How to open ports ( utorrent or any p2p programm )

1. Firstly, you have to understand that the download speed depends on the seeders and peers connections
2. In order to see if the port you require is already opened, you go to: Options > Speed Guide > Test if the port is forwarded properly
3. In case it's not working, you can also try this : Options > Preferences> Connection >"Enable UPnP Port Mapping".
4. Test again if it works ( repeat step 2.)
5. In case it's still not working, you should revise your router settings, or any device that blocks your ports

Utility to make an USB Drive bootable

If you are an fairly advanced computer user, at times you may need to boot from devices other then the default hard-disk, mainly to troubleshoot virus infections and other critical operating-system related issues, I had shared tips on how to make bootable cd for performing advance system tasks on windows. Today I will share few utilities enabling you to create bootable USB pen drives with ease, you need to have Motherboard/BIOS with USB boot support for this to work.

MakeBootable is an free and simple-to-use utility to make your Pen Drive act as a boot-up disk without erasing any data on the device. It consists of a single executable file and requires no installation, However the utility will only work on USB device's using Phison’s chip solution and FAT file-system only (you can re-format your drives to FAT easily).

If the above utility fails to recognize your USB drive you can download and use the HP USB Format Utility and HP USB Boot utility, They work with other brands of flash drives as well, The best software for creating bootable flash drives with the most extensive support of drives and advance options would be "FlashBoot" from PrimeExpert but its not free and costs around $31, you can download and try the demo version.

There are quite a few other manual methods to make usb devices bootable as discussed here, once you succeed in making your USB drive bootable using any of the method discussed above, You need to change the boot-up setting in the system BIOS as described below to boot using your portable device:

1. With your device inserted, restart the machine.
2. Enter the BIOS setup menu to change the boot device setting.
3. If the boot-up files are created in the USB drive, select USB-HDD or USB-ZIP (preferred). If the boot-up files are created in the floppy drive of your device, select USB-FDD (for Pen Drive that supports security mode).

4. Save and exit the BIOS setup. You should be able to boot up with you USB device.

ipod secret menu

This will not work on all the models, expecially on the ipod touch or on the iphone

What you have to do is reset your ipod ( by holding home + ok button down for 5 seconds) and when the reboot screen appears, you have to press ( and keep pressed ) the home button and the rewind button, until the secret menu appears

Here you will be able to test the functionality of your buttons, hold button and so on.

Its not much, but it will scare the hell out of your friend when u do this to his ipod

cheers

Google adsense good or bad ?

As many of you know, google became the greatest marketing tool in the internet. Why ? Because it offeres each and every one of us the opportunity to start an online business. Its that simple. Just start a website with good content and in time, your ads will pay back. The ads google generate are based on the content of your website, for instance if your website is about fishing, the ads will show offers on fishing trips or bait tips

The flaw in this system is that the ads sometimes go crazy ( really crazy ) and display ads that sometimes make you laugh very hard.

For instance :

The website was about programing in c++ and I got and ad in german about "killing", and also written in bad german.

That's marketing !

How to add/modify background in your blog

Now this is maybe one of the easy stuff. Just follow the following steps:

1. You can upload the background file to free host site like http://photobucket.com/ or http://imageshack.us
2. Log in to Blogger
3. Go to Template then Edit HTML
4. Locate the ‘body’ CSS.
5. After the open parenthesis {, click enter to open a new line
6. add the background code like the line below in bold:

body {
background: url(”http:xxx.jpg”) repeat;
margin:0;
text-align:center;
line-height: 1.5em;
font: x-small Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Sans-serif;
color:$mainTextColor; font-size/* */:/**/small; font-size: /**/small;
}

7. Save the template and view your blog.

The ‘repeat’ function tells blogger to repeat the background patten horizontally and vertically.

To repeat only horizontally, put ‘repeat-x’ or ‘repeat-y’ for only vertically.

Google taps YouTube videos for ads

Here is a how to, on setting up Google AdSense Video Units via YouTube.


Step 1: Go to your AdSense Set Up Page and click on the YouTube (Video Units)


Step 2: Agree to legal disclaimer (first time only)


Step 3: Confirm your AdSense account with YouTube (first time only)

YouTube after you agree to the disclaimer. This is where you plugin your AdSense account information, so YouTube and AdSense can communicate.


Step 4: When that is done, it should tell you they have associated your account with YouTube.


Step 5: Then you set up your first player. You define the player name and description, the layout and the colors also.


Step 6: Define the content matching options. You can let Google figure out your content and provide relevant video ads, or you can help with hints or by specifying the content you want on your site.


Step 7:Then you just click the generate ad code

Paste the code into your page, like I did here below and you should see an add related to search stuff. The next time you go to your Google AdSense set up page and click on video units, you will be taken to a page that shows you your old units and gives you the ability to create new ones or remove old ones.


That pretty much is the detailed walk through of how to set up Google AdSense Video Units.

What are PHP and MySQL?

PHP was at first created as a simple scripting platform called "Personal Home Page". Nowadays PHP (the short for Hypertext Preprocessor) is an alternative of Microsoft's Active Server Pages (ASP) technology.

PHP is an open source server-side language which is used for creating dynamic web pages. It can be embedded into HTML. PHP is usually used in conjunction with a MySQL database on Linux/UNIX web servers. It is probably the most popular scripting language.

PHP is a widely-used general-purpose scripting language and interpreter that is freely available. A full explanation of all the PHP tags, complete user manual and lots of tutorials can be found on the PHP's official page.



MySQL is a freely available open source Relational Database Management System (RDBMS) that uses Structured Query Language (SQL).

SQL is the most popular language for adding, accessing and managing content in a database. It is most noted for its quick processing, proven reliability, ease and flexibility of use. MySQL is an essential part of almost every open source PHP application. Good examples for PHP/MySQL-based scripts are phpBB, osCommerce, and Joomla.