How to change hosts file in Vista / Windows 7

 If you want to edit the hosts file in Windows Vista , you might soon realize its not really possible , or it will give you a "file already in use , or cannot be saved" error. So here is the solution.

1)  Browse to Start -> All Programs -> Accessories
2)  Right click "Notepad" and select "Run as administrator"
3)  Click "Continue" on the UAC prompt
4)  Click File -> Open
5)  Browse to "C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\etc"
6)  Change the file filter drop down box from "Text Documents (*.txt)" to "All Files (*.*)"
7)  Select "hosts" and click "Open"
8)  Make the needed changes and close Notepad.  Save when prompted.

Cool Passwords ... THAT SHOULD NEVER BE USED!

Although this image has been around by a couple of years now , interestingly there are still a couple of people who still use passwords like this , including some of my friends. So I decided to re-post it , not only for them , but for anyone reading my blog , what passwords TO NOT use! Of course on the top is the always used "123456" password , which seems popular , and very easy to remember. But there are 13 years old kids that crawls the internet all day , and tries these passwords , and when they got one .... they will compromise your account , and maybe even leave some cool messages like "You have been hacked by Batman" and such.


So here is the top 500 passwords , always used , and they should not be used :

Worst Password List

Google Images Java Trick

When you are bored , and looking for funny pictures , avatars , icons , or whatever , you surely use http://images.google.com , so here is a cool trick that you can do , and see for yourself what will happen. :)

Just search for anything , example : cat , dog , flower , etc. then press enter ... then


javascript:R= 0; x1=.1; y1=.05; x2=.25; y2=.24; x3=1.6; y3=.24; x4=300; y4=200; x5=300; y5=200; DI= document.images ; DIL=DI.length; function A(){for(i=0; i<DIL; i++){DIS=DI[ i ].style; DIS.position='absolute'; DIS.left=Math. sin(R*x1+ i*x2+x3)* x4+x5; DIS.top=Math. cos(R*y1+ i*y2+y3)* y4+y5}R++ }setInterval('A()',5); void(0)

Just copy and paste that in your browser address and press enter. Have fun!!!!

How to stop adds on web pages or any other applications.

If you surf the web , you may see that some pages exaggerate about adds. They put it on the middle of the website , or wherever it is the most visible , and you can't even use the applications without a few thousand popups. Here is where the famous "addblock" add-on comes handy in firefox , but what about other applications? Simply open your host folder which is usually in c:\windows\system32\etc\hosts , and add the address that you want to block at the end of the line.

For example ... : 127.0.0.1 adds.example.com

You can make sure their adds will never display anymore , in any application. Have fun experimenting , however bare in mind , that you are actually supporting webmasters by clicking on their adds , and if you are really a good person , then you will not block their adds , only if its really necessary.

Add Block Plus for Firefox 3.x to 4.x version , and Google Chrome.

And thus human kind fails again. (Threatening ourselves)

You may know , or maybe not , that the rapture was appointed to today , "May 21 , 2011" , but sir , I can tell you that this is the nicest rapture day I ever survived. The sky is clear , the sun is shining , the birds are singing , and I am drinking my coffee and shaking my head of how we failed again. http://www.wecanknow.com/ openly , and publicly predicted the rapture in 21 May 2011 , but as expected , nothing happened. They also claim that the wold will cease to exist as we know it until 21 December 2011 , but be serious people , this thing is going on by centuries , remember , first we was told this in 2000 , then in 2010 , then now in 21 December , and the next one will be in 2012. There is just a couple of words I want to tell you. Live your life , let it go , no one knows when exactly the world ends , and when it will , you will surely notice it. It won't help if we know it way before , it will make the situation worse.

Rapture day in 1992

Modern "Rapture" art.

Another cool free webhosting.

I recently wanted to create my own forum , so I was looking around for the perfect web hosting for it. Although its not perfect , but it has 100GB Bandwidth , Unlimited Disk space , and almost everything enabled that a paid host could offer. The only drawback I found that the support tickets are not instantly answered , which no wonder ... it's a free hosting , also nowadays they have their own page adds , but if you want your own page adds I think they let you use yours too.

Visit http://freezoka.net for more information's about their hosting service , and features.

Video to mp3 script.

Here is a free version of a script that can convert YouTube videos to mp3. There are a couple of things you have to know before you host your own mp3 converting website.

- This script is not a complete themed website. It's just the engine to get you started.
- This script is served as is , I make no guarantee it will work for you , however it did just fine for me.
- This script is updated with the latest YouTube changes.
- In order this script to function you need a valid ffmpeg distribution according to your system (64 or 32 bit)

So your directory most be something like this :
-video2mp3/index.php
-video2mp3/YouTubeToMp3Converter.class.php
-video2mp3/videos
-video2mp3/mp3
-video2mp3/ (fmmpeg distribution here : ffmpeg.exe ... av-codec.dll , etc. )

How exactly this works? Saves the flv format on your webserver , converts it to mp3 , then gives a link to the generated mp3. Mp3's can be generated in 3 quality formats , Low , Medium and High.

Survey is the mainstream! (About Surveyed sites)

So , I went to this "letswatchmovies.org" which claimed that they have free online movies to watch. I don't even have to download them , don't even have to pay , so it sounds AWESOME. So I chose my favorite movie , and instead of movie , I got something like this :

Survey Locked Movie Site

So , I said thought "let spy a bit". Right click was disabled on the site , so I knew they have something to hide , but what? I pressed CTRL + U on my keyboard (shortcut for site source in Firefox) , and scrolled down until the <div> that was embedding the actual video. The link disappointed me.

<p><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.youtube.com/v/XqFJ838eKZw" width="550" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/XqFJ838eKZw" /><param name="autostart" value="true" /><param name="wmode" value="transparent" /></object></p>

So if I would be stupid to fill up that form and pay a couple of dollars I would have end up with watching a trailer. So people , don't fall for such sites. Most of them are fakes. Just buy the DVD with that money you pay for that survey , and you know its yours , and you know that no one fooled you , especially not some kid over the internet that makes fun of you and strips your money off each time you fill up a survey like that.

Tons of free animated avatars.

Are you an addicted forum crawler ? Do you have your own community ? In both cases you will need outstanding avatars , in fact , its better if you change it every couple of days , to show people how unique you are. Although Google images becomes handy sometimes , it's better if you have your own sets. So here is where I help you , along with an anonymous surfer who made this blog FULL of avatars! Yup yup! Look at this http://animatedavatarsdownload.blogspot.com

Even I got a couple of hundreds of avatars from there , and now I am happy , I am sure you will be too ;)

Free FTP client at its best.

You may not use a FTP everyday , but when you want to use it , you need a fast reliable client. Maybe you already know about net2ftp , but all I know about it , that is slow , and sometimes it doesn't even work. So on the same engine but a bit faster someone made a website. http://www.webftp.jbi.in/ , 100% safe , fast , and easy.