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YaY! Fring Supports AIM & Yahoo! Messenger

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This morning, I logged into Fring on my Nokia E61i device and a message popped up that it now supports AIM and Yahoo! Messenger. Yay! I am so happy because I only use Fring for chatting on the go with my MSN contacts while I use Instango to chat with my AIM contacts. However, now that Fring supports AIM, I no longer have to log in to Instango. Why open two different applications when I can do the same things with one?

Fring now also has new Fringtones and we can even set our own Fringtones and not use the default ones if we want a change. And now they have vibrate mode as well. However, there is still room for improvement.

What I would like to see an improvement on is the ability to hide my offline contacts. Why have them appear on screen when they are offline and not contactable?

Another thing I would like to see changed is the ability to adjust the ring volume. Boy, that Fring sound is really loud, sharp and jarring, especially in the dead of the night when everyone is already asleep, except yours truly.

And I noticed a bug on Fring. I have a contact on my MSN list that I already deleted from my desktop MSN but it is still on my Fring. I wonder why….

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Opt For Acrylic Aquariums

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A couple of weeks ago, I was at the office of a friend. He has an aquarium in the lounge and I marveled at the way he could keep his aquarium so clean. I remember that it was such a chore for me to keep mine clean and not stink the whole house. I gave up keeping fish after awhile although I still would love to have an aquarium at home one day if I know the trick of maintaining a clean tank.

Coincidentally, I was told to check out the website of FishTankDirect.com, a website that specializes in fish tanks and other aquarium accessories. I was amazed that there are so many different shapes of aquariums available. I mean, the ones that are so common here are the rectangular and quarter cylinder tanks but I don’t believe I have seen the Wave and Living Picture before. It must be a wonderful sight to have these in any room!

I learned that acrylic aquariums are the ones to use now because they are seamless, clear, light yet strong. I like the idea of not having silicone seams. I remember what a tough time I had scrubbing water mold from the inside seams of my aquarium. It was horrible and took too much time.

Now that I know better, I will be opting for acrylic aquariums instead of conventional fish tanks.

Computing & Internet

5GB Windows Live Mail

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I wonder how many people noticed that Windows Live mail, formerly known as Hotmail, is now offering us 5GB of space. Well, I would not have known about it if I did not log into my account this morning to check the people who are in my contacts list.

Firstly, although I know that Microsoft have rebranded Hotmail to be a part of Windows Live, I would still always refer to it as Hotmail. Similarly, I would always refer to Microsoft’s internet browser as IE and not Windows Internet Explorer. As the saying goes, you can’t tea old dog new tricks.

What do you think we should do with the 5GB of storage space? Don’t they think that they are giving it to us a little too late? I am actually not that concern about how much storage we have since I have Gmail [spank me for still using a Goo—- product!] for that but my main concern is how large a file we could attach in a single attachment.

Besides, I although I use Hotmail and MSN Messenger (I know, I know, it’s Windows Live Messenger NOW), I access my Hotmail email from Microsoft’s Outlook Express and I occassionally send out email with my Hotmail access via Gmail. That’s what I like about Gmail.

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Which Is The Best DVD Player?

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I may own an Apple iPhone and a Nokia E61i but I don’t own a DVD player. Can you believe that? Hah I am not as high tech as I sound. The reason I do not even own a DVD player is because I hardly watch TV. I only subscribed to satellite TV for its bill so that I can verify my home address with a financial institution and it is watched mainly by my father.

The other day, my father asked me to buy a DVD player. It was cheap, less than a hundred bucks only but I didn’t want a China-brand DVD player because their quality is sub-standard. I figured that if I were to buy one, I would want to buy the best DVD player currently in the market.

Technology moves so swiftly that if I do not buy the best DVD player now, I would forever be playing catch up since new models are released quickly, too quickly sometimes.

So my question is, which is the best DVD player right now that is reasonably priced? Any suggestions?

WordPress Issues

I’m Lovin’ It

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Have I mentioned that I really love my new theme PopBlue [3 column] by BlogOhBlog? Of course, I did some modifications; the most important to me is to justify my text. Friends laugh at me because I am a stickler for that. All my blogs have their text justified and I love that because it looks so much neater and makes reading a breeze. Don’t you think so?

OK, the reason I mention again that I love my new theme is because I successfully changed the colour scheme for my other blog. If you know where my blogs are, you can view the green version.

I think that if I have more “serious” blogs, I would continue to use this theme but of a different colour. Not only did I change the other theme to green colour, I also enabled comment on my Pages. Hhmm this is a HUGE deal for me, someone who knew nothing about CSS when I first started hosting my own blogs. 😀

I think it would be awesome if BlogOhBlog would release a package that contains various colours of this theme that we can witch to. I know of a few themes that have this feature and I think it is cool, except that I don’t like the theme enough to use any other them.

Fashion

Luxury Watches For The Rich

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A couple of months ago, my friend told me that he bought an expensive watch. I asked him how much he spent and he quoted a four figure amount and I nearly fainted. Of course, it is not as expensive as Patek Phillipe watches but it is still expensive to me.

However, my friend justified his extravagance by saying that a watch is something that a father passes to his son, just like mothers will pass jewelry to the daughters, sort of like a family heirloom! Based on this theory, my friend says that he has to buy a good watch that will last through generations.

My friend confessed that at first, he wanted to buy Breitling watches as their designs caught his fancy but unfortunately, these are out of his league. I am sure you know that these high end watches like Breitling, Corum, Patek Philippe, Rolex and Van Cleef & Arpels could only be afforded by the filthy rich like celebrities and royals.

Talking of luxury watches, I still “owe” my friend a Vacheron Constantin. Hah…. he requested that for his birthday last year. I think I will just send him a photo of the watch 😀

Computing & Internet

Picking Domain Names

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Phew, it really is not easy to pick domain names especially if you prefer dot coms only. Last night while I was searching for ways to come up with great domain names, domain names that are short, easy to remember and spell, I chanced upon a website where they offer the services of coming up with domain names and we have to pay US$50 for each name.

The good thing is that although we have to prepay US$50, if none of the domain names that are offered to us are up to our expectations, we could seek a refund.

And this company also has many freelancers working for them churning out one domain name suggestion after another to offer to these clients and if the domain name is selected, the person who came up with the name will receive US$25 for his or her effort.

Sometimes, this company may register a domain name which they think has the potential but has been rejected by their client. In this instance, they will put the domain name for sale on sites like SitePoint and if a sale goes through, the name contributor will receive a third of the sale price.

HHmm this is a great concept provided it is not abused by all parties involved. I mean, the client could reject the domain names suggested but then register it later under someone else’s name or the company or staff could register a domain name and not sell it or not give the contributor his share of the sale price and nobody would know.

And if the domain name is so good why doesn’t the contributor registers it himself and sell it by himself? It’s not expensive to register one or two domain names. In any case, I signed up for a Contributor’s account 😀