Playback of HD movies on your TV

This player is the most convenient way to play HD movies or user-generated videos, listen to high-quality digital music and show high-resolution slideshows of your family photos on your TV. Also works with popular USB drives, and digital cameras, camcorders, and portable media players that can be recognized as mass storage devices. Play content from most popular USB drives and digital cameras, camcorders, and portable media players that can be recognized as mass storage devices. Full HD video playback and navigation - up to 1080p - Experience the spectacular picture quality of HD video and crystal clear sound clarity of digital audio. Use the included remote control to navigate through your entertainment choices using our crisp, animated HD menus.
Ideal For:

Hassle-free playback of HD movies, home videos, digital music, and photos on your TV.

System Requirements
• My Passport portable hard drive or other USB storage device with supported video or audio content stored on it.
• Standard or high definition television with HDMI or composite video connections

Package Contents
• HD Media Player
• Compact remote with batteries
• Media converter software (Windows only)
• Composite AV cable
• AC adapter
Quick Install Guide

Find out more by visiting the site at : WD TV

Free Online Image Editor – SUMO PAINT

This is cool. It provides convenient for those on the move to use an image editor available online for free. The good thing about this application is it FREE and FULLY FUNCTIONAL image editor similar to Photoshop. Even though it doesn’t have all the goodness of photoshop but it good enough to edit photo or images. It comes handy when the quick need arises. A must try for all graphics enthusiasts. www.sumopaint.com

Sumo Paint’s Features:
a) Layers with blending mode
b) Layer Effects
c) Shape Tools
d) Brush Tools
e) Ink Tools
f) Text Tools
g) Clone Stamp Tools
h) Curve Tools and many more.

Now you have no reason not to edit those images when you are on the move and the PC you’re using doesn’t have image editor installed.

Is it wise to bad mouth your boss?

How many of you dislike your boss very much to want to kick his/her face with your high heel boot? Some of you might says” The boss is a total jerk”, “Good for nothing” and so on. Every time you meet somebody you feel like tell them what a fool, stupid, and idiot this boss is. Is it ok to badmouth your boss? Certainly it is not right to do so. But you really can’t stand working under him/her.

Honestly speaking, it is not a good move to badmouth or talk bad behind your boss even if they deserve it. Never ever bad mouth your Boss because;

a) He/she is your boss whether you like it or not. Nothing can change it. If you can’t stand working with them go find some other jobs otherwise leave it as it is, it your choice really. Otherwise you will go mad and stress yourself to a point where your whole body system might shut down.

b) If your boss is a monster, well it is your job to do something to get him/her like or trust you. Refers to my article “how to deal with bad boss”.

c) Be careful, sometime you never know that there is/are spy among your college that what ever you say bad about your boss will eventually made known to your boss later. You will end up in a boiling soup. Some bosses do have fan and cronies among the staffs. So be careful to whom you speak to if you want to say bad thing about them.

Search engine to search PDF files only

I came across this site called PDF Search Engine while searching using google for PDF files on the subject of Clickbank Guide. It can easily search the net for e-book with the extension .pdf.
The PDF Search Engine is basically a search engine to search the internet for PDF files.
Once it found the PDF files, it listed them accordingly and you can easily scroll the list to find which PDF files you are looking for and download them. Are these PDF files copyrighted? I have no idea. Try to Find it out yourself.

How to warn potential plagiarists against stealing your content

Ever wonder that your site content is being copy by other without your consent? How to know that someone out there is copying some of your articles and publish them in their website? This application called “copyscape” can help you trace who is using your content and on who’s website. The free copyscape service is able to trace and find copies of your web content on the web. Just type the url of your site and copyscape will does the rest. In just a couple of seconds, copyscape manage to find copies of your content on other sites with/without your permission as well as site that have quoted you.

You can also place FREE Copyscape Banners on your website to warn potential plagiarists against stealing your content. These banners are available in multiple colors and sizes.

You never know until you try them.

The cheapest car in the world

The world’s cheapest car, TATA Nano, are announcing the official launch date for the Nano, probably on the 3 March 2009 which is also the birth anniversary of Tata group’s founder Jamsetji Tata. .
The company is still recovering from the setback it suffered due to the Singur land row that led to the scrapping of its production facility in West Bengal, which was then shifted to Gujarat.

The company wants the launch event to be memorable and historic. Through the grand launch, it also wants to erase the bad publicity that the company and the nation got in the world media due to the land dispute that delayed the Nano launch.

Nevertheless, the car is still adorable as ever, it small but big enough to accommodate 4 person. I don’t mind buying this car so long as it is safe and economical to drive.

More : Tata Nano

How to get Good Content For Free

Writing articles are very time consuming and most of the time you have to know the subject well (know what you’re writing about). Not everyone can write or have the skill to write good articles where the topic usually relates to the current info where people are keen to read. Good content drives good traffics. But what if you don’t like or prefers to write? Where do you get your content then? There are many sites that sell their articles for couples of dollars up to few hundreds.

It perfectly fine if you willing to spend the money. But for those newbie who just started to get acquainted with blogging, where can they get articles for free? Well, you can get content for free and published them in your blog from http://www.ezinearticles.com/. However EZinearticles are imposing certain condition such as you are free to publish so long as no changes are made to their articles and their resource box are intact. You can search very good content in their website.

How to hide your affiliate URLs

For those involve in internet marketing (IM), this will be very useful. Most IM will usually used email to promote their products and posting URLs in emails is some time troublesome since the url will break and need to cut and paste it back together usually by the recipient. Well, this piece of software called TINYURL will help you create a tiny URL that will not break in email postings and never expires.

What TINYURL can do ;

Turn this URL: (long URL)
http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?t
ype=3&campid=5336224516&toolid=10001&customid=tiny-
hp&ext=unicycle&satitle=unicycle

into this tinyURL: (short URL)
http://tinyurl.com/unicycles

Which one would you rather cut and paste into your browser? That's the power of TinyURL!

