:38 +0000

After syringes, alcohol swabs and water vials freely distributed by the B.C. government to drug users now they are providing crack-pipe mouthpieces to the drug users. You can read the full news in The Province but what was more interesting was reading the comments people have posted on the news. Here are some of the comments:

WHAT?? So you're telling me that my sister, who is a Diabetic has to PAY for her needles and equipment but the crack-addicts get free supplies?? There is something definately wrong there!! She has a disease that is life threatening and not caused by anything she's done to herself, yet those who chose a drug lifestyle get sick and the they go into panic. She's paying to stay alive, these other people obviously don't care what happens to them. So I guess the government is taking on the 'if you can't beat em', join em' attitude now? Heck, lets just start giving out free razor blades, poison and a noose so people can commit suicide. That's all it is. Now we're condoning a life threatening drug addiction to attempt to prevent an illness they're getting from it? Here's an idea, how about using this program to actually catch these people who have illegal drugs? ...an addict will not wait for a free mouth piece when they need their fix.. ... Maybe then you will be slightly more open to non-American style approaches to this huge problem... ... Crazy idea- to the nth degree ...

You can have your say too.

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lorla — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 19:29:45 +0000

Short, direct and interesting horoscope

lorla — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 20:29:46 +0000

I got it in email titled "The Happy Go Lucky One!!!" and it sure sounds convincing.

Photo - Somaliland zoidac sign coins - a set of twelve copper-nickel 10 Shilling coins featuring the twelve sun signs of the western Zodiac. Each coin features a zodiac sign and figure, and is dated 2006.

VIRGO - The Perfectionist
Dominant in relationships. Conservative. Always wants the last word. Argumentative. Worries. Very smart. Dislikes noise and chaos. Eager. Hardworking. Loyal. Beautiful. Easy to talk to. Hard to please. Harsh. Practical and very fussy. Often shy. Pessimistic.

SCORPIO - The Intense One
Very energetic. Intelligent. Can be jealous and/or possessive. Hardworking. Great kisser. Can become obsessive or secretive. Holds grudges. Attractive. Determined. Loves being in long relationships. Talkative. Romantic. Can be self-centered at times. Passionate and Emotional.

LIBRA - The Harmonizer
Nice to everyone they meet. Can't make up their mind. Have own unique appeal. Creative, energetic, and very social. Hates to be alone. Peaceful, generous. Very loving and beautiful. Flirtatious. Give in too easily. Procrastinators. Very gullible.

ARIES - The Daredevil
Energetic. Adventurous and spontaneous. Confident and enthusiastic. Fun. Loves a challenge. EXTREMELY impatient. Sometimes selfish. Short fuse. (Easily angered.) Lively, passionate, and sharp wit. Outgoing. Lose interest quickly - easily bored. Egotistical. Courageous and assertive. Tends to be physical and athletic.

AQUARIUS - The Sweetheart
Optimistic and honest. Sweet personality. Very independent. Inventive and intelligent. Friendly and loyal. Can seem unemotional. Can be a bit rebellious. Very stubborn, but original and unique Attractive on the inside and out. Eccentric personality.

GEMINI - The Chatterbox
Smart and witty. Outgoing, very chatty. Lively, energetic. Adaptable but needs to express themselves. Argumentative and outspoken. Likes change. Versatile. Busy, sometimes nervous and tense. Gossips. May seem superficial or inconsistent, but is only changeable. Beautiful physically and mentally.

LEO - The Boss
Very organized. Need order in their lives - like being in control. Like boundaries. Tend to take over everything. Bossy. Like to help others. Social and outgoing. Extroverted. Generous, warm-hearted. Sensitive. Creative energy. Full of themselves. Loving. Doing the right thing is important to Leo s. Attractive.

CANCER - The Protector
Moody, emotional. May be shy. Very loving and caring. Pretty/handsome. Excellent partners for life. Protective. Inventive and imaginative. Cautious. Touchy-feely kind of person. Needs love from others. Easily hurt, but sympathetic.

PISCES - The Dreamer
Generous, kind, and thoughtful. Very creative and imaginative. May become secretive and vague. Sensitive. Don't like details Dreamy and unrealistic. Sympathetic and loving. Kind. Unselfish. Good kisser. Beautiful.

CAPRICORN - The Go-Getter
Patient and wise. Practical and rigid. Ambitious. Tends to be good-looking. Humorous and funny. Can be a bit shy and reserved. Often pessimists. Capricorns tend to act before they think and can be unfriendly y at times. Hold grudges. Like competition. Get what they want.

TAURUS - The Enduring One
Charming but aggressive. Can come off as boring, but they are not. Hard workers. Warm-hearted. Strong, has endurance. Solid beings who are stable and secure in their ways. Not looking for shortcuts. Take pride in their beauty. Patient and reliable. Make great friends and give good advice. Loving and kind. Loves hard - passionate. Express themselves emotionally. Prone to ferocious temper-tantrums. Determined. Indulge themselves often. Very generous.

SAGITTARIUS - The Happy-Go-Lucky One
Good-natured optimist. Doesn't want to grow up (Peter Pan Syndrome). Indulges self. Boastful. Likes luxuries and gambling. Social and outgoing. Doesn't like responsibilities. Often fantasizes. Impatient. Fun to be around. Having lots of friends. Flirtatious. Doesn't like rules. Sometimes hypocritical. Dislikes being confined - tight spaces or even tight clothes. Doesn't like being doubted. Beautiful inside and out.

The predictions sound convincing and true. I wished the email didn't come with a red, bold warning too... :)

Once you have opened this e-mail, there's no turning back. Below are true descriptions of zodiac signs. Read your sign, then forward it on, with your zodiac sign and label on the subject line. This is the real deal, try ignoring or changing it, and the first thing you'll notice is having a horrible day starting tomorrow morning - and it only gets worse from there.

There are "bad-lucks" ranging from 4 to 20 years and bonus of 1 minutes of luck to 1 years of luck as a reward of sending them to friends too. I don't know when these people will stop telling such absurd things. If material is good you don't need to scare or reward people to circulate it. I would certainly forward it (minus those absurds) to my friends!

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lorla — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 03:56:46 +0000

World's largest plasma TV by Panasonic

lorla — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 03:56:47 +0000

Panasonic has stolen the show at CES 2008, day one, with a gigantic 150-inch plasma.

Looks like movie theater is shifting in people's living room (Well, it is another story that one might need to build a custom made home just to install it).

Photos of many new hi-tech displays in CES 2008 can be seen in ytechblogs' flickr photostream. I copied the photo of the world's largest plasma TV below.

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lorla — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 22:31:32 +0000

Scare of lifetime on Air Canada flight

lorla — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 22:31:34 +0000

The photo of Air Canada Airbus A319, flight 190 at Calgary International Airport on Thursday, Jan. 10, 2008 was taken after it suddenly jolted and suddenly dropped 4,000 feet mid-flight. Ten people were injured when the Airbus A319 lunged from side to side, sending passengers not buckled into their seat flying, and then plunged from its cruising altitude at 35,000 feet to 31,000 feet over the Rocky Mountains. The Rocky Mountains are visible in the background of the plane. The pilot was able to re-gain control after about 10 or 15 seconds, but passengers had the scare of a lifetime.

Air Canada has plans to compensate passengers aboard the terrifying flight in which a jet plunged thousands of feet before making an emergency landing in Calgary. The response of emergency crews in calgary was praised as a "Textbook response". You can dig through the plane turbulence incident in this Google News collection.

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lorla — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 00:10:20 +0000

Man got $469K in payroll error

lorla — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 00:10:21 +0000

A man was arrested after allegedly getting $469,000 in deposits from company he never worked for. It was all because of a payroll error. Anthony Armatys of Palatine, Ill., was arrested Wednesday on theft charges after allegedly receiving electronic payroll bank deposits from a New Jersey company he never worked for, authorities said.

Officials at Avaya Inc., a telecommunications provider located in Basking Ridge, discovered checks had been mistakenly direct deposited into his account for nearly five years, according to the Somerset County Prosecutor's Office. Armatys, 34, had accepted a position with Avaya years ago, authorities said, but he rescinded the acceptance before he ever started working. However, a system error resulted in checks being deposited into Armatys' bank account from the fall of 2002 to March of 2007, when the company discovered the error, officials said. During that time, Armatys collected more than $469,000 in pay and even withdrew approximately $1,900 from his company retirement account administered by Fidelity Investments, authorities said.

It is reported that the investigators took 11 months to do a thorough investigation, which resulted in the time gap between the discovery of the error and Armatys' arrest. Avaya is told to have 18,000 employees globally and 1,800 in New Jersey. The official spokesperson refuesed to comment on the matter.(Source)

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lorla — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 09:15:32 +0000

IT service

lorla — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 07:10:32 +0000

With computer taking over our daily activities, need of fast reliable services in IT has become even more important. I came across Fast-teks IT solution and it looks like they offers a full range of IT solutions to meet entire home and business needs. They provide professional and quality on-stie service, call-in remote diagnostics, maintenance service and computer training at affordable rates. If you are concerned about security, hardware problems, or simply want to remove virus from your computer Fast-teks might be one of the options.

Railway track 'not the best place' to take a nap

lorla — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 07:15:34 +0000

What a lifetime experience! This guy lived to tell the story about how he slept in between railway track and got bumped on his head under a fright train only when he tried to sit up! A drunken Australian man who took a nap between railway tracks has had a miraculously survived with only minor injuries and a bump on the head after being driven over by a freight train. The 20-year-old guy dozed off at a level crossing at Port Augusta, in South Australia state, when the train approached about 3.40 a.m.

The driver saw the man and slammed on the emergency brake, but the train, carrying 3000 tonnes of freight, was unable to stop in time and rolled over him, halting only after it had passed. (metro)

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lorla — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 02:00:33 +0000

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lorla — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 02:00:34 +0000

Business Loan from EZUnsecured

lorla — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 05:46:12 +0000

When you plan to start a business, you can expect an increase in anticipated capital requirement due to many unexpected expenses that might come up in the initial stage. For every business, capital is the backbone and need of a reliable funding source is always a priority. Business owners and entrepreneurs face numerous challenges in obtaining such capital needs. In this context, EZUnsecured.com has been providing fast funding with great service to obtain business loan to business owners and entrepreneurs since 2002. You can check out their Business Loan offer for easy processing, fast funding and great service.

Don't Quit !

lorla — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 05:55:35 +0000

Are you thinking of quiting something? Well, I am not either. But reading nicely phrased writing is nice even if you think you knew everything about it beforehand. One of my friends sent this Don't Quit message in my mailbox and I thought it will be a good read for you too. Don't Quit When things go wrong, as they sometimes will, When the road you're trudging seems uphill, When the funds are low and the debts are high, and you want to smile, but you have to sigh, When care is pressing you down a bit, Rest, if you must . . . but don't you quit. Success is failure turned inside out, The silver tint of the clouds of doubt. And you never can tell how close you are, It may be near when it seems afar. So, stick to the fight when you're hardest hit . . . It's when things go wrong that you mustn't quit. I searched around and found a longer version of the poem. You can read along if you feel like:

Web Polls for Free

lorla — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 07:50:32 +0000

Many websites offer polls for user's participation. If you have a site and want to try polls and questionnaires in your website, easy-poll.com might be the place you want to visit. They offer web polls for webmasters and online services for free. All you need to do is go through a s simple and brief sign-up procedure; choose from large selection of patterns and colors, and poll types and you are ready to offer polls for your website visitors. I wonder how they can offer technical support for a free product.

Tantric Master - New Ice Record of 72 hours

lorla — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 07:55:50 +0000

To break his own this man, who calls himself a Tantric Master, stood on a Manhattan street in a clear container filled with ice for an hour and 12 minutes. Wim Hof, 48, told that he survives in the ice by controlling his body temperature through tantric meditation. It was in 2004 Hof set the world record for full body ice contact endurance by immersing himself in ice for an hour and eight minutes. The Dutch man, commonly nicknamed Iceman, holds nine world records including a world record for longest ice bath. In 2007, he attempted, but failed, to climb Mt. Everest in shorts. It is told that he has plans another attempt in 2008. Hof claims Tantra, an Eastern tradition of ritual and meditation, is behind his extraordinary performance. (CBS) On March 16, 2000 Hof swam 57.5 m. (188.6 ft.) under three feet of an ice lake near the Finnish village of Kolari, deep inside the Arctic Circle. Using no special equipment, he wore only swim shorts and a pair of goggles! Here is the video of his adventure: Links:

BBC's interview with Wim Hof and physiologist Dr George Havenith on 13th March, 2002 might be of some interest too.
Hof's website

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lorla — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 19:04:55 +0000

Magazine saved the day for a Mayor without ID

lorla — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 19:04:57 +0000

A West Virginia mayor was detained for a short time after trying to use an expired driver's license to board the plane. Charleston Mayor Danny Jones's was in a trip to California when the incident occurred.

He came with an idea to show a locally produced magazine, with his picture inside identifying him as the mayor of Charleston, before officials would finally let Jones fly back home.

"I think that magazine may have saved the day," Jones said.

