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Learning Text Abbreviations, the New Foreign Language
2011-02-11 00:47:00
Recently I received the following message on my phone from a younger friend, “nps idk yet cu l8tr”. After staring at it for a minute or two, a couple of worrying thoughts came to mind. The first and more obvious one was, ‘how do I reply to that’; the second and more depressing one was, ‘when did I get this old!’Being “slightly” over forty, I didn’t grow up with mobile phones, instant messaging and the like. Space Invaders was about as advanced as technology had become by the time I left school. I was taught to write using complete words, on paper. We used to send letters, in the post, and everything was just a little… slower!Of course the world has moved on, new gadgets have made our communications more instantaneous, and so our good old written English became needlessl
2011-02-11 00:47:00
Recently I received the following message on my phone from a younger friend, “nps idk yet cu l8tr”. After staring at it for a minute or two, a couple of worrying thoughts came to mind. The first and more obvious one was, ‘how do I reply to that’; the second and more depressing one was, ‘when did I get this old!’Being “slightly” over forty, I didn’t grow up with mobile phones, instant messaging and the like. Space Invaders was about as advanced as technology had become by the time I left school. I was taught to write using complete words, on paper. We used to send letters, in the post, and everything was just a little… slower!Of course the world has moved on, new gadgets have made our communications more instantaneous, and so our good old written English became needlessl
Windows 7 32-bit with full 4 GB or 8 GB RAM support
2010-08-30 15:04:00
In the Internet often haunts the statement a 32-bit operating system can technically only managed a maximum of 4 GB of RAM. This is wrong and Microsoft is even evidence itself, that with the special version of "Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition" it worked: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc758523(WS.10).aspx64-GB RAM Maximum... the 32-bit version of Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition supports up to 64 GB of RAM on x86-based computers. ... The kernel of the 32-bit version of Windows 7 has only a lock, which prevents access to more memory. More dramatically is this lock in the 32-bit version of Windows 7 Starter Edition: There the prohibition is much more rigorous and it only allows access to 2 GB of RAM:In the 32-bit version of Windows 7 from 4 GB usually only 3.25 -3.
2010-08-30 15:04:00
In the Internet often haunts the statement a 32-bit operating system can technically only managed a maximum of 4 GB of RAM. This is wrong and Microsoft is even evidence itself, that with the special version of "Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition" it worked: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc758523(WS.10).aspx64-GB RAM Maximum... the 32-bit version of Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition supports up to 64 GB of RAM on x86-based computers. ... The kernel of the 32-bit version of Windows 7 has only a lock, which prevents access to more memory. More dramatically is this lock in the 32-bit version of Windows 7 Starter Edition: There the prohibition is much more rigorous and it only allows access to 2 GB of RAM:In the 32-bit version of Windows 7 from 4 GB usually only 3.25 -3.
Basic Calendar
2010-06-22 00:07:00
Nice calendar for Web page display. Highlights the date and the day of the week. Well-documented code to help you customize any font, color, or size you want. <!-- TWO STEPS TO INSTALL THIS SCRIPT --><!-- STEP ONE: Place the following script into a separate JavaScript file called: calendar.js --><!-- This script and many more are available free online at --><!-- The JavaScript Source!! http://javascript.internet.com --><!-- Begin// SET ARRAYSvar day_of_week = new Array('Sun','Mon','Tue','Wed','Thu','Fri','Sat');var month_of_year = new Array('January','February','March','April','May','June','July','August','September','October','November','December');// DECLARE AND INITIALIZE VARIABLESvar Calendar = new Date();var year = Cale
2010-06-22 00:07:00
Nice calendar for Web page display. Highlights the date and the day of the week. Well-documented code to help you customize any font, color, or size you want. <!-- TWO STEPS TO INSTALL THIS SCRIPT --><!-- STEP ONE: Place the following script into a separate JavaScript file called: calendar.js --><!-- This script and many more are available free online at --><!-- The JavaScript Source!! http://javascript.internet.com --><!-- Begin// SET ARRAYSvar day_of_week = new Array('Sun','Mon','Tue','Wed','Thu','Fri','Sat');var month_of_year = new Array('January','February','March','April','May','June','July','August','September','October','November','December');// DECLARE AND INITIALIZE VARIABLESvar Calendar = new Date();var year = Cale
Time, date and displays it on the page, complete with Internet time
2010-06-21 23:52:00
Reads your system time/date and displays it on the page, complete with Internet time. Neat! IE4+ and NS6+ Example:Tuesday, June 22 2010 | 12:59:35 PM | @249<!-- ONE STEP TO INSTALL DATE-CLOCK-INTERNET TIME: 1. Copy the coding into the BODY of your HTML document --><!-- STEP ONE: Paste this code into the BODY of your HTML document --><BODY><div align="center"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, Sans Serif" size="3" color="#0000FF"><b><span id="clock"><SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript"><!-- This script and many more are available free online at --><!-- The JavaScript Source!! http://javascript.internet.com --><!-- Original: Chris (javascript@crashedstar.com) --><!-- Web Site: http://www.crashedstar.