TINYURL can also Hide your affiliate URLs ;

This is by far the most important features of TINYURL. It enable you to hide your affiliate URLs or Code. This is useful if you don’t want people to know or see what the url is intended for and it might give away that it's an affiliate link? With TINYURL, your affiliate link will be hidden from the visitor, only the tinyurl.com address and the ending address will be visible to your visitors.
Now, that is so cool. Give it a try.

How to deal with Bad Boss

It everyone wishes that they have good and understanding bosses but in reality it seldom happens or will never happen. What if you end up working with a BAD boss? What will you do to manage the situation? How do you cope with your job working under him? You feel like cursing him almost daily. You stress your self trying to find solutions but in the end you get tired, frustrated and annoyed. Human is the most difficult to deal with. So stop thinking and carry on with your job. Do follow the steps below and if you still feel the problem is unbearable, quit your job and find another.

Here are the tips to cope with Bad boss.

a) Learn to accept your boss’s power and authority over you – even if used unfairly. Some boss have attitude problem, egoistic, too proud and there is nothing you can do to change that. They are born with the handicap.
b) Don’t keep wishing your boss were different. Put your energy elsewhere. Divert your energy to do something useful.
c) Stop Looking for approval. Create your own strong sense of self – so negative feedback doesn’t define you. Always think positive.
d) Do you very best regardless of the appreciation received. Have pride in doing your job.
e) Clarify job responsibilities, your boss’s expectations, and then fulfill them. Doing this will Minimize errors.
f) Confer regularly. Discuss your performance and the criteria by which you’re evaluated.
g) View yourself objectively from your boss’s perspective.
h) For self-satisfaction, set your own standards. Follow them – unless they conflict with the management’s.
i) Set the tone. Model desired behavior. Be courteous, co-operative and respectful.
j) Show you value your boss’s opinion.
k) Gently, tactfully, suggest you respond best to positive feedback.
l) Acknowledge, then release your anger – but not at your boss.
m) Pretend telling your boss exactly how you feel.
n) Confide in a friend – off the job.
o) Cease playing victim – build your self esteem. Your boss will step back more often.
p) Build a support network of allies, mentors and friends.
q) Find something to give you affirmation and praise.
r) When feeling trapped, imagine working elsewhere (so you don’t feel stress).
s) Think of at least 10 or more new alternatives and be persisting.
t) And lastly, WHEN ALL ELSE FAILS, QUIT YOUR JOB.

Related articles: Are You a Bad Manager?

Streamyx Broadband Access Very Slow

I am experiencing very slow internet connectivity using streamyx broadband lately. I was shock and disbelieve when I try to access the great john chow site it just stop and prompt a pop up message shows that the site is currently unavailable.

I don’t like to be rich, unless I want to be a crook or take advantage of people

How many time you heard a person or your friend say to you thing like “I don’t like to be rich, unless you want to be a crook or take advantage of people” or some thing similar. Most people prefer to give excuses to justify why they are not rich or want to be rich. Believe me; this is true, that why so few of them become rich. They like to blame people or other for their failure or lack in financial. The more you talk about getting rich to these people the more they bombarded you with unpleasant respond.

I have listed below some of the excuses I frequent heard throughout the years and would like to share it with you.

a) I am to busy to think about money.
b) I am not interested
c) I am not cut off to be a rich man.
d) I am not smart
e) I don’t have good business knowledge
f) I don’t want to be a crook
g) I may not have time to spend with my family
h) I don’t like working hard
i) I am scared they will kidnap my children for ransom.
j) It involved too much work.
k) I do not want to con and take advantage of people for self-gain.
l) Money is the root of all evil.
m) I am waiting for the right time.
n) I am scared to do business
o) God does not allowed me to accumulate wealth
p) God doesn’t like rich people.
q) Health is more important than wealth.
r) Fear of failure
s) Fear of loosing money
t) I am not ready, too young to think about it now.
u) What wrong with being in the middle class.
v) I choose not to be rich
w) My friend says business is risky
x) People would dislike me.
y) I am not greedy.
z) I want money but I don't want to work for it.

The list of excuses can go on and on and there are no ending to it. People are good at making excuses when come to issue to do with becoming rich. They don’t want to admit that it is their own fault of not becoming financially sound. Most of them don’t even dare to try. They prefers to sit down in their comfy sofa and wondering what going to happen when they retired or looking at the sky and hoping the money will falls from the sky. But in reality, these false hopes will never come through.

Stylus is better than finger

Iphone is great to use but it does become uneasy after awhile when the screen become smudge with sweaty finger prints and oily. You need to constantly rubbing and clean it with the special cloth supply with Iphone. Iphone is a touch screen devices and it doesn’t need a stylus to operate. However, there is a time this stylus become necessary especially when to do with sketch, drawing and many more. This is where the Pogo Stylus becomes very handy and useful. Imagine using iphone during winter, you have to use bare finger and how convenient it is, frost bite. Now with this specially made for iphone stylus, you can still answer calls and surf the web all while keeping your hands toasty. For those who have long finger nail is also a problem using iphone unless you use this stylus.
Pogo Stylus features an ultra-light aluminum body with an anodized finish and laser graphics. The soft tip glides easily over the surface of the display, making it fun and easy to sketch, draw characters, or just slide to unlock. Sized for accuracy, it does away with the awkward typos and misfires common to fingertip-only use.
Since you reduce the need for fingers, it helps keep the iphone’s screen free of smudges and grease.
The body of the stylus is a lightweight aluminum alloy, with an anodized finish in your choice of three colors. Laser-engraved graphics set off the matte sheen of black, gunmetal, silver, or cranberry to best advantage.
The Pogo Stylus also features a soft, durable tip designed with the needs of mobile users in mind. It is precision-formed to the perfect size for the keyboard keys.
A perfect match for iphones.
Pogo Stylus is available for pre-order at TenOneDesign.com for US$14.95.