Jones lost track of his driver's license two weeks ago while preparing for a trip to Seal Beach. (dailymail)

The guards at John Wayne Airport in Orange County searched his bag, he told the Charleston Daily Mail for a story published Monday. Then he remembered picking up a copy of Charleston Magazine while on his way to the West Coast for a little rest and relaxation. Inside was a photograph of him standing in downtown Charleston and an article Jones had written as mayor welcoming visitors to the state capital. (Photo)

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lorla — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 09:25:09 +0000

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National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas

lorla — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 20:00:34 +0000

I was not into rodeo and cowboy things until I went to The Calgary Stampede, which bills itself as The Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth. In the 10 day show "the world's largest outdoor rodeo" was most exciting event. Then I came know about another rodeo show commonly known as "Super Bowl of Rodeo", The Wrangler National Finals Rodeo (NFR), which is held in Thomas and Lack Center on the campus of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) in Las Vegas, Nevada. This event selects the world champion in each of rodeo's seven main events: calf roping, steer wrestling, bull riding, saddle bronc riding, bareback bronc riding, and team roping. I will certainly love to be there to see the grand event to be held from Thursday December 4 to Saturday, December 13 in the year 2008. I don't know if I can make this year but I will certainly go there in coming year. If you want to secure a best seating location you have to hurry up and book National Rodeo Finals tickets in advance. plays an important role in rodeo the expressions on the contestants faces. 15 different general seating areas, allowing you to choose exactly where you want to sit. If your budgect permit and experience in-your-face rodeo action lower (Plaza) Level are the best place to enjoy the event. These seats not only are you close to concessions and bathrooms but you are able to see everything close up. You can see the expressions on the contestants faces. From the upper part of the arena (Balcony) you can see all of the action without binoculars. A big screen hangs down from the middle of the arena where you can see replays. These seats are the way to go if you are on a limited budget but still want to see the show live.

Hard lesson to purse snatchers

lorla — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 21:01:11 +0000

Looks like a couple of suburban St. Louis purse snatchers picked the wrong women to attack. The victims fought back with a snow shovel to leave the suspect requiring staples to close the gash in his head (see photo).

One of the women grabbed a shovel from the suspects' pickup and smacked one of the men upside the head. The other woman jumped into the cab and attacked the other suspect, then grabbed the keys so he couldn't drive away.

Brave women!

Police tell News 4 that they still remain stunned about the heroics two tiny women used to battle back. Authorities say they do not want to see victims putting themselves into danger like this case, but fortunately it worked out for the two women. (news 4)

Well well ! Screen shot of TV news shows suspects John Murray and Corey Brown in the picture below.

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lorla — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 21:09:33 +0000

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Microsoft overtaking Yahoo and Flickr Users

lorla — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 07:28:02 +0000

In response to the Microsoft's wish to purchase Yahoo for $44.6bn, Yahoo and its other sites' users express dissatisfaction. Most evident were the photographic presentation of users of Flickr.

Yahoo! seems like dead. The funeral will cost Microsoft 44.6$ bn. And seeing as I don't want my photos on "Microsoft flickr", maybe it's time to move on to Google's Picasa. Eoow! :-(((( View large I HATE MICRO$OFT

That was what Anthony Sigalas says. It is interesting to read user-created group on the site is called Microsoft, keep your evil grubby hands off our Flickr. too.

I won't say anything about it but some of the images posted in the site are interesting enough:

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lorla — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 07:42:00 +0000

New tech usage ranking for 2008

lorla — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 07:42:01 +0000

The United States, Sweden and Japan topped a new ranking that measures how well countries use telecommunications technologies; networks, cell phones and computers; to boost their social and economic prosperity.

The ratings for "innovation driven economies" measured in the study, scale 1-10 are:

UNITED STATES 6.97

SWEDEN 6.83

JAPAN 6.80

CANADA 6.50

FINLAND 6.10

BRITAIN 6.10

AUSTRALIA 5.93

GERMANY 5.52

FRANCE 5.07

SOUTH KOREA 4.78

HONG KONG 4.46

ITALY 3.85

SPAIN 3.56

HUNGARY 3.18

CZECH REPUBLIC 3.11

POLAND 2.18

Following are indexes for "efficiency and resource driven economies", scale 1-10, but not comparable with indexes for innovation-driven economies.

RUSSIA 6.11

MALAYSIA 5.82

MEXICO 4.37

BRAZIL 4.28

SOUTH AFRICA 4.11

CHINA 3.42

PHILIPPINES 2.38

INDIA 1.68

NIGERIA 1.01

Source: Reuters

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lorla — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 02:59:18 +0000

Drunk man threatened city with TV remote

lorla — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 03:49:46 +0000

As an example on how scared people are these days, a drunken man's threat to blow up half a city with his television remote control forced Australian police to declare a state of emergency at a luxury golf resort.

Geoffrey Martin Fryatt, 57, a resident of the Fairways Golf and Lifestyle Retreat in Brisbane, was arrested by elite paramilitary police after terrifying neighbors with a knife and threatening to detonate a store of chemicals with the TV remote.

"One push of the button will blow up half of Brisbane," Fryatt shouted in the standoff last May before police in the Queensland state capital opened fire with rubber bullets.

Fryatt's lawyer told the Brisbane District Court that his client lost control after losing much of his life savings in a fraud carried out by his finance broker, local media said.

"People are genuinely scared of sudden explosions," the judge said, sentencing Fryatt to a year's probation. "Frightening members of the public with threats of bombs and bomb hoaxes has a much greater impact than it once did," she said.

Fryatt accepted probation, but said he was concerned it could interrupt plans to travel overseas to do humanitarian aid work, the Brisbane Times newspaper reported.

"Let's get you right before we send you off to a third world country," the judge said.(Reuters)

RC cars

lorla — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 04:13:50 +0000

People of all ages enjoy radio control or remote control (RC) cars. Remote control cars and trucks are capable of racing at surprisingly quick speeds and doing a huge range of tricks! Some of these vehicles can reach speeds of over 75 mph. If you are new in RC vehicles and RC racing, a blog dealing with RC cars tips and tricks might be a very useful destination. The blog has a lot of tips, tricks, and secrets about RC Cars and how you can control them and if you are ever in a race, how you can win.

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lorla — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 04:30:15 +0000

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lorla — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 04:30:30 +0000

Some cool ads

lorla — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 04:30:31 +0000

Ads are supposed to be distributed and I am doing it here... for FREE... I hope the creator of the ads won't mind. They really are nice ones.

Looks like the friend who sent them to me are collected from bestadsonly.com.

There are more ads:

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lorla — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 21:10:49 +0000

Tattoo your vaccine

lorla — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 21:10:50 +0000

A tattoo, or dermal pigmentation, is a mark made by inserting pigment into the skin for decorative or other reasons. Tattoos on humans are a type of decorative body modification, while tattoos on animals are most commonly used for identification or branding.

That is what wikipedia has to say about tattoos. Looks like the defination needs to be modified soon. A recent study suggest that injecting DNA-containing vaccines with a tattoo gun is far more effective than the way human vaccines are now delivered. Visit Yahoo Health for further details. (photo: Dennis Mojado)

The use of tattoo injections, coupled with the ability to rapidly produce large quantities of a vaccine, might prove extraordinarily valuable in a situation such as a threatened terrorist attack, where a sudden need arises for large amounts of an effective vaccine.

Valentine Day and flowers

lorla — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 03:32:00 +0000

With Valentine Day in doorstep, it is time to look for a nice gift. Don't fall behind in the game of love. St. Valentine's Day is right around the corner, so start thinking about buying some gifts before it's too late. We generally express our love for each other by means of gifts, of which flowers play a prominent role. In fact, it is said that flowers and chocolates are so essential that those gifts would be taken for granted if presented, yet will be noticed if not presented. Aside from flowers and chocolate, what else can you give your love? The answer is simple; just think about anything he/she has mentioned over the past few weeks, or get her something that relates to his/her hobbies and interests. The key is to prove that you put some thought into him/her gift.

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lorla — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 18:56:40 +0000

Funny Valentine

lorla — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 18:56:42 +0000

Who says you need to be serious on a Valentine Day! You can send funny cards and stuffs to your valentine on the special day. I found this little mathematical equation for you graphing calculator.

r = a(1 - cos(theta)) =>Plot that on your TI-89.

That was bryan's idea. He has a nice and funny Valentine card in the page too:

Got this nice drawing in email : Always be prepared for the worst scenario when you give your heart away (I wish the art were not gender specific though).

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What rose and other flowers say about you

lorla — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 22:45:22 +0000

Not everybody but some might be preety choosy in receiving the flower in this Valentine Day. If your special someone is literate about "meaning of flowers," you might be surprised in the way you receive the reaction.

Here are some of the meanings of different flowers you might stumble upon.

1. Roses - Love

2. Orchids - A belle

3. Iris - My compliments

4. Daisies - Innocence

5. Tulips - Declaration of love

6. Calla Lily - Beauty

7. Amaryllis - Splendid beauty

8. Hydrangea - Heartfelt

9. Anthurium - Hospitality

10. Daffodils - Chivalry

11. Chrysanthemums - Fidelity

12. Carnations - Pride and beauty

13. Lilacs - Youthful innocence

14. Birds of Paradise - Joyfulness

15. Tiger Lily - Wealth, pride

16. Peony - Bashful

17. Anemone - Anticipation

18. Sunflowers - Pure thoughts

19. Aster - Patience

20. Gladiolus - Strength of character

Rose is the king (or is it queen?) of flower. Picking any rose doesn't always mean you are conveying the right message. Here are some of the secret meanings of different types of roses:

1. Red Roses - Love and romance

2. Black Roses - Vengeance

3. Blue Roses - Mystery and intrigue

4. Pink Roses - Gratitude and appreciation

5. Purple Roses - Love at first sight

6. White Roses - Innocence and purity

7. Green Roses - Fertility

8. Yellow Roses - Joy and friendship

9. Lavender Roses - Enchantment

10. Orange Roses - Enthusiasm, passion

Application for the post in your vacant heart

lorla — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 09:24:11 +0000

Oh what a love letter. I got this letter in my inbox from somebody I don't know.

Date: 14th February, 2008

To My Beloved Subject: Application for the post in your vacant heart Sweetheart , According to some of my reliable sources, I came to know that there is a vacancy for the post in the central core of your heart and I would like apply for the same. Im not as handsome as Brand Pitt. And not as popular as Paul Mccarthy. I even dont have blue eyes like Hritiq Roshan, but above all, Ive a soft and creamy heart which only knows to express these words for you, I love you. As for my experience Ive loved you since my embryonic stage. You are not only my heart, but all the pacemaker of my heart . I love you, do care from all the four chambers of my heart. When I see you or hear your voice, my voluntary and in voluntary muscles get relaxed, specially my cilliary and cardiac muscles. We are like the symbiotic association between algae and fungi because we both need each other and cannot survive without each other. Our love is the perfect example of the third law of Newton. You act as a catalyst in my life. Little bit of your voice, your sight, and your love and happiness in my life. You are a beautiful phenotype with a perfect genotype. I know I can bring stars from heaven to you. But if you ask for it, then I wouldnt because Ive a great fear of losing you while Im on my way. I can die for you but if you ask me to die, then I will not because if I die then who will love you? I hope all my experiences and qualifications will be enough to achieve the post. Im the right and most qualified person to hold that post. I assure you that I will do my best to satisfy all you expectations. I look forward to hearing soon from you. Sincerely your Vanished Horizon I wish it were a real love letter to me. :)

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Baby Born, Fell off a Moving Train, and Survived

lorla — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 04:09:39 +0000

Bhuri Kalbi, 33, was seven month pregnant and she wanted to use toilet in a moving train in India. The lady however unexpectedly gave birth to a baby that slipped down the toilet bowl onto the tracks.

"My delivery was so sudden," said the Bhuri Kalbi, the mother of the infant, born two months prematurely. "I did not even realize that my child had slipped from the hole in the toilet."

Kalbi fainted on the toilet seat after the birth for a few minutes before waking up and alerting her family. They stopped the train and ran along the train to find the newborn girl lying uninjured on pebbles by the track.

The photos of the baby taken inside a hospital in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad, India February 28, 2008 are borrowed from Reuters.

I was expelled

lorla — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 06:28:11 +0000

P.Z. Meyers

Interviewed in "Expelled" and Expelled from Screening

lorla — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 06:30:52 +0000

An associate professor at the University of Minnesota was expelled from a free screening of the movie "Expelled." P.Z. Meyers was interviewed in "Expelled," and even thanked in the movie's credits but was not allowed to see the first screening. Well, if you want to hear the story from Mr. Meyers himself, you can read this post. His follow-up post: Still straining to find an excuse is also a nice read. Got Meyers' photo from Greg Laden's blog.

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lorla — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 23:54:55 +0000

Google's April Fools 2008

lorla — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 18:59:31 +0000

Happy April Fools' Day!

Google has a tradition of releasing April fool hoaxes since 2000. With dominance in many web platforms, the scope of hoax has broaden in 2008. Some of the hoaxes for 2008 are listed below:

Google releases Adsense for conversations

Google's Orkut displays its name as Yogurt

Google announces a joint project with the Virgin Group that aims to establish a permanent human settlement on Mars. This operation has been named Project Virgle. it also includes videos of Richard Branson as well as Larry Page & Sergey Brin (The Founders of Google) on YouTube , talking about Virgle.

Google launches Dajare in Japan (google.co.jp), with the mission of "organizing the worlds laughter."

Google announces gDay in Australia, a new beta search technology that will search web pages 24 hours before they are created.

Gmail's sign-in page announced a new feature, called Gmail Custom Time, that would allow its users to "pre-date" their messages and choose to have the message appear as "read" or "unread".

Around 11:00 p.m. EST March 31, 2008, on the newer and older version of Gmail, but not in the basic HTML version, in the upper right corner, next to Settings, a link appeared labeled, "New! Gmail Custom Time". The link led to a 404 error until April 1when it led to the full Gmail Custom Time hoax page. Clicking any of the three links at the bottom of the page brought the user to a page stating that Gmail Custom time was, in fact, their April Fool's day joke.

Google Books has a new section allowing users to 'scratch and sniff' certain books. Users are asked to "...please place your nose near the monitor and click 'Go'" which then 'loads odours'. When clicking on 'Help' users are redirected to a Google Book page entitled "Belgravia: A London Magazine"

Google launches Manpower Search (??????) in China (google.cn). This new feature is powered by 25 million volunteers who do the searching around the clock. When the user entered a keyword, volunteers will search any possible answers from a mass of paper documents as well as online resources. The user is expected to get the search result within 32 seconds.

