In a press release today, Apple has revealed a number of significant upgrades to both the iPhone's battery life and touch screen. Continue Reading...
Sunday, June 28, 2009
Banana-Coconut Crunch Cake
Category: Nuts
1 pk Banana Supreme cake mix
1 pk Banana instant pudding mix
16 oz Fruit cocktail; undrained
4 Eggs
1/4 c Oil
1 c Coconut
1/2 c Pecans; chopped
1/2 c Brown sugar
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3/4 c Sugar
1/2 c Butter
1/2 c Evaporated milk
1 1/3 c Coconut
Preheat oven to 350~, grease and flour oblong pan. For cake, combine cake mix, pudding mix, fruit cocktail with juice, eggs and oil in large bowl. Beat for 4 minutes. Stir in 1 cup coconut. Pour into pan. Combine pecans and brown sugar in small bowl. Stir until well blended. Sprinkle over batter. Bake at 350~F for 45-50 minutes. GLAZE: combine sugar, butter and evaporated milk in medium saucepan. Bring to a boil, cook for 2 minutes, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat, stir in 1 1/3 c. coconut, pour over warm cake. Serve warm or at room temp. Serves 12-16.
Friday, June 26, 2009
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Friday, June 19, 2009
The Art & Science of Web Design
By Jeffrey Veen; New Riders Press, 2001
For everyone who has ever looked at the Web and asked“Why?” rather than “How?”
The Art & Science of Web Design will help you understand the Web from the inside. It is structured around core Web concepts that often get only a passing mention in books on Web design. This book is not a reference book or a style guide. It is your mentor, whispering in your ear all the answers to those ubiquitous questions, and reminding us that there are now new rules and new ways to break them.
Jeffrey Veen is an internationally sought-after speaker, author, and design strategist.For six years he created some of the most respected commercial sites on the Web as Executive Interface Director for Wired Digital.
Amazon.com:
When it comes to Web design, style guides are often too boring and predictable to capture the attention of caffeine-riddled Web developers. But not The Art & Science of Web Design; this book strategically equips readers to design sites effectively.
Jeffrey Veen, an established design guru and one of the creators of HotWired.com, has authored a carefully structured look into the undercurrents of Web design. Organized around the key development topics, the book is laden with a historical background of standards, features, and trends. Yet the topics are timeless and core to good Web engineering, so it's space well spent. The mix of expert opinion and historical explanation creates a well-rounded reader experience.
Issues such as interface consistency are explored within the unique paradigm of the Web, with the assistance of a sidebar to explain what "above the fold" means. Performance is discussed with an unusual twist: the current constraint on Web-browsing performance is actually good since it fosters creativity and more elegant design and development. This, beyond the usual design tips, is what makes this book special. Art & Science stays at a reasonably high altitude, dwelling not on the fine details of browser compatibility but rather on the key areas designers need to be concerned about. With his years of experience and knowledge of the legacy of traditional publishing, Veen has provided a great perspective on the dicey work of Web designers. --Stephen W. Plain
Topics covered:
- Technology history (publishing, presentation model)
- Interface consistency
- Site structure
- Interactivity and self-aware content
- Browsers
- Performance
- Web advertising
- Database-driven content
About the Author:
Jeffrey Veen is an internationally sought-after speaker, author, and design strategist. For six years he created some of the most respected commercial sites on the Web as Executive Interface Director for Wired Digital. He is involved in standards work with the World Wide Web Consortium as an invited expert on electronic publishing. Veen is a columnist for Webmonkey, and was named by CNet as one of the "First Annual Web Innovators." His first book, HotWired Style: Priniciples for Building Smart Web Sites, is considered a milestone in the development of visual standards in Web design.
Ebook 1: GMAT Information Bulletin For Testing in 2006
The GMAT Information Bulletin provides important information and outlines the binding terms and conditions for individuals planning to take the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT). The terms and conditions described in this Bulletin apply to all aspects of the GMAT Program and are effective for calendar year 2006. Please note that GMAT terms and conditions, including, without limitation, all fees, rules, policies, and procedures, are subject to change without notice. See the Graduate Management Admission Council(GMAC) Web site, www.mba.com, for the most up-to-date information.
The Graduate Management Admission Test® (GMAT®) is a computer-based examination that is administered year-round at test centers throughout the world.The GMAT® exam measures basic verbal, mathematical, and analytical writing skills developed over a long period of time. It is specifically designed to help graduate management programs assess the qualifications of applicants for advanced study in business and management.
GMAT® scores are used by more than 3,000 graduate management programs from more than 1,500 graduate management schools, many of which require GMAT® scores from each applicant.
GMAT® Overview:
The Graduate Management Admission Test® (GMAT®) is a standardized assessment—delivered in English—that helps business schools assess the qualifications of applicants for advanced study in business and management. Schools use the test as one predictor of academic performance in an MBA program or in other graduate management programs. What the GMAT® Measures
The GMAT® exam measures basic verbal, mathematical, and analytical writing skills that you have developed over a long period of time in your education and work. It does NOT measure:
* your knowledge of business,
* your job skills,
* specific content in your undergraduate or first university course work,
* your abilities in any other specific subject area, or
* subjective qualities—such as motivation, creativity, and interpersonal skills.
