Good read in the Neat archives..

Never been back to my blog so long since Dec '06 as I had no mood to crawl around and read on the net. I've nothing to write in my notes either. However I'm back, at least for now that I'm sure =P

This morning I just came across an interesting quote on Minn Myat Soe's gtalk status. I thought that might be a title of an interesting book, but found out that was the text from a T-Shirt selling at Neatorama's shop.

"Chicken is the Egg's way to produce more eggs.."
You can’t have an egg without a chicken or a chicken without an egg.
If eggs want to have more eggs, they’d better hurry up and become chickens.

Neatorama has big archives which hold a lot of interesting posts. And I list down some that you would like to read..

• The Unique Origins of 25 Popular Products
• Manboobs 101
• The Evolution of Tech Companies’ Logos
• 7 Most Amazing One-Take Video Clips
• Postmodern Vacation Graph
• A Scientific Paper Explaining Superman’s Powers

Some are their own neat archives and some are link to their finding, but it has interesting and a great links lead to another interesting blogs/sites. Well good to back in reading and start crawling the blog-rolls, that's one reason what I love about Blogs, fast and wide connections.. :)

ဆယ္စုႏွစ္တစ္ခုရဲ႕ ပထမ

ဘ၀ဆိုတာ ပန္းသီးတစ္လံုးလို မဟုတ္ဘူး
ငတ္ၾကီးက်သူေတြ ကိုက္စားေနတဲ့ ေလာက္ေကာင္..၊

ခိုကိုးရာမရခဲ့တဲ့ အတၱ အေတာင္က
ကိုယ့္အသားကို ထိုးဆိတ္ျပီး ငါ ဆိုတဲ့ အိမ္ ေဆာက္တည္ခဲ့တယ္..၊

တကယ္တန္းက်ေတာ့ အမည္မရိွတဲ့ ဇတ္ေဆာင္..
ပုလင္းေထာင္ဖို႕ ျပည္ဖံုးကားခ်မယ့္ အခ်ိန္ကိုသာ ထိုင္ ေစာင့္ေနခဲ့ၾက..၊

(ဒီလိုနဲ႕..) ပရိတ္သတ္က အိမ္ျပန္ေတာ့
ကန္ထရိုက္သာလွ်င္ ေငြထုပ္ပိုက္သူ ျဖစ္ခဲ့ျပန္ ေပါ့..။

Cassini Web Server written in C#

Cassini, Microsoft's source-available Web server platform written entirely in C#, is a viable alternative to IIS. It supports ASP.NET and other basic functions such as directory browsing, and is compliant with HTTP 1.1 and also demonstrates the power of the .NET Framework for building fully functional internet application servers. Even better, Cassini comes with source code enabling you to see the internal functions and modify it to suit your needs.

Learn more about Cassini in ASP.NET Forums and must read "A simple HOW TO for getting Cassini working with XP Home and Visual Studio 2003"

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ASP.NET Web Matrix IDE

Web Matrix is a easy-to-use WYSIWYG application development tool for ASP.NET which can be installed via a quick 1.3 MB download, included features as Access database support, J# support, design time enhancements including improved table editing and user-control rendering, many bug fixes, and is absolutely free.

Develop and test your ASP.NET applications, without requiring IIS. Web Matrix includes a lightweight personal web server that serves most web content, including ASP.NET pages and XML Web Services, for local requests.

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Abyss Web Server

Abyss Web Server is a compact web server available for Windows, MacOS X, Linux and FreeBSD operating systems which does not require excessive computing power or huge memory to run.

It supports/features;

• the standard SSI directives to help you create dynamic HTML pages with the least effort and without requiring the use of a scripting language
• various scripting languages such as PHP, Perl, ASP, Python, Ruby, Rebol, TCL
• a native support for ASP.NET 1.1 and 2.0 on Windows NT/2000/XP/2003
• file names and URLs written in any human language
• and more..

Abyss Web Server X1 is a free and fully functional software: no nag screens, no time limitations, no spyware, and no advertisements. It is the ideal web server software for personal users, web developers, students, small businesses and home offices. Here are features summary and screen shots.

