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What to do when your SAMSUNG BEHOLD touch screen stopped responding

2011-05-09T07:52:00.000-07:00

Frozen touch screen is a common problem that samsung behold users may faced very often after using it for a few years. I was one of the unfortunate users of samsung behold phone as it stopped responding after over two years of reliable service. Here is how I solved the issue. The good news is it wasn't that difficult. I just ordered the screen on ebay and it arrived within three days. I opened the back and unscrewed total six of the screws and carefully pry off the inner frame that hold the main circuit board. Disconnecting tape like wires were a piece of cake. You have to be very careful while pry off the lcd screen as the glue was kind of hard to get off. After removing the lcd screen, you can take out the outer touch screen module easily. Then install the new one, turn on the phone and your problem is solved. You can even get a video tutorial about this procedure on youtube. Feel free to leave comments if you want to share your experience or need more information.

What are the differences between 2004 Toyota Sienna CE and XLE trims.

2010-06-15T09:20:00.000-07:00

I have been looking for buying a used minivan. After doing some research on both Honda Odyssey and Toyota Sienna, I decided to buy Sienna.I personally do not like to buy a used car. I am not the kind of person who liked to change car models frequently. I liked to buy a new car and stick to it until it dies. However, certain circumstances prohibiting me to buy a new car. First of all I do not have enough money to avoid financing, Second I have to pay way more for car insurance as I have to have full coverage for the car that is financed.

Now Toyota sienna comes with a few trims like: CE, LE, XLE, XLE LIMITED. A few of these trims often come with AWD and 8 Passenger seating option. I really don't know what are the exact differences between CE ,LE,XLE other than a few extra features.(Purpose of this post is, my reader may give me more information by the comments and I will learn more). So far The things that I learnt are:
CE:
This is the base model. Which has same engine and other mechanical components. However the internal looks is different, the climate controls it has is slightly different than XLE as CE has knobs instead of a single press button for various vent control. Beside you see only cloth seats by default. I am not sure if they all are equipped with power sliding doors and power rear Hatch lift gate.
LE:
This is the upgraded model from CE, that's all I know. I saw that it has same dashboard and controls like CE, only thing I know it may come with 8 passengers and awd if you add it. If you know any more please let me know by your comments.
XLE: It is the Trim that include many features by default, like leather seats, and button controled vent on dash. It has power rear Hatch lift gate. It may include some other options like sun roof/moon roof (LIMITED) , a overhead Entertainment system,parking sensors and many other option depending on what limited package is added. This is all I know about this three trims. I am still searching online to sort out exact differences. Threrefore, It will be highly appreciated, if you have more information and share those here through your comments. Thanks for reading.

Update: I have found the following differences between Base Model CE and upgraded model XLE: (collected from http://www.motortrend.com , common items are not shown)

2004 Toyota Sienna Minivan Performance & Efficiency Standard Features ****XLE***
Despite the fact that it has same engine as CE( I guess for being little heavier) XLE goes 18 mpg in city and 24 mpg in high way.
****CE****
Goes 19 mpg in city and 27 mpg in highway.

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2004 Toyota Sienna Minivan Handling, Ride & Braking Standard Features
****XLE*******
Four disc brakes including two ventilated discs
Electronic traction control via ABS & engine management
Immobilizer
Fullsize steel rim under body spare wheel
****CE***********
Two disc brakes including two ventilated discs (instead of
4 disc breaks)
No Electronic traction control
No Immobilizer
Spacesaver(instead of full size) steel rim under body spare wheel

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2004 Toyota Sienna Minivan Exterior & Aerodynamics Standard Features
****XLE*************
Electric trunk/hatch pull down
Front fog lights
Heat reflective glass
Luxury trim leather on gearknob, wood/woodgrain on doors and wood/woodgrain on dashboard
Remote control operation opening rear ¼ windows
Weights: gross vehicle weight rating (lbs) 5,690, curb weight (lbs) 4,365, gross trailer weight braked (lbs) 3,500 and max payload (lbs) 1,325

******CE**********
-No electric Trunk
-No fog lights
-No Heat reflective glass
-No Luxury trim leather on gearknob,wood/woodgrain on doors and wood/woodgrain on dashboard
-No remote control operation opening rear 1/4 windows
-Weights: gross vehicle weight rating (lbs) 5,690, curb weight (lbs) 4,120, gross trailer weight braked (lbs) 3,500 and max payload (lbs) 1,570

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2004 Toyota Sienna Minivan Interior Standard Features
*****XLE********
Air conditioning with climate control, rear control for
climate control and rear outlet 3
Diversity antenna
Peripheral anti-theft protection
JBL RDS audio system with AM/FM, CD player and cassette
Below seat storage under passenger seat
Cargo area light
Coming home device
Compass
Computer with average fuel consumption, instantaneous fuel consumption and range for remaining fuel
Cruise control
External temperature
Floor mats
Bucket electrically adjustable driver seat with height adjustment, lumbar adjustment, four adjustments and tilt adjustment , bucket passenger seat
Height adjustable 3-point reel front seat belts on driver seat and passenger seat with pre-tensioners
Garage door opener
Headlight control with time delay switch-off and dusk sensor
Remote audio controls
Remote fuel filler door release
Front seat back storage
Ten speaker(s)
Leather covered multi-function steering wheel with tilt adjustment and telescopic adjustment
Ventilation system with recirculation setting and micro filter

**********CE*************
Air conditioning with rear outlet (No climate control for
both rear and front)
Fixed mast antenna (No Diversity antena)
Manufacturer's own audio system with AM/FM, CD player and cassette (NO JBL audio system)
Automatic drive indicator on dashboard
NO Below seat storage under passenger seat.
Cargo area light
No Coming home device
No Compass (attached to rear view mirror)
No Computer with average fuel consumption, instantaneous fuel consumption and range for remaining fuel.
No Cruise control (I couldn't believe it? it should be a standard feature)
No External temperature
No Floor mats (Why not? I thought all cars has it)
Bucket driver seat with height adjustment , bucket passenger seat (No electronic control) Height adjustable 3-point reel front seat belts on driver seat and passenger seat with pre-tensioners
No Garage door opener
No Headlight control with time delay switch-off and dusk sensor
No Remote audio controls
No Front seat back storage
Six speaker(s) (instead of ten speakers)
Plastic steering wheel with tilt adjustment and telescopic adjustment(Not leather covered)
Ventilation system with recirculation setting but no microfilter

After learning both spec I decided to purchase XLE trim instead of CE or LE.

How To Cancel Ambit Energy Consultant Membership

2010-05-10T09:26:00.000-07:00

I mistakenly(Stupid Mistake) got signed up as Ambit Energy Consultant two days ago. I certainly admit it was a greatest mistake, as I wasn't aware the service I will be promoting is not going to be beneficent for most of my future clients(Friends and Family). My ethics restricted me to go further on this path and I decided to quit.
First of all, I should have researched a bit before taking decision based on a friend that I relied on thinking whatever he is saying is all the fact that is available (Never ever do that again!!). It was Saturday, I didn't wanted to sit on the computer and the friend sounded so confident. As he was one of the smart people I knew, I kind of over estimated his knowledge and to make him happy I signed up right away which was a great mistake.
Now Let me come to the point:

Why I cancel it: After further research I learned that Ambit Energy will charge their customer extra 9.99 per month if their usage is less than 1000 kWH. Most people I know use less than 1000 kWH monthly. Therefore, instead of saving they will be over spending (off course depending on which carrier they are signed up with). I didn't personally like this policy, and since I didn't like I don't want to recommend it.

