Smart Night Call 15

Smart offers call night long, an unlimited call service Smart starting 11pm to 6am. For only PhP 15!

To avail the service, text
NYT15 to 8566
Register anytime of the day. Registration is good for one day. Maintain P1 balance to make calls.
To make calls, dial *8566+Smart/TNT#(Ex. *856609191234890)

I advise that you register after 11pm to be able to make calls until the night of the next day.
One flaw, is that the calls are cut off after 5 mins, unlike the unli call from Globe which can take more than 20 mins. Also, making calls during the covered time span needs patience. You have to try and try because the "All numbers are busy now, please try your call later" will continue to ring in your ears. And if you happen to make a call with the *8566 in it outside the covered time period, you will be charged P1. I hate this in Smart, because every wrong keyword sent is charged. They should try sending error notices for free.

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Barbara Cartland E-books Collection (English Version)

This collection is intended for those looking for the English version of the historical romance novel writer, Barbara Cartland. The file is in .zip format (to ensure minimal file size). Just unzip it in your computer, tablet or cellphone. The ebook format is in .doc or .pdf. NEW! Now in epub format (navigate at the bottom of the post).

Note to readers: You can request the ebooks for the formats that will suit your gadget such as mobi, epub or txt (use the comment form below). Just indicate the title of the book and the formats you like it to be.

If you have problem downloading, this tutorial will guide you. The ebooks are absolutely FREE.

Updated: August 17, 2014

Contents:
Stolen Halo
The Dragon and the Pearl
The Judgement of Love
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Cupid Rides Pillion
The Heart Triumphant
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A Hazard of Hearts
A Serpent of Satan
A Very Unusual Wife
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Frame of Dreams
Kiss the Moonlight
Love is the Enemy
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Love, Lords and Lady Birds
The Husband Hunters
The Naked Battle
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The Odious Duke
The Wicked Marquis
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The Passion and the Flower

The Sheik
The Magnificent Marriage
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A Castle of Dreams
A Dangerous Disguise
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Battle of the Brains
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Call of the Heart
Love and the LoathsomseLeopard
Love Become Theirs
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Love Drives In
Love in the Highlands
Lucky Logan Finds Love
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The Cross of Love
The Mysterious Maid Servant
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The Proud Princess
The Ship of Love
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A Night of Gaiety
A Duke in Danger
Secret Harbour
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Free From Fear
Love in the East
Bored Bridegroom
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An Angel Runs Away
Fragrant Flower
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Ola and the Sea Wolf
Penniless Peer
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The Saint and the Sinner
Temptation of Torilla
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Duke Daredevil
Pure and Untouched
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A Flight to Heaven Download | Mirror
A Bride to the King Download | Mirror
King Without a Heart Download | Mirror

EPUB Format Collection
A Flight to Heaven
An Angel Runs Away
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An Introduction to the Eternal Collection (Jubilee ed)
    A Ghost in Monte Carlo
    Elizabethan Lover
    The Little Pretender
    A Duel of Hearts
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Bride to the King
Call of the Heart
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Fragrant Flower
Love and the Loathsome Leopard
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Lucky Logan Finds Love
Ola and the Sea Wolf
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Secret Harbour
The Mysterious Maid-servant
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The Penniless Peer
The Saint and the Sinner
The Temptation of Torilla
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It's a Kaleidoscope World

The Master Rapper, Francis Magalona, is gone but his songs will remain.
Honestly, I am not into rap music. This is the only song that I have loved from his music.

I used the lyrics when my professor in English asked us to analyze a song in poetic sense.
The content is a powerful call to everyone. It reflects that our differences should not be a hindrance for us to work things out in our survival. WE can create a better world. Just like a kaleidoscope which consists of various colors but when you put them together, wonderful images are produced.


