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Giveaway of The Day : Free Licensed Software and Games For The Day

Mon, 25 May 2009 02:16:45 +0000

As the name suggests, both the sites offers provides licensed software and games as free downloads daily. Each software/game of the day comes with a time ticker (24 hours) where you have to download and activate the application before the end of each day (in US hours).

What I like is that the software/games offered is presented with full functionality and without any limitations (according to the software’s own T & C). You do not have to worry about virus/adwares/spywares as the site authors ensures the programs are free from these threats.

There is usually some review on the software/games for the day, and you can also read the comments from the users before downloading them to try. I suggests to add both the websites to your RSS feeds so that you can easily see the new software/games being offered everyday.

Click on the pictures above for the links.

WordPress Plugin: WPTouch optimizes your website for iPhone

Online Guide to Pick the Best Airplane Seat

Mon, 25 May 2009 02:03:57 +0000

Sometimes when I am flying to a destination in an airplane I usually like to pick a ‘good’ and comfortable seat (i.e. window seat or away from the aisle/lavatory room) during the seat selection menu while booking. As there are may airliners and types of air crafts available so does the seating arrangement varies from one aircraft to another. I have found SeatGuru particularly useful in providing information on the best seats in an airplane based on the airlines company and its airplane model. In the website you can find useful information such as the seating details, in-flight amenities, seating recommendations based on your aircraft type. Hovering your mouse over the selected seats will show you the seating details, as well as the review for the seat selected. I think this is a useful seating guide, especially if you are on a long flight and would like to get comfortable seat. Another alternative website which provides a simpler guide is the SeatExpert whichtakes you to the information you need in 3 simple steps.

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WordPress Plugin: WPTouch optimizes your website for iPhone

Raymond — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 07:20:05 +0000

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Ray.My blog is now optimized for iPhone view, thanks to a WordPress plugin by the folks at BraveNewCode Inc. This plugin helps to ‘translate’ websites to load faster on iPhone/iPod Touch devices with a clean and easy to read view. The plugin also enables iPhone users to switch between the WPTouch view and the regular site view easily and true to the author’s claim, the plugin did not seems to slow down the blog at all.

The plugin options allows you to configure settings such as:

Ajax effects, Gravatars and Comments
Styling options
Post Listing Options
Logos/Icons for your pages (plus a PSD emplate for your customization)
Disable/Enable MEnu Items
Plugin Compatibility Check and Report Status

Full features available at the BraveNewCode website.

The WPTouch plugin requires WordPress version 2.1 and above and the only known compatibility issue is with the WordPress plugins such as the WP-Cache and WP Super Cache. Fix the compatibility issue with simple tweaking instruction here.

[Picture Credit: Francis]

Portable Chrome, Firefox 3.1, Opera, Safari and IE8

Raymond — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 08:56:14 +0000

If you are like me who like to have portable applications and utilities in a USB stick/drive, these portable web browsers would prove useful and handy where you would be able to store and bring your favourite web browser settings and configuration wherever you go.

I like to use these portables application as a test trial first before doing any installation on my host PC. That way, the application can be added and removed without cluttering the PC registry (which will slows down the system).

Anyway here are the more popular web browsers in portable mode, thanks to the folks at PortableApps, Stadt-bremerhaven, Opera-usb, and Technophilia.

Download Portable Firefox 3.1

Download Portable Google Chrome

Download Portable Opera 9.52

Download Portable Apple Safari 3.1.2

Oh, and if you are curious and a loyal IE fan, you can try the new Internet Explorer 8 Beta too:

Download Portable Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1

(Picture credit: Gizmodo.com)

Google Suggest helps you to search better

Raymond — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:21:43 +0000

If you are a frequent Google search user, you should be able to notice some difference when you type in the Google’s website search box – the search box will automatically present you with a list of real-time suggestions along with the popular ‘hits’ count of that word/phrase.

This nifty feature helps you to reduce the spelling error when doing searches by offering the correct spelling for your word, as well as saving your keystroke and time (i.e. just type “san f” and the search suggestions will pop up with the list of possible options for you to select)

Apparently this feature was already used in some of the Google tools such as Google Labs, Google Toolbar and in FireFox search box. Note that this is secured too as Google re-assures that the users information is kept private and does not base it suggestions on user’s searches.

This features works on most common web browsers (IE, FireFox, Opera, Safari, Netscape) with javascript and cookies enabled.

Update: To disable this enabled-by-default feature, please click here for a simple step.

via [Google Suggests]

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