Another excellent Add-on for Firefox. I can not take credit for this find, that goes to Maximum PC and their excellent staff. Juice extends your browser’s search capabilities with a side bar that you can search from, cue movies, post on Facebook, even check twitters on the subject.  Installation is simple as usual, just click the add to Firefox button and you are good to go.

Juice Has some amazing features. The one I find most interesting is you can drag any highlighted word onto the sidebar and Juiced will automatically search Google, and if there is a relevant wiki entry on it, the magic tab will display it handily. You can drag videos onto the side bar and cue them for later or share them with you friends on Facebook, and attach your comments. Images can also be dropped onto the sidebar for later viewing.

I admit that I just got this Add-on very recently, but I think it may just before my new favorite.

Banyak yang bertanya ke saya cara menambahkan gambar di sidebar blog kita. Gambar yang dimaksud bisa berupa foto atau banner . Baik agar lebih jelas akan saya jelaskan “step by step”

Untuk memasang gambar di sidebar, gambar yang akan kita pasang bisa kita cari alamat link nya di internet. Yang akan saya jelaskan disini adalah kita membuat sendiri gambar, kemudian kita upload di wordpress.com.

Pertama, Siapkan gambar yang akan kita pasang, gambar bisa berupa .jpg, .gif, .png atau yang lainnya. Agar terlihat pas di sidebar usahakan lebar gambar di bawah 180 pixel. Contoh gambar yang akan saya pasang berukuran 170 x 179 pixels.

Kedua, Login ke blog wordpress anda, Kemudian pilih Media > Add New

Ketiga,  Pilih file foto yang akan anda pasang dengan cara klik  Select files

Keempat, Jika berhasil maka akan muncul tampilan seperti di bawah. Copy alamat Gambar anda dengan cara copy alamat File URL. agar tidak lupa bisa anda copy kemudian paste di Notepad (atau dengan cara manual ditulis). Sampai langkah ini anda telah berhasil menyimpan gambar anda di blog anda. Selanjutnya tinggal bagaimana memasang di sidebar.

Kelima, Klik Appearance > Widget

 Keenam, Tambahkan widget Text ke sidebar dengan cara klik kemudian drag ke sidebar. Beri judul pada bagian atas form yang muncul

Di form bawah ketikkan kode diatas berikut penjelasannya

• Kode baris paling atas berfungsi agar gambar di posisi tengah (center), anda bisa menggunakan kala “left” atau “right” untuk mengganti kata “center”.
• Baris kedua, berfungsi ketika orang meng-klik gambar, alamat mana yang akan dibuka. Jika anda menghendaki tidak ada link yang dibuka ketika orang men-klik foto anda maka baris dua tidak perlu dibuat.
• Baris 3 dan 4 berfungsi untuk menambahkan garis tepi (border) dan menunjukkan alamat gambar kita. Angka 1 di border bisa diganti dengan angka lain, semakin besar angkanya semakin besar garis tepi gambar anda. Untuk alamat hambar silakaan ganti dengan alamat gambar tadi yang sudah anda upload, ganti dari mulai http:// sampai .jpg
• Baris terakhir sebagai penutup kode.

Jangan lupa tekan tombol save

Ketujuh, Buka blog anda sekarang gambar sudah terpasang di sidebar.

Selamat Mencoba

Ethics in Terraforming via Google Video

If we were to terraform a nearby or distant planet, could we be encroaching upon existing life forms we are unaware of or unconcerned with? Should we even care? Christopher McKay asks a few of these questions in a dry but interesting talk.

Heading out of the city this week and back to my ‘home and native land’.  So, I have been trying really hard to get some work done, and…. get some work done. It hasn’t been much of a success. I’ve been in a funk. A work funk and even sorta a life funk.

My friend “meangirl” suggests it cause I’m not having enough sex, or as she put it enough ‘good sex‘.

Now, sex is usually always good. I take that back it can be bad, very very bad. But, in general sex is good, it might not blow your mind every time (and as of late it hasn’t blown much) but it is still good.

See “meangirl” has this theory that subconsciously when we aren’t being satisfied the way we want it affects our bodies and minds more then we realize.

I posed the question about what does that mean when we aren’t getting any sex. She simple said you hit a certain point where you have come to accept (and deal) with not having physical sex, and although we also might hate that it’s less detrimental to our systems then when sex unsatisfied us.

Interesting!? We talked about those sexual partners that no one will ever be able to live up to, but you keep praying for one that does. How sex with that person was never a stress, never complicated, it just was GREAT SEX. (Obliviously, great sex doesn’t make a good relationship, but you all should be grownup enough to know that)

I’ve been thinking about this all day, and I think she has a point. Maybe in order to de-stress I just need really good sex without complications.

(I just need my ‘friend’ to give up working in a big certain coloured house and move back to the city!)

SIDEBAR: my friend “meangirl” isn’t mean; she just played one in a movie once.

Tớ thích tra nhanh một từ tiếng nước ngoài khi lướt web mà chẳng cần phải dùng mtdEVA Quick hay gì khác. Công ty tớ (ViMobi Co. Ltd www.vimobi.com) vừa cho ra đời sản phẩm 1tudiem.com với giao diện “không thể đơn giản hơn”. Nhờ đó mà nó có thể nhúng vào sidebar của Firefox rất dễ dàng, rất thích hợp cho những người vừa lướt web vừa tra từ điển nhanh mà không cần phải cài phần mềm.

Nào cùng khởi động Firefox, nhấn Ctrl + B (Cmd + B trong Mac OS X) để mở thanh sidebar Bookmark của Firefox.

Để bấm nhanh, bạn chọn Bookmarks Toolbar để nó hiện lên trên thanh Bookmarks của trình duyệt.

Chọn một BookMark có sẵn -> chuột phải chọn New Bookmark

Bạn nhập những thông tin giống hình minh họa (nhập đường link www.1tudien.com, nhớ cho cái Load bookmark in the sidebar.

Sau này, cứ nhìn lên toolbar, bạn chỉ cần nhấn vào đó là ngay lập tức có một thanh bên trái hiện ra để bạn tra từ điển. Thật tiện lợi phải không?

Xin cảm ơn cty ViMobi Co. Ltd đã thực hiện trang web này, hy vọng sẽ tiếp tục được sử dụng những phần mềm, tiện ích và cty mang đến.

3 ก.ค. 52

เมื่อวันศุกร์ที่ 3 ก.ค. 52 ทางสำนักหอสมุด มหาวิทยาลัยเชียงใหม่ ได้เชิญให้ไปบรรยาย ในการสัมมนาทางวิชาการ เรื่อง “web 2.0 กับงานห้องสมุด” … ดีใจมาก เพราะจะได้แวะกลับไปเยี่ยมญาติพี่น้องที่เชียงใหม่ด้วย เป็นช่วงวันหยุดยาว 4-8 ก.ค. 52 ของเทศกาลวันอาสาฬหบูชาและวันเข้าพรรษา

เขาให้ไปพูดเรื่อง “ประสบการณ์การนำ web 2.0 มาใช้กับงานห้องสมุดสตางค์ มงคลสุข” … ซึ่งไม่ค่อยจะมีสักเท่าไหร่หรอก แต่ได้กลับมาเพียบเลย เพราะมีโอกาส update ความรู้จาก 2 เซียนที่เป็นวิทยากรร่วมกัน คืออาจารย์บุญเลิศ แห่งศูนย์บริการความรู้ทางวิทยาศาสตร์และเทคโนโลยี (Science and Technology Knowledge Services : STKS) และอาจารย์เลอชาติ แห่งศูนย์สร้างสรรค์งานออกแบบ (Thailand Creative & Design Center : TCDC) (web 2.0 เจ้าเก่า ทั้งคู่)