Kaleidoscope World - Francis Magalona

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Kaleidoscope World
(Popularized by Francis Magalona)
So many faces, so many races
Different voices, different choices
Some are mad, while others laugh
Some live alone with no better half
Others grieve while others curse
And others mourn behind a big black hearse
Some are pure and some half-bred
Some are sober and some are wasted
Some are rich because of fate and
Some are poor with no food on their plate
Some stand out while others blend
Some are fat and stout while some are thin
Some are friends and some are foes
Some have some while some have most

Every color and every hue
Is represented by me and you
Take a slide in the slope
Take a look in the kaleidoscope
Spinnin' round, make it twirl
In this kaleidoscope world

Some are great and some are few
Others lie while some tell the truth
Some say poems and some do sing
Others sing through their guitar strings
Some know it all while some act dumb
Let the bassline strum to the bang of the drum
Some can swim while some will sink
And some will find their minds and think
Others walk while others run
You can't talk peace and have a gun
Some are hurt and start to cry
Don't ask me how don't ask me why
Some are friends and some are foes
Some have some while some have most

Every color and every hue
Is represented by me and you
Take a slide in the slope
Take a look in the kaleidoscope
Spinnin' round, make it twirl
In this kaleidoscope world

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Problems after Moving Feedburner Account to Google

For almost two weeks, my feedburner stats had been showing 0 subscriber.

I was hesitant to move my feeds before when they offered the transfer your feedburner account to google. I know the task after the transfer will be much more (you have to update everything that concerns feeds in this blog, widgets, blogosphere, etc). But after continuous refusal to this offer, I was left with no option but to move my account to see my feed stats.

I successfully moved it. The name of this site used to be Information Lot. But changing the name to i-Share did not cause my feed's functionality to alter. People can still subscribe in the previous feed address (feeds.feedburner.com/InformationLot). But after the transfer, my feed was updated to http://feeds2.feedburner.com/InformationLot. So, I thought putting a 2 in the address will not cause any problem. Google had assured me that all the traffic in my previous feed address will be redirected to this new address.

So, I let it stay as is. The message said:
Your feed has been moved into this new account, and your stats have been loaded up. If you see "0" for the most recent full day, don't panic! It may take up to a week for a feed's full dose of stats to appear in your new account. I relied on that message. But after two weeks of hoping, I still see 0 subscribers.

I clicked my site's RSS icon and I was given an error message. I figured out that the problem is in feed address. I don't know how to solve this problem so, I just burn a new feed address and start all over again. I have to update every posts and widgets to make the feeds work. I was running away from this task of updating the blog's feeds but I still ended doing it. I hope you will not replicate this dumb move of mine. Don't try to change your blog title if you have are using feeds.

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Deathbug

Reality and its future are quite gloomy. Last night, I was able to watch the Maalaala Mo Kaya episode (ABS-CBN) and the life of Francis Magalona (GMA). The MMK episode depicted what I Love You Forever means while the Jessica Soho documentary showed who Francis Magalona was, the kind of person he has been, his battle for the big C, and the impact of his life to other people. The MMK is the story of what life is at old age and the documentary is a version of living for a short time.

Life leads to death whether you like it or not. The reality only offers two ways of dying, either you die young or you die old. We all have the ‘switch of death’ that can be triggered by illness, accident or murder and age is not a predicting factor. The actual death will take only a negligible fraction of your lifetime though dying may take some of your lifespan. As what Morrie did (Tuesdays with Morrie), The most important thing is not how you died but how you lived even if you are dying. Dr. Gregory House also quoted that Almost dying changes things but dying changes everything. But the dying stage is not applicable to some individuals because those individuals will experience the sudden death. So, it is always better if we are prepared. We should not wait for our dying stage before we make something out of our lives. Dying is not our checkpoint to slow down and ponder on our purpose. Instead, we live out our lives, do what is right and reach out to people. They may be clichés but they are the honest truths.

How do you want your life to end? As for me, I want it to be sudden. Though unexpected death can cause more pain to the people around you than death with prior notice.

