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Wednesday, May 31, 2006

Google Gadget: HDD Life

I think most of us have been using Google Desktop 4 for quite a few time. And I hope you all would love its cool gadgets. I have come across a nice little gadget, which is not a new release though. Some of you might have known this for quite a long time. But, for those who do not know it yet, I sincerely hope that this gadget will take your fancy.

It simply monitors the status of your computer's hard-disk, along with its temperature. Because the performance of hard-disk is compromised with its temperature, it would be important to know how hot your hard-disk is currently so that when you see 70C, you can probably give it a break. Well, you can download this gadget here. Remember, you need to have Google Desktop 4 to run this gadget.

Until then...

~_~ Justin ~_~

Joke for 31 May

A woman was cleaning her husbands dresser drawers when she found 3 golf balls and a box with $2000 in it. She waited for him to come home from the golf course to ask him why these things were hidden in his dresser drawer.

The husband said I'm sorry I hid this from you but the truth is every time I cheated on you over the last 30 years I put a golf ball in the drawer.

The wife was very upset at first but after thinking about it said "I guess 3 times in 30 years is really not that bad! Oh by the way what is the $2000 in the drawer.

The husband replied" Well every time I got to a dozen balls I sold them.


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Until then...

~_~ Justin ~_~

Fact for 31 May



  • 14 percent of corporate press releases contain at least one typo.


  • The longest, continually operated weblog (blog) has been updated at least once a day since 1996.



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Until then...

~_~ Justin ~_~

Tuesday, May 30, 2006

Joke for 30 May

A chemist walks into a pharmacy and asks the pharmacist, "Do you have any acetylsalicylic acid?"

"You mean aspirin?" asked the pharmacist.

"That's it, I can never remember that word."


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Until then...

~_~ Justin ~_~

D-A-N B-R-O-W-N

I have received a few requests from those readers who downloaded the Da Vinci Code e-book. They, in unison, asked me whether I also have other novels written Dan Brown. (seems like they have been hypnotized by Dan Brown!)

Good news for you. Here are two more novels by Dan Brown: Angels & Demons, and Digital Fortress. For Deception Point, I still have nowhere to find it. I have combined the two e-books in a ZIP file, pretty certain that those who like one will also love to read the other. Now enjoy the books here and keep yourself occupied in thoughts. The link will expire on 6 June 2006 and can support only 25 downloads after which, no matter whether it is past 6 June, the link will be unusable.

Until then...

~_~ Justin ~_~

Monday, May 29, 2006

University suspends exams for World Cup

Good news from Reuters. Will you do the same if your exam is between Jun 9 and Jul 9???

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University suspends exams for World Cup | Reuters.com

DHAKA (Reuters) - A Bangladesh university has postponed exams until after the World Cup finals after hundreds of students lay siege to the vice-chancellor's office.

Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology had earlier rejected students' calls to postpone exams scheduled for June 3-29.

"The classes will remain suspended until July 14," an official at the university in the capital said Monday.

Bangladesh failed to qualify for the World Cup finals, which will be hosted by Germany from June 9 to July 9.

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Until then...

~_~ Justin ~_~

World Cup 2006

Soccer Scoreboard Large
Fifa 2006 is coming soon. Microsoft has released a fun product for us soccer fans: Microsoft Soccer Scoreboard. It tells you your favorite team's fixtures, results and tracks its progress through the tournament. You can use it as a reminder for your team's fixtures so that you won't miss a match of it. And, because all the times are in your local standard time from your computer's settings, you don't need to confuse yourself adjusting the time differences.
Soccer Scoreboard Small
You can download it from the Microsoft's website after validating your genuine Windows (if you have one). It is about 3 MB in size. Or you can download from this link which I uploaded. I zipped the file so that it is now only 1.06 MB in size, and I'm not sure whether this one will check if your Windows is genuine. But, if you don't have genuine Windows, try downloading from that link (and let us know if you can do it or not in the comments). The link will expire on 5 June or after 25 downloads, whichever is earlier. Let me know if you happen to get the expired link by leaving a comment.

Until then...

~_~ Justin ~_~

Joke for 29 May

A company, feeling it was time for a shakeup, hires a new CEO. This new boss is determined to rid the company of all slackers.

On a tour of the facilities, the CEO notices a guy leaning on a wall. The room is full of workers and he wants to let them know he means business!

The CEO walks up to the guy and asks, "And how much money do you make a week?" Undaunted, the young fellow looks at him and replies, "I make $300.00 a week. Why?"

