Monthly Archive for August, 2009

What happens if you set a lighter on fire? Does it explode?

Published on August 31, 2009 in Curiosities. 2 Comments Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , .

In these two videos, you’ll see a metal container which had a lighter on the bottom covered by lots of papers (to slow down the fire from reaching the lighter).

You’ll see what happens…

Everything was made on controlled conditions with a fire extinguisher near (just in case).

First attempt

Watch the second attempt! (Much better)

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Amazing Pool Trick Shots (Artistic Pool)

Published on August 30, 2009 in Videos. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , .

Here I brought you some videos with incredible pool shots… I really enjoy looking when someone has a very developed ability like these people…

Enjoy them :)

Watch more!

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David Copperfield Tricks Revealed (by David Chesterfield)

Published on August 29, 2009 in Funny Videos. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , .

… or not :)

This is a very good video made by a guy who names himself David Chesterfield… I’ve seen it a long time ago, but it deserves being here…

It’s quite short and funny!


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YouTube Downloader 1.2.1

Published on August 28, 2009 in Tools. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , .

As you may probably have noticed, the 1.2 version of YouTube Downloader had just stopped working because of a change in the YouTube site format. The 1.2.1 version has just been released to solve this problem and to adapt to the new changes in the site.

You must visit the original YouTube Downloader post to download the latest version…

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How to remove the “Visual” tab from the WordPress post/page editor

Published on August 27, 2009 in WordPress. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , .

There are lots of people (like me) who just use the HTML mode of the WordPress Editor… Sometimes, you cannot just disable the WYSIWYG editor (in my case, I cannot do it because I use the qTranslate plugin to enable the creation of posts in different languages)… For this people, having the Visual editor tab, might be a very big problem…

Lets say you’re writing a post in the HTML tab…

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And you click by mistake the Visual tab…

Keep reading…

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Philips Square Bulb (Advertising Spot)

Published on August 26, 2009 in Advertising Spots. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , .

Here is another Philips advertisement. This time is for the Philips Square Bulb.

Read the explanation…

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Philips Domino (Philips Ecotone Advertising Spot)

Published on August 25, 2009 in Advertising Spots. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , .

This video is from a Philips Ecotone advertisement spot. Fepe sent it to me a lot of time ago. Really worth seeing!

Enjoy it :)


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Intelligent Escaper-Unescaper – Online Unescape and Escape Tool (with URL Parameter Parsing and more)

Published on August 24, 2009 in Online Tools. 4 Comments Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , .

With this online tool, you can easily escape and unescape strings (among other powerful things, explained below)…

If you want to bookmark it, you may prefer this shorter address: http://www.neoegm.com/software/intelligent-escaper-unescaper/. [Press the right mouse button and select the option offered by your browser to add it to your bookmarks/favorites.]


Keep reading…

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Configure Hotmail, Live and MSN e-mail accounts to use them with POP3 in Outlook 2007 and Outlook 2003

Published on August 23, 2009 in E-Mail. 8 Comments Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , .

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As you may know, Microsoft has decided some time ago to open its POP3 support for Hotmail, Live and MSN e-mail accounts…

Here, you’ll find the needed information to make them work on your favorite e-mail client…

First, I’ll leave the configuration data (that you can use in any e-mail client) and, then, I’ll explain step by step how to configure the accounts in Outlook…

Server type: POP3
Incoming mail server (POP3): pop3.live.com
Outgoing mail server (SMTP): smtp.live.com
Require logon using Secure Password Authentication (SPA): Yes.
SMTP Authentication: Yes, use the same settings as the incoming mail server.
POP3 Encrypted Connection: Yes.
POP3 Port: 995
SMTP Connection Encryption: Yes, TLS.
SMTP Port: 25.

Read the step by step instructions…

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Generating Paranoia – Wash Well Your Hands With Protex (Advertising Spot)

Published on August 22, 2009 in Advertising Spots. 24 Comments Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , .

The objective of an advertisement is always trying to generate a need in the people. Commonly, a confort or additional pleasure need. But there’s a limit… You shouldn’t try to instill people an unsafety feeling which leads to paranoia, just to raise your product’s sales. However, lots of companies do it, because they think, like Maquiavelo, that “the end justifies the means“…

Here we have a sample of that… The lyrics of the jingle are below… Both in the advertisement’s original language (spanish) and in english…

Read the lyrics…

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