Adding Post Ratings to your Blogger

This blogger hack will add a star rating on your post. I think it's very cool when someone comes to your blog, they will impressed with your blog.

Here's the step by step instruction to add post ratings to your blog. If you want to add this widget instantly, you can try the one-click installation widget provide by outbrain.

STEP 1
Goto Template -> Edit HTML, tick the "Expand Widget Template"

STEP 2
Find this code

<data:post.body/>


STEP 3
Copy the code below and paste it after that line above

<script language='JavaScript'> var OutbrainPermaLink='<data:post.url/>'; var OB_demoMode = false; var OB_Script = true; </script> <script src='http://widgets.outbrain.com/OutbrainRater.js' type='text/javascript'/>

STEP 4
So you code should be look like this, save the template and done.

<data:post.body/>
Code Here

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MoboPic - Create your Cell Phone wallpaper easily

moboPic lets you create cell phone wallpapers instantly and free. Usually, when you want to create a wallpaper for your mobile phone, you might need to install image editing software, resize and crop the picture to fit your screen size.

But now with moboPic, you can create your cell phone wallpaper in three easy steps: upload, resize and download it, and your new wallpaper is ready.

You can upload any picture and it supports JPG, PNG and GIF files up to 2Mb. They also provide a phone presets for all major phone vendors and models (Nokia, Samsung, Sony Ericsson and others), so you don't need to know your picture size, just choose your cell phone from their presets and enjoy your new wallpaper.

http://mobopic.com/upload/eng

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Increase Blog Traffic by Optimizing your Blog Title

This simple SEO trick can increase traffic to your blog. After publishing your new post , you might search it by using google to see whether it was indexed. If you notice the search reults, you will see the Title of the result will be look like this:

Blog Title + Post Title

However, this type of title wont attract searchers, because you blog title appears in front of Post Title. When Crawler visits your blog, the blog title will be consider as keyword although it doesn't relate with your blog title. So, it is not SEO friendly.


Here is a hack that will change the title to the following attractive format

Post Title + Blog Title

STEP 1
Goto Template>Edit Html and find the following code

<title><data:blog.pageTitle/></title>

STEP 2
Replace the step 1 code with the code below


<!-- Start Simple Tricks: Changing the Blogger Title Tag -->
<b:if cond='data:blog.pageType == "item"'>
<b:section id='swaptitle'>
<b:widget id='Blog2' locked='false' title='Blog Posts' type='Blog'>
<b:includable id='nextprev'/>
<b:includable id='backlinks' var='post'/>
<b:includable id='post' var='post'>
<title>
<data:post.title/> - <data:blog.title/>
</title>
</b:includable>
<b:includable id='commentDeleteIcon' var='comment'/>
<b:includable id='status-message'/>
<b:includable id='feedLinks'/>
<b:includable id='backlinkDeleteIcon' var='backlink'/>
<b:includable id='feedLinksBody' var='links'/>
<b:includable id='postQuickEdit' var='post'/>
<b:includable id='comments' var='post'/>
<b:includable id='main' var='top'>
<b:loop values='data:posts' var='post'>
<b:include data='post' name='post'/>
</b:loop>
</b:includable>
</b:widget>
</b:section>
<b:else/>
<title><data:blog.pageTitle/></title>
</b:if>
<!-- End Simple Tricks: Changing the Blogger Title Tag -->

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Adding Language Translation Widget to your Blogger

When your blog or web site become more popular , your visitors may be come from different countries, there are from English speaking and Non-English speaking countries. When a Non-English speaking visitor comes to your English blog, he or she might skip over even though your content is good. So, it's very useful that you provide language translator on your blog.

Here's a quick tutorial to add language translation widget to your blog. You can be any blogging platform including Blogger, Wordpress or Typepad that provides access to templates.

STEP 1
Goto Template -> Page Elements, Add a Page Element by Clicking on "Add a Page Element" link.

STEP 2
Add a HTML/JavaScript Element to your blog.