How I cancelled it:
When the customer service from Ambit Energy Consultant service called today(Monday- 1 day after I signed up) to confirm the membership, I told I am signing off. She was bit disappointed but provided me a fax number : 1-800-508-9850 and told me to write a request of cancellation with the consultant ID, signature and date. I faxed the request right away. I am expecting a refund (I checked my credit card bill online and found that charge didn't even come through yet). If The charge is sustained, I am ready to dispute it.

I will update you as soon as I have something. Meanwhile, if you come to this page by searching on how to cancel the ambit energy consultant membership I hope my post will help you. Thanks for reading.

Update: They promptly refunded my money within the next business day.

Why Window.open function didn't work on IE for me

2010-05-07T09:20:00.000-07:00

I just wanted to share a recent problem that I faced while developing a GWT application. I was adding a button that should open a specified jsp page in a new window. I used famous Window.open function.It worked flawlessly in Firefox but not in IE.
I googled for possible solution and couldn't detect exactly what causing this mysterious problem as other user used same code as mine. Even one of my fellow worker was able to make it work in both Firefox and IE, while mine worked only in Firefox. Then I found a silly difference that caused all this problem. For example my colleague used:
Window.open("edit.jsp","abc","");
and I used:
Window.open("edit.jsp","Edit A Page","");
After playing with the window name parameter,I found out the fact that window name must be without space in order to be compatible with Microsoft Internet Explorer. I hope this will help any other developer who were wondering why their Window.open function didn't work on IE.
If my post help any one to solve their problem, I will be delighted. Thank you very much for reading.

How to put 'Email me" form on your blog

2009-09-02T08:50:00.000-07:00

In this post, I will describe, how you can add a "email me" section in your blog. Wouldn't it be nice, if you allow your reader to reach you by direct email instead of writing a private message on the comments? Yes you can do that very easily. Here

is how you will do it:

Step 1. Go to http://www.emailmeform.com and sign up for a free account.

Step 2. Create a form by following there step by step guide

Step 3. Click "get the code" link and copy the code.

Step 4. Paste the code in a new Post and name it "Email me", provide the link to this post any where you want your reader to reach you.

I hope this tutorial will help you to add "Email me" functionality to your blog.

Thanks,
Sumon

Email me

2009-09-02T08:45:00.000-07:00

Please use the following form to reach me with any question and concern about this site. Your opinions are highly appreciated and will encourage me to improve the blog.

How to Make Money through your website by Adsense

2009-08-26T13:21:00.000-07:00

I will show you step by step, how you can make money using your website by google adsense. For more information please visit: http://adsense.google.com.

You will need to follow following steps,
1. Get a website, with administrative privileges. (you may also use your blogspot site, as they allow you to add your own javascripts widgets, to get one go to http://blogspot.com, However, if you want to make more money in shorter time, its better to pay for a site. To get such a site at the lowest possible fee(as low as 30 dollar per year which includes domain registration and hosting), you may contact +8801912955006(Linkinworld.com)) or you can request through this page:

2.Go to http://adsense.google.com and sign up for an adsense account using your existing google email account.

3.Go to your adsense page, and click on "manage ads", select the preferred size and collect the code.

4.Go to your website, and embed the code google gave you with your existing code. Those of you, who use blogspot site, can use "lay out" option and "ad a gadget" then select "your own javascript/html" gadget. Paste the code in the box and click "save". You are done.

5.Start submitting some nice posts, that people might be attracted at. If they click on the google ads you will be making money. For additional help you can always contact me.

Thanks,
sumon

Download Aero Studio to create Multiboot DVD/CD English Version 2

2009-08-19T08:28:00.000-07:00

To see this tutorial in বাংলা click here.
In the last part we have collected Files. If you have done everything right, your multiboot Folder should have the following contents:

Now Lets start the Aero Studio and click on Format then "Settings"

Chose a picture for the background.

Put required Buttons by clicking on Control-->Button

It may look similar to this:

I configured my button as following:

Now click on the "menu generator" icon as bellow:

Fill the forms like bellow:

Click on "Go" after it done something, click "Cancel" to exit the dialog box.

Now click on the "Deploy menu" Icon as bellow:

Now let us feel up the options like the window below:

click "Next" and then Pick the source (c:\sumon\multiboot or whatever folder you have used). See the example below.

Now its the time to use the ISO file it just generated to burn to a CD/DVD

You may directly burn to a CD and skip creating an ISO file, but I didn't try that. Instead I created ISO file first and then burnt it on a CD. Hope this tutorial will help you to build your multiboot cd/dvd. Please let me know if you faced any problem by commenting here.
Thanks,
Sumon

Update: A few of my readers reported that, when they tried to make xp sp2 CD following this tutorial, it didn't work. Therefore I will try to investigate it, and let you know as soon as possible.

How to create Multiboot CD/DVD part 2

2009-08-19T08:04:00.000-07:00

আগের পর্বে আমরা ফাইল গুলো সংগ্রহ করেছি, এবারে সেগুলো কে কাজে লাগিয়ে এরো স্টুডিও দিয়ে সিংগেল সিডি বা ডিভিডি তৈরীর পালা
সব কিছু ঠিক থাকলে, নীচের ছবির মত হবে আপনার বুটেবল ইমেজ ফোল্ডারের কন্টেন্টঃ

এবারে আমরা এরো স্টুডিও ওপেন্‌ করি। এবার ছবির মতন করে ফরম্যাট মেনু হতে সেটিংস এ ক্লিক করে আমাদের বুট পেজ এর ব্যাক গ্রাউন্ড সিলেক্ট করি।
ছবিটি আমি আগে হতেই এডিট করে রেখেছিলাম ।

এবারে কন্ট্রোল মেনু হতে বাটন এ ক্লিক করে বাটন বসাই।

এক্ষেত্রে আমরা তিনটি বাটন ব্যবহার করেছি একটি ম্যাক্রিয়াম রেস্কিউ সিডি, একটি এক্সপি থ্রি চালানোর জন্য, এবং অন্যটি হার্ড ডিস্ক হতে বুট আপ করার জন্য।
বাটন গুলির কনফিগারেশন যথাক্রমে নীচের চিত্রের মত হবেঃ

এবার মেনু জেনারেট করার পালা, এটা করতে নীচের চিত্রের মত আইকনে ক্লিক করিঃ

এরপর এর উইন্ডো তে নীচের মত করে সব গুলো ঘর পুরন করিঃ

Go বাটনে ক্লিক করার সাথে সাথেই মেনু জেনারেট হয়ে যাবে, তারপর "Cancel" বাটনে ক্লিক করলে আমরা আগের উইন্ডো তে ফিরে যাবো।
এবারে মেনু ডেপ্লয় করার পালা তা করতে নীচের চিত্রে যেভাবে দেখানো আছে তা অনুসরন করিঃ