The CEO then hands the guy $300 in cash and screams, "Here's a week's pay, now GET OUT and don't come back!"

Feeling pretty good about his first firing, the CEO looks around the room and asks "Does anyone want to tell me what that goof-off did here?"

With a sheepish grin, one of the other workers mutters, "Pizza delivery guy from Domino's."


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Until then...

~_~ Justin ~_~

Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown


By this time, some of you might have watched Da Vinci Code on screen. Some might have read the novel written by Dan Brown, as well. For me, I have just watched the movie and have made bitter attempt to understand it in own way of thinking without much info about Christianity. I am compelled to read the novel after I have watched the movie to fully appreciate the plots.

If you have watched the movie and want to read on the novel or if you are considering reading the novel first before watching the movie, here is an e-book for Da Vinci Code (thanks to mmhan). It is a PDF file of size 740 KB. So, you won't have much trouble downloading it. As usual, the download will expire on 5 June 2006 or after 25 times it is downloaded, whichever occurs first. If you happen to download it after the link is expired, just leave a comment and check out later.

Until then...

~_~ Justin ~_~

Windows Vista User Guide

Windows Vista Beta 2 is going to be out soon. Microsoft has released a user guide for Windows Vista which explains the features in what I think a comprehensive nature. The document is 299 pages long and is in PDF format. If you want one, you can download it from the links below. This is not a novel to rest your mind on. But, I believe it's worth downloading as you can later search through the document for a description or an explanation of a Windows Vista feature.

There are two versions: High Res with clear graphics (11.3 MB) and Low Res with reduced quality graphics (3.49 MB). To read the High Res version, you need Adobe Acrobat Reader 7 which you can download from its website. For Low Res version, you can use any version starting from version 5.

The two links, as usual, will expire on 5 June 2006 or after 25 downloads have been done, whichever is earlier. If you happen to be unfortunate, just leave a comment and check it out about 24 hours later.

Until then...

~_~ Justin ~_~

Sunday, May 28, 2006

Live Local


A student carpark from Princeton University. This was taken from Live Local (Beta) of Microsoft. This is, they call, Bird Eye view and is available only for selected regions of US while for worldwide support, it is more or less the same as Google Earth. Currently, Google Earth can be blown down by this potentially dangerous substitute product from Microsoft. Hope Google will come up with its own answer to it.

Anyway, from this picture, it is obvious that it was taken Live (this Live has nothing to do with MS Live :P ). I think, "Are the Big Brothers watching us from the sky?"

Until then...

~_~ Justin ~_~

Is Dell Gonna Do It ?

An article from a tech magazine. I just assume that you might want to know more about it.

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Dell price cuts may start a PC price war

Lots of news from my fellow Texans down at Dell this week. First they
announced that they're going to use AMD Opteron processors for some of
their high end servers (something that IBM and HP were already doing).
Then came the announcement that Dell was planning to cut prices, which
has sparked talk (and perhaps hopes) of a price war among the major PC
vendors that could benefit computer buyers. Some Wall Street analysts
say it's likely, and they aren't quite as happy about it as consumers
may be. Read more here.

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Until then...

~_~ Justin ~_~

Joke for 28 May


An Army Ranger was on vacation in the depths of Louisiana and he wanted a pair of genuine alligator shoes in the worst way, but was very reluctant to pay the high prices the local vendors were asking. After
becoming very frustrated with the "no haggle" attitude of one of the shopkeepers, the Ranger shouted, "maybe I'll just go out and get my own alligator so I can get a pair of shoes made at a reasonable price!"

The vendor said, "By all means, be my guest. Maybe you will run into a couple of Marines who were in here earlier saying the same thing."

So the Ranger headed into the bayou that same day and a few hours later came upon two men standing waist deep in the water. He thought, "those must be the two Marines the guy in town was talking about." Just then, the Ranger saw a tremendously long aligator swimming rapidly underwater towards one of the Marines.

Just as the aligator was about to attack, the Marine grabbed its neck with both hands and trangled it to death with very little effort. Then both Marines dragged it on shore and flipped it on its back. Laying nearby were several more of the creatures.

One of the Marines then exclaimed, "Damn, this one doesn't have any shoes either!"

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Until then...

