Dagu on October 16th, 2009

Do not worry about your difficulties in mathematics, I assure you that mine are greater.

Einstein, Albert (1879-1955)

Most of the K-12 and college students think that homework is a scary monster. They are afraid of it, dont want to face it and then leave it. Some of them are trying to find simple way, copy their friend homework. I think we agree that’s a bad habit, and it will make them lazy and stupid!

A review of over 60 research studies showed that, within limits, there is a positive correlation between the amount of homework done and student achievement. The research synthesis also showed that too much homework could be extremely counterproductive, causing students to “burn out”. The research supports the “10-minute rule”, the commonly accepted practice of assigning 10 minutes of homework per day per grade-level. For example, under this system, 1st graders would receive 10 minutes of homework per night, while 5th graders would get 50 minutes’ worth, 9th graders 90 minutes of homework, etc.

Math Homework

Math Homework

There are many homework-related resources available on the World Wide Web or you can call it online homework help. There are web-sites dedicated to communicating about homework, for teachers to post assignments on-line for students, and to keep parents informed. Many schools host their own homework posting services on their websites.

Good news for students, some non-profit organizations on-line provide free online homework help. They help students with their homework for free. There are also tutorials on most school subjects, especially math (I believe students will love math homework help), which students can use if they don’t understand their homework assignments. Where else you can find free homework help? Only on the Internet. Thanks God!

The example of the difficult topic is Algebra. Algebra is the branch of mathematics concerning the study of the rules of operations and the things which can be constructed from them, including terms, polynomials, equations and algebraic structures. Together with geometry, analysis, topology, combinatorics, and number theory, algebra is one of the main branches of pure mathematics. For some people, algebra awaken their curiosity. But for other, it is like a creepy creature. If you stuck with your algebra homework, you need to have algebra homework help, directly from math homework helper. What are you waiting for? Try free math homework help. They will help you to solve your problem.

What about other topics? Don’t worry, you can find homework helper on the Internet easily. Good luck with your homework… :)

“Do not worry about your difficulties in mathematics, I assure you that mine are greater.”
Einstein, Albert (1879-1955)

Most of the K-12 and college students think that homework is a scary monster. They are afraid of it, dont want to

face it and then leave it. Some of them are trying to find simple way, copy their friend homework. I think we agree

that’s a bad habit, and it will make them lazy and stupid!

A review of over 60 research studies showed that, within limits, there is a positive correlation between the amount

of homework done and student achievement. The research synthesis also showed that too much homework could be

extremely counterproductive, causing students to “burn out”. The research supports the “10-minute rule”, the

commonly accepted practice of assigning 10 minutes of homework per day per grade-level. For example, under this

system, 1st graders would receive 10 minutes of homework per night, while 5th graders would get 50 minutes’ worth,

9th graders 90 minutes of homework, etc.

There are many homework-related resources available on the World Wide Web or you can call it online homework help.

There are web-sites dedicated to communicating about homework, for teachers to post assignments on-line for

students, and to keep parents informed. Many schools host their own homework posting services on their websites.

Good news for students, some non-profit organizations on-line provide free online homework help. They help students

with their homework for free. There are also tutorials on most school subjects, especially math (I believe students

will love math homework help), which students can use if they don’t understand their homework assignments. Where

else you can find free homework help? Only on the Internet. Thanks God!

The example of the difficult topic is Algebra. Algebra is the branch of mathematics concerning the study of the rules of operations and the things which can be constructed from them, including terms, polynomials, equations and algebraic structures. Together with geometry, analysis, topology, combinatorics, and number theory, algebra is one of the main branches of pure mathematics. For some people, algebra awaken their curiosity. But for other, it is a creepy creature. If you stuck with your algebra homework, you need to have algebra homework help, directly from math homework helper. They will help you to solve your problem.

What about other topics? Don’t worry, you can find homework helper on the Internet easily. Good luck with your homework… :)

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Dagu on September 14th, 2009

The if construct is one of the most important features of many languages, PHP included. It allows for conditional execution of code fragments. PHP features an if structure that is similar to that of C:

if (expr)
   statement

The general format of if construct is like shown below:

if (expr1) {
   //  statement if expr 1 true
} else if (expr2) {
   // statement if expr 2 true
} else {
   // statement if expr 1 and 2 false
}

You may find useful documentation about if construct, else and else if in php.net.

But how if you only need two condition to produce a word or digit, and then save it into a variable or just echo it? You may write it like shown below:

if ($status = '0')
   echo 'Draft';
else
   echo 'Published';

In code example above, you need to write four lines. Compare with code shown below:

echo $status == '0' ? 'Draft' : 'Published';

The syntax is show below

echo expr ? 'value if true' : 'value if false';

You may change echo with variable assignment such as:

$var = expr ? 'value if true' : 'value if false';

Easy right? It cuts down four lines into one line only.

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Dagu on September 12th, 2009

Do you have children?
With over 26 million children now online, one out of five have been solicited for sex in the last year. Learn how computer spy can help you monitor and protect your children. Take a proactive stance with your children’s computer and internet use. Children all over the world are taken advantage of daily online. I’m sure you don’t have the ability to watch over your children’s shoulder every second they use a computer.

Do you have employees?
64% of employees say they use the Internet for personal interest during working hours. Learn how computer spy can not only help you monitor computer activity but how it can curb abuse and increase office productivity. Employees & Office workers steal, lie and commit computer crimes. Computers, networks and the Internet make it even easier for computer criminals to take advantage of your data, time and money!

Pornography & unfaithful cheaters web sites grow
You read about it and hear it on the news daily. Problems among businesses and residential computer users alike. Pornography, unauthorized computer access, fraud, abuse etc. Why even take any chances? Besides these problems, unfaithful cheaters are growing. Online dating networks, instant messages, chat rooms and more are tearing families apart all over the world.

Are you ready to face these problems? What will you do to prevent them? Do nothing or just trust your children or employees? Hmm… I don’t think so. You can’t give them 100% trust. Or, you have known this problem, but you don’t know how to solve it? You need “something” to monitor their computer activities. Why wonder what’s going on behind your back when you can KNOW the TRUTH with The Stealth iBot Computer Spy? Yes, that’s right. The Stealth iBot Computer Spy is the right answer for this case.

It’s as easy as using your USB Flash Disk. You only need three easy steps. First, insert the Stealth iBot Computer Spy into USB of any PC or laptop. Second, wait for 5 seconds, Nano iBots attach to Windows to begin full covert monitoring, and then remove the device. Third, re-insert the device to retrieve everything. Easy right?

After the Stealth iBot Computer Spy is inserted to PC or laptop, it will capture every keystroke, website visited, and screen shot completely covertly without hardware. You don’t need to keep hardware plugged in PC or laptop to capture every action. It will completely covert omputer surveillance with no tell tale hardware or software. No one will ever know that their computer activities are being recording and logged. Works on any computer including laptops for unparalleled computer surveillance. What a great technology they have!

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Dagu on September 10th, 2009
Adobe Flex Builder 3 Professional

Adobe Flex Builder 3 Professional

Flex is a highly productive, free open source framework for building and maintaining expressive web applications that deploy consistently on all major browsers, desktops, and operating systems. While Flex applications can be built using only the free open source framework, developers can use Adobe® Flex® Builder™ software to dramatically accelerate development.

If you want to know more about Flex, you may visit its website flex.org. I won’t tell you about flex. I just wanna share my experience. As you read before, you may develop Flex application using only the free open source framework. In frankly speaking, you should work hard to develop it from the scratch. If you want the easier way, you need to use Adobe Flex Builder. The problem is, you should pay to use it. Of course, for a great software, we need to pay. It doesn’t matter if you are a software house or professional that make money from developing application using that software. But if you are a student that need to learn Flex? A student doesn’t make money but only need to learn.

For student, don’t worry. Adobe is very kind to student and faculty. They give Adobe Flex Builder for free. It sounds great doesn’t it? Yes. It’s very great! And I’m one of the lucky guy who get the Adobe Flex Builder for free.

How to get it? Easy. Remember, you need to be honest. You should be a student or a faculty. Adobe Flex Builder 3 Pro is available for free to all education customers. This includes all students, faculty and staff of eligible education institutions.

Proof of Eligibility
To receive the product, you must upload a valid proof of eligibility to get the serial numbers to activate the product. Valid proofs of eligibility are:

  1. a student ID showing current enrollment,
  2. a Faculty ID showing current employment
  3. an employee ID showing current employment, or
  4. a letter on an educational institution letterhead stating that you are either a current student, a current faculty member or a current employee of the institution.

Terms and conditions
The education version is only available to education customers and is not meant for distribution to institutions, organizations or people outside the authorized educational institution. For additional information on eligibility, please refer to their FAQ.

After submitting your proof of eligibility, you need to download the Adobe Flex Builder 3 Professional trial version (60 days). They will check it within two weeks. I suggest you to use your university email address. If you are approved, they will send you a serial number to activate your Flex Builder 3 Professional. Then, you can smile.. :)

OK, what are you waiting for? come on get Adobe Flex Builder 3 Professional for free.. :)

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Dagu on September 2nd, 2009

Parents often ask which of the many car seats is the best car seat on the market. The truth is, the best car seat is the one that fits your vehicle, your budget, your baby and that you will use properly each time your baby rides in the car.

