Have you ever been in a situation where you have a file, maybe on your computer or in your pen drive, but you do not have the correct software to open the file? I received an .odt file in my email the other day but I do not have Open Office on my computer. Word can’t open it and I don’t really want to install Open Office or some plug in for my Word. So I search the Internet and after looking through many forums that suggested installation of Open Office or some other plug ins, I found the perfect solution to my problem: Media-Convert.

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Recently, Microsoft unveiled the WorldWide Telescope, a product from Microsoft Research. This is not any ordinary tool, because it’s a tool that web enables exploration of galaxies, constellations and planets! To do this, the project makes use of the image repositories from Hubble Space Telescope, the Chandra X-Ray Observatory Center, the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, and others.

This would seem similar to Google Sky, an extension to Google Earth that maps the sky. The requirements for the tool are pretty hefty though:-

• Microsoft® XP SP2 (minimum), Windows® Vista® (recommended)
• PC with Intel Core 2 Duo processor with 2 gigahertz (GHz) or faster, recommended
• 1 gigabyte (GB) of RAM; 2 GB RAM recommended
• 3D accelerated card with 128 megabytes (MB) RAM; discrete graphics card with dedicated 256-MB VRAM recommended for higher performance
• 1 GB of available hard disk space; 10 GB recommended for off-line features and higher performance browsing
• XGA (1024 x 768) or higher resolution monitor
• Microsoft Mouse or compatible pointing and scrolling device
• Microsoft® DirectX® version 9.0c and .NET Framework 2.0
• Required for some features; Internet connection at 56 Kbps or higher through either an Internet service provider (ISP) or a network. Internet access might require a separate fee to an ISP; local or long-distance telephone charges might also apply

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After writing about MySearchFunds, I came to realize that I do use another website to earn a little money to keep in my PayPal account. Mind you, I don’t have much money in my PayPal, just enough to pay off the annual fees of a few online accounts.

The website that I have in mind is Quidco. I have been using Quidco for about a year plus now. It caters for mainly UK residents because most of the merchants that they carry are from the UK, but there are also those websites or merchants that pay you some money for you to sign up with them. I use Quidco when I buy from some of the merchants on their lists, or do some sign ups when I have the free time.

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This game was proclaimed to be the World’s Hardest Game. What is the name of the game? The World’s Hardest Game. Duh.

So just how hard can this game be?

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This dude tattooed HTML codes onto his back… can you imagine that? He must be a freaky programmer or a die-hard blogger who’s gone crazy.