Actually my birthday is sometime around this week but I am not comfortable in revealing the exact date. By giving a part of my real information, it is possible that some of you might be able to dig out my personal information, thanks to the power of Google! Not that I have done something shameful in my life but all this while I prefer to fly under the radar, be unknown and stay low profile. You can see that I don’t even have accounts for social networking websites such as Facebook, Friendster, Orkut or MySpace.

Anyway I will be taking a break from spending hours in researching and writing today because I stayed up until nearly 4AM trying to fix a Wordpress plugin problem. Don’t worry about birthday presents because all of you has already given me one which is by voting for my blog site. It was really heart warming to see nearly 300 comments and receiving a couple of emails informing me that you’ve voted. To return the favor, I will give out 20 Kaspersky Antivirus 2009 license key valid for a year. The license keys are still new, not yet activate and of course genuine.

I personally prefer to give out Kaspersky Antivirus 2009 license instead of Kaspersky Internet Security 2009 because the internet security suite tends to be a little too strict and sometime blocks unnecessary software from functioning properly. KAV works the best, it gives very good protection against virus, spyware, trojan, worms and keyloggers yet it won’t create problems for legitimate programs. If you are afraid of hackers, you can install trustworthy firewall from ZoneAlarm, Online Armor or Comodo.

The 20 KAV 2009 license will be given out randomly. Doesn’t matter if you are the first or last to post, your chances of winning is the same. To be eligible for the draw, you MUST be a subscriber of my newsletter and then leave a comment at the end of this article. This draw will open only for 24 hours and the winners will be announced tomorrow. Come on, no cheating please.

UPDATE: 20 Lucky Winners Has Been Randomly Chosen!

You should be receiving an email from me in a couple of hours later. Please check your SPAM or JUNK folder if you do not hear from me.

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In Windows Vista, if you go to Control Panel > Programs and Features, you get to uninstall, change and repair an installed software on your computer. Few days ago one of our active forum member Hellnoire was having trouble changing and uninstalling Microsoft Office 2007 from his computer. Clicking either the change or uninstall button and will prompt an error that says “Setup cannot continue because a required file is either corrupted or not available. Run Setup again from the original source disc or download location.”

There is an advice asking the user to reinstall Microsoft Office 2007 from the error window but trust me, most of the time the advice shown on the error window is useless. True enough, hellnoire inserted his Microsoft Office 2007 installation disc, and he couldn’t reinstall. I have Microsoft Office 2003 installed on the laptop that I normally use and I remembered that there is a “Detect and Repair” option in Help menu bar that is able to automatically find and fix errors in all Office files.
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Day before yesterday I slipped and fell backwards hitting my head real hard. Wasn’t feeling very well today so I couldn’t spend so much time on computer and also writing.

Let’s take a break for a day and watch this cool video that mEtRiX and In-f3st has created! It’s called Take that n00b!!1 – Fraps. Trust me, you are going to love it! I think this video was created because of this Fraps not running problem.
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If you didn’t know what Global Warming means, it refers to the increase in the average temperature of the Earth’s near-surface air and oceans in recent decades and its projected continuation. An increase in global temperatures may in turn cause other changes, including sea level rise, and changes in the amount and pattern of precipitation resulting in floods and drought. There may also be changes in the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events, though it is difficult to connect specific events to global warming. Other effects may include changes in agricultural yields, glacier retreat, reduced summer streamflows, species extinctions and increases in the ranges of disease vectors.

I truly support the steps to stop global warming. If you’ve watched Al Gore’s documentary “An Inconvenient Truth“, I am sure you’ll be part of the community to fight global warming. Some of the simple ways to fight global warming are…

* Change a light – Replacing one regular light bulb with a compact fluorescent light bulb will save 150 pounds of carbon dioxide a year.
* Drive less – Walk, bike, carpool or take mass transit more often. You’ll save one pound of carbon dioxide for every mile you don’t drive.
* Recycle more – You can save 2400 pounds of carbon dioxide per year by recycling just half of your household waste.
* Check your tires – Keeping your tires inflated properly can improve gas mileage by more than 3%. Every gallon of gasoline saved keeps 20 pounds of carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere.
* Use less hot water – It takes a lot of energy to heat water. Use less hot water by installing a low flow showerhead(350 pounds of CO2 saved per year) and washing your clothes in cold or warm water (500 pounds saved per year).
* Avoid products with a lot of packaging – You can save 1200 pounds of carbon dioxide if you cut down your garbage by 10%.
* Adjust your thermostat – Moving your thermostat just 2 degrees in winter and up 2 degrees in summer could save about 2000 pounds of carbon dioxide a year with this simple adjustment.
* Plant a tree – A single tree will absorb one ton of carbon dioxide over its lifetime.
* Turn off electronic devices – Simply turning off your television, DVD player, stereo, and computer when you’re not using them will save you thousands of pounds of carbon dioxide a year.
* And most importantly….
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Drinking alcohol impairs your driving ability. When you drink, don’t drive. If you REALLY need to, then…
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Imagine Santa Claus drunk and trying to deliver presents to children all over the world! How can you help if you can’t stop him from drinking? Keep him steady so that he can still drink and do his job!

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Outsourced is the long awaited stand-up comedy CD by Canadian and international comic Russell Peters. The seventy minutes on this comedy CD feature, unless you were at the show or have seen Russell Peters very recently, all new material and a clear intention by this stand-up comic to reach a world-wide audience. Outsourced is simply brilliant.

It is about time Russell Peters released a stand-up comedy CD and DVD. He has been thrilling crowds for quite a few years and has amassed quite a faithful following. This, in part, is due to one of his Comedy Central shows being made available on the internet which allowed many people around the world to discover this very talented, sometimes daring, highly personable, and extremely funny comic. This is something Russell Peters acknowledges on the opening track of Outsourced, Filthy Downloaders.

Yes, here you go, you filthy downloaders…
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