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Perry Mason Ebooks Collection (Added Lam and Cool Novels)

Perry Mason is a fictitious character created by Erle Stanley Gardner. He is a defense attorney who only takes cases if he thinks they are complicated and risky. For a detailed account of who he is, check the Wikipedia entry.

Perry Mason has a character similar to Sherlock Holmes (Arthur Conan Doyle) and to Dr. Gregory House (David Shore). So, if you happen to like them then you will also want to read Mason's cases. There used to be a TV series for the books, you may also want to find them in the net.

Gardner was able to laymanize some of court and law jargon like court proceedings, wills, murders and heirs so readers comprehend the processes even without prior knowledge on them.

Here are some synopsis of Gardner's series. The novels always start with "The Case of..."

Note to readers: In case the ebook you are searching for is not in your desired format (i.e. in pdf, mobi, rtf, etc), you can use the comment form to request it in that format. Just indicate the title and your desired ebook format. You can download your request, two days after by revisiting this page.

The ebooks are absolutely FREE! If you have problem downloading, please follow this tutorial. Press CTRL+F if you are looking for a particular novel.

List Updated on September 10, 2015 - Added Erle Stanley Gardner's Other Works
Added Perry Mason ebooks in .txt, pdf and epub format. It can be read in mobile phones through Albite Reader, Aldiko Reader or Mantano Reader. You can check out this guide on How to Read Epub files for other device.

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The Case of the Caretaker's Cat (1935) - After his employer dies in a fire, a caretaker hires Mason to allow him to keep his cat against the wishes of the men who inherit. When the caretaker is killed, Mason defends the woman accused of his murder.  
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The Case of the Lucky Legs (1934) - A small town beauty contest winner who gets mixed up in the big city. Download TCOT Lucky Legs (epub)

The Case of the Sleepwalker's Niece (1936) - When two men change bedrooms at a house-party, everyone thinks that the sleepwalker with the carving knife killed the wrong man. Download TCOT Sleepwalker's Niece (epub)

The Case of the Sulky Girl (1933) - A bratty heiress wants to keep the news of her marriage a secret from the guardian who controls her purse strings, but when he's murdered, her groom is accused.
As per request: Download TCOT Sulky Girl (epub) || in .txt - Mirror 

Download Ebooks Part2 in .pdf | Mirror Part2 (pdf) - in epub | Mirror epub
The Case of the Dangerous Dowager (1937) - Mason is hired to retrieve a spoiled granddaughter's gambling IOUs by a wealthy cigar-smoking dowager. A murder aboard a gambling ship is beyond the three-mile limit. Download TCOT Dangerous Dowager (epub)

The Case of the Singing Skirt (1959) - Mason's client is framed for theft and fired because she wouldn't help cheat a casino patron. Then she's accused of murder, and the gun juggling begins. "The court scene is excellent; the characters, though thin as usual, are amply credible; and the pace never flags." Download TCOT Singing Skirt (epub)

The Case of the Stuttering Bishop (1936) — Mason gets a telephone call from a man who identifies himself as Anglican Bishop William Mallory, recently returned from many years in Australia, and tells Mason that he will testify on the behalf of Mason's client, if Mason can find him. But Mason observes that a bishop who's delivered many sermons is unlikely to stutter. Download TCOT Stuttering Bishop (epub)

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The Case of the Daring Divorcee (1964) - A purse containing thousands of dollars and a twice-fired gun is left in Mason's office, but his potential client has disappeared.  
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The Case of the Horrified Heirs (1964) - Mason defends a woman twice; once on drug smuggling charges, and once on murder charges.
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The Case of the Blonde Bonanza (1962) - Mason thinks it's crazy that someone is paying a beautiful girl $100 a week to put on weight, but she might be a missing heir -- or a murderer. "A diabolically clever variation on the confidence game of the "lost heir" is the foundation of this delightful caper, in which Perry Mason once again sees through the machinations of people generally quite as able as himself. ... Again, the court scene is thrilling and brilliant." Download TCOT Blonde Bonanza (epub)

