December 2005
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My Top 10 Websites in 2005
Gmail The webmail that changed everything. I’ve taken part of its early beta since May 2004 and it’s still in beta until now. With new features coming every now and then, I couldn’t be happier with Gmail even if it’s still in beta stage. It changed the way I use email using threaded messages, labels, [...]
2005 Year-end Report
I don’t think I’ll have much time tomorrow to write entries because of new year’s eve preparation so I’ll do this now… Facts and figures of my blog for 2005 Top 5 popular posts (by no. of views): Thoughts About PLDT MyDSL-W Smart (?) Wifi Rizal Stuffs Konfabulator 3.0 Ending Microsoft’s Cowboy Spaghetti Code Top [...]
From Azureus to µTorrent
Ever since BitTorrent was introduced to me, I chose Azureus as my BT client not only because it’s feature-packed but also because it gave me the fastest download speed possible in my DSL connection (512 kbps downstream / 256 kbps upstream). Azureus is built from Java and thus uses Java Virtual Machine (JVM). I didn’t [...]
DivX Browser Plug-In
Good news video-codec junkies, DivX has released a new browser plug-in which supports all the major browsers. Currently only Windows is supported but MacOS X and Linux versions will follow soon. This great plug-in allows you to play high-quality DivX video in full glory. The idea is to make DivX media viewable inside your browser [...]
New Intel Logo
After 16 years of marketing campaign, Intel’s tag line “Intel Inside” is now on its way out. With the approach of 2006 and the impending release of Intel’s new processor Yonah early next year, Intel had re-examined all the logos of its range of processors. And for the first time, the new desktop processor won’t [...]
WordPress 2.0 Released
This is probably one of the best late christmas present out there. WordPress 2.0 is now officially available. WordPress.org has been up and down erratically for several hours because the WordPress team is current switching server. Don’t worry, within few hours the site will be stable again. I had a chance to download the official [...]
Rescuing My Graphics Card Fan
My graphics card nearly passed away today. I just discovered that its fan stopped spinning when I was doing a lot of Photoshop editing this morning. My computer just crashed and when I rebooted my PC, nVidia Forceware won’t load and my computer did not recognize my graphics card as it should be; It only [...]