Do you want to know who the people behind Mozilla Firefox are?
Well, here's the trick:

1. Open Firefox
2. In the address bar, type "About:Credits" without the quotes
3. Press ENTER

Voila! A list of those geniuses behind everyone's favorite browser is displayed.

Labels: Browser, Firefox, Secrets, Tricks

Yes, this might sound too common sense-ical for you, but did you know that Google actually has the answer if you search for the number of horns on a unicorn?

I'm not exactly sure how the Google Calculator computes for the results. If you enter all other dumb phrases (like "number of alphabets" or the "number of fingers on your right hand"), Google doesn't have the answer for it. But if you enter phrases like:

"Number of months in a year"
or
"number of centimeters in a meter"
and even
"number of horns on a unicorn"

Google has answers for those. Cool eh?

Labels: Cool Stuff, Google, Secrets, Tricks, What's Hot

I came across THIS SITE and saw how our favorite search engine, Google, works.

Enjoy! :)

Labels: Google, Secrets, Trivia, What's Hot

Hey y'all Google-lovers out there! I have stumbled upon a set of Google Fun Facts for all of you today! Here are the most interesting ones:

Google's name is a play on the word googol, which refers to the number 1 followed by one hundred zeroes. The term was coined by Milton Sirotta, nephew of American mathematician Edward Kasner, and was popularized in the book, "Mathematics and the Imagination" by Kasner and James Newman. Google's play on the term reflects the company's mission to organize the immense amount of information available on the web.

Google started as a research project at Stanford University, created by Ph.D. candidates Larry Page and Sergey Brin when they were 24 years old and 23 years old respectively (a combined 47 years old).

Google receives daily search requests from all over the world, including Antarctica.Google has a world-class staff of more than 2,668 employees known as Googlers. The company headquarters is called the Googleplex.

Googlers are multifaceted. One operations manager, who keeps the Google network in good health is a former neurosurgeon. One software engineer is a former rocket scientist. And the company's chef formerly prepared meals for members of The Grateful Dead and funkmeister George Clinton.

When Google was a Stanford research project, it was nicknamed BackRub because the technology checks backlinks to determine a site's importance.

Source: http://www.google.com/press/funfacts.html

Labels: Google, Secrets, Trivia

Author's Note: Wow, it's been some time since my last post. Sorry mates, I've been busy with work that I have neglected my blogs for a few days. But now, I'm back with new stuff that you'll definitely find interesting!

Did you know that you can actually create a log file using Windows Notepad without having to do coding, scripting, or all that programming thingamagigs software developers do? Here's how:

1. Open Notepad
2. Type .LOG on the first line, and then press [Enter] to move to the next line
3. Save your file on a directory you can easily navigate to.

The next time you open the file, you will notice that the current date and time have been appended to the end of the text you entered.

Sweet eh?

Source: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/260563

Labels: Notepad, Secrets, Tricks

I was reading my other blog and came across a eureka post last year. Let me just share it with everyone:

• Cellular phone signals DO NOT interfere with air control signals. Although Federal law states that it's forbidden to use any cellular phone on an airplane for the very reason that it might cause interference with the air control frequencies, the Mythbusters have proven this wrong. Cellular signals travel through a different frequency. The danger though, is that new phones are being developed everyday, and you'll never know when someone invents a phone that travels the same frequency as that of radio waves. (Source: Mythbusters)

• The scientific name of a fart is actually a FLATUS. (Source: Mythbusters)

• Flying a kite with a key on the far end of the string on a normal day (like Ben Franklin's experiment) will still cause some voltage to build up on the string and the key up to 20,000 volts. This voltage, though, is not strong enough to ignite sparks. A lightning strike on the kite will, however, fry the person if he touches the key on the far end of the string. (Source: Mythbusters)

• Bees can produce 3x the amount of honey that they need. They can also sting just once in their lives, because as soon as they sting someone or something, they leave the tiny needles on their back. Those needles are actually vital organs, which means every sting causes them to lose a vital part of their bodies. And soon after that, they die. (Source: Inquiring minds)

Labels: Discovery, Discovery Channel, Mythbusters, Secrets, Trivia

Did you know that you cannot create a blank folder in Windows?

If you rename it to [BLANK] (that is, delete the Folder Name), Windows will automatically rename it back to the Folder Name.

Even if you rename it to (' ') SPACE, Windows will still rename it back to its Folder Name.

But! Here's a technique I'll share with you on how to rename your folder to blank:

• Highlight the folder you want to rename
• Press F2, or Right-click > Rename
• Hold [ALT]
• Press the number keys: [2] [5] [5]

And you'll get a blank to use for your folder!
An alternative for this is also using [ALT] + 0160.

Why is that? Well, learn your Ascii, my friend!

