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1/31/2007
 Afrikaans - Ek is lief vir jou
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Albanian - te dua
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Alentejano (Portugal) - Gosto De Ti, Porra!
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Alsacien (Elsass) - Ich hoan dich gear
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Amharic (Aethio.) - Afekrishalehou
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Arabic - Ana Ahebak / Ana Bahibak
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Armenian - yes kez shat em siroom
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Assamese - Moi tomak bhal pau
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Assyr - Az tha hijthmekem
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Bahasa Malayu (Malaysia) - Saya cinta mu
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Bambara - M'bi fe
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Bangla - Ami tomakay bala basi
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Bangladeschi - Ami tomake walobashi
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Basque - Nere maitea
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Batak - Holong rohangku di ho
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Bavarian - tuI mog di
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Belarusian - Ya tabe kahayu
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Bengali - Ami tomake bhalobashi
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Berber - Lakh tirikh
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Bicol - Namumutan ta ka
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Bisaya - Nahigugma ako kanimo
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Bolivian Quechua - Qanta munani
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Bosnian - Ja te volim (formally) or volim-te Turkish seni seviyorum
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Bulgarian - As te obicham
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Bulgarian - Obicham te
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Burmese - chit pa de
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Cambodian (to the female) - bon saleng oun
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Cambodian (to the male) - oun saleng bon
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Canadian French - Je t'adore ("I love you")
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Canadian French - Je t'aime ("I like you")
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Catalan - T'estim (mallorcan)
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Cebuano - Gihigugma ko ikaw
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Chamoru (or Chamorro) - Hu guaiya hao
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Cherokee - Tsi ge yu i
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Cheyenne - Ne mohotatse
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Chichewa - Ndimakukonda
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Chickasaw - Chiholloli (first 'i' nasalized)
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Chinese - Ngo oi ney a (Cantonese)
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Chinese - Wuo ai nee (Mandarin)
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Corsican - Ti tengu cara (to female)
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Corsican - Ti tengu caru (to male)
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Creol - Mi aime jou
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Croatian - Volim te (used in common speech)
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Czech - Miluji Te
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Danish - Jeg elsker dig
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Dutch - Ik hou van jou
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Dutch - Jeg elsker dig
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Ecuador Quechua - Canda munani
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English - I love thee (used only in Christian context)
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English - I love you
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Eskimo - Nagligivaget
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Esperanto - Mi amas vim
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Estonian - Ma armastan sind / Mina armastan sind (formal)
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Ethiopia - afekereshe alhu
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Faroese - Eg elski teg
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Farsi - Tora dost daram
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Filipino - Mahal ka ta
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Finnish (Minä) rakastan sinua
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Flemish (Ghent) - 'k'ou van ui
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French (formal) - Je vous aime / Je t'aime
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Friesian - Ik hald fan dei
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Gaelic - Tá mé i ngrá leat
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Galician - Querote (or) Amote
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Georgian - Miquar shen
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German - Ich liebe Dich
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Ghanaian - Me dor wo
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Greek - agapo se
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Greek - S'agapo
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Greenlandic - Asavakit
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Gronings - Ik hol van die
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Gujarati - oo tane prem karu chu
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Hausa - Ina sonki
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Hawaiian - Aloha au ia`oe
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Hebrew - Ani ohevet ota
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Hiligaynon - Guina higugma ko ikaw
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Hindi - Main tumsey pyaar karta hoon / Maine Pyar Kiya
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Hmong - Kuv hlub koj
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Hokkien - Wa ai lu
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Hopi - Nu' umi unangwa'ta
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Hungarian - Szeretlek te'ged
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Icelandic - Eg elska thig
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Ilocano - Ay ayating ka
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Indian - Mai Tujhe Pyaar Kartha Ho
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Indonesian - Saya cinta padamu ('Saya', commonly used)
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Inuit - Negligevapse
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Iranian - Mahn doostaht doh-rahm
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Irish - taim i' ngra leat
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Italian - Ti amo/Ti voglio bene