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The Case of the Curious Bride (1935) — A woman claiming not to be a bride consults Mason about her 'friend' whose husband, long thought to have died in a plane crash, turns up alive. Download TCOT Curious Bride (epub)

The Case of the Velvet Claws (1933) - A spoiled woman is keen to keep news of her affairs from her powerful husband, even if it costs Perry his freedom when she swears he was on the murder scene. Download TCOT Velvet Claws (epub)

The Case of the Lazy Lover (1947) - A man tells everyone that his wife has run away with his best friend, who seems to have a strange lack of enthusiasm about the affair. The case leads to murder and a trial that hinges on multiple sets of footprints.
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Added Titles:
The Case of the Amorous Aunt epub - Mirror | txt - Mirror | pdf - Mirror
The Case of the Angry Mourner  epub - Mirror | txt - Mirror | pdf - Mirror
The Case of the Backward Mule epub - Mirror | txt - Mirror | pdf - Mirror
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The Case of the Beautiful Beggar epub - Mirror | txt - Mirror | pdf - Mirror
The Case of the Bigamous Spouse epub - Mirror | txt - Mirror | pdf - Mirror
The Case of the Black-Eyed Blonde epub - Mirror | txt - Mirror | pdf - Mirror
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The Case of the Borrowed Brunette epub - Mirror | txt - Mirror | pdf - Mirror
The Case of the Buried Clock epub - Mirror | txt - Mirror | pdf - Mirror
The Case of the Calendar Girl epub - Mirror | txt - Mirror | pdf - Mirror
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The Case of the Careless Cupid
The Case of the Careless Kitten
The Case of the Cautious Coquette
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The Case of the Crimson Kiss
The Case of the Crooked Candle
The Case of the Crying Swallow
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The Case of the Daring Decoy
The Case of the Deadly Toy
The Case of the Demure Defendant
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The Case of the Drowning Duck
The Case of the Drowsy Mosquito
The Case of the Dubious Bridegroom
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The Case of the Duplicate Daughter
The Case of the Empty Tin
The Case of the Fabulous Fake
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The Case of the Fan Dancer's Horse
The Case of the Fenced-In Woman
The Case of the Fiery Fingers
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The Case of the Footloose Doll
The Case of the Fugitive Nurse
The Case of the Gilded Lily
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The Case of the Glamorous Ghost
The Case of the Gold Digger's Purse
The Case of the Green-Eyed Sister
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The Case of the Grinning Gorilla
The Case of the Half-Wakened Wife
The Case of the Haunted Husband
The Case of the Hesitant Hostess
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The Case of the Howling Dog
The Case of the Ice-Cold Hands
The Case of the Lame Canary
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The Case of the Lonely Heiress
The Case of the Long-Legged Models
The Case of the Lucky Loser
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The Case of the Mischievous Doll
The Case of the Moth-Eaten Mink
The Case of the Mythical Monkeys
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The Case of the Negligent Nymph
The Case of the Nervous Accomplice
The Case of the One-Eyed Witness
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The Case of the Daring Divorcee
The Case of the Perjured Parrot
The Case of the Postponed Murder
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The Case of the Queenly Contestant
The Case of the Restless Redhead
The Case of the Rolling Bones
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The Case of the Screaming Woman
The Case of the Shapely Shadow
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The Case of the Shoplifter's Shoe
The Case of the Silent Partner
The Case of the Spurious Spinster
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The Case of the Phantom Fortune
The Case of the Waylaid Wolf
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The Case of the Stepdaughter's Secret
The Case of the Substitute Face
The Case of the Sunbather's Diary
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The Case of the Terrified Typist
The Case of the Vagabond Virgin
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The Case of the Counterfeit Eye
The Case of the Irate Witness
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The Case of the Reluctant Model
The Case of the Runaway Corpse
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The Case of the Worried Waitress
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The Case of the Baited Hook
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The Case of the Troubled Trustee
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The Case of Velvet Claws
The Case of Blonde Bonanza
The Case of Curious Bride
The Case of Lazy Lover
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Erle Stanley Gardner's Other eBooks:
Under the name A.A Fair (Bertha Cool - Donald Lam novels)
The Bigger They Come (1939) in pdf - Mirror || epub - Mirror 
Turn On the Heat (1940) in pdf - Mirror || epub - Mirror
Gold Comes in Bricks (1940) in pdf - Mirror || epub - Mirror
Spill the Jackpot (1941) in pdf - Mirror || epub - Mirror
 
