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How to Upgrade an Old Phone into a Porsche

Posted by Jay     Tags: 20 July, 2010    352 views    Comments Off

This is an interesting story published from yahoo!. It must be true, but I do not know. Since It is interesting, I share the details here: Most people throw away old cell phones without a second thought. Steven Ortiz is not like most teenagers. This 17-year-old Californian went on Craigslist to turn a used cell phone a friend gave him into a Porsche convertible. Harvard Business School, watch out for this guy. Ortiz’s story brings to mind the similar accomplishment of Kyle MacDonald, a Read Full Article (Click here)...

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Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited (ICBC),China-based commercial bank,Ranks First as the Largest Bank in the World by Market Capitalization

Posted by Jay     Tags: 16 January, 2010    2,255 views    (0) Comment

As of December 31, 2009, ICBC has a market capitalization of USD 268.982 billion, the largest among all the banks in the world and USD 70 billion more than the second bank in the ranking. Meanwhile, ICBC moved up to the fourth place in the worldwide ranking of publicly traded companies in terms of market capitalization. Beginning from 2009, ICBC has weathered all the negative impacts brought by the global financial crisis and maintained the momentum. Business was steady, risk under Read Full Article (Click here)...

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Filters for Canon SX20 , SX10 and SX1 – 52mm fits perfectly

Posted by Jay     Tags: , 17 December, 2009    2,704 views    (0) Comment

Recently, I have reviewed the Canon new model SX20. Many people asked the question: Whether we can attach filter lenses to SX10 or SX20? if so, what filters can we attach. I have measured the front end and the threading are no so normal like other cameras. Neither canon list or recommended any filter set! The size is also not specified in the camera. After Google a bit, I came across few pages suggesting 52mm filters. Luckily, I had a 52mm to 49mm step down ring. I just tried, it has exact Read Full Article (Click here)...

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My custom Domain Name check – php program and the results

Posted by Jay     Tags: 7 December, 2009    680 views    (1) Comment

Recently, I tried to search meaningful domain names available. I tried googling, yahoo domains, go-daddy, domaindiscover and makewords sites to know available domains. I could not get the results easily and each site provides one or the other. Of all, I find makewords.com is close enough to what I need. However, I can get only 20 domains on a single click. It took me long time to explore. I decided to make on my own. I downloaded dictionary of words from the internet and uploaded to a mysql Read Full Article (Click here)...

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Daylight Color Temparatue – A guide to Photographic Lighting

Posted by Jay     Tags: 16 November, 2009    1,276 views    Comments Off

I find this article is very interesting to know. Hence, I would like to share with the readers. Light is not always what it seems. Our eyes are very forgiving, so when we move from place to place everything seems normal in terms of color. So, for example, when moving from a bright daylight environment to a room lit by a candle all that will appear to change, to the naked eye, is the light level. Yet record these two situations using color film and the first will have a blue hue and the latter Read Full Article (Click here)...

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