Thursday, May 7, 2009

Everything happens for good

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A king in Africa had a close friend he grew up with. The friend had a habit of looking at every situation that ever occurred in his life (positive or negative) and remarking, "This is good!"

One day the king and his friend were out on a hunting expedition. The friend would load and prepare the guns for the king. The friend had apparently done something wrong in preparing one of the guns, for after taking the gun from his friend, the king fired it and his thumb was blown off.

Examining the situation the friend remarked as usual, "This is good!" To which the king replied, "No, this is NOT good!" and had his friend sent to jail.

About a year later, the king was hunting in an area that he should have known to stay clear of. Cannibals captured him and took them to their village. They tied his hands, stacked some wood, set up a stake and bound him to the stake. As they came near to set fire to the wood, they noticed that the king was missing a thumb.

Being superstitious, they never ate anyone that was less than whole. So untying the king, they sent him on his way. As he returned home, he was reminded of the event that had taken his thumb and felt remorse for his treatment of his friend.

He went immediately to the jail to speak with his friend. "You were right" he said, "it was good that my thumb was blown off." And he proceeded to tell his friend all that had just happened. "And so I am very sorry for sending you to jail for so long. It was bad for me to do this."

"No," his friend replied, "this is good!"

"What do you mean, 'This is good?!'" How could it be good that I sent my friend to jail for a year."

"If I had not been in jail, I would have been with you."

_________

This story is similar to the one I read when I was a kid,where a king gets his hand chopped of during a hunting expedition and his friend remarks that all that happens, happens for good.

King sends his friend to jail,only later he hears that an event he had to attend got ambushed by pirates and every one got killed.He himself would have attended it if it wasn't for his chopped arm!

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Saturday, March 7, 2009

POP3 Access in Yahoo Mail Free

POP3 in Yahoo Mail

Updated June 2010

For all Yahoo mail users who do not have yahoo pop3 option in their mail settings,good news,now you too can use pop3 without a Yahoo Plus account .There is no software involved here,here is all you have to do.

Here’s how:

On the right corner is the options link,click it to see the list of options.Now click on more options…
In the options screen,select the POP Forwarding option and enable it.Save the changes.If you do not have this option go to step 8
Now to set up Outlook,at the add new account wizard click on the manual settings button.
Enter the following values for this screen,and then click on the more settings… button.
incoming server: plus.pop.mail.yahoo.com or (pop.mail.yahoo.com) outgoing server: smtp.mail.yahoo.com
Advanced Setting:Under outgoing server, the first box is checked and use same settings as my incoming server.
Use port 995 and check the box, for SSL connection. second port is 465, and select SSL encryption.
Now test the settings.If this didn't work , try changing the content settings as follows:
In the options list select to classic mail
Now click on the options link
. Select Mail Options.
Now you will see a new option that you didn’t see before ,‘Account Information’
In the Account settings change the region to Asia.
If everything has been done correctly you should see on the top left corner of your screen.You will now have a "POP3 Access and Forwarding" choice under Management settings!, enable it.
Save the settings and now try the outlook settings from step 4.
That’s it.

This is a short video on the whole thing.

Note:

The folders that you created are not synced or downloaded.
This may not work for new accounts.

These are not settings for YPOPS

This post has been updated

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Friday, March 6, 2009

Need For Speed:Shift

EA Announced in January that it would be releasing three NFS games.

Need for speed :Shift ,Need for Speed: Nitro and Need for Speed World Online.

After Pro Street this is EAs second attempt at Sim-racing.The last few NFS games have been major disappointments. After the Underground series none of the NFS games have been able to please racing fans.

Simulation Racing

After a long stint as an arcade racer, Need for Speed is heading into simulation territory and will be going head-to-head against seasoned pros Gran Turismo and Forza.

What’s different in Shift?

Shift is all about your experience as a race drive,all the cars will be unlocked at the beginning itself!!

There are a variety of effects that makes you feel that EA is serious about the Sim racing scene this time.Some of the effects include crashes with effects like temporary vision blur after crashes,tunnel vision at high speeds, subtle reflections coming off the windshield, and heat haze emitted from engines,violent camera shakes with audio effects like such as a stress-induced spike in heart rate and even a sharp gasp of breath before impact etc.

The environments are also promised to be realistic, with animated crowds, race marshals, and LCD screens helping to re-create the race-day atmosphere.

It all seems great but I hope that EA is able to deliver this time.

