ProStreet a.k.a. Pro Street Trainer

For a game that is only a couple of days old, the hunt for a trainer is "hot". No, I don't mean by money trainer. This can be done using a memory editor program.

Fire up the program, launch Prostreet and write down your current money. Then buy something. Doesn't matter what you buy, expensive or not. Just as long as your money quantity changes. After you have confirm your purchase, alt-tab to the money trainer and look for the "filter" function@button. Put in your money value after the purchase. And search. Now, you should have one function in the address space. Edit it, to any number you want. 100 mil perhaps? After you are done, alt-tab back to the game. Go to any menu, to change the screen menu. This is to update the money value on the game screen. After this, you should have your desired money.

For those who are less adventurous, go to http://www.nfsplanet.de. Go to the download section for Prostreet and download the money trainer. Use it according to the instructions.

Oh, I forget. I don't want to talk about money trainer for God's sake! I want to talk about more advanced trainer for this game. Hm..The best trainer I can find is a +5 trainer. There's a +14 trainer, but there are some drawbacks. I will upload the trainer tomorrow, is there are anyone who want it.

Malaysian Torrent Downloader, Beware...

RM250k fine for illegal downloads...

KUALA LUMPUR: If you download material illegally from the Internet, be prepared to fork out a minimum fine of RM250,000.

This is the warning from the Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Ministry to Malaysians who continue to illegally download songs, videos and the like.

Although this penalty was legislated more than 10 years ago under the Copyright Act 1987, it has yet to be fully enforced.

This was because the Government was still focusing on “physical enforcement”, encompassing continuous efforts to weed out pirated DVDs, VCDs and CDs sold on the streets and their operators.

Deputy Minister Datuk S. Veerasingam said that while this remains their main priority, cracking down on Internet download offenders was also gaining momentum.

“For the past three years, we have seen a significant reduction in copyright pirates.

“This is due to the continuous efforts of four enforcement officers. “We will also very soon make Internet download offenders our priority. The law has been there for the past 10 years,” he said Tuesday.

Veerasingam was speaking to reporters after opening the WIPO Asia-Pacific Regional Seminar on the Issues and Recent Developments of the WIPO Copyright Treaty and the WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty on behalf of Minister Datuk Shafie Apdal.

More than 75 participants from 11 countries are taking part in the three-day seminar.

Veerasingam added that the maximum fine for downloading material illegally from the Internet was as high as a whopping RM500,000.

The reality of it, Veerasingam said, was that as long as there were buyers, there would always be sellers.

“It doesn't matter whether it's buying a CD from the street or illegally downloading songs from the Internet. It's still the same,” he said.

He thus urged Malaysians to be responsible consumers and realise the damage they caused to the various industries that painstakingly produced music, videos and movies only to find their work being used for free.

On the other hand, he also urged that products be reasonably priced so consumers would not consider cheaper alternatives, such as pirated or illegally downloaded products.

On advancements made by the country in this area, Veerasingam said various amendments to the law and the instalment of an Intellectual Property Court recently was testament to this.

---This might be the beginning of something big. So to Malaysians, be careful of what you are downloading. I suggest you to use peerguardian with your torrent client. I am suggesting this to anyone who used torrent client that do not have built in peer ban list such as utorrent and azureus, e.g Deluge. Anyway, just be careful. Lest you will be like those punished in the U.S.---

Is it hard to be a successful blogger? Kinda..But worth it.

While searching the net for blogging tips, I stumbled upon something that interested me. 101 tips to be a succesfull blogger. Credits to the writer.

Here are 101 steps to becoming a better blogger…

1. First, I’m going to assume you’re using Wordpress. You are using Wordpress aren’t you? The built-in SEO and pinging functions make Wordpress a search engine machine.

2. Sign up for Feedburner.

3. Post at least once a day.

4. Optimize your blog for the search engines.

5. Make sure you have an “About Me” page.

6. Submit your blog to 9Rules.

7. Submit your blog to NewsNow.

8. Let your readers see the REAL you. Blogging is more personal than conventional websites. Don’t be afraid to tell a few
stories from your own life. By being real and personal, you will build a relationship with your readers based on loyalty and trust.

9. Blog and ping.

10. Submit your blog to rss and blog directories.

11. Use trackbacks.

12. Get involved in the blogosphere. Being a blogger is about being part of a community. Leave comments on other
blogs and get to know your favorite bloggers.

13. Give your blog it’s own unique voice… You!

14. Spend 99% of your time focused on creating unique, quality content. Content is King; or as John Reese says, “content is King Kong”.

