tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-266104942024-03-08T15:55:40.051+08:00Zero TopicHi my old friends, you have reached my archived content. Please visit to my new site.zerotopichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18230385081697737042noreply@blogger.comBlogger98125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26610494.post-57578834576432382702006-09-13T15:41:00.000+08:002006-09-13T15:58:23.305+08:00New iPod Shuffle Released<img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/2878/3248/1600/ipodshuffle04_20060912.jpg" /> <img style="width: 118px; height: 107px;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/2878/3248/1600/ipodshuffle03_20060912.0.jpg" /> <img style="width: 160px; height: 107px;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/2878/3248/1600/ipodshuffle05_20060912.jpg" /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Apple redesigned their infamous iPod shuffle to now worlds smallest MP3 player. Holy shit, this one is really cute! The size is just slightly bigger than a thumb, aluminum body with a clip, reasonable prices of only $79 and come in 1 GB of storage. Only that operating system requirement; it need Windows 2000 with Service Pack 4 or later or Windows XP Home or Professional with Service Pack 2 or later. Why not XP Service Pack 1? I'm just confused! Apart from that, I like it. I've long been looking for a player that should be cool, light and not that expensive. I will sure buy this shuffle if only I ain't broke:)<br /></div><br />For more <a href="http://www.apple.com/ipodshuffle/features.html">features</a> and <a href="http://www.apple.com/ipodshuffle/specs.html">specifications</a>zerotopichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18230385081697737042noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26610494.post-50916490376157597422006-09-08T00:33:00.000+08:002006-09-08T00:44:58.665+08:00Google News Archive Search<div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://news.google.com.sg/archivesearch?hl=en&tab=wn&q="><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/2878/3248/320/Google%20news.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Google has launched <a href="http://news.google.com.sg/archivesearch?hl=en&tab=wn&q=" title="Google News Archive Search">the news archive search</a> service recently. This is to search the old news articles from multiple sources on world wide web. How old? As old as 200 years of news, it's amazing, and very useful tool indeed.<br /><br /><blockquote>"The goal here is to be able to explore history as it unfolded," said Anurag Acharya, an engineer at Google and one of the team behind the project.<br /><br />"It's fascinating to see how people's attitudes and emotions have changed through time."</blockquote><br />I have searched the news about <a href="http://news.google.com.sg/archivesearch?q=U+Aung+San&sa=N&sugg=d&as_ldate=1947&as_hdate=1947&lnav=d1b">U Aung san</a> in 1947 timelines and got to the article "<a href="http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,887426,00.html">End of Bogyoke</a>" on Time.com on which it's described how Bogyoke was assassinated in details at that times.<br /><br />Source : <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/5317942.stm" title="Google opens up 200 years of news">BBC News</a></div>zerotopichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18230385081697737042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26610494.post-80096345475355703762006-09-06T06:18:00.000+08:002006-09-06T06:28:14.438+08:00Multi-style Labels<img src="http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/2452/listsg4.jpg" /><img src="http://img307.imageshack.us/img307/74/menuog3.jpg" /><img src="http://img307.imageshack.us/img307/4606/cloudax7.jpg" /><img src="http://del.icio.us/img/delicious.gif" /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">I have added <a href="http://hackosphere.blogspot.com/2006/09/multi-style-labels-widget-for-blogger.html">Multi-style labels</a> to side bar. My credit go to Ramani at <a href="http://hackosphere.blogspot.com/">Hackosphere</a>. You will find a couple of neat and flawless hacks for Blogger beta there.<br />And another two good hacks I've implemented are <a href="http://hackosphere.blogspot.com/3006/09/3-column-templates-for-blogger-beta_01.html">Converting to 3-column template</a> and <a href="http://stubborn-fanatic.blogspot.com/2006/09/get-socially-bookmarked.html" title="Get socially bookmarked!">adding del.icio.us icon</a> to every post. Cool!<br /></div>zerotopichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18230385081697737042noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26610494.post-31500499120623436782006-09-06T00:01:00.000+08:002006-09-06T00:07:26.307+08:00Zidane headbutting mystery solved<div style="text-align: justify;"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left;" alt="41869338zidane270fp6.jpg" src="http://img509.imageshack.us/img509/9590/41869338zidane270fp6.jpg" />Zidane headbutting mystery has been solved after Materazzi reveals what he actually told him at that mad moment in World Cup Final.