STEP 3
Copy the following code and paste it into textbox.

<form action="http://www.google.com/translate" >
<script language="JavaScript">
<!--
document.write ("<input name=u value="+location.href+" type=hidden>")
// -->
</script>
<input name="hl" value="en" type="hidden">
<input name="ie" value="UTF8" type="hidden">
<input name="langpair" value="" type="hidden">
<input name="langpair" value="enfr" title="French" src= "http://photos1.blogger.com/img/43/1633/320/13539949_e76af75976.jpg" onclick="this.form.langpair.value=this.value" height="20" type="image" width="30">
<input name="langpair" value="ende" title="German" src= "http://photos1.blogger.com/img/43/1633/320/13539933_041ca1eda2.jpg" onclick="this.form.langpair.value=this.value" height="20" type="image" width="30">
<input name="langpair" value="enit" title="Italian" src= "http://photos1.blogger.com/img/43/1633/320/13539953_0384ccecf9.jpg" onclick="this.form.langpair.value=this.value" height="20" type="image" width="30">
<input name="langpair" value="enpt" title="Portuguese" src= "http://photos1.blogger.com/img/43/1633/320/13539966_0d09b410b5.jpg" onclick="this.form.langpair.value=this.value" height="20" type="image" width="30">
<input name="langpair" value="enes" title="Spanish" src= "http://photos1.blogger.com/img/43/1633/320/13539946_2fabed0dbf.jpg" onclick="this.form.langpair.value=this.value" height="20" type="image" width="30">
<input name="langpair" value="enja" title="Japanese" src= "http://photos1.blogger.com/img/43/1633/320/13539955_925e6683c8.jpg" onclick="this.form.langpair.value=this.value" height="20" type="image" width="30">
<input name="langpair" value="enko" title="Korean" src= "http://photos1.blogger.com/img/43/1633/320/13539958_3c3b482c95.jpg" onclick="this.form.langpair.value=this.value" height="20" type="image" width="30">
<input name="langpair" value="enzh-CN" title="Chinese Simplified" src= "http://photos1.blogger.com/img/43/1633/320/14324441_5ca5ce3423.jpg" onclick="this.form.langpair.value=this.value" height="20" type="image" width="30">
<input name="langpair2" value="enar" title="Arabic" src= "http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3709/485/1600/arabic-flag.gif" onclick="this.form.langpair.value=this.value" height="20" type="image" width="30" />
</form>
STEP 4
Save the Change and done.

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Adding Recent Post to your Blogger

Almost every blog have recent post on their page, and it's very useful for blogger to show their latest post. Unfortunately, blogger beta didn't provide this useful widget.
So, This tutorial is to teach you how to add a recent post widget to your blogger manually.

STEP 1
Goto Template -> Page Elements, Add a Page Element by Clicking on "Add a Page Element" link.

STEP 2
Add a Feed Element to your blog.



STEP 3
Copy the following code and paste it to the Feed URL Textbox. Replace the YouBlogName with your blogspot name like mine is http://kc-studio.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default.

http://YouBlogName.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default



STEP 4
Save the Change and done.

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Shareapic - Earn Money While Sharing Picture with Friends

Shareapic is a free image hosting that allows you to upload and share images on their servers. There are so many free image hosting sites on the internet. So, what makes them different from the rest? Shareapic has an unique revenue sharing model that allows users to earn money while sharing picture...




How it works?
So,how it works? Shareapic’s model is simple. It provides the free image hosting service to user, users just upload their picture/photo and get the embed code to display their image on your blog or webstie. Then, they will pay you while you share your picture with your family and friend, and the payments are calculated based on image views.



http://www.shareapic.net

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Test Your Antivirus Software with EICAR code

After installing a new antivirus software on your computer, you may wonder how effective is your antivirus program at detecting virus? Here's a test file to test your antivirus program.



