Common Firefox extension equivalents in Opera

With the Free Registration key Opera is giving away today, a lot of Firefox users are moaning about the extensions they are missing. This website lists a number of common Firefox extensions and their Opera equivalents (internal or external).

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Download Opera Free (for Desktop)

Opera is celebrating their 10th anniversary today, and as a reward they're offering free registration codes for their popular alternative browser (instead of the ad-supported version). Alas, they aren't offering a code for Smartphone, and they don't have a browser for Pocket PCs yet. Still, if you're an Opera user or have wanted to explore Opera, here's a free opportunity to do so. For non-Windows users, do note that they also give you reg codes for a whole variety of operating systems, including Mac, Linux, and Solaris. If you're interested, hurry -- it's only available until midnight Pacific time.

Click here.

The origin of our national anthem

Hehe.. i think this is interesting. Visit here http://www.sternsmusic.com/discography_detailed/1474 , and click on track 14 - Mamula Moon (mp3 icon).

Voila..!

Why Good Programmers are Lazy and Dumb

Lazy programmers write simple code, and dumb programmers always want to learn more. Great read.

I think this is cool:
It’s like the story of the centipede. The centipede was very good at walking with its hundred legs. It never spent a thought on just how it could walk. Until one day, when a big black bug asked the centipede “How can you manage to walk with all those feet? Don’t you find it hard to coordinate their rhythm?” The black bug already left, when the centipede was still sitting down, pondering how it could walk, wondering, and (for the first time in his life) even worrying a little bit. From that day on, the centipede couldn’t walk anymore.
So you better not think too much if you want to achieve something. And of course this is only half the truth, too...

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Become a Photoshop Expert

Short list of online Photoshop Tutorial sites

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The 46 Best Freeware utilities EVER!!!

Here are the best freeware utilities ever made. it even includes fire fox. And a free spy-ware remover.

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MSN Messenger 7.5 build 0299 Final

What's New in This Release:
The signin page: - Totally new, you can save your email address only, save the email and the password, and you can also sign in automatically. Finally, these options are seperated! - If you check "Remember Me", your display picture will be displayed instead of the MSN Messenger logo and your email will automatically be entered

The contact list: -Not much to say besides the fact the "Add contact" button is placed elsewhere.

The conversation window: - The option buttons were changed - "Voice Clip" enables you to send a voice message for the time you want by holding the button and talking in your mic. You can also press and hold F2

New dynamic backgrounds (h): - You may choose a new kind of background which is animated like the winks. The animation is more pleasant, the text color matches it so you can still see it clearly and it's not just annoying. - There is also the option to share the dynamic backgrounds, as soon as you set one, if your "Share background" option is checked (in the "more" menu) then the background is sent as a file to the person you're talking with.

You may download it from here.

Fake Bluetooth gear swamps UK retail

Phone retailers are about to discover that they risk legal action for selling fake Bluetooth gear. Over 50% of Bluetooth equipment on sale in the UK is counterfeit, according to a survey. And that figure is set to rise.
By year end, as little as 15% of the "Bluetooth" equipment on sale in retail outlets may be genuine, say SIG members.
Unlike fashion fakery, a fake Bluetooth device is not merely a trademark infringement; it's very probably going to fail to work properly - and so a blitz is being planned on suppliers of these tiny wireless gadgets, some of which "have only 10% of the range expected."
* 2003 news

Gosh.. i think my bluetooth dongle bought at PC Fair is the fake one.. no wonder can't perform as what i expected & so cheap... darn it...grrrr

KLCC Aquaria

KLCC Aquaria are opening now..

Currently there's a special Merdeka promotion
Adult: RM20
Children 12 to 4 : RM10
Children 3 and below : Free


After this promotion, it's going to be RM38 for adults and RM26 for children 12 to 4.



Find out more @ http://www.klaquaria.com/

Google Desktop

- Get all your personalized info in one place with Sidebar

- Launch applications and search instantly with Quick Find

- Find all your email, files, photos, web history, Gmail, and more

- Search conveniently in Outlook with the Outlook Toolbar Developers: Write plug-ins for Sidebar

More screenshots & reviews here.

