April 7, 2011
Free HTML editor (nVu)
Download here
http://net2.com/nvu/download.html
Free Antivirus Rescue CD
http://download.bitdefender.com/rescue_cd/bitdefender-rescue-cd.iso
April 6, 2011
Free Virtual Machine Software
A virtual machine software can let you run several independent operating systems on your computer, each in its own environment.
This is useful when you want to test an antivirus program, for instance, and you don’t want to risk damaging your main operating system.
Below are two free virtual machine software that you can install on your computer.
Virtual PC (by Microsoft)
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtual-pc/
Virtual Box (by Oracle)
http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads
How To Search Using Windows XP
How To See If The Printer Is Offline
To download the file, click to the link below, then right click on the “Media Player” picture.
The South African National Anthem (mp3 download)
March 21, 2011
Many times, people are using free tools in order to save money. While some free tools are very good for what have been designed, some of them lack some features that can make a huge difference in productivity, in security or in data storage/recovery.
For instance, zip is a very popular archive, so people use a free program like 7-zip to decompress a zip file. While it’s nothing wrong with that, the same people also use it to create zip archives in order to backup information from their computer.
Zip archives are not protected against corruption. If, for any reason, a zip archives get corrupted, some information from it (in the best case) or all the information from it (in the worst case) become unusable.
For storing files inside an archive, it’s best to use the rar format, with the recovery record. It can recover ALL the files from a corrupted archive. The problem is that rar is a proprietary format and, although 7-Zip can open rar files, it can’t create them.
A lot of people are using GIMP, instead of PhotoShop. Although GIMP is free and Photoshop is several hundred dollars, Photoshop can automate a lot of tasks, by using scripts. Nowadays, there are action scripts on the market that can create a beautiful eBook cover in minutes. Do they work with GIMP? No. They work only with Photoshop. Can you do the same things in GIMP? Maybe, but if the automated script takes minutes to run, imagine how long it will take you to create every time something from scratch.
Some free programs lack one feature that will make a huge difference in the easy of use.
Examples:
- DVD Maker that comes with Windows can’t save the movie as an (ISO) file.
- Wink (a very nice screen capturing program) can’t save as AVI.
If you had the chance to see how easy is to work with certain programs, it will be hard to go back.
For instance, if you used Total Commander for FTP transfers, where it’s enough to press one key to start the transfer, it will be hard to go back to the free FileZilla.
Or, if you used Microsoft Office for a long time, you’ll feel frustrated when your macros will not work in Open Office or when your doc files will not look the same.
Free or paid – each program has his features and his flaws. The important thing is to see what’s available on the market and to use the programs that will make you love working with them, the ones that will accomplish your goals in the fastest and most reliable way.
Some people are both fascinated and intimidated by AJAX. Knowing AJAX looks good on a resume, impresses your friends and makes you look special if you know such new technology.
But, the simple fact is that AJAX is not a new technology, but basically a short name for a recipe.
The purpose of the recipe called AJAX is to reload only the parts of the webpage that actually change.
Let’s examine a real life example. Imagine you are going to a bookstore, and a new book is released on the market.
The non-AJAX version : the bookstore is teared down, then build it again, with everything it had in it, plus the new book.
The AJAX version : the new book is simply added on one shelve, and nothing more is changed.
If you look closely, you’ll see that everything around you is made in the AJAX way:
- when you switch the TV channel, you don’t rebuild the TV
- when you shave, you are not born again and grow up again up to the moment you begin shaving
- when you change a bulb, you do not rebuild the house
Reloading only what changes is accomplished using the AJAX recipe:
- the browser asks a proxy (called XMLHttpRequest object) if something changed on the server
- the proxy asks the server is something changed
- the server gives the answer to the proxy
- the proxy gives the answer back to the browser
- the browser updates only what was changed
The above procedure is called the “AJAX way”, or, simply “AJAX”.
Knowing AJAX simply means to know how to communicate with the HTTP Request object. If you know how to do that (and it’s not very difficult) you’ve learned the AJAX core.
The old method (without AJAX) was:
- the browser asked directly the server if something changed
- the server sent back to the browser the entire page, instead of just sending what was changed.