How to get traffic for your blog

One of the most difficult task to owner of blog site is to get traffic. There are plenty of tips, how to increase traffic on the net and most of them is more or less identical to one another. However the most inportant steps to do if your site is very new is to submit your url to Yahoo, technorati and Google. For newbie it is worth to try get traffic by visiting the site : Blog : How to get traffic for your blog.

BALL POINT PEN DESIGNS - A FAR CRY FROM THE DAYS OF YESTER-YEARS.

We have in our home a large medley collection of pens. Some were bought personally but mostly they were company give-aways (gifts promoting their company). Finding a pen is never a problem in our home. Here are but a few of the good designs.


This is your standard ball point pen but the ink is purple and is marked by the purple body. Other conventional pens have either black, blue and red bodies to show their ink colour.

This one comes in bright primary colours with a heavy top that tapers down. Looks top heavy or slim and elongated, depending on your point of view.

This is cigar or rocket shaped and there was a ring holder at the end for hanging the pen aroung your neck. Quite uniqe actually.


This one is useful for lecturers and those who give talks and seminars. There are two laser lights at the top which come in handy when you need a pointer. Body is stainless steel and durable.


Need to find a pen in the dark? Well this is the answer to your prayer. A phosphorescent coloured pen. They should also invent one which whistles back (with a microchip) so that you can find your pen in your room or office mess.


Yes I know. It doesn't look interesting at all, but the clip at the end is flexible and will never break off! It pulls away with a spring. Good for rough people.

This is a foldable half pen. Handy for carrying around. It came in two attractive illuminous colours - red and light green. You can even hang it around your neck on a string.


This is my personal favourite as I am a practical person. Not only does it have a firm rubber grip near the nib but the clip has a unique wrigley design.

This is my second favourite. A pen small enough to clip to the side of a tiny notebook (fits into the palm of your hand). Nothing new really but it is handy to carry around, write down things to do like your shopping list or information you find along the way and many other things.

Now this one tops all the ones we have in our collection. A 3-In-One pen. A red and black pen together with stick-on-notes for emergency messages or notes.

Some of you may have seen better designs. Yes there are many out there which have caught my eye but I never quite got to buying them. Some have uniquely carved wooden bodies with nibs and ink inside and others have flexible bodies which you can curl into a spiral and there are 10 in One coloured pens (although I must say these often malfunction after a short while - springs fly out easily and changing colours can be tricky when the mechanical parts get stuck together).

Should I come across any other unique designs in the future, I may update my pictures when I have the time - for all to share.

How do we make ourselves financially self dependant

Not long ago I have written an article about the abbreviation of J.O.B. How to be financially sound while still remain as an employee? Most people have the opinion that you need to start your own business to make you rich. The word rich is very subjective. The true definition of rich depends on the individual perception. Some says they are rich to have only $500K in the bank and some says they need $1,000,000 to be considered rich. Another says you can not be rich working with somebody. Your earning power is dictated by the employer. The employer decided how much you can earn working with them.

As an employee, we are dependent on the mercy of our employer to provide us food and shelter. Without them, we have nothing to look forward at the end of the month.

So how do we make ourselves self dependant? Quit your job and start a business? It is not that simple. However, there is still a chance that you can be financially independent while remain an employee simply by following the simple steps shown below (may be become a millionaire as well, never judge a book by it cover). All you need to do is to:

a) Make as much money as you possible can. You should earn not less than 2K and do all you can to earn more. Work hard, show your manhood and work smart so that your pay will go up (I hope so) as well. Become an expert in doing your job. Be the best in your field. In other word, aim for higher position and go for more pay check. Learn the art of corporate ladder climbing and office politic.

b) Another alternative is to spend less. Most people will not favor this because you have to tighten your belt and it not very comfortable. You tend to miss a lot of thing you desire. Therefore most people willing to forgo this and in the end they tend to spend more and left nothing to save. What a sad scenario.

c) Save part of that money. Make an effort to save a portion of your salary every month. (Read the book: the richest man in Babylon).

d) Learn to invest and invest that saving wisely. Learn and choose an investment that pays you higher return but be very careful. Higher return means higher risk. But then again no risk no gain.

e) Avoid major financial mistakes. This will eat most of your saving and jeopardize your investment.


Please be reminded that JOBS are temporary source of income and J.O.B means “JUST OBEY BOSS”.

Affordable Mini Guitar Practice Amplifier

I was looking for a small guitar amp to practice. The criteria I am look at are a follows:
a) Small enough to fit into the guitar case
b) Requires no AC but runs on batteries (normally runs on 9V battery).
c) Easy to use with or with cord.
d) Not so heavy. Light weight.
e) Delivers clean sound with good tonal quality
f) Produce natural distorted sound.
g) Last but Not Least, it must be affordable enough for every one to buy.

After browsing the net for a while, I manage to pick one that almost fulfilled the requirement that I was looking for. It is small enough and it is very affordable. It has great sound (click video below to hear the sound). But the placement is a bit awkward. I prefer the amp clipped on my belt rather than protruding. Nevertheless, it is small in size and less troublesome to use. When you practice with this amp, it keeps everyone happy. Too bad it does not have Headphone input.




Just take it out of your guitar case plug it in and play!
Take it anywhere! Play it anywhere!

AMPUPLUGNPLAY – Mini Practice Amp

EARN some cash to recycle your gadget with Gazelle.

Do you still keep those gadgets you no longer want to use? Instead of selling them yourself (if you want to sell them) via auction site or classified ads online, try sell them to Gazelle. Gazelle will buy certain electronic gadget by cash and your old gadget will be recycled.

