Desktop Madness

Posted on October 9, 2007 at 10:01 am | 15 Comments
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It has been ages since I last did a meme here so I stole this one from Juice. I am really itching to do this meme despite that I have to sit a final exam later this afternoon at 3:00 pm. Oh, don’t worry, it’s just Theology, and really, I don’t have to memorize anything, I only need to read pages and pages of photocopied lectures.

Without any further ado, here it is…

As you can see, my wallpaper is from Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. I’ve been using this wallpaper for months and I’m tired of it. I tried to look for another wallpaper but nothing suited me. On the left side, you can see my desktop icons. I only put two columns of icons on my desktop to make it look neat. On the other side is the Windows Sidebar. I don’t usually use it but I like its functionality and features.

And now, my top five programs.

  1. Adobe Photoshop CS2 I use this program to manipulate my photos and create the images that I use for my layouts.
  2. Yahoo! Messenger Aside from texting, I use Y!M to get connected to my high school classmates. This also serves as my connection to my online friends and present blockmates.
  3. Mozilla Firefox Do I still need to explain what this program does?
  4. Notepad For encoding my layouts. Yes, I’m comfortable using Notepad to encode HTML, CSS and PHP.
  5. Limewire and uTorrent (tie) For downloading mp3 files and other whatnots.

Feel free to steal this meme. I’m now signing off to continue reviewing for my exam later.

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Photoshopping Again

Posted on August 12, 2007 at 9:16 am | 27 Comments
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Last Thursday, Friday and yesterday (we were supposed to have make up classes), we didn’t have any classes. And during those days, Snidget was working the whole day. And guess what I discovered…

Two days ago, I realized that Adobe Photoshop CS2 can run on Snidget, my notebook (running on Windows Vista). Now, I can work on with a new layout.

And look at my latest masterpiece…

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I know, it’s not that fabulous. What I only did in this photo was that I changed the background, applied some brushes, altered the photo in the frame, applied a filter and of course, put some make-up (clone stamp) on my forehead. Casual users of PS can do this. But since I missed photoshopping — I guess, the last time I used PS was last May — I had to start again from the basics just so I can know if I still remember them. And I think, yes, I still know how to use PS.

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Yesterday, after a hundred years, I had the time and guts to clean my room. I know that I’ve blogged about my plans to clean my room numerous times, but it was only yesterday when I was able to put those plans into action. That’s how lazy I am. If it was not for our maid who have been cleaning my room regularly all this time, I’m sure, dirt would have compiled into an inch!

Bedroom
The wrath of Chedeng and Dodong. My abode a few minutes after I started cleaning. My room is a disaster, really! (Of course, this photo was not photoshopped. Lol)

Classes will resume tomorrow. Unless it would start raining cats and dogs again. Pwroar! I still don’t want to go back to school!

Oh, and I want to greet Shari an advance Happy Birthday!

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Oh No! It’s June Already!

Posted on June 2, 2007 at 9:00 pm | 24 Comments
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Now that only eleven days are left before school begins, I still haven’t prepared anything. I still don’t have the school supplies that I would need like notebooks (Corona and binders), ballpen (0.5 or thinner than that), paper (yellow pad and Corona bond paper), and other things that are essential for students. Well, I’m not really inclined to get back to school because school is hell, moreover, college is fatal. Lol.

I’ve got three reasons why I don’t want to go to school, on the top of the list is that I don’t want my course. Two, I would have a new set of classmates, I still don’t get it why they had to reshuffle us. And the last one is that I hate my schedule.

Here is a preview of my schedule: M 9:00am to 3:00pm, TTH 7:00am to 5:00pm, WF 9:00am to 5:00pm. That means, I would be spending more time in school now, and by logic, you’ll also get that I would be spending less time in surfing the internet.

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It’s time again to share to you some delicious links that I’ve dugg from digg.com and del.icio.us.

