Tweak Daddy

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Now you can create your own customized search engine for no cost. You can also add this search engine to your blog also. All you have to do is go to Google Create Custom Search Engine and there click on "create custom search engine" . From there follow the wizard and you will get your custom search engine.

I have some tips for you here while creating your search engine. While creating. you will be asked to enter the URLs of the web pages that you want Google to search for. There instead of entering domain name as "www.mydomain.com" (without inverts) enter it as "*.mydomain.com/*"(Without inverts). Here asterisk sign acts as a wildcard and tells your Goolgle search engine to search even for "mydomain.com" rather than "www.mydomain.com".

Here is a screenshot of the search engine I created. Will be soon including it in my blog.

The disadvantage is that Google puts ads on the search pages, but I think that's not much of a disadvantage.

The most awaited Search Engine that is said to take over the Google Search Engine has named its domain as "www.decisionengine.com". You can go into your browser's address bar and type in the said domain and you will be in the Bing search Engine. (Yet to be released)

It says that search engines are not just to search, it's a search for making decisions. Microsoft Search engine (Bing) helps you in making such decisions. It helps especially for people who buy online, book online tickets for flights etc. This new search engine gives more descriptive results about the flight timings, fares and also the prices of different products.

You also get latest user reviews about the products you choose in the search engine itself and that would help the buyer to make a more accurate decision. Well, according to me Microsoft Search Engine "Bing" will give it's users a completely new experience provided it is more faster than Google.
Watch this short video and you will understand:

This is a funny clip about Gmail . It actually depicts that Gmail is all over the world. In this video you will find a Gmail symbol traveling throughout the world. Very funny to watch. Enjoy!!

After seeing the Vodafone Zoo Zoo videos its time to use it as Wallpapers, Screensavers and even as Cursors. So, here is a pack of Zoo Zoos:

Screensaver: Zoo Zoo's day out!!!!

Wallpapers or E-Cards.


You can use these wallpapers even as E-Cards to express your feelings to your friends.

Mobile Wallpapers: You can now get your favourite Zoo Zoos on Mobile Phones too.

Cursor: Thanks for the author Sakshit Vig. Download cursors by clicking at this link.

Emoticons: Wait there is some more, Download Emoticons from this link

You can also visit the Facebook Vodafone Official Club for Vodafone Zoo Zoo videos etc.

In the meanwhile, if you have time watch this video that consists of all the IPL Zoo Zoo ads in one frame:

I am very happy and proud to say that I got the award for the best blogger 2009. I am also pleased that I got this award from the President of USA, Barack Obama. The felicitation program was held in USA on 26th May 2009 (IST) . Here is a clipping of the news paper report about this incident:

I am thankful to all my readers that they read my blog posts and found it interesting..... Thank You everyone.


PS: Hello guys,
This was just a prank I played using a online tool. This is the link for it: http://www.fodey.com/generators/newspaper/snippet.asp..... Well, what I have written is truly my aim but, I have not yet reached it.

If you were looking for the best blog, then sorry for disturbing. Here are some of them:
1) Digital Inspiration (The best Indian blog).
2) Some of the top blog sites (all over the world)

With a look at the present energy crisis, it becomes the the duty of every human on this earth to contribute something to save electricity. But, what can we do?? We want computers, right? (I mean for Bloggers and Software Engineers or anybody who uses computers a lot..). I have way by which you can save electricity.

Bay Dark(TM) is a search engine website that helps you to save electricity. I mean, it is a website that helps you to surf through the Google Search Engine in a black interface. The Bay Dark(TM) site says that it is scientifically proven that black consumes less electricity when compared to white.

It says like this "This issue is a real major one, as the present day crisis of global warming is making continuous calls to save energy. We have tested this issue with one of our friends who uses C language: while he used compilers in C language whose screen is predominantly blue, his laptop(compaq company with 65W adapter) worked for 45 minutes when run on batteries. However, if he changes the background of compilers to black, he was able to run the computer for more than 1 hour and 20 minutes with all the parameters kept same. So, it does happen." It also gives many tips to the users about how to save electricity by changing the apperarance of the computer screen.

You can visit this site and set it as a homepage following this link: Bay Dark (TM)

Source: Bay Dark (TM)
Image source: aspshop.net

Don't get bored when you have no friends to chat online. I have brought you a complete entertainment tool. You can now chat with bots (Robots) whenever you like and whatever you like. There are many bots that entertain people by answering their questions or just reply to whatever you say. But be careful, too much of negative sentences and you will be blocked by the bot.

