Freeware PPC: MorseUtil

MorseUtil is an application to translate texts to Morse code. 99.99% people of the world don't know Morse code, because of Internet, but this is a very good secret language that you want to have with your friends.
Or simply an emergency code that you want to communicate with the world during emergency.
This apps has the Morse code table, but if you want a quick one, here you go:S.O.S is an international code call for help. The Morse code is:
3 short beeps, 3 long beeps, 3 short beeps

To download:
http://utilaplic.webs.com/freeappeng.htm#663781721

This is a freeware btw. :)


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source: http://utilaplic.webs.com

Freeware PPC: Pizza Collection

If you like pizza and like to make pizza on your own, then you can try this apps on your Windows Mobile phone. It has recipe of various pizza and support multiple language.

This apps requires:
Compact Framework 3.5
and WM 5 or higher

Resolution it supported:
QVGA, VGA, WQVGA, WVGA

This mean my HTC Touch Elfin can run this apps, hurray! :)

These are the links you can download them:
http://myfreefilehosting.com/f/45ecfaba5c_1.61MB
http://gallery.mobile9.com/f/1635653/

The author's website:
http://mypocketsoftware.jimdo.com/


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Sort out Windows 7 desktop icons

I was still having problem with Windows 7's  bug that the icons on desktop will running around when I switch from single monitor to extended monitor and vice versa. After googling around, it is a known bug that Microsoft yet to fix it. Even tried out various method (like unchecked "align icons to grid") that people suggested, the icons still running around.
So I remembered my brother and sister having some Mac's style of shortcuts on their Windows Vista, so I went to search for it. And I found ObjectDock, and was happy with it for a few days. Until my blogger friend, chua1234 introduced the "Fences" in his blog. Fences basically is from same company that made ObjectDock. But instead of just putting the icons on top/bottom/left/right, I can use Fences to groups that icons, to the places on desktop that I prefer. Okay, here is the tutorial, thanks chua1234 for letting me use your pictures. :)

1. Download it from: http://www.stardock.com/products/fences/downloads.asp

2.Choose the free version to download, that would be sufficient.

3. Click Download Now.

4. After install it, you can start to configure the Fences.

5. You can choose the type of layout you preferred or you can use customized on your own. Don't worry, you can always come back to the setting to change it. To access the settings, right click on any place of the desktop and choose "Configure Fences...".

6. You even customize further with color, transparency, tint, and saturation of the Fences at the "Appearance".

7. Fences also let you take a snapshots of your desktop before installing Fences. You can always retrieve back to the original arrangement of the icons if you don't like Fences. But I would doubt it. :)

8. And here you go! A nice and tidy desktop!

Happy trying! Let me know what is your experience with Fences or if you have a better software, please let me know. :)


p/s: pictures are from chua1234, to read it in chinese, go to http://chua1234.blogspot.com/2010/11/blog-post_18.html. Thanks again to chua1234.

pp/s: why I don't put my desktop print screen? because of confidentiality, sorry. :)


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Stop Child Abuse

UNICEF has started a nationwide movement called "Get on Board" to provide the public with the information, insight and resources to stop child abuse. This knowledge will empower everyone to protect the children in our families and communities. Let us show our children that at least a 100,000 of us care. The more people who raise their hand to be counted, the stronger the campaign becomes to deter an abuser from hurting a child.

You can become a Campaigner for Children by hopping on our bus, and rallying others to join us on our journey to end child abuse in Malaysia. UNICEF has prepared materials for you to use to help spread the word and to get as many people as possible to sign up for children. Here are some of the things you can do to promote the campaign for children:

* Blog about the campaign.
* Donate your Facebook status message or change your profile picture to the picture of your designed hand.
* Email you friends. (We even pre-made an email template for your convenience)
* Create conversations on Twitter.
* Send a letter to the Editor of your daily newspaper.
* Organise a sign-up at your company, college, place of worship.

Get on Board and help us spread the word to stop child abuse today! What will you do today that is more important?

Let's unite against abuse.

How much to play MMO game?

This Chinese was playing a MMO game on Asia's largest LED screen (250m long/30m wide) which locate at Beijing, for 10 minutes. He paid $15,000 for that! OMG!





Will you spend the money doing stuffs like that?



