Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Why Jailbreak iPhone

http://thebigboss.org/why-jailbreak-iphone

Friday, August 6, 2010

Clearing Your DNS Cache

Clearing Your DNS Cache

When you visit a website in your browser, your computer will store information about that site so that you do not have to look it up again. Unfortunately, sometimes that information may change and your computer may not have the latest information about the site.
You can use the instructions below to clear your cache, ensuring you have the latest information about all the websites you visit.

Windows® XP, 2000, or Vista®

  1. Open the Start menu.
  2. Go to Run.
    • If you do not see the Run command in Vista, search for "run" in the Search bar.
  3. In the Run text box, type: ipconfig /flushdns
  4. Press Enter or Return, and your cache will be flushed.

MacOS®

  1. Go to Applications.
  2. Go to Utilities.
  3. Open the Terminal application.
  4. Type: dscacheutil -flushcache
  5. Press Enter or Return, and your cache will be flushed. 


http://docs.cpanel.net/twiki/bin/view/AllDocumentation/ClearingBrowserCache

Thursday, August 5, 2010

Is it u?

Dreamy Idealist Dreamy Idealist (DI)

Dreamy Idealists are very cautious and therefore often appear shy and reserved to others. They share their rich emotional life and their passionate convictions with very few people. But one would be very much mistaken to judge them to be cool and reserved. They have a pronounced inner system of values and clear, honourable principles for which they are willing to sacrifice a great deal. Joan of Arc or Sir Galahad would have been good examples of this personality type. Dreamy Idealists are always at great pains to improve the world. They can be very considerate towards others and do a lot to support them and stand up for them. They are interested in their fellow beings, attentive and generous towards them. Once their enthusiasm for an issue or person is aroused, they can become tireless fighters.

For Dreamy Idealists, practical things are not really so important. They only busy themselves with mundane everyday demands when absolutely necessary. They tend to live according to the motto “the genius controls the chaos” - which is normally the case so that they often have a very successful academic career. They are less interested in details; they prefer to look at something as a whole. This means that they still have a good overview even when things start to become hectic. However, as a result, it can occasionally happen that Dreamy Idealists overlook something important. As they are very peace-loving, they tend not to openly show their dissatisfaction or annoyance but to bottle it up. Assertiveness is not one of their strong points; they hate conflicts and competition. Dreamy Idealists prefer to motivate others with their amicable and enthusiastic nature. Whoever has them as superior will never have to complain about not being given enough praise.

As at work, Dreamy Idealists are helpful and loyal friends and partners, persons of integrity. Obligations are absolutely sacred to them. The feelings of others are important to them and they love making other people happy. They are satisfied with just a small circle of friends; their need for social contact is not very marked as they also need a lot of time to themselves. Superfluous small talk is not their thing. If one wishes to be friends with them or have a relationship with them, one would have to share their world of thought and be willing to participate in profound discussions. If you manage that you will be rewarded with an exceptionally intensive, rich partnership. Due to their high demands on themselves and others, this personality type tends however to sometimes overload the relationship with romantic and idealistic ideas to such an extent that the partner feels overtaxed or inferior. Dreamy Idealists do not fall in love head over heels but when they do fall in love they want this to be a great, eternal love.

Adjectives which describe your type

introverted, theoretical, emotional, spontaneous, idealistic, dreamy, effusive, pleasant, reserved, friendly, passionate, loyal, perfectionist, helpful, creative, composed, curious, obstinate, with integrity, willing to make sacrifices, romantic, cautious, shy, peace-loving, vulnerable, sensitive, communicative, imaginative




http://www.your-career-change.com/personality-tests.html

Tuesday, August 3, 2010

Career Guide

ABOUT YOU

You are a steady, dependable and amiable individual who likes to be challenged by interesting projects. Results are important to you and in general you will apply yourself in order to achieve your objectives and reach your goals. Being a hard working, no-nonsense person you will try to tackle most jobs and work persistently in order to see them through to a conclusion.

You are usually kind, accommodating and will readily accept and try to help those around you. Because of this, people are likely to warm to your sincerity and come to put their trust in you. Although you can be assertive and will stand up for yourself, you probably try as far as possible to avoid arguments or disputes.

Being well organised and clear thinking you can collect facts and information in order to solve a problem and as you are a good verbal communicator you can use this in order to influence others and gain their commitment.

You can be quite firm and will on occasions take up a stubbornly independent stance, especially if you feel very strongly about something.