~_~ Justin ~_~

Follow Up 2: WMP 11

I have found that there were occasionally some readers clicking on the expired links because they wanted to install WMP 11 on non-genuine Windows. Now, I have uploaded the file once again. This time I can only provide only link which can support 25 downloads and will expire on 4 June 2006. I hope some of you can download from that link. Remember to extract the file first before you start your installation and make sure you read "Read Me First" which contains instructions on how to install it on your non-genuine Windows XP. If you are unfortunate to be 26th download or come late, just leave a message in the comment section if you don't want to send email to BlogCorrespondence@Gmail.com.

I am uploading this file not because I support the use of non-genuine Windows or software. I myself am running a genuine version of Windows XP Professional which came with the purchase of my laptop. But, I understand that there are unfortunate people out there who cannot afford the high price of genuine Windows or software, or who simply cannot find one in their regions. (I cannot also afford to buy some high-priced or extra-priced software.) However, if you are well-to-do and can afford it, I encourage using genuine versions.

Until then...

~_~ Justin ~_~

Saturday, May 27, 2006

Follow Up: Blank Caption!!

I remember about a week ago, I mentioned about the Blank Caption. Well, now I think it is time to get the work started.

As you can see in the picture, the flower pot here is the Flower Pot from Google Desktop 4. The butterfly can be a folder or a shortcut.

I assume that you know how to change the icon of the folder or shortcut. For those who do not know, just Right Click on it and select Properties. For shortcut, select Shortcut and click Change Icon. For folder, select Customize and click Change Icon.

Now you get a butterfly. It is OK if it is a folder. But, if it is a shortcut, you will see a "disgusting" arrorw at the lower left cornor of your icon. Good news is that you can completely remove it by downloading the Tweak UI from Microsoft website. Install it and navigate to Explorer > Shortcut, and on the right pane, choose None. Now the arrow is gone.

Here comes the blank caption part. Windows does not allow users to type Space as a folder or shortcut name. But there is an ASCII character which represents a space but which Windows recognize as a character but not a space. To name your folder with a blank caption, Right Click on it and choose Rename. And type Alt + 0160. You must use your Numeric keypad usually on the right side of your desktop keyboard to type 0160. For laptop users, there is also a key combination which allows you to turn on Num Lock. Look for yourself as it depends on your laptop keyboard.

Now you get a butterfly with a blank caption like shown in the picture. But, what if you want two butterflies instead of one? You cannot name two folders with the same Alt + 0160. So, my advice is just press Alt + 0160 two times for your second butterfly so that it will have two "space" characters. You want more? Then type it more. Simple.

Hope you might like this tweak. Apart from the presented usage, Alt + 0160 also has other uses which I will not talk about.

Until then...

~_~ Justin ~_~

Friday, May 26, 2006

Follow Up 2: Office 2007 Beta 2

There are a few people out there who dare not download and install Office 2007 Beta 2, fearing that it will uninstall their current Office 2003 or XP and Office 2007 proves to be buggy.

I have tested it since it was called Office 12. Although Office 12 was sluggish and buggy, current Office 2007 Beta 2 runs as smoothly as Office 2003. In the previous Follow Up, I said that I couldn't activate it. I think it might be because of my Windows which was then non-genuine. Fed up with having to crack to walk around WGA check whenever Microsoft releases new free products, I decided to revert back to my genuine Windows XP Professional SP2 and reinstalled Office 2007 Beta 2, and everything went fine with activation.

I eagerly recommend Office 2007 and encourage you to download and test the Beta 2. I also encourage you to try Windows Vista Beta when it is out, but feel reluctant to recommend to you all as it requires high-end hardware to present its "sacred" Aero UI.

You can take a look at the ample screenshots here and also at wiki.

Until then...

~_~ Justin ~_~

Google Reader on Google Homepage

Do you read many blogs and news feeds? Then I'm sure that you won't be jumping from one page to another, but will be simply using an RSS reader like Google Reader or RSS Bandit. I love RSS Bandit because it lets me customize my reading pane. But I'm a loyal Google customer. So, I tried to change back to Google Reader and read thew blogs and news at http://www.google.com/reader. But, it seems like RSS Bandit still excels Google Reader in organizing the feeds. So, sadly, I had to stick with RSS Bandit although I would like to be using Google's product.

Google_Reader_Screenshot
Now, I have put Google Reader on my Google Personalized Homepage, and I have since found that it is now a lot easier to read the feeds in Google Reader right on my Google Homepage. When I click on a new entry, the article just shows up nicely in a little cute bubble, without taking me another page which is most annoying for me. No matter how long the article is, Google Reader shows up all in the bubble so I don't have to click any link to read it to the end. And, it's right here on my Homepage. Since I put Google Reader on my Homepage, I haven't been using RSS Bandit until now and reading feeds has become a lot easier with this module (as it is called by Google) on my Homepage.

