Typeracer

Do you think you write really fast on your keyboard? Well, think about it once again after you visit typeracer.com, the site of the fastest typers on earth!!!
It's like a game and all you have to do is make an account and then start playing! The aim is to write the sentence that is given to you as fast as possible without making any mistakes. Then your speed is compiled into wpm (words per minute) and it is added to your average. To become the best player online you have to make the best average OR if you don't really mind about becoming the best make just one really fast race (about 150 wpm) to be seen FOR A WHOLE MINUTE at the home-site!!!
If you are still socked with my words about 150 wpm, you should also note that the best score ever is 180.4 wpm and my average is ........ about 34 wpm (this is really strange, since everyone tells me I write really fast!!!) !!!! Have fun!! (This means: "I wish you never reach my average :P"!!!).

Songs for this post:
1. Bon Jovi - Living on a prayer (a really rock-favourite-old song that will last forever (this means 4 minutes and 10 seconds))
2. Fall out boy - Calm before the storm (my favourite one for about 2 days and 10 hours)
3. Luna Halo - I'm alright (it's a rock song that you don't know and have no hope of listenig to it to the radio!!)

SubSync (subtitles synchroniser)

It happens a lot of times to download a movie and then its subtitles. Sometimes the subtitles are wrong and appear on your screen some seconds earlier or later than the normal. There are some programs that fix the subtitles while you watch the movie, but they do it only for differences of 2-3 seconds (e.g. "BSplayer"). If the problem doesn't really have to do with a whole second but with some milliseconds, or if you are confused with the way these programs work, what happens next? I'll tell you : "SubSync" (this is what happens next!). It is a Windows media player based program and it's designed so that you can separately edit any subtitle with multiple tools, while watching the exact part of the movie they are added at. Well, it's not always necessary to have subs, if your mother-language is English, but for me it's sometimes necessary (if not always). So I mention it and if you think you'll find it useful, download it at the following site: "http://www.softpedia.com/get/Multimedia/Video/Other-VIDEO-Tools/SubSync.shtml".

Songs for this post:
1. Maroon 5 - This love (no comments...!)
2. Yellowcard - Breathing (a very rock song!!)
3. The Veronicas - Untouched (see how fast they say the words in this song!!!)

Friv

I'm happy that at last I found a site you will propably not know!!!

friv.com is a gaming site in which you can pick up a game out of 250 games. Let me mention a great problem of this site; All the games are presented as very small pictures but I can tell you where are the games that I find good/funny!
Make sure you visit the site before you read the following, just to know where to look when you read my directions

1. Avalanche
It's located at the middle right of the site and the picture looks like a small stickfigure with some spikes falling on it. What you have to do in this game, is to avoid as many spikes as you can so that they don't hit the inner parts of the stickfigure's body (as for the outer parts, it's ok, you won't lose!!!). My record is 298 spikes; tell me if you make a better one!

2. Gravitat
It's located at the last column at the right, 3 games below the exclamation mark (!). It looks like a logic game and it actually is, but still really interesting (I use the words "but" and "still" because some people don't really like logic and maths. The only sure about them is that they are my opponents!!!). Anyway, it's a great game (I don't remember my record!!!).

3. 3D logic
The absoloute logic game. It's located at the second row and it's the 10th game if you start counting from the left to the right. See for yourself what it is about, becase it's really easy to understand what you have to do if you see the "Help" section!

If you find another interesting game tell me in the comments section.

Songs for this post:
1. Fall out boy - Dance dance (my favourite song for about a year and a half)
2. Miley Cyrus - Fly on the wall (don't say I've watched the movie she's playing at)
3. Matisse - 5 seconds of love (you don't know it and you'll find it difficult to download it...)

Wikipedia

I don't know why I always think about sites and programs that are widely known, but I'll talk about them even if you know them....

This time I selected wikipedia.org . It seems that it's the biggest and freeest (although this word doesn't actually exist!!!) encyclopedia on the internet. You can find info about whatever you can imagine in a wide range of languages. In addition, by making an account you can edit an article that you think has a mistake or write your own article about a piece of info that doesn't exist on the site, or your language. All that by paying nothing!!!!

A good idea that I took under strong consideration recently is translating English articles to my language (since I know both languages really well) and then add the articles to the version of my country!!! So if it happens for you to know 2 languages (or more) it can be a good idea!!!!

