Think Microsoft Paint Sucks? Wait Till You See This

I used to think that Microsoft Paint was just a bare-bones basic image editing software that couldn’t really serve much use — clunky and under-featured. Until I saw this video. Then I thought maybe the problem lay with me

Just look at how this guy does it — it’s AMAZING. He/she completely reproduces the Mona Lisa, and in under 3 hours!

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Cool and Geeky Mountain Dew Christmas Tree

Wow….check out this Christmas tree made out of Mountain Dew cans. Even the “star” is a Mountain Dew plastic bottle!

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Windows XP PHP Bug / Easter Egg?

I just stumbled upon this accidentally! I realised that contact us pages are more exposed to spam bots and whatnot when you actually name the contact us page as contact.php or something similar. So I tried naming the file con.php. Works great on the server, but something interesting happened on my Windows desktop.

Apparently con.php cannot be created, copied or moved on to a Windows desktop for some reason. I’ve tried this on two different computers, both running Windows XP, and I got the same result.

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The Internet Is Getting Bigger and Wider

This thought just poppped into my head — I remember when websites were designed to fit a resolution of 800×600. Apparently sometime ago, this “rule” was overrode and I didn’t get the memo.

New websites seem to be designed for larger screens. I’m seeing websites with a default width of 900 pixels or more. For someone using a monitor with a resolution of 800×600, it means a lot more horizontal scrolling. But I guess people like that don’t really exist anymore do they?

When I was looking around for a new LCD monitor, I realised that 17″ were almost non-existent. The stores started from 19″, and those weren’t very popular too. The rage these days seem to be 22″ LCD monitor and above. Those monitors are huge. You can view two A4 pages side-by-side on those monitors — which is a serious productivity boost actually.

The new wider-width websites look much better though. With the additional width, information is more clearly displayed and well laid out. In any case, it does look like widescreen is here to stay.

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Clearing your web browser’s cache (IE, Firefox, Safari)

Some browsers automatically cache a webpage that you visit by default, and serve that cached webpage the next time you visit. That’s a problem especially if the page is constantly updated, because your cached version will be showing you outdated information. So sometimes, you’ll find yourself needing to clear your browser’s cache. Here’s how to do it for the various browsers out there:

Firefox 1.5

1. PC: Go to the Tools menu and select Options
   Mac: Go to the Firefox menu and select Preferences
2. Click on the Privacy icon
3. Click on the Cache tab
4. Click on Clear Cache Now
5. PC: Click OK
   Mac: Click on the red dot in the upper left corner of the window

Firefox 2.0

1. PC: Go to the Tools menu and select Options
   Mac: Go to the Firefox menu and select Preferences
2. Click on Advanced icon
3. Click on the Network tab
4. Click on Clear Now
5. PC: Click OK
   Mac: Click on the red dot in the upper left corner of the window

Internet Explorer 6
(Note: CTRL-F5, is a shortcut for ‘refresh’ and ‘clear cache’) 

1. Go to the Tools menu and click on Internet Options.
2. Ciick on Delete Files…
3. Check the box for "Delete all offline content", then click OK
4. Click OK  OR

Internet Explorer 7
(Note: CTRL-F5, is a shortcut for ‘refresh’ and ‘clear cache’) 

1. Go to the Tools menu and click on Internet Options
2. Click on Delete
3. Click on Delete files
4. Click Close, then OK

Safari

Go to the Safari menu and select Empty Cache…

Netscape 7.1

1. PC: Go to the Edit menu and select Preferences
   Mac: Go to the Netscape menu and select Preferences
2. On the left side, click on the triangle next to Advanced
3. Click on Cache
4. On the right side, click on Clear Cache
5. Click Close

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Funny Hair Advertisement By Coffee Company

I love how creative agencies come up with ideas for advertisements. Just check out the following pictures below. It’s an advertisement campaign for a coffee company — ingenious stuff!

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Roboform Rocks - The Best Password Web Form Filler Software

Roboform’s got to be one of the most frequently used software on my system. I love it because it saves me soooo much time! I discovered Roboform accidentally after seeing my friend using it. And after giving it a shot myself, I’ve even upgraded to the Pro version!

But why is it so useful? Because what used to be so stressful and take loads of work and effort now becomes effortlessly! Roboform helps me to fill up any forms that I come across instantly with my data — so registrations for any new sites is so simple and quick!

Have you ever come across those lengthy registration forms and thought to yourself — “not again!”? Well, Roboform fills in forms with just one click!

Roboform’s also a great way to protect yourself from keyloggers, especially if you’re more susceptible to them. How it does this is simple — keyloggers log your keystrokes right? But Roboform allows you to login to website with just one click of your mouse button, so there AREN’T any keystrokes to log.

With its password management features, Roboform also allows me to store all my usernames and passwords in one handy place — so I just need to remember one master password to access all of my other different passwords. Also, whenever I come across a login box, Roboform actually knows the different profiles to that site — so I can login to both my Hotmail accounts with Roboform by choosing the correct account that I want from the handy list that Roboform gives!

I have so many usernames and passwords, and sometimes some places even have an account number instead. I would have gone crazy already if it weren’t for Roboform.

And don’t even think about the inbuilt password managers in your browsers. They can’t compare to Roboform in terms of ease-of-use, convenience, security and ease-of-backup!

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