Month: May 2006

Based on Mr Dew’s difference//spot post:

There is that RL Simpsons video on YouTube and it got uploaded like 50 times by several people, they are all equal except one of them (as far as I saw, at least),
So let’s the equal ones call The Original and the other one The Copy.

Can you find the differences? =)

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The Original:

The Copy:

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Thanks to a comment from Mr. Dew, I have decided to majorily improve the display of the Trackback feature of my blog!

Now, trackbacks display on my Permalink pages, as well! above the comments and below the Links To This Post listing!

Enjoy and do not forget to ping me if you post a blog entry which is based on one of mine! =)

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Just wanted to say, I added a possibility to read my blog for people from China (Who cannot visit blogspot because it’s blocked)

if you click on the below link and enter your details, you receive my blog posts by email

http://www.feedblitz.com/f/?Sub=56624.

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I found this here.

No comment! =)

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Did any of you notice that there is more info to gather about the Old ICQ 5.
If you leave the ordinary ICQ homepage.

One of these examples is the Netvigator ICQ homepage, that offers a localized old ICQ 5 for people Using nevigator and live in Hong Kong.

Interestingly, they are bi-lingual so you can also watch the Natvigator ICQ flash tutorial telling you about the differences. So, you may wonder why some ICQ clones have different Status Manager icons, that is because such clones stole them from Natvigator ICQ!

Also interesing: The ICQ Press Center still uses the old ICQ 4 to explain what ICQ Xtraz are!

Please notice that there is a new ICQ called ICQ 5.1! 🙂

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I have reported earlier about the “Logitech Quickcam Orbit MP” webcam earlier, and I noticed something intersting:

It has a different name over here (thanks to me asking Logitech support and them telling me).

Infact: There are two webcams “Logitech QuickCam Sphere Webcam” and “Logitech QuickCam Sphere REFRESH Webcam”
the first one is old and from 2004 and the Fresh one is from April 2006.
And many shops/mail traders in Germany use that to sell both for the SAME PRICE!

Good that I checked in Amazon! =)

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I just found out, that the ICQ new Homepage’s “Games” section is avaialble in various languages!
(See screenshot above showing it in German!).

We remember, that the recent ICQ Homepage relaunch did not include a new ICQ Games section. Well, till now! 😉

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Flash doesn’t work with 64bit browsers (you know, I use Windows XP X64).

And I got an email from Adobe which basicly says they are not even planning to make a 64bit version anytime soon, so according to their FAQ:

“Macromedia Flash Player is not supported for playback in a 64-bit browser.

However, Flash Player will install and run in a 32-bit browser running on a 64-bit operating system.”

But it looks like the wait will be over soon! Because there is a open source project called Gnash.
Also read this news article.

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Opera is now available in a USB stick version, or better to say: I found it just in IT news, but it’s around since a bit earlier! 🙂

it says:

On this site you found a complete version of Opera@USB you only have to extract it
to the USB-Pen and you can use all features of Opera mobile.”

This sounds pretty great, doesn’t it?! 🙂

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Today, the ICQ Team released a New ICQ 5.1! And with many new features!

So, let’s first quote the Release Notes:

“New in this version:
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tZers – send short Flash animations to your Contact List friends.
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Two new Boyz and Girlz skins available for download.
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Quick access to send SMS messages to ICQ and non-ICQ Contacts (now called SMS Contacts).
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New option to select the login status.
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Notifications when contacts are online.
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New emoticons (old emoticons still available).
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Devil and nickname displayed on the top of the Contact List.
Improved:
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Improved Voice Chat sound quality using the latest VOIP technology (GIPS)
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Improved sign-up process.
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Improved User interface – text menus.
Changed:
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Add and Find Contacts button moved to the Contacts menu.
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Group Mode and Show Online Only buttons moved to the Contacts menu.
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Sort Contacts option moved to the Contacts menu.
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Find Contacts (in the Contact List) option moved to the Contacts menu.
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Adding an SMS Contact is now available from the Add and Find Contacts dialog.
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Xtraz Center shortcut button moved to the bottom of Contact List’s Xtraz Panel.”

The first thing you notice when starting up the new ICQ 5.1 is, that you now can select your status right before logging in to ICQ! 🙂

The second thing you will see is, that your ICQ skins got resetted, and you will receive a warning telling you this.

But the ICQ Team released new skins for boys and girls skins available for download.

Also new is the new Contact List outfit which looks more formal and straight
and you got the same emoticons now as in ComPad as you can see.

Luckily, it’s possible to switch to the old ones!

(but be careful! the German version of ICQ5.1 has a bug which causes that you sometimes do not get your old emoticons folder as a copy after installation!

Also new are so called “tZers” that are animations with sounds and you can select from a few, and I find them very enjoyable! =)

And the last major change is the ICQ Voice chat being totally improved and now working even with routers and so on! (in past it did not and sounded horrible and made problems with Windows audio mixer! 🙁 )!

I am very happy with the improvements and surprised about the new features and look forward to ICQ 6! 🙂

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