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Japanese - Anata wa, dai suki desu
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Javanese (formal) - Kulo tresno marang panjenengan
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Javanese (informal) - aku terno kowe
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Kannada - Naanu ninna preetisuttene
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Kapampangan - Kaluguran daka
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Kenya (Kalenjin) - Achamin
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Kenya (Kiswahili) - Ninakupenda
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Kikongo - Mono ke zola nge (mono ke' zola nge')
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Kiswahili - Nakupenda
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Konkani - Tu magel moga cho
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Korean - SA LANG HAE / Na No Sa Lan Hei
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Kurdish - Khoshtm Auyt
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Laos - Chanrackkun
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Latin - Te amo
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Latvian - Es mîlu Tevi
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Lebanese - Bahibak
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Lingala - Nalingi yo
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Lithuanian - As Myliu Tave
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Lojban - mi do prami
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Luo - Aheri
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Luxembourgeois - Ech hun dech gäer
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Macedonian - Jas Te Sakam
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Madrid - lingo Me molas, tronca
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Maiese - Wa wa
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Malay - Saya cintakan mu / Saya cinta mu
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Maltese - Inhobbok hafna
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Marathi - Me tula prem karto
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Mohawk - Kanbhik
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Moroccan - Ana moajaba bik
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Nahuatl - Ni mits neki
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Navaho - Ayor anosh'ni
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Ndebele - Niyakutanda
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Nigeria (Hausa) - Ina sonki
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Nigeria (Yoruba langauge) - Mo fe ran re
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Norwegian - Jeg elsker deg
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Osetian - Aez dae warzyn
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Pakistan (Urdu) - May tum say pyar karta hun
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Pandacan - Syota na kita!!
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Pangasinan - Inaru Taka
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Papiamento - Mi ta stimabo
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Persian - Tora Doost Darem
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Pig Latin - I-yea Ove-lea Ou-yea
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Polish - Kocham Cie
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Portuguese (Brazilian) - Eu te amo
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Punjabi - me tumse pyar ker ta hu'
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Quenya - Tye-mela'ne
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Romanian - Te ador (stronger)
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Romanian - Te iubesc
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Russian - Ya tyebya lyublyu
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Samoan - Ou te alofa outou
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Sanskrit - tvayi snihyaami
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Scottish Gaelic - Tha gra\dh agam ort
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Serbo-Croatian - Volim te
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Setswana - Ke a go rata
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Shona - Ndinokuda
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Sign language - Spread hand out so no fingers are touching. Bring in middle & ring fingers and touch then to the palm of your hand.
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Sindhi - Maa tokhe pyar kendo ahyan
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Singhalese - Mama oyaata aadareyi
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Slovenian - ljubim te
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South Sotho - Ke o Rata
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Spanish - Te quiero / te amo / yo amor
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Sri Lanka - mame adhare
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Surinam - Mi lobi joe
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Swahili - Naku penda
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Swedish - Jag älskar dig
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Swiss-German - Ch-ha di gärn
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Tagalong - Mahal Kita / Iniibig kita
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Tahitian - Ua here au ia oe
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Taiwanese - Wa ga ei li
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Tamil - Naan Unnai Khadalikkeren
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Telugu - Nenu Ninnu Premisthunnanu
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Thailand - Khao Raak Thoe / chun raak ter
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Tunisian - Ha eh bak
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Turkish - Seni Seviyorum
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Ukrainian - Yalleh blutebeh / ya tebe kohayu
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Urdu - Mea tum se pyaar karta hu (to a girl)
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Urdu - Mea tum se pyar karti hu (to a boy)
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Vietnamese (Females) - Em yeu Anh
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Vietnamese (Males) - Anh yeu Em
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Vlaams - Ik hue van ye
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Vulcan - Wani ra yana ro aisha
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Welsh - Rwy'n dy garu di
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Wolof - Da ma la nope
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Yiddish - Ich han dich lib
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Yoruba - Mo ni fe
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1. Go to www.google.com
2. At the box where you search, type in this format.
?intitle:index.of? mp3 ***
The *** is for you to replace it with the artist and song title.
