On the first impression, the logo of FLVIX really looks like Yotube’s, maybe it is done intentionally to look like YouTube because it also provides video related services. FLVIX is a free online video converter. It converts video into formats like .AVI, .MOV, .3GP, .MP4, .MP4 for free, online.
Maxpower came out with a WordPress plug-in that allows you to keep notes inside the wp-admin dashboard. Located at the bottom right, it is only visible to the authorized ones. This is particularly useful for bloggers that like to keep note or reminder of what to write in their future post, or even keeping data for a compilation entry.
Lots of Web 2.0 websites like to use labels (or badges) like this to deliver status of current website/service, either the version or whether they are still in beta. Creating these labels are quite easy, especially with the use of Photoshop. Tutorial after jump.
Most gamers should have heard or played Metal Gear Solid, but not much has heard of Metal Gear Solid 4, just yet. Here’s a demo of Metal Gear Solid 4 presented in Japanese, but English subtitle that definitely will stunt any gamers. The precision of graphics, the amounts of stunt and actions you can control over Snake is unbelievable.
In Metal Gear Solid 4, Snake can even watch porno during a battle. Watch it to believe it.
Are you eager to see some previews on the new Firefox 3? Thanks to Alex Faaborg, a User Experience Designer for Firefox 3 we get to see some screen shots of the new Firefox 3 currently in development. I’m not going to rip all his images, so to see every screen shot and details on Firefox 3, you gotta visit Alex’s blog. Images after jump.
Do you like to decorate your instant messenger’s status with unique messages? Or once in a while you might notice some friends of yours placing some symbols in the chat boxes, status messages, etc. Here are some examples to give you an idea how these symbols look like
♫ ♬ ★ ☆ → ↓ → (◐ o ◑ ) (⊙…⊙ )
If you are wondering how these are done. Well it’s basically quite easy. These are ASCII symbols and they should work on majority of the sites and application out there, as long as they support text inputs.
I discover a very interesting application few days ago, so interesting that I decided jump queue and have it to come live on Monday (we all know readership drops a little over weekend). On daily basis, I explain a lot of stuff, explaining how stuff works, give guides and exchange ideas with friends and readers. It’s easier when they are next to you because you can grab their head over to your notebook and say, “nah, like thisâ€, but over internet, we do tedious printscreens and typed a lot.
JingProject of TechSmith really helps a lot. In a nutshell, this is a free tool to do freestyle print screen. Yes, there is a lot of free tool out there with same functionality but Jing does it a lot easier. Jing also do video guides. Here’s how Jing works.
Here’s something for the weekend, a music video named “Don’t you wish your cell phone was hot like me?” funny edited from the original “Don’t you wish your girlfriend was hot like me” by pussycat dolls. Enjoy the video after jump.
WordPress shop is now officially shipping overseas, good news for those who want a piece of their design and not staying inside United States. The first WordPress product that will ship overseas is this red color short sleeve jersey t-shirt, with the WordPress logo right in the middle.
Selling at GBP 9.5 ($20 / RM70) per piece, total with delivery (GBP4.50) will cost you about GBP 14.00 ($30/RM100) per piece. Styles are available for limited time only.
Visit WordPress Store now. (Here for T-shirt Size Guide)
Arrived 10 days after order.
In conjunction with Alexa Toolbar’s 10th anniversary, folks at Alexa released their toolbar for Mozilla Firefox browser, codename Sparky. Here are the features of Sparky, the Alexa Toolbar for Firefox; directly pulled from the blog:
Features of Sparky
- Sparkline – A very small condensed traffic history graph. Gives you a quick view to show whether the site is moving up or down.
- Rank – Shows the traffic rank of the site.
- Reach Indicator – Provides a qualitative view of whether a site’s rank is good or bad.
- Related Links – Provides up to 10 Related links in the browser’s File | Edit | View menu.
- Shortcuts – Clicking on Sparky brings up a menu of other handy shortcuts, including Alexa Detail pages, Cached Pages, Search Pages and more.
TwitterMail allows you to use update your Twitter via Windows Live Messenger / MSN Messenger. Here’s how to get it working:
Free PDF e-books are really nothing new nowadays, but what makes Spotbit unique from the crowd is the different format of e-books they are offering. Spotbit offers free e-books in interesting EXE format; it somehow makes reading e-book more fun, closer to reading real books. Here are few features you don’t see in normal PDF e-books.
We’ve seen how impressive Microsoft Surface Computing Technology is. Here comes another version, running on Ubuntu showing off touch technology powered by MPX Multi Touch. Video after jump.
Take a look at the bottom of your wordpress blog, you should see 2 hyperlink respectively “previous” and “next“. This 2 hyperlinks keep your neighboring content connected, thus making it easier for readers to navigate through your older entries.
It also helps bots crawl your content better, therefore the more comprehensive these links are they better.
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