Windows XP - How to delete run command URLs?

Ok, this tip is useful whenever you’d like to delete the existing URLs in the run command instead of the cached lists inside it. The URLs was listed automatically once you surf the Internet.

To know whether your run command has existing URLs, simply open your Run window (Windows+R) and type something like http:// inside the text area. You’ll see a drop down list that shows the website URLs you’ve visited recently.

Anyhow, follow these instructions to get rid of them:-

Clear IE History

To do this, open your IE browser, go to Tools > Internet Options > General tab. Click the Delete button in the Browsing history (IE7). For IE 6 and below, click the Clear History button in History.


Clear all records, recently accessed documents

Right click the Start button > Properties > Select Classic Start menu > Customize… > Click the Clear button > Click OK > Select Start menu > Click Apply > Click OK. Done.

Note: For Classic start menu, right click the Start button > Customize… > Click the Clear button.

Now, go back to your run command window and type http://. Your run command URLs should be gone right now.

Oh ya! You might be interested to check out the XP run command lists. That’s all, yeahh!!!

Credits: Tech Archive

Illustrator tutorial - Wave text effect

In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to create a wave text effect using a warp effect in Illustrator. It’s just a simple tutorial anyway and maybe it’ll be useful for some of you guys out there. Ok, here we go!

Software: Adobe Illustrator CS

Step 1

Create New Document with 500px x 500px Artboard Setup. Select RGB color for Color Mode. Press OK.


Step 2

Click the Type Tool or press T and type anything on the artboard. Press Ctrl+T to open the Character palette. Select all text and set to Verdana, Bold and 72pt for size.



You may close the Character palette.


Step 3

Click the Selection Tool (black cursor) and select the text. Go to Object > Expand…Just press OK if you see an Expand window. You’ll get something like below:-




Step 4

Click the Line Segment Tool (\), press Shift key and draw a horizontal line (color doesn’t matter) like below:-



Press V, and then select both text and the line. Go to Pathfinder palette (Shift+F9) and click the Divide tool.



We have successfully divided the text into two parts.


Step 5

Click the Direct Selection Tool (A) and select the top part of the text. Give a red color on it using Swatches palette (Window > Swatches).



Then, select the bottom part and apply an orange color on it.



Look closely at our ‘d’ and ‘e’. Using the Direct Selection Tool, select a filled color inside it and press Delete. You’ll get something like below:-




Step 6

Press V to select the text. Press Ctrl+C to copy and then Ctrl+F to paste it in front. Just right after that, go to your Swatches palette and apply the white, black gradient on it. See below:-



Then, go to your Transparency palette (Shift+F10), set to Screen and Opacity: 70. Press Enter.




Step 7

Using your arrow keys on keyboard, move the transparent text to the right 2 times and to the bottom 2 times. Press V and select both texts, go to Effect > Stylize > Drop Shadow…Leave everything as default and press OK.

You should have something similar like below:-




Step 8

While the both texts on selected, go to Effect > Warp > Wave... Set to Horizontal, Bend: 50, Distortion Horizontal:0 and Vertical:0. Press OK.






Step 9

After that, go to Effect > Warp > Flag… (Just click Apply new effect if you see some popup message). Set to Horizontal, Bend: 25, Distortion Horizontal:0 and Vertical:0. Press OK.



You’ll get something like this:-



Wow, it looks great. Well, it’s done for the wave text. Next, we gonna add some wave background image behind the text.


Step 10

Just go to any blank space on your artboard. Use the Hand Tool or press H to move the artboard to the left-right and top-bottom.

Select a Rectangle Tool or press M and click once on the artboard. Enter Width: 220px Height: 80px. Click OK.

Just right after that, go to your Swatches palette once again and apply white, black gradient on it.




Step 11

While the Swatches palette is still on the artboard and the rectangle is on selected, go to Gradient palette (F9).

Drag the light blue color from Swatches palette and drop it to the left slider of the Gradient palette. And drag the dark blue color from Swatches palette and drop it to the right slider of the Gradient palette.

Set Gradient Type: Radial




Step 12

Just right after that go to Effect > Stylize > Drop Shadow…Press OK.

Ok, now, go to Effect > Distort & Transform > Zig Zag…Enter these value. Size: 10, Relative, Ridges per segment: 4, Point: Smooth. Press OK.

You should have something similar like this:-



Go to Transparency palette (Shift+F10) and set Opacity: 50




Step 13

Click the Selection Tool (V) and after that press Alt on your keyboard. Click on our new shape and drag it to the bottom to make a copy.