1. Copy the following code and paste it into your notepad.

X5O!P%@AP[4\PZX54(P^)7CC)7}$EICAR-STANDARD-ANTIVIRUS-TEST-FILE!$H+H*


2. Then save the file as eicar.com



If your anti-virus software prevents you from saving the file as eicar.com, which is a sign that it is working effectively.
If it doesn't raise an alert, try scanning the folder where you saved eicar.com.
If it does not show any alert then you should consider changing immediately to a more reliable one.

Explanation:
This test file has been provided to EICAR for distribution as the "EICAR Standard Anti-Virus Test File", and it satisfies all the criteria listed above. It is safe to pass around, because it is not a virus, and does not include any fragments of viral code. Most products react to it as if it were a virus (though they typically report it with an obvious name, such as "EICAR-AV-Test")

The file is a legitimate DOS program, and produces sensible results when run (it prints the message "EICAR-STANDARD-ANTIVIRUS-TEST-FILE!").

You are encouraged to make use of the EICAR test file. If you are aware of people who are looking for real viruses "for test purposes", bring the test file to their attention.

For more information, Please visit http://www.eicar.org/anti_virus_test_file.htm

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Adding Related Post/article on your blogger

This is a step by step tutorial of how to add the related post on your blogspot's blog.
(Note: This tutorial is only suitable for blogspot blogger).

Actually i'm looking for this hack for a long time ago. Finally, I found it from Hactro's Blog. It is a great hack and he had done a really great job, thanks for Hactro. However, there are something didn't fit my need. Fortunately, Jackbook has provided similar hack that modifys from hactro, and that's what i want.
Below is the step by step instruction of adding related post on your blogspot.



STEP 1
Goto Template -> Edit HTML. Then, tick the Expand Widget Templates. (Note: Remember to backup your template first)

STEP 2
Find this code below

<data:post.body/>


STEP 3
Copy the following code


<b:if cond='data:blog.pageType == "item"'>
<div class='similiar'>
<!-- *****************http://hoctro.blogspot.com*****Jan,2007****************** -->
<!-- *****************Related Articles by Labels - Take Two****************** -->

<!--
Modified by JackBook.Com to make it easier to use.
1. Now, users don't need to change anything to use this widget. just copy and paste, and done!
2. The current article will also be listed, now it's no more.
-->

<div class='widget-content'>
<h3>Related Posts by Categories</h3>
<div id='data2007'/><br/><br/>
<div id='hoctro'>
Widget by <u><a href='http://hoctro.blogspot.com'>Hoctro</a></u> <u><a href='http://www.jackbook.com/' title='Related Posts on Blogger Modified by JackBook.Com. Read More?'>Jack Book</a></u>
</div>
<script type='text/javascript'>

var homeUrl3 = "<data:blog.homepageUrl/>";
var maxNumberOfPostsPerLabel = 4;
var maxNumberOfLabels = 10;

maxNumberOfPostsPerLabel = 100;
maxNumberOfLabels = 3;


function listEntries10(json) {
var ul = document.createElement('ul');
var maxPosts = (json.feed.entry.length <= maxNumberOfPostsPerLabel) ?
json.feed.entry.length : maxNumberOfPostsPerLabel;
for (var i = 0; i < maxPosts; i++) {
var entry = json.feed.entry[i];
var alturl;

for (var k = 0; k < entry.link.length; k++) {
if (entry.link[k].rel == 'alternate') {
alturl = entry.link[k].href;
break;
}
}
var li = document.createElement('li');
var a = document.createElement('a');
a.href = alturl;

if(a.href!=location.href) {
var txt = document.createTextNode(entry.title.$t);
a.appendChild(txt);
li.appendChild(a);
ul.appendChild(li);
}
}
for (var l = 0; l < json.feed.link.length; l++) {
if (json.feed.link[l].rel == 'alternate') {
var raw = json.feed.link[l].href;
var label = raw.substr(homeUrl3.length+13);
var k;
for (k=0; k<20; k++) label = label.replace("%20", " ");
var txt = document.createTextNode(label);
var h = document.createElement('b');
h.appendChild(txt);
var div1 = document.createElement('div');
div1.appendChild(h);
div1.appendChild(ul);
document.getElementById('data2007').appendChild(div1);
}
}
}
function search10(query, label) {