Google Talk

Talk and IM with your friends for free


They say talk is cheap. Google thinks it should be free. Google Talk enables you to call or send instant messages to your friends for free–anytime, anywhere in the world. Google Talk offers you:

Choice: Get in touch how and when you want to–over email, IM or a call

Quality: Talk through your computer but hear your friends as if they were in the same room

Convenience: Your Gmail contacts are pre-loaded into Google Talk so inviting or talking to your friends is just a click away

Google Talk is in beta and requires a Gmail username and password. Download page.

CG at Xi Ai's house

About 11 ppl here including a new comer which is Xi Ai bf.. A software engineer.. another IT worm.. hehe.. infact all the da guys here are in IT field.. yes, we communicate in binary language..
Ok.. Lily brings us some creative games... (she treating us like her students hehe..) Here how the game works..choose 2 pieces of paper in a container which contain a word in each paper. Then make a sentence as creative as you can but must related among each other words they had or the person sitting beside you. You know, when En Haur there, he will came out with all his durian humor sense lar.. haha..

Haze may visit us again

Be prepared for the return of the haze as early as Monday.

This is the advice from the Meteorological Services Department which says based on the changing wind patterns, the haze is likely to be in the Klang Valley again.

In addition, the south-westerly winds are also likely to blow the haze to Johor and Singapore. The public have been advised to be prepared and take every precaution for such an eventuality.

The public can expect a respite only if fires in Sumatra are doused before the end of this week.

The winds, if they return, are set to blow billows of smoke across the Straits of Malacca to blanket large parts of the west coast, especially the Klang Valley. More.

Savvy can't save we...

source.

OMG..!!!
Guys, any comment huh?

Prepaid users must register

KUALA LUMPUR: All pre-paid handphone users will be required to register their personal particulars with their service providers under a new cabinet directive.

"The decision was made not just because of recent SMS abuses, but also for national security as we saw the London bombs were triggered off by mobile phones," Energy, Water and Communications Minister Datuk Seri Dr Lim Keng Yaik said Sunday.

The move will also help authorities trace culprits responsible for abusive calls and to check abuse of short messaging service (SMS), he said.

"Malacca and Penang will be the first states that will register pre-paid handphone users," he said, adding that the cabinet agreed to this last week as both states are small and easy to monitor.

The ministry will see what kind of problems are encountered in the two states during the registration process.

Speaking after chairing the Gerakan central committee meeting, Lim said out of 16 million mobile phone users, 14 million are prepaid customers.

Quite a number of them are foreign workers who may not have fixed addresses, he said.

Since June, all new users of prepaid cards have been required to produce their identification card and register when they buy their SIM cards.

Under the new rule, existing users will be required to register their particulars when they top up their credits.

"So, the three telcos (Maxis, DiGi and Celcom) will have to go through this big exercise to call all existing prepaid users back to register with them," Lim said. Source.

Might as well get the postpaid plan since it's quite cheap now..

CG steamboat on the floor

Yeah.. another makan makan fest for our CG...
This time we having it at Wen Ching's house... thanks & sorry bout the incidents man..

Well, we've 2 cookers & separated into 2 places.. 1 with tomyam & another one with normal soup.. most likely to be seafood stuff.. yummy..




Lily: i'm invisible woman..








2nd cooker in Wen Ching guest room?


















They said i'm getting fat now...











When the tiger hungry...










why pray twice..?












The incident begin... basin stuck.


Ern Haur: stop pushing me.. i'm trapped here... help!




floor flooded with the soup... cleaning up..































new technique of sweeping floor..


Where are the sisters huh..??


watching TV !!!







hehe.. it's ok lar.. girls preparing the foods, we do the clean up job.. (btw, i juz bz taking photo only..geeee)
Now we learned another reason why God created woman.. coz kitchen isn't men's job.. hahaha..

