Create funny and artistic ASCII Art Text

Images are actually arranged from very small dot called pixels. These images are sometimes used for wallpapers with many different sizes from 640 x 480 till 1024 x 768 pixels. We have seen quite a lot of beautiful images from landscape photos till computer generated 3D images. But actually, we can have something different by arranging texts and applying colors till it forms an image. That's what we call ASCII Art.

ASCII Art are plain text arranged into pictures. When technology of mobile phones went into sms technology, many people started making pictures from ASCII characters (letters, numbers and symbols) cause at that time we could only send text, unlike nowadays that we can send mms. Some people can arrange them beautifully into text images like teddy bears, dolls, etc.

But, now using a special software called ASCII Art Generator, we can created a beautiful funny image from ASCII characters with colors applied on the characters. The software that I recommended is ASCII Art Generator. You can click here to download the trial version. This is just a software for fun.

Translating text or a website

Searching for information through the internet is quite easy nowadays. We have search engines. We don't have to go through reading magazines, or books at the library to look for information. Just use your favorite browsers like Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Opera, or even the latest one, "Google Chrome". These browsers have been empowered by search engines which appeared as toolbars or add ons.

When you found the links of the information you want, just click it and you'll be brought to the sites you want. One of the most common languages used on websites is English. For those whose native languages are not English, will have some problems reading the text on the website. But don't worry, here's the solution.

Technology has improved day by day. And now, we can even read information on any websites even though we don't know languages using translation services. I found the idea of posting this article when I came across a Chinese website which I found that it seemed to be a good site for me, but I couldn't understand very well. Of course, I was curious what the contents was about. After wondering for a while, I suddenly remembered that Google has a service to translate the text from a language to another language (not only English, but many languages).

To use the Google Translation, we need to type: "translate.google.com" in a new tab or a new window of a browser. The next step is to choose whether to translate text or translate website. To translate text, simply type the text we want to translate (or use copy paste). Then choose the source language and the target language. After that, click Translate. Then you'll see the translation right on the side of your original text.

To translate a web page, you can type the url in text box provided (look at the example) and then click Translate. Of course you can also use copy paste the url of the web page. Just that simple. Don't forget to select the source and target language.

Although the whole translation is not as good as manual translation by a senior translator, but at least it gives us a rough understandable translation. If this is used for school or office, perhaps, manual editing of the translation should be made, but if it's just for getting the meaning of the webpage content, this is far too good (for me I think). No more worries of language problem on reading a site. Just use the translation method provided by Google.

Google Chrome - a new fast safe and stable browser from Google

Google Chrome is a new browser from Google that make your browsing faster, safer and more stable.

Here are some advantages from using Google Chrome:

When you type a url, the "http://" is already there. You don't have to click google search toolbar like you have to do in Firefox or Internet Explorer. The address bar itself is already a search engine. That means two in one. So, that saves you time from moving your hand when you want to press TAB or moving to mouse.

The New Tab is also new and quite useful. The "+" (plus sign) for New Tab is right next to your opened tab. So, it's more convenient for you to click. Then, when you opened a new tab, you'll find that your most visited sites are also displayed there. Also with the search engine.
You can also create application shortcuts from the browser.

The tabs on Google Chrome are also dynamic tabs which means you can drag the position within the window of the browser or you
can also drag it out to become a new window.

It comes with a crash control which tells you how much memory is used for the process of the tab. When you noticed misbehaving of the process, you can just end the process by right clicking on the tab and select Task Manager, then select end process to close the process. This is very useful control the crash.

When you visit a site containing phising or malware, the browser will show a warning. And that makes your browsing safer.

The bookmark process is also quite simple with just a few clicks. You can also import your setting from other browsers easily. It also makes the download easier.

Anyway, it's just that simple, easy and safe. Remember to select the Language you want for your browser. To download the browser simply click this link. If you want to learn more about Google Chrome, please click this link. Download it now and experience the new browser, Google Chrome!

How to hide blog navigation bar of blogger

Blogger Navigation Bar is the top part of your blog. It's the header which usually appears with a Search Box, your e-mail address, a Dashboard link, and a Sign Out link. This sometimes could be used your visitors to navigate away to other blog by using the search. It also takes up a small portion of the top of your entire blog. If you think it's taking up the space of your blog, you can hide it by adding the following text before the "variable definition area" in the Edit HTML area window.

#navbar-iframe {display: none !important;}

After typing them, the navigation bar should already be hidden from your blog.

Sonic 3D download

Sonic 3D is an arcade game that I love most. It's a real nice arcade plus racing game. This one is a 3D one. The screen resolution does matters when you want to play the game smoothly. If you adjust the screen lower, you'll see better graphics but of course the screen will be smaller. Enjoy the fun game and the nice sound effect of collecting the coin. The files are small enough only 3.1 MB. Download it now for free!

Free Dragon Ball Z Mugen game download

Dragon Ball Z Mugen game is a favorite and quite famous game among all the games in the world. This one is actually for DOS, but you can still play it with Windows. It can be played normally at Windows but the graphics are not so nice. Just for fun and it should give more fun to those who want to have a good game for their old PCs. This game is an arcade fighting game for all. Download it now for free!

Free Eid ul-Fitr e-card

Eid ul-Fitr is a special day for Muslim where they celebrate as one of the most important day in their religion. Well, if you have a Muslim friend that you miss so much, why not send him/her a special e-card for this day to give your warmest greetings. Don't know where you can get the e-card for free? No cost need for the e-card, you don't even have to buy. Just visit the following sites and start personalizing the e-card.

http://greetings.123india.com/events/eid-ul-fitr/
http://cards.flower-greetings.com/cgi-bin/newcards/showthumbs.pl?q1=edec_eidulfitr_relbless&log=123
http://www.compufield.net/cards/eid.html
http://www.123greetings.com/events/eid_ul_fitr/

So, what are you waiting for? Start clicking the link and send your e-card. Remember they are free!

