Some of you out there are confused on how to use custom emoticons in your MSN Messenger, or currently known as Windows Live Messenger. As requested, I’m going to show you how to use custom emoticons. It can be any custom emoticons, best with .gif format.
Nothing fancy, just get ready your emoticons. Search and download the emoticons you want. And get ready for the next step.
There are only 6 simple steps to set custom emoticons in Windows Live Messenger. Read more…
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27th June 2008, the founder of Microsoft corporation - Bill Gates (William Henry Gates III), has officially retired and act as the Chairperson and Key Advisor for Microsoft’s important development project.
To get a picture of Gates timeline, that a look at the picture below. It’s interesting! (Click to enlarge)
What will happen to Gates after this?
I had no idea before I started to know a bit about computer hardware. (p/s, I never studied hardware in detail back during school time, as it was not included in my syllabus.) I was so noob back then when I wanted to purchase a computer.
Talking to the sales person, he shows you a list of hardware specifications in the catalogs or brochures. But you don’t quite understand his alien language, and your knowledge is just “how to use a computer” but not “how to build a computer”. Do you have such experience when you want to purchase a computer?
So today, I want to share with you my experience when you want to purchase a computer (or laptop). Most people thought that a branded computer (Acer, Compaq, etc) is always better than a clone (build up with several branded components) one. So which one to choose?
First of all, you must know what is the purpose of the computer that you are going to purchase. Is it for office use? Personal use? Gaming? Each purpose has different requirements.
Adobe Photoshop CS3 has been in the market for a while. The Beta version was given free to the public by Adobe itself. But of course with a trial limit. In CS3, you can get more new cool features. Besides Magic Wand Tool, you have Quick Selection Tool that can help you to select the parts you want more accurately. Of course, there are many other more in CS3.
You can grab the Beta version for your own today. Read more…
Initially, I thought of filing this post under “Life Log” but since it relates to computer, I just file it under “Tech Stuff”. Not much to learn about this topic, but would love to mention my experience with networking.
I remember there was a module related to computer networking in my Bachelor’s degree course. However, since it was an online course, I didn’t have any practical for that. The thing I remember most is on how to calculate the subnet mask and other networking issue - very theory type.
However, as an IT support in my office, sometimes I have to mess around with the networking configuration and cables. The cables here refers to Cat 5, or Category 5 in full. But Category 5 has been superseded by the Category 5e (CAT5e) specification. Not going into details as I am not a pro in this.
All I know is just very basic troubleshooting of computer network, like accessing the router page to tweak the configuration or mess with the TCP/IP, proxy setting. 
Few days ago, a friend of mine ask me how to access the router page. Well, base on my experience, it defers from the router/modem model. Basically, here are some possible values that able to access to the router page:
192.168.0.1
192.168.1.1
10.0.0.2
Although sometimes I like to complain about my job, I did learn something for sure - very practical technical skills, I mean.
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