A little easter egg was added, where a user can click the file menu and directly under new document is "New Airplane" which immediately opens a copy of a Google branded paper airplane. To reach the file menu, click the new menu, then "Document" then a new window opens.

Google launched their "Wake Up Kit" as a calendar notification option. The option sends a series of increasingly aggressive alerts, starting with an SMS message to your cellphone, and ending with a bucket of water dumped into your bed, which would then flip over, tossing you out (all using apparently-free equipment). Google also added the "I'm Feeling Lucky" button to its calendar feature. When you tried to create a new event, you were given the regular option of entering the correct details and hitting "Create Event," and also the new option of "I'm Feeling Lucky" which would set you up with an evening date with, among others, Matt Damon, Eric Cartman, Tom Cruise, Jessica Alba, Pamela Anderson, Paris Hilton, Angelina Jolie, Britney Spears, Anna Kournikova, Johnny Depp, George W. Bush, or Lois Griffin.

If you want to know about previous april fool hoaxes from Google you can visit this wikipedia listing.

Tags: google, hoax, april fool

Fun with Maths

lorla — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 23:00:46 +0000

These are the maths we used to share with our friends in school. If you like playing with maths you will love them (well.... if you don't know 'em already). 1 x 9 + 2 = 11 12 x 9 + 3 = 111 123 x 9 + 4 = 1111 1234 x 9 + 5 = 11111 12345 x 9 + 6 = 111111 123456 x 9 + 7 = 1111111 1234567 x 9 + 8 = 11111111 12345678 x 9 + 9 = 111111111 123456789 x 9 +10= 1111111111 ------------ 1 x 8 + 1 = 9 12 x 8 + 2 = 98 123 x 8 + 3 = 987 1234 x 8 + 4 = 9876 12345 x 8 + 5 = 98765 123456 x 8 + 6 = 987654 1234567 x 8 + 7 = 9876543 12345678 x 8 + 8 = 98765432 123456789 x 8 + 9 = 987654321 ----------- 9 x 9 + 7 = 88 98 x 9 + 6 = 888 987 x 9 + 5 = 8888 9876 x 9 + 4 = 88888 98765 x 9 + 3 = 888888 987654 x 9 + 2 = 8888888 9876543 x 9 + 1 = 88888888 98765432 x 9 + 0 = 888888888 987654321 x 9 - 1 = 8888888888 9876543210 x 9 - 2 = 88888888888 ---------- Nice symmetry: 1 x 1 = 1 11 x 11 = 121 111 x 111 = 12321 1111 x 1111 = 1234321 11111 x 11111 = 123454321 111111 x 111111 = 12345654321 1111111 x 1111111 = 1234567654321 11111111 x 11111111 = 123456787654321 111111111 x 111111111=12345678987654321

Tags: mathsfun, digits

Test

lorla — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 00:01:53 +0000

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House Plans

lorla — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 00:17:00 +0000

Are you looking for house plans to build your dream home? One of my friend is planning to build one and she had a hard time finding a plan that works for her family and kids. She wanted a big bathroom, nice patio, and a big living room for family gatherings. She did shop around in builders and architect offices but none could give a perfect plan that works for her. One night she was surfing the internet and she found a website where one can get house plans online. The site offers variety of home plans to choose from. She has found plans that she liked but now she is finding trouble in choosing the best one. She thinks the large loft on second floor of this log home plan would be great for her kids to play. She thinks changing the entry into a garage makes sense and the website offers such modifications too. My friends experience in seeking a home plan will surely help others who are in the same process of owning a dream home.

Site Review: Web 2.0 Directory

lorla — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 00:49:07 +0000

Been blogging for some time but Web 2.0 has been a bit elusive to me and I always resisted to know more about it. The excuse: I am not a webmaster! Well, knowing a bit of the balls and bearings of new web phenomenon doesn't hurt you. So I am trying to see if I can know what Web 2.0 actually means. I am going through a blog that gives directory of nice Web 2.0 sites. I wish there were how-tos and tutorials too. But as it is a review site I think the design and contents justify the theme of the blog. Nice work!

Boston Travel

lorla — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 10:10:29 +0000

One of my friends is always talking about great Boston attractions like Plymouth Rock, Bunker Hill, U.S.S. Constitution, House of Seven Gables, JFK Library, Boston Aquarium, Prudential Center- Skywalk, Quincy Market. I wish I could visit the great place soon. I am saving some money for a journey this spring. Things sure have changed than what they used to be when I was a kid. I can get everything online and planning a trip is only a matter of some clicks. I stumbled upon a site run by Trusted Tours and Attractions that offers discounted tickets to the best sightseeing tours in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, New York, Orlando, or San Francisco. The also have comprehensive guide in the cities. For example this pages lists all the things to do in Boston. Signing up for the Trusted Travels newsletter, from Trusted Tours and Attractions, and one will automatically be entered to win handheld GPS system! Well, I will try my luck and if I were a lucky winner, I will never get lost in the streets of Boston :) Well, you can also signs up for the Trusted Travel e-Newsletter and be automatically entered to win win a handheld GPS system. You have to hurry up as the offer ends Monday, April 30th, 2008.

Texan entrepreneur crowned Miss USA

lorla — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 16:24:25 +0000

A 26-year-old entrepreneur from Texas was named Miss USA on Friday, besting 50 other beauty queens for the coveted crown. Crystle Stewart completed her degree in Consumer Science and Merchandising at the University of Houston. She won the Miss Texas USA 2008 title in a state pageant held in Laredo, Texas on July 1, 2007, after competing against 121 contestants. She founded and runs her business "Inside/Out" which aids young women in building self-esteem and volunteers with many organizations in the community Details in the official Miss USA 2008 site.

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Biggest BBQ in Uruguay

lorla — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 02:06:17 +0000

To set a new Guinness world record and to promote the country's succulent top export more than a thousand barbecue fanatics in Uruguay grilled up 12 metric tonnes (26,400 lbs) of beef on April 13, 2008. A grill of nearly 1 mile long was set up and firefighters had to lit six tonnes of charcoal to start the grand ceremony.

Some 1,250 people grilled the beef and about 20,000 spectators cried with joy when a Guinness judge confirmed the barbecue record had been broken. (Reuters)

Tags: Urugay, BBQ, record

'April Fool' T-shirt on sale for real

lorla — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 02:25:07 +0000

It was an April Fools prank but thanks to numerous calls to make the joke a reality, a technology company has been forced to make it a reality. First, look the prank video ThinkGeek made about the T-shirt that was 'on sale' on the website for $39.99 and offered wearers the chance to play a soundtrack to their lives using an integrated speaker on the front of the shirt.

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And now the company has decided to put the joke into production following what it calls "overwhelming positive response and hundreds of e-mails screaming to 'make the damn shirt already'".

It says it will be looking to unleash the product on the world "asap" but warns that its "army of robotic factory monkeys are a bit slow, and it might take them some time to make the real version of this nifty product".

ThinkGeek also admits that the "final version might deviate slightly in appearance, features or price" from the April Fool product but urges interested buyers to get in touch. (metro)

Tags: aprilfool, t-shirt, video

Medical ID Jewellery

lorla — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 16:49:03 +0000

Crucial medical information during emergency can save lives. Universal Medical ID, a for-profit US corporation in business since 1995, offers affordable medical ID bracelet, necklaces and medallions that can give medical professionals to a prompt, precise treatment during an emergency. A medical ID can speak for a patient in a medical emergency if he or she is not able to, identifying ongoing medical conditions drug or food allergies, or other symptoms that could be misdiagnosed as common ailments.

Jailed for Staring

lorla — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 23:40:05 +0000

Staring too intensely at a woman, his mother's age, sitting in front of him on a train was enough to take the man to the court and sentenced for 10 days. It was told that they met on a commuter train going from Lecco, a town in northern Italy, to Milan in 2005. A judge sentenced the man in his 30s to 10 days in prison and a 40 euro ($63) fine after the 55-year old woman filed a complaint for sexual harassment. (Reuters)

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Oldest person turns 115

lorla — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 17:28:29 +0000

In the adjacent photo, Edna Parker is seen holding a rose that she was given during a birthday party for her in Shelbyville, Ind., Friday, April 18, 2008. Parker, who was born April 20, 1893, is the oldest known human. She will turn 115 on Sunday, April 20, 2008. She was recognized by Guinness World Records as the oldest person living last August after the death of a Japanese woman four months her senior.(AP Photo/Darron Cummings) Scientists are analyzing DNA samples from people crossing 110 years to find the clue for the causes of longivity. DNA samples of more than 100 supercentenarians is already in the research database. It is believed that the secret to a long life is a mix of genetics and environmental factors such as health habits. A research on about 1,500 centenarians also show that they appear not to dwell on stressful events. Only 75 living people 64 women and 11 men are 110 or older, according to the Gerontology Research Group of Inglewood, Calif., which verifies reports of extreme ages.

Tags: oldage, oldest living

Travel planning

lorla — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 04:40:50 +0000

A friend of mine visited Thailand last time. She was bragging about all the great things she saw there. The photos and videos she showed were really impressive. I wish I could visit at Thai beaches, mountains and gardens sometime in near future. My visit is not fixed yet but I am looking for information about the place and planning the visit in internet. Hotels seem cheap enough. The only major cost is the flight cost. Even the flights to thailand does not seem that costly in the site dialaflight.com. Looks like the site will be very useful in planning the travel from booking the hotel, hiring a car and best holiday offers in Thailand. If you are also thinking of visiting some place the site might be of great help.

Net neutrality in danger?

lorla — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 04:42:44 +0000

Looks like a its a conspiracy against Net neutrality! Big service providers are are predicting Internet will essentially run out of bandwidth by 2010 without substantial investment in network infrastructure.

Decades of dealing with the trickle of bandwidth consumed by voice and dialup modems left AT&T twiddling its thumbs. The massive rise of DSL and cable modem service in the 2000s has had AT&T facing a monstrous increase in the volume of data transmissions. And that's set to increase another 50 times between now and 2015.

AT&T says that video alone will eat up 80 percent of traffic in two years which is just 30 percent now. The BBC has come under fire from service providers like Tiscali, which claim that its iPlayer online-TV service is becoming a major drain on network bandwidth. Publishers and content creators have argued that Net neutrality should be legislated in order to protect consumers. ISPs reject the neutrality concept itself citing services like voip requires priority by default. Is it going to cost more to watch videos in YouTube in future?

sleeping-beauty

lorla — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 05:39:37 +0000

sleeping-beauty

lorla — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 05:44:11 +0000

Simple Tips - how to zzz...zzz

lorla — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 05:45:41 +0000

Tension, competition and day to day hassles have caused people to loose sleep and wake up early. Have you tried and tried to sleep all night and woke up the next day tired, cranky and unproductive? If that is you, you have to know that studies suggest - not getting adequate sleep can increase your risk for heart disease and depression, and can even cause weight gain. You might say "I can't help it!" But 'where there is will there is way' too. Why don't you try these simple tips: No mobile phones before sleep Researchers at Wayne State University in Detroit not to talk in your cell phone before bed. They found that people who were exposed to the slight radiation that emanates from cell phones took longer to fall asleep and spent less time in the deep stages of slumber. Sleep prepared, get cozy Make it dark - draw the blinds. Block out distracting sounds - turn on a fan or a soothing CD of nature noises. Swapping ordinary bedroom bulbs for yellow ones can help you feel more tranquil as you're getting ready to nod off. Treat yourself to a cozy new comforter or put flowers on your nightstand - things that motivate you to go to bedroom. Say Thanks I am not that religious and even an atheist can take two minutes to reflect on the things one is grateful for. Practicing grateful thinking makes people more optimistic and going to sleep with happy thoughts help in sleeping more soundly. That's it! GOOD NIGHT!

Bad credits? Free resources

lorla — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 18:50:17 +0000

Good credit is preferable to obtain credit cards, mortgages, loans, and other financial resources. But keeping a good credit record is not an easy task. It is seen that the number of consumers with less-than-good credit is increasing day by day. I found a site that provided free resources for people looking for ways to get a credit even with a bad credit record. The site has a collection of guidelines and best credit offers to let consumers get back on their feet financially. They constantly review, compare and recommend the best offers to fit the consumer needs from the major bad credit loans providers in market. They also offer bad credit credit cards for consumers to rebuild their credit rating by making payments in time. You can also check your credit report & score for free in the site to check if your credit history is reported accurately.

World Record - ironing underwater

lorla — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 20:01:04 +0000

People do crazy thing for the sake of making records and these Australian scuba divers are doing one of such crazy things at the sea bed. A group of 72 Australian scuba divers has created the world record for ironing under water, taking the plunge off a pier near the southern city of Melbourne with ironing boards and irons, and their linen. Read more in this reuters report. Washing underwater does make sense but ironing underwater doesn't make sense to me. What do you think?

