Access Blocked Websites

Countries Like Iran and China create firewalls that blacklist some websites. I believe Internet users have the right to visit any site they like which is why many people offer proxies to view websites.  “A proxy server is a server (a computer system or an application program) which services the requests of its clients by forwarding requests to other servers” (Via Wiki). In other words, you are viewing websites from other servers and not your ISP’s servers. A great site to find hundreds of proxy servers is http://proxy.org/. They offer websites based on location and quality.

 What if they block that site? Use Google as a proxy server then. To do so use Google’s website Translator. Choose a website and translate to any language to your own language. Use this to access your website: http://www.google.com/translate?langpair=en|en&u=www.yoursite.com  Just change www.yoursite.com to your own site.

Download Youtube Videos

Lets admit it, everyone enjoys Youtube. Sometimes I see a video that I like so much that I choose to download it. Fortunately, many sites offer the ability to download the youtube video for your convenience. There are hundreds of thousands of music videos on youtube but what if you want to just download the audio part of it? www.vixy.netallows you to download the audio only for youtube videos or it can even format the video to fit on your PSP or Ipod.

http://keepvid.com/ is a great site to download videos from not only youtube but from numerous sites. For both sites, all you have to do is place the youtube link into the white box and click download. Voila and that’s it!

Play Halo CE Online For Free!

I am a big fan of all the Halo games; however, unfortunaetly for me, I do not own a 360. Meaning I will not be able to play Halo 3. I need to get my fix of Halo somewhere and in this case is Halo CE. Halo CE is a custom Halo game that is made just for its multiplayer aspect. Additionally, It can be used online fore free or on a LAN against freinds. What is great about this copy is that you do not need to install the game, it can be run by the file itself.

Download it here: http://rapidshare.com/files/90560273/Halo_portable.rar

You need winrar to open it. Enjoy it and own people online like I am doing right now.

Add Custom Search Box To Your Site

A way to make your site more user friendly, especially if it is very large, is to add a very own custom search box through Google. How this works is basically you will be search Google’s indexed pages of your site. To do so add this code:

Here is how it would look for my site.

To get your very own just copy and paste this HTML code onto your site.

<!– Use of this code assumes agreement with the Google Custom Search Terms of Service. –>
<!– The terms of service are available at /coop/docs/cse/tos.html –>
<form name=”cse” id=”searchbox_demo” action=”http://www.google.com/cse“>
  <input type=”hidden” name=”cref” value=”" />
  <input name=”q” type=”text” size=”40″ />
  <input type=”submit” name=”sa” value=”Search” />
</form>
<script type=”text/javascript” src=”http://www.google.com/cse/tools/onthefly?form=searchbox_demo”></script>

Watch Arrested Development Online!

This was the best and funniest show I have ever seen on TV before, unfortunately, Fox ,for some stupid reason, cancelled it. I was angry because I never got to see it finish until MSN picked it up. That’s right. MSN is showing every Episode of Arrested Development Online for free. I was so glad when they started and until a few days ago they did not have the final episode. Luckily now all episodes are up to be watched even the last episode that gives a hint of a movie. View all the episodes at http://arresteddevelopment.msn.com/. Enjoy it like I did and lets hope the movie is released in 2009!

How To Defrag Your Hard Drive

The first question is why do you need to defrag your Hard Drive. The reason to defreag yur HDD is that everytime you install software it is installed in parts. When you continually install software and remove software these parts in a sense become disorganized. When you need to access a software it will take more time to reorganize these parts to run the program. Defragmenting your HDD will analyze these parts and rearrange them for optimal performance.

To Defrag your HDD… go to Start-> All Programs->Accessories->System Tools->and then click on Disk Defragmenter. Make sure no programs are running and click Defragment for your Main Drive, usually the “C:”. This should be done atleast everty two months to keep your HDD at top performance.

Funny Browser Free For All Pic

Found this funny picture that has been floating accross the web.

This is so true on so many levels. Where do I fit in this picture? Opera of course! The only difference is that I use all the features.

Download Music Free With Google and More…

Did you know that Google has access to thousands of songs for you to download for free? I’m not going into the legality of the subject but you do not need to download any software to find music with Google. In fact a quick search with the right search string can help you find the music you seek. Click this link to search for Kanye West’s new album using Google. Where you see “Graduation” in quotes, just replace it with the song, album or artist’s name. Hit enter and Google will search for the music on different servers.

The second method is called www.Beemp3.com. This site is similar to Google in that it will locate music with a quick search but I think Beemp3 has a more extensive list. Usage of this site is pretty self explanatory.

Office 2007 Review

I got a copy of Office 2007 recently and I decided to blog about its usage and potential. After installing it and opening it up I noticed that the interface is completely different from Office 2003. This can be of dismay to some because many people do not like change, however, once you get use to it you will like the sleek design. You can create better presentations with PowerPoint in Office 2007 due to more templates and better animations. Office 2007 has all the features offered in 200 and then some, ie save file as .PDF. Products Featured after the break:

If you already have Office 2003 I suggest you hold on on the upgrade because Office Ultimate fetches a hefty price of more then $600.

Great Tech Deals

An easy way to save money is to look online when you wish to purchase an item. The only downfall is the wait for said item but the prices cannot be matched. One great site to get all sorts of items is called www.woot.com. Woot offers a new item everyday for really low prices. These prices are at wholesale or even cheaper. They offer computers, printers, gadgets, you name they offered it. They also have a sub site called www.shirt.woot.com and you can find shirts for only $10 with free shipping. On top of this site you should visit www.Newegg.com for computer hardware. If you look hard enough you can find exactly what you are looking for at really low prices. There are others sites that offer the same items as Newegg, like www.tigerdirect.com, but they do not match Newegg.¼/p>