Wednesday, September 7, 2011

How to Access Google Accounts with Multiple Sign-in Feature

If you have multiple accounts in Google, you might want to access all of them at the same time. You can easily do this with Google’s Multiple Sign-in feature. With this, you can quickly access all your Google accounts without using multiple browsers or special addons.

As Google is considered the biggest search engine nowadays, its services permeate most of our online lives. For instance, one may have a personal Gmail account, a specialized one for business purposes, and another one to be used for public forums and comments. Before, you can access all your Google accounts by using multiple browsers or through special extensions in order to sign in to multiple accounts at the same time. But Google has introduced a feature that enables you to link all of your accounts so that you can access them easily in the same browser.

When you access any Google service like Gmail, you will see your Gmail address on the top right corner.  In order to add multiple accounts, you need to edit your Google account.











Go to google.com/accounts and sign in with your main Google account. Just make sure that you use your primary account, as this will stay as the main one when you access Google services.














Click Edit beside Multiple sign-in under the Personal Settings section.














Select the “On – Use Multiple Google Accounts in the same browser.” Then, check each box to show you understand the limitations and features of Multiple Sign-in. When you’re done, click Save.














After that, you will see a confirmation on top of the page.  Click the Back link to go back to your Accounts settings page.





Click the down arrow beside your gmail address and you’ll see the Switch account. Click it.















Now, you’ll see the “Sign in to another account…” Click it to add another account.














Sign in with the other Google account that you wish to add in the login box.













After signing in with your second account, you now have the option to switch either of the two. When you click the down arrow beside your email address and click Switch account, you will see the two accounts.














Your first and main account will be listed as default. To switch to another account, simply click the email address that you want to go to.















To add another Google account, just click the Sign in to another account link again.

On the other hand, if you want to remove extra account/s that you have just added, turn off the Multiple sign-in feature. You can do that by logging in to your Google Accounts page as before and click Edit beside Multiple sign-in.









Click “Off – Use one Google Account at a time.” and click Save.











After saving the changes, you will only have access to your main Google account. Also take note that this will fully remove the data about your second account from the first account. However, if you want to add another account again, repeat the steps mentioned above.

Tuesday, September 6, 2011

How to Share Files and Printers between Windows 7 and XP

If you have a home network with PCs having Windows 7 operating system and XP on the other, you might want to share files between them. Today, we will look at the steps on how to share files and some hardware devices like a printer between these two operating systems. For this tutorial, I am using machines with Windows 7 Starter and XP Professional SP3 which are connected through an Edimax wireless broadband router.

First, see to it that both machines are members of the same Workgroup which by default is named Workgroup.


















On Windows 7 machine, go to Control Panel \ Network and Internet \ Network and Sharing Center. Then, click Change advanced sharing settings located on the upper left of the screen.
















Verify the following settings below under Advanced Sharing Settings for the Home or Work and Public profile.















If you want any user to have access to your public shares, turn off password protection located on the bottom of the list of Advanced Sharing Settings.
 






To keep it enabled, make sure that there is a log in account and passwords for the other XP machines.
  










If you go into Network in Windows 7, you can now see the XP machine as well as the Windows 7 which is in this case, the Mysticgeek-PC.
  
  













                                                                                  
If you want to share the printer on the Windows 7 machine, go into Start menu and click Devices and Printers. Then, double click the printer icon.
 
















Double click “Customize your printer”.
   

















Now, you’ll see the Properties screen. Click the Sharing Tab and check the box to share the printer and type its share name.
 

















Meanwhile, if your XP machine is an x86 OS, you can install Additional Drivers before setting up the XP machine.
  

















In order to find the shared folders and devices, double click the Windows 7 machine icon under Network. You can see that the printer connected to Windows 7 machine is shared and also the Users Folder.
 















On your XP machine, open up My Network Places and you’ll find the Windows 7 (mysticgeek-pc) shared folder.

 
















Double click on the Share folder in order to find a list of shared folders in the Public folder on Windows 7. If you have enabled password protection, you need to type the username and password of the user account of the Windows 7 machine first.
 

















To set up the shared printer in XP machine, go to Start menu and click Printers and Faxes. Kick off the Add Printer Wizard.