เล่าแบบสรุปๆ ว่าได้แนวคิดอะไรมาบ้างก็แล้วกันนะคะ

• มองไปทางไหน (ในอินเทอร์เน็ต) ก็จะเห็นได้ชัดว่า การใช้ web 2.0 เป็นเรื่องธรรมดาเสียแล้ว ไม่ว่าจะเป็น Blog (WordPress, LiveJournal), Micro-blogging (Twitter), Chat (IM), Wiki, RSS Feed, Webboard, Photo Sharing (Flickr ฟลิก-เกอร์), Video Sharing (YouTube), SlideShare, Podcast, Social Network (Hi5, Facebook, Multiply, Ning, MySpace), Social Bookmarking รวมทั้งระบบ Folksonomy และ Tag Cloud (Del.icio.us หรือ Delicious), การสร้างเว็บไซต์ (แบบทุกคนมีส่วนร่วม) ด้วย CMS ฯลฯ และอื่นๆ อีกมากมายมหาศาล แสดงว่า การสร้างสังคมออนไลน์เป็นเรื่องสำคัญ และเป็นเครื่องมือที่ช่วยในเรื่องการจัดการความรู้ KM ได้เป็นอย่างดี … ทำให้คิดเล่นๆ ว่า เมื่อก่อนคิดว่าการอยู่กับคอมพิวเตอร์มากๆ จะทำให้คนเราพูดจาสื่อสารกันน้อยลง แต่สงสัยว่าจะไม่จริงเสียแล้ว
• การใช้ web 2.0 มี 2 แบบ คือ สร้างเอง (Develop) กับเอาเทคโนโลยีที่มีอยู่แล้วฟรีๆ บนอินเทอร์เน็ตมาผสมๆ กันและประยุกต์ใช้ (Mashup) … แฮ่ะ ๆ ซึ่งตัวเองทำเป็นแต่แบบที่ 2
• ก่อนเล่น web 2.0 ควรทำการติดตั้งเครื่องมือเครื่องใช้ ให้พร้อมบนเครื่องคอมพิวเตอร์ของเราก่อน เลือกเอารายการที่ใช้บ่อยๆ … ทำการปรับหน้าจอ Web Browser ให้เป็น Homepage ส่วนตัวตามใจชอบ ด้วย iGoogle และสำหรับหน้าจอ Desktop ควรทำการติดตั้ง Desktop Sidebar เป็นตัวช่วย
• ห้องสมุดสามารถเอา web 2.0 มาใช้กับงานได้ตั้งหลายอย่าง ที่ห้องสมุดสตางค์เราเอามาใช้เฉพาะกับงานบริการและงานประชาสัมพันธ์ แต่ได้ความรู้ใหม่ว่า เอามาใช้กับงานเทคนิค งาน catalog หนังสือได้ด้วย เช่น LibraryThings ซึ่งเป็น Catalog 2.0 บรรณารักษ์สามารถสร้างห้องสมุดได้ฟรีๆ บนนี้เลย อีกตัวหนึ่งคือ Vufind (อ่านว่า วิว-ฟาย) เป็นโปรแกรม Open Source ที่ใช้ครอบระบบสืบค้นทรัพยากรห้องสมุดที่มีอยู่แล้ว (เช่น ระบบ Innopac) ทำให้เป็น OPAC 2.0 เพื่อให้ผู้ใช้บริการสามารถค้นได้แบบ one stop service และแสดงความคิดเห็นในขณะที่ค้นหาหนังสือได้มากขึ้น และ OpenSearch ซึ่งเป็นเทคโนโลยีสร้างกล่องรับคำค้น แปะไว้บน menu bar ของเครื่องผู้ใช้เลย โดยไม่ต้องเสียเวลาเปิดเข้าไปในเว็บ หากต้องการสืบค้นข้อมูลในเว็บไซต์นั้น
• Zotero เป็นอะไรบางอย่าง (ที่ฟรี) และจะมาไล่ถล่มโปรแกรมจัดการบรรณานุกรมชื่อดัง (และแพง) อย่าง EndNote เห็นว่าเคยโดนบริษัท Thomson เจ้าของ EndNote ฟ้อง แต่ไม่ชนะ อันที่จริงเมื่อไม่นานมานี้ เคยเห็นการทำงานของโปรแกรม Papers ในเครื่อง Mac มาก่อน สงสัยจะคล้ายๆกัน … แหม ตอนนี้น่าจะกำลังเป็นยุคทองของ Reference 2.0 เลยทีเดียว

ได้เทคนิคการใช้ web 2.0 กับงานห้องสมุด ภาคพิสดาร อีกหลายเรื่อง … พรุ่งนี้จะกลับมาเล่าต่อนะคะ

So, online dating…..yeah I do it, we all do it (just say it out loud and get over it……the term “dating” can mean different things for different people)

So I get the most messages on OKCUPID. I get a lot of short, very basic, pretty much generic emails, or the ever not exciting “wink”

(Simone wrote a great post about “the wink” Read it!)

