08 Feb
Posted by Alex as Attitude and Outlook, Business, The Web, Work and Career
Here’s something for a quick laugh. Ever wonder how your job is making you age disgracefully? You might want to check out this cool Flash-based “aging” progam. It’s Age-o-matic from Careerbuilder.com.
It lets you load a picture. You set some details about work environment with quips like “If my job was an animal, it would [...]
08 Feb
Posted by Alex as Computers, Firefox Tips, Mac Tips, News, The Web, Windows Tips
All the while, I’ve been blogging about Firefox 2 and haven’t really written about Firefox 3. What’s nice about Mozilla is they alway keep their development open to the public. Such is the case with their developments with Firefox 3 dubbed as “Gran Paradiso.”
As the title of this post states, they’ve made Firefox 3.0 [...]
08 Feb
Posted by Alex as Computers, IE Tips, The Web, Windows Tips
Microsoft has quietly released a patch to improve the IE 7’s phishing filter. Now the filter is a most welcome update from IE 6 to prevent ordinary web users from accidentally giving away their information by blocking phishing sites.
The patch was made public through the IE blog last week.
It supposedly addresses the high CPU [...]
08 Feb
Posted by Alex as Business, Computers, Technology, Work and Career
Disgruntled employees are proven to be management headache. While most won’t probably bring a gun along with his lunch bag and start a shooting spree during the mid-day crunch, they’re still liable to hurt your company even in small doses. Retaliation may come in many forms from the petty stuff like the theft of [...]
Some people prefer the good old sheen and hardness of a wooden floor. It’s classy, it’s hard, and it’s wood. So if the thought of ripping off carpets and have your floors sanded to get that down to that hardwood crossed your mind, then you should also consider one other thing - maintenance.
Here are [...]
08 Feb
Posted by Alex as Communication, Computers, Entertainment, Technology, The Web
Now this is a way to discover music the Web 2.0 way. Pandora is an online music service that’s developed by a group of musicians (who knows better about music than musicians themselves) launched earlier this year. Many are saying that it is the best way to find music over the Web and the [...]
07 Feb
Posted by Alex as Communication, Computers, News, Technology, The Web
News flash! To those who think that broadcast quality TV can be done online right now, you might be mistaken. Internet companies have said that they’ve been doing much work just to keep the data flowing from video sites like YouTube and Joost.
Google, who has acquired YouTube last year has said that the Net [...]
I’ve been always keen on a car’s finish. My sister used to mock me back in college when I used to spend a tad bit more time really making it spic and span and sparkle. I would’ve probably beaten the Karate Kid in a waxing contest (Wax in, wax out, Daniel-san!).
But everyday trips and [...]
07 Feb
Posted by Alex as Computers, Windows Tips
Every computer owner should know what’s in their computer like the back of their own hand. But for most of us, we are a bit scared tinkering . But if you’ve ever encountered some of those snotty tech support people who would just make you feel so inadequate with talk like “Do you know [...]
07 Feb
Posted by Alex as Home and Garden, Money and Finance
One of the most loaded parts of your home in terms of number of appliances is your kitchen. You’ve got choppers, dicers, juicers, blenders, dishwashers, mixers, stoves, microwave ovens and other watchamacallits. But haven’t you had the experience of just using one for a few times and then poof! It’s dead, leaving you wondering [...]
Yup, you read that right! Windows XP has so many other utilities hidden to the average user. All you need is some other program to show you what they are. Check out Hidden Utilities XP. It’s a small utility that shows you 53 Windows tools and 43 Command Line utilities that have a wide [...]
Okay, this may be mundane topic but a lot of you may not know one or two things about garbage bags (also called “bin bags,” “bin liners,” “trash bags,” or “can liners”. If you’ve been tasked to “Take the garbage out!” you probably know the importance of getting a good garbage bag. Not just [...]
06 Feb
Posted by Alex as Fitness and Health, Sex and Relationships
With Valentine’s approaching real quick, a good many of you may be planning for a night of sweet lovin’. But remember, apart from the date, the food, and the presents, engaging in safe sex would be one of the ways to show you care.
And one of the easiest ways is using a condom. Call [...]
06 Feb
Posted by Alex as Computers, Entertainment, News, Technology, Windows Tips
Believe it or not, MP3s may just be the bane of any anal-retentive, obsessive-compulsive music afficionado there is. And here are the top peeves I get from my own cluttered collection:
Different file name formats
Incomplete/blank ID3 tags
Inconsistent groupings in folders
Here are not one, but two tools that I could recommend to you for your MP3 [...]
Intelligence quotient or IQ is a score from a series of tests that supposedly measures the intelligence and potential of the person. It’s calculated with the formula: 100 x (mental age/chronological age). For example, a 10 year-old child who scores as high as the average 12 year-old does has an IQ of 120.
Now [...]