 













Select “A network printer, or a printer attached to another computer” and click Next.















Next, select “Connect to this printer…” and type in the path for the printer connected to the Windows 7 machine. Then, click next. 















Click Yes to confirm.





Finally, click Finish to install and complete the Wizard.















Also take note that there are some instances that you will need to install the x86 XP drivers for the shared printer because Windows 7 drivers might not be compatible with XP. When everything is installed, open up Printers and Faxes in order to find the shared printer.



 













The above-mentioned steps can help you get started with sharing your files and other devices between Windows 7 and XP machine.  A couple of restarts on your XP machine might also be required for you to see the shared resources on Windows 7.

Friday, August 26, 2011

Bayani: Isang Imbestigasyon sa Pagkatao at Pakikibaka ni Dr. Jose Rizal

Bayani: Isang Imbestigasyon sa Pagkatao at Pakikibaka ni Dr. Jose Rizal” is a TV5 Documentary Special which was broadcast last June 19, 2011, 10pm on TV5. Hosted by 2009 CNN Hero of the Year Efren Peñaflorida, Jr. and three-time Palanca awardee Lourd de Veyra, this will take the viewers to all accounts, written and non-written, from the birth of Jose Rizal up to this day which he is revered by the world for the values, works and ideals that he has managed to pass on from one generation to another.

Videos courtesy of kabayantv.info.

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Part 5

Piging Para Kay Pepe: Ika 150 Kaarawan ni Jose Rizal

Piging Para Kay Pepe: Ika 150 Kaarawan ni Jose Rizal” was aired last June 19, 2011 on GMA-7 Sunday Night Box Office (SNBO). Hosted by Cesar Montano, this is a food documentary about our beloved national hero Dr. Jose Rizal in celebration of his 150th birthday. This is also a great way to know him by finding out what’s in his dinner plate. Was Jose Rizal’s palate any different from ours? Find out with this TV special.

Videos courtesy of kabayantv.info.

Part 1
 

Part 2
 

Part 3
 

Part 4

Part 5

Part 6                                         

Michael Crichton: Father of the Techno-Thriller

John Michael Crichton (October 23, 1942 – November 4, 2008), best known as Michael Crichton, was an American author, producer, director, and screenwriter. He is best known for his novels which often have combined aspects of science, technology, and suspense. With this, he has been called “the father of the techno-thriller." Many of his books have been adapted into movies and he is also the creator of the television series, ER.

Michael Crichton was born in Chicago, Illinois to John Henderson Crichton, a journalist, and Zula Miller Crichton. He was raised on Long Island in New York. At a young age, he already showed a keen interest in writing and by the time he is 14, he had a column related to travel published in The New York Times. In 1960, he entered Harvard College to study literature. During his initial undergraduate years, he experimented to catch out a professor whom he believed was giving him abnormally low marks and criticizing his writing style. With the knowledge of another professor about his suspicions, Crichton plagiarized a work by George Orwell and submitted it as his own. The paper was returned by his unwitting professor and got a mark of "B−". This issue led him to switch his course to biological anthropology. He then obtained his A.B. summa cum laude in 1964. Later, he enrolled at Harvard Medical School and graduated in 1969. Then, he undertook a post-doctoral fellowship study at the Jonas Salk Institute for Biological Studies in La Jolla, California.

Crichton’s first published book under his own name is The Andromeda Strain. It is a novel about a disastrous virus brought to Earth from outer space. This brought fame to Crichton and became the first of his many works that were brought to the movie screen. Soon, he began a full-time writing career. Many of his novels have medical or scientific foundations which reflect his medical training and science background. Among others, he was the author of Jurassic Park, Congo, Travels, Sphere, Rising Sun, Disclosure, The Lost World, Airframe, Timeline, Prey, State of Fear, Next, Pirate Latitudes, and Micro, a final unfinished techno-thriller to be published on November 2011.

In early 2008, Crichton was diagnosed with lymphoma and undergone a chemotherapy. He died of the disease on November 4, 2008 at the age of 66. With his works, Forbes listed him in tenth place in its list of "Top-Earning Dead Celebrities" of 2009.