15. Add a large RSS subscription button to your site.

16. Place an RSS feed link at the bottom of every post.

17. Set up a MyBlogLog Widget.

18. Encourage social bookmarking after every post.

Install these plugins to optimize your blog:

19. Akismet - This plugin helps eliminate comment spam.

20. Optimal Title - This plugin allows you to optimize the title of your blog post in order to improve your search engine rankings.

21. Ultimate Tag Warrior - The best tag system for WordPress.

22. Google Sitemap Generator - This plugin will enable you to automatically generate a Google sitemap for your blog.

23. Show Top Commentators - This plugin encourages feedback and discussion by rewarding the top commentators with a link back to their site in the sidebar.

24. Related Posts - This plugin will find other blog posts that are related to the current post. This encourages extra page views and keeps readers at your blog for a longer period of time.

25. Super Archive - One of the best archives system.

26. WP-Cache - This plugin is an extremely efficient caching system that will make your site much faster.

27. WP-ContactForm - This plugin allows your readers to easily email you. It also helps avoid spam.

28. Popularity Contest - This plugin determines which of your posts are most popular and then puts them in the sidebar.

29. Adsense Deluxe - This plugin makes it easy to implement Adsense into your blog.

30. Sociable - This plugin helps you spread your content through social bookmarking sites like Digg, del.icio.us,reddit, and others.

31. Feedburner Feed Replacement - This plugin directs all of your feed traffic to Feedburner, ensuring accurate readership stats. This plugin will also convert any existing subscribers from the old feed to the FeedBurner
one.

32. Create a custom blog design. Your blog is a symbol of your brand. Make it uniquely you.

33. Add photos to each of your posts.

34. Use tagging.

35. Share the link love.

36. Publish a full feed instead of a partial feed.

37. Consider approaching newspapers with a story about your blog. Remember, journalists are hungry for content and if
you can come up with a unique twist, then you could get some great coverage.

38. Persistence is the key. Give your blog at least 6 months before you start expecting great returns on all of your hard work. Believe me, it will pay off in the long run.

39. Submit exclusive content to high-profile sites.

40. Syndicate a press release. Take some time to craft a truly compelling and newsworthy press release and send it to some of the top journalists and bloggers. You can then submit it to the main press release sites, including PRWeb and PRLeap.

41. Turn your articles into podcasts.

42. Turn your articles into videos using PowerPoint to create an entertaining slideshow. Submit your video to all of the
popular video sites, including Google Video, YouTube, and others.

43. Submit to blog carnivals.

44. Participate in and submit to social web 2.0 sites, including Reddit, Digg, Delicious, Netscape, and Stumble Upon.

45. Turn your articles into downloadable reports/ebooks.

46. Join Blogburst.

47. Syndicate your articles to EzineArticles, GoArticles, iSnare,
American Chronicle, and other high-profile article directories.

48. Exchange guest posts with other bloggers.

49. Participate in group writing projects and memes.

50. Create a Squidoo lens that links back to your blog and established you as an industry expert in your chosen field.

51. Interview industry experts. This is one of the best ways to create original, engaging content.

52. Offer an e-mail newsletter in addition to RSS. An email newsletter allows you to form a closer relationship with
your visitors and picks up those who still aren’t comfortable with RSS technology.

53. Ask your visitors for suggestions on how to improve your website’s content because in the end, it’s really all about your readers.

54. Create a customized 404 page.

55. Claim your blog on Technorati.

56. Enable automatic trackback and ping functionality.

57. If someone mentions your website on their blog, thank that blogger in the comments of the post and send them a thank you note. You can monitor any mentions of your blog using Google Alerts, Technorati, and Blogpulse.

58. Make contact with related bloggers online as well as offline.

59. Build up the readership of your blog using StumbleUpon Ads.

60. Edit yourself ruthlessly.

61. Translate your site into multiple languages. This is one tactic that few sites are taking advantage of.

62. Have your blog reviewed by ReviewMe.

63. Become a Guest Blogger.

64. Use Google Analytics.

65. Validate your feeds.

66. Claim your blog at Feedster.

67. Interact with your readers. Blogging is a two-way communication tool. The most successful bloggers interact with their readers. They answer reader emails and comments and ask for feedback and suggestions on a regular basis.

68. Write about something that you love. You will not succeed if you are working at something you don’t enjoy. As Dale
Carnegie once said, “People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.”