Double or Quits (1941) in pdf - Mirror || epub - Mirror
Owls Don't Blink (1942) in pdf - Mirror || epub - Mirror
Bats Fly at Dusk (1942) in pdf - Mirror || epub - Mirror
Cats Prowl at Night (1943) in pdf - Mirror || epub - Mirror
 
Give 'Em the Ax (1944) aka An Axe to Grind in pdf - Mirror || epub - Mirror
Crows Can't Count (1946) in pdf - Mirror || epub - Mirror
Fools Die on Friday (1947) in pdf - Mirror || epub - Mirror
Bedrooms Have Windows (1949) in pdf - Mirror || epub - Mirror

Top of the Heap (1952)  in pdf - Mirror || epub - Mirror || mobi - Mirror
Some Women Won't Wait (1953) in pdf - Mirror || epub - Mirror
Beware the Curves (1956) in pdf - Mirror || epub - Mirror
You Can Die Laughing (1957) in pdf - Mirror || epub - Mirror

Some Slips Don't Show (1957) in pdf - Mirror || epub - Mirror
The Count of Nine (1958) in pdf - Mirror || epub - Mirror
Pass the Gravy (1959) in pdf - Mirror || epub - Mirror 
Kept Women Can't Quit (1960) in pdf - Mirror || epub - Mirror 

Bachelors Get Lonely (1961) in pdf - Mirror || epub - Mirror
Shills Can't Cash Chips (1961) in pdf - Mirror || epub - Mirror
Fish or Cut Bait (1963) in pdf - Mirror || epub - Mirror
Up For Grabs (1964) in pdf - Mirror || epub - Mirror

Cut Thin To Win (1965) in pdf - Mirror || epub - Mirror
Widows Wear Weeds (1966) in pdf - Mirror || epub - Mirror
Traps Need Fresh Bait (1967) in pdf - Mirror || epub - Mirror
All Grass Isn't Green (1970) in pdf - Mirror || epub - Mirror

Lester Leith Adventures
The Kid Clips a Coupon in pdf - Mirror || epub - Mirror

More Perry Mason/Erle Stanley Gardner ebooks to come...

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How to Protect Your Computer from Virus-Carrying USBs?

My laptop used to be called the "Laptop ng Bayan" because I always lend it to those who are in need. (Naks! Philanthropist.) It was always passed around and a number of USBs were plugged into it. So, you can expect that after the rounds, viruses will be thriving in its system. That's when I started to acquire some skills in solving virus problems. I did manual deletion from the registry, tried different antiviruses and practiced techniques to prevent the virus from spreading. But then I discovered the Deep Freeze, USB Disk Security and USB Firewall. I had already posted how the Deep Freeze functions.

The USB Disk Security and USB Firewall are applications that detects viruses from a USB/Flashdrive once it is plugged into the computer. It will alert the user on the existence of the suspicious files contained in the USB and will offer the option to stop and delete them. It works as good as antivirus but it cannot protect the whole computer system from malicious programs, only the removable drives.

The USB Disk Security monitors in real time, can examine the USB drive thoroughly, can repair the registry and cleanup your drive, and it can show the list of startup programs. The downside of using this is it does not go through the subfolders on which viruses can also hide. You have to do the USBScan for thorough scanning.

Download USB Disk Security The file is not a shareware but it contains the serial for the full version.