If you are, like me, reading many blogs and news, and love Google, I am sure you might like this module on your Google Homepage.

Until then...

~_~ Justin ~_~

Thursday, May 25, 2006

Follow Up: Office 2007 Beta 2

I have just tried Office 2007 Beta 2 from Microsoft. Downloading and installing went smooth. When it came to the activation, Office kept on telling me that I did not have an internet connection although I could successfully download the Office package which was around 1GB in size. So, I only had 50 times to open any Office application and after that, Office said many features would be reduced if I chose not to activate. There was an option for telephone activation but it was grayed out.

In my testing, I found that the new user interface was much improved since I last tested its premature release. But, I also felt that the new UI was a little bit not intuitive to novic users. Also, the graphs generated by excel had large icons for data points so that, although my graphs looked cuter and nicer, they would not be suitable for scientific reports like I have been (forced to be) writing on. Overall, I like the new Office 2007 and would recommend it to my friends.

Until then...

~_~ Justin ~_~

Office 2007 Beta Download

To NUS students, Microsoft Office Word, PowerPoint and Excel are indespensible. This is true for many other college students as well. We like the way Office 2003 helps us accomplish daily tasks of writing reports, drawing graphs and preparing presentations. Now, Microsoft has released the Public Preview Beta version of Office 2007; I hope you all might be aware that Office 2007 has been on the news for a long time. Now, it is your chance to try the new version. You can download the Beta here today. If you would like to see a demo before you actually download it, you can see it here (It requires Macromedia Flash Player).

In a few weeks, Microsoft is also going to release a Public Preview Beta of its next generation windows - Windows Vista. You can download it from this website. Currently, it is not available to public. But stay tuned and in a few weeks, you will be trying this all-new windows OS. If you want to know whether your current computer can run Vista or not, and if you want to know which Vista Edition to buy for your computer, you can take a look at here.

Until then...

~_~ Justin ~_~

Follow Up 1 - Follow Up 2

Wednesday, May 24, 2006

Problem in 50 years' time

In the last decade, Yahoo, Google, Hotmail-MSN (now Live!) and many other free email (and services) provider sprung up. We liked it and we created our own accounts there; I believe each of us has at least one account at Yahoo, Hotmail and Gmail and some might even have multiple accounts in one services, like me.

We also like privacy and security. So, we created hard-to-guess (though not very strong) passwords to protect our accounts on the web.

Now the problem arises. We human usually live no longer than 100 years (that figure is even exaggerated). Assuming that those who are currently using the web services include 50-year-old people and they will live until 100th year, we will have dead-people accounts on the servers of web service providers. What are Yahoo, Microsoft and Google going to do with the accounts of those people who pass away? A family member might be able to terminate the account. But, do they all know the passwords? If they do not know the passwords, there will be no way to terminate those accounts. As time goes by, in a century, we will have a lot of "dead accounts" which needs to be cleared away.

I am almost certain that the three Big Brothers will not be opening up services that entertain requests from family members of dead people, asking them to shut down the accounts showing the dead certificates. Or Are those family members going to bother to do that at all?

Should Google shut down the accounts which are inactive for at least one year or a particular amount of time? I know Mail2World has a tenure period within which, if the user does not log in, the account will be deactivated. This would not be a problem for the Google to enforce such a term. There is another problem. Should Google let other users to take over the old user names once they have been deleted from the server? If Google makes the used user names available after they are deleted, there is a problem I can think of. The new user who takes over the user name will probably receive emails from those friends of the old user (now passed away) who never knew that he/she has passed away, or from those mailing lists that the old user subscribed. If Google does not make used user names reusable, is there going to be a problem of user name shortage?

What do you think? Please share your views in the comment session.

Thank you for reading.

Until then...

~_~ Justin ~_~

A Video that Speaks

This may not be for those who do not know Burmese language and those who do not want to accept facts.

A nice touch by Kyaw Hein. Remix by Okka Oo Tha. Featured in Okka Oo Tha Remix 2006. Watch the video here at YouTube.

Hope you might enjoy it.

Until then...

~_~ Justin ~_~

Thursday, May 18, 2006

Like Google? Like Firefox?

