August 21, 2006

Alternative to Microsoft Word


I was looking on the line up a certain computer seller has for sale on its website and saw that they charge extra if one wants their computer to come with Microsoft Office suite, which includes Microsoft Word, Excel, Frontpage, and Powerpoint. For most of the mentioned applications like Frontpage most people don't use it.
Microsoft Word on the other hand is a different story, most people use it on a daily basis in the office and personal level. So, I started searching to see if I can find a comparable product that has most or better features that are in Microsoft Word but it had to be free.
When I came across Abi Word I knew I found what I was looking for.

Apart from being FREE, it has all the features one would need for every day use, one great feature I like is that I have nine different options of file formats I can choose to save my document including .doc (microsoft word), .html, .rtf, .text, just to name a few. For all the none english speakers/writers out there (got to remember USA is not the only country in this planet) it comes in 49 different languages. It is very similar to Microsoft Word, so all those transfering from word or people that are familiar with word will feel at home with Abi Word.
Check out Abi Word offical website at Abisource.com
Abi Word is part of the GNOME Office which also Includes Gnumeric, a spreadsheet application very similar to Microsoft Excel only FREE and GNOME-DB, software that provides database connectivity for Unix systems , also FREE.

August 17, 2006

Create Faces


Freaky Flash site called Ultimate Flash Face, it just like the program cops use to create faces of criminals.

Old websites?

Wish you could be like the guy from that lame movie and go back in time and check out how Yahoo was like in 1996 or even check out the sites that went extinct like the Dodo bird, check out Internet Archive Wayback Machine!

Check out Yahoo in 1996

Helicopter & Bowman Games!!!

Check out this addicting helicopter game. Click here




If helicopters are not your thing and prefer to shoot at something, try Bowman here.

August 12, 2006

Spyware, Viruses... tips for your computer.


Spyware and viruses, yeah I know they can all go to hell, but we got to admit they are all over the net ready to jump aboard your computer the moment you let your guard down.
First of all, straight off the bat I would recommend to get rid to your Internet Explorer browser and switch to Firefox. Firefox is much safer and is updated more frequently than Internet Explorer, it has won numerous awards for safety.
Also if your using windows from microsoft, make sure your computer is up to date (http//:windowsupdate.microsoft.com). Alot of us run our computer without the most recent patches that are available, and trust me, there are a alot of them.

To make sure your computer is running safe, make sure you have on your computer the three basic programs every computer should have, since I like stuff that say "FREE", and most likely you too. I will list items that are rated very highly in the antispyware game and are free:

  1. Make sure you have a very good anti-virus program running at all times and is up to date. AVG, Avast, and AntiVir are very good programs and free. (you should have only one antivirus program running on your computer, more than one and it will cause problems).
  2. Second, make sure you have a very anti-spyware program, Lavasoft's Ad-aware is very popular and good, but there are other ones like Ewido (very good) and Spybot Search & Destroy (Good)- (with anti-spyware, you can run more that one anti-spyware program-It will actually help out if one program misses a certain malware). You can also check out Microsofts own anti spyware program that will come standard in the upcoming Windows Vista, Windows Defender.
  3. Last but not least, make sure you have a firewall running, alot of us neglect this step which is very important. Zonelab's ZoneAlarm is very good, my personal choice - it has alot of options like blocking which programs gain access to the internet. Windows has it own firewall, but it is no good. It has very basic protection. I would strongly recommend switching over to something like ZoneAlarm.
Remember all of the above programs are free but above all, they are very good-all of the mentioned programs have received numerous awards but if you got alot of $$$ and don't want to heed to the FREE programs above, be very careful and research the spyware and antivirus programs that you are thinking of installing on your computer. Do not make the same mistake I made with Spyaxe, instead of fixing my problems it made it worst, check out the list of a few of the rogue spyware programs here.
A good site to start your research is Wikipedia, certainly not the best but alot of useful information on the programs mentioned in this post.
  • by the way if you do feel like burning a few bucks, why not do it supporting this blog by contributing here. :)
Keep it safe people,
Dario

All links of the free programs will be in my links section shortly @
belazex1.googlepages.com

August 11, 2006

Technical Virgin?????

Melanie Martinez, former host of a kids show on PBS describes why she chose her alternative to traditional intercourse. I said former because she got fired for the exact video you are watching.
Check out the 411 of what happened here

Mike Tyson highlight

Mike Tyson, highlight of some of his fights with Tupac in the background, check it out.

39 track album- FREE


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List of all 39 traks:

1 730 intro

2 ill bill – hiphopgame freestyle

3 mop – gangsta boogie

4 poison pen – hiphopgame freestyle

5 pharoahe monch – let’s go (prod. by black milk)

6 inspectah deck – get low

7 jojo pellegrino – off track

8 ill bill – hiphopgame freestyle (prod. by sketchman)

9 saigon – don’t do that (prod. by just blaze)

10 nas – where y’all at

11 masta killa feat. inspectah deck and gza – street corner

12 az – the format (prod. by dj premier)

13 termanology – watch how it goes down (prod. by dj premier)

14 royce da 5’9” – ding dong (prod. by dj premier)

15 j-hood – never be (prod. by dj premier)

16 agallah – ny rider music (prod. by dj premier)

17 born unique – hiphopgame freestyle (prod. by hurrikane)

18 la coka nostra feat. b-real – fuck tony montana

19 ill bill and big noyd – street villains (prod. by sketchman)

20 ill bill – anatomy of a school shooting (throwback)

21 killah priest – through millenniums (prod. by mental instruments)

22 guru – major game (prod. by domingo)

23 poison pen and akir – hiphopgame freestyle

24 ras kass – king of the west

25 ma barker – auto-bio

26 masta killa feat. u-god, rza and cappadonna – iron god chamber

27 evidence feat. alchemist – hot or cold (prod. by the alchemist)

28 un – this dude said

29 redman – let’s go

30 mental sharp – smash and grab

31 cory gunz and rain – freestyle

32 la coka nostra - exclusive

33 swigga – ready to live (prod. by scram jones)

34 tom gist – hiphopgame freestyle (prod. by lokken load)

35 ac – hiphopgame freestyle (prod. by lokken load)

36 d.o.e. – gotta go (prod. by lokken load)

37 state store – freestyle

38 s.u.p.r.e.m.e. – hiphopgame freestyle (prod. by simon vegas)

39 ill bill outro


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August 08, 2006

Gas prices :( Free Gas :)


Gas prices these days are sky high, it hurts you especially if you are driving a gas guzzler.
Prices at the pump don't get better when things go wrong in a oil refinery in Alaska. But to help a little, especially if you drive a 1000 miles a month and don't mind your car looking like a NASCAR just without all the horsepower check freegashelp.com, I saw it in the local news and said "wow, free gas", my bubble burst when I saw the 1000 miles a month. Check it out!

Local news Story.

Free gas website

August 07, 2006

Simple, Addicting, Great, what else do I need.


Check out this very simple yet addicting game of pong, here.

August 02, 2006

Catalina trip pictures are posted!!!


Check them out out here.

 

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