Finally, since I really like music, I thought about mentioning some songs I find good at the end of every post, so if you have heard or are planning to listen to one of them, then tell me your comments!!!!
Today's songs:
Alien ant farm - Smooth criminal (a really rock remix of Michael Jackson's mix)
Jet - Are you gonna be my girl (I really like these crazy songs!)
Lady GaGa feat. Akon - Just dance (Just an R&B alternative!)

P2P downloading , Torrents

Well, I was not sure about whether to mention these programs or not, but in the end I decided to do so.... Note: All of the following programs are completely ILLEGAL, so if you still think you can/want to stay completely legal, download none of them.

1.Limewire/Frostwire
If you know these programs and have ever thought that the only similarity between them is the ending of their name, you were clearly mistaken!! Both of them are made by the same company and have the same features and appearance. They are both based on Peer to peer exchange (P2P) and are fast enough for every kind of expectations (appart from the case that you want to have every single .mp3 or .avi or whatever downloaded at a second, which is a bit impossible!!!). Anyway, with them you can download music, videos, images, (programs) or documents. But they are most times used as audio downloaders, because nobody download anything elese on a P2P propgram, due to low quality. You can find these programs at the following sites : "http://www.limewire.com" and "http://www.frostwire.com" (how difficult and strange site names ....)
Note: The appearance of the last version of Limewire (5.1.4) is a bit different than the older one and as a resault, different than the Frostwire's one. But I think this is not a problem for anyone.

2. Vuze (Azureus) / μTorrent
I'm sure you know a lot about Torrent downloading (me too). We all know you should forget it, but if it's necessary not to, here's some info about these 2 programs
Vuze is a great Torrent downloading program and offers a wide variety of Torrents that might look like the ones you want to download. It's too fast for your imagination (and sometimes for the imagination of your Internet connection!!!) so you won't face any problems in this field. The only problem that you can face by using Vuze, is that it needs a great part of your RAM, so make sure that you have a RAM with a high ammount of MegaBytes/GigaBytes. In addition, it sometimes makes conflict with other open programs, so in this case I'd suggest μTorrent (this symbol at the beginning of the programs name "μ" is the letter that is pronounced like "m" in greek). μTorrent uses only a small amount of your RAM and makes no conflicts with other open programs, BUT the download rates are not that high. So if you are planning to download and use one of these 2, pick the one that matches your pc's abilities (and your imagination!!!).
Sites: "http://www.vuze.com" and "http://www.utorrent.com".

What about some sites for a change?

First of all, sorry I haven't posted for so long but I've been rather busy with my summer holidays , which started just 3 days ago !!! All these 3 days I've been thinking about what my next post will be about...... but without success!!! So yesterday I thought it would be a good idea if I said something about some interesting sites for a change!

1. photoshop.com
In my last post I mentioned "Face-op". Well forget it, because a comment just made me unistall it, because it was in fact ridiculous (I mean the program, not the comment!!!). So now you don't even need to install a program to morph your pictures or make them of better quality; just visit photoshop.com , make an account, upload your photos, edit them, download the edited ones, make your own "site" (it's like blogger) and publish your photos, so that everybody can see them!!

2. hi5.com , facebook.com
I don't think it's necessary to mention what you do there. Make your own profile, add your characteristics, add a photo, accept comments, friend invitations, application invitations and play tons of games.

3. youtube.com
Well by 99% you know it. But if you are one of the people who own an Internet connection and do not (still) know youtube.com, then youtube.com is a site full of videos. It contains every kind of video that you can (and can't) imagine. For example, if you really like chemistry, visit youtube.com and find a video about the combilation of an alkali metal (Li, Na, K, Rb,Cs) with water (H2O). Or if you don't really like that and prefer things about computers, watch some tutorial videos about C++ or Java !!!

4. skreemr.com
Download every kind of song that you want. Some interesting features: Completely free, not P2P downloading (and as a resault faster downloading), safe songs (although they are of course illegal) and a lot of other things.

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Face-op

Well, you have one of your pictures, but..... you don't really like it (me too). Then just morph it!!!! Download face-op and start making pictures like soup!!! I mean, like the following ones (I made them but they are still not mine!!!) :

.At the top we see a sun
.At the bottom we see an atomic bomb right behind the mountains

Ok, there's a cute baby above and cute

monster below!