So I got this email today from some random guy, who said something interesting: “I probably wont get an email back from you cause youre listed as very selective in replying, but thought it was worth a shot. I think youre your profile is great and would love to know more.”

Selective? Am I that selective? Ok wait….I shouldn’t have put a question mark behind that; OF COURSE I’m selective!

I Will Not Respond To You If:

1- You are over the age of 38
2- You are not over the age of 26
3- Your user name contains the word: hot, sexy, or guy.
4- You are an actor (and pretend that is how you make your living)
5- I recognize you as being my friend’s doorman
6 – You have N/A listed in more then 3 of your basic stats (this excludes income…you do not have to list that in my book)
7- You have more then 1 picture with you and a group of ‘attractive’ girls.
8- You’re from Europe
9- You say you are looking for a girl who “takes care of themselves” Serious, dudes, do you think someone reads that looks down at the stains on their shirt and say “oh that’s not me, too bad.” JUST SAY you don’t like FAT girls. See #10
10- Your profile translates to DOUCHE-BAG!
11- I know just by looking at you that you aren’t funny
12- I know just by looking at you that I’m smarter then you
13- You have kids. (but thanks for being honest)
14- You have a picture of you reading a book. Come on, honestly what’s the last book you really did read?
15- You can’t mention anything we have in common from my profile, but insist we have stuff in “common”
16- You are Egyptian.
17- You say you are looking for someone who can carry on a conversation….again, do you think someone reads that and says, “nope, not me!”

SIDEBAR: That’s not that selective, is it?

(reason #___why I’m single: All the above?)

It’s the 4th of July and from this non-American to all you, I thought I should write about something patriotic, or not…

I don’t get this attraction to people in uniform. I’ve always been more of a “suit and tie” kind of girl. This might steam from the fact that my University had a large co-op education program where they would do interviews every semester. And all the boys would throw on their really nice ‘interview’ suits….and I’d sit there and swoon as groups of them walked by!

But uniforms, nope nothing! Not a fireman, not a cop, not an army-navy-armed forces anything.

The only thing remotely attractive about men in uniform is that fact that they are usually physically fit (in order to serve and protect us!)

But take off the uniform and then maybe we’ll talk!  (or do other things!)

FACT: I did have a very drunken moment in a bar restroom with a “sailor” on Halloween.

 SIDEBAR: why is TNT playing “Independence Day” all day tomorrow?

GUESS WAT PEOPLE????

U say: ….. Wat?

This blog is……..

U say:…..WAT?

CHANGING

U say: Right….. How?

Let me explain;  This site is a cheats site? Right? Wrong! Not anymore!  I just can’t keep up! what with homework and school and other stuffs so for your club penguin cheats, go to:  http://www.clubpenguingang.com/    they have really good cheats! For pin cheats, look at my right side bar! There is also a Mimo banner for his site, a NITROME banner and a club penguin banner! Click on them to go to those sites! For moshi cheats; Read the moshi newsletter!

U say: But wat r u gonna do with ur site now?

Random stuff! Advice, Chat, some site updates, tips and more! Hey! I know! Comment on this post with what you want me to put in this blog! I READ EVERY COMMENT! (Garanteed) And I will reply to comments on THIS POST! 

Thats Bug from Moshi monsters!

There are two things my mother says you should never talk about in public.

Your Lady Parts and

Your Lady Issues.

So on that note, I’ve never really understood PMS. In fact, I mostly believe it’s all in ‘our’ heads! I’ve never had problems at that time, never craved mass amounts of chocolate, cramped up, and as far as I know have never turned into a raging man hating bitch.

I will admit to the odd headache and my sometimes my insomnia flies into full fledged not sleeping. But in three days (usually two) ALL (from pre to post) is done/gone/over/ready to start again.

So today (day 2) in my lack of sleep state as I sit cramped (the only cramps I ever get) on the train headed to a meeting, I feel sorry for the poor girls who suffer for days and apparently turn into man-hating-food-hoarding-darkside-bitches, and I really really feel sorry for the ones who use this time as an excuse to do the above. (Even more so when they are verbal about it: As mama-plum would say,”noone wants to hear about your lady issues!”)