Tags: strange, ironing underwater

Disclosure policy

lorla — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 06:52:53 +0000

This policy is valid from 29 April 2007 This blog is a personal blog written and edited by me. This blog accepts forms of cash advertising, sponsorship, paid insertions or other forms of compensation. The compensation received will never influence the content, topics or posts made in this blog. All advertising is in the form of advertisements generated by a third party ad network. Those advertisements will be identified as paid advertisements. The owner(s) of this blog is compensated to provide opinion on products, services, websites and various other topics. Even though the owner(s) of this blog receives compensation for our posts or advertisements, we always give our honest opinions, findings, beliefs, or experiences on those topics or products. The views and opinions expressed on this blog are purely the bloggers' own. Any product claim, statistic, quote or other representation about a product or service should be verified with the manufacturer, provider or party in question. This blog does not contain any content which might present a conflict of interest. To get your own policy, go to http://www.disclosurepolicy.org

Hundreds of ducks die in oilsands pond

lorla — Thu, 01 May 2008 07:16:18 +0000

Environmentalists have managed to rescue five mallard ducks while their ten-folds sunk to deaths in a tailings pond filled with toxic byproduct of oilsand giant Syncrude Canada Ltd. Tailings ponds are formed during the oilsands extraction process. These ponds are filled with mixture of clay, sand water and hydrocarbons and are toxic by nature. To protect wild lives and waterfowl from entering the ponds they are supposed to have protective measures in place. Authorities are blaming the winter for the delay in the deployment of these devices. This sure is one more issue for environmentalists to attack the oilsand industry reputed for causing other major environmental problems. You can read the details in the issue in this CTV news report.

toronto-to-calgary

lorla — Fri, 02 May 2008 05:48:19 +0000

Ambulance sent to wrong city, thanks to VoIP

lorla — Fri, 02 May 2008 05:58:46 +0000

An ill-fated toddler's aunt in Calgary, Canada called 911 because the kid was having trouble breathing, an ambulance was dispatched to a suburb of Toronto some 3500km away causing Elijah Luck, only 18 months old, to die.

Reason: They were using their Internet-based phone, and were connected with the phone company's contracted call centre in Ontario. The call centre did contact emergency services but not in the right location.

The Calgary EMS had an ambulance at the Luck family home in under six minutes when a neighbour eventually called 911 from a land-based line but it was already too late.

Calgary EMS and Comwave, the VoIP service provider, arestill investigating but the family says what happened to them should be a lesson for anyone that uses Internet phone services, called voice-over-Internet-protocol technology (or VoIP). (CTV)

Nobody fails to praise the recent development in communication. It is one of the major factor for the journey towards the Global Village. VoIP has taken over every aspects of our life. But will this unfortunate incident teach the service providers some lesson? Only the future will tell.

elijah-luck

lorla — Fri, 02 May 2008 06:02:08 +0000

Geek Love

lorla — Sat, 03 May 2008 04:24:06 +0000

Geeks love or true geek art?

Only a geek can follow from the start to end :)

mini-muscleman

lorla — Mon, 05 May 2008 23:11:38 +0000

smallest-bodybuilder

lorla — Mon, 05 May 2008 23:17:37 +0000

smallest-bodybuilder2

lorla — Mon, 05 May 2008 23:19:27 +0000

Tiniest bodybuilder

lorla — Mon, 05 May 2008 23:20:49 +0000

Looking at the photo above, can you guess who is the most popular bodybuilder? No, it is not a photoshoped picture, it is a real photo of people like you and me. And the kid-like person with yellow hair and mustache is Mr. Aditya Romeo Dev from India, the world's smallest bodybuilder. (photo) Pint-sized Romeo is just just 2 ft 9in and is well-known in his hometown of Phagwara, India; for his ability to lift 1.5kg dumbbells - despite his overall 9.07kg body weight. See his mighty strength! And he also love to pose to show off his body.

idtheft

lorla — Sat, 10 May 2008 22:34:59 +0000

Funny Hairstyles

lorla — Sun, 11 May 2008 06:13:02 +0000

People like to care for their hair and search for hairstyle ideas too. Some people don't search for them but create their styles themselves. I came across these creative and funny hairstyles and want to share with you. I don't think you would like to go for any of these styles but looking at them is fun for sure.

Mother of 17 Celebrate Mothers Day

lorla — Mon, 12 May 2008 00:45:20 +0000

41-year-old Arkansas woman, Michelle Duggar, had a special Mothers Day lunch at the Peabody hotel, Sunday, May 11, 2008 in Little Rock, Ark. along with her husband and 17 children. Photo(AP/Mike Wintroath) Good news is she is expecting her 18th child in the New Year day. Duggars' oldest child, Josh, is 20, and the youngest, Jennifer, is nine months old. She has been pregnant for more than 11 years to give birth to her seven daughters and 10 sons, all of whose names start with the letter J. The 17 children in the Duggar family are: Josh, 20; Jana, 18; John-David, 18; Jill, 16; Jessa, 15; Jinger, 14; Joseph, 13; Josiah, 11; Joy-Anna, 10; Jeremiah, 9; Jedidiah, 9; Jason, 7; James, 6; Justin, 5; Jackson, 3; and Johannah, 2; Jennifer, 9 months.

Mac Notebook Theft: Happy Ending

lorla — Mon, 12 May 2008 18:53:31 +0000

In what appears like a sci-fi movie scene a woman could catch her laptop thieves with the help of a webcam and remote access software. It is reported that the victim logged on to her computerremotely using the Back to My Mac program and discovered that someone was shopping online with her computer. She activated the Webcam and waited for the guys to appear in front of the monitor. When the suspected thieves appear infront of the laptop she took photos of them and turned them over to the White Plains Police Department.

Police arrested to two men, Edmon Shahikian of Katonah and Ian Frias of the Bronx. Police said they retrieved about $5,000 worth of electronics, including two laptops, two flat-screen televisions, two iPods, gaming equipment, and DVDs taken from the victim's home. (news source)

The laptop owner played spy on the thief and was able to assemble a full profile of information on the stolen laptop user as he signed into a hookup sites, read his Gmail messages and shopped in eBay. She discovered his birth date, mothers maiden name, email address, Comcast IP address, and were able to use Photo Booth to take a snapshot that was clear enough to read the lettering of his tattoos.

Mp3 player behind student's death?

lorla — Wed, 21 May 2008 16:33:41 +0000

A 23-year-old student killed when a helicopter crash-landed on him in the middle of the street and the blame goes to the technology.

Isaiah Otieno, from Kenya, was crossing a street in a quiet Cranbrook, B.C. neighbourhood last week when a helicopter struggling to stay airborne suddenly dropped on top of him. It is reported that Otiena was wearing ear or headphones and may not have heard the downward spiralling chopper.

This was not a sole incident of accidents of people listening music on street. (Canada press)

Is banning mp3 players in street a solution?

Muskogee Mayor

lorla — Thu, 29 May 2008 07:36:17 +0000

John Tyler Hammons, the 19-year-old newly elected mayor of Muskogee, Okla., gestures as he speaks during an interview in his new office in Muskogee, Okla., Thursday May 15, 2008. The University of Oklahoma freshman is moving out of a dorm and back in with his parents as he prepares to be sworn in next week as mayor of this 38,000-person eastern Oklahoma city made famous in Merle Haggard's "Okie From Muskogee." (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

19 years old mayor of Oklahoma town

lorla — Thu, 29 May 2008 07:43:57 +0000

A University of Oklahoma freshman trounced 70 year-old Hershel McBride to become the mayor of Muskogee, Oklahoma, making it the first city in the nation to be governed by a self-admitted gamer. Like most of the teenagers John Tyler Hammons, 19, digs rock music, fast cars, video games and rock 'n' roll. Hammons is moving out of a dorm and back in with his parents as he prepares to be sworn in next week as mayor of this 38,000-person eastern Oklahoma city Muskogee. "Politics stop at the door," Hammons said. "If someone wants to talk politics, I will literally leave the office and leave the building if I have to. In this office, it needs to be Muskogee-oriented." He is aiming to become the governor of Oklahoma one day. (News and photo)

28 yr. old twin sue for mix-up

lorla — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 03:33:22 +0000

A Spanish twin, separated from her family for 28 years, discovered that she was living with the wrong mother because of a mix-up at the maternity hospital. She discovered her identical twin sister in 2001when she was mistaken for someone else in a shop. The sisters confirmed that they were born in 1973 on the same day in the same hospital. The DNA test also showed that they were identical twins.

The woman is suing the Canary Island health services for 3 million euros ($4.7 million) for emotional trauma, El Pais newspaper reported. "I wish I'd never found out about it," her lawyer quoted her as saying. (yahoo news)

It is told that her sister was brought up alongside another girl, believing they were twins. Looks like another suing is on the way from the assumed twin sister.

Got the look?

lorla — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 00:27:24 +0000

These ladies are competing in a TV show "She's Got The Look". You won't believe, all of them are 35 or older. Looking at these ladies I feel like humming the Roxette song "She's got the look"

Walking like a man, hitting like a hammer, she's a juvenile scam. Never was a quitter, tasty like a raindrop, she's got the look. Heavenly bound cause heaven's got a number when she's spinning me around, kissing is a colour. Her loving is a wild dog, she's got the look. She's got the look. She's got the look. What in the world can make a brown-eyed girl turn blue. When everything I'll ever do I'll do for you and I go: la la la la la she's got the look. Fire in the ice naked to the t-bone is a lover's disguise. Banging on the head drum, shaking like a mad bull, she's got the look. Swaying to the band, moving like a hammer she's a miracle man. Loving is the ocean, kissing is the wet sand, she's got the look. And she goes: na na na na na na na na.

143-page love letter -- to an imaginary lover

lorla — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 00:57:00 +0000

A bachelor, Harish Kondakkuli (30), of South India has written a 143-page long love letter. The problem is he is not in love so he had to write it to an imaginary lover to enter the Guinness Book of Records.

The letter, in Kannada (local language), begins with Preethiya Abhisarika (Dear Abhisarika) and ends with Mathe ninna nireeksheyalli kanasu marida huduga (Awaiting you...). Harish, an employee of BSNL, claims he penned his masterpiece in leisure to popularize letter writing. He started writing on Valentines Day this year and stopped on May 25.

"I used to write one or two pages daily after 7 pm. I am used to writing as I had written stories when I was in college and later wrote to several newspapers and magazines, said Harish. Since the common code word of lovers is 143 (I Love You), this love letter contains 143 pages, its length is 143 feet (papers are in 12X10 size). The total lines are 4,136 and total words 33,100. Whether he enters Guinness or not, this eligible bachelor is hoping this love letter will find him a bride.

Monkey god chairs a technology and managemnt school

lorla — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 23:31:05 +0000

Do you do business in the name of god? I used to hear a businessperson considers clients as a God. But this school is teaching something else to its students! A god that too a monkey god is named a chairman in a 'Techonology and Management' school in India.

Hanuman, the popular god known for his strength and valor, has been named official chairman of the recently opened Sardar Bhagat Singh College of Technology and Management in northern India, a school official said Saturday. The position comes with an incense-filled office, a desk and a laptop computer. Four chairs will be placed facing the empty seat reserved for the chairman and all visitors must enter the office barefoot, said Vivek Kangdi, the school's vice chairman. (yahoo)

The god run school, Sardar Bhagat Singh College, is located in Lucknow, the capital of Uttar Pradesh, India's most populous state, awards bachelor's degrees in engineering and management. I don't know how technology, engineering, and management go together with mythology. I hope the school knows it better in its one year of existence.

Movie-Viewing World Record

lorla — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 06:35:09 +0000

People have crazy ideas to make records!! You might have heard of records of movie making, movie in theater, or movie sales but movie-viewing record is something new to me. A German lady continuously watched movies for 117 hours 4 minutes for a record. But this guy from India, Ashish Sharma, watched various movies for 120 hours to make a new record. Sharma started the marathon movie-watching on June 11 and finished 48 movies in almost five days.

Sharma is known in Mathura, India, as memory master. He is planning a book on improving one's memory for the youth. (source)

Do the Screensavers save your screen these days?

lorla — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 19:07:19 +0000

Gone are the days when screensavers save your monitors when old CRTs are replaced by flat panel screens!

In an effort to save environment an Australian company, Telstra, has decided to remove all animated logo screesavers from the company laptops and computers and replaced with a black, power-saving screensaver.

By removing 36,000 screensavers, they claim to cut 646 tons of CO2, which would be like removing 140 cars from Australian roads for one full year. (source)

Well, it sure is another simple method to make your PC greener if you haven't already done so.

Happy earth-saving!

Grandma gave birth to triplet

lorla — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 23:54:57 +0000

This is not a scientific achievement as was in this case when a grandmother gave birth to her own grandchild. An Australian grandmother has given birth to naturally conceived triplets. Janelle Perry, a week short of turning 47 years, gave brith to three boys by caesarian section at Mater Mothers' Hospital in the east coast city of Brisbane on 19th June 2008. Newcomers Cooper, Kyle and Jordan join the five more brothers and sisters including four children in their 20s from an earlier marriage and a four-year-old daughter, Rebecca, with her husband Robert.

"Rebecca kept telling me in November, 'You've got three babies in your tummy, Mummy -- one for me, one for Dad and one for you'," Perry said. "I thought, 'No way' and told her, 'There's no babies in there'. Then, in December, I found out I was pregnant." David Molloy from the Queensland Fertility group said the chance of having identical triplets at the age of 46 was "probably the same as winning Gold Lotto." (Yahoo news)

iPhone launch in Canada - nothing much to celebrate

lorla — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 06:57:18 +0000

When Rogers revealed specifics for the services plans for the upcoming iPhone 3G this Friday many Canadians were not happy. But why?

Rogers has set a mandatory three-year contract. O2 offers an 18-month contract and throws in the iPhone for free and AT&T has a two-year contract.

In the U.S., AT&T offers 450 minutes of voice, unlimited data and 200 SMS messages. But Rogers thinks Canadian don't even deserve that.

$60: 150 minutes of calls, with unlimited evenings and weekends; 400 MB of data; 75 sent SMS messages, with unlimited incoming text messages and visual voicemail messages.
$75: 300 minutes of calls, 750 MB data and 100 sent SMS messages.
$100: 600 minutes of calls with 1 GB of data and 200 sent SMS messages.
$115: 800 minutes of calls, 2 GB of data and 300 sent SMS messages.

