Thursday, November 20, 2008

This weekend we got our first proper snow of the season. On Saturday it rained and drizzled and froze and culminated in a slushy mess at the foot of the driveway, but on Sunday the snow came drifting quietly down in great clumpy flakes. I tried to explain the significance of this to my nephew; he quickly reminded me that at six months old, he's not quite interested in snowmen or sledding yet. In fact, he's not concerned with much beyond bottles and rattles and his auntie's dangly earrings.
I'm rather enjoying Nephew at this age. He's a profoundly happy child. Every time someone pulls a face at him he bursts into laughter, and he stares at me in awe whenever I play the guitar. (He seems to prefer John Mayer to anybody else. We might have to work on this... Sorry, John Mayer.) But as much fun as he is right now, he's growing like a weed. Every time I see him -- which is pretty frequently -- he has a new trick. His newest trick is the fine art of Mobility. Yikes, baby boy!
And while we're speaking of people growing too fast, my students -- most of whom I met two years ago when they were barely sophomores -- are now well on their way to graduation. When I first started teaching at my current school, I taught 10th grade. The following year, I moved up to 11th grade. This year, I'm teaching seniors. The result of my professional evolution has been that I've had the same base group of students for three years and am now inextricably attached to them. I'm up to my eyelids in college application essays they want me to look over and have already written a couple dozen letters of recommendation, but I still can't quite wrap my brain around the idea that they are leaving.
Of course, I plan to thoroughly enjoy them between now and May, and they're making that pretty easy. Not only are they behaving like angels, they're also working harder than ever, in class and out of it. Every year for Thanksgiving, our school has a massive food drive to benefit the community. The kids pour their hearts into fund-raising for it, and this year, of the 28 kids in my AP class, 18 of them were directly involved in the senior class's primary money-maker -- The Senior Auction. As a proud supporter, I went to the auction and "purchased" a trio of my boys. Their task in return for the money I paid was to each perform a soliloquy from Hamlet for their classmates. They did a fantastic job. In addition to their assignment, they also brought me a mass of roses, a box of chocolates, and a latte; made me lunch; and prepared a little N'Sync dance number for the class.
I love these kids.
For who would bear the whips and scorns of time?
Monday, November 17, 2008
Change ip address using simple trick. Only for bsnl broadband users!!
0 comments Posted by imran at 3:17 AM1.) First type 192.168.1.1 in your address bar and press enter. You will get a pop-up as shown in the preview asking for username and password.
If you are using bsnl broadband connection via Ethernet cable then 192.168.1.1 and if you are using bsnl broadband via USB cable then 192.128.1.2.. Rest all procedure is same for both..
Type the username: admin and password : admin. Its common for all and incase if ur service provider is using something different then ask them for the same.. Then press OK..
2.) Click on "WAN" from the list of options..
3.) Here under PPPoE/PPPoA and in AUTHENTICATION first keep the option "PAP" anc click on APPLY and check whether your ip address is changed or not.. If its not changed then select the option "CHAP" and click on APPLY. Do this untill IP ADDRESS CHANGES.. Usually two or three times will do the work for you..
4.) Keep refreshing the Rapidshare site to check whether the IP ADDRESS is changed or not. RAPIDSHARE tracks your IP ADDRESS when u download a file and when you start to download another file it asks to purchase PREMIUM account. So if you change the IP ADDRESS it wont recognize your previous download and you can download as many times you change your IP ADDRESS. If you successfully change your IP ADDRESS then u can download as much as you want from RAPIDSHARE... One of the biggest and fastest one-click file hosts in the world. There are many other methods also to change the Ip Address and Download unlimited from Rapidshare.. This is a simple trick i accidently discovered!!
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
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Sunday, November 2, 2008
21 Online Free Web Based Applications That You Probably Would Love To Use Every Day!
0 comments Posted by imran at 5:36 AMToday, we are listing 21 free and online web based applications which are very helpful for you to process your daily work. If you are designer, developer, office worker, manager, supervisor, student, home user, etc." class="ver">etc but we make sure to add something interesting for everyone. Most of them are not very well but, or begin a new sentence." class="ver">known but they are really amazing in respect to their features. Just take a look at them and share your thoughts here.