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source: http://news.mmosite.com/content/2010-11-23/crazy_gamer_played_mmo_on_7500_square_meters_led.shtml

Damn You Auto Correct!

While auto correct on iPhone is a good feature to help users to correct typo, it is not perfect, go to this website to find out. Most of them are quite funny, some is are damn funny :D

Go to: http://damnyouautocorrect.com/

Enjoy! :)


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Facebook wants to be GOD

Yes, don't make GOD angry, else HE will punish you, like remove you from facebook, and banned you forever from facebook.


lamebook is one of the case, see their posting http://www.lamebook.com/lamebk/. It was banned from facebook, but facebook then said it was some technical issue. http://techcrunch.com/2010/11/22/facebook-censorship/
Don't think it is technical issue, but was a bad moved that they regretted that and said it was technical issue.

Facebook is filtering whatever you post and said on facebook, so they can watch what you write in facebook email maybe?

So should be you continue posting all your privacy in facebook? What is your thought?

Anyway, facebook CEO still partying.


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S-AMOLED vs. LCD

Side by side comparison between S-AMOLED and LCD. Noticed that S-AMOLED is not always superior than LCD. Watch the video to compare:






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source: http://www.mobiletechworld.com/2010/11/21/super-amoled-vs-lcd-on-the-samsung-omnia-7-and-lg-optimus-7/

Freeware PPC: Azurea

Azurea is a very simple Twitter client for Windows Mobile devices.Some of the features:

• Simplest interface.
• Replies likes tree view.
• Very light memory usage. But it is not so recently.
• Can scroll views by finger friendly.

Now at rev 1.3.1. To download go to:
http://azurea.refy.net/en/



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Video games are harmful, really

Finish up your homework before you are allow to play your WII/XBox/PS(1/2/3)/PSP/blah blah blah! Sounds familiar? It is more for Asian, less for Western world, but playing too much video games can be exhausted, waste time and harmful to your social ability and now it is harmful physically, yes!
Playing video games can be harmful! Don't believe me? Watch the youtube videos below, they are posted by people around the world:









Now video games really can be harmful right?


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source: crunchgear.com

XDA FaceBook App for WinMo

While some have abandoned Windows Mobile (skyfire for example), some good people at WinMo community (XDA for the best example) still developing useful apps for Windows Mobile platform. I have posted many freeware PPC in this blog, check they out here.


Introducing a new Facebook apps, this is different from the official Facebook apps from Microsoft. It is still in development, but the beta 3.9 version already have more than 12,000 downloads!

For detail go to XDA.

The official page:
http://code.google.com/p/xda-winmo-facebook/

To download, go to:
http://code.google.com/p/xda-winmo-facebook/downloads/list


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WIMAX service providers that failed

Everyone knows WIMAX right? I love the concept of WIMAX because:

1. it has faster speed than WIFI
2. it has wider coverage than WIFI
With this, basically you can surf everywhere! In your bedroom, house, car, car park, shopping mall, wet market, etc etc etc.
LTE supposedly is the competing 4G technology with WIMAX, but I don't care who wins, what most important is the consumers wins! :)

Okay okay, so Malaysian government supposedly granted a few licenses of WIMAX to a few companies few years back. So far only one is really providing the WIMAX service to comsumers, which is PiOne (can't use real name, people will sue, you know). The coverage and speed you all know already. If you don't, do search lowyat.net forum ;)

So, another one of the WIMAX company is taking off recently, this one is called Y.E.A.X (close enough, you know, can't use real name!). So I want to know more of their service, so google it and go to the company website right? Yeah right, after like 30 mins of waiting plus surfing other WWW and blogs, this Y.E.A.X still can't load the first page. This can't be right? I can surf, I can twit, I can write blog, but this pathetic WIMAX company's website is not working. See the picture, it is like that for more than 30 mins, keep on loading but nothing come out:

WIMAX?

What supposedly the service they will provide then?



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Touchpad made of paper

Dr. West, an Afrotech Forum user, made himself a computer touchpad from a piece of paper with graphite on it.
He says: "There isn't much to explain here. It just uses pencil graphite on paper as a kind of two dimensional potentiometer. Four voltage dividers between 5v, 2M ohm resistors, the paper, and my grounded finger feeds signals from each corner into an Arduino. The Arduino does some insufficient math and spits out mouse coordinates that are not linear."




