Month: August 2007

Digg Has the Power!

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If you don’t know digg.com you probably live under a rock! I knew about it, but didn’t think it would be useful, as in I already have a bookmark features in Firefox. But I decided it was a great option for when I’m not using my computer (and also to keep my bookmarks uncluttered) and found something interesting, also at the same time you get to see what others find interesting. Finally Digg.com can help out webmasters like myself. When I think i write a post that other digg users find interesting, I digg it hoping I will get responses and traffic ;). But at the same time I make sure the post has something of interest and not just spamming the site. As you know I’m digging this post, so let me know what you think, and your experiances with digg and if its helped you as a webmaster!

Digg sucks, and is controlled. Reddit is better!

Place Cds Face Up!

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ok i’m writing this post because a lot of people place cds and dvds face down (label down). This is not the best way to protect your cds, because one simple reason. The data is not written on the bottom side, its on the back side of the label, so its ok if the bottom gets scratched because the laser will still find a way to the data somehow. But if a piece of the label comes off you can kiss your data goodbye because you will never be able to access it again. Btw this is not a guess it is a fact, think about it, when you buy a audio cd or dvd or even blank media that comes in a case, its always label up.

Skype – A Little Extra For You!

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Wow, skype is giving us a free week, because of microsoft;)  heres what the email had to say

Hello

You may or may not know but last week Skype wasn’t available for a
couple of days.  There were a number of reasons for this and I am
delighted to say that the problem is now well and truly sorted and
everything is back to normal.  For those of you who tried to use Skype
during that time but couldn’t, we’re very sorry. For those of you who
didn’t try to use Skype – well thankfully you were not affected but we
want to reassure everyone that Skype is now working happily and the
problem is fixed.

We know we have many faithful users out there who give us feedback
(good and bad) on what we’re doing as a company.  The Skype community
makes us what we are.  Without you, our users, we simply wouldn’t
exist.  We’ve helped people stay in touch with their friends and
family over the past four years without any massive hitch and we want
it to stay that way.

When the unexpected happens, it’s important to remember the people who
stuck behind us and whose loyalty humbled us.  I want to thank
everyone for their support, patience and being part of the Skype
community.  And for those of you who missed out on using Skype last
week – I want to especially thank you as well.

As a goodwill gesture to all you faithful Skype Pro, Skype Unlimited,
SkypeIn or Skype Voicemail customers, we’re adding an additional seven
days to your current subscription, free of charge.  And even if you
didn’t miss out on using Skype last week – you can still have a week
free on Skype, on the house!

So please enjoy it, call your loved ones, friends, family and
colleagues and thanks again.

Talk soon,
The people at Skype

Five Funny Egyptian Commercials/Parodies

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Edit: they are 6 not 5.

Just watch and laugh if you are arab!

[kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/lQXRudtrt7o" width="425" height="350" wmode="transparent" /]

[kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/GKmPLGCUXew" width="425" height="350" wmode="transparent" /]

[kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/CyV3e7au6Fc" width="425" height="350" wmode="transparent" /]

[kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/Cbh4G1OyCJo" width="425" height="350" wmode="transparent" /]

[kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/fIuwrscaP4k" width="425" height="350" wmode="transparent" /]

[kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/mHAxn0LlZAM" width="425" height="350" wmode="transparent" /]

Damn Egyptians have a great sense of humor!

Pokerth

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Well, a couple of months ago I didn’t even know how to play poker. After I got to know some people who play it a lot, I learned quickly and became top dog (jk i know you guys are laughing!). But anyways i didnt like many of the poker programs available, either it was because of the need to make an account to use online because its a professional poker site or the interface wasn’t good looking. I used Hold’em which was a microsoft game, and it was good, but it only available for windows vista ultimate, and i have business edition. Anyways i found an amazing program which is open source for all you open source lovers, has a great look, has online capability (even though i haven’t tried it yet), and even has all the hand strengths always there when playing so you never have to look further when in an argument with friends at home! you can download it at www.pokerth.net P.S. there are versions Windows, Linux and OS X

Vista Driver Problems?

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I’ve had (and im sure many of you also have had) trouble with  vista installing drivers of  products that usually don’t need drivers, and these devices worked fine with Windows XP. Well i’ve found a fix, for most of those devices, when Windows Vista asks if you have the driver, just point it to C:\Windows (assuming that is where you have windows installed) and include subfolders. It will then find the driver, im not sure why windows doesn’t automatically find the drivers, but whatever, probably a bug.