3. Click on the Google Search button.
4. Now you should see a list of all the websites that has the MP3 that you’re looking for.
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Google’s “I’m Feeling Lucky” button renamed to “Take me to Wikipedia” result button (Joke)
I am feeling lucky no more?
It is a know fact that google ranks wikipedia entries higher in it’s search results. It should therefore replace the underused ‘I’m Feeling Lucky’ button to ‘Take me to Wikipedia’ button and save everyone the trouble!
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Full width Banner code 
Due to the recent spaces update (11.1) the full width banner and multiple sandboxes were not possible to enable anymore. The multiple sandbox tutorial has been updated and it is now possible to have it again.
I was just playing about with the banner code and
it is now possible to have that too (again!)
Here is the code:
1/30/2007
 How do you find a Insurance company who can give you what you want at a fair price? You have concerns?
First of all, it can be expensive
Second - does it give you the cover you need?
I have been searching the Internet for the solution I need and
none of the ' so called' market leaders offer anything which works
for me, including Endsleigh, who are owned by the NUS. You think
the would understand my needs - but no, their cover is expensive and not particularly good. At STA travel it is more expensive and through my research is offered (underwritten) by Endsleigh - what
a strange world!
The first thing I have understood in my search is do not buy insurance from people you book your trip with. They make a huge profit and you do not get cover you need.
Searching the Internet I came across Karma Insurance who have some refreshing solutions for Possessions Insurance for: Students, Key Workers, Professional / Working, Single Parents and Senior Citizens & Retired.
They will offer Student Travel Insurance for Gap Year, Year Study Abroad or Backpacking. Watch this space for an update.
This site is worth a serious look.
In addition the give you a FREE plastic membership card and send you all your documents into a members area, which means that they will never be lost.
Read aritical on - Talking about: Bad Insurance Websites
 The latest version of Windows Live Messenger (the artist formerly known as MSN Messenger) was released today, with some bug fixes and the following minor enhancements:
Roaming Identity - Your display name, status
and personalization available from any PC
New Contact Cards
Windows Vista compatability
SMS Phone Book
Improved Usability
Personal Contact Invitations
Available in 8 more languages:
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Bulgarian - Messenger ви казва: Здравейте!
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Estonian - Messenger ütleb: Tere
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Croatian - Messenger kaže: Zdravo
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Latvian - Messenger saka: Sveiks!
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Romanian - Messenger spune: Salut!
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Serbian Latin - Messenger kaže: Zdravo
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Thai - Messenger พูดว่า: สวัสด
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Ukrainian - Messenger повідомляє: Привіт
Nothing really to write home about, but if you must have the latest version, check out the following links:
Download: Windows Live Messenger v8.1
Download: Windows Live Messenger Patch (Bandwidth issues may cause this link to fail, try again later)
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Source: liveandbeyond.com
Another beta goes, another one is in the works. Windows Live Messenger 8.1 has been around now for around 6 months and a few days, and now it’s time the doors were shut. There were 3,009 registered users on the beta, a total of 1,010 bugs and 456 suggestions in total spanning the 6 months the product was in beta, and the newsgroups had over 6,000 posts. That’s quite something.
There are no final prizes for testers this time round, and work on Windows Live Messenger 9.0 has already begun (there will be no more interim releases, or at least if there are, there won’t be any beta programs for it). Current testers of Windows Live Messenger 8.1 who have access to the Microsoft Connect pages will be automatically transferred to the next beta (9.0) so don’t you worry - plenty more to come.