The USB Firewall can clean your disk drives and remove the autorun.inf file in them. Though it only says detection of autorun.inf files, it also detects other malicious programs once they attempt to launch.

Download USB Firewall. The file is freeware, no need to register.

I have the two applications running in my laptop along with Kaspersky. The virus attacks lessened because I was able to detect some of them before it enters my laptop.

Hope you find it useful too.

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How to Restore Your Computer Settings after Removing a Virus?

Even the Ravmon virus is now a history, the Ravmon Removal tool is still a handy one.

If you were able to clear out the virus in your computer system, the after effects of the virus is still there. Your computer will not automatically restore to its previous state.

The after effects of most viruses are:
1. My Computer Drives Context Menu Problems
2. Folder Option has been missing from Tool Menu in My Computer
3. Folder Options "Show Hidden Files and Folders"& "Hide protected Operating system files" will not be working.
4. Task Manager, Registry Editor, Command Prompt ,RUN and Folder Options are disabled

You can use this tool to restore all of the above problems. It also gives you an option to disable AutoPlay on All drives which can prevent any virus-carrying USB drive to infect your system. You can also use the Ravmon Removal tool to delete the hidden autorun.inf file (the file utilizes the spread of virus in computer) in your hard drives and plugged USB. It's free!

Download Ravmon Removal Tool

How to use it:
1. Run the application.
2. If you want to use the tool to remove the autorun.inf file in your hard drives and flashdrives, click both the "Remove Virus from Hard Drive" and "Remove Virus from USB Drive" buttons.
3. If you want to remove the after effects of previous virus in your system, click the "Restore Windows Default Settings" button. Tick the actions you want (I suggest you tick them all) and click the Apply button.
4. You will be asked to restart your computer. Click OK.
5. After restart, your computer settings will be restored.

Notes: There is a small chance that your restore actions will be successful if the virus is still running in your system.
Compatible with Windows 2000 and XP.
I think it will be better if you will disable the "Hide protected operating system files" in the Folder Options to monitor any unnecessary hidden files in your drives.

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All Text 30 from Smart

New from Smart!

With your PhP30, you can have 180 texts to Smart-TNT and 10 texts to other networks. The service is good for two days after the reload.

You can avail the promo by reloading from Smart e-Loaders or by texting ATM30 to 2827 using your regular load. Maintain PhP1 balance while using the service.

I am not a texting person, so I don't find the benefit of this promo. But if Smart can come up with more cheaper calls options, I will surely buy that, like unlimited call for a day. I am still not satisfied with the P15/5 mins but the P20/20 min is the best offer for now.

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Win32 virus?

My Aunt’s laptop got infected with virus on which the name remains unknown to me. Somebody suggested to me that it is the Win32 virus and it is currently hitting the internet shops in my province.

Here are the symptoms:
1.When the computer loads, the taskbar and desktop icons are nowhere to be seen. Only the wallpaper and the mouse cursor appear.

2.Right-click is disabled but I can open the task manager by pressing CTRL+ALT+DEL. I can make new tasks and run the program from the NEW TASK button. But when I run the explorer.exe, a message will appear that the execution of this task will harm my computer and the action is restricted. But after few minutes of ignoring the message and accessing the explorer.exe, the taskbar will now reveal along with the desktop icons.

3.I cannot use the internet and the security settings are not accessible, they cannot be clicked and the areas are grayed.

4.When you access the task manager processes, you will find Explorer.EXE or EXPLORER.EXE, SVCHOST.EXE, they are all in CAPS except for a few.

I wasn’t able to resolve this issue. I booted through the XP CD already. After repairing the system, it will load normally but after restart, the problem is back.

The solution I had done is to back up the files and install a fresh XP.

The virus is so difficult and I wasn’t able to know where the problem is coming from. I searched the net but the solutions are not effective. If you got any suggestions on this matter, use the comment form.

