Cocodle : One smile Per Search

Cocodle is a search engine that contributes towards helping disabled and orphaned children across the world. They guarantee that we will get the same search result quality as we get from Google as their search is powered by Google itself (Google Custom Search).

Their Objective

The search that we do through Cocodle.com will contribute towards helping disabled and orphaned children across the world. They emphasize on helping differently-abled and underprivileged children, first locally and then globally.

You can access their homepage here.

Have a nice search!

Funny postgres query

Two days back I was facing a problem from one of the live server. The data entered by user with a minute difference, entered database with a difference of one hour. I burned my midnight oil, to figure out the reason and then to find a solution.

Finally I found the culprit. It was a funny postgres sql query. :-). Are you able to find the difference between the two queries?

insert into testtest values (to_timestamp('2009-11-11 05:32:46','yyyy-MM-dd
HH:MI:SS'))

insert into testtest values (to_timestamp('2009-11-11 05:32:46','yyyy-MM-dd HH:MI:SS')) 

Actually both the queries are same, but in first query there is a line break in the format.
Query 1
On executing the first query the data inserted was "2009-11-11 02:46:00". Difference of seconds, shifted to minutes and that of minutes to hours.

Query 2
On executing the second query, I got the expected normal result. "2009-11-11 05:32:46".

I felt this little bit weird, but so relieved after finding the problem. We were storing all the queries in XML file and did a XML formatting of the file. So every query was indented with proper line breaks.

FileHippo helps you to update your softwares

Have you installed many softwares? Did you ever struggle to find the updates for your softwares? FileHippo is here for you. FileHippo is a small utility that can scan your computer for softwares and find their latest updates.

How it works
FileHippo update checker will scan your computer for installed softwares, check the versions and send the information to the server to find if there is any new releases. The results will be displayed on your browser. FileHippo finds the updates for the softwares that are known to FileHippo server. But they have details of most commonly used softwares.

FileHippo get installed on any machine that runs on windows Vista, XP, 2003, 2000, ME or 98. You need to have the .NET framework 2.0 or later.

In action

FileHippo pops up, when it finds the updates on server.

The results are shown in your default browser.

To visit the homepage click here.
Click here to download the software.

PhotoJoy : Helps your photos turn to PhotoToys, 3D Screensavers and Wallpaper Collages

PhotoJoy is a cool application that turns your photos into 3D Screensaver or Wallpaper Collages. PhotoJoy uses Flickr API, so you can set wallpaper or screensaver using Flickr API.

What PhotoJoy can do

• Wallpaper Collages – The perfect way to relive your favorite moments
• 3D Screensavers – Make your photos look spectacular
• PhotoToy Widgets – Display your photos in fun ways
• Professional photos – 1000’s of them
• So much fun and so easy to use

 Collages 

You can make Collage wallpapers in Collage Section. Choose from different templates shown. By default, PhotoJoy comes with first two templates, rest we have to download.

PhotoToys

PhotoToys are cool gadgets shown on your desktop.

Screensavers
PhotoJoy also provides nice Screensavers.

Conclusion

I am not impressed with the PhotoToys. They are nuisance at times. Whenever they are refreshed, immediately they will be on top of all windows and becomes a distraction factor. Another thing I hated is the online installer. PhotoJoy do not have an option for offline installer.

PhotoJoy is absolutely free and comes from Incredimail Ltd.
Visit Home page http://www.photojoy.com.

How can you remember passwords easily?

Today internet is robust and a playground of phishers. Each and every people are part or users of various services like email, file sharing or social networks. Most of the people are following / using a single password for every account, thus making themselves vulnerable.

How can you have a multiple password and remember them easily. There are lot of ways you can achieve this. But I follow the below.

A pattern that you remember always.

Let us divide the password into three parts.

Part 1: Some food / place you like most.
Part 2. Word to make a sentence.
Part 3: Service you are about to use.

Most Secure password should be a mix of Upper and lower cases, special Characters and number. So use them to make a proper sentence.

Let us consider Part 1 as 'Hotdog', Part 2 as 'is password for' and Part 3 as service say 'gmail'. Now the completed sentense is 'Hotdog is password for gmail.'. After replacing with symbols and numbers, it is 'Hotdog$password4gmail.' (Hotdogspassword4gmail, s being replaced with a look like '$'). A hard to guess phrase.

This method is good for remembering the password recovery questions also. Questions like 'who is your favourite author?' can be answered as 'Hotdog$answer4author.'.

Hope this will help you to create a strong and hard to guess password.

What is OpenID?

OpenID is a protocol that allows user to authenticate into different systems with the same digital identity. OpenID replaces the traditional login by providing username and password. OpenID is in the form of a unique url and is provided by OpenID providers. Google, AOL, Yahoo, IBM, Microsolf, MySpace and several large websites provide OpenID.

How to use
OpenID login forms are different from the usual login form. It can be easily identified the by the OpenID logo. They have only one input box to enter the OpenID. This form will connected to an implementation of OpenID library.

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