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source: http://afrotechmods.com/forums/index.php/topic,8501.0.html

Skyfire dumps WinMo and Symbian: confirmed

Yup, it is official! Skyfire is officially dumps WinMo and Symbian.

WinMo and Symbian users will still able to use Skyfire until Dec 31 this year. And the skyfire server for these platform will be shutdown forever. Skyfire rely on the servers from skyfire company to optimize the web browsing experience on smartphone.

Detail and blah blah blah on skyfire press release:
http://www.skyfire.com/press/blog/72-retirement


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New world record for solving Rubik's Cube

Feliks Zemdegs, Melbourne Cube Day, Nov 13 2010.
6.77 secs!



No machine can be that fast right?



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More on RockMelt

Okay, RockMelt finally working on my laptop. See what I complained about. Anyway, here is my print screen. The icons (apps) on both side are finally appear.It could be previously it cannot login. So your friends are on left hand side; facebook profile/twitter/RSS on right have side.

I can invite friends to RockMelt, but only gave me 3 invites? WHY WHY WHY?

Another problem is I cannot invite some people, most of my friends can be invited, but not all, not sure why yet.

My twitter also added here, so a single click can see my twits.

You can subscribe to RSS, I added this blog's RSS for testing:

Verdict, if you use Facebook 24/7, this could be your browser. Else look for FireFox or Safari (I use both of them).


Previous post on RockMelt:
More on RockMelt
First encounter on RockMel


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Chinese Build 15-Story Hotel In Just Six Days

Talking about efficiency!



Feature of this hotel in Changsha:
1. level 9 Earthquake-resistant
2. sound-proofed
3. thermal-insulated
4. 15-story hotel

source: http://www.archdaily.com/88245/video-ark-hotel/

The best apps for smartphone

Still under development, but it should be the best apps!


:P

source: http://www.blameitonthevoices.com/2010/11/phone-apps-of-future.html

Skyfire abandoned WinMo

Skyfire has abandoned WinMo, the community is angry but Skyfire management is not doing anything about it.

http://support.skyfire.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=5992

What is Skyfire you might ask? Skyfire is powerful web browser for smartphone that support flash, mainly for WinMo and symbian. However recent Skyfire moved to apple apps store. Since then WinMo and Symbian users have problem accessing Skyfire. Web browsing using Skyfire was nice because the browser works with the company server to optimize the web content you surfing, but now not anymore for WinMo and Symbian.

Sorry, appls apps store is just way too good to earn money already. :P

20 Windows 7 Keyboard Shortcuts You Must Know

Mouse (not the Mickey Mouse or the real mouse) is one great invention for PC/Mac, but will it still around when everything is touch screen? Anyway, some of the feature in Windows 7 can be access with a few key strokes compare to clicking with mouse (click and click and click and click and click and click!). Some the the keyboard shortcuts showed below already have exist on older Windows, but here you go, enjoy!



Windows Key + Tab = Aero [press Tab to cycle between Windows]
Windows Key + E = Windows Explorer is launched.
Windows Key + R = Run Command is launched.
Windows Key + F = Search (which is there in previous Windows versions too)
Windows Key + X = Mobility Center
Windows Key + L = Lock Computer (It is there from the earlier versions as well)
Windows Key + U = Ease of Access
Windows Key + P = Projector
Windows Key + T = Cycle Super Taskbar Items
Windows Key + S = OneNote Screen Clipping Tool [requires OneNote]
Windows Key + M = Minimize All Windows
Windows Key + D = Show/Hide Desktop
Windows Key + Up = Maximize Current Window
Windows Key + Down = Restore Down / Minimize Current Windows
Windows Key + Left = Tile Current Window to the Left
Windows Key + Right = Tile Current Windows to the Right [Continue pressing the Left and Right keys to rotate the window as well]
Windows Key + # = Quicklaunch
Windows Key + = = Magnifier

Go ahead, try them now, practice makes prefect, your friends will be amaze by you. :)


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source: http://tech.gaeatimes.com/index.php/archive/20-windows-7-shortcuts-you-must-know/

Freeware PPC: Top Notes

Missed the sticky notes in your study table or cubicle? Now you can have it on your Windows Mobile phone. Windows 7 also have this feature and since it is build in on Windows 7, so it is free. Now, back to Top Notes. This apps will put the sticky note on top of the "Today" screen.