Sunday, March 1, 2009

KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS FOR SPECIAL CHARECTERS

(For more HTML number codes, see Character entity references in HTML 4

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HTML Name Code	HTML Number Code	Glyph	MacOS	Windows	Description
‘	‘	‘	option - ]	Alt + 0145	left single quote
’	’	’	option - shift - ]	Alt + 0146	right single quote
&sbquo;	‚	‚			single low-9 quote
“	“	“	option - [	Alt + 0147	left double quote
”	”	”	option - shift - [	Alt + 0148	right double quote
&bdquo;	„	„	option - shift - w		double low-9 quote
&dagger;	†	†	option - t	Alt + 0134	dagger
&Dagger;	‡	‡	option - shift - 7	Alt + 0135	double dagger
	…	…	option - ;		horizontal ellipsis
&permil;	‰	‰	option - shift - r	Alt + 0137	per mill sign
&lsaquo;	‹	‹	option - shift - 3	Alt + 0139	single left-pointing angle quote
&rsaquo;	›	›	option - shift - 4	Alt + 0155	single right-pointing angle quote
&spades;	♠	♠			black spade suit
&clubs;	♣	♣			black club suit
&hearts;	♥	♥			black heart suit
&diams;	♦	♦			black diamond suit
&oline;	‾	‾			overline, = spacing overscore
←	←	←			leftward arrow
↑	↑	↑			upward arrow
→	→	→			rightward arrow
↓	↓	↓			downward arrow
™	™	™	option - 2	Alt + 0153	trademark sign
"	"	"			double quotation mark
&	&	&			ampersand
<	<	<			less-than sign
>	>	>			greater-than sign
	[	[			left square bracket
	]	]			right square bracket
–		–	option - hyphen	Alt + 0150	en dash
—		—	option - shift -hyphen	Alt + 0151	em dash
				Alt + 0160	nonbreaking space
¡	¡	¡	option - 1	Alt + 0161	inverted exclamation
¢	¢	¢	option - 4	Alt + 0162	cent sign
£	£	£	option - 3	Alt + 0163	pound sterling
¤	¤	¤		Alt + 0164	general currency sign
¥	¥	¥	option - y	Alt + 0165	yen sign
¦ or &brkbar;	¦	¦		Alt + 0166	broken vertical bar
§	§	§	option - 6	Alt + 0167	section sign
¨ or &die;	¨	¨	option - shift - u	Alt + 0168	umlaut
©	©	©	option - g	Alt + 0169	copyright
ª	ª	ª	option - 9	Alt + 0170	feminine ordinal
«	«	«	option - \	Alt + 0171	left angle quote
¬	¬	¬	option - l	Alt + 0172	not sign
				Alt + 0173	soft hyphen
®	®	®	option - r	Alt + 0174	registered trademark
¯ or &hibar;	¯	¯		Alt + 0175	macron accent
°	°	°	option - shift - 8	Alt + 0176	degree sign
±	±	±	option - shift - =	Alt + 0177	plus or minus
²	²	²		Alt + 0178	superscript two
³	³	³		Alt + 0179	superscript three
´	´	´	option - shift - e	Alt + 0180	acute accent
µ	µ	µ	option - m	Alt + 0181	micro sign
¶	¶	¶	option - 7	Alt + 0182	paragraph sign
·	·	·	option - shift - 9	Alt + 0183	middle dot
¸	¸	¸	option - shift - z	Alt + 0184	cedilla
¹	¹	¹		Alt + 0185	superscript one
º	º	º	option - 0	Alt + 0186	masculine ordinal
»	»	»	option - shift - \	Alt + 0187	right angle quote
¼	¼	¼		Alt + 0188	one-fourth
½	½	½		Alt + 0189	one-half
¾	¾	¾		Alt + 0190	three-fourths
¿	¿	¿	option - shift - ?	Alt + 0191	inverted question mark
À	À	À	option - ` A	Alt + 0192	uppercase A, grave accent
Á	Á	Á	option - e A	Alt + 0193	uppercase A, acute accent
Â	Â	Â	option - i A	Alt + 0194	uppercase A, circumflex accent
Ã	Ã	Ã	option - n A	Alt + 0195	uppercase A, tilde
Ä	Ä	Ä	option - u A	Alt + 0196	uppercase A, umlaut
Å	Å	Å	option - shift - a	Alt + 0197	uppercase A, ring
Æ	Æ	Æ	option - shift - '	Alt + 0198	uppercase AE
Ç	Ç	Ç	option - shift - c	Alt + 0199	uppercase C, cedilla
È	È	È	option - ` E	Alt + 0200	uppercase E, grave accent
É	É	É	option - e E	Alt + 0201	uppercase E, acute accent
Ê	Ê	Ê	option - i E	Alt + 0202	uppercase E, circumflex accent
Ë	Ë	Ë	option - u E	Alt + 0203	uppercase E, umlaut
Ì	Ì	Ì	option - ` I	Alt + 0204	uppercase I, grave accent
Í	Í	Í	option - e I	Alt + 0205	uppercase I, acute accent
Î	Î	Î	option - i I	Alt + 0206	uppercase I, circumflex accent
Ï	Ï	Ï	option - u I	Alt + 0207	uppercase I, umlaut
Ð	Ð	Ð		Alt + 0208	uppercase Eth, Icelandic