There is nothing like "unlimited data" to Canadians for whatever amount they pay! People are really angry and James Hallen has started a petition at RuinediPhone.com. James is planning to send the online petition to Rogers on July 11th, the day the iPhone 3G is available, and also to send a letter to Steve Jobs. The letter was drafted when there were nearly 6,000 petitions which is a fraction of the current 15,664 number at the time of writing this post.

Are we giving too much attention to Google?

lorla — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 06:30:24 +0000

It made news when Google 'forgot' to change its logo to give a wink to Canucks on the Canada Day. Although the internet giant has a history of recognizing the Canada Day in the past (except for 2003) July 1st of 2008 brought a bit of hollowness for the Canadians when the same old primary-coloured letters appeared on the Google website. Here is the history and corresponding logos:

2007 - the L in Google was transformed into an image of the Peace Tower, complete with fireworks.
2006 - there was a Canadian flag
2005, a simple Maple Leaf did duty as the first O (although Google's list of holiday logos for that year lists Canada Day as July 2.)
2004, the second G was a loon and its reflection with a Canadian flag hanging off the L.
2003, forgot the Canadians
2002, a moose lurked behind the word Google with a Canadian flag again suspended from the L.
2001, the first year the company marked the holiday, there was a beaver, a Canadian flag and even text saying: Happy Canada Day.

Do you really care if Google forgets or recognizes the Canada Day!

Stephen Hawking may relocate to Canada

lorla — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 06:21:51 +0000

After almost 50 years at Cambridge University the leading physicist Stephen Hawking, 66, is considering leaving Britain and move to Canada. He attacked the British government for carrying out "disastrous" cuts in science funding totalling $160 million.

Last month, Hawking said the funding cuts would "cause enormous damage both to British science and to our international reputation." He is now said to be contemplating an offer to join a fellow academic who is leaving Cambridge this autumn to lead a well-funded Canadian science institute. Neil Turok, an authority on mathematical physics, said "the door is open" for Hawking to join him permanently at the Perimeter Institute in Waterloo, Ont., which has received $600 million in funding.

Turok decided to leave Cambridge after failing to persuade university authorities, research councils and sponsors to spend $40 million expanding the university's Centre for Theoretical Cosmology, which he heads, into a Hawking Institute.

That was the rumor; but Hawking's office said that Hawking had no plans to leave Britain permanently. A spokesman was quoted as saying that hawking "is not joining the brain drain". UPDATE:

The University of Cambridge has poured cold water on reports its most famous physicist might be coming to Canada to work, saying Wednesday Stephen Hawking "has no plans" to leave. (CBC)

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lorla — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 05:42:46 +0000

In a 101-list aboriginal Canadians voted 102

lorla — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 05:44:12 +0000

A government sponsored list of 101 things that most define Canada missed the most Canadian thing -- aboriginals. The list was commissioned by Citizenship and Immigration Canada and the Dominion Institute. Number one in the list is the maple leaf followed by Vimy Ridge and Queen Elizabeth. The Canadian Flag made it to #4.

Over 2,000 Canadians as well as educators and Order of Canada recipients from coast to coast participated. The result is a ranked list of 101 people, places, symbols, events and innovations that respondents believe define our country.

Well, looks like none of the 2000 participants realized that the aboriginal Canadians were important enough to be included in the list. They have set up a site to to ask people "What is missing?" in which general public can cast a vote for #102. That was how aboriginal Canadians were voted 102. People also want Canada "Eh?" in the list. More recommendation are listed here.

What is your National Flower -Albania, Argentina, Australia, and Austria

lorla — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 16:29:50 +0000

I am going to post a series of posts about National flowers (floral emblem) of different countries starting with countries with first letter A. The National Flower of Albania The floral emblem of Albania is the red and black poppy. The poppy can be found everywhere in this Mediterranean country, and are recognized for their beauty, medicinal value, and seeds.

The National Flower of Argentina Erythrina Cristina Galli was adopted as the National flower of Argentina on December 2, 1942. Erythrina is found naturally along water courses, in swamps and wetlands. Because of the red beauty of this flower it is also grown in urban settings such as parks and gardens. Basically the Erythrina is a South American tree, with carmine red flowers and a crooked trunk which locally is known as Ceibo, Sebo or Bucar.

The National Flower of Australia Golden Wattle (Acacia pycnantha) is Australia's national flower. The Golden Wattle blooms in spring, - beginning September - in Australia, with large fluffy, yellow, sweet smelling flower heads. Each Golden Wattle flower head is a bunch of many tiny flowers. Acacias are popularly called Wattle.

The National Flower of Austria Edelweiss (Leontopodium Alpinum), the Nationnal flower of Austria, is one of the best-known European mountain flowers. Belonging to the sunflower family, these star-like flowers are short lived perennials. Apart from being Pictured on Austrian euro coins, the flower has been used traditionally in folk medicine as a remedy against abdominal and respiratory diseases. The flower is also called Floarea Reginei (Queen flower).

Could not find any official National Flowers of Afghanistan,

What is your National Flower - 2

lorla — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 07:38:19 +0000

The Bahamas The national flower of The Bahamas is the Yellow Elder (Tecoma stans) The flowers have an odd but pleasing fragrance and also provide nectar for bees. The Indians made bows from its wood, and in Mexico a beer was prepared from its roots; it has also been used for a variety of medicines. Also known as: Yellow Bells, Hardy Yellow Trumpet, Trumpet-flower, Yellow Elder.

Belize The national flower of Belize is the Black Orchid (Prosthechea cochleata)

Bolivia Bolivia gets two of everything, because the east and the west never get along. Bolivian national flowers are cantuta (Catua buxifolia) and patujú (Heliconia rostrata). cantuta

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Brazil Tabebuia alba flower (Tecoma alba)

Bangladesh The national flower and national emblem of Bangladesh is the shapla (Nymphaea nouchali)

Bhutan Bhutan - Blue poppy (Meconopsis grandis)

Brunei Brunei Simpor (Dillenia suffruticosa)

Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina - Lilium bosniacum

Bulgaria Rose

What is your national flower - 3 - Canada

lorla — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 06:53:06 +0000

National Flowers of Canada The Leaf of Maple is an official symbol of Canada. The maple leaf was first used as a Canadian symbol in early 18th century and till now is depicted on its current and previous flags, the penny, and on the coat of arms. Each provinces however have their own floral emblems (I don't have knowledge about floral emblem of Nunavut). Floral emblems of Canadian provinces and territories are given below: Alberta - Wild Rose Wild rose was chosen the provincial flower of Alberta in 1930.

British Columbia - Pacific Dogwood The Pacific dogwood (Cornus nuttallii) was adopted in 1956 as British Columbia's floral emblem. It is a native plant that grows wild in coastal areas of southern B.C. all the way to northern California. Its showy flowers also make it a highly prized ornamental but the species is protected by law and it is illegal to pick or remove it. The Pacific dogwood is a tree that grows six to eight metres high and flowers in April and May. In the autumn it is conspicuous for its cluster of bright red berries and brilliant foliage.

Manitoba - Prairie Crocus The floral emblem of Manitoba and the state flower of South Dakota, Prairie Crocus, is also called Pasque Flower and Prairie Anemone.

New Brunswick - Purple Violet

Newfoundland/Labrador - Pitcher Plant Pitcher Plant (Sarracenia purpurea). Queen Victoria, more than a hundred years ago, chose the Pitcher Plant to be engraved on a newly minted Newfoundland penny. In 1954, the Newfoundland Cabinet designated this unusual and interesting plant as the official flower of the province. It gets its nourishment from insects that get trapped and drown in a pool of water at the base of the tubular leaves. The flower is wine and green in colour and can be found on bogs and marshes in Newfoundland and Labrador.

Northwest Territories - Mountain Avens

Nova Scotia - Mayflower

Nunavut - None Ontario - Trillium Red Trillium

White Trillium

Prince Edward Island - Pink Lady's Slipper Pink Lady's Slippers (Cypripedium acaule)

Québec - Blue Flag Iris

Saskatchewan - Western Red Lily Lilium philadelphicum

Yukon - Fireweed

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lorla — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 01:18:16 +0000

He Pingping, the world's smallest man, sits underneath Svetlana Pankratova from Russia, the Queen of Longest Legs, as they pose at Trafalgar Square in London.

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lorla — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 01:28:02 +0000

World's shortest guy with leggiest lady

lorla — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 01:30:11 +0000

Last year it was the tallest man with whom he posed for photograph. Recently he met a long-legged Svetlana Pankratova in London's Trafalger Square to pose for for the launch of the 2009 edition of the Guinness World Records book, which is published on Wednesday. The world's smallest man, He Pingping, is 20 years old and just 74.61 centimeters tall. It is told that the shortness resulted from being born with a condition known as primordial dwarfism. Pingpin is told to be a keen poker player and smokes two packets of cigarettes a day. According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the long-legged Russian woman, Svetlana Pankratova, has the worlds longest legs. Pankratova, 36, an estate agent from Volvograd, Russia, is 1.96 meters tall. Her legs alone measure 132 centimeters. Pingping posed for a photograph showing him standing up comfortably between her legs. (Photo Source : WENN)

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lorla — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 21:48:12 +0000

Divorce Settlement - Cut the house in two

lorla — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 22:04:36 +0000

Looks like in a divorce settlement a Cambodian couple want everything to be divided into half - even the house. The guy found some of his relatives and saws to cut the wooden house in half. The ex-wife is reported to be living in the standing half of the house they once shared. The 42-year-old Cambodian man, Moeun Sarim, found himself not getting along well with his 35-year-old wife, Vat Navy, in their 18-year wedlock.

Vat said that the divorce was prompted by her husband's jealousy about her alleged relationship with a policeman in the village. She denied having an extramarital affair. (source)

Largest flag in the world

lorla — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:00:05 +0000

In November 2007 Filipina Grace Galindez-Gupana made a big flag covering an area of 13 football fields, that is, 660 meters (2,165 feet) long and 100meters (330 feet) wide. The 18,847 m2 flag weighted 5.2 metric tons.

And that of course was a Guinness World Records.

However, the largest flag that is regularly hoisted is the Brazilian national flag flown in the Square of the Three Powers in Brasilia, Brazilian capital. This flag weights about 600 kilograms (1,300 pounds) and has 7,000 square meters (70×100 m = 230×330 feet).

[P.S. - I was a bit busy lately to post stuffs in the blog. I will try to be a bit more regular in the new year. Happy New Year to you all!]

Historical April Fool Video

lorla — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 22:53:45 +0000

Looks like the Conficker computer worm will turn out to be the largest hoax in April Fools Day history. Let's see the first television hoax on April 1st of 1957.

The BBCs report on the spaghetti harvest in Switzerland, on April 1, 1957.

This is believed to be one of the first times the medium of television has been used to stage an April Fools Day hoax.

The origins of April Fools Day are not clear but it is known that the tradition of practical joking and mischief-making dates back to Ancient Roman times. It appears that the festival is closely related to the coming of Spring. Ancient Romans and Celts celebrated a festival of practical joking at about the time of the Vernal Equinox, as do millions of India's Hindus. The French also mark 1 April but instead of April Fools they call it Poisson d'Avril (April Fish). Source -BBC

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What is your national flower - 4

lorla — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 18:38:54 +0000

This is the continuation of National flowers series that I started sometimes last year. I was too busy to continue posting remaining flowers. The countries are selected in alphabetical order and I have to continue after Canada.

China - doesn't have an official national flower but tree peony (mudan) is considered national favorite.

Chile - Copihue, Lapageria Rosea

Colombia   -   Christmas orchid (Cattleya trianae)
Costa Rica   -    Guaria Morada (purple orchid)
Croatia   - Iris Croatica (Hrvatska Perunika)
Cuba -   Butterfly Jasmine (Mariposa)
Cyprus   - Rose (Rosa)
Czech Republic -   Rose (Rosa)

I will update this post later with photos of remaining flowers later.

What is your national flower 5 (D)

lorla — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 16:35:13 +0000

Denmark - Marguerite daisy (Argyranthemum frutescens)

(from)

Marguerites daisy is a large, single, daisy-like flower. It blossoms in the the summer.

Dominican Republic - Mahogany (Swietenia mahagoni) trees blossom

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What is you National Flower - 6 (E)

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Egypt - Lotus (Nymphaea lotus)

England - Rose (Rosa)

Beautiful red rose

Ecuador - White Nun Orchid

Estonia - Corn-flower or Bachelor's Button (Centaurea cyanus) adopted on June 23, 1988

Ethiopia - Calla Lily

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What is your National flower – 7 (F)

lorla — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 08:08:00 +0000

France Iris

Finland - Lily-of-the-valley (Convallaria majalis)

Beautiful flower!

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What is your National Flower – 8 (G)

lorla — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 18:47:35 +0000

Germany  No national flower but oak leaf is considered a national symbol.

Greenland - Niviarsiaq

Greenlands national flower Niviarsiaq means young woman. This flower is commonly available in North America.

Guam Puti Tai Nobiu, Great bougainvillea (Bougainvillea spectabilis)

Guatemala - White Nun Orchid (Lycaste skinneri alba)

Guyana - Water Lily (Victoria regia)

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What is your National Flower – 9 (H)

lorla — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 02:00:22 +0000

Holland (The Netherlands) There is no official national flower of Holland. But Tulip (Tulipa) is often considered flower of national importance. Tulip bulbs are also used as substitute for onions in cooking.

Honduras - Orchid (Brassavola digbiana)

During 1946-1969 rose used to be the National flower of Honduras but due to the fact that rose is not native to the country it was replaced by Orchid in 1969.

Hong Kong - Orchid (Bauhinia Blakeana)

The five petal deep purple flower is native to Hong Kong and is featured on the National Flag too.

