My chat with a hacker

Saturday, January 30, 2010 4:31
Posted in category Personal

A few days ago, the instant messenger of my friend got hacked. The hacker sent me a message linking me to a website. He was acting weird so I caught the hacker easily. We had a little bit of a chat before he finally stopped messaging me. I’m publishing this so readers would know the situation when they encounter it.

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Google Chrome now has extensions

Thursday, January 28, 2010 2:31
Posted in category Internet

Google Chrome now has extensions

Finally! Google Chrome now has extensions. This one important feature makes Chrome a full-fledged web browser. Extensions allow third-party developers to write their own codes to extend the capabilities of the browser.

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Mass Effect 2 Video Trailers

Wednesday, January 27, 2010 2:31
Posted in category Gaming

Mass Effect 2 released today! Big news for Bioware fans like me. Even though I didn’t play the original Mass Effect, I know that it is of excellent quality. Bioware is after all the master of PC RPGs.

Mass Effect 2

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Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day 2010

Tuesday, January 26, 2010 1:16
Posted in category Event

Bubble WrapToday is Bubble Wrap’s 50th birthday! The Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day is celebrated annually on the Last Monday of January as stated in Sealed Air’s website, the company that made the joy-inducing plastic wraps.

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Static Pages in Blogger and more

Sunday, January 24, 2010 22:27
Posted in category Blogging

Before, to make separate pages for special sections of your Blogger blog (About, Contact, Sitemap, etc…) you have to make posts with the page names as titles. This was a big nuisance because these posts appeared in your main page and archives and hiding them meant using special tricks and hardcoding. On January 20, the Blogger team introduced pages in Blogger in draft. Now you can make static pages that do not count as posts.

Blogger in draft logo

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