2010-06-21 23:52:00
Reads your system time/date and displays it on the page, complete with Internet time. Neat! IE4+ and NS6+ Example:Tuesday, June 22 2010 | 12:59:35 PM | @249<!-- ONE STEP TO INSTALL DATE-CLOCK-INTERNET TIME: 1. Copy the coding into the BODY of your HTML document --><!-- STEP ONE: Paste this code into the BODY of your HTML document --><BODY><div align="center"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, Sans Serif" size="3" color="#0000FF"><b><span id="clock"><SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript"><!-- This script and many more are available free online at --><!-- The JavaScript Source!! http://javascript.internet.com --><!-- Original: Chris (javascript@crashedstar.com) --><!-- Web Site: http://www.crashedstar.
JavaScript alarm clock
2010-06-21 21:40:00
Description: Thisis a "24 hour cycle" JavaScript alarm clock that performs a custom action (by going to any page on the web) when the desired target time has been reached. For example, you can have the script go to YouTube and play a music video as your custom "waker upper." A flexible JavaScript timer and alarm script!Example:Current Time:Set Alarm: Hour Minutes SecondsSet Alarm Action: *Location of page to launch DirectionsStep 1: Insert thebelow into the <HEAD> section of your page:<style type="text/css"> #jsalarmclock{ font-family: Tahoma; font-weight: bold; font-size: 12px; } #jsalarmclock div{ margin-bottom: 0.8em; } #jsalarmclock div.leftcolumn{ float: left; width: 150px; font-size: 13px; background-color: lightyellow; clear: left; } #jsalarmclock span{ margin-righ
2010-06-21 21:40:00
Description: Thisis a "24 hour cycle" JavaScript alarm clock that performs a custom action (by going to any page on the web) when the desired target time has been reached. For example, you can have the script go to YouTube and play a music video as your custom "waker upper." A flexible JavaScript timer and alarm script!Example:Current Time:Set Alarm: Hour Minutes SecondsSet Alarm Action: *Location of page to launch DirectionsStep 1: Insert thebelow into the <HEAD> section of your page:<style type="text/css"> #jsalarmclock{ font-family: Tahoma; font-weight: bold; font-size: 12px; } #jsalarmclock div{ margin-bottom: 0.8em; } #jsalarmclock div.leftcolumn{ float: left; width: 150px; font-size: 13px; background-color: lightyellow; clear: left; } #jsalarmclock span{ margin-righ
Related Posts Widget for Blogger with Thumbnails
2010-06-18 13:47:00
Related Posts with Thumbnails for Blogger Displaying the links to related posts along with a thumbnail of the corresponding post will help you increase the page views/user .Users will be tempted to go for the related posts when they are presented attractively with thumbnails. This is another first release from me.This one also uses the media thumbnails generated by blogger for each post.For displaying the thumbnails,this widget will use the images uploaded for the post using the blogger image uploader(from the post editor) [Update - Now supports external images also.]Related Posts Widget with Thumbnails for BloggerHere are the detailed steps to install the related posts widget for blogger with thumbnails1.First of all Login to your blogger dashboard and navigate to Layout > Ed
2010-06-18 13:47:00
Related Posts with Thumbnails for Blogger Displaying the links to related posts along with a thumbnail of the corresponding post will help you increase the page views/user .Users will be tempted to go for the related posts when they are presented attractively with thumbnails. This is another first release from me.This one also uses the media thumbnails generated by blogger for each post.For displaying the thumbnails,this widget will use the images uploaded for the post using the blogger image uploader(from the post editor) [Update - Now supports external images also.]Related Posts Widget with Thumbnails for BloggerHere are the detailed steps to install the related posts widget for blogger with thumbnails1.First of all Login to your blogger dashboard and navigate to Layout > Ed
How to add favicon to blogger
2010-06-17 13:56:00
Favicon, or Favorite Icon is the little icon that appears before the web address. When you visit the sites or bookmark them, these icons will make those URLs stand out. Check out your Bookmarks. It will be clear from the picture below :You can add favicon for your blog by choosing an image of smaller size in .ico, .gif, .jpeg or .png formats. After choosing the image upload it to any imgag hosting service you use like photobucket, tinypic or imageshack.After uploading take the url of the image where it's hosted.Now Browse to Layout > Edit/Html > Press Ctrl+F and Search For <head> and paste the below code after this tag :<link rel="shotcut icon" href="url of your icon">Replace url of your icon with url of your image.
2010-06-17 13:56:00
Favicon, or Favorite Icon is the little icon that appears before the web address. When you visit the sites or bookmark them, these icons will make those URLs stand out. Check out your Bookmarks. It will be clear from the picture below :You can add favicon for your blog by choosing an image of smaller size in .ico, .gif, .jpeg or .png formats. After choosing the image upload it to any imgag hosting service you use like photobucket, tinypic or imageshack.After uploading take the url of the image where it's hosted.Now Browse to Layout > Edit/Html > Press Ctrl+F and Search For <head> and paste the below code after this tag :<link rel="shotcut icon" href="url of your icon">Replace url of your icon with url of your image.