var script = document.createElement('script');
script.setAttribute('src', query + 'feeds/posts/default/-/'
+ label +
'?alt=json-in-script&callback=listEntries10');
script.setAttribute('type', 'text/javascript');
document.documentElement.firstChild.appendChild(script);
}

var labelArray = new Array();
var numLabel = 0;

<b:loop values='data:posts' var='post'>
<b:loop values='data:post.labels' var='label'>
textLabel = "<data:label.name/>";

var test = 0;
for (var i = 0; i < labelArray.length; i++)
if (labelArray[i] == textLabel) test = 1;
if (test == 0) {
labelArray.push(textLabel);
var maxLabels = (labelArray.length <= maxNumberOfLabels) ?
labelArray.length : maxNumberOfLabels;
if (numLabel < maxLabels) {
search10(homeUrl3, textLabel);
numLabel++;
}
}
</b:loop>
</b:loop>
</script>
</div>

</div>
</b:if>



STEP 4
Paste the code after the <data:post.body/> like this

<p><data:post.body/></p> code here


STEP 5
Save the template and done.

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Orisinal - Cool Flash Game Site

This is one of my favorite game sites.
With its beautiful graphic and elegant music, Orisinal has become the most popular game site on the internet. There are several games to choose from, each game are so cute and easy to play.

If you like to play flash game, i think you will love it for sure.Just enjoy it and recommend to your friend if you think it is nice.

WinterBells - I like this game most with its soothing music. (recommend)

link: http://www.ferryhalim.com/orisinal/

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Web 2.0 Logo Generator

There are a lot of photoshop tutorials on internet that teach you how to create your own Web2.0 logo. However, it needs some basic knowledge of photoshop to getting start.
But now with this cool site, you can create you own Web 2.0 logo instantly.

Below is an example:

link: http://h-master.net/web2.0/

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Adding Tag Cloud to your blogger

Here is the code that enables you to add a cool tag cloud / label cloud in your blogger.

Below is the instruction of how to add tag cloud to your blogger
(Note: Remember to backup your template before making any changes) 




STEP 1
Find the closing skin tag below by pressing ctrl + F
]]></b:skin>

STEP 2
Copy the following code and paste it before ]]></b:skin>

/* Label Cloud Styles
----------------------------------------------- */
#labelCloud {text-align:center;font-family:arial,sans-serif;}
#labelCloud .label-cloud li{display:inline;background-image:none !important;padding:0 5px;margin:0;vertical-align:baseline !important;border:0 !important;}
#labelCloud ul{list-style-type:none;margin:0 auto;padding:0;}
#labelCloud a img{border:0;display:inline;margin:0 0 0 3px;padding:0}
#labelCloud a{text-decoration:none}
#labelCloud a:hover{text-decoration:underline}
#labelCloud li a{}
#labelCloud .label-cloud {}
#labelCloud .label-count {padding-left:0.2em;font-size:9px;color:#000}
#labelCloud .label-cloud li:before{content:"" !important}



STEP 3
Copy the following code and paste it after ]]></b:skin> but before </head>



<script type='text/javascript'>
// Label Cloud User Variables
var cloudMin = 1;
var maxFontSize = 20;
var maxColor = [0,0,255];
var minFontSize = 10;
var minColor = [0,0,0];
var lcShowCount = false;
</script>


STEP 4
Find the label widget in your sidebar. It should look something like this.
<b:widget id='Label1' locked='false' title='Labels' type='Label'/>


STEP 5
Replace the code in step 4 with the following code.