Jeff Herring tells how he writes articles

Jeff Herring is one of the internet article guide. At the bottom of this articles I have provided a link to his interview. By clicking the link, you can listen about his experience in writing articles. He said that if one can write a 7 item grocery list, then he can be good at writing. He advised us to write about "7 tips on something that we are expertise in". This interview will give us some tips and encouragement, especially for those who are lack of motivation. Start listening by clicking this link. The format for this interview is mp3.

Wondering if a file loaded is a virus or spyware?

To know what files are loaded into memory at startup, we can use the run menu at Start button. Type "msconfig" in the Run dialog box. Then click Startup. We'll then see many files and the folder where it is in. After that, you'll feel curious about the status of the files. Is it a virus or spyware that loads itself? There's a site where you can find some information about the files. Here's the link:
http://www.what-is-exe.com/
You can find the information and then choose whether you can deselect the file to startup. It's better to find information first before deselecting. If your computer hangs after the adjustment, you can then reselect it to return it to normal. You can also find the information from Search Engine by typing the file name.

ShowGood.com - great flash animation site

Romance Three Kingdoms? Perhaps you know that it's a game, it's Chinese Historical Stories. If you like Flash Animation, you should also visit showgood.com this site. This site contains of a lot of flash animation which uses many famous characters of Romance Three Kingdoms as their cartoon characters. But everything is in funny cartoon type.

Actually this site not only provides flash animation in stories, but it also has games and MTV. But if you don't know Chinese, it would be a little bit pity cause everything is in Chinese.

Learn to make things though tutorial video

In this digital era, it's easy to learn something through internet. You'll find many tutorial out there. Some people like to visit site like Youtube cause it provides a lot of videos, from home videos, mtv until tutorial videos. I used to visit Youtube when I want to find something about how to fix a computer hardware or make something like bread. Sometimes, I also like to find videos at About.com

But, there's a site called INSTRUCTABLES where you can learn by watching the videos. It also has a lot of fun things. One of them that I like is about making a special usb stick using LEGO building block. Do you know LEGO? I believe that you know. Yeah, just click here to see the video on how to make this fun USB stick. Who knows you can create a new one with other material after watching the tutorial?

Icy Tower - a fun and free game

Ice Tower is a free arcade game for download. This game lets you play as role of a climber. The graphic is quite nice, but it's a bit tough to play. Perhaps its because of the speed of the game. It's also suitable for children. And I think it seems to be one of the great free games. The aim of this game is to jump to the top. All you have to do is to jump and jump. But remember that it seems that every jump is not easy (the ice is slippery). You have only one life for every game play. So, be careful. Click here to download!

Read free computer books

Want to read free computer books? Well, here's a link to free e-books and pdf. You find books that you can't miss to read. From Java to Linux. All are free and legally provided by the publishers and authors. If you find the font size too small to read, you can use CTRL + to enlarge the font, so that it makes easier to read. Enjoy your reading!

http://www.onlinecomputerbooks.com

BigFishGame - Great Games to Play

BigFishGames is a great site that you can play games online or download the trial. If you want to play offline without limitations, you'll have to buy the games. The trial version for download lets you play the games for 60 minutes trial. There so many games to let you play whether online or offline. You can join the game community to challenge other players or join the forum to ask questions, share tips and talk with other players. Enjoy and have fun.

Real Desktop Light 1.29

Want to have a different and completely fresh desktop? Try this freeware. Real Desktop Light is a freeware that makes your Windows desktop look different. A usual desktop is a desktop with icons usually arranged in order. But this freeware will turn the desktop wallpaper into a table-like view. There's also a wastepaper basket which is actually the recycle bin. The look of icons are also changed into 3D look. It's so different that you'll probably have problem running your program, copying and deleting. But, this freeware serves more like a desktop toy, rather than a desktop enhancement or utilities. Another different from usual desktop is when you want to drag it to the recycle bin, you have to pick the icon up by holding the left and right mouse key together. This would probably seem troublesome just for deleting an icon. Really something for fun only.

Damn Small Linux 4.4.4

Damn Small Linux (DSL) is a free light-weight, fast boot loading and live desktop Linux distro. It is fast because the distro is only 50MB. Of course, it's small and can run very fast. And that makes it suitable for use with old PC like 486 with 16 MB RAM. Give life to your old PC!

If you want a diskless workstation computer for your networking, this one is suitable because you can run it right from the LiveCD or from a USB flash disk. It's also suitable for those computer of which mainboard IDE slot has become out of order. But of course, you mainboard still needs to be able to boot from flash disk.

If you're looking for a fast distro that doesn't need to have beautiful desktop appearance like SUSE, you can rely on this distro. It's also quite useful to use as a simple operating system for your networking.

If you're running a net-cafe business, perhaps this one is suitable because it also comes with internet browser. With some basic applications, you can do wordprocessing and simple image editing using this distro. You can also use it for multimedia like playing CD, MP3 and Mpg files.
This is also a very fast distro when shutting down the PC.

Click here to visit the homepage or click here to download from an alternative download site.

Learn to make cartoons

Want to make a cartoon but don't know how to start? Well, there's a site that you can visit and get some useful flash animation tutorial especially for those who like cartoon creation.
Cartoon Solutions is a site that provides complete tutorials on Photoshop, Flash, ToonBoom and Anime Studio. The tutorials are specially designed to suit the needs for cartoon making. It offers all the lessons you need from drawing until animation. It's not a free tutorial site, but you can still download view some of the free tutorial videos.

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