Auto hide social bookmark gadget for blogger
2010-06-17 13:48:00
How to add 'social bookmark icons' below each post is already posted. Here is another gadget for social bookmark icons, in which all icons are partially hidden and when moves hovers them the icons are visible.Step 1 :Login to BloggerGo to > Layout > Edit HTML and select 'Expand Widget Templates'Now find(CTRL + F) </head> And immediately above it, paste this code :Step 2 :<!--Autohide Bookmarks Starts c-0d3.blogspot.com--><style type='text/css'>div.beauty-bookmarks {height:54px;background:url('http://i43.tinypic.com/2ueii3t.png') no-repeat left bottom;position:relative;width:540px;}div.beauty-bookmarks span.beauty-rightside {width:17px;height:54px;background:url('http://i43.tinypic.com/2ueii3t.png') no-repeat right bottom;position:absolute;right:-17px;}div.beauty-
2010-06-17 13:48:00
How to add 'social bookmark icons' below each post is already posted. Here is another gadget for social bookmark icons, in which all icons are partially hidden and when moves hovers them the icons are visible.Step 1 :Login to BloggerGo to > Layout > Edit HTML and select 'Expand Widget Templates'Now find(CTRL + F) </head> And immediately above it, paste this code :Step 2 :<!--Autohide Bookmarks Starts c-0d3.blogspot.com--><style type='text/css'>div.beauty-bookmarks {height:54px;background:url('http://i43.tinypic.com/2ueii3t.png') no-repeat left bottom;position:relative;width:540px;}div.beauty-bookmarks span.beauty-rightside {width:17px;height:54px;background:url('http://i43.tinypic.com/2ueii3t.png') no-repeat right bottom;position:absolute;right:-17px;}div.beauty-
Remove Subscribe To Posts(Atom) Link From Blogger Blog
2010-06-17 13:22:00
You must have seen that at the botton of your blogger template there is a Subscribe to: Posts (Atom) link. Blogger has added it so that the blog visitors can subscribe to your Atom feeds. However many people use RSS for their blog feeds . Moreover it occupies space at the bottom of the template and it doesn't look nice.Many people must have tried to remove it by visiting the Edit HTML option, but they wont find the Subscribe to: Posts (Atom) part anywhere in the template. This is because it isn't written within the a href tag. However removing it is very easy.Before you start the work, make a backup of your template as a precautionary measure. To remove it click on Layout and click on Edit HTMLNow select Expand Widget Templates. After selecting it, search for the following code in
2010-06-17 13:22:00
You must have seen that at the botton of your blogger template there is a Subscribe to: Posts (Atom) link. Blogger has added it so that the blog visitors can subscribe to your Atom feeds. However many people use RSS for their blog feeds . Moreover it occupies space at the bottom of the template and it doesn't look nice.Many people must have tried to remove it by visiting the Edit HTML option, but they wont find the Subscribe to: Posts (Atom) part anywhere in the template. This is because it isn't written within the a href tag. However removing it is very easy.Before you start the work, make a backup of your template as a precautionary measure. To remove it click on Layout and click on Edit HTMLNow select Expand Widget Templates. After selecting it, search for the following code in
Static hidden chatbox for blogger
2010-06-16 11:36:00
Sign in to your blogger dashboad - layout --> Add a Page element --> HTML/Javascript (look at the screenshot below)and paste the below javascript code and Save the changes.<style type="text/css">#gb{position:fixed;top:50px;z-index:+1000;}* html #gb{position:relative;}.gbtab{height:100px;width:30px;float:left;cursor:pointer;background:url('http://sites.google.com/site/bloggersto/HTML clipboardchatbox-blue.png') no-repeat;}.gbcontent{float:left;border:2px solid #666666;background:#F5F5F5;padding:10px;}</style><script type="text/javascript">function showHideGB(){var gb = document.getElementById("gb");var w = gb.offsetWidth;gb.opened ? moveGB(0, 30-w) : moveGB(20-w, 0);gb.opened = !gb.opened;}function moveGB(x0, xf){var gb = document.getElementById("gb");var dx = Math.a
2010-06-16 11:36:00
Sign in to your blogger dashboad - layout --> Add a Page element --> HTML/Javascript (look at the screenshot below)and paste the below javascript code and Save the changes.<style type="text/css">#gb{position:fixed;top:50px;z-index:+1000;}* html #gb{position:relative;}.gbtab{height:100px;width:30px;float:left;cursor:pointer;background:url('http://sites.google.com/site/bloggersto/HTML clipboardchatbox-blue.png') no-repeat;}.gbcontent{float:left;border:2px solid #666666;background:#F5F5F5;padding:10px;}</style><script type="text/javascript">function showHideGB(){var gb = document.getElementById("gb");var w = gb.offsetWidth;gb.opened ? moveGB(0, 30-w) : moveGB(20-w, 0);gb.opened = !gb.opened;}function moveGB(x0, xf){var gb = document.getElementById("gb");var dx = Math.a