On July 16, I received an email from Brainbench asking for help on the beta testing of their new Shape-Based IQ test. All I had to do was enter the promo code and take the test. If I got 20% or more and answered all questions, I get a free certification worth $49.95 and a chance to win an Apple iTouch.
So I took the test. I made it to 98%. Now I have a free test and have entered into the raffle draw for an iTouch.
I wanna take the PHP 5 test. After all, it's free now for me. =)
If you're a Linux user like me, you may have noticed by now that Linux doesn't have GTalk. So if you want to chat with your Gmail buddies, you're gonna have to do it over the browser using your email account. No other way, right? Wrong.
I came across Kopete, a chat client that's approved by Google and available in Ubuntu Linux's repository.
It's fairly easy to use, but make sure you have the necessary Debian packages installed in your Ubuntu or whatever installation system is supported by your Linux -- make sure the packages that support SSL and QCA-TLS are there.
Google documents it pretty well. Just click here. I followed the instructions and they work. The most important part is that Kopete uses Jabber to connect to Google, so you have to set up a "Jabber" account that actually connects to Google. But you have to override the default server information and specify connection points. I encircled the connection points below:
When using Kopete, all chats are automatically saved to your Gmail account. And if there are people who suddenly appear online, a widget pops up.
As I did some searching, I realized that the term "myspaceless" applies to those who have no My Space account. But then you might notice that's just one word, as contrasted to this blog's title "My Spaceless" -- two words. "Spaceless" simply implies that the Internet allows us to do our tasks without the limitations of geography.
Recently I found this old school-style web page called spaceless.com. The content is about the Internet too -- even using the phrase "life online". Perhaps the site owner had the same definition of "spaceless" as I do. Here's a screenshot:
Anyway, here's a summary of what my "My SpaceLeSs" blog is about:
My SpaceLeSs talks about Internet business and education trends from an Asian perspective. It specializes on the topic of "ubiquity" which means appearing to be everywhere at once, hence its name. Topics range from IT conferences to programming and SEO.
Even the most popular sites have down times. Perhaps this is because they are popular, and servers can't always handle the incoming traffic for these sites.
Three sites today that I encountered that have down times:
StumbleUpon.com
Mint.com
Google Apps (Gmail for domains)
Recently, this blog was approved for participation in payperpost.com (PPP).These are called blog ads.
I first heard about the site from a friend. This is the first post I ever wrote for PPP. PPP caters to both advertisers and bloggers. It's a little similar to affiliate marketing, except that you get paid for writing. Every post would be classified as a "sponsored post".
I like using this service as an alternative to affiliate links such as pay-per-lead. My blog is still young and it will be a while before I can really earn from affiliate ads. But getting paid to write on your own blog can generate more income for a site in its early stages. I would think this is good for those starting out in blogging, and I'm glad I've learned it.
I hope to write more posts for PPP other than this one, and earn from $5 to $10 (US) for every post. I'm gonna use my profit for improving my career as a PHP programmer, and maybe also buying a new Acer Aspire One laptop.
This blog focuses on online business trends, so PPP is worth writing about. May all of us earn from our writings on PPP.
It's a short while to go before the iPhone 3G launches. It includes a fast 3G cellular network capability, enhanced, contact functions, and synced email, calendar, and contacts. As for languages, iPhone now offers complete language and dictionary support for English (U.S.), English (UK), French (France), French (Canada), German, Japanese, Dutch, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese (Portugal), Portuguese (Brazil), Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish, Korean (no dictionary), Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Russian, and Polish. You can even draw Chinese or Japanese characters, and the iPhone will recognize them. More of these on Michael Hyatt's blog post.
If you need a protective cover, you can get an invisibleSHIELD
Recently I received an email from spreadfirefox.com that Firefox set a Guinness World Record for the most software downloads in 24 hours. We helped reach 8,002,530 downloads.
They gave me a free certificate to acknowledge my participation in this endeavor.
As of this writing, the following is the status of the downloads for Firefox 3:
I was able to install Paint.NET on a Linux, an Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon). My first attempt was on an Ubuntu 7.04 (Feisty Fawn) which failed. It seems that the mono package was outdated.
It can be done with a few simple steps:
$ sudo apt-get install mono-common libmono* mono-gmcs
$ svn co http://paint-mono.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/src paint-mono
$ cd paint-mono
$ ./configure
$ make
$ make install
$ paintdotnet
Three times today Twitter responded with an overload. Perhaps the developers did not anticipate the number of people that sign up to the service to be so many. Social media marketing is a growing trend right now, and some people may use it not for personal connections but for business relationships. Whichever the case, these guys who maintain the network better get ready for the volume of sign-ups.