But despite all my sorry feelings, the one person I really don’t feel sorry for today is THIS GUY!  (High-five buddy)

(reason #___why I’m single: Maybe guys find the ‘not pregnant’ high-five, and celebratory shoot uncool)

SIDEBAR: mama-plum also feels strongly about not using the word “bastard” in public, due to the overwheling number of children born out of wedlock.

FACT: mama-plum also still offers to buy my ‘lady products’ and send them to me, because no young-single girl should be seen showing her “lady-issues” in public.

(reason #___why I’m single: All the good guys have seen me buying my own “lady products”, instead of me getting my mother to do it.)

When I started training for a half-marathon a few years back I was absolutely convinced that I would be in the best shape of my life. How could running at least 7 miles everyday not give me lean, sexy legs, rock hard abs, or toned arms?

Yet as D-day approached, I didn’t find myself shedding pounds; I found myself staying the same weight. Yes, I was burning thousands of calories, but my body was also demanding more fuel for those long aerobic sessions.

After weeks upon weeks without a change in my physical self, I began to wonder: Is it possible to be really fit, yet not look it? Because I was by no means “fat,” but I definitely didn’t obtain the incredible runner body I had hoped for.

Then I realized I was focusing too much on what I thought “in shape” meant. I expected to see it. When in reality my body was being transformed on the inside. My endurance improved, my muscles got used to the increased physical activity, and my knees withstood the hard impact.

This “ah ha” moment compelled me to investigate what being fit really means; could someone be considered overweight, but also in shape?

Recent research shows that regular exercise, even without weight loss, is essential to avoiding the conditions that come from a sedentary lifestyle, i.e. diabetes, hypertension and other chronic diseases. So even though a person may fall into the “overweight” category, the fact that she works out regularly ensures that she is fit and keeping her body free from these conditions.

We have to remember that the most important part of working out isn’t weight loss; it’s keeping our bodies healthy so that they can function efficiently. Psychotherapist Christopher Norris describes fitness best; it’s about stamina, suppleness, strength, speed, skill and spirit. No where in the definition is there mention of outward appearance.

Remember, everyone is born with a different body type and most of us will never mold ourselves into supermodels. It just isn’t possible. But what is possible? Being fit and, technically, fat. It is an error to believe that just because someone is”big” she is out of sharp or just because someone is “little” she is really fit.

All in all, it’s better to be fit and fat than thin and idle.

Between running out of toilet paper, sitting on dirty pee stained public toilet seats, and producing gag worthy smells, going to the bathroom is definitely not the cleanest, girliest, most fun activity that occurs quite often in a day (I know I’d much rather be hangin’ out on TFLN).  But it is a part of our everyday lives and we kinda have to do it, so we might as well make the best of it, right?

Well, 2009 doesn’t just mean cool cars and advanced cellphone technology. It also means new and improved products for the potty.  Take a look at some of these new things that make the bathroom experience that much more pleasant. Don’t ask me why or how I found these. Seriously.

Poof
This latest product does exactly what it says. It literally makes the smell of your poop go “Poof!” This liquid deodorizer traps the odors of the big brown boys in the water, releasing a refreshing scent of Japanese mint to fill the air. Unlike an air freshener that can just leave the bathroom smelling like misty grossness (fresh spring breeze + poop = fresh and springy poop), Poof traps the odors before they can even try to escape the toilet. No more worries about having to hold it in after your hot date at a Mexican restaurant.

Go girl
Whoever said guys are the only ones that can stand when going to the bathroom? Just because they get to avoid the unsanitary toilet seats that get exposed to way too many butts in a day, doesn’t mean we can’t too!

iCarta
Okay, so this one may be a tad bit unnecessary, but it sure is freakin’ cool. It’s a toilet paper dispenser with a built in iPod dock and speakers. Because pooping is so much more fun when you’re doin’ it with the Kings of Leon.

LavNav
If you’re like me, even the slightest light can wake you up and keep you up. Especially when that light comes from the bathroom when you have to do a little pee pee in the middle of the night. But you know from experience that attempting to take a middle-of-the-night bathroom trip sans lights only leads to wet floors and a giant bump on your head.  Welcome the LavNav. This automatic light turns on when you approach the toilet in the dark, and turns off after you leave, lighting up only the areas you need. Best part is, this energy efficient product uses really cool red and green light. It’s like a disco toilet.

