Complete Tutorials

chattie! - get chatting...

2010-04-08T08:47:00.000-07:00

chattie! - get chatting...: "chattie is a new service that randomly pairs users for one-on-one webcam-based chat..."

How to remove Subscribe to:Posts(Atom)

2007-10-31T10:16:00.000-07:00

To remove "Subscribe to:Posts(Atom)" link from the bottom of the posts element in blogger you need to add the following code to the html code in the css section and it will disappear the next time you refresh the page...

.feed-links {
display: none;
}

How To watch Movies/ Tv with the internet??

2007-07-19T05:21:00.000-07:00

There are three main options

1. Direct Flash Streams (quick fast option for movies/TV)

> Go to http://www.ovguide.com/ovguidetopfavorites.html which contains a selection of the best sites to find movies and TV episodes.

> Some of the best websites for Movies follow:
tv-links,peekvid, metavideo , alluc

2. Bit-torrent Downloads (slow option but gives higher quality movies/TV)

> Download and install the utorrent application from http://www.utorrent.com/download.php

> Now find torrent files (make sure to chose torrents with the highest number of seeders/seeds/se) for want to download at:
mininova.org, thepiratebay.com, torrentspy.com, torrentz.com

> The utorrent application will start to download the torrent

> More torrent indexers and information can be found at torrentguide

3. P2P live feeds (good option for live football matches)

> Download and install the Sopcast application from http://www.sopcast.org/download/

> Go to http://www.freefootball.org/upcoming.php
for a schedule of upcoming games

> Open the Sopcast and select the channel (video will taken ~1 minute to buffer/load)

> Link to some other similar applications follow: http://85.92.128.155/~myp2p/Programs/Overview.htm

How To remove the NAVBAR element from Blogger

2007-05-10T03:54:00.000-07:00

How To remove the NAVBAR element from Blogger is something ehich most blogger use wish to do and it is quite simple to achieve

- Log in to blogger

- On your Dashboard, select Layout. This will take you to the Template tab. Click Edit HTML. Under the Edit Template section you will see you blog's HTML.

- paste the following in the top of the template code:

#navbar-iframe {
height: 0px;
visibility: hidden;
display: none;
}

Search and Find with Google

2007-05-08T06:21:00.000-07:00

To find anything with Google append the following terms to your Google Search or simply click on the below link and then add to the search terms:

intitle:"index of" parent directory

An example of its use can seen in the following Google Search for

intitle:"index of" parent directory u2 how to dismantle atomic bomb mp3

Which results in number of links containing the complete album (U2-How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb) in MP3 files..

Windows Prank

2007-05-08T05:57:00.000-07:00

Shortcuts are used to access the majority application. A simple prank that could be played on a workmate who leaves there machine unlocked, would be to redirect the shortcut target of a popular application like Internet Explorer.

This would be achieved by right clicking on the shortcut and selecting properties.

Replace the target field with "shutdown -t -s 0" and select OK.

The next time this shortcut is selected the machine will immediately shut down..

Learning OpenGL

2007-05-08T05:14:00.000-07:00

OpenGL is an event driven multi-platform graphics. OpenGL is supported on every major operating system and is compliant with most programming languages. It is a software interface to a graphics system implemented in hardware or software. This interface consists of in excess of 120 distinct commands, which can be used to specify the objects and operations needed to produce interactive three-dimensional graphics applications.

There are numerous online tutorials for learning how to use OpenGL. Some of the best of these can be found on the following websites:

http://www.morrowland.com/apron/tut_gl.php
http://nehe.gamedev.net/

The following tutorials is a detailed description of how to set up an OpenGL application in Microsoft Visual Studio. Which can be helpful when starting out:

http://csf11.acs.uwosh.edu/cs371/visualstudio/

Also, The OpenGL Programming Guide commonly referred to as "The Red Book" cane helpful. The following are links to a html version and the coded examples included in the book:

http://fly.cc.fer.hr/~unreal/theredbook/
http://www.opengl.org/resources/code/samples/redbook/

Free Anti Virus Solutions

2007-05-04T17:58:00.000-07:00

Every PC needs to have a fully updated and functional Anti-Virus software. In todays world were viruses are plentiful and just waiting for the opportunity to destroy your computer and all your valuable data. If you haven't already got Anti Virus software or the commercial software that came with your machine has expired its time to get your act together. Fortunately there exists a number of free Anti Virus solutions which are adequate protection for the home use. The following is a list of these free anti virus softwares sorted by popularity...

1. AntiVir Personal Edition

AntiVir Personal Edition is a free anti virus program for Windows computers. It has a resident component that monitors file movements for signs of viruses. It also allows you to scan your computer and repair files that have been infected. The program comes with a facility to automatically check the AntiVir website for updates to the virus definitions and download them. Updates are free.