<br /><blockquote>"I was tugging his shirt, he said to me 'if you want my shirt so much I'll give it to you afterwards,' I answered that I'd prefer his sister."<br /></blockquote><br />After saying those words, as you all know, the fella was suffered a powerful headbutt. [<a href="http://zerotopic.blogspot.com/2006/07/zidane-game.html" title="Zidane Game">Link</a>]<br /></div><br />Read more @ <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/internationals/5315618.stm" title="Materazzi breaks Zidane silence">BBC</a>zerotopichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18230385081697737042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26610494.post-58506009571963714252006-09-05T19:31:00.000+08:002006-09-05T19:38:41.805+08:00International Thinking At Its Best!<img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/2878/3248/320/globalization.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Question</span>: What is the truest definition of Globalization?<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Answer</span>: Princess Diana's death.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Question</span>: How come?<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Answer</span>: An English princess with an Egyptian boyfriend crashes in a French tunnel, driving a German car with a Dutch engine, driven by a Belgian who was drunk on Scottish whiskey, (check the bottle before you change the spelling) followed closely by Italian paparazzi, on Japanese motorcycles; treated by an American doctor, using Brazilian medicines.<br /><br />This is sent to you by an American, using Bill Gates's technology, and you're probably reading this on your computer, that use Taiwanese chips, and a Korean Monitor, assembled by Bangladeshi workers in a Singapore plant, transported by Indian lorry-drivers, hijacked by Indonesians, unloaded by Sicillian longshoremen, and trucked to you by Mexican illegals..<br /><br />That, my friends, is Globalization!<br /></span>zerotopichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18230385081697737042noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26610494.post-38237553152346319062006-09-05T09:54:00.000+08:002006-09-05T10:07:30.530+08:00Gallas threaten to score an own goal<div style="text-align: justify;"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left;" alt="40717336gallas203xt9.jpg" src="http://img399.imageshack.us/img399/9338/40717336gallas203xt9.jpg" />I've come across this on BBC football news.<br /><blockquote>Chelsea say they sold William Gallas because he threatened to score an own goal if he was selected for their first game of the season.</blockquote><br />Despite that Gallas denies, "I am surprised and shocked by these claims. I never said that I would score own goals if I had to play for Chelsea again".<br /></div><br />Read more @ <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/chelsea/5314292.stm">BBC</a>zerotopichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18230385081697737042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26610494.post-77522266232323417672006-09-05T04:01:00.001+08:002006-09-05T04:01:57.303+08:00SanDisk's Sansa Base Station dock<img alt="screenhunter185ke5.gif" src="http://img485.imageshack.us/img485/9606/screenhunter185ke5.gif" /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">SanDisk introduce base station dock for Sansa <a href="http://zerotopic.blogspot.com/2006/08/sansa-e280-rival-of-ipod-nanno.html">e200</a> and c200 series MP3 players. This dock will turn your player into home audio jukebox. Though it's not on the market yet. They say it's expected to be available from retailers in the U.S. and Europe by October. The estimated prize will be $70.<br /><blockquote>The device allows users to dock a player, connect to and play audio content through an external entertainment system instead of a headphone, operate the player with a remote control, automatically charge the internal batteries of the c200 and e200 players, and transfer data between the player and a PC.<br /><br />The Sansa Base Station comes with a power adapter, USB 2.0 cable, RCA audio cable, remote control with battery and mechanical adapters for each of the three Sansa models.</blockquote></div><br />Read more @ <a href="http://www.sandisk.com/Corporate/PressRoom/PressReleases/PressRelease.aspx?ID=3521" title="sandisk.com">sandisk.com</a><br />Found via <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/04/sandisks-sansa-base-station-dock-with-remote-for-sansa-players/" title="Engadget">Engadget</a>zerotopichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18230385081697737042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26610494.post-65385113490797112102006-09-04T00:13:00.000+08:002006-09-04T00:27:54.755+08:00Singapore Joke<div style="text-align: justify;">In Singapore, the majority of us live in <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">Highly Dangerous Buildings (<span style="font-weight: bold;">HDB</span>)</span>,<br />And most people have already got used to <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">Paying and Paying (<span style="font-weight: bold;">PAP</span>)</span>.