To Start selling is simple, first find your product (i.e. name, brand, model..etc) and a new page will appeared asking you a few question on your gadget (refers to diagram below).



Once you have completed the questionnaires, Gazelle will automatically generate the cost Gazelle willing to pay you. However Gazelle still need to receive the gadget from you. The moment Gazelle receive your gadget, it will undergo an inspection process to match your evaluation. Once everything is done, Gazelle will notify you via email of your payment.

Well it is not that fast actually. The inspection may take a couple of days to few weeks.

Anyway, if you want to go for it, just click
Get Cash For Your Gadgets at gazelle.com!

free PDF converter

doPDF is a free PDF converter for both personal and commercial use. Using doPDF you can create PDF files by selecting the "Print" command from virtually any application. With one click you can convert your Microsoft Excel, Word or PowerPoint documents or your emails and favorite web sites to PDF files.

From the developer

doPDF installs itself as a virtual PDF printer driver so after a successful installation will appear in your Printers and Faxes list. To convert to PDF, you just have to print the document to doPDF, the free pdf converter. Open a document (with Microsoft Word, WordPad, NotePad or any other software), choose Print and select doPDF. It will ask you where to save the PDF file and when finished, the PDF file will be automatically opened in your default PDF viewer.

Main benefits for using this free PDF converter:


It’s free - PDF converter free for both commercial and personal use.

64-bit support - can be installed on 64-bit operating systems.

No GhostScript - doesn’t require 3rd party programs to do PDF files (like GhostScript). This makes the setup file to be incredibly small compared to other free PDF converters.

Customizable resolution - you can choose any resolution from 72 to 2400 dpi.

Predefined/custom page sizes - choose a default page size (Letter, Legal, A4, A5, A6, ...) or enter your own custom page size.

Searchable PDFs - you can search for text within the created PDF file (and search engines will also index the text from the PDF).

Multi-language - choose a language for the user interface from the 20 languages currently supported (credits).

Do your part in saving the planet - instead of consuming paper to print your document, why not create a PDF file out of it and spare a couple of planet-saving trees?

Barely uses any computer resources - compared to other free PDF converters, doPDF
barely uses any memory or CPU resources when doing the actual conversion to PDF.


doPDF is a free PDF converter, it is not a PDF viewer. To view PDF files you will need the free Adobe Reader.

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Don’t be so good in your Job.

This is strange, isn’t it? Everyone wants or rather prefers to be very good in their job. It will differentiate you from the pack. Moreover, if you are good in your job, you might get a pay raise. Who doesn’t want that, everyone need that isn’t it. But then again there is always a catch. You can’t have both world. If you are so good or should I say, you are irreplaceable, the boss wants you, you’re the only one can do the job…etc. and you know what. Chances are you’re going to get tired, they dependable on you and the worst thing can happen is, you can’t be promoted. Why? Because if you’re promoted who is going to do the job you’re so good at.

Do you need intelligent robotic vacuum cleans your floors?

Nowadays people are more accustomed to adapt technology in their life especially if it help them clean their house. one good example is the robot vacuum.This particular robot keeps your floor clean throughout the day. unlike human maid, this little robot prefers to clean than complain. This is just the begining, in a few years time, a more multitasking robot will be invented to replace human maid.

This particular robot vacuum is called Roomba. It is an intelligent and effective vacuuming robot. It main component is the unique AWARE™ Robot Intelligence Systems. AWARE uses dozens of sensors to monitor Roomba's environment, and adjusts Roomba's behavior up to 67 times per second, ensuring that Roomba cleans effectively, intelligently and safely.

To see how some of Roomba's features work, please click: ROOMBA

Roomba main features are as follows:

a) A powerful vacuum -A smart and powerful vacuum Roomba picks up an amazing amount of dirt, dust, pet hair, dander, cat litter, crumbs, leaves and other debris as it autonomously navigates throughout your home. Roomba automatically adjusts from carpets to hard floors and cleans everywhere you want while avoiding off-limit areas.

b) Hard-to-reach places -Cleans hard-to-reach places Roomba’s compact shape allows it to vacuum beneath beds, couches and other hard-to-reach places while the innovative, spinning side brush removes accumulated debris along kickboards, cabinet edges and corners
c) Carpets to hard floors -Transitions from carpets to hard floors Roomba automatically transitions from one surface to the next, effectively lifting dirt, dust and debris from carpets, rugs, tile, linoleum and hardwood floors.
d) Avoids drop-offs -Avoids stairs and drop-offs Roomba knows when it’s approaching stairs and other drop-offs, cleans up to the edge then automatically and safely changes direction to avoid going over edges.
e) Detects dirt -Spends more time on dirtier areas Roomba detects dirtier areas and responds by increasing its vacuuming intensity and cleaning pattern to ensure deeper, concentrated cleaning in that area.
f) Won't get stuck -Won't get stuck Specially designed technology and suspension allow Roomba to maneuver over cords and effectively extract itself from fringe and tassels.
g) Light-touch bumper -Light-touch bumper Roomba identifies furniture and other obstacles, slow its approach then lightly and gently touch the obstacle with its bumper and changes direction.
h) Automatically recharges -Automatically recharges Roomba automatically locates and returns to its Home Base™ to dock and recharge between cleaning cycles and when the battery is running low.
i) Avoids off-limit areas -Avoids off-limit areas Virtual Walls create invisible barriers to off-limit areas that Roomba will not cross.
j) Lighthouse -Efficient room-to-room cleaning A Virtual Wall Lighthouse directs Roomba to completely vacuum one room before moving on to the next and creates an invisible barrier to off-limit areas that Roomba will not cross.
k) Modular Design -Modularity New modular design provides simpler cleaning, maintenance, part replacement and feature upgrades.

