Improve your window performance

Did you wonder why your computer getting slower as the days pass by ?

Most probably you downloaded more resource intensive applications with or without you running at background which slow down the whole system.

Normally i would go start->run->type "msconfig"->startup tabs

and remove unnecessary applications especially those from c:/program files/

if you do a alt+ctrl+del and click task manager, you can check on the number of application running on background. Many are not really essential every time the system boot up. Thus you can actually limit the applications running on background.

As for those system applications, if you are not sure of their function or impact visit this website : process library

Usage : Just copy paste the process name from task manager and input into the search field. Base on the return you will be able to judge if you really need that application running on background.

Shocking flashlight

What do you normally expect from a flashlight or touch light ? Or rather when do you use it ?

Like most people, I used it for seeing dark corners or see my way in the dark etc.

But check this "modified flashlight" wooo la la



Multi-function flashlight!! But beware of where you shine IT =D. I wonder if he had used special batteries.

Backup solution

I was actually looking for norton ghost software a few weeks ago. Why? Wanted to make a backup copy of my laptop OS with all the driver settings. Touch wood, if something happens (remember I had a pretty bad virus + trojan infection some months back) I was a painful thing to get rid of the invasion. Worst,

1. reinstallation of OS
2. software installation
3. updates of OS and software
   
4. drivers
   
5. email settings
6. profile/desktop settings
7. browser settings
8. msn settings
9. software settings
10. directories and folders management

blah blah was very time consuming, it took me about 3 days to restore everything.

Found out that Acronis actually provide a solution to the above hassle :

Acronis True Image 10 Home creates the exact copy of your hard disk and allows you to instantly restore the entire machine including operating system, applications, and all the data in the event of a fatal system crash or virus attack — no reinstallations required!

With the new version you also can easily back up your music, video, and digital photos, as well as Outlook e-mails, contacts, calendar, tasks, and user settings with just a few mouse clicks!

• Copy your entire PC, including the operating system, applications, user settings, and all data using our patented disk imaging technology.
• Backup your music, video, and digital photos!
• Backup your Outlook e-mails, contacts, calendar, tasks, notes, signatures, news folders, e-mail rules and user settings with just a few mouse clicks!
• Restore all the settings for Microsoft Office, iTunes, Windows Media Player and dozens of popular applications!

Wonderful! Pampered by technology and I will be more lazy. But I like it =D

For the version 10 you will be given trial period and pay thereafter, here's a free version of Acronis True Image 7 just need a email registration. Check your junk mails, it actually landed up there for my case.

Click on the email link and sign in with the password generated. Thereafter, clicked registered products >>download installation file.

Hidden Function Key chain

Roger bought this present for Beng, it's inside a black handphone size pouch.....


Tadaaaaa

Normal state.

Unveal the hidden function

Explanation : This key chain have 2 rings. A permanent and a removable. The permanent ring will be use for holding your keys - house key, cars, keys related to yourself. For the removable ring, use it for keys like - your partner's house keys, partner's related stuffs.
WHEN the break up HAPPEN!!!! 3 STEP

1===> Unlock !

2=======>Remove the removable ring (containing your partner's keys)

3===========================> THROW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

keyword Tools

Got to know this keyword searcher, Google Keyword Metrics, I had tried Inventory Overture and Pixelfast. Their primary feature is to track how much search are done on the selected keyword worldwide.

This Google "Keyword Metrics" has much more features, did a search with 'money'
Details for: money

Max Bid: $3.02
Estimated Daily Search Volume: 765844
Estimated Monthly Search Volume: 22975348
Estimated Daily Clicks: 11487.67 (This is for the top AdWords Position)
Market Value: $1040782.90 (This is how much the top AdWords Position would pay for all the monthly clicks for this keyword)
AdSense Effective CPM: $90.73 (Assumes a 60% revenue share from adSense, and a 5% CTR on ad units)
Number of AdWords Ads: 8

Follow by
1)Trend Graph on keyword growth over time
2)Number of Search on Google, yahoo
3)Adwords listing
4)Potential Adsense Ads


Access to this tool,"Google Keyword Metrics Tool"

Poll Service

Yeah, it's rather easy to find a polling service afterall. Just took me a couple of minutes and got this free polling service from Web Poll Central. Here's some of the features,

Key Features
1) No HTML knowlegde needed
2) Unlimited Polls
3) Unlimited votes
4) Up to 9 options
5) Various presentation formats
6) Fits in your current design
7) 100 % FREE service
8) Ability to have a random poll
9) Ad free version available now !