1/25/2007
Source: Edge - Videogame Culture
 You knew on Monday, of course, that Sony will be launching PlayStation 3 in Europe on March 23 at £425, a price that has caused some consternation among its potential user base, and not only because it is not a direct conversion of the hardware's Euro tag (€599, which in market terms translates as £395).
Certainly the £425 UK price compares unfavourably with rates in North America, where a PS3 can be purchased for the equivalent of £305. And those expecting a UK PS3 price reduction sooner rather than later will be disappointed, since the hardware is already being sold at a considerable loss, while cost reductions on components will be slow due to their complexity.
What of those hoping to buy into PS3 gaming via its stripped-down 20GB iteration, which officially retails in Japan at just ¥49,980 (£210)? This option simply will not be available to European consumers at launch, with SCEE stating that it will 'follow later in the year dependent on demand' – in other words, possibly not at all.
But the negative buzz surrounding PS3's European price is largely informed by Microsoft's decision to sell Xbox 360 at below £300. What you're not getting in a £280 Xbox 360, though, is a like-for-like feature set, something which Sony has, to date, appeared reluctant to communicate.
 To bring an Xbox 360 more in line with a 60GB PS3, the shopping list reads thus:
Xbox 360................................................................................£280
HD DVD Player.....................................................................£130
Wirless Networking Adaptor................................................£_60
12 Months' Xbox Live Gold Memebership..........................£_40
Play & Charge Kit................................................................£_15
Total.......................................................................................£525
(Updated: Let's have some caveats before the comments section heats up unnecessarily: there's no suggestion that PS3's online gaming setup is currently as comprehensively featured as Xbox Live – or indeed that it ever will be – and don't forget that you'll want to purchase a better-than-composite AV lead for your PS3 (component and HDMI leads will cost £18 each); then add in a Bluetooth headset (£15) – plus two games (Amazon value: £76) and an additional joypad (£35) in order to match the content of Microsoft's £280 package deal – all of which gives an ultimate PS3 cost of £569 (bear in mind that we cannot add in the cost of an additional 40GB of hard drive space or card readers for Xbox 360, since such things do not exist.) However, take into consideration the newly mooted £500 PS3 bundle including game and additional joypad (are you keeping up?) and you’re facing £561.)
Ultimately, though, it isn't price that will hold back some from buying a PS3 at launch, but the shape of its game library at that point. Certainly PS3's debut line-up will better PS2's (whose day-one Euro range consisted of Ridge Racer V, Silent Scope, Smuggler's Run, FIFA 2001, Tekken Tag Tournament, SSX, TimeSplitters, ISS, Fantavision, Ready 2 Rumble Round 2 and Orphen), partly because it will make use of PlayStation Network to deliver games via digital download. How will it compare to Xbox 360's launch line-up? Have a look at the official game list and decide for yourself:
PS3 launch titles (retail):
Resistance: Fall Of Man, MotorStorm, Genji: Days Of The Blade, Formula One Championship Edition, Ridge Racer 7, Call Of Duty 3, Marvel: Ultimate Alliance, Tony Hawks Project 8, Gundam - Target in Sight, Full Auto 2: Battle Lines, Sonic The Hedgehog, Virtua Fighter 5, Virtua Tennis 3, World Snooker Championship 2007, NBA 2K7, NHL 2K7, Blazing Angels Squadrons of WWll , Enchanted Arms, Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent, The Elder Scrolls lV: Oblivion, Def Jam: Icon, Fight Night Round 3, NBA Street 4 Homecourt 2007, Need For Speed Carbon, The Godfather: The Don's Edition, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2007, Untold Legends: Dark Kingdom, F.E.A.R.
PS3 launch titles (via PlayStation Network):
Tekken: Dark Resurrection, Lemmings, Go! Sudoku, Go! Puzzle, Blast Factor, Flow, Super Rub'A'Dub, Gripshift.