There are several criteria to help you decide your car seat for your lovely babies and toddlers.

Safety first
Some car seats may have extra features that make them easier to install correctly, such as built-in locking clips or non-twisting straps. Because proper installation is key in car seat safety, these installation helpers may add safety for some people.

Car seats must fit the baby
Use your baby’s height, weight and age to choose the type of car seat to use. Rear-facing-only infant car seats are used through about 20 lbs. Convertible car seats are used rear-facing until baby is at least 1 year old and weighs at least 20 lbs., and forward-facing through the weight limit listed on the car seat. Height-wise, baby’s head should be one inch or more below the top of the car seat when rear-facing. For front-facing seats, the tops of baby’s ears should be below the seat top.

Easy installation
Check the car seat manual to be sure you can install and use the car seat as it is intended. Can you adjust the harness to secure baby in the car seat? Choose a car seat that you will use according to the instructions.

Are Used Car Seats Safe?
Steer clear of used car seats if you cannot get an accurate history of the car seat’s use. You must know a car seat’s crash history to determine safety. Car crashes can cause hidden damage to car seats, and the car seat could fail in a second crash, putting your child at risk of injury.

If you aren’t careful, you could end up needing to buy an infant only seat, a convertible car seat, and a booster seat as your child passes the weight or height limits of the car seats that you buy.

For older kids, choose a car seat with high weight and height limits that is easy to use and will last your child as long as possible. Remember the states that “no one seat is the “best” or the “safest,” so choose a seat that fits in your car, meets your child’s height and weight requirements and is easy to install.

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Dagu on July 24th, 2009

If you are a Joomla user, please upgrade your web immediately. From Joomla Official website: This is a security release and users are strongly encouraged to upgrade immediately.

Joomla! Developer Vulnerability News

[20090722] – Core – Missing JEXEC Check

Posted: 22 Jul 2009 04:36 PM PDT

  • Project: Joomla!
  • SubProject: Framework
  • Severity: Moderate
  • Versions: 1.5.12 and all previous 1.5 releases
  • Exploit type: XSS
  • Reported Date: 2009-July-21
  • Fixed Date: 2009-July-22

Description

Some files were missing the check for JEXEC.  These scripts will then expose internal path information of the host.

Affected Installs

All 1.5.x installs prior to and including 1.5.12 are affected.

Solution

Upgrade to latest Joomla! version (1.5.13 or newer).

Reported by Juan Galiana Lara (Internet Security Auditors)

Contact

The JSST at the Joomla! Security Center.

[20090722] – Core – File Upload

Posted: 22 Jul 2009 04:17 PM PDT

  • Project: Joomla!
  • SubProject: TinyMCE editor
  • Severity: Critical
  • Versions: 1.5.12
  • Exploit type: Image File upload
  • Reported Date: 2009-July-22
  • Fixed Date: 2009-July-22

Description

Tiny browser included with TinyMCE 3.0 editor allowed files to be uploaded and removed without logging in.

Affected Installs

Version 1.5.12 only

Solution

Upgrade to latest Joomla! version (1.5.13 or newer).

Reported by Patrice Lazareff.

Contact

The JSST at the Joomla! Security Center.

Download here

Click here to download Joomla 1.5.13 (Full package)
Click here to find an update package

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Dagu on July 22nd, 2009

Life is mysterious. You won’t know what will happen. Is it a good thing…, or is it a bad thing? I’m sure, no one knows. If the thing is good, so you can enjoy your life. But, if the thing goes bad… you won’t enjoy your life, will you?

So, the worst case scenario is you get the bad things. There are so many bad things around us. It can happen to your parents, grandparents, people you love, and even to you! Maybe your grandpa falls while he is gardening or your grandma shows no activity, and coincidentally you are not at home. Another case is there is a thief who tries to break your house when you fall asleep. It’s such a big problem isn’t it? Does it sound real? Yes it does.

You need to be alerted when the things goes wrong. I’m sure you realize that. And I’m sure that you are wondering how you get alerted if your lovely mom falls in your living room and you aren’t there? She can’t make a phone call. If she can, are you sure she knows or remembers who will be called? Does she know or remember the phone number? And the worst thing is how if she can’t even push the button. Imagine you go home with your lovely wife, a 5 year old handsome boy, and a 3 year beautiful girl, open the door, go to the living room, hold on a gift to your mother, because this day is her birthday, and all of you say “SURPRISE!!!” all together… then you are really suprise to find your mom on the floor. The answer for all this scenario is life alert. Yes, it is the solution you need. Fortunately, there’s a new product, BrickHouse Alert, that will alert you if something goes wrong. Sounds good right?

