As you know that there are a lot of free…

As you know that there are a lot of free great lessons for students & teachers on iTunes.

This post will show you how to get free quality resources to support your studies, for example in studying foreign languages.

A- Fastest way (when you knew podcast name, keywords… NOT RECOMMENDED for first time users):

Certainly you need to install iTunes first. After installed iTunes to your computer, just open iTunes, click on iTunes Store, then search your podcasts.

Or you can browse like this:

B- Manual way (you can manually browse to many popular podcasts )

Step 1 : Certainly you need to install iTunes.

You can download and install it for free from here: http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/

Step 2: Open your browser (Firefox, Google Chrome…) and visit Podcasts for Education> Language Courses with this link:

http://itunes.apple.com/us/genre/podcasts-education-language/id1469

Certainly you can subscribe to other categories, here we focus on finding free educational  podcasts.

Step 3: You will see a lot of popular podcasts in step 2, select a letter to begin to find your favorite podcasts or simply try one of the popular podcast link if you do not know any specific course. Remember we here are talking about free podcasts only, so try to find the free one huh

For example here I have found one:

Free EF PodEnglish: http://itunes.apple.com/podcast/ef-podenglish/id214220712

Step 4: Click on the blue button “View in iTunes”

It will open the podcast in iTunes:

Click on Subscribe Free and confirm to subscribe again, iTunes will start to download for you. If you want to download a specific file, just double click on FREE under the tab Price.

Or you can download all click on Get All as the image bellow

That’s it!

Happy studying!

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Wikipedia Database – Freebies 2010 – Sunday Sep 5th,2010

He he he, here are what I am doing with my laptop on Sunday Sep 5th, 2010.

Download Wikipedia Database (WARNING: 6.07 GB compressed, up to 20 times that size uncompressed.))

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Database_download#Where_do_I_get…

http://download.wikimedia.org/enwiki/latest/enwiki-latest-pages-articles.xml.bz2

Note: If you are lacking of technical proficiency or simply you do not know what is called PHP, SQL, database… or just because you are lazy now, but you want to use Wikipedia OFFLINE, you may use Software bundle for Mediawiki.

I personally refer to using this one: http://bitnami.org/stack/mediawiki

Note of note: Sure that is has some limited things when you compare to ONLINE Wikipedia, but it is still great for us ^0^),

Ok, here are some bonus for you. Some free things which may be useful for you! Click on Read the rest of this entry » bellow to read the whole post.

Hope it helps!

Decorating with Foot of Coconut

As you know, all parts of coconut tree are valuable and useful. Right?

For its foot, you can use them for a lot of purposes such as building BRIDGES (then you can name it as your name or you can use this one “CUONG DANG BRIDGE” lol)… uhm… you can event store it as fire wood to cremate yourself in the future ^0^.

And if you have a lot of coconut foot (more than enough to cremate… ), you can use them to decorate your place as a seat, flower stand…

Or you may just keep them in font of your house and wait for others come and ask “What are these foot of coconut used for?” Then you can answer something like this:

“For waiting for some people come and ask what are these things used for and answer “For waiting… for some people come and ask… ” ^0^

The beauty of simplicity from foot of coconut will make you surprise… try it ^0^!

PS: hehe I try to write “decorating with foot of coconut” in Pāli = “dbhūseti saha nāḷikerapāda!”

Oh if you know Pāli, pls tell me that “decorating with foot of coconut” in Pāli = “dbhūseti saha nāḷikerapāda!” or not? I tried to write it with my Stardict

Some funny and creative pictures for Sunday Aug 29, 2010

1- Constrained Ball by WOOGIHA

2- Ctrl -Z X V

3 -Tapi – Turn Your Faucet Into A Water Fountain (Price: ~$ 5)

4-The Earth Quake Proof Bed

The Earth Quake Proof Bed

A Chinese man named Wang Wenxi has designed an earthquake-proof bed. This high-tech bed can automatically turn into a strongbox to help people survive an earthquake. And the bed’s thick frame can support a roof and the extra space inside its thick boards can store essential foodstuffs like canned goods and life sustaining water. They can help people survive for several days before being rescued, Wang said.
“I experienced the Xingtai and Tangshan earthquakes giving me more understanding of such natural disasters,” the retired 66-year-old said.