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House Season 5 on AXN

House Season 5 will air every Monday on AXN starting March 9, 2009. Even I had watched the eight episodes already, I will surely wait every Monday at 10 pm for this show. I once told myself that I will not watch any of the Season 5’s episode until it is over because the Hameron shipping is already out of the story, but I can’t resist the temptation when my sister brought home a pirated DVD of the latest season.

Some Spoilers:
Wilson tried to convince himself that he doesn’t want to be in the Princeton Plainsborough anymore because the place reminds him of Amber. He quitted the job but thanks to Wilson-House bonding (after House’s father funeral), he had come into his senses. Wilson drugged House just to let him come to his father’s funeral and House tried ways to get out but he failed. It will be revealed that House and Wilson met in a bar and House bailed him out of jail because he threw liquor bottle to the person singing in the videoke and missed it thus breaking the bar’s window. The event repeated when House confronted Wilson and Wilson got so angry and he threw a bottle of wine to House and missed again. They are still the good part of this show (Welcome to couple's counseling!)

There is a new character, the Private Investigator Lucas (Michael Weston), who will be present for almost three to four episodes. He likes Cuddy and he is tracking House’s employees, Wilson and Cuddy. House will find out about Taub’s wife’s separate bank account (she wanted to buy him a car that’s why). The P.I. found nothing exciting on Foreman’s life besides his history of picking locks and Foreman is bothered with it (it makes him a boring person). Actually, I don’t like the presence of the P.I. guy on the show.

Cuddy is adopting a baby since her tries to have one did not occur. She shops for the baby’s things together with Wilson and he is also the one who is recommending her for the approval of the adoption. But the donor mother changed her decision after having her baby but Cuddy will still have one. Cuddy and House kissed but they didn’t go to bed. Cuddy will temporarily move to House's office.

I don’t know if House is in love with Cuddy but it seems he does though he won’t admit it because of the existing policy on co-workers romances (oh, my hope for Hameron is slimming).

Thirteen is having sex with women she doesn’t know. One patient had sex with her just to let House diagnose her illness. She will have a relationship with Foreman and her Huntington's disease will be under clinical trials.

Cameron will have a case. She and Chase will clear out the issue between them. Cameron will move on from her husband’s memories and she will let Chase have his belongings in her apartment (it's the issue).

There’s nothing new with Kutner, still the fun guy.

I am working on the episode recaps, just wait.

Pics taken from AXN-ASIA.COM

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ANOVA and Pearson for Likert Scale Analysis, Huh?

I had been analyzing data of masteral students (my teacher corrected me before that there is no "masteral" word but "master's student" doesn't sound good). One problem I had encountered was the use of parametric tests to those that concern ordinal variables. My professors in UP taught me that Always, Often, Sometimes and Never are ordinal variables and they had also quoted that the measurement of this likert scale is still debatable to whether it is nominal or ordinal. I analyzed two questionnaires with this type of measurement using nonparametric tests like Mann-Whitney, McNemar, Friedman Test and Kruskal-Wallis but the panelist who checked them both refused the tests that I had done. They suggested the ANOVA and t-Test for the differences and reconstructed a problem to concern correlation/association. The tests they suggested for the correlation was Pearson R. What?!


My classmate once asked my professor this issue on ANOVA for the likert scale and yes they agreed that the test is not appropriate because ANOVA is for interval variables. So, Pearson R is also not an appropriate test for the correlation of ordinal variables as for the rule. There are no special rules for the use of ANOVA and Pearson for the ordinal variables, right? I just followed the panelists’ advice because I want those students to pass their thesis defense. Even if I feel that I violated my learning, I am still not in the position to contest their knowledge because they had been advising theses before I was able to gain my statistical knowledge. It’s like they are veterans already and I am just a fresh bud. It just confirmed my belief that some schools in my country are not providing the students with the right learning. I hope that those in their level will be kind enough to tap these people's backs and enlighten them on the issue. I may be wrong with this so please let me know!

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