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My previous layout does not supporting post comments and subscription. So I decided na gumamit muna ng pre-made layouts while I'm doing my new page. For the meantime sa basic but efficient muna tayo. :]

Help thru iTunes

In response to this week’s devastating earthquake in Haiti, Apple has begun accepting monetary donations for the American Red Cross directly through iTunes. According to the donation page, 100% of the donation will go to the Red Cross to support emergency relief efforts to help those affected by the earthquake. Due to iTunes not sharing user information with the organization, the Red Cross will be unable to further acknowledge any donations made, and an email receipt will serve as the only record of the donation. Donate buttons are available in denominations of $5, $10, $25, $50, $100, and $200; Apple has also posted a direct link to the iTunes donation page on its company homepage at apple.com.

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Please download and donate. :]

7 Ways To Prevent Your Computer From Slowing Down

7 tips for preventing problems:


- Try to stick to mainstream websites and use your common sense. Going to the gambling website on the 40th page of Google because it says "Free $200 for the first 1000 users" is likely to end in $200 of computer repair fees for you.

- As Internet Explorer is still the most used browser in the world, it is the most targeted as well. Use a free alternative like Firefox, Opera, Google Chrome and Safari.

- Don't ever install anything on your computer, unless it is from a trusted source. When in question, Google it first, install later.

- Keep your OS up to date, which includes setting up auto updates from Windows.

- Get one of your techy friends to help you change your DNS server to use openDNS (www.opendns.com) instead of your ISPs own offering. OpenDNS actively fights drive by malware attacks and will show known malicias sites as simply not found.

- Have a firewall installed. Some good free ones are Outpost Firewall Free, Comodo Internet Security, or Online Armor Free.

- Have up to date anti-virus programs running. Some good free ones are Microsoft Security Essentials, Avira AntiVir Personal Edition, AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition.

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Never been heard.

7 Ways To Prevent Your Computer From Slowing Down By Janice Lieberman

Oh No

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These things do kill me. Parang gusto ko lahat. :]

Wishes Granted

As of January 2, 2010, 3 and a half of my wishes were granted.

Nos. 7 to 4

#7: Pizza! Handa namin for New Year.
#6: Gain Weight, it's half granted palang, pero may mga nagsasabi tumaba 'raw' ako ng konti
#5: White Belt! Wow, birthday gift sa akin ng aking bestfriend na si Gean. Thank you!
#4: ChocolateS, c/o Shiela yung 2, gift nya for my birthday. The rest bday gift ko for my self, 7 din un.

Hopefully this year ma-grant na yung iba and yung number 6 sana maging for real na.

Xmas and Birthday Wishlist

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I know na medyo impossible maachieve yung iba dyan, but what can I do, yan yung gusto ko eh. Lalo na yung numbers 2 and 1. LOL. But in time I know mabibili ko rin yan haha. Pero sana may makinig parin sa wish ko, mag magandang loob at ibili ako ng mga iyan. Thank you in advance. Haha.

Coconut-Carrying Octopus

SYDNEY – Australian scientists have discovered an octopus in Indonesia that collects coconut shells for shelter — unusually sophisticated behavior that the researchers believe is the first evidence of tool use in an invertebrate animal.

The scientists filmed the veined octopus, Amphio

ctopus marginatus, selecting halved coconut shells from the sea floor, emptying them out, carrying them under their bodies up to 65 feet (2

0 meters), and assembling two shells together to make a spherical hiding spot.

Julian Finn and Mark Norman of Museum Victoria in Melbourne observed the odd activity in four of the creatures during a series of dive trips to North Sulawesi and Bali in Indonesia between 1998 and 2008. Their findings were published Tuesday in the journal Current Biology.

"I was gobsmacked," said Finn, a research biologist at the museum who specializes in cephalopods. "I mean, I've seen a lot of octopuses h

iding in shells, but I've never seen one that grabs it up and jogs across the sea floor. I was trying hard not to laugh."

Octopuses often use foreign objects as shelter. But the scientists found the veined octopus going a step further by preparing the shells, carrying them long distances and reassembling them as shelter elsewhere.

That's an example of tool use, which has never

been recorded in invertebrates before, Finn said.

"What makes it different from a hermit crab is this octopus collects shells for later use, so when it's transporting it, it's not getting any protection from it," Finn said. "It's that collecting it to use it later that is unusual."

The researchers think the creatures probably once used shells in the same way. But once humans began cutting coconuts in half and discarding the shells into the ocean, the octopuses discovered an even better kind of shelter, Finn said.

The findings are significant, in that they reveal just how capable the creatures are of complex behavior, said Simon Robson, associate professor of tropical biology at James Cook University in Townsville.

"Octopuses have always stood out as appearing to be particularly intelligent invertebrates," Robson said. "They have a fairly well-developed sense of vision and they have a fairly intelligent brain. So I think it shows the behavioral capabilities that these organisms have."

There is always debate in the scientific community about how to define tool use in the animal kingdom, Robson said. The Australian researchers defined a tool as an object carried or maintained for future use. But other scientists could define it differently, which means it's difficult to say for certain whether this is the first evidence of such behavior in invertebrates, Robson said.

Still, the findings are interesting, he said.

"It's another example where we can think about how similar humans are to the rest of the world," Robson said. "We are just a continuum of the entire planet."

Source: Yahoo News By KRISTEN GELINEAU

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Nakakatuwa namang behavior ito for animals like them. Maybe, frustrated sila magkaroon din ng shell katulad nung ibang sea creatures. That's why I love octopus eh. LOL.