Monday, November 26, 2007

Smallville - Shimmer

Episode 10 session 1 - Shimmer.

The story about an invisible stalker is pursuing Lex and one of the household staff may, or may not, be responsible.

Everything happened must have the reason, the story from a teenage girl, Amy Palmer (Azura Skye ), lets her obsession with Lex become life threatening as attacks in the Luthor mansion pit Clark against an invisible enemy. Meanwhile, Clark is thrilled when Lana seeks his companionship after Whitney inexplicably rebuffs her.

Monday, November 19, 2007

How to copy HTML links with firefox

The solution for this problem can be found in Firefox extensions that allow you to copy HTML links on the fly; meaning that they enable you to copy simultaneously the link text and HTML, and once you paste it you will already get the HTML code ready to go.

The most used extension for this purpose is called CoLT. Basically you will need to right click on the link you want to copy, move the mouse over “Copy Text Link and Location As,” and then select “HTML Link.”

I have used it for a while, but I don’t link the fact that I need to go through two sets of menus. It adds one unnecessary step to the process.

Friday, November 16, 2007

What is XML?

There are a big knowledge about XML, and if you are web-programmer, you probably know that.

XML stands for Extensible Markup Language. Basically, it is a markup language created to transport structured data across different systems and platforms. There is an article over W3C titled “XML in 10 Points,” which gives an introduction to this language. The 10 points are:
  1. XML is for structuring data.
  2. XML looks a bit like HTML.
  3. XML is text, but isn’t meant to be read.
  4. XML is verbose by design.
  5. XML is a family of technologies.
  6. XML is new, but not that new.
  7. XML leads HTML to XHTML.
  8. XML is modular.
  9. XML is the basis for RDF and the Semantic Web.
  10. XML is license-free, platform-independent and well-supported.

Wednesday, November 14, 2007

Google page rank update in progress?

Recently, i have read about the Google page rank issue.

The reason for the penalties it not totally clear yet, but Darren said that he got confirmations from two sources at Google that the penalties were being given exclusively for paid links, and not for cross-linking inside blog networks.

That would explain why many blogs recovered from the drop, including Problogger itself. Supposedly these blogs were wrongly associated with paid links, and Google reversed their PageRank to the normal level after realizing that. The good thing is that most websites are actually seeing the PageRank update now, and many are going up.

Saturday, November 10, 2007

Smallville - Rogue

Smallville session 1, episode 9 - Rogue, which was written by Mark Verheiden; Directed by David Carson.


Story about clark's secret identity is jeopardized when a corrupt policeman, Sam Phelan (Cameron Dye), witnesses Clark using his superhuman powers and coerces him into joining forces.

However, when Clark double-crosses the cop, he is not prepared to deal with the consequences for him and his family. Meanwhile, Lex receives an intriguing proposal from his sexy British ex-girlfriend, Victoria Hardwick (recurring guest star Kelly Brook).

Everyone was worry that clark identity is going to be revealled. A nice episode.

Friday, November 9, 2007

Smallville - Jitters

Smallville session 1 episode 8, Jitters.


What is brewing on Level Three? Earl Jenkins, a man who claims to have "jitters" caused from experiments on that level of the LuthorCorp plant, wants the answers and he is holding hostages until he finds out the truth.
The story is about an experiment at the Luthor fertilizer plant makes an old friend of the Kents literally shake and jitter, and he seeks vengeance against the Luthors, who hide the secret of his transformation behind "Level Three" at the local plant. Jenkins claims his deadly "jitters" were caused by a mysterious contaminant, and he threatens to kill everyone unless he is shown a secret sublevel, which Lionel Luthor denies ever existed.

Wednesday, November 7, 2007

Smallville - Craving

A story of Craving at episode 7, session 1 is about a girl goes on a meteor-rock shake diet and becomes somewhat of a fat-sucking vampire.


A weight-obsessed teen dieting on kryptonite-infected vegetables gains her fondest dream that whose diet of Kryptonite-affected vegetables causes her to shed weight faster than she can handle, forcing her to satisfy her ravenous hunger by gorging on any available food source. Meanwhile, Lex gets one step closer to the truth about Clark after funding a study on the green meteor fragments.

Monday, November 5, 2007

Smallville - Hourglass

Hourglass is episode 6, in session 1 of smallville.

The story is about an old man gets a second chance at life thanks to meteor rocks; and a woman predicts the futures of Clark and Lex.





An old man uses green meteor rock to reverse the aging process, then gain vengeance on the children of the jury that put him away decades earlier. Meanwhile, another woman at the same old folks' home has prophetic abilities and she sees the futures of both Clark and Lex.

This epidode was on air at November 20, 2001.

Friday, November 2, 2007

Greatest Time To Be An Entrepreneur

Knowledge @ Wharton:

Meet the new consumers of the new media age. They want things to be better,
faster, cheaper and, even more important, free.

“This new consumer is very, very different from [the ones] we dealt with before,” said Ted Leonsis, vice chairman emeritus of AOL, who is considered an Internet pioneer and whose business portfolio over the years includes an impressive array of online companies.

It doesn’t matter what business you’re in — restaurant, real estate or financial services, he added. “We’re living in a world where consumers have taken control of everything.”Leonsis’ foray into entrepreneurship began while he was a student at Georgetown University. It was 1976, the Bicentennial summer, and he started a business selling red-white-and-blue snow cones. It was hardly the stuff of which millionaires are made, but Leonsis said the experience gave him a taste of what it’s like to start and grow a business. “I think that entrepreneurial spirit is really what drives this country and what drives the world economy,” he said.

For him at least, business is all about being in the “happiness business.” He said online businesses can cultivate people’s desire to volunteer and give back. “It’s all about getting out of the I, I and I, and really seeing where you want to fit into the bigger world.” The Internet has led to a whole new type of charitable giving — online philanthropy, where “micro-donations” by many donors can add up to a sizeable contribution. Being successful with an online business is all about being smart with math and algorithms, Leonsis noted. “Marketing isn’t just to people anymore.

You have to market to algorithms.” Also, “the basic unit of life in this world is the pixel and every pixel matters on a page.”

The ability to cross promote is a powerful benefit of the Internet, he added, citing Amazon.com’s algorithm-driven marketing effort that alerts customers who bought certain book titles to other titles they might also like.



Read more at this Sources.