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Running IIS on XP Home

You may be using Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition which do not support the installation of IIS. You may want to know how to install IIS when working with .NET web applications on XP Home. There are some articles;

• "How to install IIS on XP Home" from Web Thang
• "Running IIS on Windows XP Home Edition?" from 15 Seconds
• "Installing IIS on Windows XP Home" from AdamV
• "How to get IIS Web Server running on Windows XP Home Edition" from Grow

Actually, these instructions are hacking your XP Home installation and unofficial. It may cause your computer out of commission and require a full reinstall. If you are actually using your computer to run a business and need IIS/ASP support, you need to buy a version of Windows that is official supported to be in compliance with Microsoft EULAs. If you want to run a web server, but do not need IIS specific features, consider an alternative web server.

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Geesee beta testing launched!

Geesee, a new flash and web based chat service that can be embedded in your website or blog is out for pre-campaign and accepting beta testers. If you’re ready to offer a high quality chat to visitors on your site, you can sign up now.

Geesee is a centralized address-free chat, allows visitors of your site to chat with a huge community of other users who are connected to it from other sites. It is free, no setup fees, no installation fees, no monthly fees. No download, no installation, just add one line of code to your site.

It would be a good service to be added as a live chat on your site but unlikely Meebo Me widget, minimum width of chat screen, 470px, is alittle bit wide for a blog sidebar.

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ESL Writing Wizards

ESL Writing Wizard is a free resource for teachers and homeschooling moms and dads. You can make handwriting practice worksheets for children learning to write the alphabet. You can create writing practice sheets in D'Nealian or Zaner-Bloser style, in print or cursive form. All for FREE! You can Make a One-Word Worksheet, Make a Multi-Word Worksheet, or View a sample worksheet. Try the FAQ for help.

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Zooomr: Photo Sharing

I've learned about Zooomr, a photo sharing site through TechCrunch's article "Zooomr Doubles Flickr’s Monthly Photo Upload Limits".

Since July 2006, they are sending their love to bloggers giving 2.5GB Free Pro Accounts. Now in November, they increased monthly photo upload limits, 4GB per month for Pro Bloggers Account and 100MB per month for General Admission Users. And they are still giving-out free Pro Accounts to Bloggers.

To get a free Pro Blogger Account, 1) Sign-up for a free Zooomr account 2) Upload at least one photo to get things started 3) Find and copy the handy blog post code by clicking on “All Sizes” and then proceeding to copy said handy code 4) Post the handy code to your blog and make sure that your new Zooomr accompanied post has your photo from Zooomr on it 5) Claim your blog on Zooomr’s Proitizer page by entering-in your blog post’s URL 6) Enjoy!

Read Original post from Zooomr blog for more details with screenshots.

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I love DotA

Now it is v6.38 with Four New Recipe Items and One New Hero.

DotA stands for "Defense of the Ancients", it's a free mod for Warcraft 3: The Frozen Throne. The purpose of the game is to defend your Ancient and try to destroy the opponents Ancient. The ancients are located deep in both bases, which are located at the top right and bottom left corners of the map. There are over 70 heroes that differ greatly in play style. Each of these heroes have been carefully designed so they are both balanced and unique. The map is updated frequently, sometimes to add new heroes, fix bugs or to make a balance update. The strategies possible with DotA are pretty much endless, choosing the wrong item and hero combination can mean the difference between a win and a loss for your team. The gameplay in DotA Allstars can be classified as relatively fast because as the game progresses any small mistake you make can be fatal to the overall team.

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Social Bookmarks and Chicklets Creator

iFeedReaders provides Tool to create feeds and bookmarks at one central place. It is space saving on your blog and updated as new services are made available with no extra work for you. If you feel you need more than one button, simply choose whatever ones you want, the Chicklet Creator and Social Bookmark Creator are there, customizable to your needs.

     

Previous versions of these tools, Chicklet Creator Classic and Social Bookmark Link Creator are at TwisterMc. If you want as Wordpress plugins, there are Chicklet Creator Plugin for Wordpress and Social Bookmark Links Plugin for Wordpress, detail instructions are on thieir download pages.

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Reasons why I am blogging

Now it is 3rd month since I start blogging in August. I created account on blogger in July, but confused and wondered about blogging. I was looking around in blogosphere, visiting friends’ site and asking myself “How” and “Why” are they doing this. May be, at that time I am lame and too shy to do so, expressing myself, writing something online, making it public. So, I was editing my template and just playing with sidebar gadgets. Well now, I truely thanks to my good friend Minn Myat Soe who encouraged me to start whatever on this very own weblog.