Do you like FireFox? Do you like Google? I hope a majority to say "I do".

If you like FireFox, I am quite certain that it is because of its Extensions.
If you like Google, I also hope that you might like to use its Live Bookmarks. (All your Favorites, as it is called in Internet Explorer, go with you anywhere even away from your computer.)

Click here to download
There is a FireFox extension called Google Bookmarks Button. You might need this because the Google toolbar for FireFox still doesn't have Live Bookmark in it. (Toolbar for IE does have it though.) This is quite handy for those who use Google Bookmarks and who sticks to FireFox and who is waiting for a Google toolbar for FireFox which features Live Bookmark. You can download it here.

There is yet another FireFox extension for those who have multiple Gmail accounts. By default, Google allows you to be logged into only one account in any given browser. So, if you have more than one Gmail account, then you will have to switch between accounts to check your email. Not only is this tedious, it is also not possible to get instant notification when your account gets a new email. You can download it here and there you will also find a screenshot.

Until then...

~_~ Justin ~_~

UFO: Do they exist?

We have often heard of UFO sightings. And we have been wondering whether they are real or just illusions. Now BBC has an article explaining on this topic. They say there is no evidence that the UFO's really exist. But, the findings are not yet conclusive. You might want to read it more at here.

Until then...

~_~ Justin ~_~

Wednesday, May 17, 2006

Google Notebook


Google has released yet another product: Google Notebook. It is a note taking plug-in to your IE or FireFox. For those who cannot afford Microsoft's OneNote, you can use it as a substitute although it is not intended for this purpose. You can take a look at the screenshot here. If you are interested, you can go to this website to get it.

Until then...

~_~ Justin ~_~

Blank Captions...!!!

Desktop screenshot
Trick your Windows to force it to let you have folders without any captions!!! This is not an illegal trick. You can see an image here which I took from my desktop. The butterfly is a folder on my desktop and the Flower Pot is a gadget from Google Desktop. I will tell you later how to do it.

Until then...

~_~ Justin ~_~

Follow Up

Tuesday, May 16, 2006

Follow Up: WMP11

1024 x 768Now I have got WMP11 for you to download before it is officially available at Microsoft website. This download is intended for those who are unfortunate and do not have Genuine Windows. Those who have Genuine Windows, please download it at my friend's blog site, or officially at Microsoft's website.
1280 x 800 (Wide Screen)I have two links here. Each link can provide up to 25 downloads and both will expire on 23 May. So, please do not download twice from these two links. If you are unfortunate to be the 51st person to download, please let me know at BlogCorrespondence@Gmail.com. The download package has a Read Me file where you can find instructions how to install WMP11 on your non-genuine Windows XP.

The followings are the two links:


NOTE: The above two links are now expired. There is another link here which will last until 4 June 2006 or until 25 downloads were done. Thanx

Until then...

~_~ Justin ~_~

PS: You can also download the WMP11 wallpapers here. Yes, they are wallpapers. Click on the image that (closely) matches your screen resolution and right-click on it and Save Image As. :)

Windows Media Player 11

For Vista For XP
I hope that all of you have been using Windows Media Player 10. Also, I hope that some or most of you know that WMP11 is going to accompany Windows Vista. But, Windows Vista will be released only in the second quarter of 2007; so chances are that you might hae to wait about 1 more year to be able to use WMP11. I have good news for those who can't just wait to use WMP11 and who can't just be satisfied by looking at the screenshots. Microsoft is going to release a Public Preview Beta of WMP11 for Windows XP on May 17 (yes, it is in 2006). So stay tuned at this website.
WMP Toolbar
For those who don't have an idea of WMP11, I have included some screenshots of WMP11.

Until then...

~_~ Justin ~_~

PS: Info source here.

Sentosa Magical Fountain

Want to take a look at Sentosa Magical Fountain? This is a famous attraction of Sentosa performed twice daily at night. Admission is free. Watch the videos first and then when you go there, do drop by it at 07:30 PM to catch the first show. Enjoy the videos; they are not of high quality.

Sentosa Magical Fountain
For you convenience, I do not embed them here. But instead you can click them and watch at Google Videos.



Until then...

~_~ Justin ~_~

PS: As usual, please kindly report to me at Contact Me if any link is broken. Thank you.