এবার যে উইন্ডো টি আসবে তা যথাক্রমে নীচের চিত্রের মত করে পুরন করিঃ

এবার সব শেষে আই এস ও ফাইল অথবা সিডি তে রেকর্ড করার পালা।

আমি অবশ্য সরাসরি সিডি তে রেকর্ড করে দেখিনি, প্রথমে আই এস ও ফাইল তৈরী করেছি এবং পরে তা নেরো এর মাধ্যমে একটি সিডি আর ডাব্লিউ অর্থাৎ রি রাইটেবল সিডি তে বার্ন করে পরীক্ষা মুলক ভাবে সিডি টি রম ড্রাইভে রেখে কম্পিউটার বুট করে দেখেছি তা ঠিক মত কাজ করে কিনা। এবং তা কাজ করেছে।আশা করি আপ্নারাও সফল হবেন। ডিভিডি তৈরীর প্রক্রিয়াটি অনেকটা একই রকম। আশা করি আপনাদের এই টিউটরিয়াল ফলো করতে সমস্যা হবেনা। সমস্যা যদি হয়েই যায়, অবশ্যই আমাকে জানাতে ভুলবেন না। চেষ্টা করব সমাধান দেবার জন্য। সবাইকে ধন্যবাদ।

How to create Multiboot CD/DVD part 1

2009-08-19T07:59:00.000-07:00

To view the following tutorial in English, please click here.
প্রিয় পাঠক বন্ধুরা, আমরা অনেকেই ভাবি যে একটি ডিভিডি বা সিডির মধ্যে অধিক সফটওয়্যার ভরে ফেলে সিডির সংখ্যা কমিয়ে ফেলার কথা। কিন্তু যখন সেটা বুটেবল সিডি হয় তখন একাধিক সিডি একত্রিকরন প্রক্রিয়া টি জটিল হয়ে দাঁড়ায়। আজ আমি সেটাই সহজ ভাবে উপস্থাপন করব। যদিও আজকের এক্সপেরিমেন্ট এ আমি সাধারন সিডি ব্যবহার করেছি, তবে আপনারা ইচ্ছা করলে ডিভিডি ও ব্যবহার করে আরও বেশী বুটেবল সিডি একত্রিত করতে পারবেন। আজকের টিউটরিয়ালে আমাদের যা যা লাগবে তা হলঃ
১। এরো স্টুডিও ২০০৭ [Aero Studio 2007] (এটি ফ্রি, গুগোলে সার্চ করলেই ডাউনলোড লিংক পেয়ে যাবেন, না পেলে আমাকে জানাবেন, অনেক ব্যস্ততার সাথে লেখার কারনে, ঐ লিংক এই মুহুর্তে পোস্ট করা গেল না)
২। আই এস ও এডিটর, অনেক ধরনের সফটওয়্যার দিয়েই এই কাজ করা যায় (আই এস ও ফাইল এ ফাইল এ্যাড্‌ করা এবং বাদ দেওয়া) আমি এক্ষেত্রে ব্যবহার করেছি পাওয়ার আই এস ও ।
৩। বুটেবল সিডি, এক্ষেত্রে আমি ব্যবহার করেছি, ম্যাক্রিয়াম রিফ্লেক্ট রেস্কিউ ডিস্ক এবং এক্সপি সার্ভিস প্যাক থ্রি সেট আপ ডিস্ক।
কাজ শুরু করার আগে বলে রাখা প্রয়োজন, এই একই কাজ বিভিন্ন ভাবে করা যায়, পাওয়ার আই এস ও ব্যবহার না করেও (bbie নামের একটি সফটওয়্যার দিয়ে বুট ফাইল এক্সট্রাক্‌ট করেও) এই কাজ করা সম্ভব তবে সেই প্রক্রিয়া টি অনুসরনে, আমি কিছু সমস্যার সম্মুখীন হওয়াতে পাওয়ার আই এস ও এর সরনাপন্ন হতে হয়েছে।
উপরোক্ত সব গুলো সংগ্রহের পর চলুন কাজ শুরু করে দেই।
প্রথমেই আমাদের দরকার প্রয়োজনীয় ফাইল গুলি সংগ্রহ করা। শুরু করা যাক এক্সপি সেট আপ ডিস্ক দিয়ে। এক্সপি সেট আপ ডিস্ক সিডি রম ড্রাইভে ভরে ওটাকে আই এস ও ইমেজ এ পরিনত করি। যদি আপনারা আমার মত পাওয়ার আই এস ও দিয়ে কাজ টি করতে চান তাহলে, নীচের ছবির মত করে, পাওয়ার আই এস ও উইন্ডো হতে কপি বাটনে চাপ দিতে পারেন।

আই এস ও ফাইল টিকে একটি নির্দিষ্ট ফোল্ডারে যেমনঃ c:\sumon\bootableImage\XP3.iso হিসাবে সেভ করে রাখি।
এবার power ISO দিয়ে ফাইল টার কন্টেন্ট গুলো c:\sumon\bootableImage ফোল্ডারে এক্সট্রাক্ট করে নেই(এই কাজ উইন আর এ আর এর মত অনেক সফটওয়্যারই করতে পারে)। আপনারা যদি PowerISO ব্যবহার করে থাকেন তবে নীচের চিত্রের মত করতে হবে।

এখন যেহেতু আই এস ও এর কন্টেন্ট আপনি অলরেডি বুটেবল ইমেজ ফোল্ডারে চালান করে দিয়েছেন, কাজেই এ গুলোর আর আই এস ও ফাইলের মধ্যে থাকার দরকার নেই। তবে বুটেবল ইনফরমেশন সহ কিছু ফাইল আই এস ও তে রেখে দিতেই হবে যেটা আমাদের এরো স্টুডিও কাজে লাগাবে, তাই শুধু মাত্র ফোল্ডার গুলো আই এস ও এডিটর(এই ক্ষেত্রে PowerISO) দিয়ে ডিলিট করে ফেলুন।

