Free games: Some love it, some don't so.....

Well, I never like Free Games. In fact, you can say I hate it. I hate it when I see my son playing games when he should be studying. I hate it when I see youngsters whiling their time late in the morning in cyber cafe when they should be in bed.

You may share my feelings, but who are we to decide what other likes. If they love Pokemon Shoot, are we to tell them no, The Idiot Test 2 (probably a mind game - thinking) is better? It is a free world. We just concluded a General Election. I voted wisely I think and rejoiced, and another (result was about 50:50) voted unwisely, I think. Am I to stop them from voting?

Late responses: Apologies and reasons

There are a number of comments still not approved and responded to yet. I apologize to those kept waiting and just wish to let them know I was asked to be admitted to hospital Wednesday and had no access to the Internet. I am out now. I am fine with just a small problem that will probably be resolved soon. I need to finish some tasks with datelines first and I will then turn my attention to those comments waiting for me.

Please be a bit patient. I think it probably wouldn't be very long before I get to them.

How to make photo not clickable

This is a rare question as most have problems where they found their photos not clickable and want to know why plus the solution.

One reason put forth is when you upload your photos in the Blogger post editor COMPOSE and then drag-drop them to shift them around (something which I hate to do), the photos may become unclickable. However I myself have not tried it myself as I hate to use the COMPOSE mode and sort of "boycott" it, today I tested it at testing if drag-drop images to move it while in the COMPOSE mode of the Blogger post editor window will make images unclickable and found that even after dragging and dropping the photo in the COMPOSE mode to move it, that photo was still clikable. However, read what else was written in the post as other bloggers had reported conflicting results.

I further tested displaying a photo using the <img> tag in testing if using the HTML image tag will make the image unclickable and the result was that I can make it unclickable.

How to make image unclickable

This is what you need to do. Do not upload your images direct via the Blogger post editor window tool bar. Upload it to some image (photo) hosts like the free Photobucket image host. Get the image URL, then use this image HTML tag to display the image:

<"img src="image URL" />

If you want, you may want to add some useful attributes lie alt="some text to tell search engines what the photo is about" and/or title="some text which will be shown in a tool tip when the mouse cursor is hover over them image. To make it clear, I will paste the actual script I used to display that unclickable photo in HTML image tag to make displayed images unclicable:

<img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v336/cikgu/testmuppetmobilelabdawnendicovideo.jpg" align="center" alt="Muppet Mobile Lab Disney" title="Muppet Mobile Lab Disney" /><div align="center /">Photo of Muppet Mobile Lab is property of <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/candiedwomanire/" target="_blank"> Dawn Endico</a></div>

Please be warned that I can make the image clickable if I want even when using the <img> tag and if you want to know how, you will have to ask.

BLOGHOUSE: Malaysian bloggers headquarter

Bloggers, political situation and press freedom in Malaysia

Bloggers in Malaysia are a special breed. They have been accorded all kind of names like "monkey bloggers", "female lying bloggers" and "goblok". According to Wikipedia Indonesia, "Goblok adalah sebuah kata yang artinya Bodoh atau Tolol" which translated to plain English is "Goblok is a word meaning stupid or asinine, balmy, dimwitted, dopey, fatuous, featherbrained, fool, foolish, empty headed, glassy, goofy, half witted, idiot, idiotic, ignoramus, inane, rattlebrained, sappy, senseless, silly, simple-minded, stupid, thick-headed, wooden-headed, asshole and ass hole (from http://www.kamus.net/).

Wow!! Such honor, such a long list of titles! Now prior to the 12th Malaysia General Election 2008, there were lots of "protest blogs" like Blog for Positive Changes and a whole lot more. The arrogant, deaf and insensitive ruling BN (Barisan Nasional) hardly have any blog worth mentioning and concentrated on the tightly controlled MSM (mainstream media) where all kinds of rubbish news are dished out which hardly any thinking Malaysians take seriously. But obviously the BN politicians do, for they believed their own propaganda and got lulled into a sense of complacency, thinking they will continue to get elected back into office with huge majority like in the past.

The opposition political parties and sympathizers on the other hand because they were locked out from the mainstream media to deliver their message, turned to blogs to deliver their messages to the public. It had come to the point that blogs are given more credibility than the mainstream media.

For their complacency and neglect of alternative media, the arrogant BN were handed their worst trashing in the recent election, lost control of many states and only managed to cling on to Federal Government control by a simple majority with just over 50% of the votes. Many believed they would have lost had it not been for unfair election practices such as denying the opposition access to the main stream media and other practices which I dare not list here for fear of being sued.