Requirement: Windows mobile device with .NET CF 3.5

To download, go to:
http://yossoft.webfreehosting.net/topnotes.html


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Freeware PPC: Paul's Pick 1.1

Okay, Paul is death, but its' left behind some legacy, if you still remember World Cup 2010.

Now you can have Paul in your palm, err... I mean your Windows Mobile phone(s). First release was on Sept this year, but at that time only support WVGA and VGA screen. I didn't try it out because my HTC Touch Elfin is QVGA only. After a few people and me requested for QVGA screen, TangoChen, the author finally made the QVGA and some other resolution version last month. So the screen supported are:
WVGA/VGA/QVGA/WQVGA. HVGA have not being verify yet.

The new version also support G-sensor, if you have one on your phone.

Once you launch it, you can set your choices and then ask Paul to do the picking for you.

To download, go to:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=774568
You might need to register to be able to download the cab, but it is free. And you should check out xda forum more often if you are WM user. :)

TangoChen, don't mind I use your picture from xda forum okay?



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RockMelt: that not quite there yet

I have blogged about RockMelt few days ago. And on that very same day I have already got it installed. So here is some snapshot, and some rant on this beta.

After clicking the link in the invitation email, went to RockMelt website again, but now the button on the left of the page changed to Download.

Yes, they have to hope us will love it, it is BETA, did I told you?

The setup file less than 1M, so I figure it need to download again and yes, after double click it, it start to download other setup files from internet. Make sure you are on a fast connection, else you will hate it. :P

You have to login to RockMelt using facebook account, I am sure Zuck is behind this.

And for first time login, it will ask for your permission to allow RockMelt to use all your information (every piece of them!) from Facebook.

After login, here is the very first page of RockMelt. Hey, where is the buttons (they called it apps) on the left and right of the windows? I went to search online for RockMelt review, all of them have the apps on the left and right of the windows, but all of them are using Mac, not windows. Bugs for Windows version? Search the help, search online RockMelt help, didn't help, no one complain about that? My Windows 7 problem?
The interface looks like Google Chrome btw.

Also a task manager to show how much memory each of the RockMelt processes used. Remind me again on Google Chrome.

RockMelt, you want to Rock, but Melt on the way. :P
RockMelt, not quite there yet.


See more update on RockMelt:
More on RockMelt


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Thank you!

Wow, finally this blog reach 10,000 page view! Took a few months to reach there. A big thanks to you all for the support! :)

What you see is NOT what you get

Usually when we read news papers or magazine, the models/artists in the articles or ads are super beautiful, not a flaw! Many years back it was make up, so you still can see a little bit of flaw. But now with photoshop, there is no flow, except sometime the "photoshoper" that made some mistake. :P With photoshop,the guys can be macho!

This video showing how the people in video/movie can be taller or slimmer or more macho, any way you like it!


So people, what you see in the movie/photo/magazine/blog/web is not always the real one. Don't try to be exactly like in the movie/photo/magazine/blog/web. What most important is your heart. :)


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How good is Yahoo Answers?

What do you do when you have a question and you want an answer right away? You google it right? Well, few years back, before google take over yahoo, we use "yahoo" it. :P

Anyway, sometimes I got google to show me some yahoo! answer or some other forums. But how reliable of these yahoo! answer and forums?

See example here, the questions was "Can i get help rebooting my computer?"

And one of the answer came out like this:

There even 6 thumbs up for that answer! OMG! :D


p/s: if your friends don't know how to google it, let me show you how. :)


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RockMelt: the Facebook browser?

There are some buzz on the WWW on new browser these few days. A new type of browser called "RockMelt" has came out. It has the Google Chrome look, but with Facebook, and Twitter and some other social media "built" into the browser.

To be able to download the beta (yes, read beta, with bugs and issues), you have to register with Facebook account (is Zuckerberg is behind this?). This remind me of the time when gmail started, you have to have someone to refer invite you. But refer invite is way too old style, so Facebook it is.
This is what I get after "connect" (this is how they called it) with Facebook, I have to wait for a few more days? HUH? Talking about WWW speed.

