Saturday, January 30, 2010

Empty Your Desktop

Create a Safely Remove Hardware shortcut
I just reformated my computer once again, and as usual I prefer an empty desktop with no icons and no taskbar, just ObjectDock Pro shown. One very important shortcut on the taskbar will be hidden too if I want to empty them all and that is Safely Remove Hardware shortcut located at the System Tray. If I hide everything, I wont be able to disconnect my removable hard drive properly. I have to put this shortcut onto ObjectDock. So, to create the shortcut:

Right-click on the desktop, select 'New' and then 'Shortcut'. For the item location, copy and paste the following:
RunDll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL HotPlug.dll
Then click 'Next'. Call the shortcut 'Safely Remove Hardware', and you are done. If you want to make it look better, right-click the icon, choose 'Properties' and then the 'Shortcut' tab, click on 'Change Icon' and in the 'Look for icons' box type:
%windir%\system32\HotPlug.dll
The first icon in this file matches the 'Safely Remove Hardware' icon so you'll be able to recognise it.

Remove Recycle Bin

Go to START > RUN and copy and paste the following:
GPEDIT.MSC
Navagate to USER CONFIGURATION > ADMINISTRATIVE TEMPLATES > Click on DESKTOP,

On the right hand pane find "Remove Recycle Bin icon on the desktop" , double left click on it and ENABLE it.
That's it!

Thursday, January 28, 2010

iPad



Surf Internet using Safari, read your Mails, enjoy your Photos, watch movies and Video, watch YouTube videos, listen music via iPod and iTunes, visit App Store and get applications and games, download read books from iBooks, visit Maps, write your own Notes easily, manage your Calendar and save Contacts.


Size and weight


Height:
9.56 inches (242.8 mm)
Width:
7.47 inches (189.7 mm)
Depth:
0.5 inch (13.4 mm)
Weight:
1.5 pounds (.68 kg) Wi-Fi model;
1.6 pounds (.73 kg) Wi-Fi + 3G model

Display

  • 9.7-inch (diagonal) LED-backlit glossy widescreen Multi-Touch display with IPS technology
  • 1024-by-768-pixel resolution at 132 pixels per inch (ppi)
  • Fingerprint-resistant oleophobic coating
  • Support for display of multiple languages and characters simultaneously

Capacity

  • 16GB, 32GB, or 64GB flash drive

Wireless and Cellular

Wi-Fi model
  • Wi-Fi (802.11 a/b/g/n)
  • Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR technology
Wi-Fi + 3G model
  • UMTS/HSDPA (850, 1900, 2100 MHz)
  • GSM/EDGE (850, 900,1800, 1900 MHz)
  • Data only2
  • Wi-Fi (802.11 a/b/g/n)
  • Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR technology

Pricing (in USD)

16 GB
32 GB
64 GB
Wi-Fi
$499
$599
$699
Wi-Fi + 3G
$629
$729
$829

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Looking For Job? Call This Number!


Tuesday, January 26, 2010

The Cat Who Has Cat-Shaped Spots [Kitty Korner]

Monday, January 25, 2010

You Dropped Food on the Floor. Do You Eat It?


Saturday, January 23, 2010

The Dogs Who Ride Trains


[Animal specialist Andrei] Neuronov says there are some 500 strays that live in the metro stations, especially during the colder months, but only about 20 have learned how to ride the trains. This happened gradually, first as a way to broaden their territory. Later, it became a way of life. “Why should they go by foot if they can move around by public transport?” he asks.

“They orient themselves in a number of ways,” Neuronov adds. “They figure out where they are by smell, by recognising the name of the station from the recorded announcer’s voice and by time intervals. If, for example, you come every Monday and feed a dog, that dog will know when it’s Monday and the hour to expect you, based on their sense of time intervals from their ­biological clocks.”

Thursday, January 21, 2010

Innovative Folding Power Plug

Check out this innovative redesigned power plug. When it’s not in use, the plug becomes a very thin 10 mm. With just simple twist and fold, it can open up as a normal 3 pins plug. It's white and very thin, especially suitable for a MacBook, and that solve the problem of people having to put their laptop power plugs elsewhere instead of putting in the laptop bag.


Better still, it also comes with a multi plug idea, rather than requiring a power strip for multiple plugs. Users can fit several folded plugs into one adapter and only taking up the space of one.

Totally out of the box idea and improved design. I hope my MacBook in 2 years time will use such plugs.

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Some Apple's IPhone 4G Rumors


There are rumors about the next generation iPhone, 4G. The image shows the various rumors surrounding the next version of the iPhone. An OLED display, 5-megapixel camera and a release date between May and July appear to be the most likely rumors. Also ranking high are rumors of a front-facing camera, dual-core processor with more RAM and a touch-sensitive case. I hope that removable battery will really come true.

Thursday, January 14, 2010

Sheeps

Look at these sheeps made from the telephone wires, so cute huh.

Sunday, January 10, 2010

Bikers In Denmark

Some people got to lean,

Others got to put a foot up,

In Denmark, this little bicycle-friendly turn up for cyclists, and look at the picture below, a man on his bike holding on the railings and resting his foot on. It is just a simple idea simply improves the convenience for the cyclists who stop here while waiting for traffic; brilliant. Make a few hundred cyclists a day feel loved.


Grasping the railing with hand and resting foot on the foot railing, then push off and continue riding.
The foot rest reads: "Hi, cyclist! Rest your foot here... and thank you for cycling in the city."
It certainly is a fine example of the City understanding human behavior and basic anthropology.