Like any recipe, there are some ingredients:
- mandatory ingredients:
- JavaScript (or JScript) for creating the XMLHttpRequest object and communicating with the browser
- optionall ingredients:
- CSS (to make pages look nicer)
- XML (to standardize the answer from the server)
There are some funny fact you should know about AJAX : AJAX stands for “Asynchronous JavaScript and XML”, yet, according to Wikipedia, “despite the name, the use of XML is not needed, and the requests need not be asynchronous.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajax_%28programming%29
“Ajax uses a combination of HTML and CSS to mark up and style information.”, yet the CSS is not mandatory.
Offering someone an free eBook for download is an opportunity for him to get to know you. Because the first impression is vital, asking for something in exchange for “free” might not be the best idea.
Everybody knows that the real reason someone is giving an eBook for free is the hope that the one who download the eBook will eventually become a customer. But is one thing to force him to become your customer, and another to make him an irresistible offer, which he is free to decline.
Many people promise “instant download”, which actually means “instant download after you sign-up and confirm your eMail address”. That confirming process is not instant at all, and some persons are not able to go through the entire procedure.
If you promise your reader “free instant download” and what he gets is a delayed download, in exchange for his eMail address, you already lied to him twice in the first 1 minute since he met you. Yes, maybe he’ll sign-up to get your eBook or he’ll even stay on your list. But there is an easier way to gain his trust.
You could actually offer him a free eBook for instant download, with no string attached. You can simply give him the eBook, without asking him to sign-up. On the download page, you’ll offer him the possibility to sign-up, in order to get more. But he must get instantly and free what you promised you’ll give him instantly and free.
Does this work in real life? I let you be the judge. This particular page has a rate of sign-up of about 10%. It’s free will sign-up, not forced sign-up.
http://lunlunid.com/lunlunid/2011011922185971/
10% means that 1 out of 10 persons who visit it and download the free eBook want more, and decide to join my free membership site. But all who visit this page can get at least the free eBook as promised.
When you like a girl, you first ask her out. She has the right to refuse, but there is a possibility that she’ll accept. Forcing a sign-up to let the visitor download your eBook is like telling the girl “I’ll buy you a coffee, but first we must go to your place.”
After reading this you might or might not force the visitor to subscribe in order to get your free eBook. I simply wanted to let you know that, if your offer is presented correctly and honestly to your reader, he might subscribe willingly. A visitor who wants to subscribe is one who has begun to like what you offer – that’s the first step in building a strong relationship with him.
Here’ the page again – a real life page, with a 10% rate of subscription.
http://lunlunid.com/lunlunid/2011011922185971/
March 20, 2011
According to Wikipedia, “Steganography is the art and science of writing hidden messages in such a way that no one, apart from the sender and intended recipient, suspects the existence of the message”.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steganography
When a eBook is successful, some people buy it, then share it for free on their sites. When the author finds out that his book was shared illegally, he can send a DCMA notice to the sites, in the hope that the owner of the site will take down the eBook.
Let’s say for a moment that the author removes all illegal copies from the Internet. Some other buyer can do the same, so this could turn into a never ending story. Usually, the author doesn’t know who is the person who shares his copy, and worse, he has no idea that he can find out the eMail of that person.
How can the author track who’s sharing a copy? By embedding the buyer’s eMail inside the eBook. The author can get the buyer’s eMail in the moment of buying, by forcing the buyer to use his PayPal address when he subscribers to the author’s list. When the buyer download his copy, that copy will be automatically stamped with its eMail address.
However, the dishonest buyer will see his eMail address inside the PDF, and will take additional measures to remove his eMail address from the document before sharing. But what if the buyer can’t see his eMail into the PDF? Will he suspect anything? Most certainly he will not, and he will share his copy with confidence that he can’t be tracked.
There are a lot of place where a special designed script can hide information inside of a PDF, in such a way that only the script can decrypt the hidden information. For everybody else, the PDF looks and behaves like a normal one.
Would you like to use this to protect your eBooks? Please contact me to discuss the details.
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