Click on the link below to download some of Michael Crichton ebooks.
Download Michael Crichton ebooks
                                                                                                                                                                   

Thursday, August 25, 2011

CLP: Destination Davao

Cheche Lazaro Presents: Destination Davao was aired last October 25, 2009 on ABS-CBN Channel 2. The CLP team discovers Davao City’s many delights and features its sumptuous bounty of fruits and seafoods. It also shows Cheche Lazaro relaxing at the Pearl Farm and meets a number of indigenous peoples that have made Davao their home such as the Bagobos, T'bolis and the Mandayas. With its nature’s bounties and rich culture, the viewers will realize that there is simply so much of life to live in Davao.

Videos courtesy of Probe Productions, Inc.

Part 1
 
                                                                                                                                                                     
Part 2
 
                                                                                                                                                                     
Part 3
 

Part 4
                                                                                                                                                                       

Sunday, August 21, 2011

July 2011 NLE Results

The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) officially released the results of July 2011 Nurse Licensure Examination (NLE) yesterday, August 20, 2011. Out of 78,135 examinees, only 37,513 or 48% passed the NLE given by the Board of Nursing. The exam was held in major cities and provinces of the country, namely Manila, Baguio, Cagayan de Oro, Dagupan, Davao, Iloilo, La Union, Legazpi, Lucena, Pagadian, Pampanga, Tacloban, Tuguegarao, and Zamboanga last July 2 and 3, 2011.

The dates and venues of all oathtaking for this new batch of nurses will be announced later by the PRC. Just take note that registration for new nurses will require the following: duly accomplished Oath Form or Panunumpa ng Propesyonal, current Community Tax Certificate (cedula), 2 pieces passport size picture (colored with white background and complete name tag), 1 piece 1” x 1” picture (colored with white background and complete name tag), 2 sets of metered documentary stamps and 1 short brown envelope with name and profession; and to pay the Initial Registration Fee of P600 and Annual Registration Fee of P450 for 2011-2014. Also, successful examinees should personally register and sign in the Roster of Registered Professionals.
List of July 2011 NLE Passers
                                                                                                                                                                     

Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Joke Time with Teban and Goliat

Enjoy these funny jokes of comedy duo from Cebu City: Teban and Goliat.                                                                                                                                                                  
Part 1
    
                                                                                                                                                                           
Part 2
 
                                                                                     
Part 3
                                                                                       
Part 4
                                                                                                 
Part 5
 
                                                                                                  

Monday, August 15, 2011

The Versatile VLC Media Player

Nowadays, many people are downloading their favorite vids and music on the net. However, some media players cannot play a number of media formats. Thus, there is a need for a very versatile media player that can play almost all kinds of files. One of the powerful media players available is the Video Lan Client Media Player, commonly known as the VLC Media Player.

VLC Media Player is a multi-purpose media player application. It can play various audio formats like MP3, WAV, WMA, and OGG as well as a wide range of video formats such as MPEG, AVI, FLV and WMV. With these, it seems like different media players have been merged together and no separate codecs are needed to play your favorite videos or music. Whether you have Windows, MAC, or Linux, you do not have to worry because it can run on all operating systems. Just expect that it is a simple application but very functional. Most of all, it is free and open-source, granting everybody to use it. Although it is free, it is at par with the most prominent media players available out there and it does not have annoying advertisements or any other commercialization schemes built in it.

So, if you need an exceptional media player without costing you a single penny, VLC Media Player is the one you’re looking for. Click on the link below to download VLC Media Player version 1.1.11.
Download VLC Media Player 

Sunday, August 14, 2011

Easy Partitioning with EASEUS Partition Master Home Edition

When it comes to partitioning a hard drive, one of the best freeware programs available is the EASEUS Partition Master Home Edition. It is an all-in-one partition solution and disk management freeware. Either you want to extend partition or settle low disk space problem, this one can do such tasks. You can also perform advanced partition operations without data loss with this program.

It has three main features: Partition Manager, Partition Recovery Wizard and Disk & Partition Copy that can solve all partition problems. One of its best features is that it allows you to drag and drop on the disk map to simplify your job. There is a row of task icons that sits on the toolbar, along with a Windows XP-style left nav and central pane that shows your hard drives and information about them. To partition a disk, just click on one of the drives and you have the option to use either the toolbar or the context menu to run the Resize feature. Hit the Resize/Move partition to bring up the slider for adjusting the drive volume sizes or you can also use the text fields to set a partition size precisely. Hit OK in order to run the resizing, and then run the Create feature to format and label the partition in the newly-created empty space. While running, the program will keep you informed of the progress of the overall task.