ডিলিট করার পর যে ফাইল গুলো এর ভিতরে (XP3.iso) ফাইলের ভিতরে থাকবে তা হল নিম্নরুপঃ

এবার এই আই এস ও ফাইল টাকে সেভ করে ফেলি।
উইন্ডোজ এক্সপি এর প্রয়োজনীয় ফাইল সংগ্রহের পালা শেষ এবার দ্বীতিয় বুটেবল সিডি এর ফাইল সংগ্রহ করতে হবে। এই ক্ষেত্রে আমি ব্যবহার করেছি ম্যাক্রিয়াম এর রেস্কিউ সিডি। ম্যাক্রিয়াম রিফ্লেক্ট নামের এই সফটওয়্যার টি কিন্তু চমতকার, টেক টিউন্স এ আমি এই বিষয়ে একটি লেখাও জমা দিয়েছিলাম। এটি একটি ফ্রি সফটওয়্যার, এটির মাধ্যমে, উইন্ডোজ চলাকালীন সময়ে আপনি আপনার সিস্টেম ড্রাইভের ইমেজ গ্রহন ও পরবর্তি তে রেস্কিউ সিডি ব্যবহার করে তা অল্প সময়ের মধ্যে (মাত্র ৫ মিনিট , অবশ্য যদি ড্রাইভ টিতে মাত্র ১০ গিগাবাইট ডাটা থাকে) তা রিস্টোর করে নিতে পারবেন। যাই হোক পরবর্তি তে ওটা নিয়ে আরও লিখব। এখন এই রেস্কিউ সিডির আই এস ও ফাইল টি নিয়ে মুলত একই কাজ করতে হবে। কন্টেন্ট এক্সট্রাক্ট করতে হবে ঐ একই যায়গায় অর্থাৎ c:\sumon\bootableImage\ (এই আই এস ও টি মাত্র ৭ মেগাবাইটের, আর কন্টেন্ট বলতে isolinux নামের একটি মাত্র ফোল্ডার)। এরপর ইমেজ(Rescue.iso) এর ভিতর হতে ISOLINUX ফোল্ডার টি ডিলিট করে দেই, এবং আই এস ও ফাইল টি সেভ করি।

এবার আমাদের কাজ শতকরা ৫০ ভাগ শেষ। বাকি কাজের নির্দেশনার জন্য চলুন পরের পর্ব টি দেখিঃ

Download IZArc to open almost any compressed file

2009-07-21T07:27:00.000-07:00

Download the software from here , In case the link is broken, search google for IZArc. If you need additional help to operate the software let me know by comments.
Using this software you can open almost any kind of zip/binary image files including .bin and .iso files. the supported files are : (see the image)

Thanks

Download Aero Studio to create Multiboot DVD/CD English Version 1

2009-07-17T23:51:00.000-07:00

To download the Aero Studio click here.

টিউটোরিয়াল টি বাংলায় দেখতে চাইলে এখানে ক্লিক করুন।

Many of you have couple of windows version in different CD and always wish to reduce the number of disks. Well a free software named Aero Studio could solve your problem. To download the software please visit here. Here are a few screen shots with instruction step by step.
Things that you need:
1. Aero Studio 2007
2. ISO editor (ie. PowerISO)
3. Bootable CDs that you want to combined (In this case, I used Macrium reflect rescue CD and windows XP 3)

Before going further, just wanted to inform you that you may acomplish this very same task by following way, (you may even use bbie to extract boot image, however, here I posted the way I made it) different than that of mine.

Now Let us start the job.
First of all, you will need the required files from both CDs. I have started with XP-sp3 CD, pop the CD in to your ROM drive and hit the copy button of your PowerISO. Chose ".iso" option. Put the ".iso" file into some folder, for example: c:\sumon\multiboot\XP3.iso, do the same thing for Rescue CD and create c:\sumon\multiboot\Rescue.iso

Now pick the ISO file you have just created and start extracting in full to the same directory: c:\sumon\multiboot\
(do the same for other CDs)

Now using the "Delete" button delete all folders inside the iso file(Just the folder not the files in the home directory as this are needed for iso file to work along with the built in bootable info). After removing the folders, click save.
Again do the same thing for all ISO

For example, your XP3.iso will have only the following contentes after delete.

Now 50% of the task is done, Lets move on to the 2nd part.

How to convert musics on tape to mp3 files

2009-07-14T05:52:00.000-07:00

I know, this is now a quite old trick to perform, since most of us already have converted our old good songs on the tapes to CD or mp3. However, many of my friends still wonder how to do this very easily. I have written this article to just help them. The following items will be needed.

1. PC that has a line in port (Most of the sound cards that are made for a desktop PC, has this port. However, I saw many laptops are not equipped with line in port. If you have no choice but use one of the laptops without the port, you can try on mic in port(You have to fine tune and monitor precisely before initiating the recording process, this job is going to be very tedious to get optimised audio signal)

2. Free Software for Recording and encoding. (1.92 MB in size, if the link dose not work, search google for "CDex").

3. Free Software for slicing audio depending on silence. (Not Necessary, unless you want to convert the whole tape at once and later on split the tracks by detecting silence in between). The size of this software is 216 KB only, if the link dose not work, search google for "Slice Audio Splitter".

4. A Tape player that has a audio output (headphone jack, even an Walkman will be OK).

5. A cable that can connect one side to line in put of the PC and other side on headphone jack of Tape player. (Many 99 cents store have this type of cable in their stock)

You can use any software of your choice, I have given two names above which are free and will fulfill our desire easily.

In high level description, here is what we need to do. First we have to put our favorite Tape in the player, connect the player with PC using the jack I described above. Now we need to record the whole tape using the first software(CD-ex) using record from line in feature. If you only want the track you like most, you can monitor the recording and stop it whenever you think you are done. However, if you want to record the entire tape, you can let it run and check back after an hour or so and stop it after the whole tape is recorded. Then you can split the tracks using the free software (2nd one, slice audio splitter) , which will detect the silence between tracks and splits it. If any one needs detail instruction please leave a comments and I will do it whenever I will have time.

Thanks for reading.

Latest Cricket Result

2009-07-13T12:38:00.000-07:00

To view latest cricket result, please visit here

Download Auto Run Virus remover

2009-07-06T11:40:00.000-07:00

If you are infected with autorun virus you can remove it using two softwares posted here and here . If you need more instruction, please post a comment.

Thanks,
Sumon

Download Adsense Tracking Software

2009-07-02T06:34:00.000-07:00

এই সংক্রান্ত পোস্ট টি বাংলায় দেখতে চাইলে এখানে ক্লিক করুন, শুধু সফটওয়্যার ডাউনলোড করতে চাইলে ক্লিক করুন এখানে ।

how to capture screen cast in an easiest way

2009-07-01T09:44:00.000-07:00

Are you wondering how you can create a screen cast to demonstrate an application you have been using and want to share with your friends? well it's not that heard at all, if you have CamStudio 2.5 beta . It is an absolutely free software with all the functionality you need. You may download it from this link or by visiting http://download.cnet.com/CamStudio/3000-13633_4-10067101.html?tag=mncol.

The Pros: You can pause and record , in capture fox (add ons of firefox) you can't do that. The Installation is easy, just download the 1.2 megabyte file and unzip it, you can also keep it in your jump drive (usb pen drives,sd cards etc). You can even transfer it to flash video format. You can enable auto pan feature which will track your mouse pointer and automatically capture that portion.

Cons: In order to improve the performance you need to have a good settings for both video and audio option. Please choose the settings options care fully.

Here is a sample video that I created with Cam studio (this one without voice, but you can create with voice as well) You may reduce file size by reducing region size and changing the video outpu format to flash(swf). If you have any problem operating this software you may write a comment here, I will try my best to give you a solution.