After awhile, I started writing about something caught up in my head, some interests, and some stories. But, still no particular goal and, sometime ask myself why I am doing this. Importantly, I was confused about meaning of blogging and searching what I'm standing for. Is it a daily diary? Web journal? Whatever, it seem like a log to me and surely it is as word "blog" is derived from Web Log. So, I wrote a log whatever I want to remember or what I found out interesting. Then, I see some reasons why I am blogging.

• Self esteem: most of the time I fear to express what I think or to say something. For now as a blog writer, can’t avoid this, so is force me to do but in appropriate ways. And as an accomplishment I see myself capable and eager to do more. It is become satisfaction.
• Further learning: to write something, especially for some reviews or tech news, I need references, sources and knowledge. So, I have to search, explore, and read more to find related resources for my choice of interests.
• Improving writing skill: to write, express in any language, skill and vocabulary is required for clear, attractive, and worth-reading post. I’m not a good writer, but that kidda must-do thought make me care to check and improve my spelling, grammar and writing style.
• Focusing on something: when time before I blog, most of my spare time are gone with playing games, and become addict. It is bad for my eyes and health, now I can control myself and drive me to interest in technical things and news. So, it is good for health and brain.
• Things to be remember: Sometime I see some interesting news or articles while browsing, or heard from somewhere, I never take note and then forget. Now, I have to take notes as some to write in my blog. So, I remember.
• Happy playing with gadgets: I love playing with gadgets on my sidebar, I love arranging things and I love to make my template look good. So, I happy finding gadgets, tweaking CSS, and making some graphic.

Well, I feel good knowing myself and what I am doing clearly. Now, I am happy blogging!

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Ad Free Blog

I am not, are you?

I found this web site adfreeblog.org eventually while I was finding some tips about advertising on blog. It is from keri smith and jeff pitcher.

So, if you are also saying no to coporate advertising, go there, grab logo, save and upload image on own web storage, copy link code and paste in your web page.

As they says, by using that icon on your website you are stating...

1. That you are opposed to the use of corporate advertising on blogs.
2. That you feel the use of corporate advertising on blogs devalues the medium.
3. That you do not accept money in return for advertising space on my blog.

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Speed Linking: Make Money from Blog

If you want to learn how to make money from your blog, following are some with useful information:

• How Bloggers Make Money from Blogs - ProBlogger
• How to Make Money with Your Blog Site - Robin Good
• Making Money with Your Blog from A to Z - Micro Persuasion
• Make Money off Your Blog - washingtonpost.com
• How to Make Money with Your Blog - Learning Movable Type
• Earn Cash from Blogs - About.com
• How to Make Money From Your Blog - Steve Pavlina

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Vote for New Seven Wonders

The Seven wonders of the ancient world were;

1. Great Pyramid of Giza
2. Hanging Gardens of Babylon
3. Temple of Artemis at Ephesus
4. Statue of Zeus at Olympia
5. Mausoleum of Maussollos at Halicarnassus
6. Colossus of Rhodes
7. Lighthouse of Alexandria

But only one of them, the Great Pyramids of Giza, still exists today. Now, time to choose new wonders and you can be part of the making of history!

The project began in early 2006 as a list of 200 existing monuments recognized by UNESCO, the only criteria being that only landmarks which were built or discovered before the year 2000 were eligible. By October 2006, the list had been narrowed down to 21 sites from around the world.

Votes can be made online, at www.new7wonders.com organized by a non-profit Swiss foundation which specializes in the preservation, restoration and promotion of monuments, and the results will be announced on July 7, 2007, in Lisbon.

The 21 finalists for the New Seven Wonders of the World, listed alphabetically, are:

1. Acropolis of Athens, Athens, Greece
2. Alhambra mosque, Granada, Spain
3. Angkor Wat temple, Angkor, Cambodia
4. Chichen Itza, Yucatan, Mexico
5. Christ the Redeemer statue, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
6. Colosseum, Rome, Italy
7. Easter Island statues, Chile
8. Eiffel Tower, Paris, France
9. Great Wall of China, China
10. Hagia Sophia church, Istanbul, Turkey
11. Kyomizu Temple, Kyoto, Japan
12. Kremlin / St. Basil's Cathedral, Moscow, Russia
13. Machu Picchu, Peru
14. Neuschwanstein Castle, Fussen, Germany
15. Petra ancient city, Jordan
16. Pyramids of Giza, Egypt
17. Statue of Liberty, New York, United States
18. Stonehenge, Amesbury, United Kingdom
19. Sydney Opera House, Sydney, Australia
20. Taj Mahal, Agra, India
21. Timbuktu, Mali

Via: New 7 Wonders of the World, Ref: Seven Wonders of the World

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File Synchronization

Recently, I am facing trouble with file copies. I was moving working files and folders around with a USB drive between home and office PCs. Lately, I got confuse which copy is latest and fequently miscopy and overwrite the updated with old version. So, I try to find out how to use File Synchronization like featured on PDA.