Windows Live Messenger

Are you still stuck up with the old MSN messenger 7.5? A new version of MSN messenger is now available. Microsoft call it Windows Live Messenger, as a product of its Live product line.
Live Messenger
It is still in Beta stage, but I have so far not yet encountered a problem with it. There are a few things I like about it. In the old MSN messenger, I cannot rename my contact; when they change their own name (sometimes unrecognizable), I have to figure them out by searching for their email address in my address book and see who it is. Now, in Live Messenger, you can Add a Nickname and no matter your contacts change their name or not, you can recognize them. Another thing that I like about this new product is that it has Shared Folder feature. I just set up a folder for a friend and I can put all those files I want to share with him/her, so file sharing is now easier. Yet another thing is the new User Interface. It is like the Aero Glass style of Windows Vista. You can see a screenshot on the right. The best thing about this new messenger is that you can now send offline messages to your friends, which was not possible with the old MSN messenger.

You can download it now at here. Go to Windows Live Messenger and click Download.

I hope you all might enjoy it.

Until then...

~_~ Justin ~_~

Monday, May 15, 2006

Fight Scary Emails !!!

These days, I do think that we have been receiving scary pictures and flashes which at first seem to be nice and cute and later show the audience scary pictures while they are staring at the screen unsuspectingly. I have also seen such things happening all around the world when I saw google videos in which people were scared out of soul and have fallen off the chair (and some have even cried) out of fear.

So, let's not re-forward those scary pictures to anyone else should any one of us receive such emails from other senders, and delete completely those scary emails. Also, request the sender not to send such emails to us again.

This is even worse than chain mails which claim that if the reader doesn't forward it, he/she will get bad luck. I personally think now is the time to stop such scary emails by cutting the "chain". I do also think that you all do not like such scary emails.

So, let's do it. And, please share you opinions in the comments.

~_~ Justin ~_~

PS: There are people out there who claim that they are not at all scared by those "scary" pics, ppt and flash. But, there are a lot more people out there who are really scared by them. So, just the fact that you are not scared by them should NOT justify you to forward the chain. Please be considerate to others.

AOL Browser

I hope you might like the cool look of AOL Browser. It has Tabbed browsing feature and it can also display a thumbnail picture of the page when you hover your mouse onto the background tab.


I have tried it and found out that it uses the settings and cookies from IE7. I do not know why this is the case. But, I definitely like the cool look. But I do not take it as a replacement to my hero FireFox but just an adjunct browser. See the screenshot first and if you like it, download the version 1.5. Sorry for the low quality of the pic.

Until then...

~_~ Justin ~_~

Nintendo 64 on PC

Hello friends,

I hope you all might want to play N64 games on PC. There are some nice N64 emulators. You can download them at:


Here is also a site for free ROM downloads. Click on N64 and you can download a lot of free ROM's there. If you are going to play Super Mario with joystick, please use TRWin.

Disney's Donald Duck - Goin' Quackers and Super Mario are two nice games out there. Below is a screenshot of Donald Duck game.

Donald Duck Screenshot
If you also want to watch Super Mario, you can click here and take a look at a gamer play it very fast!!!

Hope you all like it...

Until then...

~_~ Justin ~_~

PS: If you find the links are broken, please kindly report to me at Contact Me on the left hand side of the page. Thank you.

Thursday, May 11, 2006

Three New Googles!!!

Google has released three new products this week: Google Trends, Google Co-op, and Google Desktop 4.

With Google Trends, you can search information on the search history of your keyword. I did a test search for Bird Flu and the result was shown in a nice graph which I have attached here.

With Google Co-op, you can search more specific information about a particular topics. I did a test search on Health > Condition > Symptoms and found that the results are supported by Hardvard Medical School and the UCSF and many other great medical institutions, so the results are more relevant and the quality even better.

In Google Desktop 4, Google has included new gadgets (they call them Google Gadgets) like Calendar and many cool stuffs like that. And Google say the deskstop search is even more improved in this version; I have not tried it yet and cannot say anything about its improved searches. One thing I can be sure is Google Desktop's index file can go up to 1GB (some say even greater than that). So, if you are low on disk space, you might not want Google to index your whole hard drive.

I hope you all might enjoy these new products from Google.

Until then...

~_~ Justin ~_~

Monday, May 01, 2006

Perpendicular Storage


A new storage technology called Perpendicular Storage has now enabled hard disks to exceed the 500GB limit to first reach 750GB. In the new future, it is expected that TB hard disks will be seen in the market.

You can take a look at how Perpendicular Storage works at here.

Until then...

~!~ Justin ~!~