PS2 on Evo XI

Went to Mid Valley Megamall yesterday.. Saw some cool stuff... PS2 on Evo XI man..
It was Mitsubishi, where they organizing some road show there...
Too crowded lar.. don't think to try it..
Well besides the car, they've pretty chicks too... hehe

Hazy day...(part 3)

Glad.. today looks ok much... the sun, the wind.. at last can go out eat my favourites "gong po" rice...


i love u, sun..








the leaf are dying off...









my car covered by golden leaf....







Just wonder.. now are ghost season for buddhism.. if they're doing burning of those gold papers in front of their house, would that consider as an illegal..?
Juz curious.. no offense..

Hazy day...(part 2)

API Indication
0-50 Good
51-100 Moderate
101-200 Unhealthy
201-300 Very Unhealthy
>301 Hazardous

Today API as at 11am.
Port Klang - 529* !!!! --> Hardcore Hazardous

This could be my last post... so long guys... :(

S. Korean man dies after 50 hours of computer games

A South Korean man who played computer games for 50 hours almost non-stop died of heart failure minutes after finishing his mammoth session in an Internet cafe. The 28-year-old man, identified only by his family name Lee, had been playing on-line battle simulation games at the cybercafe in the southeastern city of Taegu, police said. Players compete at the World Cyber Games (WCG) 2004 in San Francisco, the world's largest video game festival with top gamers competing for over $400,000 in prizes. (Kimberly White/Reuters)

Again to the youngster, just take good care of your body...

Hazy day...

The haze hits Westport (my office location) badly today. Can start smelling the smokes inside my office now... I think I can suggest my boss to close office earlier.. hehe



















Here're some tips from the Health Ministry.



















Here're some extra tips from mine... Wear mask!

Mars approach

The Red Planet is about to be spectacular!
This month and next, Earth is catching up with Mars in an encounter that will culminate in the closest approach between the two planets in recorded history. The next time Mars may come this close isin 2287. Due to the way Jupiter's gravity tugs on Mars and perturbs its orbit, astronomers can only be certain that Mars has not come this close to Earth in the Last 5,000 years, but it may be as long as 60,000 years before it happens again.
The encounter will culminate on August 27th whenMars comes to within 34,649,589 miles of Earth andwill be (next to the moon) the brightest object in the night sky. It will attain a magnitude of -2.9and will appear 25.11 arc seconds wide. At a modest75-power magnification
Mars will look as large as the full moon to the naked eye.
Mars will be easy to spot. At thebeginning of August it will rise in the east at 10p.m. and reach its azimuth at about 3 a.m.
By the end of August when the two planets areclosest, Mars will rise at nightfall and reach its highest point in the sky at 12:30a.m. That's prettyconvenient to see something that no human being has seen in recorded history. So, mark your calendar atthe beginning of August to see Mars grow progressively brighter and brighter throughout the month.

This news seems to be spreading over the net but I don't know how pure is it because I can't locate the source of the information. Thought it might be interesting to share here.

PC Fair

Just went to Pikom PC Fair on Saturday (Aug-6)... planned to look around only but just can't stop my itchy hand from spending. Luckily just grabbed a 100 meters bluetooth dongle but felt like been cheated coz it doesn't works like what I expected. Thought I can connect my laptop to the phone from upstairs, which about 2 meters away only (crossing walls), but it juz can't.

Will do more testings & findings about it ler..





walk like a cowboy...









can't believe this kinda girls are on the stage... hehe :p









thought they're buying.. but..












spoiled the picture...








don't you guys believe me...

Remote-controlled humans

Galvanic vestibular stimulation (GVS) isn’t a new technology, but it’s seeing some new application via Japan’s NTT Communication Science Labs: remote-controlled people. They’ve developed a headphone apparatus that delivers an electrical current to a mastoid worn behind the ear, which actually shifts one’s balance toward the anode. The stronger the applied current, the stronger the pull — strong enough to knock you off balance and alter the course of your movement. NTT is showing off the remote-controlling headphone system at SIGGRAPH, and has plans to commercialize the technology for use in gaming, and flight simulators. Oh, and, don’t miss the video on this even though it’s in Real format — you’ve never seen anyone so happy about being remote-controlled in your life. Source.

Cool.. Guys, buy one for your gf or wife... let's control them.. hahaha..