After watching the Iran protests and seeing the overwhelming response of internet users to create web proxies for Iranian citizens to use to get their messages, photos and stories out onto sites like Twitter and Facebook, I decided that I would make a guide to allow web users to quickly set up their own proxies without having to install third party software.
Requirements: All you will need is a web server (outside of Iran) with PHP installed. You will also need about 300 kb of space on that server and the ability to upload files to it. You can always download and run a web server with PHP on your own computer. I recommend you check out XAMPP for this.
Steps
The full 111-second trailer of Summer Wars has been released:
This anime film is from Mamoru Hosoda, the same person who directed The Girl Who Leapt Through Time. The film is scheduled for an August 1st release in Japan. It seems pretty interesting from the trailer, and the animation, character development and comedy seem right up there with The Girl Who Leapt Through Time. I'm definitely looking Continue reading
Recently in work, I had to implement an Ajax powered web page for a project I was working on. However, being a complete beginner in Javascript, this was quite a daunting task since I would have to write my own Javascript code for common functions that are used on many websites.
Then I did some Googling, and I found jQuery. It is a free Javascript library licensed under GPL and MIT licenses that is lightweight, cross-browser compatible and just plain easy to use with a very powerful set of hooks, event handles and constructors.
It made the development of my Ajax page a lot easier and faster, and it comes with some great functions and event handlers to make your life easier. Best of all, it's got a large community of… Continue reading
Youtube recently launched a subsite called Youtube Edu. The purpose of the site is to list, index and make easily accessible the hundreds of lecture videos that are offered for free by many universities throught their respective channels. Basically anyone can go onto the site, and start viewing lectures from universities such as University of Minnesota, MIT, etc.
Check it out, it's really cool and even if you don't get a grade, credit or degree from it, it definetely helps to just have some general knowledge of a wide variety of topics.
So what does this mean for the future of learning? I think it is the start of a new trend where increasing numbers of people start taking distance education courses and earn their degrees this way. It also… Continue reading
Now I'm been looking around the web and I have noticed that there aren't many comphrensive sources of anime screenshots. So I decided it would be a good idea to try to fill the void with my own such project.
Check it out at http://anime.kokul-idk.com/
It's basically just going to be a hobby site for me. but I'll try to keep it updated with screenshots of anime I have recently viewed…
So recently this site blew up as it suddenly stopped working. When I looked into it, it seems like the Gallery2 software database which I integrated with wordpress just completely got erased/corrupted. Now I have to piece together my lovely galleries again and fix about three dozen different posts -_-. Well atleast it isn't too bad.
Moral of the story: always do weekly database backups…
Verdict: Google Chrome is a surefire winner in the browser market.
The Good: Small, fast, secure with a clean, intuitive interface.
The Bad: Not enough customization options available in terms of themes, addons, and extensions.
Google released their web browser not so long ago into a market already dominated by the likes of Internet Explorer, Firefox and Opera. However, coming from a search and web giant, this browser definetely has the power to gain a solid foot hold. Google released this browser with the intent to improve the average user's everyday web experience, fixing things that their engineers felt that other browsers felt lacking. After all, who else spends more time on the web than Google employees?
When you first boot up the browser, what you instantly notice is the clean browser interface. There… Continue reading
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Recently, singer and artist Will.i.am launched a site called inmyname.com which encouraged people around the globe to place pressure on their governments to meet the Millenium Development Goals which were established in 2000, which included halving extreme poverty by 2015. With serious support from various celebrities including Queen Rania of Jordan, it is a movement that is making an impact.
Then, just go over to inmyname.com, add your name to the petition and add a pledge to make world leaders aware, including national leaders of your own country, that the pledges made at that 2000 UN Millenium Summit cannot be just ignored. THEY MUST BE MET!!
You have more power than you think. Make a difference. Check out the site for more details on how… Continue reading
Recently Viz Media, a North American anime and manga distributor announced that the popular Naruto Shippuuden series will be subbed and streamed for free (ad-supported of course) from their website. While this is big news in itself that Viz is embracing the internet as a new distribution means, the more interesting quirk is the fact that they will be streaming episodes that have aired in Japan with only one week after their air date. Now this is a huge step forward for anime companies as a whole, who often have large delay times between Japanese airing and DVD release and North American release.
Honestly, this is a great effort on the part of Viz to explore new distribution channels and to see how they can give anime fans cheaper and easier… Continue reading
Yes this is old news, but BONES has finally announced a remake of the Full Metal Alchemist series. It will be another 52 episode run, however the quirk this time is that they will stick faithfully with the manga rather than diverging halfway through.
As a fan, I am sort of dismayed since this creates a disparity between the original series and this new one. I think some people are going to completely ignore one in favour of the other, especially since the same studio is making it. But I suppose milking such a massive cash cow is just too irrestible for BONES.
However on the flip side, it is nice to see being a lot more active recently with new series such as Soul Eater and Xam'd Lost Memories.
For those who… Continue reading