How to stop and start jetty server from command prompt

2009-06-25T12:46:00.000-07:00

Hello My dear fellow Java Developer friends, Today I want to share with you one of the problem that I faced, and how I solved it. I was assigned to look for a better way to stop a Jetty server. We were stopping jetty by hitting ctrl + C or killing the process from the task manager. I have been searching the web for the solution : How to stop it from command prompt with no luck. Finally with one of our fellow blogger's post (read it here ), where he explained how Jetty can be started and stopped through an ant script, I was able to find a way to stop it using command prompt.

In order to start Jetty (which we all know) people usually use the following command:

java -jar start.jar (assuming you are dealing with Jetty7 eclipse version) However, if you want to be able to stop the jetty server from command prompt, you have to pass two extra jvm properties while starting, such as:

java -DSTOP.PORT=8079 -DSTOP.KEY=secret -jar start.jar

In order to stop Jetty :
java -DSTOP.PORT=8079 -DSTOP.KEY=secret -jar start.jar - –stop (Given the fact that you have used same jvm argument while starting that jetty server)

I hope those of you who are searching the way to stop jetty from command prompt, this post will save you some time.

How to use your tv as Monitor

2009-06-24T09:11:00.000-07:00

While many of us already know that we can use our television as monitor of the PC, many of us may not aware of this facility. I will now explain how you can take the advantage of this feature. Most of the modern laptop computers are equipped with a TV out option. If you wondering about the look of this output jack it could be one of the following described in the picture bellow:

Many OLD Tvs are equipped with RCA and S Video input while newer TVs are equipped with VGA and HDMI or DVI input. Here we will cover about S-Video, RCA and VGA inputs. Before starting your laptop/pc,if you connect your tv output port with one of your tv inputs that has one of these type of jacks and then start your computer, there is a possiblity you will see your output on tv automaticlaly without configuring your display settings. However, most of the time, it will require you to configure the display settings on your laptop before being able to watch the output on tv.

This is what you need to do (Screen shots are taken from pc with windows xp)
go to start--->controlpanel and then double click on display window (if your control panel is not in classic mode, switch it by clicking the link on the top left corner)
you will see something like following window:

Click on setting tabs, and click on #2 Monitor and checked the option that says "Extended my Windows...." to just enable it as extended display, if you also want to make it primary select the "Use the device as the primary monitor" as well. Then you will see all of the components of the desktop (icons, start button, system clock , etc ) components on television. If you just select the extended desktop option, you will be albe to view any window drag to the #2 monitor side. If you want to switch the side of the external monitor (right or left) on the setting tab select #2 Monitor icon and drag it to the left side of the (or which ever side you like) #1 Monitor. And it will change the side of the external monitor.

By the way, except the VGA output jack, all other means of output will give you relatively blurry output. It is good for watching video but to watch the webpage with tiny text, VGA output is the best choice.

I hope this instructions will help you to view your pc output on your television. If you face any problem feel free to drop a comments here.

Thank you for reading.

Current Redbox Free Rental Code

2009-06-22T11:07:00.000-07:00

Those of you are fan of Redbox movies, I will try to post updated Code that allows you to rent a movie for one night at no cost.

1234WA

Last Used: 08/09/09 (Sun)

Free DVD Rental

DVDATWAG

Walgreens only

Last Used: 08/08/09 (Sat)

Free DVD Rental

188

7SD4BWL8

Stop & Shop only

Last Used: 08/08/09 (Sat)

Free DVD Rental

27HZ4KT

Monday code - expires 8/3/09

Last Used: 08/07/09 (Fri)

Free DVD Rental

REDBOX

New customers

Last Used: 08/07/09 (Fri)

Free DVD Rental

141

FM63H7

Monday-only code

Last Used: 08/01/09 (Sat)

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REDTREE

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Festival Foods only

Last Used: 07/24/09 (Fri)

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For more information, you may check this site.

Future Cricket Match Schedule

2009-06-20T23:17:00.000-07:00

This schedule information was collected from http://www.cricketcalendar.com . Please visit the site for updated information.

How to watch this matches online click here.
For Result you may visit here.

Australia:

Date	Against	Match	Series	Location
08 Jul, 09 Wednesday 06:00 AM	England	Test(1/5)	Australia vs England	Cardiff,England
16 Jul, 09 Thursday 06:00 AM	England	Test(2/5)	Australia vs England	Lords,England
30 Jul, 09 Thursday 06:00 AM	England	Test(3/5)	Australia vs England	Birmingham,England
07 Aug, 09 Friday 06:00 AM	England	Test(4/5)	Australia vs England	Leeds,England
20 Aug, 09 Thursday 06:00 AM	England	Test(5/5)	Australia vs England	Kennington Oval,England
30 Aug, 09 Sunday 10:00 AM	England	T20(1/2)	Australia vs England	Manchester,England
01 Sep, 09 Tuesday 02:00 PM	England	T20(2/2)	Australia vs England	Manchester,England
04 Sep, 09 Friday 09:30 AM	England	ODI(1/7)	Australia vs England	Kennington Oval,England
06 Sep, 09 Sunday 05:45 AM	England	ODI(2/7)	Australia vs England	Lords,England
09 Sep, 09 Wednesday 09:30 AM	England	ODI(3/7)	Australia vs England	Southampton,England
12 Sep, 09 Saturday 05:45 AM	England	ODI(4/7)	Australia vs England	Lords,England
15 Sep, 09 Tuesday 09:30 AM	England	ODI(5/7)	Australia vs England	Trent Bridge,England
17 Sep, 09 Thursday 09:30 AM	England	ODI(6/7)	Australia vs England	Trent Bridge,England
20 Sep, 09 Sunday 05:45 AM	England	ODI(7/7)	Australia vs England	Chester-le-Street,England

Bangladesh:

Date	Against	Match	Series	Location
09 Jul, 09 Thursday 10:00 AM	West Indies	Test(1/2)	West Indies vs Bangladesh	Kingstown,St Vincent
17 Jul, 09 Friday 10:00 AM	West Indies	Test(2/2)	West Indies vs Bangladesh	St George's,Grenada
26 Jul, 09 Sunday 09:30 AM	West Indies	ODI(1/3)	West Indies vs Bangladesh	Roseau,Dominica
28 Jul, 09 Tuesday 09:30 AM	West Indies	ODI(2/3)	West Indies vs Bangladesh	Roseau,Dominica
31 Jul, 09 Friday 09:30 AM	West Indies	ODI(3/3)	West Indies vs Bangladesh	Basseterre,St Kitts
02 Aug, 09 Sunday 02:00 PM	West Indies	T20(1/1)	West Indies vs Bangladesh	Basseterre,St Kitts

England:

