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How to Post to the Latest G-Blogs Using Windows Live Writer by 09154137756

Posted in Computing, Software, Websites on August 1st, 2009(2 Comments)

Ever since G-Blogs got integrated into Globe Circles, I was unable to make any blog post from WLW anymore. Moreover, if you haven’t used Windows Live Writer and you would like to set it up to publish contents into your own blog, the old method doesn’t work anymore. To solve this problem, you need to set up your blog all over again.

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Earth Day: 10 Little Things You Can Do to Save our Planet by 09154137756

Posted in Opinion, Personal on April 25th, 2009(No Comments)

I realized too late that Earth Day occurred last Wednesday. I have always thought that Earth Day always falls on a weekend day. Oh well. My post is three days late but I think I’m going to post it anyway.

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How to Extract Music From Video Files Using VLC 0.9 by 09154137756

Posted in Computing, Freeware, Software on April 9th, 2009(No Comments)

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How to: Send Videos From DVD to Mobile by 09154137756

Posted in Computing, Freeware, Mobile, Software on February 27th, 2009(3 Comments)

So, you have a massive collection of DVD’s at home but you don’t have enough time at home to view them on a DVD player. The good thing is that almost all handheld electronics, from generic multimedia players made in China to cellphones, iPods and many others are capable of video playback. In fact, the only problem you have is how to send the video from the disk to your phone.

While downloaded video is in a format usually recognizable from most video playback program, and all you have to do is to copy the file from the PC to your unit, the same cannot be done with regards to DVD’s. Also, IMO it was also more practical to acquire a DVD from the streets than waiting a few hours just to acquire videos from wherever you may get them. Besides, those that are extracted from DVD’s generally have better audio and video quality than downloaded ones.

The program I use to encode DVD’s is HandBrake, and one of the reasons I absolutely like it is because it’s fully open-source, and yet it is full of features and settings that you can adjust according to your liking, presented in a very simplistic user interface. But if you are intimidated by the sheer number of configurations that you need to adjust, there are also several predefined presets you can use to obtain the best results, for instance, for iPod’s and PSP’s, or make define you own.

Put a Background in your USB Drive by 09154137756

Posted in Computing on November 19th, 2008(12 Comments)

Prepare any picture file that you want to become your background and rename it as “your_picture.jpg” if you want to. Open Notepad (Start > Run… > notepad) and type the following code:

[.ShellClassInfo]
IconFile=%SystemRoot%\system32\SHELL32.dll
IconIndex=127
ConfirmFileOp=0

[{BE098140-A513-11D0-A3A4-00C04FD706EC}]
Attributes=1
IconArea_Image=”your_picture.jpg”
IconArea_Text=”0xFFFFFF”
VeBRA sources - don’t delete the tag above, it’s there for XXXXX purposes -
[ExtShellFolderViews]
{BE098140-A513-11D0-A3A4-00C04FD706EC}={BE098140-A513-11D0-A3A4-00C04FD706EC}
{5984FFE0-28D4-11CF-AE66-08002B2E1262}={5984FFE0-28D4-11CF-AE66-08002B2E1262}

[{5984FFE0-28D4-11CF-AE66-08002B2E1262}]
PersistMoniker=Folder.htt
PersistMonikerPreview=%WebDir%\folder.bmp

***

Save the document as “desktop.ini” including the quotation marks.

Copy the file and “your_picture.jpg” to your thumb drive.

Stop and reinsert your thumb drive to view your new background.