<br />Not only do you have to pay, you <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">Pay Until Bankrupt (<span style="font-weight: bold;">PUB</span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">)</span>.<br />If that's not enough, somebody still <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">Purposely Wants to Dig (<span style="font-weight: bold;">PW</span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><span style="font-weight: bold;">D</span>)</span> and get more from you.<br />So what more can you do when you are in the <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">Money Only Environment (<span style="font-weight: bold;">MOE</span>)</span>?<br />With the current <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">Mad Accounting System (<span style="font-weight: bold;">MAS</span>)</span>, you are forced to <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">Pay the Sum Ahead (<span style="font-weight: bold;">PSA</span>)</span>,<br />Which will leave some people <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">Permanently Owing Some Banks (<span style="font-weight: bold;">POSB</span>)</span>.<br />And forced to live on the <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">Loan Techniques Always (<span style="font-weight: bold;">LTA</span>)</span> system.<br />When you fall sick and happen to be admitted to a <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">Money Operating Hospital (<span style="font-weight: bold;">MOH</span>)</span>,<br />You might be able to use your <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">Cash Prior to Funeral (<span style="font-weight: bold;">CPF</span>)</span> fund.<br />If you are out of luck, you may meet doctors who <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">Never Use Heart (<span style="font-weight: bold;">NUH</span>)</span> to treat you,<br />And you will be <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">Sure to Give up Hope (<span style="font-weight: bold;">SGH</span>)</span>.<br />To help ease the traffic, motorists have to <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">pay Cash On Expressway (<span style="font-weight: bold;">COE</span>)</span>.<br />If that doesn't help, they can always <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">Eternally Raise Prices (<span style="font-weight: bold;">ERP</span>)</span> on the roads.<br />If you don't own a car, you can always make a <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">Mad Rush to the Train (<span style="font-weight: bold;">MRT</span>)</span>,<br />OR get squashed in a bus <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">Side By Side (<span style="font-weight: bold;">SBS</span>)</span>.<br />Lastly, under all these pressures, there are not many places we can relax,<br />Not even the good old place we used to go because it has become<br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">So Expensive and Nothing To See Actually (SENTOSA)!!!</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">I got this joke from a forwarded email. It will be more hilarious, if you have some knowledge of Singapore.</span></span><br /></div>zerotopichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18230385081697737042noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26610494.post-21398382472793680682006-09-03T17:45:00.000+08:002006-09-03T17:40:38.219+08:00Samsung YP-MP3 Mini Boombox<img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/2878/3248/320/SamsungK5.jpg" /><br /><br />This chunky Samsung YP-MP3 Mini Boombox will not as much Fancy as iPod Nano to hang around town. Though it's still portable, stylish and so desirable for those who like to show off their new fuzzy gadgets. Your friends will be amazed when they know how loud it can produce!<br /><blockquote>You know when there's some asshole talking on his cellphone in the library, and you just tell him to shut the hell up? It's about that loud, except it's not annoying. It's fucking great.</blockquote><br />Sometime we just need to relax, every time your ears stuck with mp3 player is not good for health. Please don't listen to yourself, play for all!