Other fun idea: bring your laptop. There is some sort of sick pleasure that comes from IMing your friends from the bathroom stall. What, just me?

Want something hot to spice up your boring old outfits? I have just the thing for you: socks. Wait a second, now; just hear me out. Shoes have traditionally taken first prize in the category of coveted women’s footwear, but take a gander at Sock Dreams and tell me that socks aren’t far behind.

They’re beautiful, they’re sexy, they’re stylish, and there are varieties to interest just about everybody. Like the perfect necklace, they can turn an ordinary outfit into something totally awesome. Plus, they can be quite practical — it might be way too cold to wear that gorgeous miniskirt on a chilly spring evening, but you can totally still pull it off with a hot pair of tights or socks.

Wanna see for yourself? Take a peek:

I’m in love. Socks are officially my go-to fashion accessory.

The beach is wonderful.  It is the symbol of summer.  In fact, most of my childhood memories of that glorious 3-month-long stretch of nothingness are of living in my swimsuit and being constantly covered in sand with wet hair.  Ah, the good ‘ole days (except when that pesky salt water got in my eyes)…

Now if I want to go to the beach, I have to make plans and gather the accessories (hat? check. sunblock? check. iPod? check….and etc.).  I also have to find a beach near my apartment that isn’t littered with used needles and garbage.  Once I have completed those tasks, I get to lay out in the sun, listen to the waves, feel the breeze, and watch…guys in mandals and thongs walk past.  WTF.

There are some things (okay, a lot of things) that aren’t appropriate for the beach.  For example, socks aren’t appropriate for the beach.  Neither is a leather jacket (OMG can you imagine the amount of sweat?).  However, these things are small beans compared to the catastrophes that I have witnessed by the seaside (or lakeside – whatevs):

Back Hair -

No one wants to see a dude strutting around and flaunting their back hair at the beach anywhere.  Cover that mess up or, even better, wax it off, homie!!  It’s for the good of all mankind.

Mandals -

This one is pretty simple to avoid: either wear shoes (or even flip flops!) or go barefoot.  For guys, the beach has limited footwear options.  My vote is for barefoot.  It looks relaxed, manly AND it exfoliates!

Speedos -

You might as well be naked, seriously.  Actually, it’s worse.  I don’t want to see your goods tucked into a small piece of spandex.  Be a man and put on board shorts.  The only time your junk should be on display is during a late-night skinny dipping sesh or secret dune sex.  Not for tanning/swimming at 2pm on a crowded beach.

Farmer’s Tan -

More so than a deathly pale body, a farmer’s tan burns itself into the eyeball and forces viewers to turn away to save their vision.  I know it’s not essential for a guy to have a perfectly even tan, but guys should try not to look like they’re wearing a tee shirt (or back sweater? see above) when they’re not.

Straw Hats -

Unless you are rocking a sweet straw fedora (you hipster, you), then a straw hat does not belong on your head.  Dudes…it’s summer at the beach.  Man up.  You are not my 80-year-old gramms, so lose. the. hat.

Reflective Sunglasses -

Ohai Dude-Wearing-Reflective-Sunglasses…are you here to molest me or protect me?  I can’t tell.  Mostly because I can’t see your eyes.  Don’t get me wrong, I love having a built-in mirror when I look at you, but it’s not 1988. Please take those off and stomp on them so they don’t have to disgrace anyone’s face ever again.  Thanks.

Mesh Tank Tops -

What is this, the 80’s? A Night At The Roxbury?  Either way, if you’re wearing a shirt and I can still see your nips, there’s gonna be a problem.  Plus, just think of the tan lines…the terrible tan lines.

Excessive Sunblock on the Nose -

Everyone wants to be healthy and avoid skin cancer, yes?  Well, the way to do that is not to put 80% of the bottle on your nose.  Share the wealth with the rest of your body!  Plus, you look like a boy scout counselor from the 1970s.

Swimming in Tee Shirts -

Why would you need to do this?  Did you forget to take off your clothes before you had a random urge to swim?  FYI, a tee shirt is not an effective way to hide back hair or love handles.  Just take it off (I’m talking about the shirt and the hair…)