  • There’s a new feature in Google Maps called street view, we can now tour the streets of San Francisco, Las Vegas, Colorado, New York and Miami without leaving the comforts of Google. Sure, there are other sites that offers this same feature, but I think this is better because you can have a full 360° view of a particular place. You may also want to read this funny article about the top 15 Google street view sightings. There was this one who was caught trying to break into a house, and this one shows two girls sunbathing. Lol!
  • Before my vacation would end. I want to do this. I can’t still believe that you can calculate the value of pi by just throwing frozen hot dogs! It sounds crazy but it looks like it’s true.
  • Did you know that CBS bought Last.fm?
  • Another must-do for those people who are still stuck with dial-up (and even those people with a broadband connection but want their browsing experience a bit faster), hack FireFox.
  • This is so amazing: Microsoft Surface. I want one! Lol.
  • It’s official, Google has acquired FeedBurner.
  • This one is not yet on digg.com and del.icio.us, but you should know this, especially if you know Neil of es2pido.com. He won a notebook computer, a digicam, and a whooping PHP 100000.00 from Eat Bulaga’s On the Spot. After reading and knowing some facts about his life, I can say that he really deserves it! Oi! Neil, balato naman jan! I can give you my bank account. Haha. Lol. Joke.

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Lol. No, I don’t have any plans on starting my own podcast, you would not want to hear my voice. I’m just doing some wordplay. But then, it would be great if I can have my own podcast.

[EDIT] Finally, my new layout is up. I’ve lost count of how many themes that I’ve already used, so I don’t know what the version number of this theme is. My codes are valid (except for CSS) but I still think there are few bugs out there. So if you found one lurking, please report it to me.

This theme is a bit, shall I say, thinner? It’s a big mistake. I should have made it a little more thicker. The photos that I posted here won’t fit on the content part. And now, I can’t do the necessary tweaks because I don’t have a decent graphics editor installed on Snidget. And the computer where Adobe Photoshop CS2 is installed is on haywire-mode. (I have other options that’ll solve this problem, though I prefer doing the option that I presented here, I don’t have any choice but to look for an alternative solution.)

It is 800×600 pixels (and up) friendly. I tried it with both IE7 and Mozilla Firefox but it looks better with the latter. [/EDIT]

  1. Podcasteeg is a trademark of and © Christian Evangelista. [↩]

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Meme: Abused Programs

Posted on April 12, 2007 at 9:09 am | 15 Comments
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Whoa. I just posted an entry yesterday, and here I am, posting another one. Oh, well, because nothing worth-blogging has happened to me this week, I’m just going to do a meme.

Instructions: Click “Start,” you’ll see there shortcuts to the programs you use most often. Put ‘em here, and give each an explanation. If there are other programs that are listed in your Start Menu, feel free to include them here.

Notes: As far as I know, only Windows XP and Vista have this feature. If you were using Windows XP or Vista but you don’t see a list, right click your Task Bar and select properties. Under the Start Menu tab, select “Start menu” and click OK.

Mozilla Firefox

Do I really have to tell why it is on my Start Menu? You know how Internet Explorer sucks. And this might interest you:

Adobe Photoshop CS2

I think I made a wrong move when I upgraded to this version (from 7.0). There are only a few changes that I have seen.

Notepad

I use this program to create my HTML, CSS, and PHP files.

Winamp

Everybody needs a dose of music everyday, eh?

MS Word

I use this for papers that I need in school.

SmartFTP Client

It says that it isn’t free, but its free trial of 30-days never expire. Lol. I use this for transferring file to the server.

Oh, there is a plugin for Mozilla Firefox called FireFTP. You may want to use it for transferring your files to your server. It is very lite, that means, there are only limited features.

Minesweeper

Hey, I know how to play this game. You don’t just click here and there. You need to use your brains! I love this game because it tickles my mind. My best time for the expert is 234 seconds.

Command Prompt

The reason why this is on the list is because I’ve been pinging my site for the past three months. And did you know you can reformat your diskettes with this program?

Xampp

This is the program that I use to run LAMP (minus the “L”). It’s very helpful for me because I can now squash the bugs in my WP Themes even though I’m not connected to the internet.

PSPad Editor

It’s Notepad with many features. I only use this program when I have to look for a certain line in a PHP file.

Flickr Uploadr

Lately, I’ve been uploading pictures to my Flickr account.

Hearts

Lol. Yeah, I also know how to play this game. It’s very simple. I play this game when I wait to be connected to the internet.

Limewire

Despite that I’m on a dial-up connection, and sharing of mp3 files is illegal, I still use it. Lol. I love Limewire! Thanks to it, supporting piracy is easier! :lol!:

Nero StartSmart

No, I don’t usually burn those music files that I’ve downloaded from the internet. What I transfer into CD-R’s are files other than mp3 and wma.

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Plugs: I’ve got two new hostees, visit their blogs! Vincent and Drex.

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