I will give you the names of some of the best bots that were selected by the Chatterbox Challenge 09 (CBC 09). These are selected as the best by looking at the points they have scored. These points are given analyzing their ability to answer questions, personality and conversation ability. In the CBC 09, the topper was the "Jeeney AI", the next was the "Artemis" and the third was "ALICE". You can check these results at CBC 09

You can also surf for many other bots but I say these are the best bots you will ever meet. But beware!! Bots are very strict. Any negative questions and you will be blocked by the bot and you have to do a lot of effort to impress the bot after that.

PS: You have to download a bot software to chat with artemis but can chat online with Jeeney and ALICE.

If you are searching for something more entertaining then here it is..... CHAT WITH GOD.
So enjoy talking to these bots!!!!!

Touchscreens are widely used in the field of technology nowadays. This has helped the people to easily work on their gadgets. So, I thought of writing this post to inform people about what I know about touch screen.

Here is a video that shows about a extortion virus that enters into the computers through internet and makes the victim to pay a ransom of USD999 through his credit card. This virus hits the computers when surfing through fake antivirus sites, gambling sites, porn sites etc.

As soon as it hits your computer it will ask whether you want to download a software and gives two options "yes" or "no". But both of them are "yes". After this it asks you to pay USD 999 to remove the virus. But once you pay it doesn't stop. If you don't purchase it will keep deleting your files every thirty minutes.
The good news is that it can be eliminated by experts. But the bad news is that you have to pay them a lot; But atleast it doesn't make us suffer for the whole life. here is the video Watch it:

Fuzzmail is an internet tool that helps people to send mails in a fraction of second without any of the formalities. This helps people who are in a real hurry to send mails. This is also helpful when most popular mailing clients like Yahoo! and Gmail fail to start.

The Special feature: The special feature of this site is it does not have any formalities to complete(like signing in or signing up). All one needs to do is enter the Email address and click "send" and the mail is gone.

The working: First, Go to Fuzzmail. org. you will get a page as shown:

There type your message and the address to whom you want to send; The message wiil be sent to the address. The Fuzzmail also asks you for your Email address. This is because it also sends a copy of the mail you sent to your mailbox.

Hello,
Here is a way to reduce the spams in your account. Actually spams are the unwanted advertisements sent to your mail by different companies (legal or illegal).

How do they get your email address?

Here is the answer:
You must have noticed that many sites ask for you to register for downloading something or just for browsing itself. Ever wondered why they need your Email-ID? They keep your Email-ID in their database and sell it to other social companies and these companies fill your Spambox.

How to reduce?
Answer: So as I told earlier there is a site called spambox.us. It's a site where you can create temporary Email-IDs and use this Email-ID for temporary purposes as I have mentioned earlier. It also enables you to adjust the time for your Email-ID. The time option ranges from 30Minutes to 1 year. Here is detailed description of what you have to do:
1. Open the site spambox.us.
2. There give yourEmail-ID and the time limit of you temporary E-mail ID and click on "Generate" button.
3. You have completed the work!! You will get an Email-ID which you can give it to the sites which ask for Email-ID.

Here is a way to easily create a “Send To” to icon in the right click pop-up menu. I got to know about this when I was seeing the hidden folders in “Documents and Settings”. This is a very easy task but still I decided to write a post on this topic as many of the people do not know about this. Even if they know they are afraid to touch the hidden folders in their system. So, I am giving you a detailed tutorial on this topic that would help you to go ahead and tweak your system risk free. I say RISK FREE. Follow the tutorial below:

1.Go to X:\Documents and Settings\tweak daddy. Note that here X: represents the basic drive of your computer and “tweak daddy” represents your profile name.

2.Now enable to “show hidden folders” option. (You can enable this by following this path in the Menu bar: Tools| Folder Options…| View| Show Hidden Files and Folders)

3.The third step is to enter into the hidden folder.( Don’t be afraid coz tweak daddy is with you). Go to the folder SendTo and place a copy of the link of the folder you want on the Pop-up list. Note that you have to place a shortcut and not the folder copy.

4.That’s it!!! The job is done with no difficulty!!! You have tweaked your computer a little bit!!

5.You can see somewhat like this in the Pop-up menu:

Here is the easy way to change the Startup and Shutdown sound very easily. I had already written in a post about the problem of not getting the Startup and Shutdown Sound in the computer. This is also done in the same way.