YOU IN THE WORKPLACE

As your career develops and you gain experience in the workplace colleagues will realise that once you take on a project you can be relied upon to work persistently until the job is complete. As you progress in the job your natural inquisitiveness will allow you to explore situations and carefully assess specialist information.

Ultimately, as you gain experience and knowledge in your specific area of expertise your confidence is likely to grow and you will approach both people and projects in a positive and confident manner. Being people-orientated you will want to work as part of a team and enjoy interacting with them. You are a good verbal communicator but equally you will want to listen to what your colleagues have to say. By doing this you will be in a position to assess the opinions of others and consider what they have to say before moving forward. This can have a steadying effect on colleagues who may want to move too quickly.

Your responses suggest that before starting a project you will probably need to be given time to prepare yourself and get things organised in your own mind. Once you have accomplished this you are likely to apply both patience and tenacity to the task at hand. Equally, before you make decisions you will want to check out all the available information and feel confident that the route you are going is the right one. Achieving your goals and the challenge of completing a task or solving a problem thoroughly are important to you.

Given all these factors, the ideal working environment for you to consider would be one where the job has a certain amount of routine but also keeps you challenged. You should be allowed to work to predetermined and agreed timescales and the parameters of the job should be clearly defined and of a structured nature. The ideal career for you to pursue would be one where you can work as part of a specialist or administrative team and interact with people on a regular basis. Security in the job is likely to be very important to you.


KEY CAREER CRITERIA

When identifying your future career you should consider and utilise your particular skills. Thus key factors to consider are areas where you can organise and lead people to complete tasks of a specialist or administrative nature.

The following tasks and responsibilities are likely to be appropriate to your behavioural characteristics.
  • Working persistently to achieve a result.
  • Leading and motivating people in a specialist area of competence and expertise.
  • Communicating verbally, building relationships and gaining the commitment of others.
  • Being part of a team and working in a structured environment.

Ideally the job should not require you to make impulsive decisions or involve you in confrontational issues.


YOUR WORK STRENGTHS

Once you have decided upon your career path and any matching educational opportunities, you can move towards realising your full potential and test and develop your work strengths.

The contribution you are likely to bring to an organisation will be your drive to take on a task and see it through to conclusion. Being amiable and communicative you can work alongside others and will quickly establish their trust. You can persuade people to your point of view using facts and information and by example of hard work.

You will enthusiastically tackle projects and focus yourself in order to achieve your goals and objectives. Although fairly assertive you will try to keep the environment non-antagonistic and endeavour to stabilise conflict situations.



Ref : http://www.thomasinternational.net/productsandservices/samplereports/tabid/247/Default.aspx

Example of a Personal Leadership SWOT

Strengths
  • Compulsive
  • Strong follow-through
  • Articulate
  • Writes well
  • Balanced work-life perspective
  • Multi-interested (e.g., work, recreational activities [e.g., curling, golf, etc.])
  • Ambitious

Weaknesses
  • Strong need to “get things done and off my list” with consequence of getting it done right away, thereby undermining the benefits of more careful deliberation over time
  • Compulsiveness sometimes causes me to begrudge being given tasks, i.e., stress of many tasks and need to do each carefully can lead me to think unkindly about the people and/or circumstance creating the task
  • Can be impatient, i.e., not tolerate those who do not understand (“suffer fools poorly”)
  • Time pressure causes stress and can lead to emotional “hijacking”
  • Do not handle multiple immediately competing demands well

Opportunities
  • To engage others in providing feedback about their experience of me
  • To receive coaching in service of improving my leadership skills
  • To learn from others in similar roles to mine
  • To enhance my ability to manage the need to complete task quickly in order to be able to deliberate more carefully
  • To enhance my equanimity about work-related tasks

Threats
  • Time pressure, which can derail my plan for self-improvement because it catapults me back to my “usual” habits
  • The multitude of everyday demands, which conspires against self-reflection
  • Etc.

Personal SWOT

Do some homework before you appear for the interview:
  • Have participatory sessions with your friends to know more of your strengths and weaknesses.
  • List down all your strengths and weaknesses.
  • Explore the prospective job/employer/company to identify opportunities.
  • Gain more knowledge about the industry to detect threats.

Handling SWOT at interviews

Before the interview, ensure your resume maps to what you might talk about. It should also highlight your strengths. 

