Cyberneighbor Media Conversion

CR-King website says of their product:

• Plug and Play
• USB 2.0 interface
• 4 color-coded drum pads
• 2 cymbal pads
• 1 bass kick pedal
• 2 wooden drumsticks
• Compatible with: Windows XP/ Vista and Mac OS

I saw this product in one of their branches in Commonwealth, QC.  I must admit, except for the CD-R king tag, the drum kit is not bad aesthetically.  I was almost tempted to score one for my daughter and for myself but knowing its a new product and knowing that CD-R King products rarely exceed the 3 month mark, I decided to scan the web for reviews  on this product, of course from those who have already tried.

It is hard to find a review on this new product from CD-R King. But good enough, I found one in the most likely of places - Philmusic.com. Here is what the newbie Philmusic netizen  "Grail" have to say about it:

PROS
1) it can be used as stand alone drums (i found several softwares on youtube "how to use rockband on pc")
2) pretty nifty addition to your acoustic kits (mala David Silveria ang dating)
3) cheap sya considering may kasamay alluminum stands na nagamit ko pang incorporate sa kit ko
4) gamit ko sya kapag trip kong pumalo tuwing gabi (earphone/headset mode)

CONS
1) kailangang ingatan.. since made in china sya (will update this kapag tumagal sa amin ng anak ko)
2) "LATENCY" tried several softwares.. parang nahuhuli pa rin ung tunog (PM me if you found a better software
3) meron syang dalawang cymbals pero di mo malaman kung saan mo isasalpak (may nakita rin akong video how to convert RB2 to RB3) hintay ko lang matapos warranty
4) puro basic beats tsaka slow rudiments lang magagawa mo.. not sure if its software based or hardware na rin.. still looking for better software.

- Just the right review I need to decide against buying it. Latency- that is a real problem to me. I don't really care if it's rudimentary but latency really turns me off.

Thanks Grail of Philmusic for trying the product ahead of us.

K9 Web Protection

Pornography and adult content  comprise  60-70 percent of internet materials. But how come adult-filters seem rare? I mean the free ones.  In the age of page views or  subscriptions/memberships translating to revenue, it is quite amusing to learn that too little is dedicated to developing  free solutions to this very common parental problem.

I have nothing against developers who charge for their work but in my opinion , the mutiplicity rule in revenue generation can only be realized if they go FREE.

Here is a free web protection  or internet filter that parents can use to protect their kids from porn or adult content.

http://www1.k9webprotection.com/

Want your website to be more interactive? Want a free live chat code that is easy to implement? Don’t have the budget to hire a programmer? Chatango Live Chat is just the thing for you.

Let me enumerate the exciting features of Chatango as mentioned quite creatively in their site:

1. No download required, it’s free and it has no ads
2. You can put live group chat on your web pages.It’s fast, even with hundreds of people
3. The chat will show the number of people on your page in real time
4. You can ban users, make moderator, delete messages and make a list of blocked words
5. You can control whether users can use colors and fonts

Chatango Chat  is indeed a yummy treat for webmasters.

Visit their site to download. Enjoy.

http://chatango.com/

Sylvania Meso Synet 582-BK drivers for Win7

The internet universe has failed me this time. The netbook Sylvania Meso Synet 582-BK, as far as my search is concerned has no driver update for Windows 7.  If you happen to have any of the following drivers for this netbook model pls, provide a link below.

vga

network adapters

lan

wi-fi / wireless lan

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As an alternative remedy, I installed a  dongle type USB wireless lan. Good thing the audio driver has built-in support in Windows 7. I really don’t want to settle with the Win 7′s standard VGA adapter but beggars can’t be choosers.

Sylvania Meso, not very good, I hope you guys put up a support site for your netbooks.

Your pc desktop USB ports are acting-up lately, they can’t recognize any USB device you plug into them. Your flash drive or external drive can easily be accessed on another computer  — the possibility of your usb device being defective is cancelled out.

You reformatted your computer, reinstalled the drivers but still your USB ports refuse to cooperate.

You stared at the little square holes and prayed for a miracle but that didn’t work either.

Then you stumbled into this blog post.

your problem?  – Your USB ports are broken, malfunctioning, dead.

solution? Install a USB 2.04 (or higher) 4 port (or higher ) PCI Card.

Where to buy? If you are cheapskate like me and you happened to live in the Philippines, try the USB 2.04+1 Port PCI Cards being sold at CDR-King. These cards come with mini cd drivers and a 3 month warranty. I scored one a few days ago and it still working. I’m crossing my fingers. If the card will last for 5 months, I’ll be a happy man.

When I clicked on a link on my primary widgets, it returned an error. here is a snapshot of the error.

I  employed the wordpress plug-in  Linkable Title Html and Php Widget by PepLamb and linked it the shortlink of my blog page.

For several weeks the link was ok but just this morning, the error occurred when I clicked on it.

I  edited and reentered the link. nothing.

I reentered the link  and retype the  title of the link but to no avail.

3 cups of coffee later, I hit the nail  right on the head.

What solved the problem?

Very simple.

I linked the widget to the long url or permalink of the blog page.

It was not a plug-in problem after-all.

For some reason the shortlink is not working.

Linkable Title Html and Php Widget by PepLamb is an awesome wordpress  plug-in.

Free Freeware Batch Photo Watermarker 100% Free

Your search is over. Here are   really amazing   free/freeware batch Photo watermarkers. 100% free and no hidden charges.  No limits.

Protect your photos or at least put your seal and advertise your site/ yourself on your photos or graphic creations.

Batch Photo Watermarker 1:

http://fast-watermark.delphis.qarchive.org/_download2.html

screenshot:

Batch Photo Watermarker 2:

http://www.softsea.com/download/Batch-Watermarker-Freeware.html

But don’t forget to install Net Framework 4.0 first.

http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=17851

screenshot: