A commenter on this blog, Joe Fahrner, posted an article at nextadvisor.com/blog on how to protect your identity on Facebook. Like I’ve always say, identity thieves are out there. Don’t wait till you get a huge bill from your credit card, or the law enforcement came knocking on your door.
Tips & tricks from computers to daily life.
- Hard to remove stains is one of the reason for unusable clothes. Here is a tip on how to remove those stains.
- Memory palace technique is one of the ways to remember long list of sequences.
- Most people are contented with just an anti-virus software for their PCs, unknown to them however, is the danger of open ports in their system which is vulnerable to hacks and exploits. Use a firewall to hide and block those backdoors..
- Removing a gum from your clothes is a hassle, and sometimes most of the methods we use are ineffective. Here is a quick how-to, in removing a gum.
- The usual norms in tipping is around 10-22% and depends on the service. But there are still more to that in the Tipping Etiquette.
- When you split up with someone on facebook, almost everybody will know it because of the news feed. But you can disable that without the world knowing it.
- Linux: Run windows apps.
- Although, instead of right-clicking the eject hardware on your system tray, you can just left-click on it to eject quickly. But if you have a lot of USB devices plugged in and want to disable one and switch quickly, you can create a shortcut and even a hotkey to quickly bring the eject dialog up.
- Are your folders and files scattered across your hard drive? If yes, you need to organize it in a way that the files you need and use are easily located. So start managing computer file clutter. As for me, my files are always organized. Maybe I’ll post about some personal tips on how to manage computer’s files and folders.
- If you are a user of Google Docs, you can easily publish them to your blog.
- Firefox: Add Microsoft Activities (IE8) to your Firefox.
- Windows XP: Create a WinXP install CD with updates since SP2.
- Aside from computers, our life can also be cluttered. Want to have a clutter-free life?
- Google shows us how to add page numbers to Google docs.
- Here’s how to balance your work and family life.
- The Art of Manliness gives us a tip on how to leave a great first impression.
- Using the method Systematic Inventive Thinking (SIT) you can find ways to look for a solution within a particular problem. This also makes us more efficient and resourceful.
- Self-Discipline is an attitude not so easily mastered. But it will make your life very productive.
- Stop overspending. Here are 32 tips for sticking to your budget.
- Windows: Enable/Disable Right-Click Context Menus
- What are wmpnscfg.exe and wmpnetwk.exe and Why Are They Running?
Tags: computer, life, tech, tips
White Day (ホワイトデー, howaito dē?, a Japanese pseudo-anglicism; Korean: 화이트데이 Hwaiteudei; Chinese: 白色情人節) is a holiday created in Japan (1980) in response to the holiday exactly one month ago, which is Valentines Day. It is celebrated on March 14. Japan, South Korea and Taiwan observe this holiday.
In Japan, Valentine’s Day is observed by members of the female gender who present chocolate gifts (either store-bought or handmade), usually to a member of the male gender, as an expression of love. On White Day, men who received a honmei-choco chocolate on Valentine’s Day are expected to return the favor by giving gifts, usually more expensive. Sometimes the term sanbai kaeshi (三倍返し, sanbai kaeshi? literally, “thrice the return”) is used to describe the generally recited rule that the return gift should be two- to three-times the cost of the Valentine’s gift.
There are many theories about the origins of White Day. According to one, the holiday began in 1965 when a marshmallow maker started marketing to men on the grounds that they should pay back the women who gave them chocolate and other gifts with marshmallows. [wiki]
I notice this tradition in some anime/j-dorama videos I watch. I wonder why most of the males try hard not to get a gift from a girl. Then I realized that, it is because, if they receive (specially if they are popular) too many gifts from the opposite gender, they will end up repaying all of them on White Day.
Tags: holiday, Japan, Japanese, occasion, White Day
One of the J-dorama’s I’ve finished watching last year was Hanazakari no Kimitachi e (Hana Kimi). I was smitten by the pure kawaiiness of the lead female. She now, tops the kawaii spot on my list. A round face with a short bob cut hair, defines cute.
Maki Horikita (堀北真希, Horikita Maki) born on October 6, 1988, in Kiyose, Tokyo. She started as a U-15 idol by starring in a number of J-Doramas. She’s an accomplished TV and movie actress, a radio show host, a photobook model, and appeared on numerous magazines. Now she’s already a U-20 idol.
A breakthrough in her acting career was when she starred in the Japanese drama series Nobuta. O Produce (2005) bagging the Best Supporting Actress. And when she portrayed as Mizuki Ashiya in the J-dorama, Hanazakari no Kimitachi E (2007), which won her Best Actress.
More photos and a video after the gap.
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Tags: actress, Hanazakari no Kimitachi e, Homaki, Horikita Maki, Horikitty, idol, Japan, Japanese, kawaii, Maki Horikita, Maki-maki, Makinpo, model
The object of this game is to guide the ball through various obstacles and to the exit portal. You can move it by rotating the circle left and right. Gravity is the only force to move the ball. Be careful, however, because the gravity isn’t too strong and the ball could fly off.
If you are getting dizzy by playing this game, try to rest for a while. Don’t worry though, you can continue the game were you left off.
The screenshot above is the level where I stopped playing. That’s at level 20.
Click here to play the game (opens in a new window)
Tags: flash games, reflexive
The much awaited Wordpress 2.5 will be released in a couple of days, but will you upgrade your Wordpress blogs immediately after its release?
Since it skipped 2.4 we can expect a major overhaul for our blogging software. New features will be added, old features will be enhanced, and bugs sorted out. Of course, most of us (Wordpress users) like to try out these exciting new changes as soon as possible.
But not for me.
The same reason why I’m still using WinXP instead of upgrading to WinVista. Most programs I regularly use are still not usable in Vista. And Vista contains lots of bugs than XP.
The moment you immediately upgrade to Wordpress 2.5 to more chances your plugins are going to break.
I usually wait after a couple of days (weeks) before upgrading anything. I look out for news, blog posts, comments, etc. about the software I’m going to upgrade to. If I see a lot of negative feedbacks, like this not working or that breaking, then I think twice before upgrading.
I don’t want my blog to be running in WP 2.5 with half the plugins not working or the theme I use breaking.
So I’ll wait, till the dust settles…
Tags: blog, upgrade, Windows, Wordpress