You are welcome to share if you know about any free web based application which our readers may like.
Phonevite
Sending reminders and alerts, with your own voice, is easy and simple using Phonevite™. With this tool, you can send free phone reminders & alerts to yourself and/or your friends in 3 quick, easy steps.
Google Docs
You can import your existing documents, spreadsheets and presentations, or create new ones from scratch. Invite people to your documents and make changes together, at the same time. All you need is a Web browser.
crazyegg - visualize your visitors
Crazy Egg will help you improve the design of your site by showing you where people are clicking and where they are not.
Windows Live OneCare safety scanner
Windows Live OneCare safety scanner is a free service designed to help ensure the health of your PC.
hooeey - Record, retrieve and analyze your web hops
hooeey is a personal web application that records all web links that you browse and lets you use them in a fun and productive way.
vuzit
Vuzit is a web based document viewer you can embed in any web page. It’s fast to add and it’s free!
codepaste
CodePaste provides an easy and convenient way to send/share PHP, C++, Javascript, Java, CSS, Actionscript and HTML code with others. Copy and paste the code and enter the email where you want the CodePaste to send it. CodePaste then nicely formats the code and sends it over.
Sprout Builder
Sprout is the quick and easy way for anyone to build, publish, and manage widgets, mini-sites, mashups, banners and more.
infoencrypt - Online service for easy encrypt messages
This is service for securing your messages in an easy way. All you need is only to enter a message text of your message and encryption password. The password will be used for both encryption and decryption. The system will encrypt your message using strong encryption algorithm, and it will be secure for sending. Anyone who intercepts the encrypted message without password will not be able to read original message.
Premier Survey
Free survey software for online surveys, web surveys, email surveys. Free Online survey software for customer satisfaction surveys, employee satisfaction surveys, market research surveys.
Primo Online
PrimoOnline provides a super-fast way to create PDF files online, without the need to install any PDF software. Simply upload your file, enter your email address, and our server-based PDF creator will quickly convert it to PDF and deliver it straight to your email inbox.
postica - stick it! Create and share sticky notes
Postica lets you create sticky notes, attach a file, and share them with your friends.
TinySong
TinySong allows you to quickly share music links with your friends.
Adobe Buzzword
Adobe® Buzzword® is a new online word processor, perfect for writing reports, proposals, and anything else you need to access online or work on with others. It looks and behaves like your normal desktop word processor, but it operates inside a web browser, so there’s no installation required.
ShrinkFile.NET
ShrinkFile.net is a free resource to compress your text documents, images, PDF files and other data online, because some computers don’t have WinZip or WinRAR installed. ShrinkFile.net will host the uploaded content at a static URL for one week, allowing you to share the file with family and friends.
Awesome Highlighter
Awesome Highlighter lets you highlight text on web pages and then gives you a small link to the highlighted page.
CreativePro Office
CreativePro Office is the most complete set of online office management tools you’re likely to find at any price - and it’s completely free! Manage your team, clients, projects, invoices, events from one web-based application.
ConceptDraw
ConceptDraw Visio File Converter is a free web service, provided by Computer Systems Odessa that is available to anyone who uses diagramming software and has a requirement to open Visio (VSD) documents. This service have been created because Visio users often don’t save their drawing into Visio XML (VDX) file format.
Hide My Ass
An anonymous free proxy service aimed at hiding your online identity. Use our service to hide your IP address and bypass your work/school web filter with ease.
RescueTime
RescueTime is time management software that helps individuals and businesses understand how they spend their time, and provides tools to help them spend it more productively.
Picnik
Picnik makes your photos fabulous with easy to use yet powerful editing tools. Tweak to your heart’s content, then get creative with oodles of effects, fonts, shapes, and frames.
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