This is probably the most interesting story I’ve heard/read this week: Remotely controlling computers using a web based remote assistance. It’s amazing!

We are all aware that remote computer support can be provided either via Windows Remote Assistance or software that specially designed which we have to install on our PC. I think the major shortcoming of this conventional means of providing remote assistance is the trouble involved in installing the required software at both ends.

Its great to know that guys at Athivision Inc, a New Jersey, USA based corporation now offers a web based remote assistance service as a better solution, named iRemotePC Remote Support. This service is practically useful when remote assistance is needed immediately and ‘NOW’. This is because remote assistance has been simplified further as now no installation is required, no software nor ActiveX components is required!

Imagine if a company has to provide instant training or support to 10 of their employees at remote places, the training or support can be provided without delay by simple access to iRemotePC Remote Support members area using any web browser then create a secured connection to employees’ PCs.

iRemotePC Remote Support not only offers an ease for remote assistance, it provides also end-to-end secure encrypted (industry-standard 128 bit SSL & AES encryption methods) and firewall-friendly connection. In other words, the service will work safely and securely behind Firewalls by having encrypted connection between the 2 PCs during remote session.

One feature that I like about this web based service is that iRemotePC Remote Support comes with a full-featured chat, where chat with the client’s PC is possible in real-time while diagnosing and remotely accessing their PC.

Anyway, please try and read more on named iRemotePC Remote Support here.

Have fun.

At last this dude is here.

But I honestly wish it has come to stay.

Please read more here

Am sorry but the title was a typo. I actually wanted to write TEST BEFORE YOU TRUST. Silly me. I agree.

Look, if life is a keyboard and the way we live our life could be represented by the fingers (on the keyboard) then a good number of us must have made this same typographical error at one time.

Sometimes in the January 2001, I got a very cool gift from someone I will like to call a role model. He has been very invaluable whenever I need to write a new script in my life or rewrite one. The gift was a small book with the title. “The Seven Principles of an Eagle” by Dr. Myles Monroe.

In less that 10mins I was reading the last page of this small book. “Jehovah, the Eagle is such an awesome creature”, I said to myself. Nice thought right? Yea, but I was kidding! You know why? Appreciating the intelligence of this beautiful creature is not enough. I should have learnt from it.

Few days ago, I had a funny ‘xp’ and after reminiscing it occurred to me that that I have unwittingly disobeyed one of the principles of an eagle. Without delay I went to my library and here is what is on the 5th page of this almost forgotten book of mine.

Fifth principle: The Eagle Tests before it Trusts.

When a female eagle meets a male and they want to mate, she flies down to earth with the male pursing her and she picks a twig. She flies back into the air with the male pursuing her.

Once she has reached a height high enough for her, she lets the twig fall to the ground and watches it as it falls. The male chases after the twig. The faster it falls, the faster he chases until he reaches it and has to catch it before it falls to the ground, then bring it back to the female eagle. The female eagle grabs the twig and flies to a much higher altitude pursued by the male until she perceives it high enough, and then drops the twig for the male to chase. This goes on for hours, with the height increasing until the female eagle is assured that the male eagle has mastered the art of picking the twig which shows commitment, then and only then, will she allow him to mate with her!

Whether in private life or in business, one should test commitment of people intended for partnership.

And guess what, this time it made a whole world of meaning to me.
I’ll like to share the e-copy of the seven (7) principles of an eagle you. Get it here

You will not understand why I am posting this old story. You will only understand if we could trade places.

Two friends were walking through the desert. During a point of the journey they had an argument and one slapped the other one in the face. The one who got slapped was hurt,but without saying anything he stooped and wrote in the sand. They kept on walking until they found an oasis, where they decided to take a bath. The one who had been slapped got stuck in the mire and started drowning but his friend saved him. After he recovered from the near drowning,he wrote on a stone. The friend who had slapped him asked, after I hurt you, you wrote in the sand but now you write on a stone. His friend replied, When someone hurts u we should write it down in sand,where winds of forgiveness can erase it away but when someone does something good for us we must engrave it in stone where no wind can ever erase it.

Please permit me to share this cool write-up with you.

Taken from : http://www.darkwater.com/omni/geek.html

“But just what is a geek?” you ask. Well, I’ll tell you. At least, I’ll tell you my definition… which may be different from “general usage” of the term, webster’s definition, and even the definition used by other geeks. A geek is someone who spends time being “social” on a computer. This could mean chatting on irc or icb, playing multi-user games, posting to alt.sex.bondage.particle.physics, or even writing shareware. Someone who just uses their computer for work, but doesn’t spend their free time “on line” is not a geek. Most geeks are technically adept and have a great love of computers, but not all geeks are programming wizards. Some just know enough unix to read mail and telnet out to their favorite MUD.