Hungary Dont know for sure, but it might be tulip (Tulipa) as mentioned in some websites.

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lorla — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 02:27:51 +0000

Told Ya!

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I took this photo on the parking lot nearby.

Somebody didn't see the sign posted on the back!

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lorla — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 21:58:43 +0000

Cell phone still a luxury to Canadians?

lorla — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 21:58:44 +0000

Canada made Blackberry may be the worlds most-popular or next-to-the-most-popular high-end smart phone but that doesnt mean Canadians love cell phones to the ancient land-lines.

In a latest report, Canada has the lowest mobile penetration followed by Mexico. Among 30 member countries surveyed by a Paris-based organization, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), consumers in the U.S., Canada and Spain pay the highest mobile phone bills.

I posted about the previous report of OECD in 2007 and nothing has changed in the last two years rates in Canada are still the highest and it is still the country with the lowest mobile penetration. Yes $85K mobile phone bill do make sense sometimes.

In the same report, it is told that Italians have 150 mobile phone subscribers for every 100 residents.

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lorla — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 23:41:13 +0000

No more a 'do-call' list ?

lorla — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 23:42:44 +0000

Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission started its do-not-call list last September. I was so happy about it and registered in it right away. But the unwanted marketing calls kept on coming. I warned some of them and ignored many. I did complain about some callers. But nothing happened. We started calling it a do-call list and life went on as usual. I was not alone and everybody was receiving such calls. A consumer watchdog report even warned that registering in the list would invite more such calls. Better late than never, it was a relief to hear that CRTC has woken up and started nabbing the violators. In the news release, the CRTC has said that it has fined Rob Sugar $4,000 and that it has also issued $10,000 fines to Roofing by Peerless Mason Ltd. and Waterproofing by Peerless Mason Inc. Watch out telemarketers! CRTC is after you. Companies that call persons registered on the do-not-call list can be fined up to $15,000 per call while individuals can be charged $1,500 per call.

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Microsoft’s Photoshop (or, is it a MS Paint?) blunder

lorla — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 06:24:46 +0000

Microsofts Photshop blunder on a Polish website caused uproar on racism and carelessness costing them an apology. The black man had his head removed and replaced by a white man. The designer forgot to replace the hand of the black man. The Asian on the left was lucky enough not to be doctored.

Microsoft realized its mistake and corrected it by replacing the photo with the original. But some people were quick enough to notice the haste by which they changed the photo the text spilled out of the text box which was corrected afterward.

Do you think the photo looks good enough?

Well, the monitor doesnt have a power or video chord connecting it to the CPU. May be MS has come up with wireless technology for power supply.

The laptop looks more like a Mac minus a logo than a PC. Yes, Photoshop can do wonders with a logo.

Why on earth they couldnt have an actual keyboard while doing the photo session? At least that would help the lady to position her hand properly on the keyboard.

Somebody came with another photo in which Microsoft changed a Macbook to a PC Laptop, back in 2005.

Original Photo with a Macbook:

MS changed the photo with a grey laptop:

Well, Microsoft is not alone in such Photoshop blunders. Many advertisements have such blunders and there is a nice site featuring 100s of such blunders.

Luxury of living rat-free

lorla — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 03:06:26 +0000

Last month a rat was found in Calgary. The poor little creature created huge outcry. Ill fated varmint probably came into its graveyard by hitching a ride on a recreational vehicle from Saskatchewan.

A rat? What a big deal? you might say. Yes, rats are everywhere and for many people, it is a luxury to live rat-free.

But it is a big deal for the province after being rat-free for the last 50 years. Hey, how can a little thing challenge such a big status issue. Albertans pride themselves on being the only place on earth that is livable and is rat free. The only two other places that are rat-free are Arctic and Antarctica.

Rat control costs the provincial government about $500,000 a year but the effort is said to save tens of millions of dollars in potential crop damage, disease, food contamination and damaged buildings. (news source)

If you love rats and keep rats as pet Alberta is not a place for you to live.

Pet shop owners, herpetologists and other persons interested in keeping rats as pets are not allowed to do so in Alberta. Only hospitals, universities and other related institutes of education, authorized by the government are allowed to possess live rattus species of any kind. (source)

Pied pipers: keep out, you have no jobs here in Alberta!

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Steve Jobs back on spotlight

lorla — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 17:09:35 +0000

After lot of speculations, Steve Jobs, CEO Apple Computers, has finally appeared on stage at Apples Its only rock and roll event in San Francisco. This appearance is his first public appearance after a lengthy pause on such appearances due to his health reasons.

Welcome back Steve!

He has announced the release of iPhone OS 3.1 and iTunes 9.

~~Later today, Apple is expected to announce a new lineup of iPod media players at the event.~~

Rumors on camera on iPod Nano are confirmed. iPod Nano will now have a video camera, microphone - speaker built in, voice recorder, and a pedometer. FM is another surprise addition to the little device.

It seems, Apple thought that camera or built-in microphones on iPod Touch would be too good and will eat-up the market of other iPod cousins. There was no iPads/tablets or whatever they were supposed to be called in the event.

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Camera on New iPod Nano doesn’t take photos. Why?

lorla — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 07:07:06 +0000

It was surprising that that the iPod Nano got a new video camera while the iPod Touch did not. Many people assumed that the camera equipped device could take still photos along with videos. After all, a sequence of still photos make video clips.

But, the mighty Apple doesnt think so!

The Nano can take video but taking still photos is not its cup of cake. David Pogue of the NY Times asked Steve Jobs about it. Here is what he has to say:

The sensors for doing video are fairly thin. The sensors for doing a still camera, at much higher pixel resolution and wed really like to have autofocus they are just way too thick to ever fit inside the Nano.

Are you working on making them thinner? Why wasnt the iPod Touch thick enough?

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Heaviest baby born in Indonesia

lorla — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 04:36:39 +0000

Normally babies are born in a range of 2 to 4 kgs. But according to the 2008 edition of Guinness World Records, the heaviest newborn ever recorded was a baby born in 1879 that weighed nearly 23 pounds.

It might not be a world record, but a 8.7 kg(19.2-pound) baby made an a record of heaviest baby ever born in Indonisia.

The 41 years old mother, Ani, is diabetic. When a diabetic mother's glucose level gets high during pregnancy, the baby can receive too much glucose and grow too large.

The un-named baby beat the Indonesia's previous heaviest baby record, weighing 6.9 kgs born in 2007 on the outskirts of the capital Jakarta. (news source)

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lorla — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 19:03:20 +0000

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lorla — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 19:03:22 +0000

Happy Birthday Googlle

lorla — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 19:03:23 +0000

When I saw the misspelled Google logo, first thing I did was check the address bar. Yes it was the same old http://www.google.com. The same colorful logo of Google had an extra l today. A mouse over the logo for a while revealed the secret of the misspelling.

Google is celebrating its 11th birthday today and everybody is invited to click its misspelled logo!

Happy Birthday Google!

Wish, you will prove to be even more innovating and user-friendly, respect our privacy, and wouldnt meddle with our personal life in the coming year.

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lorla — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 19:04:09 +0000

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lorla — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 04:22:06 +0000

Funniest Baby Laugh

lorla — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 04:22:07 +0000

Today on the Yahoo's homepage page a picture of a child was posted with link to the video in Yahoo Video.

The caption: "The best laugh? Funny giggle a must-watch hit ... This spotlight-loving toddler is guaranteed to have you smiling big in mere seconds."

I watched the video and didnt find it that impressive. The baby is cute but is it a front page matter for the most visited portal? (Mine was Canadian version.) That reminded me of a funny kiddy laugh in YouTube that I watched long time back. I am posting both of them for you to compare.

Which one do you think is the funniest? First, from YouTube. Second, the one Yahoo think is funniest, featured on Yahoo front page.

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lorla — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 00:54:47 +0000

Go Norway, UN index rates best life in the western Scandinavia

lorla — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 00:55:54 +0000

When it comes to the quality of life, Norway enjoys the world's highest ranking country according to a United Nations agency. The annual Human Development Index prepared by the UN Development Program found that the country with the worst quality of life is Niger with life expectancy of just over 50 years. The Index was prepared by taking life expectancy, literacy, school enrolment and per capita gross domestic product in 182 countries.

The second best in the list was Australia followed by Iceland. Canada ranked fourth (not bad!) and the United States was in 13th place.

Trends in the index since 1980 showed an average improvement of 15 per cent in countries' scores. The greatest long-term improvements have been shown by China, Iran and Nepal, but progress has been concentrated in education and health rather than income, said the UN agency. (source)

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lorla — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 06:35:53 +0000

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lorla — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 06:35:54 +0000

Google wave to wash email ?

lorla — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 06:35:55 +0000

Google, aiming to revolutionize the way people communicate online, has recently introduced an online application named Google Wave. The online tool will store a thread of data, document the history of a conversation and keep it on a server that runs on a Wave Protocol.

The wave protocol is related to cloud computing in which the users save, retrieve and work on data and applications on remote computers rather than the local hard drives. It is widely believed that future is for cloud computing in which users don't need to download anything and everything can be done online. The operating system Google is planning to release, Chrome OS, is also based on the similar conceptual framework.

The widely used and most popular online communication tool 'email' was first introduced more than 40 years ago and it has little changed in the four decades. Emails are stored in server and are transferred to the users' computer on request. However, Google Wave allows users to collaborate in real time. Users can see how and when things change and respond as required.

Email didn't replace snail-mail but it sure did reduce the mail-box load. Now, it might be Email's turn to shed some weight in the inbox.

Google Australia first proposed Google Wave in 2007. It is told that 100,000 beta users are testing the service currently. The service currently is invitation only. If you want to test it, you can also request an invite by visiting wave.google.com.

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lorla — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:22:55 +0000

Will Google Maps Navigation replace standalone GPS?

lorla — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:22:58 +0000

Newly announced Google Maps Navigation caused shares of satellite navigation device companies to fall substantially amidst fears of the death of standalone GPS. Is it really the death or the rumors of the death have been greatly exaggerated?

In the Navigation Application, Google uses search engine to find addresses, Google Street View for photos of locations, and live traffic data in its turn-by-turn GPS software. The application is available in the new Droid phone. Lets see some advantages and disadvantage of Google GPS attached to mobile phone.

Advantages of Google Maps Nav.:

It is a free service
Comes with phone and doesnt need an extra gadget, easy to carry and you are less likely to forget it at home.
Real-time updating
Linked to the HUGE Google search database

Disadvantages:

It is device specific only phone it supports now is Motorola Droid. More may be (are) coming but it will take time.
Multi-tasking using GPS and calling somebody would be difficult. It would certainly add concern to the traffic safety.
Dedicated data connection is required there are many places where Google service might not be available.
Mobile phones usually have smaller screen as compared to dedicated GPS. More the screen are better the details on the map.
Mobile phones' smaller form factors usually dont allow for extra battery (like iPhone). Constant use for long period of time might not be practical in some situations.
Google will certainly add advertisement in future. Would like smaller screen and ads in it?

GPS manufacturers knew it was coming. Sometime back, TomTom started offering its own mobile GPS application for iPhone for $100. But free application is lot more cheaper! It is to be seen if Apple will beg Google to make one for iPhone.

Official video on Google Maps Navigation:

Professionals would certainly go for standalone GPS but causal users like myself would certainly be happy with the new device and new application. Death is a harsh word; but it is sure that they wouldnt sell like hot cakes anymore.

GPS manufacturers need to step forward in innovating their products, cutting the prices, and offer better value to the customers. It sure is not a dead end!

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lorla — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 07:58:21 +0000

CEO of the decade: Steve Jobs

lorla — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 07:58:23 +0000

Steve Jobs did a great job in the past decade to be ranked Fortune Magazines CEO of the decade.

It is not the first time that Fortune recognized Jobs as a business genius. On November 27, 2007 Fortune Magazine named Jobs the most powerful person in business (CNN).

I like the way Jobs is portrayed in the article titled The decade of Steve.

Youthful founder gets booted from his company in the 1980s, returns in the 1990s, and in the following decade survives two brushes with death, one securities-law scandal, an also-ran product lineup, and his own often unpleasant demeanor to become the dominant personality in four distinct industries, a billionaire many times over, and CEO of the most valuable company in Silicon Valley.

Some of the notable contributions that Jobs was instrumental in are:

One of the first commercially successful personal computers (Apple II in 1977).
First mouse driven graphical interface (Macintosh computer in 1984).
Desktop publishing
Laser printer
Personal computer network
Successful computer animated feature films (Pixar)
Highly successful digital music player (iPod in 2001)
Online music store (iTunes in 2003)
Highly successful smart-phone (iPhone in 2007)

Congratulation to the magician of the digital world, Steve Jobs!

Water on the Moon

lorla — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 08:10:02 +0000

It is confirmed. The Moon has water and plenty of it.

The NASA LCROSS mission has successfully uncovered water during the Oct. 9, 2009 impacts into the permanently shadowed region of Cabeus crater near the moons south pole. Here is the CBS video:

Privacy Policy

lorla — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 01:33:41 +0000

We at Lorla.com respect your Privacy. We don't keep track of who you are, or why you are visiting, or where you want to go next. # This Web server will gather basic statistics such as time and date of visit, IP address, and other general details. No personally identifiable information is in any way sought or compiled for random visitors. # This site includes advertising from third parties such as Google. These third party web servers are probably tracking you all over the Internet. if you dont like it you might want to find a tool to surf anonymously (do a search in Google, Yahoo or Bing). # The contact details (email) you provide in comment will not be used for any thing except to contact you regarding your comment, only if required. In summary, lorla.com will not share your information with anyone unless we are morally or legally bound to do so. Regards, Lorla

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lorla — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 10:30:02 +0000

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lorla — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 10:30:07 +0000

Fastest train in the world

lorla — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 10:30:09 +0000

The fastest commercial train in the world is now operational in China running at a maximum speed of 394 kilometers per hour (km/hr) in a trail run. The train link connects two cities, Guangzhou in South to Wuhan in central China, and will travel at an average speed of 350km/hr (217mph). The 1,068 km distance between the two cities can now be covered by the high-speed train in two hours and forty five minutes that is, a saving of about six hours of travel time.