5- Bufalino by German industrial designer Cornelius Comanns “is a small camper which is equipped to meet the basic needs of one person.”

Adapted from Likecool

Bonus:

Pot has special handle, by WOOGIHA

Top VoIP Service Providers in The US

Updated: If you have to make calls to Singapore a lot, you may use this one (can not cheaper price!!!): http://www.pfingo.com/home/downloads/downloads.jsp

Here are the list of Top VoIP Service Providers in The US (I JUST COPY AND PASTE FROM HERE FOR ARCHIVING PURPOSE)

For phone users that want a type of VoIP that is more or less like their existing landline, with traditional phones, the most suitable of the types of VoIP services are the subscription and hardware based services. They are aimed primarily at households and small businesses. Upon subscription, the user is sent an adapter (ATA) and is given a phone number. This requires anInternet connection, which adds up to the cost, but the overall cost is relatively much lower. Added to the benefits are the numerous features that come with VoIP.Here is a list of the most prominent VoIP services providers of this type:

1. Vonage

Vonage tops my list because it delivers the goods. The price is not the lowest, but not the highest as well. Call quality is great, as well as the service and all it entails, including the features and customer service. The adapter is provided for around $40, refundable on returning it. 14-day trial.

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2. Lingo

For $21.95 a month, Lingo offers unlimited calling to the US, Canada and 22 other countries. There are around 25 features with the servoce, and a 30-day money-back guarantee. Equipment comes free.

Vendor’s Site

3. Voip.com

Voip.com offers VoIP service at a price lower than most of the competition, $16.95 per month. Among the strong points are a huge amount of features, the softphone that ships with the service, and a second line and voicemail for your mobile phone. They provide a Grandstream ATA, shipped free. A 30-day money back guarantee allows you to try the service.

Vendor’s Site

4. BroadVoice

If you make a lot of international calls, Broadvoice is the company to subscribe to. It offers service plans that are specifically tailored to users that call mostly outside the US, without however sacrificing local calls. Another interesting thing with Broadvoice is its BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) scheme, whereby you can bring along your own device and sign up with a fee starting at $5.95 a month. The service works with most SIP-capable devices. The money back guarantee period is 30 days.

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5. Packet8

Packet8 is an important player in the VoIP market as it has a series of services, including a hosted PBX and a mobile VoIP service called MobileTalk. The price is the standard $24.95, and with $5 more you can call unlimited to 40 countries. It has an activation and a termination fee and 30 days trial period. They provide an IP phone instead of an ATA. You can use their softphone SoftTalk for free.

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6. ViaTalk

What draws most people to ViaTalk is the price, even though they have to commit themselves for a year to get the cheapest price. ViaTalk also stands out with the long list of features it has. It also allows users to use their own devices (BYOD), which saves them from paying for activation and shipping. It has a money back guarantee of 14 days.

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7. AT&T CallVantage

CallVantage shares a lot of its focus on small business and enterprise VoIP service. The cost is slightly higher than that of competitors, but the service is somewhat worth it, with great features, good call quality and good service. An ATA is provided with the service, and $29.99 applies for activation and termination fee. No money back guarantee.
Update: AT&T has closed subscription to the CallVantage service, but existing users can still use it.

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Good Vietnamese book – Learning skills to be -or have chance to be-survival in wild environment

A good Vietnamese book for youth (about – Learning skills to be -<Cuong>:or have chance to be -survival in wild environment)

Rèn Luyện Kỹ Năng Sinh Tồn Nơi Hoang Dã – Phạm Văn Nhân

You can order online via:

http://www.saharavn.com/index.php?page=1&sub=105&product_type=519&script=index&page_num=1&product=21425

Price: ~ 40.000 VND:

Some funny and creative pictures for Sunday Aug 22, 2010

Electric Wive making India Tower Sharp

Funny Moustache Mug

Camera vs Pencil

Book Wheel

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Photo Source: szymon.tumblr.com

Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind

Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.
Albert Einstein, “Science, Philosophy and Religion: a Symposium”, 1941
US (German-born) physicist (1879 – 1955)

Read about Albert Einstein @ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Einstein

In fact, Buddhism is not a religion! A real Buddhist believe in nothing!

Amazing Watermelon Carving

Amazing Watermelon Carving

Watermelon carving from Vid Nikolic on Vimeo.