Hello fellow bloggers and friends,

In this post you will learn how to use a crossover cable to share files and printer across 2 or more computers. From my humble contribution and time, here we go.

Qn. What is a crossover cable?
Ans : It is similar to the commonly used LAN cable (Standard Category 5 Ethernet Cable) in size and the cable head. The only difference is that the wiring colours in LAN and xover cable is slightly different in order. LAN cable allows you to connect your computer to the modem, connect to a ethernet server. A xover cable does more. On top of all that, it can let you transfer data from hardware to hardware ( i.e computer to computer) which LAN cable prohibits. It is most useful when you cannot afford or have a external hdd or large storage available to transfer your files to nearby systems.

Now I will show you how to go about setting up the xover cable.

1. Buy the xover cable from any computer or IT stores. Ask for help if you cannot find or identify the xover cable. As I have tried, it is impossible to screen the different wiring in both types of cable and differentiate which is the normal LAN and the xover cable.

2. Plug each end of the cables to each ethernet port on computers. For laptops, when you plug in there is usually a green light beside the port opening.

3. We will use comp A and B for easier explanation. You can name either computer the A or B.

i. Go to comp A and go to My Computer.
ii. Right click the drive you want to share. We will use C drive. Go Properties then the Sharing tab.
iii. Under 'networking sharing and security', tick both checkboxes and type in a new name for the sharing drive. Here we will call it Cshared. This name will be shown on comp B and other future computers. Wait a moment for it to finish establishing the shared drive.

4. From comp A, Run cmd and type ipconfig in the MS-dos command window. It will show you what is the ethernet adaptor Local Area Connection's ip address. Note that down. Mine was 169.254.182.184. Do not use the wireless ip address here because if you add that ip address in the following steps, you will be sharing your drive over the wireless network in your house(if you had a wireless router)

5. Hop over to your comp B.

i. Right click the My Computer desktop icon and click Map Network drive. If you don't have a desktop icon like me, go windows explorer and do the same thing.
ii. You will see within the Map Network Drive, there is Drive and Folder input boxes. Choose an alphabet you like to represent to shared drive on your comp B. We use S: to stand for shared drive.
iii. In the Folder input. Type \\ followed by ip address of comp A then \ followed by the shared drive name.

For this set-up, it will be \\169.254.182.184\Cshared
Then press Finish.

6. There will now be a new drive in your My Computer. Go check out what you've done! :)
i. If you fail to see it in your My Computer, fret not. Go to My Network Places. It will be there. Hualaaa!

7. If you wish to share in the other direction, simply switch the steps between comp A and B !

Free additional tip:
To split your applications properly, hold CTRL and click on the apps in the bottom taskbar you want to do so, right click and choose!

All these networking and stuff are just the tip of the iceberg in the things i learn in Army and can be used at home. Enjoy !

This post is inspired by melissa chan :)
i tot about linking up her new blogspot and saw her playing zanarkand on youtube! Impressive but badly filmed due to the poor quality of sound.

I'll post Blue Mind piece from Hana Yori Dango first. :)

If you like to snip movies and convert into mp3 or need a program to convert your video formats, here what i recommend. DVDVideoSoft Free Studio. It's totally free and has a simple user interface. It opens up a menu and you choose what program u want to use. If you don't have that software, it'll let u download the related software(same producer).

You can made videos into PSP mp4 format straight from a Youtube video u had your eyes on. A feature i like to use often.

Decent and sweet. Just what this internet needs.

With this frequency, we don't even need taxi-booking!

I was going home from camp this morning and i noticed loads of taxis passing by the bus stop. So i did a small test. I started my stopwatch and calculated how many taxis went past.
The result?
16 empty taxis in 2 and a half minutes!
That, my friend, equals to 1 taxi within 10 seconds !!!

I really enjoyed Rambo 4 last night (11.15pm Jurong Point GV). The terrain Rambo and his guys were fighting on was similar to the grounds of Crysis. Asian rainforest and dwindling rivers.
There's still 2 more chapters in my game.

Question: What do you do with rubbish found in a place that you are tasked with to take care of? You don't know who threw it there. And you have to clear it. I hate those mother sons whose mother father didn't teach them the responsibilities of a human.

Haven't they heard of the saying, "Don't build your happiness on others' misery"? Good thing my chinese teacher in primary school taught me that. She is still the best chinese teacher i met. It's not about chinese lessons she taught, it's the values behind the phrases and how it relates to life. God gave those litter-bugs a body, minus the mind to think about others.

Yes the power of 4 CPUs has unleashed all at once tonight.
Specs:
CPU: Intel Q6600 2.4Ghz 8mb Core 2 Quad
RAM: 2GB Corsair 800mhz
GPU: ASUS EN8800GT TOP 512MB
Mainboard: Gigabyte GA-p35-DS3
Storage: 320 GB Hitachi SATA2 HDD
Optical Drive: Samsung Supermulti SATA 12x DVDRAM DVD-RW
Case: Coolermaster Centurion 5
PSU: Silverstone 750W

First I noticed almost everything i downloaded from the internet is beaming in at the maximum 370kbps for my 3mbps plan.

Playing first-person-shooting FEAR multiplayer has put me to equal level with gamers online. The second main dish of my comp is the graphics card ! =) ASUS EN8800GT TOP 512MB !! With this, i think i can't sleep after viewing the amazing rendering of images and videos in-game. I have yet to buy Crysis, which i am going to do so this Sat. When the game moves through the thick undergrowth in the game, it almost felt like going through Mandai area during my army training.

Yes I got my DIY comp. But I can't DIY ! Right now i'm still figuring out how to install win xp. It just won't get to the desktop !!!!

The new comp's ferocious horsepower will have to wait.

Wh:
Many nights we pray
With no proof anyone could hear
And our hearts a hopeful song
We barely understand
Now we are not afraid
Although we know theres much to fear
We were moving mountains long
Before we know we could

Oah yes
There can be miracles
When you believe
Though hope is frail
Its hard to kill
Who know what miracle
You can achieve
When you believe
Somehow you will
You will when you believe

Mc:
In this time of fear
When prayer so often proves in vain
Hope seems like the summer birds
Too swiftly flown away
And now I am standing here
My hearts so full I cant explain
Seeking faith and speaking words
I never thought Id say

There can be miracles
When you believe
(wh: when you believe)
Though hope is frail
Its hard to kill
Who know what miraclea
You can achieve
(wh: you can achieve)
When you believe
Somehow you will
You will when you believe

Both:
They dont always happen when you ask
And its easy to give in to your fear
Ohhhhh
But when youre blinded by your pain
Cant see you way safe through the rain
Thought of a still resilient voice
Says love is very near

There can be miracles
(wh: miracles)
When you believe
(wh: when you believe)
Though hope is frail
Its hard to kill
Who know what miracles
You can achieve
(wh: you can achieve)
When you believe
Somehow you will
(wh: somehow somehow somehow)
You will when you believe
You will when you believe
You will when you believe
You will when you believe
Just believe
You will when you
Believe

This post is a montage to Maria Carey.
For her powerful vocals. Even going beyond her threshold( 2:02), she still can sing perfectly fine. In this MTV, even Whitney Houston seemed to be struggling a little to match Maria's pitch.
For her charismatic smiles =)
For all the evergreen songs she ever did.