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Facebook glitch-ups & b0rkages
Oct 19th
Well I’m a Facebook obsessed person as most of my friends already are aware of, and since I Eat, Live and Sl.. no wait I don’t sleep, Facebook, I quickly realize every minor new aesthetic changes or temporary buggy downtimes that occur on the website. Here’s a few shots I’ve taken over time to display some of the broken elements of Facebook I’ve come across through my addicted experience.
PS: This is in turn only for viewing pleasure of fellow Facebook addicts.
More later as and when I come across any
Events that trigger Windows Activation nag
Oct 13th
So I just discovered one of the events that compels Windows to start nagging you with the Windows Activation nag dialog box (in case you haven’t done so). While normally it does so at every boot, and during intervals I believe, it is also programmed to nag you at every New Device Driver installation.
I came across a series of nag pop-ups today, which was quite unusual as they kept coming one after the other every few seconds. I then realised my mobile phone was installing some drivers, and upon every installation success, it displayed the Activation reminder.
EDIT: Ok it just struck me it displays so because the ‘Optional update delivery’ in Windows Update is disabled due to non-activation. And because Windows searches for drivers using the Optional Updates, it triggers the nag.
P.S.: I do have a Windows 7 Genuine License. I’ve just been lazy to activate it
Try Google LiveAndroid Mobile OS LiveCD / USB on your x86 PC
Aug 10th
Want to give Google Android a try, but don’t feel like buying a T-Mobile G1? LiveAndroid lets you download a LiveCD disc image of the Google Android operating system. Just burn the image to a disc, stick it in a CD-ROM drive, and reboot your computer and you can check out Android without installing it or affecting any files on your PC.
You can also use the disc image in a virtualization application like VirtualBox, VMWare or Microsoft Virtual PC if you want to try the operating system without even rebooting your computer.
So I tried out LiveAndroid myself, and I can say it does look pretty, but most of the functions won’t work anyways, since it’s only supposed to be offered to try out the OS on your computer without having to purchase the mobile phone it is bundled with. As a Google fan, you’re welcome to check out the glory of a Google Operating System before the Chrome OS is out.
Apparently at the time of writing, this doesn’t work on Netbooks yet as I’ve tried on my Lenovo S10 and it wouldn’t advance beyond the bootscreen. Do notify me if it does on yours.
Screenshots:
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Custom fonts on your website using CSS
Aug 9th
Have you ever felt the need to use designer or other custom fonts on your webpages rather than stay restricted to the limited number of fonts available on user’s’ computers? Sometimes we workaround this issue by using images in place of text when the fonts are only needed for displaying menu items, buttons or other elements that comprise of very little textual matter, so that it doesn’t add up to loading time of the page.
Now this isn’t something new, but only to those unaware, you can also easily embed an online font into your site, and use it throughout the pages retaining the text property on the content. This is implemented via CSS using the @font-face property.
An example using an embedded stylesheet.
<style type="text/css"> @font-face { font-family:"CustomFontName"; src:url(customfont.ttf) format("truetype"); } h1 { font-family:CustomFontName; } </style>
In this manner, you can specify different fonts for different elements on your page i.e. headings, paragraphs, table contents, etc.
The browser downloads the font onto the users’ computer and displays the content accordingly. Note that it might take a few seconds until the font is displayed, as it depends upon the users’ connection for the time taken to download the font by the browser. While Firefox displays the unformatted text until the font is being downloaded, Safari doesn’t.
<style type="text/css"> @font-face { font-family:"dirt2"; src:url(Dirt2.ttf) format("truetype"); } @font-face { font-family:"loyal"; src:url(Loyal.ttf) format("truetype"); } h1 { font-family:dirt2; } h2 { font-family:loyal; } </style>
More information on Mozilla Developers page @ https://developer.mozilla.org/index.php?title=En/CSS/%40font-face
Fixing HTML Fieldset overflow in IE
Aug 2nd
So I was working on this webpage for a client, and after everything was ready, I discovered I ran into a few errors in IE (that should always be expected
). The major error was this:
As you can see, the form elements overflow out of the fieldset, plus that weird bar over the top. Apparently I noticed a few other blogs having solutions to similar fieldset issues for IE7, but I’m sharing you what worked for me.
Just a simple overflow:visible
alongwith the width.
<fieldset style="overflow:visible;width: 600px;">
Hope it helps anyone running into a similar issue. I spent an entire day working around this.
You’re Watching Disney Channel – Bumper videos
Jul 29th
“Hi! I’m NiSh, and you’re watching Nishant’s Blog!”
Alright just bumped (pun intended) into these bumper videos on Youtube, also luckily found a combined video with (almost all of) them in one. I personally enjoy these bumpers shown before the start of a show, especially the different ways they show the stars draw the Disney logo and all is so much fun (I kinda wanna do it once myself
). And if you notice, the background music played in them are also pretty cool, a few are their generic ones that they even make use of in the ‘Coming up next’ show bumpers.
My favorite bumpers would be of Selena Gomez ♥, David Henrie, Jake T Austin (alright I’m biased here being a WoWP fan
), Tinkerbell Fairies, Georgie Henley, Kermit the Frog
Anyway.. enjoy! Might as well bring some nostalgia for a few
*Thanks to xSonnyFanx for the uber compilation*
Also check this one out, it’s one of the few not included in the above combined video, but it’s really cool, I love the bgmusic in it. Watch below.
For more individual bumper videos, click here to Search Youtube.
Download 10th Anniversery Freebies for Windows Live Messenger
Jul 23rd
My favorite IM client over the years, Windows Live Messenger finally completed it’s 10th Anniversary recently. Since MSN Messenger version 1.0, it has currently reached (at the time of posting this) Windows Live Messenger version 2009 (build 14.0.8064.206). On this occasion, Microsoft is offering an anniversary gift pack with free themes and emoticons for download.
Hit the button above to download the theme pack. The content is from the US anniversary website.
Also check out the UK website for the same below, where you can also play some games and win prizes.
Microsoft has also compiled a five-minute video for the tenth anniversary of Messenger, featuring the Buddy icon mascot. Do check it out below, it’s fun.
Google Solar Eclipse 2009 logo
Jul 22nd
Ok I rarely get to notice the Google.com homepage, since I always prefer the Search boxes in my browsers for a quick G search. But just accidently got to the homepage today and noticed this Solar Eclipse 2009 logo for today, so thought of sharing it over here for those like me who might let it go unnoticed.
For those not aware of previous exclusive Google logos for specific events and holidays, check out: http://www.google.co.in/intl/en/holidaylogos.html (I wish that page had an RSS feed for new logo notifications, would make it easier for us, lol)


