How to Reface your Facebook Profile?

You might have heard the facebook re-facing. And yes, this is applicable only if you've upgraded to the new FB profile mode. Late last year, dozens and then hundreds and then thousands became addicted to Facebook Re-facing - it was like injecting art to your profile page where the pictures rolled   on the upper right view would emanate a chopped photography from the profile picture to those that were tagged of you.

I spent two days cropping and following the simple but tedious instructions from:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/facebook/8206661/How-to-hack-your-Facebook-profile-picture-a-step-by-step-guide-to-refacing-your-profile.html

I gave up!!!!

I wasn't good enough in following instructions (prolly) or must have been mystified by the complex computations of pixel width and height stated as given.

It was like solving a puzzle, i got tired and crumpled everything back.

Then again, the old adage... "the battle belongs to the persistent" came rushing into my tired hands flicking the screen of my smartphone (thanks to newser for the tidbit hack on how to reface the profile page of FB)

Courtesy of telegraph.co.uk ,this French artist below started it all...

if you have the magic wand in using Photoshop or other photography editing softwares, then go ahead and try the link above.

But if you're like me who just wanna snap a finger to achieve the desired lay-out, then there's a magical app in facebook how to make this feat right, easy and effortlessly satisfying.

Try checking this: 

http://apps.facebook.com/profile-maker/?ref=bookmarks&count=0

It's called Profile maker app

Here's the twist though, you must know how to tag the photos and follow the specific order as stated by the app, it's the same logic and piercing weirdness.

hahaha! call me nuts but try figuring it out. If you visit my page though, you'll see the left side image of my dog, you won't see the whole chopped pieces of the right eye cuz i've disabled tagging in the privacy settings.

I encourage you though to try this facebook app, it's worth it esp if you are not concerned about privacy and tweaking the settings.

--- bmvd

Merriam-Webster

Everyone doesn't want to settle for less. I recently DLed the Merriam and Webster dictionary for the iPhone. This implies that i'm leaving WordWeb behind  which has been my handy lexicon eversince.

Now read this, if you're familiar with m-w.com interface, it's a sure hit that you're going to like this version of iPhone app. It's savvy and comprehensive. Not to mention, that it retains the feat of pronunciation. Say, you're unsure on how to enunciate and pronounce certain words; you could now confidently blurt those hifalutin articles and adjectives of your choice.

Another plus, in case you don't know how to spell certain words but you bet, you've got the right pronunciation, the app is of great help, (this requires internet via wifi or 3G) you could do voice search and presto, it's going to show you the list of possible hits based on what you've said.

This is free, nonetheless. Beyond compare, i'm still saving two dictionary references: wordweb and dictionary. I just wouldn't use them that much anymore, but playing safe, i'm keeping them both in store.

--- bmvd 

New Year 2011

Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant. 

Robert Louis Stevenson 

fireworks gone, the bliss ebbs incessantly
excitement surging downward.. downward
into an abysmal antiquity

the toils of sweat in the past year
with ruse of exceeding glory
all came to oneness

in thought and in deed
in the endless tales of talking time
bores the lesser crime

new year here you are
in the doorsteps, ready to crumble
embracing, creeping once again

nigh almost complete
the adulation almost bearing truth
severing with flame the utmost hearth

come now, master blaster
lead the way for the merriment
and bury deep those unsung aches

new year, here you are
enveloping, gaining forward
absolve thy pangs of guilt

shallow waters, wither deep
muddle the clearness of thoughts
and revert back once the puzzle is sought

new year oh, come what may
fight for the walk is long
steadfast then and be strong









macdosage@gmail.com

My 10 most favorite free iPhone apps of 2010

I had this post buried into my blogger draft, it's impending to be posted. Looking back, tt's more than past 10 months now since i've got the iPhone but it never occurred to me a hint of diminishing adoration for this gadget, it's like, i get even more attached to it each and everyday that passes by, (sounds pathetic hehehe) but allow me to vent my addiction to this heaven-sent Apple Gadget. In lieu with this, i came up with my top 10 favorite apps of 2010. These apps have inadvertently changed my perception and behavior in the smartphone computing: with the downsides and upsides, nonetheless.

1. iBooks

Have i been obvious lately that im really into books? This will probably the last app i'm gonna delete given the choice between FB app and iBooks.  I feel like i have my own digital library with the ease of tap and swoosh of the finger in selecting from a vast range of books. I don't highly recommend it for you to get, it's actually a "must-have".  

One last, i mentioned in my post before that you could incorporate a built-in dictionary to this app, without having to jump to another dictionary app. Check it here.