69. Attend blogging conferences.

70. Invite your readers to submit articles.

Top Ways to Monetize Your Blog:

71. Kontera ContentLink

72. Text Link Ads

73. BlogAds

74. Ad Brite

75. Direct Ad sales & Sponsorships

76. Affiliate Sales

77. Google Adsense

78. ReviewMe

79. Bidvertiser

80. AuctionAds

81. Some of the best ways to monetize your RSS feed include the FeedBurner Ad Network and Text Link Ads.

Blog Writing Tips:

82. Learn to write great headlines.

83. Make your articles scannable. People don’t read on the Internet. They scan.

84. Use numbers in your titles to attract attention.

85. Vary your content. Be unique. Create a quiz. Interview a fellow blogger. Poll your readers. Review a book. Shake it
up a bit to keep your readers interested.

86. Edit your writing ruthlessly.

87. Write like you talk.

88. Write with passion. It will come through in your writing.

89. Say something worth reading.

90. Always write with your reader in mind. Imagine that you are chatting with them over lunch at a local cafe.

91. Make your important points up front.

92. Include bullet point lists.

93. Create a “top 10″ list.

94. Create a “How To” article.

95. Create a weekly or monthly roundup of great posts from around the blogosphere.

96. Watch for trends in your industry.

97. Read voraciously and bring your readers the golden nuggets of everything you learn.

98. If you ever find yourself with writer’s block, check out 101 Great Posting Ideas.

99. Leave your readers hungry for more. Give them a quick preview of what you’ll be posting the next day. They
are much more likely to come back if they are already excited about the next days post. Anticipation is
one of the greatest marketing tactic.

100. Have fun! Blogging doesn’t always have to be serious. Feel free to make your posts fun and entertaining.

101. If you’re still looking for blogging tips, then here are some great resources: ProBlogger, JohnChow, and Successful Blog.

New Deluge Client (0.5.7.1)

December 2, 2007 — kaxhinaz | Edit

Today I was alerted about the new Deluge client at the official website. This fixes several invalid handles and increases the tracker timeout as well.

For Windows user, download it direct from here.

For Ubuntu Feisty Fawn (7.04) i386 user, download it direct from here.

For Ubuntu Feisty Fawn (7.04) amd64 user, download it direct from here.

For Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon (7.10) i386 user, download it direct from here.

For Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon (7.10) amd64 user, download it direct from here.

The source can be found here.

View the changelog here.

I Claim My Own Blog for Technorati!!

Technorati Profile

New Torrent Client - Deluge

I've been using a new torrent client lately. It's goes by the name Deluge. Overall the client I used, only this gave me satisfactory results. Oh, by the way, I am in Sabah, Malaysia, for those who don't have a clue of who I am. Back to the topic. Deluge seems to get "past" Streamyx P2P throttling. Even though the results is not as good as in the Semenanjung guys and gals got (can't have full speed on my 1 Mbps during the day), still, downloading a huge torrent, almost 8GB, in two weeks, proves that this client is very efficient.
The results may vary for individuals. But for me, this is the best by far. None ever get close to Deluge's speed. It may seems to be simplistic at first, because this client has only been developed recently, ported from Linux version to Windows version. Not to mention occasional bugs here and there. But hey. I really need the speed, so I can live with a few bugs.
For those interested, here is the official link for this client.

Need For Speed: ProStreet

The (moderately?) anticipated pc game of the year. I thought it would be very nice addition to the NFS series. Alas, I am wrong. First thing first. This game should be about street racing right? But no. This game is played in tracks, somewhere in the middle of nowhere. Better rename it to Protrack. And the system requirements is also very high. Yes, I know, the minimum requirement is kinda low. But if many peoples in forums are complaining about stuttering graphics, even on high end computer, then what is the minimum requirements?, to play the game smoothly on the lowest setting? Hell. I don't even want to play past the second part. The graphic is so bad, I revert to play C&C3: Tiberium Wars. The storyline is much better there anyway. So to EA, you should patch this game as soon as possible so that lower end system can play it. If not, this series will get a bad name..

Command And Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars Kane Edition (HKZonda)

The first game that I got is on a DVD-9 (double-layer dvd!). This game is sure huge in its own right. I already played the normal difficulty level and man, it sure is fun. In it's own right of course. Compared to the previous C&C franchise I played, this one is by far the most appealing one. Not to mention that this game is responsive on a moderately powered PC. Heck, all games should be created this way so all people can play it. Congrats to the creator of this great game!

My First Post

Wow..After (tirelessly) thinking about how am I suppose to begin my own blog, at last it is finally here. I hope this will be the beginning of something interesting for me. Oh yes, almost forgot. To all of my prospective reader, welcome! I hope you will gain something useful from reading my blog. Once again, thanks for reading my blog.