1. Strengths: Positives you can capitalise on, these should be your ‘key selling points.’

Think of what makes you special. What influences and motivates you? What are your attributes for success? What key traits do you have? You can talk about your personal characteristics here like: Good analytical skills, determination, persistence, etc.

Examples of strengths:a. Very confident and assertive.b. Good communication skills.

What the interviewer ‘buys’ is ‘how are these strengths helping in the job he has to offer’ and ‘what is the value they add to the job’. For example, while appearing for a sales job interview, the following strengths can be highlighted:
  1. I am very confident and assertive in whatever I do. I have been able to leverage customer service by converting unhappy customers to loyal customers by understanding their problems, educating them, giving them confidence and being able to solve their problems.
  2. I have been involved in company presentations and workshops, and have been imparting training. My communication skills help me stand up and put forward my views in front of a group of people.
  3. Having worked in customer service for two years, I have good customer service skills and customer relations.

2. Weaknesses: Negative areas you need to improve on.

This is the toughest aspect to think of and share with your future/potential company. Also, this is one area where your answers need to be more diplomatic. Avoid hinting at something that may impact the job execution in your potential company. 

We all know and admit that no one is perfect. Do not say ‘I don’t have any weakness’. Be realistic and show that you realize and are well aware of your weaknesses. Give confidence to your prospective employer that your weaknesses are not going to hamper your job.

Examples of weaknesses:
  1. I sometimes tend to get into too many details that delay execution.
  2. I can’t say ‘No’ if someone asks me for help with some work.
Never highlight personal weaknesses like ‘being emotional’, ‘short tempered’ etc.

3. Opportunities: Positive external conditions you can take advantage of.

Talk about various opportunities you foresee in that prospective job. This will show your interest and reflect a positive attitude.

Examples of opportunities:
  1. While working with international customers, I may have the opportunity to learn new cultures; newer ways of working that will further help me to provide customised and better services to my customers.
  2. By imparting training, I will be able to improve my confidence level and presentation skills.

4. Threats: Negative external conditions you can’t control but can minimize.

There are threats we all face at our workplaces, but we need to know how to survive with them. While talking about ‘threats’, try to foresee the ones you may face at your prospective job.

Examples of threats:
  1. Competition for the job I want.
  2. Overworking myself by taking on so many responsibilities.
  3. Changing job requirements of the field.

Also suggest certain ways you may minimise these threats. For example:
  1. Getting trained on certain skills to survive competition for the job.
  2. Trying time management to avoid getting overworked.
  3. Upgrading my technical skills and proficiencies and keeping abreast of industry changes to cope up with job requirements. 
 
Take away points
  • Map your STRENGTHS to your prospective job.
  • Avoid hinting at WEAKNESSES that may have a negative impact on your prospective job. Also try to present an improvement plan that you have to overcome these weaknesses.
  • Identify OPPORTUNITIES in the prospective job and mention how these can be advantageous to you and help in performing the job better.
  • Detect THREATS and present ways to minimize them.

Monday, August 2, 2010

Screen Capture Apps for OS X, Windows and Linux

There's no single cross-platform solution for quickly capturing images of websites or your other computational doings, so here are the top screen cap (short for capture) tool picks for Windows, OS X and Linux.

1. Screenpresso (Windows) - Free, but not for Pro
2. Skitch (OS X) - Free
3. Shutter (Linux) - Free


Ref:- http://www.switched.com/2010/08/02/best-screen-capture-apps-for-os-x-windows-and-linux/

Sunday, August 1, 2010

Common ports in my mind

Common ports

  •  21 FTP
  • 22 SSH
  • 23 TELNET
  • 25 SMTP
  • 53 DNS
  • 80 HTTP
  • 110 POP3
  • 115 SFTP
  • 135 RPC
  • 139 NetBIOS
  • 143 IMAP
  • 194 IRC
  • 443 SSL
  • 445 SMB
  • 1433 MSSQL
  • 3306 MySQL
  • 3389 Remote Desktop
  • 5632 PCAnywhere
  • 5900 VNC
  • 6112 Warcraft III

Open Port Check Tool
The open port checker is a tool you can use to check your external IP address and detect open ports on your connection. This tool is useful for finding out if your port forwarding is setup correctly or if your server applications are being blocked by a firewall. This tool may also be used as a port scanner to scan your network for ports that are commonly forwarded. It is important to note that some ports, such as port 25, are often blocked at the ISP level in an attempt to prevent malicious activity.