Date	Against	Match	Series	Location
08 Jul, 09 Wednesday 06:00 AM	Australia	Test(1/5)	Australia vs England	Cardiff,England
16 Jul, 09 Thursday 06:00 AM	Australia	Test(2/5)	Australia vs England	Lords,England
30 Jul, 09 Thursday 06:00 AM	Australia	Test(3/5)	Australia vs England	Birmingham,England
07 Aug, 09 Friday 06:00 AM	Australia	Test(4/5)	Australia vs England	Leeds,England
20 Aug, 09 Thursday 06:00 AM	Australia	Test(5/5)	Australia vs England	Kennington Oval,England
30 Aug, 09 Sunday 10:00 AM	Australia	T20(1/2)	Australia vs England	Manchester,England
01 Sep, 09 Tuesday 02:00 PM	Australia	T20(2/2)	Australia vs England	Manchester,England
04 Sep, 09 Friday 09:30 AM	Australia	ODI(1/7)	Australia vs England	Kennington Oval,England
06 Sep, 09 Sunday 05:45 AM	Australia	ODI(2/7)	Australia vs England	Lords,England
09 Sep, 09 Wednesday 09:30 AM	Australia	ODI(3/7)	Australia vs England	Southampton,England
12 Sep, 09 Saturday 05:45 AM	Australia	ODI(4/7)	Australia vs England	Lords,England
15 Sep, 09 Tuesday 09:30 AM	Australia	ODI(5/7)	Australia vs England	Trent Bridge,England
17 Sep, 09 Thursday 09:30 AM	Australia	ODI(6/7)	Australia vs England	Trent Bridge,England
20 Sep, 09 Sunday 05:45 AM	Australia	ODI(7/7)	Australia vs England	Chester-le-Street,England

India :

Date	Against	Match	Series	Location
26 Jun, 09 Friday 10:30 AM	West Indies	ODI(1/4)	West Indies vs India	Kingston,Jamaica
28 Jun, 09 Sunday 10:30 AM	West Indies	ODI(2/4)	West Indies vs India	Kingston,Jamaica
03 Jul, 09 Friday 09:30 AM	West Indies	ODI(3/4)	West Indies vs India	Gros Islet,St Lucia
05 Jul, 09 Sunday 09:30 AM	West Indies	ODI(4/4)	West Indies vs India	Gros Islet,St Lucia

New Zealand:

Date	Against	Match	Series	Location
18 Aug, 09 Tuesday 12:30 AM	Sri Lanka	Test(1/2)	Sri Lanka vs New Zealand	Colombo,Sri Lanka
26 Aug, 09 Wednesday 12:30 AM	Sri Lanka	Test(2/2)	Sri Lanka vs New Zealand	Colombo,Sri Lanka
05 Sep, 09 Saturday 12:00 AM	Sri Lanka	ODI(1/5)	Sri Lanka vs New Zealand	Dambulla,Sri Lanka
07 Sep, 09 Monday 12:00 AM	Sri Lanka	ODI(2/5)	Sri Lanka vs New Zealand	Dambulla,Sri Lanka
11 Sep, 09 Friday 05:00 AM	Sri Lanka	ODI(3/5)	Sri Lanka vs New Zealand	Colombo,Sri Lanka
13 Sep, 09 Sunday 05:00 AM	Sri Lanka	ODI(4/5)	Sri Lanka vs New Zealand	Colombo,Sri Lanka
15 Sep, 09 Tuesday 05:00 AM	Sri Lanka	ODI(5/5)	Sri Lanka vs New Zealand	Colombo,Sri Lanka
17 Sep, 09 Thursday 08:30 AM	Sri Lanka	T20(1/2)	Sri Lanka vs New Zealand	Colombo,Sri Lanka
19 Sep, 09 Saturday 08:30 AM	Sri Lanka	T20(2/2)	Sri Lanka vs New Zealand	Colombo,Sri Lanka

Pakistan:

Date	Against	Match	Series	Location
21 Jun, 09 Sunday 10:00 AM	Sri Lanka	T20 (ICC) Final	ICC World Twenty 20	Lords,England
04 Jul, 09 Saturday 12:30 AM	Sri Lanka	Test(1/3)	Sri Lanka vs Pakistan	Galle,Sri Lanka
12 Jul, 09 Sunday 12:30 AM	Sri Lanka	Test(2/3)	Sri Lanka vs Pakistan	Colombo,Sri Lanka
20 Jul, 09 Monday 12:30 AM	Sri Lanka	Test(3/3)	Sri Lanka vs Pakistan	Colombo,Sri Lanka
30 Jul, 09 Thursday 12:00 AM	Sri Lanka	ODI(1/5)	Sri Lanka vs Pakistan	Dambulla,Sri Lanka
01 Aug, 09 Saturday 12:00 AM	Sri Lanka	ODI(2/5)	Sri Lanka vs Pakistan	Dambulla,Sri Lanka
03 Aug, 09 Monday 12:00 AM	Sri Lanka	ODI(3/5)	Sri Lanka vs Pakistan	Dambulla,Sri Lanka
07 Aug, 09 Friday 05:00 AM	Sri Lanka	ODI(4/5)	Sri Lanka vs Pakistan	Colombo,Sri Lanka
09 Aug, 09 Sunday 05:00 AM	Sri Lanka	ODI(5/5)	Sri Lanka vs Pakistan	Colombo,Sri Lanka
12 Aug, 09 Wednesday 08:30 AM	Sri Lanka	T20(1/1)	Sri Lanka vs Pakistan	Colombo,Sri Lanka

Srilanka:

Date	Against	Match	Series	Location
21 Jun, 09 Sunday 10:00 AM	Pakistan	T20 (ICC) Final	ICC World Twenty 20	Lords,England
04 Jul, 09 Saturday 12:30 AM	Pakistan	Test(1/3)	Sri Lanka vs Pakistan	Galle,Sri Lanka
12 Jul, 09 Sunday 12:30 AM	Pakistan	Test(2/3)	Sri Lanka vs Pakistan	Colombo,Sri Lanka
20 Jul, 09 Monday 12:30 AM	Pakistan	Test(3/3)	Sri Lanka vs Pakistan	Colombo,Sri Lanka
30 Jul, 09 Thursday 12:00 AM	Pakistan	ODI(1/5)	Sri Lanka vs Pakistan	Dambulla,Sri Lanka
01 Aug, 09 Saturday 12:00 AM	Pakistan	ODI(2/5)	Sri Lanka vs Pakistan	Dambulla,Sri Lanka
03 Aug, 09 Monday 12:00 AM	Pakistan	ODI(3/5)	Sri Lanka vs Pakistan	Dambulla,Sri Lanka
07 Aug, 09 Friday 05:00 AM	Pakistan	ODI(4/5)	Sri Lanka vs Pakistan	Colombo,Sri Lanka
09 Aug, 09 Sunday 05:00 AM	Pakistan	ODI(5/5)	Sri Lanka vs Pakistan	Colombo,Sri Lanka
12 Aug, 09 Wednesday 08:30 AM	Pakistan	T20(1/1)	Sri Lanka vs Pakistan	Colombo,Sri Lanka
18 Aug, 09 Tuesday 12:30 AM	New Zealand	Test(1/2)	Sri Lanka vs New Zealand	Colombo,Sri Lanka
26 Aug, 09 Wednesday 12:30 AM	New Zealand	Test(2/2)	Sri Lanka vs New Zealand	Colombo,Sri Lanka
05 Sep, 09 Saturday 12:00 AM	New Zealand	ODI(1/5)	Sri Lanka vs New Zealand	Dambulla,Sri Lanka
07 Sep, 09 Monday 12:00 AM	New Zealand	ODI(2/5)	Sri Lanka vs New Zealand	Dambulla,Sri Lanka
11 Sep, 09 Friday 05:00 AM	New Zealand	ODI(3/5)	Sri Lanka vs New Zealand	Colombo,Sri Lanka
13 Sep, 09 Sunday 05:00 AM	New Zealand	ODI(4/5)	Sri Lanka vs New Zealand	Colombo,Sri Lanka
15 Sep, 09 Tuesday 05:00 AM	New Zealand	ODI(5/5)	Sri Lanka vs New Zealand	Colombo,Sri Lanka
17 Sep, 09 Thursday 08:30 AM	New Zealand	T20(1/2)	Sri Lanka vs New Zealand	Colombo,Sri Lanka
19 Sep, 09 Saturday 08:30 AM	New Zealand	T20(2/2)	Sri Lanka vs New Zealand	Colombo,Sri Lanka