<br /><br />Specification :<br /><br />File support: MP3, WMA, OGG, ASF, JPG<br />Dimensions 98 x 47.5 x 18.1mm<br />Syncs with Plays for Sure<br />USB 2.0<br />1GB/2GB/4GB<br /><br />Battery<br />Listening Time: 6 hours in speaker mode, 30 hours with ear buds<br />Charging Time: 5 hours by USB, 3 hours through AC Plug<br /><br />Read more review @ <a href="http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/portable-media/samsung-ypk5-mp3-mini-boombox-first-unboxing-review-and-video-198099.php">Gizmondo<br /></a>zerotopichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18230385081697737042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26610494.post-77791174556093658712006-09-03T05:27:00.000+08:002006-09-03T05:37:43.504+08:0012-year old, owner of popular sports blog<img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left;" jpg="" src="http://img486.imageshack.us/img486/2641/nickbarnowskirc2.jpg" />Blogging is an easy job, even a kid can do, not just a mere one, I'm talking about a successful blog! That's right. The owner of one of America Online's most popular sports Web logs is 12. Well how I can say, I'm nothing compared to him. What drive me crazy is that this wonder kid Nick Barnowski don't know what the blog was all about before April, that is the month I started Zero Topic!<br /><br /><br />"I'm amazed - I mean, he's 12, and here he is talking back and forth with 30-year-olds. ... I'm happy for him. I really am." Those are the words from his happy mum, Maggie.<br /><a href="http://journals.aol.com/redwingsnut93/blog/">Visit Nick blog here</a>.<br /><br />Read more @ <a href="http://www.macon.com/mld/macon/sports/colleges/mercer/15426489.htm">The Ann Arbor News<br /></a> via : <a href="http://www.thebloggingtimes.com/content/index.php/2006/09/02/popular-sports-blog-run-by-12-year-old/">The Blogging Times</a>zerotopichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18230385081697737042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26610494.post-89155579009907483572006-09-01T14:29:00.000+08:002006-09-01T14:45:24.234+08:00Latest EPL Transfer Before DeadlineAshley Cole [Arsenal - Chelsea] £5m + William Gallas<br />Jose Antonio Reyes [Arsenal - Real Madrid]Loan<br />Julio Baptista [Real Madrid - Arsenal]Loan<br />Cygan [Arsenal - Villarreal] £2m<br />Carlos Tevez [Corinthians - West Ham] Undisclosed<br />Javier Mascherano [Corinthians - West Ham] Undisclosed<br />Pascal Chimbonda [Wigan - Tottenham] Undisclosedzerotopichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18230385081697737042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26610494.post-52946555315228976462006-08-31T15:06:00.000+08:002006-08-31T15:31:08.171+08:00Editing HTML On Blogger BetaToday Blogger Buzz update <a href="http://buzz.blogger.com/2006/08/new-old-feature-on-beta.html">one more feature</a> on Blogger beta that we can now edit HTML code in template, probably that's a second breaking news since their announcement on <a href="http://buzz.blogger.com/2006/08/blogger-in-beta.html">Blogger in beta</a>. But be cautious before you open the template. You should learn first <a href="http://help.blogger.com/bin/answer.py?answer=46870">what is new</a> in it.<br /><br /><blockquote>One quick warning before you all dive in, though: The new template language is completely different from the old one. So even if you're used to working with classic templates, you'll need to learn some new tricks to directly edit the new templates for Layouts-enabled blogs.</blockquote>zerotopichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18230385081697737042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26610494.post-78226231350157902282006-08-31T03:13:00.000+08:002006-08-31T04:01:39.553+08:00Make youself well-known at Web2logo<a href="http://zerotopic.blogspot.com/"><img style="width: 64px; height: 49px;" src="http://img49.imageshack.us/img49/899/zerotopic1ge6.jpg" /></a><a href="http://web2logo.com/"><img style="width: 339px; height: 49px;" src="http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/2037/web2logokw2.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Oops! my logo really stands out from the crowd! Logo is playing essential role to the success of the product or website. It means a lot because logo is brand. How people remember you and think about you. Some folks are insanely addicted to famous brand. But oh my God! you see how ugly my logo is, hopeless! Because I'm not good at design and lack of creativity so let be it, I can't help. This one is the best I can make of, hah.<br /><br />Anyway, what I'm trying to say here is about Web2logo.com. It compiled the famous websites in order by tag and logo. You can digg, delicious and rate any website you like as usual, again phenomenon of web2.0, huh?<br /></div><br /><a href="http://web2logo.com/">Web2logo</a> via : <a href="http://www.lifehacker.com/software/web-20/investigate-web-20-with-web2logocom-197476.php">Lifehacker</a>zerotopichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18230385081697737042noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26610494.post-76356843140450664272006-08-30T20:14:00.000+08:002006-08-30T20:57:59.682+08:00foobar2000 - the best freeware audio player<div style="text-align: justify;">In quest of music player that can play all sort of audio files for my PC and it have to be light weight that consume less memory, so far <a href="http://www.foobar2000.org/" title="Foobar2000">Foobar2000</a> is the best I can find.