Use Ninja to protect your pendrive

This is a small program sit at the system tray, side by side with your others application. It waits and automatically detect and scan the inserted pendrive . The Ninja is specuially designed to guard computers againts known viruses ( better known as virulent files) i.e. “autorun.inf” and “ctfmon.exe” and also others similar variants, transmitted through pendrive.
T0 download go to ninja homepage at : http://nunobrito.eu/ninja is rather straighforward and quite informative. Ninja Pendisk Features:

a) Zero Configuration – No need to execute series of installation and no configuration.
b) Automatic Clean i.e. this features can be disable if you want to.
c) You can disable autoplay.
d) Simple, fully portable, automatic update, i.e. 679kb
e) Runs on Windows XP and Vista platforms.
f) License : Freeware
g) Rating ( by softpedia.com) : Good (3.7/5)
h) Immunize pendisk/pendrive.
Apart from removing known virulent files, this tool can immunized your pendisk and create a folder called autorun.inf with special protection permissions to protect your pendrive from being infected again when plugged on contaminated computers. It is a useful program knowing that your PC will always be protected against virus transmitted from the infected pendrive.

How to drive more traffic to your site

Thank guy! I am referring to the guys at Adbrite. These guys did notice a very low traffic to my site (hey..I admit it), and they suggest the Spottt to drive free traffic to my site. If this works, I owed you guys. It works like this; you scratch my back and I scratch your back. It is basically a free way to trade links with other like minded sites. You show ads of other spottt members, and they will show your ads in return. Spottt can be applied to almost any sites.
So if you want to drive free traffic to your site, try Scottt for a change.

Screen capture for Iphone.

This is a freeware of screencapture for iphone named Capture. It very easy to use just clicked the icon and two button menu will popped up hovering above the screen. Now you can browse internet, open a file, websites and if there is something you like just click the button “snap” and the image will be capture and stored in the camera roll. You can then open the camera roll to view the image. There is no adjustment required, everything is automated. It captured the whole screen (full screen). Unlike the PC screen capture, with Capture you can't select particular images or area to capture.

Visit the site : Digitalagua

Rocket Proof Obamamobile - Cadillac One

The illustration of the new Cadillac One which include Obama by John Lawson.

Impressive car equipped with the following features:

• Doors : eight-inch thick and the weight of a 757 door".
• Level of protection: It can withstand rocket impacts and it's perfectly sealed against biochemical attacks.
• Petrol tank: Can withstand a direct hit thanks to a special foam and armor-plating.
• Bodywork: made of dual hardness steel, aluminum, titanium, and ceramics to "break up posible projectiles".
• Tyres: Kevlar-reinforced with steel rims underneath so it can run away no matter what. Accessories include: Night vision cameras, pump-action shotguns, tear gas cannons.•
• Additional : Comes with bottles of blood compatible with the President's blood. A ten CD Changer - Very strange, it should be at least DVD or better i.e. Blu Ray Driver. May be the president prefers to hear Audio CD most of the time.
  

I don't think this is the actual specifications; the government is not so dumb to reveal the spec of the Obamamobile. Otherwise it will give the terrorist a clue to blast the car.

Find out more at Gizmodo.com

GET HIRED FROM YOUR COUCH!

Looking at the current economy today, many businesses is scaling down and retrench most of their employees to save the operation cost of their business. For those who lost their job, it time to look for another place to work. You need to prepare an update CV to correspond with your present working experience. If you’re looking for a job then the VisualCV , an internet based resume, might come in handy. VisualCV brings both the CV and the resume into the modern Web 2.0 world by transforming the way in which resume data is presented, accessed and shared. A VisualCV transforms the standard resume and brings it alive in three easy steps: create, enrich and share.

View Resume sample using VisualCV

VisualCV:

• An Internet-based resume that allows professionals to build and manage an online career portfolio that comes alive with informational keyword pop-ups, video, pictures, and social networking.
• Enabling secure sharing of VisualCVs and interaction with others for purposes of networking, discussing best practices, career progression and business development.
Having seen the capability of VisualCV, it has the potential to be the standard format of resume for most interview.

Get Started Now - It’s EASY, FUN and FREE!

Learn more by visiting their site at: VISUALCV

Why is it have to be 8 or more rules about money?

Why limit the rules of money? Money was created by human and of cause the rules can be more and not limit to certain numbers. Money can evolve just like any living matter. I got piss-off really whenever I heard or saw an article that says 8 rules of money. These often called guru or expert in financial, frequently telling people when dealing about money do not limit our thinking of the many ways we can earned money. Yet, when they tell people about money these guys always specified the number i.e. eight, ten, twelve and so on. In my opinion it should not. And furthermore these guys also always picked the number 8. Why? Just because number 8 means luck or good fortune, it does not mean you have to use 8. It contradicts with their philosophy.

One way of Promoting Your Blog

To be able to generate decent traffic to your blog is perhaps the hardest thing to do. Never the less, you can try the following method i.e. pinging your blog. This in result will help search engines to include your blog in their results. It is advisable to do this whenever you update your blog.

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Cash in on your creativity

How about starting E-store selling customize logo for T-Shirts, posters, mugs, bumper stickers and many more. Setting up is easy, you only need to follow 3 Easy steps:

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At CafePress.com, you can create and sell a variety of customizable products with zero upfront costs and zero inventory investment.

You can sell :
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• Books printed on-demand.
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What CafePress.com does:

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Build your very Own E-Store for Free

Have you ever imagine building your very own E-store the same way what the giant Amazon is doing and earn money through commission selling other people products? Now you too can do the same and most importantly you can start your E-Store for FREE. No, wait. I know what you’re thinking, believe me, this is not a scammed. This is for real. This company named Zlio (a France company) is hitting US with their free E-Store. So now, everyone can start their E-Store for FREE.