<b:widget id='Label1'
locked='false' title='Label Cloud' type='Label'>
<b:includable id='main'>
<b:if cond='data:title'>

<h2><data:title/></h2>
</b:if>

<div class='widget-content'>
<div id='labelCloud'/>
<script type='text/javascript'>

// Don't change anything past this point -----------------
// Cloud function s() ripped from del.icio.us
function s(a,b,i,x){
if(a&gt;b){

var m=(a-b)/Math.log(x),v=a-Math.floor(Math.log(i)*m)

}
else{

var m=(b-a)/Math.log(x),v=Math.floor(Math.log(i)*m+a)

}
return v
}
var c=[];
var labelCount = new Array();
var ts = new Object;
<b:loop values='data:labels' var='label'>
var theName =
&quot;<data:label.name/>&quot;;
ts[theName] = <data:label.count/>;
</b:loop>
for (t in ts){
if (!labelCount[ts[t]]){

labelCount[ts[t]] = new Array(ts[t])

}
}
var ta=cloudMin-1;
tz = labelCount.length - cloudMin;
lc2 = document.getElementById('labelCloud');
ul = document.createElement('ul');
ul.className = 'label-cloud';
for(var t in ts){
if(ts[t] &lt; cloudMin){
continue;
}
for (var i=0;3 &gt; i;i++) {

c[i]=s(minColor[i],maxColor[i],ts[t]-ta,tz)

}

var fs = s(minFontSize,maxFontSize,ts[t]-ta,tz);

li = document.createElement('li');

li.style.fontSize = fs+'px';

li.style.lineHeight = '1';

a = document.createElement('a');

a.title = ts[t]+' Posts in '+t;

a.style.color = 'rgb('+c[0]+','+c[1]+','+c[2]+')';

a.href = '/search/label/'+encodeURIComponent(t);

if (lcShowCount){

span = document.createElement('span');

span.innerHTML = '('+ts[t]+') ';

span.className = 'label-count';

a.appendChild(document.createTextNode(t));

li.appendChild(a);

li.appendChild(span);

}

else {

a.appendChild(document.createTextNode(t));

li.appendChild(a);

}

ul.appendChild(li);

abnk = document.createTextNode(' ');

ul.appendChild(abnk);
}
lc2.appendChild(ul);
</script>


<noscript>
<ul>
<b:loop values='data:labels'
var='label'>
<li>

<b:if cond='data:blog.url == data:label.url'>

<data:label.name/>

<b:else/>

<a
expr:href='data:label.url'><data:label.name/></a>

</b:if>

(<data:label.count/>)
</li>
</b:loop>
</ul>
</noscript>
<b:include
name='quickedit'/>
</div>

</b:includable>
</b:widget>


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Solution: How to remove Autoregistry.exe trojan

One of my friend's computer has been infected by this annoying trojan. It's not so difficult to remove it. So, i post this removal instruction for someone in need.


Here is the instruction of how to remove autoregistry.exe trojan

1. kill the autoregistry.exe process
a. Open the Task Manager by pressing Ctrl + Alt + Del
b. On the Processes tab, kill the autoregistry.exe process.

2. Show the hidden files
a. Open My Computer, go to Tools->Folder Options.
b. Go to View tab, check the "Show hidden files and folders" and uncheck the "Hide protected operating system files".

3. Delete the files
a. Open My Computer.
b. Click on the Folders button on the top and a folders panel will show in your left side. (important: do not click the drive directly,because it will activate the virus again)
c. Click on each drive from left side panel and find the autorun.inf and autoregistry.exe file.
d. If exist, delete it by pressing shift + Del.
e. Go to Windows folder and delete autoregistry.exe

4. Delete registry key
a. Go to start -> run, type regedit and click ok.
b. On Registry Editor, go to Edit > Find and type “autoregistry.exe”.
c. Delete all entries it found.

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A Motivational Speech from Steve Jobs

I read this speech from a forum. After reading, it made me reconsidering my career and life. It gives me motivation and courage, so i thought it should be helpful to everyone. I post it here and hope everyone could get inspired when reading Jobs' speech.