West Indies:

Date	Against	Match	Series	Location
26 Jun, 09 Friday 10:30 AM	India	ODI(1/4)	West Indies vs India	Kingston,Jamaica
28 Jun, 09 Sunday 10:30 AM	India	ODI(2/4)	West Indies vs India	Kingston,Jamaica
03 Jul, 09 Friday 09:30 AM	India	ODI(3/4)	West Indies vs India	Gros Islet,St Lucia
05 Jul, 09 Sunday 09:30 AM	India	ODI(4/4)	West Indies vs India	Gros Islet,St Lucia
09 Jul, 09 Thursday 10:00 AM	Bangladesh	Test(1/2)	West Indies vs Bangladesh	Kingstown,St Vincent
17 Jul, 09 Friday 10:00 AM	Bangladesh	Test(2/2)	West Indies vs Bangladesh	St George's,Grenada
26 Jul, 09 Sunday 09:30 AM	Bangladesh	ODI(1/3)	West Indies vs Bangladesh	Roseau,Dominica
28 Jul, 09 Tuesday 09:30 AM	Bangladesh	ODI(2/3)	West Indies vs Bangladesh	Roseau,Dominica
31 Jul, 09 Friday 09:30 AM	Bangladesh	ODI(3/3)	West Indies vs Bangladesh	Basseterre,St Kitts
02 Aug, 09 Sunday 02:00 PM	Bangladesh	T20(1/1)	West Indies vs Bangladesh	Basseterre,St Kitts

Where To Watch Live Cricket For Free

2009-06-20T17:08:00.000-07:00

Every one who loves cricket, had been extensively searching all the web for the opportunity to watch the Final for free. I have been watching a few games on the following site:

http://live-cricket-time.blogspot.com/

Since the site will be overwhelmed by the cricket lover it will be a good idea to join before the bandwidth ran out. However, it is possible that due to high traffic the blogspot site administrator may disable the site as well. Let us hope for the Best.

To get the future schedule of the Cricket Matches click here.

Good luck watching the Cricket Final for free.

How to view unicode Bangla on your Windows PC

2009-06-20T16:31:00.000-07:00

Since Unicode fonts are very famous these days, we should all update our PC to be able to take the advantage of Unicode fonts. Many of us are not aware of this Unicode fonts. If your Windows PC are not being updated constantly since service pack 2, your PC may also lack the capability of showing Unicode Bengali fonts. Here is how you can fix the problem.

1. Download the Unicode bangla fonts
a) Download vrinda. (Those of you who see Bengali but very small can delete C:\windows\fonts\vrinda.ttf file and replace it with this vrinda font)
b) Download Shyam Rupali Font.

2. Copy the fonts to your control panels' Fonts folder (or X:\windows\fonts folder, replace the 'X" your system drive letter )

If you have followed the instruction correctly, after refreshing your browser you will see the bellow line in Bengali.

সাবাস! অবশেষে আপনি ইউনিকোড বাংলা ফন্ট দেখতে পেলেন। এখন থেকে যে সব ওয়েবসাইট ইউনিকোড ব্যবহার করে, সেসব ওয়েবসাইট এর লেখা পড়তে আপনার আর কোন সমস্যা হবে না। তবে ইত্তেফাক বা প্রথম আলো পড়তে হলে তাদের ওয়েবসাইট এর নির্দেশ অনুসরন করে তাদের বাবহৃত ফন্ট্‌ ডাউনলোড করে ইন্সটল ক্করে নিন।
ধন্যবাদান্তে ,
সুমন

Now Most of you should be able to follow the high level instruction given above, However a few of you who has very limited knowledge of installing fonts, may get lost in between. If that is the case, I have screen shots that clearly shows how the process look like on a XP machine. Here we go:

Step 1:
Click on the "vrinda" link that I provided,it will take you to a different website where the font is available. Right click on the download link of that page (asuming you have Internet Explorer as browser) pick "save target as" (For firefox browser select "save link as") :

Step 2:
On the following window(save target as window asking where you want to save the file to) click on "My computer" icon from left pane, and type c:\windows\fonts\vrinda.ttf If your windows installation is in different drive (ie, E:, D:, etc) use that letter instead of c:. Click on "Save". If it saves successfully then you are done just needs to refresh the browser and you are done (you may come back to this page, when your browser starts again and check if you can read the Bangla sentences written on this page. Otherwise, follow next.

Extra Steps:

Extra 1:

Some of you who may already have an older version (Those who see bangla font but too small to read) and will see some pop up dialog like this:

Extra 2:

Click on" No". you now need to remove the old version. To do that go to your windows xp control panel by clicking on 'Start---->control panel"

many of your control panel may be in category mode. For convenience lets switch it to "classic" view by clicking on the circled link.

The window look will be changed like bellow:

Extra 3:

Now lets double click on Fonts folder. Since "vrinda" starts with 'v' the file will be located all the way bellow (assuming the file is arranged by name). When we find the "vrinda" font we will right click on it and select "delete". If "are you sure" window pops up click "yes" and go to step:2, or else follow next step.

Extra 4:

If the browser is open or the font is being used anywhere else it will show you an error message like bellow: Click "Ok" .
You will need to shut down all your browsers and word document files which ever is opened. Then follow Extra 3: and onward again.

I hope this tutorial will help you to solve the Unicode Bangla Font viewing problem. if you still have problem to view Bangla Unicode fonts, please feel free to post a comment here.

Thanks for reading.

Easiest Way to Write Bengali on your PC

2009-06-20T15:39:00.000-07:00

I am originally from Bangladesh. I always loved to write in Bengali on my PC whenever possible. I really hated writing Bengali by using English character. However, I never trained my self on traditional Bengali Typing media (ie, Munir, Bijoy, Unijoy keyboard). As a matter of fact I hate them and I found them pretty difficult to follow as I am very used to with English keyboard. Earlier days, when unicode wasn't that famous I developped my own type face named "Sumon Bangla Font" which followed different keymaps (phonetical , for example, a for akar, A for oa, b for boa, almost close to proshikha but not exactly). However the true type fonts (non-Unicode) are no longer encouraged to use as Unicode became much more famous these days.