Ñ	Ñ	Ñ	option - n N	Alt + 0209	uppercase N, tilde
Ò	Ò	Ò	option - ` O	Alt + 0210	uppercase O, grave accent
Ó	Ó	Ó	option - e O	Alt + 0211	uppercase O, acute accent
Ô	Ô	Ô	option - i O	Alt + 0212	uppercase O, circumflex accent
Õ	Õ	Õ	option - n O	Alt + 0213	uppercase O, tilde
Ö	Ö	Ö	option - u O	Alt + 0214	uppercase O, umlaut
×	×	×		Alt + 0215	multiplication sign
Ø	Ø	Ø	option - shift - o	Alt + 0216	uppercase O, slash
Ù	Ù	Ù	option - ` U	Alt + 0217	uppercase U, grave accent
Ú	Ú	Ú	option - e U	Alt + 0218	uppercase U, acute accent
Û	Û	Û	option - i U	Alt + 0219	uppercase U, circumflex accent
Ü	Ü	Ü	option - u U	Alt + 0220	uppercase U, umlaut
Ý	Ý	Ý		Alt + 0221	uppercase Y, acute accent
Þ	Þ	Þ		Alt + 0222	uppercase THORN, Icelandic
ß	ß	ß	option - s	Alt + 0223	lowercase sharps, German
à	à	à	option - ` a	Alt + 0224	lowercase a, grave accent
á	á	á	option - e a	Alt + 0225	lowercase a, acute accent
â	â	â	option - i a	Alt + 0226	lowercase a, circumflex accent
ã	ã	ã	option - n a	Alt + 0227	lowercase a, tilde
ä	ä	ä	option - u a	Alt + 0228	lowercase a, umlaut
å	å	å	option - a	Alt + 0229	lowercase a, ring
æ	æ	æ	option - '	Alt + 0230	lowercase ae
ç	ç	ç	option - c	Alt + 0231	lowercase c, cedilla
è	è	è	option - ` e	Alt + 0232	lowercase e, grave accent
é	é	é	option - e e	Alt + 0233	lowercase e, acute accent
ê	ê	ê	option - i e	Alt + 0234	lowercase e, circumflex accent
ë	ë	ë	option - u e	Alt + 0235	lowercase e, umlaut
ì	ì	ì	option - ` i	Alt + 0236	lowercase i, grave accent
í	í	í	option - e i	Alt + 0237	lowercase i, acute accent
î	î	î	option - i i	Alt + 0238	lowercase i, circumflex accent
ï	ï	ï	option - u i	Alt + 0239	lowercase i, umlaut
ð	ð	ð		Alt + 0240	lowercase eth, Icelandic
ñ	ñ	ñ	option - n n	Alt + 0241	lowercase n, tilde
ò	ò	ò	option - ` o	Alt + 0242	lowercase o, grave accent
ó	ó	ó	option - e o	Alt + 0243	lowercase o, acute accent
ô	ô	ô	option - i o	Alt + 0244	lowercase o, circumflex accent
õ	õ	õ	option - n o	Alt + 0245	lowercase o, tilde
ö	ö	ö	option - u o	Alt + 0246	lowercase o, umlaut
÷	÷	÷		Alt + 0247	division sign
ø	ø	ø	option - o	Alt + 0248	lowercase o, slash
ù	ù	ù	option - ` u	Alt + 0249	lowercase u, grave accent
ú	ú	ú	option - e u	Alt + 0250	lowercase u, acute accent
û	û	û	option - i u	Alt + 0251	lowercase u, circumflex accent
ü	ü	ü	option - u u	Alt + 0252	lowercase u, umlaut
ý	ý	ý		Alt + 0253	lowercase y, acute accent
þ	þ	þ		Alt + 0254	lowercase thorn, Icelandic
ÿ	ÿ	ÿ	option - u y	Alt + 0255	lowercase y, umlaut

Saturday, October 11, 2008

WINAMP ADDON TO 'speak out loud' ARTIST and TITLE of MP3 songs

There is an addon for winamp that enables it to speak out the Title Artist Album names of the song being played.

This is demonstrated in the video below

WINAMP WITH SPEECH TOOL

The addon is DJAMP which can be downloaded from HERE

There are a few requirements for this to work on your computer

Microsoft text-to-speech engine must be installed.Not just any engine but the 'The Lernout & Hauspie TruVoice American English Text-to-Speech Engine' which can be downloaded from HERE
Microsoft Agent DOWNLOAD HERE
Visit MICROSOFT AGENTS SITE to download agents but download PEEDY(PARROT) because it is necessary

Make sure to restart the computer after installing the engines

NeuroSky Inc unveils their Brain wave reading headset named Mindset

California-based NeuroSky Inc recently unveiled their new headset named Mindset.

The introduction of brainwave readers in to the gamming world has begun.

Soon we may see major games being released with this capability,as commercial processing power and abundant memory becomes more affordable for home users.

As of now only kids Games can be played with this technology but in 4-5 years gamers may be able to play GTA like games using these headsets!

Sajeev Nair