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I officially dropped twitterfeed.com and networked blogs app for facebook so i can make way for my new feed syndicator - dlvr.it

This is just a test post.

Hello world!!!!

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7 Commonly confused words

Someone once said that whenever you communicate thru writing, you're saying 3 things:
-something about your message
-something about the reader of your message
-& something about yourself

I'm not perfect, but whenever i see words wrongly used out of context, i get this funny feeling deep inside and .. just a tinge of pity to those who have abused or probably misused those uncomplaining units of language that a native speaker can identify.

1. FARTHER vs FURTHER
farther is more suitable to use as a distance word , like "She moved farther away to the north". While further is more like to describe quantity or to express time, like, "He quitted inorder for him to further his studies"

2. ALOT vs A LOT
alot is an uncorrect form; a lot which means "many" is the correct form

3. BREATH vs BREATHE
breathe is a verb, an action word which signifies the inhale/exhale process while breath is a noun - the air that is inhaled or exhaled. "He breathed his last breath as soon as he had a glimpse of his son"

4. IRREGARDLESS vs REGARDLESS
irregardless is non-standard, it's considered as incorrect on most dictionaries. So use regardless which means, no matter or irrespective


5. LOOSE vs LOSE
lose means "fail to win" - a verb; while loose can be categorized as
an adjective, as in, "not tight";
as a verb, as in, "turn loose";
as an adverb, as in, "without restraint"

6. THAN vs THEN
this is quite obvious, Than is used when you are comparing; while Then can be used
as an adverb (most of the time), as in, "first came lightning, then thunder"
as a noun, as in, "we were friends from then on"
as an adjective, as in, "the then president"

7. IT'S vs ITS
Its - the posessive form of it; of or belonging to it, as in, "Turn on the laptop on its power button"
It's - is the contraction of it is, as in, "it's so nice of you to smile like that"

Eloquence is important whenever you are communicating, it's not an innate virtue but a skill that can be improved over time. When you write clearly, you are achieving results and a sense of productivity. Let's say... your emphasis on what you want to convey has an impact - the bottom line is improved!



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GreenPois0n - Untethered Jailbreak for iOS 4.2.1

It's a matter of choice and discretion if you want to jailbreak your iDevice. As for me, my 3GS got jailbroken within its first week in my hands - that was back in 20' ten.

Rumor has it that Apple isn't releasing an iOS update in the near future, so the current iOS - 4.2.1 has been flying high so far. Then in a spur of a moment, greenpois0n got released for the Mac, i got a tweet from my Twitter friend asking how'd it went on my device, i got toungue-tied, for im no Mac user. To quote Engadget, "it has been a pain of two days"...  the untethered jailbreak for Windows has finally set foot on the doorsteps after two days .

Huge thanks to Dundee for his FB post re greenpois0n for windows. At that instant, i immediately jailbroken my device and jumped thru it. 

The experience was one hell of a relief after my 3 tries of synching/following the uncomlicated steps. Honestly, this is far easier than the last time i've jailbroken my device back in 2010's blackra1n.

Rightee yo! i'm reaping the basics of jailbroken device again. Oh, how i missed the sbsettings.

The five icon dock...

And the winterboard... Hang on, i recently not into customizing my themes lately, despite the glamour and aesthetic the Cydia featured themes offers, i got this nah-ah feeling to install... (i am succumbing to being a minimalist slowly, and yeah! slowly!). So as you can see on the below image, DROID lock and unlock sound is the only one being ticked. I have carried this over from my first jailbreak. It was my old lock/unlock sound. The droid sound is awesome!!! Try it!

Currently, i just got so lucky again for the tip of Dundee re carrier customization - i installed Fake Carrier via BigBoss' repository  under Cydia.

What else? Uhm, MXTube, iFile, ABGrouper and Terminal.. Sofar, those are the updates i've made.

To recap, i could say that i'm not really intuit, i know there's a lot more out there to explore and install, but i'm satiated as of this moment with my Sidebar swoosh and the "billymac" carrier on my device.

Despite all these techno-mod on my device, guess what which have i chosen as default for the Who Are You question:

User: Apps, Tweaks, and Themes

Hacker: Adds Command Line tools

Developer: everything, even scary internal stuff

I've selected: Hacker.

:)

If you wanna dig in further about jailbreaking and unlocking, check the links below

http://blog.iphone-dev.org/

http://lifehacker.com/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+lifehacker/full+(Lifehacker)#!5754463/how-to-jailbreak-your-ios-421-device

http://iphonehacks.com

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Are you bored with Youtube? - try DemoSlam

Are you addicted to youTube but you still can't get enuff of it? i've got some answers for yah! if you're looking for coolness vis-a-vis  revolutionized videos that features your favorite Google products inspired with entertainment and creativity, then DemoSlam's here for you!

Here's one video which made it to the Hall of Fame:

You know Google Goggles? This vid explains it all what it does!

Here's a screenshot for two girls using Google Translate to order a  Hindi super spicy food. That is, they don't know how to speak Hindi but was able to order from a Hindi Resto with the help of google translate in real time!! (am sorry folks, i can't embed this video, it's blocked on youtube in this country im in -although, there isn't any explicit material into it)

I found this useful for the iPhone as a barcode scanner, what a hack!!!

If you're looking for more, visit the demoslam website 

http://www.demoslam.com/

I want you to notice one thing among the slammers, everyone of 'em is using Apple laptops demoing their slam videos.

Mac rules huh!!! Neat...

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The top 2 reasons why you should use Chrome browser and leave Internet Explorer asap

Whenever i see some of my non-geek friends juggling thru multiple tabs and windows of the Internet Explorer browser, i'd pause and take the time to impart them the danger of still using IE and force 'em to download the Google Chrome Browser while giving 'em the sidelights of its lucrativity and usefulness.

If you're not using Google Chrome browser, and still wallowing with IE or Firefox or Opera (or prolly Safari for the Mac enthusiasts), you're missing a lot of fun and strategic net surfing, not to mention speed and neatness.

Since when did i start using Chrome? I saw this actually when i was still an RS at Dell back in 2008, with my agent Bob fiddling the tabs, i took interest intuit and since then, Google Chrome has been my default browser.

The top 2 reasons why Chrome browser is inseparable to me whenever i surf the web?

1. Speed

- Trust me, you can really feel the difference whenever  Facebook loads up in chrome as compared when being loaded to IE

- The address bar or the Omnibox was designed as a search box. I don't need to type google.com and enter my search keyword in the box anymore. All i gotta do is type the keyword i wanna seach in the address bar, Hit enter; and presto! the search results are up!!!

- the drag and drop feature is way better than any other browser

2. Minimalist Style

- If you're a sucker of simplicity and clutterless browser, then go and download chrome's minimalist theme.

- The default theme is already pleasing to the eyes.

- What makes me love further about this ingenuity of Google is its neatness and ease of use when it comes to settings and options. I can't help but compare to IE's maze of Internet Options; but with Chrome, it's pretty neat and easy to navigate.

So? you might be asking, if the feat - IN Private browsing is available?  Oh Yeah! it's called Incognito mode which i blogged before. When it comes to security, this is way at par to other browsers out there.  Surely, i've never been attacked with pop-ups and malware and spyware.

Till now, i just couldn't resist promoting this beautiful browser, it's so useful and down-to-earth. 

In full effect, i'm thinking a portmanteau of deep obsessiveness and chrome, that'd be Chromniac. Lol

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