How BrickHouse Alert will help you to have life alert?
Fall detection
If someone falls, and somehow can’t make a phone call or even press the button, the fall detector plays its role. It automatically senses the fall and then calls the 24-Hour Monitoring Center. The trained Emergency Response operator will help you immediately.

Alarm
When you fall asleep, BrickHouse alert doesn’t. It has Intruder Alarm, that will automatically alert the 24-Hour Monitoring Center if movement is detected. It helps you to protect your house from thieves.

Alert you if there’s no activity
No activity Alert is another feature that calls the 24-Hour Monitoring Center if you are not in your daily activity, for example, it’s a 8am and you are still in your bed.

Personal reminders
If you have an old man in your family and he need to take pills every day, you can count on BrickHouse trained operators that remind him what to do and make sure everything is OK.

Panic button
Pressing the panic button will immediately contacts the 24-Hour Monitoring Center. You will get help as soon as possible.

A human being can’t change the bad thing into the good one. But the important thing is how we prevent the bad things getting worse. With life alert we are ready to face the worst case scenario in our life.

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Dagu on July 3rd, 2009

From the Joomla Security newsletter, I know that there’s a new version of Joomla. But, my email provider sent it to spam folder. I just don’t know why.. huff.. :(

From the official Joomla website:

The Joomla Project is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Joomla 1.5.12 [Wojmamni Ama Woi]. This release contains a number of bug fixes and three moderate-level security fixes. It has been less than a month since Joomla 1.5.11 was released on June 3, 2009.

This release marks an important milestone for the Joomla Project due to the upgrade of the PEAR library to the new BSD licensed version, which brings the codebase into full compliance with the GPL. In addition, this release contains an important upgrade to TinyMCE v 3.2.4.1.

The Production Working Group’s goal is to continue to provide regular, frequent updates to the Joomla community.

Download Joomla 1.5.12 (Full package)
Download Joomla 1.5.11 > 1.5.12 update package
All 1.5.12 Packages

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Dagu on June 15th, 2009

Briefly unavailable for scheduled maintenance. Check back in a minute.

Got that message? And you can’t view your blog neither login to admin area? And now you wish you didn’t click automatic upgrade link? No need to worry, we will fix it.

Before we fix it, we shoud know what is going on? WordPress, like other systems, is not perfect. Eventough it has automatic upgrade, it doesn’t mean your wordpress installation will always successfully upgraded using automatic upgrade. That’s why we should back up our blog before upgrading it. So, why that message appear? Does it mean our installation failed? Maybe. WordPress creates a file named .maintenance before upgrading process. Just in case there are visitors accessing your blog during upgrading process, they will see “Briefly unavailable for scheduled maintenance. Check back in a minute.” message instead of your under-upgrading blog. Somehow, I don’t know exactly why, the file .maintenance is not deleted by WordPress. If this thing happens, you will see maintenance message.

So, how to fix it? It’s a piece of cake. Login to your web host using CPanel or SSH, remove the .maintenance file. You can find that file in your WordPress installation directory (the directory that has wp-admin directorynot inside wp-admin directory). After you do it, refresh your blog. We hope your blog will be back… :)

Question: I can’t see .maintenance file
Answer: Yes, it’s a hidden file. If you are using SSH try ls -a command. If you use CPanel, don’t forget to check show hidden files while opening your installation directory using file manager.

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Dagu on June 12th, 2009

After releasing Beta and RC, now wordpress.org releases a stable version. They claimed version 2.8 is way faster to use. They change the way WordPress style and scripting. Is that right? Umm I don’t know what software is used to benchmark it.

In previous version, wordpress 2.7, we can install/upgrade plugin automatically with one-click. In version 2.8, they do to the themes too. Now we can search themes, based on color, number of columns, features, width and subject. No need to access web hosting and copy your themes there. It sucks. If you have a .zip file, then you can install it just like you install plugin.

Install WordPress Themes

Install WordPress Themes

Another feature is CodePress. CodePress is a new code editor for WordPress. Now we can see syntax highlighting in WordPress, not only a black and white editor. It makes coding more fun.

CodePress

CodePress

For those who confuse to arrange widgets, now you can smile. You can move your widget among your sidebars easily. You can also have copy of your widget.

WordPress Widget

WordPress Widget

The last but not the least, a new feature in version 2.7, Screen Options, can be found in dashboard only. In version 2.8, you can find it in every page. There is column setting too. It makes you page more personal.

There are a lot more features in WordPress 2.8. I can’t tell them one-by-one. The full features can be found at http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_2.8.

To make your day perfect, here it is the video overview of WordPress 2.8:

Download WordPress 2.8

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