MyBlogLog re-design!

It's just now that I logged in my MyBlogLog account and saw the new design of the design. A much wider design, which gives you room to view more in my Community Updates section. I also notice that the Recent Visitors are now at the left column which previously placed above the New Neighbors.. section. I also like the color combination.

Check it out!
http://www.mybloglog.com/

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NFS: Undercover Preview?

Just today I opened my Google Reader, to read my RSS Feeds. A new post from NFSPlanet.com about the possible teaser of NFS:Undercover, the newest installment on the Need for Speed franchise. I think that the story plot will be great, I hope so. :P

Also a website is shown on the video, "www.WhichRoadToTake.com", that shows a man that is being interogated which plays continuously. One funny part of it that the interogator somewhat became the person being interogated.

The best thing is the date shown at the last part of the video, which is the possible release date of the game. I'm so glad of that date since that date will be my 23rd birthday. I think EA will give me another gift for my birthday, like what they did in the released date of NFS:Most Wanted, which was released before my birthday. Thanks EA! :P

Video Link: http://www.nfsplanet.com/nfsuc_movies.php?do=view&vid=1

Source: NFSPlanet.com

How to add Social Bookmarking buttons for your posts in blogger?

What is Social Bookmarking
Social bookmarking is a method for Internet users to store, organize, search, and manage bookmarks of web pages on the Internet with the help of metadata.
Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_bookmarking

Know the site...
In adding social bookmarking links to your posts, you must know what are the format of the URL for each social bookmarking site.

Here are some URL formats that my blog use: (Blogger format)

Digg:
http://digg.com/submit?url=URL&title=TITLE&bodytext=DESCRIPTION&media=MEDIA&topic=TOPIC
[more info]

StumbleUpon:
http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?url=URL&title=TITLE
[more info]

Mixx:
http://www.mixx.com/submit?page_url=URL
[more info]

del.icio.us:
http://del.icio.us/post?url=URL&title=TITLE

Pownce:
http://pownce.com/send/link/?url=URL&note_body=TITLE
[more info]


Get some icons...
To make your button to be seen easily, you need an icon that is eye catching and blends in your site or blog.

AOD Design - http://www.aoddesign.com/blog/
Note: You can get default icons to each site.

The Code
It's simple, just create an anchor tag with an image tag inside.

<a href="[link here]" target="_blank"><img src="[image url here]" border="0" /></a>

The format of the href attribute inside the <a> tag only differs, the format must be:

expr:href=''

Inside the href attribute goes the Social Bookmarking site URL enclosed in double quotes.

expr:href=' "http://del.icio.us/post?url=" + data:post.url + "&title=" + data:post.title '

Replace the URL with data:post.url and the TITLE with data:post.title.

How to integrate:

1. Login to you Blogger.com account.
2. In your Dashboard, click on the Layout link for the blog you want to edit.
3. Click on Edit HTML, under Layout page.
4. Check on the "Expand Widget Templates".
5. Scroll down and find the line containing this text, "<data:post.body>".
6. Paste the code before or after it, just inside the paragraph tag "<p></p>".
7. Click on "SAVE TEMPLATE".

Sample Code

<p>
<data:post.body/>
<a expr:href='"http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?url=" + data:post.url + "&amp;title=" + data:post.title' target='_blank' title='Stumble Upon'>
<img align='right' alt='Stumble Upon' hspace='2' src='http://cdn.stumble-upon.com/images/32x32_su_round.gif' style='padding: 0; border: none;'/></a>
</p>

Pownce and del.icio.us

Now you can also submit my posts to Pownce and del.icio.us!
Just click the glossy icons of Pownce and del.icio.us, to submit a post to a bookmarking site.


Like the icons? It's free! Click here...

Submit to Mixx!

You can now submit my posts to Mixx. Just click the "mixx it up" button.

Update:
I have changed the button to a Mixx icon.

at last Bux.to Payment!

The long wait is over! Bux.to has paid me.

The story...
Just this afternoon I've opened my account in Bux.to, as usual I click all the ads available for this day. After the clicking, I clicked on the My Stats link to view my current status. Then when I saw my Account Balance, $10 was deducted from it. At first I thought an error has occurred an my account has been deducted, but when I saw the Total Amount Paid $10 was there. Which means that my cashout request has been granted. Then I checked my e-mail that I used to sign-up for AlertPay, there was an e-mail that says I have received money from Bux.to. Then I opened my AlertPay account and there it is, the $10!

Reaction
Honestly I was happy about it, not because I received $10, it is because I can now tell others that Bux.to is not a scam. It really pays. I was a bit sad about, because I have to wait for more than 6 months just to receive my first cashout money. I have requested for cashout last Jan. 11, 2008, and I received my payment last Saturday, July 5, 2008. I understand how the hard working people of Bux.to paying and servicing its more than 2 million members. That's a lot to maintain and manage. Good job Bux.to!


Proof
My AlertPay account screenshot:

Not yet a member of Bux.to? Click here...
Want to have an AlertPay account? Click here...

IE8 Beta 1 Experience

Today I have just installed IE8 just to try it. Which the new features focus on Developers for web page debugging.

Installation
The installation take up more than five minutes, since it downloaded some security updates for Windows that is needed by the browser. The it required you to restart because of the Windows update it downloaded.

First run
IE8's start-up is faster than the start-up time of IE7. I think it also (correct me if I'm wrong...) low in process resources. It looks the same IE7, nothing new in the design, except for the Favorites bar which is like the Bookmarks toolbar by Firefox. It has this new button that says "Emulate IE7", which is one of the features of IE8 that it can emulate IE7. On the address bar, it highlights the domain name of the site you are viewing. Closing the browser is slow.

Actions
I uninstalled it. No explanations.

Updates
IE8 beta 2 is due release in August.

In case you want to try IE8b1 download it here.
If you're installing, it is better to create a restore point first before you install.
Using Vista and uninstalling it IE8? Go here.

Guinness World Record for Firefox 3

Mozilla now holds the Guinness World Record for the most downloaded software within 24 hours. Over 8 million unique copies of Firefox 3 was downloaded.

Download day
The Firefox 3 Download Day was held last June 17, 2008. It was a success! Exactly 8,002,530 people downloaded Firefox 3 that day. The download time started 18:16 GMT till 18:16 GMT of June 18, 2008.

Now as of July 3, 2008(6:30 GMT), Firefox 3 has been downloaded by 28,601,284 users and still growing.

For more information about the Firefox 3 Guinness World Record, please go to...
http://www.spreadfirefox.com/en-US/worldrecord/

Not using Firefox 3? Click the button below..

Something new in wrong move blog..

There's something new in the Wrong Move blog.
As you can see there are Digg and StumbleUpon icons at the bottom right of my every post. Now you can easily dig and stumble my posts.