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">I have already installed a couple of bulky software. My roommate bought iPod and I have to keep iTunes for him to synchronize with his Nanno. Window media player automatically came with window XP installation. Real media and quick time are also installed, as my browser beg for me to download so that it can play media files associated with such players. Since I don't want to mess up with my friend's iTunes music library, I need another good player for my own use and Winamp have long been my favorite for that purpose. Now I switch to Foobar2000.<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/2878/3248/1600/foobar2000.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/2878/3248/320/foobar2000.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">What's so special?</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"> foobar2000 is an absolutely freeware audio player for Windows. You do not need to ( or have to ) upgrade to pro because there is only one available that is free version! foobar200 do not have fancy skins like Winamp, but hey.. it's still cool for me. I prefer much simpler and more powerful playlist. It produce high-quality audio output. I don't need AOL or SHOUTcast, <a href="http://zerotopic.blogspot.com/2006/08/pandora-music-discovery-service.html">Pandora</a> is the best for me as far as on line radio are concerned.<br /><br />One feature that lack in foobar2000 is that it doesn't support playing video file. Why bother? I don't need a bloated software just to play the songs I like. And I seldom watch a movie. After all those are the fact that make foobar2000 incredibly light.<br /></div><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Check out the quick look on their system requirement:</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"> foobar2000</span> >> Windows 2000, XP / 32 MB RAM / 200 MHz, AMD K5 or Pentium or equivalent (500MHz Athlon or Pentium III recommended) / 5 MB Hard Disk Space<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"> Winamp</span> >> Windows 2000, XP / 128 MB RAM / 1.5 GHz Pentium IV or comparable / 30MB Hard Disk Space<br /><br />If you still love Winamp and hesitate to get rid of it then you'd better not installed foobar200. They aren't mean to stay together in the same system. Even after you've set up foobar2000 as the default player for your audio files, Winamp is still fighting for his place in the background.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Features of foobar2000</span><br /><br /><ul><li>Audio formats supported: MP1, MP2, MP3, MP4, MPC, AAC, Ogg Vorbis, FLAC / Ogg FLAC, WavPack, WAV, AIFF, AU, SND, CDDA, WMA.Full</li><li> Unicode support.Advanced</li><li> tagging capabilities.Support</li><li> for transcoding all supported audio formats using the Converter component (requires external commandline encoder executable for different output formats).</li><li>ReplayGain support - both playback and calculation.</li><li>Customizable keyboard shortcuts.</li><li>Open component architecture allowing third-party developers to extend functionality of the player.</li></ul>foobar2000 : <a href="http://www.foobar2000.org/" title="http://www.foobar2000.org/">http://www.foobar2000.org/</a><br /><br />reference : <a href="http://ryanspicks.blogspot.com/2006/05/foobar2000-freeware-audio-player.html">foobar2000</a> on <a href="http://ryanspicks.blogspot.com/">ryanspicks</a></div>zerotopichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18230385081697737042noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26610494.post-950890708662172402006-08-30T02:45:00.000+08:002006-08-30T02:53:00.192+08:00Myanmar, 2006 Champion of Merdeka Cup<img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/2878/3248/320/Champion%20Myanmar.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />Seems like South East Asia sleeping giant is coming back again, though it's still early to judge. Last night in Merdeka cup final, Myanmar defeat 2-1 over Indonesia. Under the coach U San Win, Myanmar is placed as the lowest team in the four nation tournament. But FIFA rankings has nothing to do with the actual outcome. Kyaw Thu Ya took the lead on 61st minutes. Then the header from the capatain Soe Myat Min on 85th minutes was enough to add the 2006 Merdeka Cup to their name as a four times champion. The last time they won the title was in 1971 as Burma. Congratulation!zerotopichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18230385081697737042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26610494.post-31564732336040470672006-08-29T19:00:00.000+08:002006-08-28T16:37:39.222+08:00Learn French for Free Online.Wanna learn <a href="http://fsi-language-courses.com/FrenchBasicRevised.aspx">French</a> for free? Not just French, there are <a href="http://fsi-language-courses.com/GermanBasic.aspx">German</a>, <a href="http://fsi-language-courses.com/StandardChinese.aspx">Chinese</a> and <a href="http://fsi-language-courses.com/SpanishProg.aspx">spanish</a> as well. <a href="http://fsi-language-courses.com/default.aspx">Foreign Service Institute</a> (FSI) offer several language courses freely available in an electronic format. Choose the language you want to learn.