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• Java SE Development Kit Not Found On this Computer

  Posted: 03 Feb 2009 at 19:52 by vin klassen

  I encountered this error today while attempting to install NetBeans SE IDE. Error: JDK 6 or JDK 5 is required for installing the NetBeans IDE. Make sure that the JDK is properly installed and run the installer again….. Fix : As the error goes on to suggest , “You can specify valid JDK location using –javahome installer [...]

• Download and Convert Youtube Videos with Tubemaster Plus.

  Posted: 17 Jan 2009 at 15:30 by vin klassen

  Downloading and converting Youtube videos , MySpace Videos, Google Videos and other online flash videos is really simple with the Tubemaster Plus Application. Tubemaster has a simple interface that has a browser tab to allow you to locate the videos which you want to convert and another tab to do the actual converting. Conversions available are : FLV [...]

• All your social newtworking sites in one place

  Posted: 01 Dec 2008 at 17:49

  Have you ever wished you could access all your social network profiles in one place… now you can with power.com Power.com have introduced what they term as “Social Internet-working”. It can be described as a proxy browsing service through which one can view information ac

• Freezing DataGridView Columns.

  Posted: 29 Oct 2008 at 04:29

  Microsoft Excel has a nifty feature that allows you to keep selected rows or columns visible when you  scroll either horizontally or vertically. The same feature is also available in Visual Studio 2005 / 2008 with the datagridview control. The feature allows you to keep column/s visible while you sc

• Copying Records From One Table to Another Using SQL Queries

  Posted: 05 Jun 2008 at 19:05 by vin klassen

  Copying records from one table to another within a single database is pretty trivial. Its just a matter of running a query with the structure shown below insert into TableA(FieldA, FieldB, FieldC)select FieldA,FieldB, FieldC from TableB If TableA and TableB reside in different Databases you would ha

• Google Check Early this Month

  Posted: 04 Jun 2008 at 19:03 by vin klassen

  bragging about google check

• Google: Ethics vs Freedom of Information

  Posted: 03 Jun 2008 at 20:38 by vin klassen

  Today I was loitering on the Internet trying to kill some time. I was reading about various conspiracies concerning oil prices , wars e.t.c. I searched Google for the term ‘Zionism’. The results page had a ’sponsored link’ on top linking to a anti-zionism website(URL withheld

• Abstract Art(Sort of!!)

  Posted: 03 Jun 2008 at 18:58 by vin klassen

  A boring Sunday afternoon + slight hangover + cutters + one of last nights beer cans = ART. Abstract Tree Sculpture Too bad my GF threw it in the trash the following Monday morning. I wonder how much it could have fetched on E-bay. Tags Abstract Art, South Africa, PPC, Adsense, E-Bay

• Editing Permalink Text

  Posted: 26 May 2008 at 17:59 by vin klassen

  I recently upgraded to WordPress 2.5. I immediately noticed the feature that allows you to edit the text making up your permalink. Image :Editing Permalink Text Besides the convenience, this feature allows you to select the best possible URL text from a SEO point of view. This means including the ri

• PPC(Pay Per Click) vs PPA(Pay Per Action)

  Posted: 22 May 2008 at 08:23 by vin klassen

  I really hate writing Online-Money-Making-John-Chow Type articles but I just had to share this one with everyone. I have always wondered which is the best way of making money online , Pay per Action or Pay per Click. Experience has taught me that none of the two is better but the best option depend

• Huge Alexa Rank Gain

  Posted: 20 May 2008 at 19:09 by vin klassen

  Alexa’s ranking system has been overhauled and they say it is now a more accurate represantation of website popularity. Alexa claims they now rely on more methods of measurement other than the Alexa toolbar This blog www.xhydra.com had an Alexa ranking of 2,121,224 as of yesterday but today it

• Most Popular Websites in South Africa

  Posted: 08 May 2008 at 14:05 by vin klassen

  Alexa.com is a web tracking and ranking company that monitors traffic on websites worldwide. Its traffic rankings give a rough estimate of which sites are most popular on the world wide web. These are the most visited sites by South Africans(as of 05/05/2008) according to the web ranking company , A

• WTF is it with Conime.exe ??

  Posted: 03 May 2008 at 17:06 by vin klassen

  Every time my PC boots it gives an error message that says: “Windows cannot find ‘C:\Windows\Sytstem32\Drivers\conime.exe…..’”. I did a file search on my pc for ‘conime.exe’ and found it only exists in the folder ‘C:\WINDOWS\system32′ and not in

• Using Paypal in South Africa

  Posted: 02 May 2008 at 16:39 by vin klassen

  I have had a Paypal account for almost two years now but had not linked it to any credit card. Having applied and obtained my first credit card I decided to link it to my Paypal account. The details required are: Card type : (Mastercard , Visa e.t.c) Billing address Your card number Security code -t

• How Much is Your Website Worth ?

  Posted: 02 May 2008 at 10:51 by vin klassen

  Quantifying the worth of a website is very much like evaluating a company. To get the overrall value of a website you need to look at Current traffic levels. Overall revenue. (for example online sales,donations, Ad Revenue). Operating Costs. Future projections for all the above factors determined fr

• Product Rating Script Using PHP

  Posted: 28 Apr 2008 at 15:02 by vin klassen

  Creating a function to display a product ratings is trivial using PHP. All you need is to decide on the values for you ratings and a the image to display for each rating. For this Example we will use a system that stores ratings as descrete values and not continous values. Lets say we have [...]