Friday, July 24, 2009
Thursday, July 16, 2009
Top 10 Common Dreams And Their Meanings
Everyone dreams (even if we don’t always remember them after the fact) and researchers have found that the majority of us have dreams with similar themes. For years people have tried to interpret the fleeting images that we see when we go to sleep – some interpretations are outright bizarre, while others are pretty understandable. This is a list of the interpretations that the Association for the Study of Dreams has given to the most recurring and common types of dream. Be sure to tell us whether you think it is accurate from your own experiences.
http://listverse.com/2008/10/07/top-10-common-dreams-and-their-meanings/
Wired Science News for Your Neurons To Run Better, Start by Ditching Your Nikes
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/07/barefoot/
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....Now, a small but growing body of research suggests that barefoot is the way adults should run, too. So, many runners have been shucking off the high-tech trainers in favor of naked feet — or minimalist footwear like Nike Free, the Newton All-Weather Trainer and the glove-like Vibram FiveFingers
Customizing Bloglines
I find the beta.bloglines font too large to be of any use, but I love the three pane interface. With no easy way to customize the preference here's a hack I found to do just that.
http://www.gyford.com/phil/writing/2008/08/10/opacity_1_import.php
Create a file called userContent.css in C:\Documents and Settings\\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\\chrome. Copy paste the below lines into this file -
http://www.gyford.com/phil/writing/2008/08/10/opacity_1_import.php
Create a file called userContent.css in C:\Documents and Settings\
@-moz-document url-prefix(http://beta.bloglines.com/) {
/* Main body content text colour. */
div.fullviewTemplate,
div.bl_selected,
div.templateText {
color: #000 ! important;
}
/* Feed list text colour. */
.tree a:link,
.tree a:visited,
.tree li .selected a,
.tree li .selected span.bl_unread_count,
.tree .selected span.ur,
.tree .selected span.urb {
color: #000 ! important;
}
/* Reduce font size of Feed list */
.tree {
font-size: 68.75% ! important; /* 11px */
}
.tree a:link,
.tree a:visited {
font-size: 11px ! important;
}
/* Reduce indentation of feeds in folders */
.tree li li .item,
.tree li li.sub .item {
padding-left: 17px ! important;
}
/* Colour of pinned item count. */
.tree .selected span.pn,
.tree .selected span.pnb,
.tree span.pn,
.tree span.pnb {
color: #134571;
}
/* Reduce space between folders */
.tree li.folder ul.folderList {
margin-bottom: 5px ! important;
}
/* Items in Feed list */
.tree div.sub_wrap {
opacity: 0.7 ! important;
}
.tree div.unread {
opacity: 1 ! important;
}
/* Byline in main content */
div.fullviewTemplate div.templateBody h3.bl_byline,
div.triviewTemplate div.templateBody h3.bl_byline,
#bottomContent h3.bl_byline {
color: #666 ! important;
}
/* Make selected item more obvious - thicker border */
div.fullviewTemplate div.templateBody {
border-width: 2px ! important;
}
div.fullviewTemplate div.bl_selected {
border-width: 0 2px 2px ! important;
}
div.fullviewTemplate div.bl_selected h1.bl_title {
border-top-width: 2px ! important;
}
/* For every pixel you increase the above border-widths, increase this padding: */
div.fullviewTemplate div.bl_selected h2.bl_datetime {
padding-top: 11px ! important;
}
/* More space on the right of main content */
div.fullviewTemplate div.templateBody div.templateText,
div.triviewTemplate div.templateBody div.templateText,
#bottomContent div.templateText,
#mainContent ol.bl_oneColumn li.summary div.templateText {
margin-right: 1em ! important;
}
/* Make item headlines and bylines readable when headlines wrap to two lines. */
div.templateBody h1.bl_title {
line-height: 1.2em ! important;
height: auto ! important;
}
/* LINK COLOURS */
/* Headings in main content */
div.fullviewTemplate div.bl_activeselection h1.bl_title a:link,
div.fullviewTemplate div.bl_activeselection h1.bl_title a:visited {
color: #666 ! important;
}
div.fullviewTemplate div.bl_selected h1.bl_title a:link,
div.fullviewTemplate div.bl_selected h1.bl_title a:visited {
color: #000 ! important;
}
/* Hover styles for headings in main content */
div.fullviewTemplate div.bl_selected h1.bl_title a:hover,
div.fullviewTemplate div.bl_activeselection h1.bl_title a:hover,
/* Links in main content */
div.templateText a:link,
div.templateText a:visited {
color: #134571 ! important;
text-decoration: underline ! important;
}
/* Top pane in 3-pane view */
div.triviewTemplate div.bl_activeselection h1.bl_title,
div.triviewTemplate div.bl_activeselection h1.bl_title a:link,
div.triviewTemplate div.bl_activeselection h1.bl_title a:visited {
color: #134571 ! important;
text-decoration: underline ! important;
}
}
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Should websites use flash intro ?
.... Maybe so. I’m a helpful guy. Really. So I’ve provided this handy flow chart for all web designers and marketing people to consult before they put a Flash intro in place. Use this and no matter what your product, no matter who your target audience, you will always reach the right decision: ....
http://angryaussie.wordpress.com/2009/07/15/should-your-website-have-a-flash-intro/
Monday, July 13, 2009
Cool Software for Kids
If the learning process is gradual, it becomes easier for them to pick up the skills and get their fundamentals right. Read on as we tell you about five different freeware programs that you will not regret letting your kids try their hands on. The system requirements of all these programs are so modest that even a decade old computer should not have problems running them. So let's get started.
http://www.techtree.com/India/Guides/Five_Useful_Software_For_Kids/551-104219-584-1.html
Wednesday, July 08, 2009
Bye Bye Series 60
Symbian is winding up the Symbian 60 Series & coming out with the Symbian ^ 2 series.
Nokia Blog - http://blogs.nokia.com/s60blogs/index.php/2009/06/29/thank-you/
Nokia Blog - http://blogs.nokia.com/s60blogs/index.php/2009/06/29/thank-you/
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