One thing I love about being a geek is being able to pull relatively simple pranks on my unassuming family and friends. Ok, so this prank was pulled by my husband on me years ago before his geekiness rubbed off on me. Still, I find it funny and like all juvenile pranks something I just can’t seem to get tired of.
Back when I first encountered VNC, the iPad still hadn’t arrived on the scene and revolutionized the mobile industry. That meant that my hubby had to use the other PC in the house to play a joke on me. Just a few days ago though, my netbook started “acting weird”, and since my husband had no PC he can use to prank me with I really thought something was wrong with my touchpad. Then I realized he was happily grinning while “playing” with my son’s iPad, which of course instantly made me suspicious. My suspicions proved well founded because you can now apparently download VNC Viewer on your iPad and iPhone, a fact that I’ve overlooked for more than a year now.
If you haven’t hear of VNC Viewer, then you probably have no idea how to use it for a prank. VNC is, as its developers RealVNC puts it, a “remote control software which allows you to view and fully interact with one computer desktop (the “VNC server”) using a simple program (the “VNC viewer”) on another computer desktop anywhere on the Internet.” In short, if you have ReaVNC installed and activated on a computer, whether it be a desktop or laptop, you can peek into what’s happening on that workstation and control what’s being done there (i.e. move the mouse cursor around) using the VNC Viewer on another device including your iOS and Android mobile devices. Obviously, VNC was designed for more productive purposes, but just think of the endless possibilities for pranks you can pull on non-techie people!
Happy pranking!
No Comments Yet | Posted by Hannah at 8:36 pm under Software
Got your own geek blog?
If you do I’m pretty sure you’re already aware of just how steep the competition is for geek blogs. Sure, there are millions of people out there who read geek blogs every day, but with so many of the same people putting up their own blog then it’s no wonder that we geek bloggers have a hard time getting the attention of geek readers, much less getting them to come back regularly.
With so much competition for geek blogs, blog promotion is something you simply cannot overlook. You need to reach out to your readers if you want to get new visitors not just to grow your readership, but also to replace the ones you are bound to lose to other geek blogs. Of course, the ideal situation would be for all visitors to become loyal readers, but since we’re living in the real world, we know just how bad retention rates can be.
One way to promote your geek blog is by developing your network online. You need to connect with other geek bloggers, build your reputation, and hopefully get them to link to your blog. Of course, this will require you to invest your time in making rounds on related geek blogs and in social sites.
You also need to put some effort into SEO so that you can rank decently in search engines. However, SEO takes time, so that if your geek blog is new you can surely bet that you won’t be seeing your blog among the top results in any of the major search engines any time soon.
You can also promote your blog with a little less effort by submitting your blog details in directories and web portals. One such web portal you can use is Blog Search Engine, which can help you by providing you with a review of your blog and a backlink for a one-time fee of $14.99. They also have packages you can upgrade to that will give you more backlinks from other blogs and will get your features on the portal main page. This promotional strategy is a good way to help you in your link building, which will obviously affect your SEO efforts, as well as increase your visibility at once.
So what are you waiting for? If you’ve got a geek blog, don’t sit on it but promote it. Whether you choose to just submit your blog on Blog Search Engine, launch a full-blown SEO campaign, or use your social circles, the important thing is to get one with it today.
No Comments Yet | Posted by Hannah at 11:50 pm under General
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No Comments Yet | Posted by Wayne Ernest at 9:09 pm under Gadgets
Nowadays, the world is showing its much involvement in the social sites. As the use of Facebook, twitter has become a best way to express the feelings and share the thoughts. In the past times, people used to do the chat with the yahoo messenger or with the Orkut. Nevertheless, the introduction of Facebook has made a great revolution in the industry of social sites. The introduction of Facebook was made in the year of 2006; however, it has become so much popular. The research was done on the topic of users of this site in last year and the results that came out were enough to clear the picture. The research showed that Facebook has near about 700 million users from all over the world, even the school going kids are also active on this site and there are numbers of people that are joining this social networking site daily. [Read more →]
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Using a camera can be said as the most effective tool to capture the best moments of one’s life. Just by one click, you can capture your favorite moments that will be with you for lifetime. A wide of cameras is present in the market that offers you to choose the best among them, which can fulfill your need and requirement. The Digital SLR cameras are the most trendy and stylish cameras that are becoming most popular among the people. These cameras are mostly used by the professionals as to capture the high quality images. These cameras provide the most suitable way to capture a still image with a high quality reference, as they give a precise preview of the framing and provide the facility of interchangeable lenses that can be used according to the image condition.
The DSLRs are the multifunctional cameras but operating them is not a hard task to do, as it includes some simple step but the problem occurs there when it comes to clean the DSLR cameras and its lenses. However, there is no need to get worry as I am going to tell you some effective tips that will help you in cleaning its lenses and sensors. [Read more →]
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