Meanwhile, there are also a number of other useful features of Easeus Partition Master Home Edition. These include partition copying, a boot disk creator, a Properties option that will tell you everything from the physical geometry of the drive to the serial number, drive letter swapping, and password protection. Overall, you can't go wrong with this tool. , It's abilities makes it easy and fast to perform changes to your drive the way you want it.

Click on the link below to download EASEUS Partition Master Home Edition 9.2.2 for Windows XP / 2003 / Vista / Windows 7 / Vista 64 / Windows 7 64.
Download EASEUS Partition Master 8.0.1 Home Edition

Friday, August 12, 2011

John Grisham: Master of the Legal Thriller

John Grisham is an American author which is almost synonymous with the modern legal thriller. He was born John Ray Grisham, Jr. on February 8, 1955 in Jonesboro, Arkansas, to a construction worker and a homemaker. As a child, he wanted to become a professional baseball player but after realizing he didn’t have the right stuff for a pro career, he shifted interest and majored in accounting at Mississippi State University. In 1981, he graduated from the University of Mississippi School of Law and went on to practice criminal law for about a decade. From 1994 to 1990, he served at the House of Representatives in Mississippi.

It was at the DeSoto County courthouse when Grisham was inspired to write his first novel after hearing the harrowing testimony of a twelve-year-old rape victim and contemplating the idea of what would have happened if the girl’s father had murdered her assailants. He squeezed in time before going to the office and during courtroom recesses to work on this novel. After three years, A Time to Kill was finished and was eventually bought by Wynwood Press, who gave it a modest 5,000 copy printing and published it in June 1988.

He began to work on another novel about a hotshot young attorney lured to an apparently perfect law firm that was not what it appeared. The title of the next novel is The Firm, which he sold the film rights to Paramount Pictures for $600,000 and suddenly made him a hot property among publishers. It stayed 47 weeks on The New York Times bestseller list and considered the bestselling novel of 1991.

Since A Time to Kill was first published in 1988, Grisham has written one novel a year. His other books are The Firm, The Pelican Brief, The Client, The Chamber, The Rainmaker, The Runaway Jury, The Partner, The Street Lawyer, The Testament, The Brethren, A Painted House, Skipping Christmas, The Summons, The King of Torts, Bleachers, The Last Juror, The Broker, Playing for Pizza, The Appeal, and The Associate. All of these have become international bestsellers.  Nine of his novels have been adapted into films (The Firm, The Pelican Brief, The Client, A Time to Kill, The Rainmaker, The Chamber, A Painted House, The Runaway Jury, and Skipping Christmas).

Today, Grisham lives with his wife Renee and their two children, Ty and Shea. They split their time between their Victorian home on a farm in Mississippi and a plantation near Charlottesville, VA.

To download some ebooks of John Grisham, click on the link below.
Download John Grisham ebooks
 

Friday, July 29, 2011

Gateway ML3109 Notebook Drivers for Windows XP

If you happen to buy a Gateway ML3109 Notebook some years ago, you might realize that too bad it is packed with Windows Vista Home Basic Edition with just 512MB RAM.  Such OS eats a lot of RAM, making the system very slow and groggy. You have the option though to upgrade its memory up to 2GB. Windows Vista typically requires 1GB RAM for an average performance.




Take a look at the specs of Gateway ML3109 Notebook.