The high-speed train line uses technology developed in co-operation with firms such as Siemens, Bombardier and Alstom.

The Guangzhou - Wuhan train line is a part of the government plan to build 42 high-speed train lines by 2012. In the biggest rail development program in the world, China government plans to build 34,000 km of new train tracks in addition to its existing 86,000 km railway lines.

According to China's railways ministry, the average speed of the high-speed railways in other countries in the world is less than 300 km/hr; way less than the Guangzhou - Wuhan train line (in Japan it is 243 km/hr, in Germany 232 km/hr, and 277 km/hr in France).

First high-speed railway network in China was unveiled at the time of Beijing Olympics in 2008 to connect the capital city Beijing with the port city of Tianjin. The train could travel at a speed of 250 km/hr. [yahoo news | people | Times of India]

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lorla — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 22:32:40 +0000

5 Features an Apple Tablet needs to succeed

lorla — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 22:32:41 +0000

The Apple Tablet rumor refuses to diminish. In fact, every major newspaper (For example: The Wall Street Journal, Washington Post) are fueling the rumor. Now, when it seems ‘sure’ that Apple will release something this January. Another rumor about Apple ordering 10-inch displays fuel the likelihood of releasing it soon.

If the Tablet is to be released, it would need something special to succeed in the market flooded with smartphones like Droid, iPhone, and Palm Pre. iPod Touch, Kindle, and Amazon Nook might be a distant competitor but they can’t be ignored either. The desktop computer, laptop and netbook are also plying in the same market. With this crowed market a tablet, if any, would need certain features to succeed.

1. Easy to carry and easy to use:

We have had enough of bulky, heavy portable electronics. People need thin, light device that can be carried around easily. May be a large iPod Touch, or better than that.

2. Connectivity and portability

You would need to share stuffs with your existing devices like phones, laptops, desktops. Bluetooth might be considered granted as it is available in iPod Touch and iPhone. A couple of USB ports, DVI output can be the basic necessity. Memory card slots should also be available by default.

3. Multitasking

When Palm or Anaroid entered the iPhone’s market the soft spot they kicked was the lack of multitasking ability in iPhone. The tablet can’t live with single task ability.

4. Speed, aesthetics, battery life

Speed and aesthetics need to go together to succeed in the tablet arena. Aesthetics forces skeptics to try on the new device and when it doesn’t come with speed the sustainability will be hampered. One can take for aesthetics for granted based on the superior design record of Apple. A powerful processer however can be battery hog. Proper choice of processer, the brain, of the tablet to bring the right balance of speed and battery life would be critical in success of a tablet. A 12 hours of battery life can be considered a bare minimum.

5. Keyboard, responsive display

It is sure that the tablet won’t come with a keyboard. There however should be an option of Bluetooth keyboard or stylus for note taking. Responsiveness of the display on a touch screen is critical too. With the experience with iPhone, we can count on Apple on bringing out a truly responsive display to start with.

It doesn’t matter weather the Apple Tablet is called iSlate, or iGuide or something else. A cool Apple Logo on the outside would certainly boost the sales in the initial days of the release – sustainability of which would depend on the five requirement I mentioned above.

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lorla — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 08:56:32 +0000

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lorla — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 08:56:42 +0000

Apple dream - Tablet on every home…

lorla — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 08:56:45 +0000

The apple tablet is gearing towards reality with the confirmation of the rumored January 27 special event. The invitation only event will featuring Apple’s “latest creation" will start Wednesday, January 27, 2010 at 10am Pacific Time.

With recent development of events and news quoting “unnamed sources” it is an open secret that the event will release an Apple tablet. In addition to the tablet, Apple most probably will release iPhone OS4 and iLife 2010 to make them compatible with the tablet.

Apple with its much hyped tablet will seek to change the way television, news and books are delivered to consumers. Amazon Kindle seems to be feeling the heat: it has adopted the 70-30 share of revenue on books it sells online - identical to the business model employed by Apple with its App Store for the iPhone and iPod touch.

The iPad, iSlate, iTablet or whatever name Steve Jobs will find most suitable, will be more like an all-round device unlike Amazon Kindle. The tablet can be a book reader, a TV, video player, a computer, personal notepad, and a cell phone. The subscription based text book also sound exciting for the students who line up to sell their used book at the end of each semester for a fraction of the price they had paid.

In the last, post I talked about five basic features Apple tablet needs to succeed in the market. I will go through the list again on January 27th keeping in mind that Apple has a track record of going against the tide and succeed. Most of the time it is not only the features that sell, cost also can play a great role. A recent survey found that most of the people are reluctant to pay more that $700 for the device.

Apple's 'latest creation' – iPad, iBooks (UPDATE)

lorla — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 17:04:09 +0000

Today we will know whether Apple has created a new ground breaking device and changed the world again. Apple has scheduled a press conference for 1 p.m. Eastern time today.

~~I will add the details here, as they unfold.~~

Apple’s latest creation, "way better than a laptop, way better than a phone," as mentioned by Apple CEO Steve Jobs, is finally unveiled after a long speculation and rumors.

The 1.5 pounds touch tablet sports 9.7 inch display and includes 1 GHz Apple-built ARM A4 processor. The processor includes CPU and graphics in a single chip and the device will come in capacities of 16GB to 64GB of flash storage. The device is told to have 10 hours of battery life while watching video and one-month of standby charge.

In addition to the iPad, Apple’s e-book reading application, iBooks, was also revealed in the event.

iPad Specifications

9.7 inch IPS display
0.5 inches thin
1.5 pounds
Full capacitive multi-touch interface
16-64GB of Flash memory storage
1 GHz Apple-branded A4 chip (developed in-house)
Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR
802.11n WiFi
Built-in Speaker
Built-in Microphone
Accelerometer & Compass
30-pin Dock connector (same as iPod and iPhone)
10-hours of battery life (Over one month standby time)
Runs all iPhone apps
App Store application included

Default iPad Apps

Safari
Mail
Photos
iPod
Calendar
Contacts
Notes
Maps
Movies
YouTube
iTunes Store
App Store

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lorla — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:14:55 +0000

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lorla — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:14:57 +0000

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lorla — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:57:40 +0000

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lorla — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:57:43 +0000

iPad

lorla — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:57:45 +0000

No mention of GPS, web camera, multi-tasking capability but the price of the new iPad device from Apple, announced today is half the rumored $1000 mark.

Pricewise the 16 GB iPad, for $499, is sure to succeed when you compare it with Kindle or Nook. But, it is to be seen weather the ‘zoomed-in iPod Touch’ will appeal the public.

Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveiling iPad, a new Apple tablet device:

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lorla — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:41:20 +0000

15 year old Sleeping Beauty - Louisa Ball (video)

lorla — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:42:45 +0000

Louisa Ball is a normal teen except for the 'sleeping beauty sickness'. The 15-year-old girl sleeps for days at a time and cannot be woken.

It is told that Louisa suffers from Kleine-Levin Syndrome, a disease with no cure that clears itself up after 8-12 years of suffering from it. The

Once Louisa slept for 13 days and that was the longest one.

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy

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lorla — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 06:23:19 +0000

Global warming mystery

lorla — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 06:23:20 +0000

For the first time, a senior scientist working with the U.N. report on climate change has admitted that there is no real global warming in current time.

The scientist behind the so-called "climate-gate" e-mail scandal admitted that there is no statistically significant global warming since 1995. The scientist believe that the time between 800 and 1300 A.D. could actually had been warmer than present temperatures.

Such a news will be a blow to global warming advocates and it makes a easy for a layman not to believe in global warming. A recent BBC poll found that there is already a decrease in global warming believers.

The Populus poll of 1,001 adults found 25% did not think global warming was happening, an increase of 10% since a similar poll was conducted in November.

The pdf version of the poll report can be downloaded here.

Believe or not earth has warmed-up as compared to a near past. But it has warmed and cooled a number of times (at least twice) in the past 1000 years.

It might be an interesting read to understand: "If global warming real why is it cold?"

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lorla — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 00:37:18 +0000

5-months pregnant athlete in Olympics

lorla — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 00:37:19 +0000

Five and half months pregnant, 30 year-old, Kristie Moore, is one of the Team Canada curling team members competing in the Winter Olympics being held in Vancouver, Canada.

She is the third pregnant athlete ever to compete in Olympic games.

Ninety years ago, Swedish figure skater Magda Julin won a gold medal at the Antwerp Games while in her first trimester and Germany’s Diana Sartor took fourth in the skeleton in 2006.

Moore is an alternative player and there is vey little chance she will actually play in the game. She is a backup player and will be called in only if she is needed. Even if she didn’t play, she will receive the medal Canada wins, if her team wins.

Good luck with the team. For the unborn child, it would certainly be an honor to be born with an Olympic medal! (Kristie in Yahoo)

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lorla — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 17:10:19 +0000

Olympics Women’s Ice Hockey - Cigar beer and gold medal

lorla — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 17:10:20 +0000

Some time after they beat the United States 2-0 on Thursday, the Canadian women’s ice hockey team came back from the locker room and staged a party on ice. The party involved bottles of champagne, beer cans and cigars.

Among others was 18-year-old superstar Marie-Philip Poulin, who was also drinking alcohol on the ice. The legal drinking age in British Columbia however is 19.

The IOC has frowned on the action and has said that it would look into the matter.

The winning team should have acted in a bit more responsive manner on the celebration of their winning -- drinking and smoking on the ice was a bit more than expected. (photo – AP)

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lorla — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:49:07 +0000

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lorla — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:49:09 +0000

Future Laptops - Rolltop

lorla — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:49:10 +0000

The tablet computer was supposed to replace laptop. Apple's tablet, iPad, unveiled last month however is not a laptop killer. Apple has tried to position the iPad in a totally new category rather than a laptop replacement. It is to be seen weather such an attempt will succeed.

Orkin Design, a design firm in Germany, has designed a concept tablet computer that can be rolled up and carried like a shoulder handbag. The large multi-touch screen can be unrolled and used as laptop and tablet computer. The computer features USB ports, webcam, stylus and everything today’s computers have.

I am not sure if the concept laptop is only a design concept or if some company has already considered it for production. The concept is good but I doubt it can capture the market unless the price is competitive. The Rolltop is more like a fashion accessory than a technology product.

Apple’s attempt to position iPad as a different computing category might be a strategic move to continue profiting from its more lucrative laptop (Macbook and Macbook Pro) business. It might also be a move to capture the Kindle and other ebook reader market. I don’t think Apple can stop the development of similar laptop replacement in near future.

Here is the video of the concept laptop.

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lorla — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 20:16:37 +0000

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lorla — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 20:16:38 +0000

Desktop Computer - Google says it is at the end of its life

lorla — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 20:16:40 +0000

Google Europe sales chief John Herlihy says that the Desktop computer will reach its end of life in 3 years. Herlihy was speaking at the Digital Landscapes conference at UCD.

“In three years time, desktops will be irrelevant. In Japan, most research is done today on smart phones, not PCs.”

The view reflects Google CEO Eric Schmidt’s view at the recent GSM Association Mobile World Congress 2010. Schmidt told that Google is looking everything through mobile lens, centering on the cloud, computing and connectivity.

The fear is the next Sergey and Larry will come up with a disruptive technology or service that will eliminate the need for Google… … The digital world is fundamentally different to the traditional business world. Things happen much faster, websites spring up from nowhere, a video could be a YouTube hit in hours.

When big names like Google say that some version of computer is going to be extinct in near future one can take it for granted.

Even if it does not become obsolete by itself, they have the might and resources to kill it. With rapid development of smart phones, iPads, Microsoft Courier and similar device and operating system like iPhone OS, Crome OS, the future seems to be going mobile for sure. But, will the desktop become extinct in 3 years? We would certainly see signs in near future.

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lorla — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 01:30:21 +0000

Burlington tops Canadian and Seattle tops US cybercrime risk list

lorla — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 01:33:21 +0000

Are you more vulnerable to cybercrime than the others?

In an attempt to answer the question, Symantec in conjunction with Sperling's Best
Places released a study, "The Norton Top 10 Riskiest Online Cities Report." The report lists 10 riskiest cities in the US and Canada.

In Canada, topping the list are the cities of Ontario, British Columbia, and Alberta. Burlington, Ontario topped the list with major cities like Vancouver (no. 4), Calgary (no. 5), and Toronto (no. 8 ) in the top 10 list.

The complete list:

Burlington
Port Coquitlam
Langley
Vancouver
Calgary
Oakville
Markham
Toronto
Kelowna
Kitchener

In the study of 50 Canadian cities Quebec's Longueuil ranked the lowest.

cybercrime, Internet use, consumer expenditures on computer equipment and Wi-Fi access.

In the United States, Seattle topped the list of cities of highest cybercrime. America's top 10 list:

Seattle
Boston
Washington, D.C.
San Francisco
Raleigh, N.C.
Atlanta
Minneapolis
Denver
Austin, Tex.
Portland, Ore.

While making the list factors considered were :

Number of malicious attacks
Number of potential malware infections
Number of spam zombies
Number of bot infected computers
Level of Internet Access
Expenditures on computer hardware and software
Wireless hotspots
Broadband connectivity
Internet usage
Online purchase

With increase in cybercrime everybody should be aware of safety measures while online. The Cybercrime Exposed Booklet (PDF) says that "Every 3 second an identity is stolen." To safeguard against such threats, Family Online Safety Guide would certainly guide in the right direction. Browse safe and enjoy!