1. To change the System Startup and Shutdown Sound, go to the following address in your computer: X: WINDOWS\Media\. Here X: is the basic drive in your computer.
2. There, replace the file Windows XP Startup and Windows XP Shutdown to your desired file.
3. Then change the name of the replaced file with Windows XP Startup and Windows XP Shutdown.

NOTE: The files you replace must be copied for backup purposes. The files you replace must also be in the WAV format.

  Here is a way to convert PowerPoint slideshows into other video formats (avi, wmv, flv etc.). This is done with the help of a software program called Snag It. This is a very good software program for capturing screenshots. It also captures videos on the screen. You can get this software online for trial version and I have told you earlier in one of my posts about “how to extend the trial version of it.” So, read this tutorial clearly and you should be able to see you presentation in VLC media player or any other player.

You can follow these steps to convert your slideshow into a video.

1. Open your PowerPoint presentation and keep it ready for viewing the slideshow.
2. Next, open the Snag It software and change the capture type to video capture.
3. Press the print screen button on the keyboard and you will be asked to start the video capture.
4. Press F5 in the PowerPoint presentation and capture the video of your presentation.
5. Then Snag It has its own editor and it opens you video capture in that.
6. This output file will be saved in the AVI format.
So, you can play this file in Windows Media Player or VLC player. You can convert this video into other formats using any other converter. 

Here is the link for the download of Snag It: http://www.techsmith.com/screen-capture.asp

Or you can also get it in the chip DVD (March 09)

Hello guys,

This post is about the proxy site for the students and other office workers who get bored with their work and want to listen to music, chat or other things. But most of the schools, colleges and offices will have blocked the sites like orkut and other entertainement sites. So here are some of the proxy sites which will help you to see the sites you want to:

http://www.cardspeaker.com/
http://www.undergroundsnow.com/
http://www.razorclown.com/
https://www.flowerflake.com/

I have tried all of these and will hope it helps you too.

Google India has launched a Internet Bus to the people of Karnataka. The aim of this project is to help the people know about the basic uses of internet. This was before launched in many states before and now its in Karnataka. It travels through different roads and helps people to getacquainted with the use of Internet.

Recently, a school had decided to break their gate to make way for this bus. So, its a great fortune for the rural people in India.  

When I was answering in Yahoo! answers I looked at the question “Unable to get XP Logon or Logoff sound”. I had heard about this simple problem many times. So I decided to write a post on this problem. This is a problem most of the XP users face when their XP is not correctly installed. I am going to give you a simple solution to this problem.

The problem here is a windows media file is deleted or not correctly installed in your computer. You can search for this in the following address of your computer. X:\WINDOWS\Media. Here X: represents your basic drive. Look in this folder for”Windows XP Startup sound” and “Windows XP shutdown Sound”. If you don't have it copy it from a friend's computer or you can get it on internet.

If these are present and still you are not getting the sound, try installing XP again.

Hello readers,
Here is very simple way to extend the period limit in many trial version softwares. The thing is so simple that even a computer novice can do it in a fraction of second.
I am going to show this with a simple tutorial to get your work done fast. I am trying out my idea on the software called Snag It. This is software I got in a CD. This was a 30-day trial limit software. It’s software for taking screenshots. I liked the software very much. So I tried many ways to extend the trial period of that software and came out with one successful way. Here it is for you people:
1. I just installed the software and saw the trial limit. It was for 30 days. I installed it on 30- 4- 09
2. I used it for a couple of days, till 07-05-09. There was 23 days left
3. Then, you don’t believe me all I did was I just changed the system date to the day I installed and lo! The software again had 30 day time period.

So, that’s how I extended the time period for trial version software.

P.S. This trick may not work on all the softwares, but sure to work on many.

Hello, 
Here is a very easy way to have your own description on your folder. 
When you go to the Start Menu and then when you take the mouse over the default browser it shows that “Opens you Internet browser”. Just like that I wanted a new comment to my folder that I had placed in the Start Menu. My folder’s name was My Blogs. I will give you a clear illustration about what I did:
1. First, I had placed the folder “My Blogs” in “My Documents”. 
2. I created a shortcut of it and placed it on the desktop.
3. I pinned this shortcut icon in the Start Menu.
4. Right-click on that shortcut. 
5. You will get a dialog box like this:
 
6. Write the description in the comment field and click “OK”
7. This is what you will see when you move your mouse pointer over your shortcut in the Start Menu.
 
So, I hope this trick would give your computer more dignified look. Later you can place the shortcut in the “My Documents” folder.