Now we all are familiar with unicode fonts. I think it is the best means of writing. Each language has it's own assigned code for it's all alphabets. I had used a lot of software that dose the job of writing bangla on the PC. Among all of them, I found AVRO KEYBOARD ( অভ্র কী-বোর্ড) is the best, specially the portable version.

Any one can download the portable Avro from this link, and just extract it to any portable media (SD cards, usb storage drive, etc) ant it will be ready to use. Avro may prompt you to install complex indic scripts (if it is not previously installed on your system), otherwise you don't have to install anything else. You can start it by double clicking on "Avro Keyboard.exe" and you are ready. Where ever you want to write in bangla, just point your mouse there and hit "F-12" keys on your keyboard and you will be writing bangla in a second. To switch back to english you again press "F-12" and you will be writing in english. It is good for all version of Windows. (Even on Vista, I was able to use it with intermittent program crash[no big deal]).

[ From here onward I will use some bengali letters, in case you don't see them for lack of unicode support on your pc , please view my post on "How to view unicode bangla on your PC" ]

The best part of Avro is it's very flexibla and gives user a lot of choices. One can even chose between traditional bangla keyboard that are previously existed (ie unijoy, bornona, National, etc). I always like the phonetic keyboard, as it automatically translate what ever I write in english letter to bengali. I can easily customise my own words. For example, if I want to write ভালো , without customize the auto correct dictionary I need to type "valO". But using the auto correct tool i made avro automatically write "ভালো" when I type "valo". I also had used avro auto correct tool to show many english word (that we usually use like bengali) to showed up correctly. For example if I type "driver", My avro (as I customized it) will output "ড্রাইভার". Customizing Avro auto correct option is very easy. All you need to do is right clicked on this icon:

A menu will appear like the following window:

From this menu click on Customize ovro keyboard. Then on the next window chose "Avro Phonetic..." After that click on "Auto correct entries". Then A window like this (Look at the screen shot bellow) will appear:

On this Auto correct window on the write hand side type what you want to type, for example "ktritoggota ", now on the right side type what you actually want avro to output on the screen " কৃতজ্ঞতা" (For which you actually need to type: " krritoggota" ) you may see the keyboard lay out to find out how the keys are mapped. After you are done you click on "save". From Next onward, when you type "kritoggota" ovro will show কৃতজ্ঞতা instead of ক্রিতজ্ঞতা .

Avro saves this correction in a file named "autodict.dct" in Avro Keyboard program folder. You may replaced this file with some one else's customized file. For example you can replace the autodict.dct file with my "autodict.dct" file which has already over 9000 customized word from here . After you replace the file you need to restart Avro software.

As of today, I personally think Avro is the best media to write Bengali on your Windows PC. However, Avro yet not available for linux, you may check on Avro's home page for more updated information.

Swine flu what to do?

2009-06-20T09:04:00.000-07:00

Swine influenza or swine flu is nothing new. The affect of swine flu can be traced back as early as 1918. The type of virus that caused this flu to human back then was associated with H1N1 . It was also common in pigs. However, the 2009 flu outbreak is due to a new strain of subtype H1N1 not previously reported in pigs. Therefore, it is little mysterious where exactly this type has came from. While waiting for the appropriate vaccine becomes available, we have to take very good care of our personal hygiene. We should all do the following things

1. Wash you hand and keep it clean as much as possible.
2. Even though the strain of this virus is not directly associated with pig but it could be transmitted to/from pigs easily, therefore it's better to avoid direct contact with live pig. And while cooking the meat it should be cooked properly.

To learn more about it's history and current status plese click here

Windows XP add/remove program tool problem? solution is here

2009-06-19T13:41:00.000-07:00

Recently I faced this weired problem: all on a sudden my control pannel’s “Add/Remove Programs” stopped working. I click on it but nothing is shown. After searching a while I got very limited information. On msdn site I found something that is applicable to windows server 2000. However I followed it but it didn’t solve my problem. After further search and wasting more time I finally got the solution. Here is what you have to do:

Step 1 to 8 is identical what the msdn forums says, In my case I have to do an additional step (step 9) and reboot my machine.

1. Click Start, and then click Run.
2. In the Open box, type cmd, and then press ENTER.
3. In the Command window, type regsvr32 mshtml.dll, and then press ENTER.
4. Click OK to confirm that the registry entry has been added.
5. In the Command window, type regsvr32 shdocvw.dll -i, and then press ENTER.
6. Click OK to confirm that the registry entry has been added.
7. In the Command window, type regsvr32 shell32.dll -i, and then press ENTER.
8. Click OK to confirm that the registry entry has been added.
9. In the Command window, type REGSVR32 APPWIZ.CPLand then press ENTER.
10. Click OK to confirm that the registry entry has been added.

11. Close the Command window and restart your pc.

Hope this will solve your problem as mine did.

How To Enable MultiBooting

2009-06-19T12:40:00.000-07:00

Many of you may want to test another operating system beside the existing one. Some of you already have installed more than one operating system on your pc. However, some of you may faced difficulties to boot your system after editing the boot.ini file. For those of you, who didn’t hear about easyBCD , it could be easiest solution for massed up boot.ini file. You may download it from Here After you have installed and run it click on ” Add/Remove Entries”. You will see something like the window on the left side.

Now fon the lower right side (Add an Entry tab) write your operating system type. For example, if you want to add recently installed Windows 7 (if it is missing on the loader) select: “Windows vista/longhorn”. In the place of “Name ” Write a name that you find best fit for the OS, for example: “Windows 7 Beta”. Bellow this field, pick the drive letter where the operating system is installed. Then click on “Add Entry” button. Now click on ” view settings” and make sure your change is reflected here. You may see something like this:

Now you may click on ” Change Settings” and following window will appear:

here you can click on ” save ” (Upper one) and your settings will be saved. Now restart your pc and it should show our added system during the booting process. If you think the instruction needs to be edited please leave a comments.

How to Load Gmail Faster

2009-06-19T12:14:00.000-07:00

Those of you who are deprive from high speed internet service and still rely on dialup slow internet connection may have already experienced that sometimes gmail loads very slowly. In addition to the server’s problem, the reason could be your slow internet connection. Using the older version of gmail could be an easy solution for you. Many of the users do not know how to switch back to older version and set it to default. Here are few tips that I hope will help them.

First of all instead of using regular http://mail.google.com or http://gmail.com address to log in to gmail account please use the following address:

http://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=1

You can also use this address as well:

http://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=html&zy=e

This will help you to logged in using the older interface and the process will be quicker. You may loose the ability of direct instant messaging while using older interface.

In order to make this interface default for you you may click on the top of your page where it says “Set basic HTML as default view “. I hope next onward while using the slow connection your mail will be loading faster using the older interface of gmail. Let me know if you have any problem following the instruction by leaving your valuable comments.