"Stay hungry, Stay foolish"

Thank you.

I'm honored to be with you today for your commencement from one of the finest universities in the world. Truth be told, I never graduated from college, and this is the closest I've ever gotten to a college graduation. Today, I want to tell you three stories from my life. That's it. No big deal. Just three stories.

The first story is about connecting the dots.
I dropped out of Reed College after the first six months, but then stayed around as a drop-in for another 18 months or so before I really quit. So why did I drop out?

It started before I was born. My biological mother was a young, unwed graduate student, and she decided to put me up for adoption. She felt very strongly that I should be adopted by college graduates, so everything was all set for me to be adopted at birth by a lawyer and his wife -- except that when I popped out they decided at the last minute that they really wanted a girl.

So my parents, who were on a waiting list, got a call in the middle of the night asking, "We've got an unexpected baby boy; do you want him?" They said, "Of course." My biological mother found out later that my mother had never graduated from college and that my father had never graduated from high school. She refused to sign the final adoption papers. She only relented a few months later when my parents promised that I would go to college. This was the start in my life.

And 17 years later I did go to college. But I naively chose a college that was almost as expensive as Stanford, and all of my working-class parents' savings were being spent on my college tuition. After six months, I couldn't see the value in it. I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life and no idea how college was going to help me figure it out. And here I was spending all of the money my parents had saved their entire life.

So I decided to drop out and trust that it would all work out okay. It was pretty scary at the time, but looking back it was one of the best decisions I ever made. The minute I dropped out I could stop taking the required classes that didn't interest me, and begin dropping in on the ones that looked far more interesting.

It wasn't all romantic. I didn't have a dorm room, so I slept on the floor in friends' rooms. I returned coke bottles for the five cent deposits to buy food with, and I would walk the seven miles across town every Sunday night to get one good meal a week at the Hare Krishna temple. I loved it. And much of what I stumbled into by following my curiosity and intuition turned out to be priceless later on. Let me give you one example:

Reed College at that time offered perhaps the best calligraphy instruction in the country. Throughout the campus every poster, every label on every drawer, was beautifully hand calligraphed. Because I had dropped out and didn't have to take the normal classes, I decided to take a calligraphy class to learn how to do this. I learned about serif and san serif typefaces, about varying the amount of space between different letter combinations, about what makes great typography great. It was beautiful, historical, artistically subtle in a way that science can't capture, and I found it fascinating.

None of this had even a hope of any practical application in my life. But ten years later, when we were designing the first Macintosh computer, it all came back to me. And we designed it all into the Mac. It was the first computer with beautiful typography. If I had never dropped in on that single course in college, the "Mac" would have never had multiple typefaces or proportionally spaced fonts. And since Windows just copied the Mac, it's likely that no personal computer would have them. If I had never dropped out, I would have never dropped in on that calligraphy class, and personal computers might not have the wonderful typography that they do. Of course it was impossible to connect the dots looking forward when I was in college. But it was very, very clear looking backwards 10 years later.

Again, you can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something -- your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever -- because believing that the dots will connect down the road will give you the confidence to follow your heart, even when it leads you off the well-worn path, and that will make all the difference.

My second story is about love and loss.

I was lucky -- I found what I loved to do early in life. Woz1 and I started Apple in my parents' garage when I was 20. We worked hard, and in 10 years Apple had grown from just the two of us in a garage into a two billion dollar company with over 4000 employees. We'd just released our finest creation -- the Macintosh -- a year earlier, and I had just turned 30.

And then I got fired. How can you get fired from a company you started? Well, as Apple grew we hired someone who I thought was very talented to run the company with me, and for the first year or so things went well. But then our visions of the future began to diverge and eventually we had a falling out. When we did, our Board of Directors sided with him. And so at 30, I was out. And very publicly out. What had been the focus of my entire adult life was gone, and it was devastating.