Format and Timing
The GMAT® exam consists of three main parts, the Analytical Writing Assessment, the Quantitative section, and the Verbal section.
Analytical Writing Assessment
The GMAT® exam begins with the Analytical Writing Assessment (AWA). The AWA consists of two separate writing tasks—Analysis of an Issue and Analysis of an Argument. You are allowed 30 minutes to complete each one.
Quantitative Section
Following an optional ten-minute break, you begin the Quantitative Section of the GMAT® exam. This section contains 37 multiple-choice questions of two question types—Data Sufficiency and Problem Solving. You will be allowed a maximum of 75 minutes to complete the entire section.
Verbal Section
After a second optional ten-minute break, you begin the Verbal Section of the GMAT® exam. This section contains 41 multiple choice questions of three question types—Reading Comprehension, Critical Reasoning, and Sentence Correction. You are allowed a maximum of 75 minutes to complete the entire section.
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Free Download Manager 2.3 Beta 635
Free Download Manager (FDM) is a full-featured freeware downloading program. It allows you to download files and whole web sites from any remote server via HTTP, HTTPS and FTP.
FlashGet 1.82.1002
FlashGet is specifically designed to address two of the biggest problems when downloading files: Speed and management of downloaded files. If you've ever waited forever for your files to download from a slow connection, or been cut off mid-way through a download or just can't keep track of your ever-growing downloads then it is for you. It can split downloaded files into sections, downloading each section simultaneously, for an increase in downloading speed from 100% to 500%. This, coupled with its powerful and easy-to-use management features, helps you take control of your downloads like never before.
Download Torrent: Piratebay
ImgBurn v2.3.0.0
ImgBurn is a lightweight CD / DVD / HD DVD / Blu-ray burning application that everyone should have in their toolkit!
It has several 'Modes', each one for performing a different task:
- Read - Read a disc to an image file
- Build - Create an image file from files on your computer or network - or you can write the files directly to a disc
- Write - Write an image file to a disc
- Verify - Check a disc is 100% readable. Optionally, you can also have ImgBurn compare it against a given image file to ensure the actual data is correct
- Discovery - Put your drive / media to the test! Used in combination with DVDInfoPro, you can check the quality of the burns your drive is producing
FlaskMPEG: MPEG and VOB to AVI conversion
FlasKMPEG takes MPEG streams and encodes them into another format, trying to achieve the maximum possible quality and trying to minimize the conversion impact providing a straightfordward aproach to the MPEG1/2 to MPEG/AVI conversion. AVI output and MPEG output through bbMPEG (MPEG1, MPEG2, VCD & SVCD) are supported right off the box and other conversions are supported in form of plug-ins. FlaskMPEG can also convert .VOB files to AVI.
Advanced IP scanner: Scan Your Local Network
Advanced IP Scanner is a fast (multi-thread), robust and easy-to use LAN scanner, that lets you gather various types of information about local network computers. It provides you with access to many useful functions, including remote shutdown and wake up. Results include NetBios username, computer name, group name, and Mac address. IP addresses can be saved in a list as well for later usage.
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
PC Inspector Smart Recovery
PC Inspector Smart Recovery is a data recovery program for Flash Card, Smart Media, SONY Memory Stick, IBM Micro Drive, Multimedia Card, Secure Digital Card(SD) or any other data device for digital cameras. It enables you to recover accidentally deleted or formatted pictures, videos or sound files from the selected media. The program also offers a mode that enables you to check the media for errors.
Rock XP: Recover XP Activation Code
RockXP allows you to retrieve your XP product key that you used when you installed Windows XP, as well as keys for other Microsoft products. This can come very handy if you need to reinstall but have misplaced or lost the CD cover with the serial sticker. In addition, the program also lets you save the product activation to a file, recover usernames and passwords contained in the Windows Secure Storage, as well as MSN logins, Internet connection parameters and more.
freeCommander: Dual Panel File Explorer
freeCommander is a dual-panel file explorer with many additional features. In addition to the standard file management features, it can be used to compare directories, display folder sizes, synchronize folders and more. The program can also open/create ZIP and CAB files, and open RAR files, as well as search inside those archives. You can set view filters, create folder list (for printing), change file attributes, launch a command prompt, take a desktop screenshot and more.
Eusing Registry Cleaner: Remove Invalid Registry Entries
Eusing Registry Cleaner enables you to scan your registry for invalid entries. It provides a list of all errors that were found, and you can choose to remove all items, or only selected errors. Before the program deletes any keys, it automatically creates a backup of the registry and allows you to easily undo any changes if needed. You can choose to scan the entire registry or only selected sections.