Resource materials:
Canada: Executive Summary PDF report
Cybercrime Executive Summary - Canada
USA: Cybercrime Risk Executive Summary PDF report
Cybercrime Executive Summary

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lorla — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 01:45:42 +0000

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lorla — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 03:37:03 +0000

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lorla — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 03:42:44 +0000

April Fools 2010: Google Jail

lorla — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 03:43:06 +0000

It is April first and Google, for some time, has been playing prank on its visitors. A website has claimed that this year's prank is called "Google Jail". The site has a screen-shot of the so-called Google Jail page. I checked the page, but it showed a 404 Not Found Error message to me. I hope it is not a prank on prank! Anyways, that was a nice joke. Happy April Fool's Day!

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lorla — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 16:41:55 +0000

iPad reviews: Best computer ever

lorla — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 16:41:57 +0000

Apple's iPad multimedia tablet goes on sale on Saturday, April 3, bundled with Winnie the Pooh iBook. Steve Jobs told the bundling the kid’s book in an interview featured in the latest issue of Time magazine. The the interview the Apple co-founder discusses the iPad, his career and his life.

Reviews are pouring in and the reviewers obviously had high expectations on the Apple’s latest creation. As far as the expectations go – many reviewers think that the iPad has met or exceeded most of them.

The Wall Street Journal's Walt Mossberg thinks iPad's interface and design is great:

The iPad is an advance in making more-sophisticated computing possible via a simple touch interface on a slender, light device. Only time will tell if it's a real challenger to the laptop and netbook.

New York Time's David Pogue thinks everybody, who is not thinking of replacing the laptop, is going to enjoy the device.

PCMagazine's Tim Gideon points out the iPad's limitations, but praises it nonetheless:

BoingBoing's Xeni Jardin can imagine traveling with iPad instead of a netbook:

I like it a lot. But it's the things I never knew it made possible - to be revealed or not in the coming months - that will determine whether I love it.

The Houston Chronicle's Bob "Dr. Mac" LeVitus thinks that Apple's iPad is better than expected

Think of the iPad as a new arrow in your technology quiver, an arrow that will often be the best tool for a given task.

The Chicago Sun-Times' Andy Ihnatko says the iPad is pure innovation and one of best computers ever

Test

lorla — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 15:53:05 +0000

A revised sample coordinates the mod wallet. Put it out with a perdurable

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lorla — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 18:08:18 +0000

iPad sales – 450,000 in 5 days

lorla — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 18:08:19 +0000

600,000 ebooks and 3.5 million app downloads on the 450,000 iPads sold in 5 days of its release. There are 3,500 apps designed for the new device.

There are 185,000 applications being offered through the App Store for 50 million iPhones, 35 million iPod touches and the iPads. That sums up to 85.5 million devices running iPhone OS and capable of accessing the App Store.

The Apple’s Safari web browser shipped with these devices has helped the iPhone OS grab more than 65% of the mobile browser market.

Opera Mini - new browser in iPhone OS

lorla — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 02:53:47 +0000

Everybody knows how control freak Apple is. That was the reason why Opera developers held their breadth until the App Store approved the Safari compitator.

I wanted to try how this blog looks on the Mini. Here are some screenshots.

First screenshot: Doesn't look that good

I disabled the "Load Image" - for faster load time.

The I switch on the 'Mobile View'. This is the best view - without any plugins in server side the feature works great and the Google ads are all gone. For a webmaster, this might be a missed monetizing opportunity, but for a site visitor it sure is a best browsing experience. I wish it also remove Kontera ads.

This is the settings page: The output above is the result of the settings show below:

Tabbed Browsing Settings

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Non-US iPad launch delayed by one month

lorla — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 18:11:43 +0000

If you were waiting for the iPad to launch in your country (other than the US), you have to wait one more month, according to reports.

In Canada, the iPad will launch at the end of May and Rogers will:

… offer iPad price plans for all models from the end of May in Canada.

With more than 500,000 tablets sold in the first week of availability in the US, the tablet’s popularity should have taken Apple by surprise, as the availability of device in Non-US market is shifted from ‘late April’ to ‘late May’.

Apple will unveil the availability and pricing for the international audience on May 10.

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lorla — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 17:34:11 +0000

iPhone to be updated in June

lorla — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 17:34:18 +0000

Rumor of forthcoming iPhone update in June is in line with the iPHone 3GS release last year, June 8. According to Regina Leader-Post SaskTel, a Saskatchewan-based wireless provider, will start offering the next-generation iPhone on June 1.

"The good news is that (Apple) is coming out with a new version of the iPhone in the June time-frame and they're going to put us on that," Watson was quoted as saying. "So we're quite excited about that."

New version of iPhone is expected to feature camera flash to improve photo quality in dark and dimly lit locations. Presence of iChatAgent process in the prerelease version of iPhone OS 4 also suggest a forward facing camera for video chat.

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lorla — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 18:59:06 +0000

Obama pointing fingers at Harper

lorla — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 18:59:08 +0000

Does the photo say anything?

In the photo above, U.S. President Barack Obama (R) greets Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper at the Nuclear Security Summit in Washington April 12, 2010. Some are questioning the ‘greeting’ gestures of world’s most powerful man, Barack Obama and Canadian Stephen Harper. (Photo credits: Reuters)

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lorla — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 23:17:58 +0000

http://laws.justsickshit.com/stupid-and-dumb-laws-by-state/

Alabama to edit

Slavery is still legal in Decatur, Alabama.
The game of crackaloo is illegal in Fairfield, Ala.

• Masks may not be worn in public
• Mobile: It is unlawful to howl at ladies inside the city limits. It is unlawful to wear women’s pumps with sharp, high heels

• A 1950 anti-obscenity law in Irondale, Ala., prohibited any showing of anyone nude or “in a substantially nude state” except a babe in arms.
• An ordinance in Linden, Ala., provided that all women of “uncertain chastity” had to be off the streets by 9 p.m.

• Men may not spit in front of the opposite sex.

• Bear wrestling matches are prohibited.

• Boogers may not be flicked into the wind.

• Children of incestuous couples are deemed legitimate.
• Dominoes may not be played on Sunday.
• Hunting is not allowed on Sunday.
• Incestuous marriages are legal.
• It is illegal for a driver to be blindfolded while operating a vehicle.
• It is illegal to impersonate a person of the clergy.
• It is illegal to maim oneself to escape duty.
• It is illegal to stab yourself to gain someone’s pity.
• It is illegal to wear a fake moustache that causes laughter in church.
• It is legal to drive the wrong way down a one-way street if you have a lantern attached to the front of your automobile.
• It is legal to drive the wrong way on a one way street if you have a lantern on the front of your car.
• It is unlawful to wear women’s pumps with sharp, high heels.
• It’s against the law for a man to seduce “a chaste woman by means of temptation, deception, arts, flattery or a promise of marriage.”
• It’s illegal to play dominoes on Sunday.
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• No persons may sell “blow-out nuts”.
• Peanuts are not allowed to be sold in Lee County, Alabama after sunset on Wednesdays.
• Pool halls may not be operated between 11:30 PM and 6 AM.
• Putting salt on a railroad track may be punishable by death.

• Women are able to retain all property they owned prior to marriage in the case of divorce. However, this provision does not apply to men.
• Women are able to retain all property they owned prior to marriage in the case of divorce. However, this provision does not apply to men.
• You cannot chain your alligator to a fire hydrant.
• You may not drive barefooted.
• You may not have an ice cream cone in your back pocket at any time.
• You must have windshield wipers on your car.

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lorla — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 16:58:40 +0000

Lost and Found iPhone 4G, Apple wants it back

lorla — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 16:58:41 +0000

Next version of iPhone is expected to be released in June. But, this is the the first time an Apple device reached in somebody else’s hand (unauthorized) before being unveiled by Steve Jobs. It was so unlikely event that almost everybody suspected the authenticity of the device when TechCrunch published the photo of the iDevice. Then, by some means TechCruch’s rival blog Gizmodo got hold of the device. Gizmodo said it obtained the prototype a company engineer had left at a bar.

The device, disguised as the current 3GS model, was found in a bar in Redwood City, California. Today, Gizmodo has reportedly told that it paid $5,000 to get hold of the device. Gizmodo said Monday evening that it is making arrangements to return the errant device, following a request from Apple's legal department. Gizmodo in a post posted the letter and says that the letter is a proof of the authencity of of the device:

This phone was lost, and then found. But from Apple's perspective, it could have been considered stolen. I told them, all they have to do to get it back is to claim it—on record. This formal request from Apple's legal department is that claim. It proves—if there was any doubt in your mind—that this thing is real.

It is still a mystery how an unreleased Apple product could be left at a most unlikely location, a bar. Apple is notoriously popular for closely guarding access to new products. According to some people familiar with a more than 10-page non-disclosure document for iPad, told that the testers had to promise to keep it quarantined in a room with blacked-out windows and key-card locks.

According to Gizmodo, the new device features:

Front-facing video chat camera
Improved back-camera (larger lens)
Camera flash
Micro-SIM instead of standard SIM (like the iPad)
Improved display.
What looks to be a secondary mic for noise cancellation, at the top, next to the headphone jack
Split buttons for volume
Power, mute, and volume buttons are all metallic

Stupid laws of Alabama

lorla — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 20:10:13 +0000

Stupid Laws of the US state of Alabama

It is illegal to play dominoes on Sunday.
It is illegal for a driver to be blindfolded while operating a vehicle.
In a 1991 issue of Radiance Magazine, author Robert Pelton writes that, “a full-bodied woman should never eat peanuts while attending church in Ryan Crossroads, Alabama. The pastor has the legal right to make offenders stand in a corner or leave the church until the service is finished.”
It is illegal to wear a fake mustache that causes laughter in church.
Putting salt on a railroad track may be punishable by death.
It is illegal for a driver to be blindfolded while operating a vehicle.
Dominoes may not be played on Sunday.
You may not drive barefooted.
It is illegal to maim oneself to escape duty.
It is illegal to impersonate a person of the clergy.
Women are able to retain all property they owned prior to marriage in the case of divorce. However, this provision does not apply to men.
Masks may not be worn in public.
Putting salt on a railroad track may be punishable by death.
Boogers may not be flicked into the wind.
Bear wrestling matches are prohibited.
It is legal to drive the wrong way down a one-way street if you have a lantern attached to the front of your automobile.
Men may not spit in front of the opposite sex.
Incestuous marriages are legal.
It is illegal to wear a fake mustache that causes laughter in church.
You must have windshield wipers on your car.
You may not have an ice cream cone in your back pocket at any time.

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Alabama stupid / dumb or outdated laws by county

Anniston

You may not wear blue jeans down Noble Street.

Jasper

It is illegal for a husband to beat his wife with a stick larger in diameter than his thumb.

Lee County

It is illegal to sell peanuts in Lee County after sundown on Wednesday.

Mobile

It is unlawful to wear women’s pumps with sharp, high heels.
It is unlawful to howl at ladies inside the city limits.

Montgomery

It is considered an offense to open an umbrella on a street, for fear of it spooking horses.

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lorla — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 01:05:00 +0000

Lost iPhone prototype issue getting complicated

lorla — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 01:38:19 +0000

The issue of lost iPhone and Apple's formal letter to get it back was stretched beyond the lost-and-found case to criminal offense. On Friday, members of the Rapid Enforcement Allied Computer Team, or REACT task force executed a warrant to search the home of a Gizmodo.com blogger, Jason Chen, who had published information about a lost Apple Inc. iPhone prototype, seizing computers and other equipment. Chen he returned home Friday to find police searching through his possessions, having broken down the front door.

REACT, the California police task force steering committee is reported to have included members of several large Silicon Valley firms -- including Apple, Google, Adobe, and others.

In a recent twist in the story, Gawker Media, the owner company of Gizmodo blog, claimed that the warrant used by police to search an editor's home was invalid.

In another statement, Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple, told that the engineer who showed Woz an iPad on the morning of the iPad launch was fired. Woz told, he was not aware that the iPad was unreleased 3G version.

The iPad in question could be the following twitter photo of Woz holding iPad.

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lorla — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 01:38:52 +0000

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lorla — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 06:43:09 +0000

iPad clones available in China

lorla — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 06:43:11 +0000

The high demand of the iPad tablet in the United States forced Apple to delay its international launch. Reuters reported that Chinese counterfeiters have already launched their own version of iPad at a much lower price. The device is told to be power by Intel Atom N450 – the processor designed for Netbook and runs Windows operating system. Vista is pre-installed which can also be upgraded to Windows7.

The Atom processor clocked at 1.66GHz with memory to 2GB and the hard drive is 250MB does even look superior in configuration when compared the original iPad’s Apple A4 processor, clocked at 1GHz.

Good things: it has 3 USB ports, costs 2,800 yuan ($410), less than the $499-699 price-tag of the original.

Reuters quoted one crew-cut agent Lin saying: "This is just the first rough version. Eventually, the factories will be able to make a much better copy."

Steve Wozniak entertaining the crowd waiting in line for iPad

lorla — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 16:42:19 +0000

Steve Wozniak is a complete opposite to Steve Jobs with whom he established Apple company. Woz, brain behind the Apple computer, is a fun loving and person with down-to-the-earth attitude but, Jobs is serious and ruthless entrepreneur. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obW80HDtNE4

Winter storm at April end

lorla — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 15:40:34 +0000

Yes, it is April 29, 2010, and we still have winter in Calgary with ‘Winter Storm Warning’ is still in effect.

Wasn't it supposed to be the warmest year for some time? When you go out, it seems, the reported ‘Wind Chill’ is a bit on the higher side.

Some photos of the spring buds follow:

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lorla — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 15:59:21 +0000

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