Download AntiVir Personal Edition Now

2. AVG Anti-Virus

The AVG Anti-Virus software comprises a resident program that works in the background, an email scanner (checks your email for viruses), an on-demand scanner (eg, you invoke it to scan your system), the ability to repair certain infected files, and automatic updates of the virus definitions.

Download AVG Anti-Virus Now

3. avast! Home Edition

avast! Home Edition is free for home users on non-commercial computers. You have to register your copy and supply them your email address so that they can send you a license key to activate the program. This program is also available for Linux,.

Download avast! Home Edition Now

Simple "Hello World" in 10 Popular Languages

2007-05-04T17:24:00.000-07:00

When starting to learn a new programming language quite often the first program that one learns is a simple program which prints "Hello World" to the screen. The following is a small collection of these programs in 10 popular programming languages:

PHP


<?php
  // Hello World in PHP
  echo 'Hello World!';
?>


// Hello World in Microsoft C# ("C-Sharp").

using System;

class HelloWorld
{
    public static int Main(String[] args)
    {
        Console.WriteLine("Hello, World!");
        return 0;
    }
}

JavaScript


<html>
<body>
<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">

// Hello World in JavaScript
document.write('Hello World');
</script>
</body>
</html>

Perl


# Hello world in perl

print "Hello World!\n";

C-Windows


/* Hello world in C for MS-Windows */

#include <windows.h>

int PASCAL WinMain(HINSTANCE hInstance,
  HINSTANCE hPrevInstance, LPSTR CmdLine, int Show)
{
  MessageBox(GetActiveWindow(), "Hello World!", "Hello Windows World", MB_OK);
  return 0;
}

C++-ISO


// Hello World in ISO C++

#include <iostream>

int main()
{
    std::cout << "Hello World!" << std::endl;
}

Ruby


# Hello World in Ruby
puts "Hello World!"

Java


// Hello World in Java

import java.io.*;
class HelloWorld {
  static public void main( String args[] ) {
    System.out.println( "Hello World!" );
  }
}

Python


# Hello World in Python
print "Hello World"

VisualBasic.NET


'Hello World in Visual Basic .NET (VB.NET)

Imports System.Console

Class HelloWorld

    Public Shared Sub Main()
        WriteLine("Hello, world!")
    End Sub

End Class

How to Autostart Embeded Videos

2007-05-03T16:48:00.000-07:00

When you are embedding videos it can be handy to make the video to start play when on it being loaded. This can easily be achieve by simple editing the embed code. However, the changes required vary from one video sharing site to another and these changes are not publicly published. However a list of these required changes follows for your benefit:

How-to Auto-start YouTube Videos: Add &autoplay=1 to the src url in the embed tag

<embed src="
http://www.youtube.com/v/mnPCMIUvT0g&autoplay=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"
wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350">
How-to Auto-start Google Videos: This is the same as YouTube, simply add &autoplay=1 to the src URL in the emebed tag.

<embed style="width:400px; height:326px;" id="VideoPlayback" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"
src="http://video.google.com/
googleplayer.swf?docId=
-8144968901001358537&autoplay=1"
flashvars="">
How-to Auto-start Metacafe Videos: Add a flashVars attribute with a value of "playerVars=autoPlay=yes" to the embed tag.

<embed src="http://www.metacafe.com/
fplayer/469657/funny_man.swf" width="400" height="345"
flashVars="playerVars=autoPlay=yes" wmode="transparent" pluginspage="
http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"
type="application/x-shockwave-flash">
How-to Auto-start IFilm Videos: Append &ip=true to the value of the flashVars attribute in the embed tag.

<embed width="448" height="365" src="http://www.ifilm.com/efp" quality="high"
bgcolor="000000" name="efp" align="middle" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"
pluginspage="
http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" flashvars="flvbaseclip=2772721&ip=true">
How-to Auto-start MSN Soapbox Videos: Add a value of ap=true to the flashVars attribute in the embed tag.

<embed src="
http://images.soapbox.msn.com/flash/soapbox1_1.swf"
quality="high" width="412" height="362" wmode="transparent"
type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="
http://macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"
flashvars="c=v&ap=true&
v=7ba76271-1f38-4117-85f1-ba69a510e887">
How-to Auto-start Daily Motion Videos: Add a flashVars attribute with a value of "autoStart=1" to the embed tag.

<embed src="
http://www.dailymotion.com/swf/4HUcRPI5XD3jt9Bli" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"
width="425" height="334" allowfullscreen="true" flashVars="autoStart=1">
How-to Auto-start Myspace Videos: Append &a=1 to the flashVars attribute in the embed tag.

<embed src="http://lads.myspace.com/videos/vplayer.swf" flashvars="m=2014480286&type=video&a=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="430" height="346">
How-to Auto-start Break Videos: Add &autoplay=1 to the src url in the embed tag

<embed src="http://embed.break.com/MjE0MjY0&autoplay=1"
type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="350">