Source: The Spaces Team
We’re thrilled to announce we’ve just released the latest version of Windows Live Spaces. In addition to a number of back-end updates, below are some of the new features we think will enhance your Spaces experience even more:
Videos, videos and more videos
You asked for it, we created it! We’ve built more rich media capabilities into Windows Live Spaces so it’s easier for you to display your favorite videos on Spaces. You can now embed videos directly into your Spaces blog entries. Adding a visual element to your blogs can help you tell your story.
If you prefer to display your videos in independent modules, you can now easily add the Soapbox gadget and a Universal Video Player gadget directly from within the Customize menu in Spaces. The Universal Video Player allows you to display videos that are hosted anywhere on the Internet. It’s easy to find, it’s easy to add and it’s super easy to play your favorite videos on your Space.
Be instantly notified of changes to your favorite Spaces!
It’s now even easier to find out who updated what on their Space and when…and you can be one of the first to find out! You can now sign-up to receive updates in real time for blogs, photos, lists and comments in your favorite Spaces. Simply click on the “Sign up for alerts” link in the Visitor tools module of your favorite Spaces and start receiving your updates right away. We want you to try it out and tell us what you think of alert, so we’ve limited this new functionality to English Spaces first.
We hope you enjoy these new features and look forward to receiving your feedback!
1/17/2007
 NUS Sells out Endsleigh shares
Source: Insurance Age
Zurich has signed an agreement to purchase all the remaining shares in insurance intermediary Endsleigh. Following the acquisition of 45% of the stock in 2002, Zurich has brought the rest of the shares, which were held by the Endsleigh management (40%) and the National Union of Students (NUS), who held 15%.
Zurich plan to mantain Endsleigh strong presence in the student market and, at to that end, has retained two NUS members on board.
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 Insurance websites failing to deliver basics
Source: Insurance Age
Many insurance-related websites are still failing to deliver even the basic level of service to customers, according to new research.
Cassidy Davis conducted research for the re-launch of its website and found 9% of sites contained no contract details at all, and almost 35% of sites did not contain an email link to someone at the firm.
other findings showed that 32% of the sites they visited were poorly navigable and 25% of sites could not even be logged onto.
 Posted by pr0xy k1ll3r at January 14th, 2007
Source: As written on OmniNerd by tomtolman…
The iPhone GUI on the right in question (courtesy : http://www.techcrunch.com/)
Left screenshot: On the windows Mobile Phone - Right screenshot: On the Original iPhone
“Since the iPhone announcement earlier this week, Apple has enjoyed a massive wave of free publicity from bloggers. Engadget’s live reporting alone had 10 million page views.
Turns out Apple is not happy about all the publicity. Someone has created a skin for Windows Mobile phones that looks very similar to the new iPhone user interface. Shortly after Paul O’Brian posted a link on an xda-developer forum to the interface, he got a cease and desist letter from Apple’s lawyers. The lawyers warn, “The icons and screenshot displayed on your website are copyrighted by Apple, and copyright law explicitly prohibits unauthorized display and distribution of copyrighted works. Apple therefore demands that you remove this screenshot from your website…”
Michelle Arrington of TechCrunch has accused Apple of going after the wrong person, “If Apple wants to go after the guy that made the Windows Mobile skin that looks like the iPhone, fine. But to bully bloggers who are simply reporting on this is another matter.” Arrington speaks from personal experience. In August Apple challenged him for embedding a YouTube video link to Mac OS X 10.5. In addition, Apple’s challenge raises a question if bloggers are permitted to post screenshots of the iPhone as thousands have done without concern from Apple’s lawyers. This news comes as Cisco is suing Apple for using the iPhone name which they claim to have trademarked in 2000.”
pr0xy k1ll3r from liveandbeyond.com:
“I don’t think Apple is winning any goodwill by doing this. They do have the right to be protective about their product but not in this manner. Why not send a cease and desist letter to Google, as Google does link these blogs through it’s search engine?
Go after the creator of the Skin and ask him politely to remove it and not bully or harass bloggers who talk about or link it. Can these bloggers dissolve the product that is already uploaded on a server they have no control on?