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How to create a good working environment

How many of us have experiencing working in a stress and unhappy environment? Don’t know about you but I do. Whenever the boss is around, everyone is quiet, sullen, despondent and depresses and surly. You can see from their faces, especially when they handle customers and colleagues. But as soon as the boss is away, they start smiling, their faces are bright and shining and all of a sudden the atmosphere becomes lively, wonderful and cheerful. Why is this happening? I was there and I know how it’s feels. Everyone are eager to get out if they have others opportunity elsewhere.

The main reason this happened is because of bad manager. You can change the situation if you want to (I referring to you the manager). It isn’t necessary to shout, to show you have the absolute authority, to show you are in power and you want them to respect you (by force). I know you want them to obey you but nowadays people are more civilized. They are entitle to respect, civilized behavior (from the boss) and of course, dignity. If you respect them in return they will respect you. The more stubborn you are the more they will hate and hope you ……you know.

Why not try these out and see for your self (if you dare to try, are you?):

The simple ways to create a good workplace are:

a) Politeness e.g. greet each others with a smile, say, good morning, how are you.
b) Friendliness e.g. what wrong with being friendly. You are still their boss. Are you afraid of losing faces?
c) Kindness e.g. show that you care for them. Help them do their work better. Don’t abuse them.

If you are unwilling or can’t give them these things you shouldn’t be a manager.

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Easy Way To Increase Web Site Traffic And Keep Visitors

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The top web sites and richest entrepreneurs understand that Internet wealth is directly related to attracting traffic and keeping those visitors coming back all the time. It’s about “eyeballs.” YouTube, FaceBook and others are worth BILLIONS based on this one measure.
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The Annoying SKU011.CAB

SKU011.CAB

Recently I have difficulty in opening up my excel files. MSOffice keeps on asking to install this file named sku011.cab but even with the installation CD, the skuo11.cab still can’t be found. I’m not sure whether there is such file (skuo11.cab) existed.
It is very frustrating because you don’t know what to do next. I couldn’t open my excel files and it doesn’t help at all trying to re-installed MSOffice professional 2003. It still keeps asking for the same file (sku011.cab).
I then turn to the internet and finally found one website that has been experiencing the same problem as me. I follow his instruction and to my amaze the problem disappeared. The author has done the right thing by publishing it in his web site for his reference and also for the others having the same problem.
Here is the Solution, follow them carefully;

Regedit (start menu -> run -> type regedit)

Expand HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE -> Software -> Microsoft -> Office -> 11.0 -> Delivery
There should be only 1 directory under Delivery, which is your DownloadCode (mine was 90000409-6000-11D3-8CFE-0150048383C9).
Select that directory.
On the right side of the screen, right-click on CDCache. Change the value to 0.

Source : http://www.technotes.co.uk/sku011-cab

Google New Browser : Google Chrome

Google newly launch browser is based on open source named Google Chrome. The browser not only acts as browser but also provide a modern platform for web pages and applications.

Some of the features that google says that their new browser is able to perform:
a) Clean and fast performance – go straight to the point.
b) Runs today complex web applications much better.
c) Improve protection from rogue sites.
d) Built in V8, a more powerful javascript engine intended to power the next generation of web applications.
e) Currently building version for Mac and Linux.

Google aims are to provide a much better with more options and innovation browser. It is another alternative browser for everyone to use. For now it is in beta version and google will keep on adding and improve it to make it a much better perform browser for many years to come.

The best test of Google Chrome is to try it yourself.

The reason why people fail financially

Reason 1: Lack of “Know How”

The art of making money was not taught at our school system. It is depend on our own effort to gain the necessary knowledge to enable one self to learn and hopefully able to make money in the process.

To be able to acquire the said knowledge is not so easy; it takes time, discipline and effort. Most of us normally don’t read non fiction books. Guess how many average person have read non fictions book in the last year? One? Two? Three?. There’s a good possibility, none of them.

Even the best non-fiction book sells in pitiful numbers, unlike the recent release of J.K.Rowling latest fiction book entitled “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (21 July 2007)”. The books were on sale worldwide and millions of copies were sold, testimony to the different attitude that people have to learning and most importantly it makes the author of the book filty rich.

To be successful in your pursuit to financial success, you must gain knowledge especially in the art of making money ( There's no point of reading all the financial books, money book if you don't know how to make money). You can learn by reading, learning and talking (if you have the chance to do so) with those who have been successful, gain from their experience and ways of making money. Unfortunately, most rich people is stingy especially their knowledge of making money. Most of them go around the bush, not getting to the point and try to make you confuse.

By the way have you download the e-book from john chow “Making Money Online with John Chow.Com”. If you haven’t, I recommend you do so. This e-book help you better manage your money making blog and if you follow his advice, surely you will get something out of this FREE E-Book.

Reason 2: Failure to set plans

This is also very much the reason why people fail financially. It’s like a “rugby team”. They kick the ball in various directions and when the whistle blows at the age of retirement they wonder what the score was!

Research shows that only 5% of the population set goals and only 2 % have any form of written goals. These people are highly motivated, they are result oriented, they are positive, and most importantly they never quit.

After all that have been said and done, one must have a definite plan. Without a plan it is too easy to drift aimlessly, being tempted by many lures that marketeers dangle to separate you from your money.

Hence, it is not that they plan to fail, but rather they fail to plan.


Reason 3: Inefficient use of time and poor work habits.

In our discussion about financial success, most people will excuse them self by saying “I don’t have time, I haven’t got the time, I’m always busy and many more. Nonsense! Everyone have the same amount of time. Be it prime Minister, the president of America and so on and so forth. These people have the same amount of time as we have. It’s just that these people use their time more efficiently. Therefore be a good time manager and manage your time so you can achieve more.