Will be testing it, if it's good, I will add it to my permanent links. Will be sorting out my link into catergories for ease of navigating.

Tracking Clicks on Link

Thought of adding the tracking features on link clicks statistic by users. Did a search on google and one of the search points to google analytic. If you have the an account with google analytic and you wish to track the clicks on the links of your website,

Here's the example, additional codes in [a href] tag by adding this codes 'onClick="javascript:urchinTracker('/outgoing/example_com');"'

<a href="http://www.example.com" onClick="javascript:urchinTracker('/outgoing/example_com');"/>

Important: if your pages include a call to urchinTracker(), utmLinker(), utmSetTrans(), or utmLinkPost(), your Analytics tracking code must be placed in your HTML code above any of these calls. In these cases the tracking code can be placed anywhere between the opening <body> tag and the JavaScript call.

To verify if you have done it correctly, check your Top Content report 24-48 hours after the updated tracking code has been executed.

Any idea how do I display the number of clicks behind the individual links.

Check support for using track clicks on outbound links

Java script

Just discovered that there's this short Java script in my blog template along from the inital setup. The primary function set restriction on right click function. YUCKS, now that the reason why I cant open a additional tab within my firefox. For those who want this function add this codes into your template, do at the arrow brackets '<>' to 'script language=JavaScript' in the first line and '/script' in the last line

"
script language=JavaScript

//Disable right click script III- By Renigade (renigade@mediaone.net)
//For full source code, visit http://www.dynamicdrive.com

var message="";
///////////////////////////////////
function clickIE() {if (document.all) {(message);return false;}}
function clickNS(e) {if
(document.layers||(document.getElementById&&!document.all)) {
if (e.which==2||e.which==3) {(message);return false;}}}
if (document.layers)
{document.captureEvents(Event.MOUSEDOWN);document.onmousedown=clickNS;}
else{document.onmouseup=clickNS;document.oncontextmenu=clickIE;}

document.oncontextmenu=new Function("return false")
//
/script
"

Multi-purpose Card

Which of the cards do you use frequently? Hope it's not your ATM or credit cards haha. It's the 'EZ-link' which for most of us, be it kids, students, working class, we use it almost daily. Hear the news a few days ago that, now you can actually add cash value into your EZ-link card at home with the sony peripheral device and access EZ-link website.

Oh by the way, click here to check your EZ-Link balance, and usage : Query EZ-Link

Color

I m black, sis is emerald

What's ya colour ? Let me know if you are pink or white

http://web.tickle.com/color/

Raining - 5 words

5 words when it rain - WET, cold, sleepy, bed, heater

its was raining and i had to go to yio chu kang and meet my uncle for driving lesson #2. 30 minutes before the lesson, uncle called and asked if i wanted to postone the lesson - telling me that i might get WET, 2 thoughts swipe through my mind instantly. 1) He's really so considerate 2) its raining, cooling weather makes most of us lazy and wanna just sit back in a cozy spot and have some hot drinks. What say you?

Before you could think of the answer, action time is running out. 20 minutes and i m at yio chu kang and started off my warm up Standard Driving Procedure. Practise going forward and backup. Maybe the warm up isn't that intensive, still feeling cold while practising, time for some hot drinks ? hot chocolate or herbal chicken soup wooooo **drool.......Did a couple of stuff today left reverse bend, right turn, change gear 2, U-turn and a little short drive along the yio chu kang gardens road. Saw so many fellow "L" ard the area lol. But i was driving real slow man(15km/hr), think a 8 years old kid riding skate skooter could easily outrun me. As the old sayings goes, slow and steady win the race. I just wanna pass the Traffic police test who care abt the race.

Took 72 back, pretty dead journey, no interesting news on mobile tv, no babes, blur vision outside the window due to the rain. Sleepy and lovely bed at home is calling BUT hey where's the heater!!!

PS: check sg weather before you plan for outdoor event : http://www.channelnewsasia.com/cna/weather/index.htm