Feature
Description
Processor
Intel® Celeron® M Processor 520
1 MB L2 Cache | 1.60 GHz | 533 MHz FSB
Screen
14.1-inch Widescreen Ultrabright™ TFT
Chipset
ATI RC415MD
Memory
512 MB DDR2 memory 667 MHz (1 x 512) 
Operating at 533 MHz
 
Expandable to 2 GB
Total slots: 2 DDR2 slots | Available slots: 1 DDR2 slot
Video
ATI Radeon® Xpress 200M graphics
Up to 64 MB of HyperMemory™
Audio
High definition 2-channel audio
Hard drive
80-GB PATA hard drive (5400 RPM)
Optical drive
24x CDRW/DVD Optical
Write maximum: 24x CD-R/CDRW
Read maximum:
 24x CD-ROM, 8x DVD-ROM
Media reader
4-in-1 Digital Media Manager
        - Memory Stick®
        - Memory Stick Pro®
        - Multimedia Card™
- Secure Digital™
Modem
56K ITU V.92 ready fax/modem
Network
10/100 Mbps built-in Ethernet
Integrated 802.11g wireless LAN
Interfaces
 3 - USB 2.0 ports
 1 - VGA external connector
 1 - RJ11
 1 - RJ45
 1 - Microphone In
 1 - Headphone/Audio Out
Pointing device
Touchpad with vertical scroll zone
Expansion slot
Expresscard™ Type 54
Battery
6-cell Lithium-ion
Dimensions
Inches: 1.41 (H) × 13 (W) × 9.45 (D) 
Millimeters: 35.81 (H) × 330 (W) × 240 (D)
Weight
5.20 pounds

Meanwhile, another option to improve its performance without spending another dime for memory upgrade is to downgrade its OS to Windows XP. This is the common solution for those who own such notebook. However, many are disappointed when they came up empty on finding the drivers for this device that is compatible with Windows XP. Well, here it is.

Click on the link below to download the Gateway ML3109 Notebook drivers for Windows XP. Just make sure to follow the instructions provided as you extract each of the files.

Download Gateway ML3109 Notebook Drivers for Windows XP

Thursday, July 28, 2011

PGT 3: Bringas Brothers

Last July 9, 2011, ABS-CBN’s Pilipinas Got Talent Season 3 featured the Bringas brothers (Jefferson and Kurt Bringas), as they performed Peter Cetera hit "After All' and were successfully accepted during the Mindanao audition. These two brothers are acoustic musicians from Bansalan, Davao Del Sur, Philippines. But along with their great talent, lies a moving story that would touch everyone’s heart. Kurt Bringas got a stage-four bone cancer and his left leg was amputated when he was 19. According to the doctors then, the cancer had already spread in his major organs and told him that he had only one month to live. He is now 25 and considers the incident as a miracle. As Kris Aquino stated, these guys will definitely become stars.

Video courtesy of coolbuster.net.


Here are more of their videos that I got from Youtube as they performed a few songs on a local radio station.

If Tomorrow Never Comes

I Believe

God Bless the Broken Road

Waiting in Vain

Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Bob Ong: Astig Pinoy Author

Bob Ong is known for his writings with an element of comedy in them. His readers can easily relate to his works as it replicates Filipino culture and traditions. His writing style is conversational in nature which creates humorous and reflective depictions of life as a typical Filipino. His published books include ABNKKBSNPLAko?!, Bakit Baliktad Magbasa ng Libro ang mga Pilipino?, Ang Paboritong Libro ni Hudas, Alamat ng Gubat, Stainless Longganisa, Macarthur, Kapitan Sino, and Ang mga Kaibigan ni Mama Susan. So far, six of the books he had published have surpassed a quarter of a million copies.

But for those who may not know, Bob Ong is just a pseudonym. It came about when he put up the Bobong Pinoy website years ago while working as a teacher and web developer at the same time. The name just evolved out of playing of words that was the BobOng Pinoy website. Then, someone contacted him after being mistaken as the actual person named Bob Ong. From then on, his famous pseudonym was born. Until now, the real person behind the Bob Ong pseudonym is still not known to many but they still buy his books. This may mean that his identity is not that important, it is his writing that matters.

Here are some of Bob Ong ebooks. Just click on the link below to download.
Download Bob Ong ebooks

Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Isang Kakaibang Kwento ng Pag-ibig

Last February 13, 2011 at 10:30 pm, ABS-CBN Channel 2 aired “Cheche Lazaro Presents: Isang Kakaibang Kwento ng Pag-ibig.” This is a very inspiring story that explores and shows the sacrificial love of a wealthy couple to the despised people of a remote place in Mindoro. 