Reason 4: Poor Debt Management

Everybody borrow money for reason of their own. There’s nothing financially wrong about it, as long as you obeyed one basic rule: the income generated from it must exceed what it costs (investment). Unfortunately most people borrow money to buy consumable or unnecessary items, a term usually called “doodads”. Not only they have to pay interest, but the assets itself loses value.

Reason 5: Lack of desire

People have always asked Robert Kiyosaki (very successful US financial Guru) what make him very determine to get rich. He answered, the primary reason he do it because he has a strong desire to be rich and desire motivates him to act.

Furthermore, a strong desire gives a person confidence and looks for more business opportunity.
Anyone who is content with mediocrity will always be mediocre.

Reason 6: Inadequate protection against unforeseen events

While you are in the path of achieving your financial success, one must have adequate protection against any unforeseen circumstances. For example the death or disablement of the breadwinners. Failure to do so may result in a drastic lost of decades of saving or may even cripple your goal to financial success.


Reason 7: Lack of discipline

To many people to foster the habit of saving is nearly impossible to achieve simply because they buy – save – buy – save while other always buy.

Since it is easy to spend than save (same as it is easier to say yes than no), many will fail to save on consistent basis. Those who lack the discipline to say “no” will find financial success an impossible achievement.

Reason 8: Lack of action

Just thinking of doing it without action is not good enough. It was also mentioned in John Chow e-book that most people fail financially because they didn’t do what they suppose to be doing (to do with financial success). In other words, they lack of action. To achieve anything requires action. No action, No gain and No gain, No Money and No money,.......you know the rest.

Do you have what it takes to succeed? Do you have what it takes to be rich? Do you have the desire to learn? Do you have a positive mental attitude? Are you willing to make an effort? The list goes on and on.
However if you answered Yes to all of these questions then you are on the right track and able to achieve your goal to financial freedom or success.

Worth visiting : PERSONAL MONEY MANAGEMENT

Know Where Your Money Goes To Every Month

(General Guidelines – For the average person on the street)

Before continuing any further, first thing first, if you need detailed help and if you have a lot of money then you will need a financial advisor.

This article is just a simple guideline for those who do not know where their money goes to by the end of every month and for those who have trouble surviving on what little income they get.

CHANGE HOW YOU THINK

To get you (and your family-if any) started, you will need to be humble enough to acknowledge that you are struggling financially and that you need to tone down your lifestyle. Yes your friend, neighbour, colleague or relative may ‘seem’ much better off than you, probably having somewhere nicer to live in, own a car or even a very expensive one, have nice things in their home, wear fancy clothes or that they can go for a holiday often and so on, BUT you must remember, you don’t need to prove anything to anyone. Don’t try to compete with anyone - it’s very stressful. Jealousy is not very becoming of anyone.

WANTS VS. NEEDS

Note everyone knows this but there is a difference between what we need to survive and what we want/desire to make us happy. To survive we have to have the basics like food, medicine, somewhere to live, transportation, a source of money to pay our bills and expenses (example, job, savings, allowance, scholarship, welfare money etc.).

Even then there is the differences in prices for these basic things. Some food are more expensive than others, the same goes with clothes, a place to live, medical treatment, transportation etc. If you have limited budget or money, choose the cheapest. Don’t go to a private hospital, instead go to a government hospital. Don’t buy branded clothes, buy similar but cheaper ones. Don’t eat at a restaurant/café, bring food from home. Don’t travel by taxi, go on the bus. Don’t have too many girlfriends or wives, one is enough.

‘Wants’ on the other hand is driven by desire. Often we want that nice, expensive car, we want to go for a long holiday, we want to party every weekend, we want that lovely but expensive sofa set, we want to treat our friends often, we want a nice big house with a garden, we want that diamond ring, we want the latest PDA/ hand phone, we want sports rim for our car, we want a computer for each and every one of our kids, we want that high powered motor cycle etc. Control your wants. Don’t suffer for it.

To be able to manage our monthly income, we have to know the difference between these two, especially during times when we are tempted by our friends bragging, TV/ newspaper advertisements, widow displays, the salesman etc. All telling us that we ‘need’ these things to make us look and feel good.

EXCESSIVE VICES

If you are a gambler, an alcoholic, a drug user or have other problems can lead to the use of a lot of spending money, seek professional advice to kick the habit. Some habits are very hard to get rid off without help. They eat into your finances, into your life and destroy you slowly but surely. Getting help is nothing to be ashamed off. You don’t have to announce it to the world, go alone if you have to but it is better if you have the support of a friend or family to help you on your way.

Another thing that is not as excessive, is smoking. If you calculate how much a packet of cigarettes cost and how much you use in a month, you will notice that it cuts quite a bit into your budget. It is not necessary for survival and you won’t die if you don’t smoke. The craving will drive you crazy but it can be overcome (If you really want to-develop the will power).

FRIENDS CAN BE OUR DOWNFALL

You have to manage yourself and your lifestyle as best as you can. If it is your friends who are living the high life and enjoying themselves excessively, then perhaps its time to find new friends who are more like yourself so that you don’t have to be that much different from them. Learn to turn a deaf ear on people who make fun of you, just because you don’t dress in fancy clothes, drive to work, have a high paying job, enjoy life like them etc. Good friends are reliable and steadfast. They respect you for yourself and not what you have.

If you are ambitious then you can work smart and hard for these things (the legal way of course. Again to avoid trouble in the long run) and enjoy your hard earned money once you actually have it in your bank account. Get a second part-time job if you have to. Start a home business if you have a full time job.

