My Blogger Favicon

See the small image beside my URL address? That's a favicon. It's short for "favorites icon" and is used as a website icon. I wanted to put one on my blog earlier but only go the chance to do so today.

Some say that you have to convert the image to a .ico file in order to put it on your blog. But Web browsers today have eventually made it easier for us bloggers by making a .png and a .jpeg file to become a favicon as well.

Evidently, there are two ways to install a favicon on our blog. One is by converting an image into a .ico file and putting it in the root directory of the blog. Another way --- the easier way and the one I used --- is to put in an ordinary .png or .jpeg file, by putting this command on the head section of your blog's html:

link href="/path/image.png" rel="icon" type="image/png"

My favicon is temporary. I'm still looking for that one image for my blog. I wanted something like the card picture (second one on the right) but the details of the picture wouldn't be seen if the picture was resized to 16-25 pixels. My other candidates for my favicon is pretty much all about the Virgo sign. But I'm still looking, still looking...

Recorder Flute Fingerings

Yey! I found something to cheer me up amidst the bad luck I seem to having lately... I had doubts as to whether I would be able to find the notes and fingerings of the recorder flute. The recorder isn't as famous as its woodwind relations, after all. But here it is:

NOTE

FIRST OCTAVE

SECOND OCTAVE

Tuned in F

Tuned in C

Recorder Flute Holes

Recorder Flute Holes

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

F

C

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

O

X

O

O

O

O

O

F#

C#

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

/

O

X

X

O

O

O

O

O

G

D

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

O

O

O

X

O

O

O

O

O

Ab

Eb

X

X

X

X

X

X

/

O

O

O

X

X

X

X

X

O

A

E

X

X

X

X

X

X

O

O

/

X

X

X

X

X

O

O

Bb

F

X

X

X

X

X

O

X

X

/

X

X

X

X

O

X

O

B

F#

X

X

X

X

O

X

X

O

/

X

X

X

O

X

O

O

C

G

X

X

X

X

O

O

O

O

/

X

X

X

O

O

O

O

C#

G#

X

X

X

O

X

X

/

O

/

X

X

O

X

O

O

O

D

A

X

X

X

O

O

O

O

O

/

X

X

O

O

O

O

O

Eb

Bb

X

X

O

X

X

O

O

O

/

X

X

O

X

X

X

O

E

B

X

X

O

O

O

O

O

O

/

X

X

O

X

X

O

O

NOTE		THIRD OCTAVE
Tuned in F	Tuned in C	Recorder Flute Holes
		0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
F	C	/	X	O	O	X	X	O	O
F#	C#	/	X	O	X	X	O	X	X
G	D	/	X	O	X	X	O	X	X

X - hole should be covered completely
/ - hole is half-covered
O - hole remains open

Computer Down Again

Our computer is one of the most used appliances in our home (aside from the fridge, fans, tv, and DVD player). It was one of the main sources of entertainment for us --- my brother likes to download songs and play Diablo and Warcraft, my sister goes to Friendster and is currently addicted to Mahjongg Mystery, and I consider myself an average internet freak.

So it was obvious what would happen if the computer broke down. It would lead to reruns of DVDs, more news updates on TV, more soap operas, more sleeping, and more quiet days. These things happened for more than two weeks when our monitor broke down.

Now the computer is down again. I'm the one to blame... partly. I only wanted to install Adobe Photoshop on our computer and the file I downloaded ended up giving us a spyware.

> I curse the dude who uploaded the file! <

It sucked... big time. Still does, because I still can't get the spyware of the system. The antivirus can't erase it, and it seems like even Spybot can't either (guess it also got infected). Our screen is a bloody red with a bold warning to get some protection and some of our programs are lost somewhere in the system. A lot of our private files are also in danger.

There doesn't seem to be any choice now but to reformat the computer. I have been meaning to do this, but only after all downloads were done and I've made a copy of all the files. I guess my procrastination led to this unwelcomed "karma." Now there's no stopping it, and there's no chance of saving the files in the computer. It really sucks.