The Irayas, one of the seven tribes of the peace-loving Mangyans in Mindoro, have been treated as second class citizens just like any other indigenous people. They are often exploited, neglected, discriminated, and denied of basic services for decades. Basically, they are uneducated and uncivilized. But an accidental meeting with a woman, whose generosity is far beyond one’s imagination, changed the course of their history. Witness a different kind of love story of people who have been shunned by the outside world and the person who would move mountains for them.

Videos courtesy of Unlimited Productions.

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Part 5

Part 6

Part 7

Part 8


Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Plants vs Zombies Game Review

I’m sure many of you already know how good Plants vs Zombies is. Since it was first released, many people are easily addicted to it. As a result, it received a positive response from many critics and was even nominated for multiple Interactive Achievement Awards.

Plants vs Zombies is like a tower defence game that is mixed with a bit of arcade. Your mission here is to defend the house from waves of invading Zombies. The Zombies have different attributes and require different plants to counter their weaknesses. By reviewing the use of each plant, the player can then select his/her weapons of choice against the specifications of each zombie. Some plants shoot peas, some are used to defend other plants while some have awesome skills like taking out a group of zombies with an explosion.

In this game, you basically use sunlight to buy or grow plants. You’ll get a small amount of sunlight in the beginning but you can also plant sunflowers to get more. At the end of each level, you will receive a card that will unlock a new plant for you to buy. As you progress throughout the game, the enemies are also getting more numerous and powerful. There are also mini games throughout like a game where you go bowling in order to rid your lawn of the undead. All in all, you’ll encounter 50 levels of battle against the Zombies in this game.

Plants vs Zombies is really a fantastic game that convinces the player to go on long sessions just to see its next level. Until today, there are still many people who are looking for Plants vs Zombies free download. To download this game for free, just click on the link below.
Download Plants vs Zombies

Thursday, July 7, 2011

Creating Great Music with Acoustica Beatcraft

If you are looking for a way to create real sounding drumbeats without having access to actual drums, Acoustica Beatcraft is the one for you. It is a beat making software that is easy to use and will definitely allow users of all levels to create the beats that they desire. Whatever genre you are in, it enables you to create any music that you’ve always wanted.

One of its great features is the drag and drop interface which definitely makes the entire beat making process much easier. In this way, you can simply drag a drumbeat into the proper location and then mix it with other beats. For those who have not purchase the full version of this software, they do have nothing to worry since finding beat kits is relatively easy. There are kits that are available in enough genres to keep almost anyone happy.

Meanwhile, in comparison to other beat-making software available nowadays, Acoustica Beatcraft sounds much more realistic. Once you figure out how to use this software, you will realize that you do not even need a real drum set to complete your songs. For those who want to record their own songs, they should definitely look into this software as it works on many different levels. This is definitely a very useful tool for any composer when developing his or her music. Take note that having a solid beat is one of the most important aspects in creating great music. Thus, having this software can definitely go a long way to help you easily make music that others will want to hear.

Here are some of the audio demos for this software:
1. Funk Demo
2. Hip Hop Demo 1
3. Hip Hop Demo 2
4. Metal Drumming Demo
5. Techno Demo

To download this software for free, click on the link below.
Download Acoustica Beatcraft

Wednesday, July 6, 2011

The Game Called Angry Birds

Last year, one of the most popular games on smartphones is Angry Birds. In fact, it was rated as the number one game amongst all various platforms. It has also contributed to the sales of products such as iPhones and iPod touch. The game has been praised because of its successful combination of addictive gameplay, comical style, as well as its low price. As the game has really made it big, its creators then launched a PC version both on Mac and Windows.

As the title suggests, this game consists of flock of angry birds. The birds’ motive is to get back their eggs from few evil pigs. The birds are thrown as a slingshot towards the pigs while the pigs try to protect themselves by hiding under various materials like wood, stone and ice. As the birds fall on the materials, it will make the materials to collapse and eventually killing the pigs. There are different types of birds and each have an additional trait. For example, the black bird can explode while the blue bird can split into three birds. The player can move-on to the next level as soon as he/she kills all the pigs and as the level go up, the puzzle will be more complicated. There is a given number of birds which are also the number of turns that the player needs to beat a particular stage. If the player fails to kill all the pigs after all the birds were thrown, he/she needs to repeat the stage.

To download this game for Windows XP and Windows 7, just click on the link below.
Download Angry Birds