Shame Apple.. Shame!”
1/16/2007
 sad
–adjective, sad·der, sad·dest.
1. affected by unhappiness or grief; sorrowful or mournful: to feel sad because a close friend has moved away.
2. expressive of or characterized by sorrow: sad looks; a sad song.
3. causing sorrow: a sad disappointment; sad news.
4. (of color) somber, dark, or dull; drab.
5. deplorably bad; sorry: a sad attempt.
6. Obsolete. firm or steadfast.
Let's take a look at description no. 5 in more detail, specifically how it pertains to this:
BBC News - "Thousands of World of Warcraft fans queued into the night to get their hands on the long-awaited expansion of the popular online game. In the UK, more than two thousand gamers packed a London branch of HMV eager to purchase the extension, known as The Burning Crusade. Many of the fans, some dressed as their favourite characters, had queued outside since the early afternoon."
"I have just spent 16 hours queuing and my god was it worth it. I have already got to level 63 and I think the game rocks. WOW is now my life for the next two months. Huckleberry8 Rules!" - Henry Garden, Ringwood, UK
Seriously, read the rest of the comments on the BBC News story, it's tragic. These people are literally wasting their whole lives inside a virtual world. Part-timers I can understand, but people who dedicate their lives to this sh*t just befuddle me. Life is so much better than this virtual tripe.
Read: Hordes Queue For Burning Crusade
1/12/2007
什么话都不多说了，大家看图吧。
苹果的东西，一向都不好用言语来描述。
iPhone＝iPod+手机+移动互联网终端。图来自驱动之家。
6月在北美上市，然后下半年到欧洲。中国嘛，
不说了，3G的机子，要等到2008年了。
4GB的版本是499美元，估计到时候签的时候也不会很贵
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pr0xy k1ll3r from liveandbeyond.com has a few good points on the iPhone...
Despite the fancy UI and all the buzz created around Apple’s iPhone here is the low down on why it sucks…
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It will be a closed platform running software approved by Apple only. That means Apple will get a huge cut from selling the software through its iTunes store. It may even charge a dollar per ring tone.
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It does not have 3G, but will have EGDE (2.5 G). EDGE is so 2006. 3G is faster but eats up the battery life, and apple may not have a good battery in place to support 3G.
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You cannot have an extra battery for iPhone. It is sealed. wtf?
You can’t carry an extra battery?! Or do you have to send it back to Apple to change it so that they can charge you more money for it. What about when the phone hangs up, as most smart phones do? The best solution is to remove the battery and restart again as none of the buttons or touch screen buttons work. Let me see how they get around this problem…
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The Price: $499 (4GB) or $599(8GB) with a two year contract, by the time the contract is over your iPhone will probably be scratched all over like the Nano or be made obsolete by better phone on the market. Think at the pace at which the gadget market is going. 4Gb in 2008 - 2009 ? CRAP!!!
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Other reasons are poor battery life, no expansion slot, what is the RAM, Processor speed and other technical details?
uhm.. Let me see how Steve Jobs thinks he can capture 1% of the mobile phone market with this high priced phone that only high-end users can afford. Who knows, maybe he can but only by riding on the current popularity of the iPod…
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Technical Specifications:-
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Screen size...............3.5 inches
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Screen resolution.....320 by 480 at 160 ppi
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Input method.............Multi-touch
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Operating system.....OS X
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Storage.....................4GB or 8GB
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GSM..........................Quad-band (MHz: 850, 900, 1800, 1900)
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Wireless data...........Wi-Fi (802.11b/g) + EDGE + Bluetooth 2.0
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Camera.....................2.0 megapixels
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Battery......................Up to 5 hours Talk / Video / Browsing
Battery......................Up to 16 hours Audio playback
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Dimension................4.5 x 2.4 x 0.46 inches / 115 x 61 x 11.6mm
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Weight......................4.8 ounces / 135 grams
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