I really didn't know what to do for a few months. I felt that I had let the previous generation of entrepreneurs down -- that I had dropped the baton as it was being passed to me. I met with David Packard and Bob Noyce and tried to apologize for screwing up so badly. I was a very public failure, and I even thought about running away from the valley. But something slowly began to dawn on me: I still loved what I did. The turn of events at Apple had not changed that one bit. I had been rejected, but I was still in love. And so I decided to start over.

I didn't see it then, but it turned out that getting fired from Apple was the best thing that could have ever happened to me. The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness of being a beginner again, less sure about everything. It freed me to enter one of the most creative periods of my life.

During the next five years, I started a company named NeXT, another company named Pixar, and fell in love with an amazing woman who would become my wife. Pixar went on to create the world's first computer-animated feature film, Toy Story, and is now the most successful animation studio in the world. In a remarkable turn of events, Apple bought NeXT, and I retuned to Apple, and the technology we developed at NeXT is at the heart of Apple's current renaissance. And Laurene and I have a wonderful family together.

I'm pretty sure none of this would have happened if I hadn't been fired from Apple. It was awful tasting medicine, but I guess the patient needed it. Sometime life -- Sometimes life going to hit you in the head with a brick. Don't lose faith. I'm convinced that the only thing that kept me going was that I loved what I did. You've got to find what you love.

And that is as true for your work as it is for your lovers. Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking -- and don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it. And like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on. So keep looking -- don't settle.

My third story is about death.

When I was 17, I read a quote that went something like: "If you live each day as if it was your last, someday you'll most certainly be right." It made an impression on me, and since then, for the past 33 years, I've looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: "If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?" And whenever the answer has been "No" for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something.

Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything -- all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure -- these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.

About a year ago I was diagnosed with cancer. I had a scan at 7:30 in the morning, and it clearly showed a tumor on my pancreas. I didn't even know what a pancreas was. The doctors told me this was almost certainly a type of cancer that is incurable, and that I should expect to live no longer than three to six months. My doctor advised me to go home and get my affairs in order, which is doctor's code for "prepare to die." It means to try and tell your kids everything you thought you'd have the next 10 years to tell them in just a few months. It means to make sure everything is buttoned up so that it will be as easy as possible for your family. It means to say your goodbyes.

I lived with that diagnosis all day. Later that evening I had a biopsy, where they stuck an endoscope down my throat, through my stomach into my intestines, put a needle into my pancreas and got a few cells from the tumor. I was sedated, but my wife, who was there, told me that when they viewed the cells under a microscope the doctors started crying because it turned out to be a very rare form of pancreatic cancer that is curable with surgery. I had the surgery and, thankfully, I'm fine now.

This was the closest I've been to facing death, and I hope it's the closest I get for a few more decades. Having lived through it, I can now say this to you with a bit more certainty than when death was a useful but purely intellectual concept: No one wants to die.

Even people who want to go to heaven don't want to die to get there. And yet death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be, because Death is very likely the single best invention of Life. It's Life's change agent. It clears out the old to make way for the new. Right now the new is you, but someday not too long from now, you will gradually become the old and be cleared away. Sorry to be so dramatic, but it's quite true.

Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma -- which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.

When I was young, there was an amazing publication called The Whole Earth Catalog, which was one of the "bibles" of my generation. It was created by a fellow named Stewart Brand not far from here in Menlo Park, and he brought it to life with his poetic touch. This was in the late 60s, before personal computers and desktop publishing, so it was all made with typewriters, scissors, and Polaroid cameras. It was sort of like Google in paperback form, 35 years before Google came along. It was idealistic, overflowing with neat tools and great notions.

Stewart and his team put out several issues of The Whole Earth Catalog, and then when it had run its course, they put out a final issue. It was the mid-1970s, and I was your age. On the back cover of their final issue was a photograph of an early morning country road, the kind you might find yourself hitchhiking on if you were so adventurous. Beneath it were the words: "Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish." It was their farewell message as they signed off. Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish. And I've always wished that for myself. And now, as you graduate to begin anew, I wish that for you.

Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish.

Thank you all very much.

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Solution: How to remove disk knight virus

Disk Knight is a 'beneficial' trojan created by a Bangladeshi student with the hopes to prevent flash disk viruses of spreading. Once infected, the program will prevent all processes from executing on the computer by prompting the user with dialog box whether to allow or block the process.

Although it works like antivirus program that blocks the execution of process, but it blocks all process without determination of its suspicion and makes the user very annoying. Furthermore, it will spread and install itself onto the computer without the user's consent. This 'beneficial' behaviour makes disk knight considered as computer virus.



How to Remove Disk Knight
Below is the instruction of how to remove disk knight manually:
(Note: This instruction requires some computer knowledge, if you don't know how to do it, please check the link below to download disk knight remover and kill the disk knight automatically)

Disk Knight
Virus.Win32.AutoRun.fb (Kaspersky),
Generic VB.b (McAfee),
W32.SillyDC (Symantec),
TR/VB.NIM (Avira),
Mal/DiskNite-A (Sophos)

1. Kill the disk knight process
a. Open your Task Manager by pressing Ctrl + Alt + Del.
b. On Processes tab, kill the knight.exe process.

2. Disable USB Drive to autorun (Windows XP):
a. Open My Computer.
b. Right-click the drive of the USB Drive/Pendrive. Then select Properties and goto AutoPlay tab.
c. Choose Select an Action to Perform
d. At the bottom of the selection, click Take no Action, then click Ok.

3. Show the hidden files
a. Open My Computer, go to Tools->Folder Options.
b. Go to View tab, check the "Show hidden files and folders" and uncheck the "Hide protected operating system files".

4. Delete the file
a. Go to the USB Drive/pendrive and delete autorun.inf and knight.exe
b. Go to C: Drive and delete autorun.inf and knight.exe
c. Go to C:\Windows and delete Disk Knight.exe

5. Modify Windows Registry
a. Go to Start > Run then type regedit
b. On Registry Editor, go to Edit > Find and type “knight”
c. Delete all entries it found.


Disk Knight Remover (Recommend)http://rechnerpool.com/islam/help/Disk_Knight_Remover.cmd

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Solution - "CDirectory Change Watcher Helper" problem

Someone asked about this problem from a forum.

Everytime i shut down the computer, it's always shows this message "CDirectory Change Watcher Helper". Although it didn't affect my computer,however it's very annoying. Anyone can help me to solve this problem?

To solve this problem, all you need to do is disable the NMBgmonitor from the startup manager.

Instruction:
1. Press start>run, type msconfig and click ok.
2. From the dialog, click on Startup tab and uncheck the NMBgmonitor from the list.

I post this solution here for those who have encountered this problem.

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Wallpaperstock.net - Cool Wallpaper Website

I found this cool wallpaper website from digg.com.

You can find your fovarite wallpaper easily from their tidiness categories. For each wallpaper, it provides different resolution for you to download, so you can choose one is suitable with your desktop. When you clicking on a wallpeper,it will show some cool effect...Nice




http://www.wallpaperstock.net/

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How to add tag cloud with Neo template

Firstly, you must remove the default label list widget and add the label cloud code from Phydeaux3.

Then, to get it working Neo-style (asynchronous), replace this line


a.href = lcBlogURL+'/search/label/'+encodeURIComponent(t);


with this line


a.href = 'javascript:fetchPosts("' + t + '")';


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Remove the navbar in blogger

Using this hack if you want to remove the navbar from your blog.


1. copy the code below


#navbar-iframe {
height:0px;
visibility:hidden;
display:none
}



2. and paste it before


.body{
background:$bgcolor;
...
}


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Web 2.0 - We are the Web

Amazing video !
I found this video from youtube...
This nice short video shows you what is Web 2.0

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