2. Newser

I stumbled this app courtesy of Dilbert.com, yeah, Scott Adams' website and blog introduced me to Newser, if i want to digest the headlines from all the pipes of newscast, i'd strike this icon to launch the  concise current events. Their blurb: "Read Less, Know More", certainly holds true.

3. FaceBook for the iPhone

Hell yes! i confess, there's no hour in a day that i didn't launch this app. I experienced how this app has evolved into a strong and stable program. Facebooking is so dominant now that i am more into it than checking my Gmail. The temptation is irresistible, Indeed!!!

4. Do it Tomorrow

I'm a fan of productivity app, i love this due to its simplicity and direct-to-the-point usability. Tap and write your entries of TODOs of the day and it will automate itself to move to the next day incase it was undone. 

You can also customize the level of importance of the TODO list. Somewhat minimalist, that's my overall impression why other TODO apps couldn't  match it.

5. Inception the App

I was amazed and still is, when i discovered this free app. I was also a sleep addict, and this program is exactly what i've been looking for, so my body could induced to dreamland. Remember i used the word "induced", suffice to say that this will make you really enter slumber whether you like it or not. 

Don't forget to plug-in your authentic iPhone earphone. (lol!!!)

6. 3D Wallpapers

In the realms of 3-dimensional backgrounds, you better grab this app. I'm tired with the built-in wallpapers, so if you're the OC when it comes to how your phone looks like, lest you're proud and high with your self-portrait of somebody else's faces, it's high-time you choose your background and screen-lock images using this application. 

7. RMaker

I think i graduated with the customizing of ringtones activity back in my Nokias and Samsung, however, it still feels good to pick the ringtone of your choosing; say you want to use one of the songs in your iPod list, then this app will certainly help. It's a bit tricky though, you have to use your iTunes SW to synch and make the processed ringtone appear later under the Settings -> Sounds. Then aiwa, you can set it as your desired ringer.

8. Wordweb

A dictionary,  lexicon, a reference. I think this is more comprehensive than those paid dictionary apps. I just so love this, it complements esp whenever im stuck with serious mental block or simply grasping for the right adjective to fire up.

9. USB Disk

One of the pitfalls of iPhone is the challenge when it comes to data transfers (as in usb plug and play with any sort of file, you could drop and drag anything you like eh, so long the capacity is not over it). 

This app has lessen the burden, promise! As long as your iTunes is up, with your data cable connected to your iPhone, you can drag and drop files. There might be easier ways out there to transfer files, but these apps are paid. Unless you don't wanna settle for less, then go ahead and swipe ur card. 

10. Chikka

I do am a Filipino, and if you're familiar with the Chikka Messenger program, this is the mirror program for the iPhone. If you're abroad and wanna text your loved ones for free. Go ahead and DL this. If ur in the Philippines and just want to make tipid of your load cuz ur not postpaid, then go and grab this still. He he he.

Sorry folks, i don't do games a lot, taz why i didn't enter such likes. But just in case u wanna know how do i fare with games on the iPhone, i love playing before,  NFS (need for speed), that was in iOS ver 4.1 where i had it jailbroken. Now, i'm settled with Ninjump, Endless Race and making my eyelids bored to death by playin Sudoku2. Angry Birds? - the infamous top grosser?, it has always irritated me since day 1.

My ultimate dream app, for the next year 2011, or should we say, my dream iPhone feat that hopefully t'wil  turn to reality is the personalized finger swiping - where you can register your fingerprints so that your iPhone could only respond to it whenever you do the swooshing or tapping or pinching with your fingers. Call it illustrious, but ain't it secured?

Finally, i'd like to say my thanks to Bernard for inching me to buy the iPhone3GS, for cautiously warning me that it's so temptingly delicious and addictive. I have no regrets letting my wad go to this revolutionary gizmo.

PS: it's in my head: "i wish Santa could drop me an iPad" or the 13-incherMacbook Air.... lol!!!

macdosage@gmail.com

Truce

Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth. 

John F. Kennedy 

delving feet on the earth
the soft murmur of a sudden reawakening
like how it feels to touch a solid ice
laid bare on a drying arm
the gentle caress of the windblow
assorting the coldness of an empty night
taming the fire within
quenching the glory of the unseen

thoughts deviated from afar
engulfing like a distant star
where rain has sipped to depth
unsinking, unfailing the enormous left

'tis season a-joined a merciful
the laughs seem all so bountiful
yet strangers may all be unchallenged
trust, don't give, don't surrender
for at the footsteps, may soon be a revenge
unknowing, uncertain, unpredicting
lest the consequence, devastating
so long, again to come

yet, hope will never vanish
for 'tis side it'll be cherished
from truce - attained be nowhere
exclude among forever



--bmvd