<br /><br />My recommendation is to download all texts and tapes to your machine first, then study them later at your free time. Because all contents are cramed into one page which make loading really slow, not wise to go over and over again to download unit after unit.<br /><br />[ <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Tip</span> ] Use <a href="http://zerotopic.blogspot.com/2006/08/firefox-extension-i-like-i-install.html">Firefox extension</a> <a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/201/">DownThemAll!</a> for the mass download in one click.zerotopichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18230385081697737042noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26610494.post-26896225869304567932006-08-29T03:19:00.000+08:002006-08-29T03:54:06.336+08:00Give me a name of your iPod.<img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; width: 179px; height: 236px;" alt="ipod-shuffle.jpg" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/2878/3248/320/ipod-shuffle.jpg" />Oddly enough, some dudes, come up with the strange idea, have recently launched the web site <a href="http://www.ipodnames.com/Directory.php">iPodNames</a> on which people who own iPod can register for $ 1 per year to name their things.<br /><br />In return, you will be able to:<br /><br /><blockquote>Show the world your iPod's Name<span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span>Contact other iPod users (if they have set that option)<br />Obtain exclusive "iPodNames.com" rights to that name in the directory<br />Show the world what you have on your iPod.</blockquote><br /><br />Is this one another <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web2.0">web2.0</a> social site? I don't get a slightly thought on what they will be up to, as the site is in very beta. However they are somewhat entrepreneurial and they choose the right brand, iPod.<br /><a href="http://www.ipodnames.com/Directory.php"><br />iPodNames.Com</a> : [ via <a href="http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/announcements/why-i-shouldnt-have-named-my-ipod-unicorn-princess-196898.php">Gizmondo</a> ]zerotopichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18230385081697737042noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26610494.post-31524072794309182052006-08-28T19:12:00.000+08:002006-08-28T17:21:15.234+08:00Firefox Extension I like, I installI once posted some <a href="http://zerotopic.blogspot.com/2006/06/firefox-extension_03.html" title="useful Firefox extension">useful Firefox extension</a> which I liked so that I installed in my browser. Since then more and more good extensions I came across are being added. The list are out of date now. And I've noticed I don't really like some that I mentioned back then. They are <a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/2517/" title="Googlepedia">Googlepedia</a> , <a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/1269/" title="Fasterfox">Fasterfox</a> and <a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/1730/" title="Performancing">Performancing</a> . In fact that three extensions are quite good and most of the folks find them useful. Fasterfox is still <a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/search.php?app=firefox&amp;appfilter=firefox&type=E&sort=downloads" title="top of the three">top of the three</a> the most download extension. As for me I no longer need them. As my Firefox browser is quite fast already. I seldom find the same search in both Google and Wikipedia. I prefer <a href="http://www.writely.com/" title="Writely">Writely</a> and <a href="http://www.wridea.com/index.php" title="Wridea">Wridea</a> over Performancing for blogging purpose.<br /><br />I think It's time to update them. It's also a good idea to have them collected together on line so that I don't need to worry the lost of extension due to the browser accidentally uninstalled. Now I have a <a href="http://customsoftwareconsult.com/extensions/febe/febe.html" title="back up">back up</a> of them in my blog! If you haven't installed Firefox yet, and you want to download it, please click the button "<span style="font-weight: bold;">Get Firefox with Google Toolbar for better browsing</span>" on the side bar lower right corner. Trust me it's really far more better than Internet Explorer. And downloading it this way helps support this blog. Thank you.<br /><br /><a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/11/" title="Add Bookmark Here 0.5.5">Add Bookmark Here</a><br />A convenient way to add bookmarks.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.google.com/tools/firefox/webcomments/index.html" title="Blogger Web Comments 1.3">Blogger Web Comments</a><br />Post and read comments on any webpage<br /><br /><a href="http://www.cocomment.com/tools/extension" title="coComment">coComment</a><br />clear conversation in the blogosphere<br /><br /><a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/271/" title="ColorZilla">ColorZilla</a><br />Advanced Eyedropper, ColorPicker, Page Zoomer and other colorful goodies.