Then, go to Effect > Warp > Arc... Set to Horizontal, Bend: 25, Distortion Horizontal:0 and Vertical:0. Press OK.

You should have something similar like this:-




Step 14

Select both wave shapes, right click > Arrange > Send to Back or just press Ctrl+Shift+[. Move them behind our wave text and DONE.

Our final result:-



Hmm…that’s all for today and hope you enjoy this tutorial. Yeahhh!!!

The skateboarding robot (video)

Haha..check out this funny skateboarding 3D robot video that was made by Maya.



And this is a real cute skateboarding robot:-

Blogger - How to list archive pages by title?

Ok, today I'd like to show you how to list the archive pages by title in Blogger. If you browse through one of my archive page, you'll see that it will only list my blogger post title and the date instead of full content of my post (main content, time, no. of comment, etc)

And of course, you can follow the instruction on how to do this in the original article on Blogger Help. But wait, I've followed all through the steps and guess what, I got some errors in the post page.

This is how it looks like:-


If you don't want to end up with some errors like above, simply follow my instruction on how to list your archives page by title. Hehe..

Please make sure you backup your template first in case you mess up with template code.

For New Blogger

This feature is currently not available for New Blogger (layout)


For Classic Blogger

Step 1

Ok, first, go to your Dashboard > Settings > Formatting. Scroll down and set Show Title field to Yes. Click the Save Settings button at the bottom.




Step 2

Then go to Dashboard > Settings > Archiving. Set Archive Frequency to Monthly and Enable Post Pages? to Yes. Click the Save Settings button.




Step 3

Go to Dashboard > Template > Edit HTML. Scroll down on the code area until you see this tag:-

<Blogger>

....
....
....

</Blogger>


Step 4

Now, copy everything between <Blogger> and </Blogger> tag including the tag itself and paste below it. You should have something like below:-

<Blogger>

....
....
....

</Blogger>

<Blogger>

....
....
....

</Blogger>

As you can see, we have two duplicate codes. Don't worry about it. We now call it code #1(the first one) and code #2(the second one).


Step 5

Carefully, add the <MainPage> tag before code #1 and at the end of it add </MainPage>

You should have something similar as below:-

<MainPage>

<Blogger>

....
....
....

</Blogger>

</MainPage>


Step 6

After that, add the <ItemPage> tag before code #2 and at the end of it add </ItemPage>

You should have something similar as below:-

<ItemPage>

<Blogger>

....
....
....

</Blogger>

</ItemPage>

And in the source code view, you should have something like this:-

<MainPage>

<Blogger>

....
....
....

</Blogger>

</MainPage>


<ItemPage>

<Blogger>

....
....
....

</Blogger>

</ItemPage>


Step 7

Now, for the important part, look closely in code #2. You'll see the other <ItemPage> and </ItemPage> tag inside it. Carefully, remove it.

<ItemPage>

<Blogger>

....
....
....

<!-- Begin #comments -->
<ItemPage>

...
...
...

</ItemPage>

<!-- End #comments -->

</Blogger>

</ItemPage>


Remove the one that have red in color. Remember, just remove the tag.


Step 8

Ok, now for the interesting part. Copy this code below and paste it below code #2.

<ArchivePage>

<h2>Archive for <$BlogPageTitle$></h2>
<Blogger>
<h2 class="date-header"><BlogDateHeader> <$BlogDateHeaderDate$> </BlogDateHeader></h2>
<BlogItemTitle>
<h3 class="post-title">
<a href="<$BlogItemPermalinkURL$>" title="<$BlogItemTitle$>">
<$BlogItemTitle$></a>
</h3>
</BlogItemTitle>

</Blogger>

</ArchivePage>

Right now you should have something similar like this in your HTML code view:-

....
....
....

<MainPage>

<Blogger>

....
....
....

</Blogger>

</MainPage>


<ItemPage>

<Blogger>

....
....
....

</Blogger>

</ItemPage>

<ArchivePage>

....
....
....

</ArchivePage>

....
....
....

Save your template and DONE. You can see how it looks like on my archive page for January 2008.

But why do you need to list them in title? For me, it is really useful for your visitor to select any article that interest them if you've a lot of posts every months.

Besides, for SEO concerns, it's good to avoid some duplicate content in your blog. Just my sense.

If you want to add some extra information inside your archive page, you might want to check out the list of classic template tags.

I never know if we could do the same thing in the label view. I try to search some where but couldn't find the hacks. If you've something to share, kindly leave some comments.

That's all for now. Hope you enjoy this tips. Yeahh!!!

Cool new technology using 3D display (video)

Hmm..just found this cool video from Youtube. Check it out!

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