I found it interesting and I still do, but I think you're going to have some problems with this program, since it's not free and the free version doesn't allow you to save your pictures. But I'm here to help you save your pictures without needing to purchase the full version. Just press the "Print Scrn" button next to the scroll lock and then open "Paint". Press Edit/Paste and then copy the part of the photo pasted that seems to be the part of your picture that you want. Then Press File/New. At the new window press "No" and then at the new Paint-window that appers press Edit/Paste and save the resault as a .bmp or a .jpg picture.

To download the program visit the following site:
"http://www.topshareware.com/Face-OP-download-9625.htm".
The download file is located below the program discription. I hope you found it funny ;)

Font creator

Bored of the same fonts? Me too!!! Let's see what we can do in this case:

First posseible solution: Sit there and wait
That's a good solution, if you don't really care about what font you are using!

Second possible solution: Download new fonts
Well, in this case, I don't really know where you can find this thing!!

Third possible solution: Font Creator
Download and install "Font Creator" and create your own fonts!!!

In case you select "three" after a lot of thinking, I'll make you think about it even more just by telling you the following:
1.Free version (30 days)
2.Full version (Until you destroy your hard disc, or even your computer without keeping the setup file)

Now that you know everything about the program, I'll give you the adress you can visit to get more info: "http://www.high-logic.com/fontcreator.html" . I hope you found it "useful".

Google Products

Google is not only a web search engine. It has a lot of other products that help you do plenty of things you could not even imagine. Some of them are:

1.Google Chrome.

I've not even tried it, because I really like "Internet Explorer", but I've heard a lot of great things about it. It seems to be a really fast search engine and it can do a lot of things that other browsers can't (e.g. Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, ...). (more info: "http://www.google.com/chrome")

2.Google Desktop

Once, I used to have this program, but it needed a rather big part of my RAM, and my computer only has a total of 768 MB RAM, so it always stuck and I unistalled it. But if you have a bigger one, it's a really useful program that can help you do things immediately, if you are really bored of needing to open a lot of windows to find what you want. (more info: "http://desktop.google.com")

3.Google Earth

I've already writen a post about this program so you can always see my older posts for more info

4.Google accounts - Gmail

Ok, I know I don't need to talk about that because you might have a Google account since you are a member of blogger. However, with your Google account you can also have a mail (like the Live Messenger), you can have a "Picasa" account or even get money by adding "Google Ads" to your blog or site.

Enso

Well, a lot of times you see people pressing buttons on their keyboard furiously, like they want to achieve something great. Want to become like them ??? Then here's the solution!!! To tell you the truth this program is not going to teach you how to write fast or "furiously", but it just allows you to open any program or folder by the pressing of some buttons. For me it's really useful, since I was in the situation of needing to open 10 folders until I find the subfolder that I wanted. So now I just write the words "open ldd" and the folder is open, waiting for me! The program is called "Enso" and I hope you find it as useful as I do. This program runs automatically when you open your pc and works at any time that you want. The only think that I have to mention in this case is that it uses just one button (e.g. right shift). This means that every time you press the right shift and hold it, everything that you write refers to "Enso" and not to other open programs (as "Word" or "openoffice"). Of course you can change this button at any time and select one out of 6 or 7 recommended buttons.

You can find more information about the program on the following site: "http://www.humanized.com". By the way, "Humanized" is the company that has produced "Enso". "Enso" is completely free and if you download it at the site I wrote above you are not going to face any problems due to viruses.

"Humanized" also has some other interesting programs but they really look like other ones that already exist in every Windows based computer, so I don't think that I'm going to mention them in another post. But if you want to learn more you can visit the site above...

Super

I don't know how can a program be called "Super", but I'm sure that it will have super features! "Super" is a super converter and can convert almost every type of codec to every type of similar codec. It doesn't have to do only with videos, or only with music. It is a converter for everything. It can even be a video to music converter. I know you can do multiple conversions on the internet, but on the internet you need to upload your old file and then download the new one. So if you are bored of doing this thing again and again, "Super" is here to help you!!!

For more information visit the following site: "http://www.erightsoft.com/SUPER.html”. To download the program scroll down until you find a link that says "Start Downloading SUPER". Press it and on the new site that appears press the link that says "download and use" which is located between the red letters. Finally scroll down at the page that appears until you find a link that says "Download SUPER setup file". Press it and the known "download window" will appear. I know it's a lot of work but I tried to straightly put the download link on this post and when I opened it, internet explorer returned me on the first site (the one with the info about the program). So I wrote all the discription, so that you don't face any problems or difficulties.

DivX

You might have heard something about "DivX", but what is it, actually? DivX is a codec that has to do with high quality videos. Today most ".avi" videos need a program that recognises the divx codec to be played. A program to do this is simply called "DivX" ! But it's not just an invisible program that opens ".avi" files. It is a converter, a player, a codec (!!!) and much more. I remember me being only able to listen to the sound of downloaded movies without that program, but a friend of mine told me to try DivX ; and I was amazed to see video!!! By the way, when you have the program installed you don't really need to open it every time you want to see an ".avi" video. You just use your current player and it works automatically.

You can download the program (which is completely free) at the following site: "http://www.divx.com" (to tell you the truth, there is a pro version but the downloadable one is great so you won't need money in this case!!). I hope you found "DivX" useful.

Youtube Grabber

Just another way to download videos from youtube. You open the program ..... write the video's link and ...... it starts downloading. Well I suppose that it happens like that, because from the time that I downloaded it, it never downloaded something for me, but ..... let's say it will work on your computer!!! I downloaded it on the following site: "http://download.cnet.com/Youtube-Grabber/3000-2071_4-10574801.html" but if you do the same and have no different resaults ... just find another way to download the right program (there must be another way, but for the time being I don't know it!!)

By the way, I was planning to make another blog that would have to do with sientific things (maybe chemistry or astrophysics or something like that), but I still have no ideas about it's subject. If you do, just write a comment below and I'll take the idea under cosideration. Thanks a lot in advance!!!

Cube

Well, I don't know if you ever had the chance to hold a Rubik's cube on your hands, but I did and still do have the chance to do that. I even went a step forward and solved the cube (ok, with a little help of some videos on youtube), and still have the ability to do this. But I can understand that there are a lot of people that do not actually know how to do that. So ..... I present you the program called "Cube". It's a program that simply solves your 3x3x3 cube showing the proper move in every occasion. In the beginning you mess up your cube and put the colours in their present place (as they are in the messed-up cube). And after that the program shows you step by step the better way to solve it. To tell you the truth, I am sure that by 80% you don't own a Rubik's cube, but in case you do, I think you'll find the program useful.

You can safely download it's latest version on the following site: "http://home.hetnet.nl/~rubik/" (By the way, the site is from Netherlands, as you can see, but as it's safe I selected to mention this site so that you don't face any problems due to viruses or whatever else).

Adobe SVG viewer

Still have a problem openning unknown codecs? If you've ever seen the .svg codec then you might have had a job openning it. It is a codec for images and it is oppened by only a few programs, a fact that makes it useless sometimes. One of these programs is "SVG viewer" created by "Adobe". The advantages of an .svg image are a lot. The most obvious advantage is that .svg images have a far better quality than the quality of other codecs of images (e.g.: .mpg , .gif , .png , .jp(e)g , ...). So, if you think you are going to need to open an .svg image one day, just download the program at the following site: "http://www.adobe.com/svg/viewer/install/main.html".

In addition if you need to open a file that can't be openned by the known programs (due to its unknown codec) just tell me in the comments and I'll try to find an appropriate program.

G-Force

Are you bored of watching the same visualizations every time you open Windows Media Player? Then you found another similarity between me and you!!! "G-Force", created by "Soundspectrum" is a plug-in that will help you get away of this boring situation (same, boring visualizations). It has a wide range of different visualizations and colours (of course, I can say nothing less than "amazing" about the quality) and it is used as a plug-in to WMP. The only problem with this plug-in is that its price is a bit high and as a resault you can't enjoy all the amazing features by using the free version. But the free version is still useful, if you are already bored of watching the old-time-classic WMP visualizations.

For more information about this plug-in visit the following site: "http://www.soundspectrum.com/g-force" .

Replay Media Catcher

I have heard a lot of times people talking about their favourite videos on youtube. All of them wished that they could download them but none of them could. So in this case I'd just suggest "Replay Media Catcher", a program created by "Applian technologies", with which you can download every video from every site that you want. It's simple. You just open the program(after installing it) and start recording, which means that if you visit a site that contains a video it automatically downloads it and saves it as a flash video (.flv). It is great, and I am sure that you agree to that, BUT the full version is not completely free, so in the free version you only have the ability to download 75% of any video, appart from youtube videos, which are downloaded by 100%.

You can safely download the program by visiting the following site: "http://applian.com/download-videos". Have fun!