<br /><br /><a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/134/" title="Copy Plain Text 0.3.2">Copy Plain Text</a><br />Copies text without formatting<br /><br /><a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/201/" title="DownThemAll! 0.9.9.6.3">DownThemAll!</a><br />The mass downloader for Firefox.<br /><br /><a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/26/" title="Download Statusbar">Download Statusbar</a><br />View and manage downloads from a tidy statusbar<br /><br /><a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/725/" title="FootieFox 1.1.1">FootieFox</a><br />Soccer scores, live and almost instantly.<br /><br /><a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/219/" title="FoxyTunes">FoxyTunes</a><br />Control any media player from Firefox and more.....<br /><br /><a href="http://www.google.com/tools/firefox/toolbar/index.html?utm_source=en-et-labs&amp;utm_medium=et&utm_campaign=en" title="Google Toolbar for Firefox">Google Toolbar for Firefox</a><br />Take the power of Google whith you anywhere on the Web!<br /><br /><a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/748/" title="Greasemonkey 0.6.5.20060727">Greasemonkey</a><br />A User Script Manager for Firefox<br />( For advanced users only, if you are not so sure don't touch it )<br /><a href="http://greasemonkey.mozdev.org/" title="About Greasemonkey">Read more about Greasemonkey</a> .<br /><br /><a href="http://reg.imageshack.us/content.php?page=extension" title=" ImageShack right-click"> ImageShack right-click</a><br />Upload to ImageShack via right-click menu.<br /><br /><a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/190/" title="Linkification">Linkification</a><br />Converts text links into genuine, clickable links.<br /><br /><a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/710/" title="Menu Editor 1.2.2">Menu Editor</a><br />Costomize application menus<br /><br /><a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/427/" title="ScrapBook 1.1.0.3">ScrapBook</a><br />Helps you to save Web pages and organize the collection.<br /><br /><a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/1122/" title="Tab Mix Plus 0.3.0.5">Tab Mix Plus</a><br />Tab browsing with an added boost.<br /><br /><a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/2390/" title="VideoDownloader 1.0">VideoDownloader</a><br />Download videos from Youtube, Google, Metacafe, iFilm, Dailymotion...zerotopichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18230385081697737042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26610494.post-87510506781069275512006-08-28T06:15:00.000+08:002006-08-28T06:24:05.717+08:00Converting Photo to Sketch<a href="http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/979/softview128xl3.jpg"><img style="width: 400px; height: 285px;" src="http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/979/softview128xl3.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Converting photo to sketch? That would be fun especially for those who fancy playing with photos of famous celebrities :o If you are that kinda person or you just want to convert family photos to amuse your kids, download the <a href="http://www.thinkersoftware.com/photo-to-sketch/index2.htm">Photo to Sketch</a> . It's a free and easy to use software but available for Windows only.<br /><br />Well how about converting sketch to photo? You still can do so, if you are really serious about graphic design and possess some Photoshop skills. Read <a href="http://zerotopic.blogspot.com/2006/06/photoshop-tutorial_28.html">this post</a> to find how it can be done!zerotopichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18230385081697737042noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26610494.post-65249080137832502902006-08-27T06:06:00.000+08:002006-08-27T06:17:39.380+08:00Google Account Banned in Myanmar<a href="http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/6240/googlebannedcc7.jpg"><img src="http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/6240/googlebannedcc7.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://mgyoe.blogspot.com/2006/08/never-say-goodbye.html">Bloggers from Myanmar</a> are unhappy about the recent ban on Google account by country rulers. Since Google integration of its account to <a href="http://zerotopic.blogspot.com/2006/08/beta-version-of-blogger.html">Blogger beta</a>, access to Blogger signon box has been denied as shown in photo. It looks funny, it might be. But imagine when we are excited about Google announcement on new service that have been added, some people from my country are completely devastated. It's sad but true.