Geeks are generally social outcasts from mainstream america. The ranks of geekdom are swelled with gamers, ravers, science fictions fans, punks, perverts, programmers, nerds, subgenii, and trekkies. These are people who did not go to their high school proms, and many would be offended by the suggestion that they should have even wanted to. Geeks prefer to socialize with other geeks, the self proclaimed weird. Therefore they go online to organize parties, food runs, drink runs, and movie nights, and be assured that their companions would rather talk about superheros as modern mythology than the latest football scores.

Geeks are their own society: a literate, hyperinformed underground. The community accepts people from all walks of life, assuming they have access to the net and the skill to use it. Geeks are rather openminded with regards to nonstandard lifestyles. Many geeks are queer, more practice non-monogamy, and the most common religion is neo-paganism. You can’t tell if someone is a geek just by looking at them, there is no dress code. Some dress casual, some prefer silk - but few pay attention to current fashion. You are more likey to see a geek in a renaissance bodice than a dress from glamour magazine; or a tiedye instead of suit and tie.

The unwritten geek credo states that originality and strangeness are good, and that blind conformity and stupidity are unforgivable.

Take care not to confuse the terms geek and nerd. A nerd is a person with no social skills, usually obsessed with science or technology (geek is more computer specific). Nerds are known for their pocket protectors, taped glasses, and plaid shirts. Many nerds are also geeks, using the net as a safe screen to hide behind while practicing their social skills. However they rarely come out to be seen in person at live geek events, so there is little reason to be concerned.

The term hacker tends to refer to the more programming intense set of the geek crowd. However the term is overused in the popular media, and therefore is no longer much used among “real geeks”. Hacker also has negative connotations related to cracking, or illegally obtaining access to computers and accounts.

Geek can also be used as a verb. “To geek” is to sit online and read mail, news, chat, and otherwise waste time in front of a keyboard. This “geeking” often consumes many hours, even if the intention was to “just log in and check my mail.” Some would say this time would be better spent being social in person or even just being curled up in a sunbeam.

So let ask you this question: Are you a geek ? Opps, you know the answer.

Surfing the web is a cool but keeping your research information has always been a challenge. Bookmark is a nice tool but the downside is that you have to get to the page in order to retrieve information.

It’s so brilliant of guys at Google Lab to have come up with Google Notepad

Google Notepad seems like a great tool for people like me who want to pick up snippets of information when browsing and want to retrieve it later. The Notebook is goono be a great piece for me even more so that I have been involved in a lot of research recently. This is especially so when I am travel without my notebook PC and I have to browse in a Café.

In the last few hours my Google Notepad has been filled with lot of cool stuffs. This is sure going to improve my productivity.

Will you try this out and let us have your testimony.

You will be glad to know that Oracle is coming our ‘home’. I got this info from Prosper recently.

This year, Oracle Developer Day will focus on Oracle Fusion Middleware. According to oracle.com , participants will Gain insight into the latest SOA and Java technologies. They will also receive software and a detailed framework for developing J2EE and SOA applications using Oracle Fusion Middleware.

Date & Venues as below:

Monday, 27 November, 2006
08:00 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.

Sheraton Lagos Hotel & Towers
30 Mobolaji Bank Anthony Way
Ikeja, Lagos

Registration is required. This can be done on Oracle site.

“Take advantage of this free, hands-on opportunity to use the latest application development tools and do more with Oracle Fusion Middleware.“

Hope to see you there !

TinyMCE is not `tiny` at all !

This beautify web based Javascript HTML WYSIWYG editor is such a wonderful tool. The first time I read through the user-comments on this site I thought to myself - what a flattery. Honestly the way users expressed their love for TinyMCE was what actually made me to try it out. My plan was to prove them wrong.

They were right after all.

I used this `tiny` tool as an editor in a Content Management System (CMS) that I worked on for a friend recently and I must confess it was great. The easy with wish TinyMCE loads is so wonderful and should be appreciated.

One cool/good thing is the fact that is requires just about two line of codes to get this `guy` running on your web-app. Incredible!

If you thing you can prove me wrong just give it a trial. Its free so you don’t have to pay to use it.

Welcome to my blog site. There has been a major restructuring on the main server and that is why this page is ‘empty’ right now.

In the next few days all should be ok.

Thanks for coming and have a great time!

Regards,
Ken_bellars