Archives for January 2011

Update Your Software with FileHippo.com Update Checker

29 January 2011 5 Comments

I have many applications and software installed in my computer. But the problem is, I do not know when a new version of the software comes in and where can I get them. To check the software updates one by one, and go to their website would be very time consuming.

Luckily I found a very nice tool, FileHippo.com Update Checker. This tool will scan your computer for installed software, check the versions and then send the information to FileHippo.com to see if there are any newer version have been releases. The result will be displayed in your browser with the download links. Easy right?

How to print a list of directories and files in Windows?

10 January 2011 6 Comments

Today I received a request from a customer asking me to provide him a list of directories and files from his Windows laptop. It is an easy task if there is only one folder and three files but unfortunately, there are hundreds of folders and thousands of files in a Windows operating system.

Luckily, I found a solution how to print out the list. To do that, I’m using Karen’s Directory Printer. It can prints the list of directories and files into a hardcopy or to a text file.

Facebook Will End on 15th March 2011

9 January 2011 110 Comments

Mark Zuckerberg, credit jdlasica.

Will you believe this? Facebook will be shut down on 15th March 2011?

Mark Zuckerberg said that, Facebook has gotten out of control and become too stressful to manage. Because of that, he decided to close Facebook on 15th March 2011.

“I personally don’t think it’s a big deal,” he said in a private phone interview. “And to be honest, I think it’s for the better. Without Facebook, people will have to go outside and make real friends. That’s always a good thing.”

When asked about money, Zuckerberg said “I don’t care about the money. I just want my old life back.”

CypherFS Network gets a facelift

5 January 2011 6 Comments

I was so bored last weekend so I decided to redesign the template of my network site, CypherFS Network.

Old – CypherFS Network

New – CypherFS Network

The design is valid XHTML and CSS. The best part that I like is the RSS script. It will pull latest RSS feed from my blogs and display them on the website. So the visitor can get a general picture of what the blog is about and the latest article from it.

But the downside of the new design is it takes around 5-10 seconds to finish loading due to the multiple RSS requests. Sigh~

Automatic Update Copyright Year in WordPress Footer

3 January 2011 5 Comments

It is new year guys. Have you update the copyright year in your WordPress footer? Make sure it is year 2011 and not 2010. 😛

Here is a tip that you can use to automatically update the copyright year. Open up your footer.php theme file, and add this line:

The PHP date(‘Y’); function will display the current year so you don’t have to manually update the copyright year every year. 😉