<br /><br />Frustrated but not surprised, I'm used to suffer this experience pretty much before. If I'm not wrong, Yahoo! account have long been banned since the Internet access is available in Myanmar about six years ago. No warning, without a reason, no official announcement, this kinda things always happen. We just noted that some stupid political mind might involve behind the forbiddance.zerotopichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18230385081697737042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26610494.post-37446591237550865672006-08-26T06:19:00.000+08:002006-08-26T06:32:44.565+08:00Geroge W. Bush is a failure according to Google searchType the word "<a href="http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient-ff&ie=UTF-8&rls=GGGL,GGGL:2006-16,GGGL:en&q=failure">failure</a>" in Google search to see who is on top of the result lol!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient-ff&ie=UTF-8&rls=GGGL,GGGL:2006-16,GGGL:en&q=failure"><img src="http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/4922/georgebushwx3.jpg" border="0" /></a><a></a><br /><br />Found via : <a href="http://tkg-photographicdiary.blogspot.com/2006/08/googles-failure.html">Photographic Diary</a><br /><br />[ <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">update</span> ] <a href="http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2005/09/googlebombing-failure.html">Google Blog</a> explains why this happen :<br /><blockquote>In this case, a number of webmasters use the phrases [failure] and [miserable failure] to describe and link to President Bush's website, thus pushing it to the top of searches for those phrases.</blockquote><a></a>zerotopichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18230385081697737042noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26610494.post-210146243398769432006-08-25T14:56:00.000+08:002006-08-25T15:02:40.196+08:00Very Funny AdsCheck out the <a href="http://veryfunnyads.com/">VeryFunnyAds.com</a>, YouTube like online flash video site, featuring very <a href="http://zerotopic.blogspot.com/2006/08/dont-judge-too-quickly.html">funny TV commercials</a> around the world lol.zerotopichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18230385081697737042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26610494.post-30747294334285806332006-08-25T07:27:00.000+08:002006-08-25T07:36:20.672+08:00Chelsea face Barca again in CL Group StageThe draw for the Champion League (CL) group stage announces Today. Since then the controversial match between the CL Champion <span style="font-weight: bold;">Barcelona</span> against English Premier League (EPL) Champion <span style="font-weight: bold;">Chelsea</span> have been covered most of the major sport news sites. Chelsea, under the couch Jose Mourinho, face Barca 3 years in a row now. They have been kicked out of the tournament by each other in the past two years. So their early match up in the group stage again seems juicy news for the journalists and sport fans alike.<br /><br /><img alt="logoschelseaac6.gif" src="http://img226.imageshack.us/img226/9362/logoschelseaac6.gif" class="right" /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Champions League Draw for 2006</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Group A :</span> Barcelona, Chelsea, Werder Bremen, Levski Sofia<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Group B :</span> Inter Milan, Bayern Munich, Sporting Lisbon, Spartak Moscow<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Group C :</span> Liverpool, PSV Eindhoven, Bordeaux, Galatasaray<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Group D :</span> Valencia, Roma, Olympiakos, Shakhtar Donetsk<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Group E :</span> Real Madrid, Lyon, Steaua Bucharest, Dynamo Kiev<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Group F :</span> Manchester United, Celtic, Benfica, FC Copenhagen<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Group G :</span> Arsenal,Porto, CSKA Moscow, Hamburg<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Group H :</span> AC Milan, Lille, AEK Athens, Anderlechtzerotopichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18230385081697737042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26610494.post-83121812029320409062006-08-25T03:50:00.000+08:002006-08-25T03:55:01.929+08:00Cats Me If You Can<a href="http://cathcat.blogspot.com/"><img src="http://img105.imageshack.us/img105/4950/smallestcat0ip8.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Some cats are funny, some cats are strange and some cats are cute. There are mad cat, fat cat, pink cat, drunk cat, evil cat, tiny cat, angel cat, and dinning cat, screaming cat, blaming cat whatever cat. <a href="http://cathcat.blogspot.com/">Cats Me If You Can</a>, a collection of pictures on cats, is a cool blog. You will like it, if you are a cat lover.zerotopichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18230385081697737042noreply@blogger.com26tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26610494.post-17402232514061562762006-08-25T03:14:00.000+08:002006-08-25T15:24:58.642+08:00See what music is popular among Google Talk usersGoogle recently Launched a new service, <a href="http://www.google.com/trends/music">Google Music Trends</a>. Interesting, huh?zerotopichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18230385081697737042noreply@blogger.com0