Labels: Secrets, Tricks, Trivia, Windows

For several centuries, the mysteries of the brain have left scientists hanging -- trying to explain the powerful functions of the brain and the things it can do. Even now, they're still trying to figure out how information is coded in the brain, or how memories are stored and retrieved from the nerve cells or neurons of the brain. Nobody knows the answers.... yet. Anyway, here are the interesting things you didn't know about your brain:

• You have a fat head: Neuron cell membranes are made from fatty acids. (LOL!)
• Even though our bodies weigh about the same, our brains are 10 times heavier than a sheep’s.
• The brains of 2-year-olds consume twice as much energy as do adult brains. (Wow, does that mean kids use their brains much more than adults do?)
• Antidepressants such as Prozac stimulate the growth of new neurons in the brain. So does exercise. (Oh crap, I need to exercise then...)
• From birth, the brain matures from back to front. With aging, it degenerates in the opposite pattern.

For the complete article, please visit this site.

Labels: Discovery, Secrets, Trivia

I found this very disturbing article after visiting Sir Tiger's blog and coming across one of his posts regarding the same article. The article talks about The History Of Love: how it has been portrayed and exemplified over time since pagan times. What's interesting about it is how women's status have evolved over time, and how the perception of sex has changed with the entry of Christianity. Anyway, here are some of the most interesting eureka moments I've had with the article:

• High class prostitutes and courtesans were held superior to wives and "virtuous" women. (During the Golden Age of Greece)
• Pagan love in Rome was guilt-free, lusty, unfaithful and deceitful. (Roman Empire - 27 BC - 385 AD)
• Abortions and contraception were common. Babies were often discarded as garbage. (Roman Empire - 27 BC - 385 AD) <-- OMFG!
• The Catholics argued that women did not have a mortal soul and debated if women were even human. (Rise of Christianity and the Dark Ages - 385 AD - 1000 AD) <--- What the hell!?
• Christian marital sex was performed only in one position and never during penance nor on Sundays, Wednesdays, Fridays, holiday seasons, and then only to conceive a child. (Rise of Christianity and the Dark Ages - 385 AD - 1000 AD)

Well anyway, I don't know if there's any truth to the article. But if you read the article, it's just crazy to think people were like that during ancient times. Haha, all for the sake of religion... or is it faith? Ah, what the heck.

Labels: Secrets, Trivia, Weird Stuff

Okay, after taking a break on researching Google stuff, I have finally come across some interesting finds. Once a year, Google geniuses develop a page that would drive users nuts on April Fool's Day. Here are some interesting pages that they've come up with:

The Google Romance Finder:

Are single, lonely, and miserable? Fear not, Google has the answer you've been looking for! If you want to find the perfect date, the perfect somebody to hold you so tight, then go to Google Romance right NOW!


The Google MentalPlex

If you want faster and smarter searching on the internet, then the MentalPlex is the answer. Its hypnotizing powers draw in the positive vibrations of hundreds of fortune tellers and astrologers in the world.

The Google Pigeon Rank

Have you ever wondered how Google delivers your search inquiries fast and accurate? Well, wonder no more because the big company has finally revealed how it works its magic. Behold the PigeonRank: Google's army of hardworking birds to give you the best results.



Hehehe, simply shows that Google has a great sense of humor. Damn, I wish I were one of their employees. Haha, bitter.

Labels: Google, Secrets, What's Hot

I have always been a fan of Adobe Photoshop. When my creative juices start to overflow, there's no better outlet than this powerful imaging tool. It's funny, though, that I've been using this application for a few years already, but it's only now that I found some hidden secrets within Photoshop. The creators just had to be creative, eh?

Well you see, the first secret I'm going to share with you is the "alternate" credits to Adobe Photoshop. If you click on Help > About Photoshop, you'll get the application logo (the one with an eye and a microscope and a seashore -- weird logo). But when you click on [CTRL] and then Help > About Photoshop, you'll get something different! Weird, here's how the two credits look like:


Also, out of pure curiousity, I just read the scrolling credits. There are A LOT of funny credit lines there, you'd just have to wait for them =P. Here's an example:

The last line there would be "And of course, thanks to , our favorite customer." Hehehehe.

Labels: Adobe, Photoshop, Secrets, Trivia

I was browsing through really useless gadgets when I stumbled upon this awful invention: The Techno Privacy Scarf. What it does: well, it gives you privacy when you're using your PC, your Ipod or PDA, or your mobile phone. At what cost? Let's just say you might get hit by a bus while you're using it. Lol.

Photo courtesy of: www.techneblog.com

Labels: Secrets, Weird Stuff

Did you know that Windows XP has a hidden utility for editing fonts and/or icons? Well, let's face it. We don't really maximize all the utilities that Windows gives us, we only usually run those apps that we know exist. Anyway, Windows provides us with this powerful application that allows us to create icons, fonts, and even logos!

Behold the EUDCEDIT.

To access this program, do the following:

1. Go to Start > Run
2. Type eudcedit. Press Enter.

You get this:


Source: http://www.asnee.com/blog/?p=595

Labels: Secrets, Tricks, Windows