Anyway, here is the youtube video of the introduction.


If you want to try it, go to here lol:
http://www.rockmelt.com/

Oh, it should be free, who want a paid browser nowadays? :P


See more update:
More on RockMelt
RockMelt that not quite there yet


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Blogger Stats

Couple of months ago, I still using some counter websites to track who/where/how my audience that come to this Outdated Penang Uncle blog. So I have to sign up for the service (yes, a lot of them are free), add the widget and after a while login to find out the statistic. For past few months, blogger added the page view tracking for all the blogspot, so even though I still have the counter at my blog, usually I just look at the "Stats" to find out my audience.


To access it: login blogger, Dashboard, Stats of the blog (if you have more than 1 blog).
"Posts" can tell us which post has highest click. "Traffic Sources" tell us where do the traffic come from, either google or twitter or your friend's blog/web, etc. The "Audience" can tell us from which country and what OS/browsers the audience using.

Here is the print screen of the Outdated Penang Uncle's Stats. For last month, the most traffic are from US and Malaysia. And IE still have most popular browsers (actually all time showed FireFox is the most browsers used), and Windows is the OS most people use.

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Freeware PPC: WiFi File Sender

Tiny program for files transfer via WiFi.

How to use:
1. You have to connect two devices via WiFi.
2. Run program on both devices. On first device fill "Recepient IP" (IP from "Your IP" on second device).
3. On second device set directory for files store.
4. On first device choose file and click "Send file".

To download, goto http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=828429

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Freeware PPC: WinStart

Although people start to forgot what WinMo is like, but there are still a lot of good people there writing some amazing apps for WinMo, example WinStart. Written by a member of XDA, it is to replace Start Menu on all of WinMo6.* (6.0 ~ 6.5.3).


It is still at beta, so remember to back up before you install it. See the video to find out is it suitable for you or not.



To get it: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=827006

If you think it is useful for you, consider donation to the author since it is freeware.


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iphone-vs-android-vs-blackberry

See how smartphone users see each other. Too bad Windows Mobile not being mentioned here, people just forgotten it huh.
Anyway, there are still some developments from good people on WinMo, I will talk about it tomorrow. Here is the picture of how smartphone users see each other:

p/s: I like the way android users sees blackberry, a dinosaur! :P

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source: http://www.csectioncomics.com/2010/11/iphone-vs-android-vs-blackberry.html

Happy Deepavali!

Happy Deepavali to all my friends who are celebration it! This is festive of light right? Happy holiday to Malaysian and Singaporean (India maybe? Not sure other country have holiday or not).

I will try to write something on this long weekend...... but usually not. :P Check back next week then.

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multitasking while driving?

Some guy caught on camera was reading a book, using a Kindle and taking to phone. Super effective with multitasking or super dangerous?




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Another useless machines

Another useless machines, this time with political issue :P




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Are you cheap labor?

Are you cheap labor? Or you are as expensive as your company's CEO based on the hours your work? Use this software to calculate for you.
Shift Income come with Windows and Windows Mobile version and it is freeware (according to some websites).

Here is the print screen on Windows Mobile:

To download, go to:
http://www.channel3network.com/more__channel_3_network.aspx

How to download TED videos II

I have showed you how to download TED videos using FireFox add-on called "DownThemAll!", now there is another way to download TED videos that I am going to show you. Also this is good for people that don't like to use download manager or simply because your company IT blocked any download managers :)

1. You need FireFox and FireFox add-on called "NewsFox".
2. After you install NewsFox add-on on FireFox, do this:
FireFox, Tools, NewsFox, "Add Feed"
3. A "Feed Options" windows will pop up and put in the TED video's RSS link (http://feeds.feedburner.com/tedtalks_video) in there like below picture and click "Check Feed":

4. NewsFox will start to read information from the feedburner and list down the available videos. You can read the short summary of the video by clicking on the title listed on right top of NewsFox tab.
5. To download the video you want, right click on the "video/mp4" and Save Link As... .

6. Depend on your FireFox configuration, it will or will not ask (default) for the location to save it. Wait for it to finish downloading. And you can watch it anytime you want without the internet connection. :)

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