FAMILY LIFE VS. LUXURIOUS LIFESTYLE

If you already have a family, balance your needs and ambitions to a quality life with your family. No point having all that money when you and your family members are not close and don’t enjoy each others company. I have known some people who work too hard all their life only to retire to an empty home where their kids seldom come home or call home to ask how things are. This is because they are so used to dad or mum not being around. Set your priority – what do you want? Money or a close family life? Some people can have both but not everyone can achieve this. A person who is never there is seldom missed. Painful but true. You cannot catch up on lost time. It is better to set a balance.

‘CONTROL’ YOUR DESIRES AND WEAKNESSES. FIND CHEAPER ALTERNATIVES

The best way to manage what little you have is to ‘control’ your desires and spending habit. Find cheaper alternatives to what you would like to do or have. Decide how much you are getting every month and how much money goes into your everyday expenses. Determine which expenses are necessary for survival and which are not. Survival means you will die or end up on the streets/in jail if you don’t have it. For example, if the price of petrol is going up and up, find a cheaper alternative to go to work. Get a motorcycle perhaps or share s car/petrol with a friend who live and work in the same area. Take the train or bus. If it is not too far then use a bicycle (Good for the environment too). Not as convenient but ‘cheaper’ because that is what we are aiming for. Swallow your pride and ego. Remember, you have nothing to prove to anyone. What can you achieve by burning a hole in your pocket/wallet?

Kids are often the main weaknesses of parents. If you have four or more kids and you suddenly have that extra money to buy them a treat, let us say ice-cream. Buy a large container from the local supermarket instead of stopping by at the nearest fast food outlet for it. You save a lot of money this way. If you have just one child and he/she starts screaming and crying for a $200 toy at the store but you don’t have that sort of money. Don’t pull out your credit card. After trying persuasion and it doesn’t work be firm, pick him/her up gently calmly and try to distract him/her with something else. If this doesn’t work perhaps it is time to go home to avoid all the fuss. Most people will understand especially those who have had kids themselves. Children can often get distracted easily and for the more stubborn ones, the parents have to be firm. Don’t give in too easily to their wants (as oppose to needs) otherwise they will do it again and again.

Sometimes it is the parents’ fault that their kids are high maintenance. They want the best for their kids even though they themselves can’t afford it. The excuse is that they want for the kids something which they themselves couldn’t have in the past. For example; a good but very expensive school (Be flexible. Find a middle alternative), piano lessons, clubs (not just one but many), extra art lessons (apart from what they teach at school) and so on. Just because you couldn’t have it as a child doesn’t mean your child has to have it too. Even if you did have the extra luxuries as a child but your current finances do not allow you to, there is not need to give them the extras either. Use your common sense.

BE STRONG, TRY HARDER

Humans tend to have weak will power. Yes, it part of being human. But you can train yourself. All it takes is self determination. Try harder, that is. Don’t give up too easily. Decide on a monthly budget. Keep track of your spending habits. Try not to spend more than what you have. If you spend too much this month, try again next month and the next. Cut down on things that are not important to your survival.

HOW BORROWING AFFECT US

Your life is your own and when you are in trouble especially financially, there is seldom someone there to lend you a helping hand. Borrowing money to lead a better lifestyle is NOT the solution but will get you into more trouble in the long term (This includes ‘borrowing’ money from your friendly credit card, a friend, relative or even worse a loan shark). Remember credit cards and loan sharks charge high interest rates on the money you borrow. For example for every $100 you borrow, you may end up paying $116-$150 at the end of the month. Then if this hasn’t been cleared the amount will go up and up until you clear your loan. Some people get another credit card to pay for the loan they already have, and another, and another etc. This is highly dangerous and stupid. Wouldn’t it be better if that extra money went into your own pocket instead?

Of course if there is an emergency and you or your family need immediate medical attention, by all means use your credit card (because it is a matter of life and death) and use it only in this way. Some people claim that an ‘emergency’ is when they need to buy new clothes for that annual party that everyone is talking about. Please! Use your common sense when deciding what an emergency is. It is not that toy that your child wants, or a night out at an expensive restaurant just to impress your friend/s or a party that you suddenly decided to have. To avoid using your credit card for things that come up suddenly, plan what you normally need to spend on yearly basis (yes it is troublesome but worth the effort). Save a little money every month for emergencies or when you suddenly get some money from an unplanned source. Don’t use it all up in one go.

Stay away from loan sharks no matter what. For those who do not know what a loan shark is. It is someone who profess to have a money lending business but charge very high interest rates. They may not even acknowledge that you have made payments in the past. They tend to resort to illegal ways of getting their money back from you including harassment, violence or taking over your property by force and selling it even though the amount you owe them is not as high as your car, house, land etc. Yet some of them even use legal means to lend you the money (you have to sign an agreement) but the amount you loose if they take over your property is not worth the trouble not to mention the trouble they cause your family, friends and at your workplace.

On the other hand borrowing money from relatives or friends may seem better but if you can’t afford to pay them back, even in small installments, they will nag you until your ears fall off and they will loose trust in you. Then when you need money for emergencies, there will be no one there for you. For those who do not have a thick skin, this can be very stressful too. Honesty is always the best policy. If you do borrow money always try to work out if you can make payments, pay in small amounts every month if you have to but don’t let anyone loose trust in you. If you have a thick skin (no sense of shame), then I pity you. Suffer the consequence yourself. It may last far longer then you expected.

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CONCLUSION

We can all survive on the minimum if we try hard enough. Sometimes cutting cost is absolutely necessary for our survival or for our family’s survival. If you can’t afford that house yet, never mind, do without. If you can’t have as much fun as you want at the moment, never mind, do without. If you can’t afford to get married yet, never mind, postpone.

Things may look bleak at the moment or make you depressed, but think positive about the future. Find alternative ways of managing your money and of increasing your income (look up topic).

Problems don’t last for ever and ever. Tomorrow will not be the same as today or yesterday unless, you just sit there and do nothing about it. Remember that.