So, I found and tried Allway Sync, a directory synchronization tool. It is free but with limitations and that program is branded under several names. Some of the aliases are Good Sync and Syncromat. However, it is with a simple user interface, and can synchronize multiple jobs at once. The folders can be on the local drive, network machine or removable drive, and the differences are shown before the synchronization takes place. You also have the option to exclude selected files or changes the default sync direction. Some reviews said that program analyzes file differences based on true algorithm rather than system clock.

But for now, I am using Windows XP's Briefcase feature, a simplified version of the file synchronizing method which is extremely easy to use. The concept of a digital briefcase which can be moved from computer to computer via floppy or USB drive or on a laptop. It holds copies of files that you put in and allows you to work on these files away from the computer on which they are based. Upon returning the briefcase to the original computer, you can update any files which have been changed. Read "How To Use the Briefcase Feature in Windows XP" from Microsoft Help & Support, and article from pcstats.com, "Beginners Guides: Synchronizing Files and Folders - To use the WinXP Briefcase".

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Am I dead?

အခုတစ္ေလာ.. ကၽြန္ေတာ့ ဘေလာ့ေလး ေသေနတယ္..။ ပို႕စ္အသစ္ မတက္ေပမယ့္.. လာလာ ၾကည့္ၾကတဲ့ သူငယ္ခ်င္းေတြ ေတြ႕ရေတာ့ အားနာတယ္..။ ကၽြန္ေတာ္ တကယ္ မအားတာပါ..။ အင္တာနက္ကို ရံုးမွာပဲ သံုးႏိုင္သူ ျဖစ္တာက တစ္ေၾကာင္း၊ (ဆိုက္ဘာကေဖး သြားဖို႕) ရံုးဆင္းခ်ိန္ဟာ ည ၇-နာရီေလာက္ ျဖစ္ၿပီး ေနာက္ထပ္ ၁-နာရီေလာက္က ဖယ္ရီေပၚ အခ်ိန္ကုန္ရတာက တစ္ေၾကာင္း.. အေၾကာင္းေၾကာင္းေၾကာင့္ ကၽြန္ေတာ္နဲ႕ အင္တာနက္ ေ၀းေနပါတယ္..။

အထူး ေတာင္းပန္ခ်င္တာက (ခန္႕မွန္းေျခ) ဒီအေျခအေနအတိုင္း ၂-လေလာက္ ဆက္ျဖစ္ေနဦးမွာမို႕ ဒီရက္ပိုင္းေတြ ပို႕စ္အတင္က်ဲ ေနမွာကိုပါ..။ ဒီလကုန္ရင္ အခုအလုပ္ကေန ထြက္မွာ ျဖစ္တဲ့အတြက္ လက္ရိွေရးေနတဲ့ ပေရာဂ်က္ကို လက္စသတ္ ေပးရမွာရယ္ လႊဲစရာအလုပ္ေတြ လႊဲဖို႕ရယ္ေၾကာင့္.. ဒီလကေတာ့ ဘယ္လိုမွ မအားႏိုင္ပါ..။ တစ္ခါ လက္ရိွ စီမံထားတဲ့ အတိုင္းဆိုရင္ လကုန္ အလုပ္နား ၿပီးတာနဲ႕ ခရီးသြားဖို႕ ျပင္ရပါမယ္..။ ၾကားထဲလစ္ရင္ လစ္သလို ၾကိဳၾကားေတာ့ ေရးခ်င္တာေလးေတြ လာေရးဦးမွာပါ..။

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Free wireless broadband access in Singapore

I heard this news from my friend, and quoted from Channel News Asia's article "Free wireless broadband access in Singapore public areas for 2 years"

From January 2007, it will be rolling out wireless broadband Internet in all public spaces, called Wireless@SG, for free, for the first two years.

Premium and higher access speeds will also be immediately available - but this will come at a fee.

Singaporeans will be able to surf all over downtown, major town centres, recreational areas like East Coast Park, and maybe even at libraries and fast food outlets.

Three operators - iCELL network, QMax Communications and SingTel - have been appointed to do this.

They will carve out the island into three areas, and complete their deployment by end-September next year.

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