AVS DVD Player: DVD Player With Pre-Installed Codecs
AVS DVD Player is a basic DVD and media player that offers all the standard options as well as some additional features. Unlike most other free DVD players, AVS DVD Player includes a DVD codec and does not require any additional DVD software in order to watch DVD movies. In addition to DVD movies, the program also supports .mp3, .ogg, Quicktime, VideoCD, Windows Media and many other audio and video formats. Additional features include video snapshots, customizable aspect ratio for high quality video, audio visualizations, playlists (.pls or .m3u), interface skins and more.
TweakVI Basic For Vista
This tool lets you do almost anything you want to Windows Vista. No question about it: If you want to do some serious Windows Vista tweaking and hacking, you need this utility. Microsoft has gone out of its way to make Vista unfriendly to power users; it's more difficult to tweak than XP is. But this great freebie gives you hundreds of ways to adjust the operating system, tasks that otherwise would be extremely difficult to do. Whether you want to hack the Start menu, put an image on Internet Explorer's toolbar, change how windows animate, optimize your CPU's cache, or do just about anything else, this program has something for you.
FileZilla v2 2.2.32
FileZilla is a fast and reliable FTP client and server with lots of useful features and an intuitive interface.
DAEMON Tools 4.08
DAEMON Tools is an application for multiprotection emulation. It is further development of Generic Safedisc emulator and incorporates all its features. This program allows running backup copies of SafeDisc, Securom, or Laserlock protected games. Also included is a Virtual DVDROM drive enabling you to use your CD images as if they were already burned to CD. It works with all types of CD/DVDROM drives and supports nearly any CD protection.
Latest changes:
- This new version supports silent setup now.
- Example: daemon408-x86.exe /S /D=F:\Some Folder\
- Note that no quotes must be used in installation path even if name has spaces.
- All critical errros will be still displayed no matter silent or not.
- Case of parameters is important, eg. /s will not work.
- Reboot prompt will not be shown.
- If SPTD was not present then it will be silently installed but PC will not be rebooted - it is assumed the administrator who performs unattended install will take care of reboot and restarts DT setup after reboot in this case.
- alot of Installation problems (f.e. invalid device, prob 12 etc).
- SPTD 1.37 fixes also problem reported with virtual drive from InterVideo DVD Copy 5.
Download: Mirror 1
VLC For Windows 0.8.6a
VLC (VideoLAN) is a multi-platform multimedia player. It can read DVDs, VCDs, MPEG, and DivX files and from a satellite card. It can also read a stream from a network sent by the VideoLAN Server or another source. The stream can be MPEG 2 TS in UDP or HTTP packets unicasted or multicasted on an IPv4 or IPv6 network.
Download: Mirror 1
Spybot Search and Destroy Tools 1.5
Spybot Search and Destroy searches your hard drive for so-called spy- or adbots; that is, little modules that are responsible for the ads many programs display. Many of these modules also transmit information, including your surfing behavior on the Internet. If it finds such modules, it can remove them. In most cases the host still runs fine after removing the spyware/adware.
Another feature is the removal of usage tracks, which makes it more complicated for unknown spybots to transmit useful data. The list of last visited websites, opened files, started programs, cookies, all that and more can be cleaned. Supported are the three major browsers Internet Explorer, Netscape Communicator, and Opera.
This release includes Beta version of the following Spybot Search & Destroy Tools: Scanning engine, TeaTimer, and Vista Security Center.
Process Explorer NT/2000/XP/2003 10.21
Process Explorer shows you information about which handles and DLLs processes have opened or loaded. The display consists of two sub-windows. The top always shows a list of the currently active processes, including the names of their owning accounts, whereas the information displayed in the bottom window depends on the mode that it is in. The unique capabilities make it useful for tracking down DLL-version problems or handle leaks, and provide insight into the way Windows and applications work.
Monday, June 15, 2009
GSpace 0.4 Beta
Firefox Extension: This extension allows you to use your Gmail Space (2 GB) for file storage. It acts as a remote machine. You can transfer files between your hard drive and gmail. This is similar to "Gmail Drive" on windows platform. Your gmail account looks like a FTP host and you can upload and download your files. After you install, you get an option called "GSpace" in your "tools" menu clicking on which opens the window for transfer of folders/files.
Latest changes:
- Gspace Account Manager: Now you can store multiple usernames and passwords in the system.
- File Transfer Mode : transfer files between your Local Computer and Gmail.
- Player Mode: directly listen to the mp3 files stored in Gmail. Basic pPlaylist support is also provided.
- Photo Mode: directly view the photos stored in Gmail just by selecting them.
Folder Size for Windows 2.3 2.3
Explorer show sizes of folders and files in the same column right in Explorer
Taskbar Shuffle 2.0
No hotkey, no extra steps, drag and drop the programs on your Windows taskbar by simply... well, dragging and dropping them! Neat concept, huh?
No need to get all nervous when a program crashes or if you wanna reboot; you can reorder the programs/buttons on your taskbar exactly how you like.
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