Expanding monkey bloggers tribe in Malaysia

And now, you know what? Our Malaysian tribe of monkey bloggers have grown. BN politicians have now started their own blogs, one of which was Mohd. Ali Rustam, latest monkey blogger. This hugely arrogant Mentri Besar (Chief Minister) of Malacca is mainly remembered for insulting a component party of their coalition as an invited guest at their general assembly by telling them in their place that they are not needed in BN (a coalition of many political parties which UKNO of which the arrogant Mohd. Ali Rustam is a very senior member). They can leave the coalition anytime. In fact he suggested they leave before the next general election. Why wait, he asked. UMNO have ruled Malaysia for 50 years and can continue to rule the country for another 50 years without their support.

Well, we monkey bloggers will welcome all other monkey bloggers irrespective of political inclinations as long as publish sense and not nonsense.

Malaysian Bloghouse - a center for Malaysian Bloggers

Well before the so-called "political tsunami" in Malaysia, Malaysian bloggers have already banded together and rented a detached house to serve as the Malaysian Bloghouse. They were lucky and managed to get donations of items like television, refrigerator, furniture, air conditioners, and I don't know what else. If I remember correctly, the pillars upon which the gates are hinged have a built-in Mailbox.

I do not know how much snail mails Bloghouse get in its Mail box, but bloggers being very Internet savvy, I don't expect them to get much except for junk mails. Perhaps a better idea may to get someone to donate some multi-unit Mailboxes

Photo of multi-unit mailboxes is property of D C John

Then Malaysian bloggers monkeys or homo sapiens can leave hard copy messages for each other in Malaysia BLOGHOUSE.

Blog Types: medical - cancer

Every now and then, we get bloggers asking what is a blog and what kind of blogs can we create. Well, the answer to the first is very straight forward. Blog is an amalgamation of 2 words Web Log and the B came from the last alphabet of b and log of course came from log which can be another word for a journal or diary. That was how blog and blogging. It is an online diary or journal where you detail the daily happenings of your life, your opinions, etc. These are what they call personal blogs.

But now bloggers uses all blogs for all sorts of purposes. This blog was started exclusive to provide information, and easy to read instructions for blogging and Blogger. I have other blogs including one on How to survive cancer tips. Why did I create a blog dedicated to cancer. Well, I lost my wife to breast cancer and we were ill prepared to deal with this serious situation. I did not handle the situation well and my family suffered for an extended period. I hope no one will ever have to go through the ordeal my late wife, I and my family went through, and as I come across tips or useful information, I hope to add it in that blog. This is one uses of blogs - help disseminate hopefully helpful

Often, people view the diagnosis of cancer as death sentence. But there is hope, especially if discovered early. One can go for conventional medical treatments which often rely on radiotherapy, surgery and chemotherapy. These are very drastic treatments. Radiotherapy and chemotherapy uses deadly radiation and chemicals to try to kill cancerous cells, but in the process, kills normal cells as well. Then there are the dreaded side effects - nausea, loss of hair, loss of appetite, etc. Surgery means you loss part of your body and result in disfigurement. But sometimes there is no choice.

Now some cancer patients go for Alternative Cancer Treatment, especially if conventional doctors tell them they have terminal cancer and there is no more hope and nothing else can be done for them. There are also some who combine the two. However, if you are undergoing both conventional as well as alternative medical treatments, it will be good to keep your doctors informed.

What alternative medical treatments for cancer are available? This guy, Steven Chang, came to my notice. From his name, he is Chinese, just like me. Plus his surname is Chang while mine is Chen. Often, one can share the same surname when written with Chinese character while differently spelled in English, and there is every possibility that Chang and Chen is the same Chinese character of two "rabbit ears" above a pair of "eyes" which is again above a "mouth" like this:

Not only that, the URL of his website ends with nl which I believe means is a domain registered in Netherlands where the locals speak the Dutch. I can read some Dutch, write and converse with broken Dutch. Looks like we have something in common and I will try to see if we can establish some kind of communications.

I will have to look more closely at Steven Chang's website: Flavonoid cancer treatment protocol and hopefully get some ideas for my How to survive cancer tips blog.

What are flavonoids

Steven Chang mentioned flavonoids. Let us see what Wikipedia has to say about flavonoids. According to Wikipedia, flavonoid is a class of plant secondary metabolite very well known for their antioxidant activity. Flavonoids are chemical compounds present in plants (fruits and vegetables), and that is why you find health activist encouraging people to eat more fruits and vegetables, especially the colorful ones. Of all the flavonoids, Quercetin is the most active as shown by studies and for those chemistry minded, here is the chemical structure of Quercetin:

Image of Quercetin chemical structure taken from Wikipedia which uses the GNU Free Documentation License

Economical treatment for cancer

Now according to Steven Chang, you can have a Flavonoid cancer treatment protocol for cancer which cost only approximately $20 which when broken down to daily cost, is only $0.50 to $1.00. That is way, way cheaper than conventional medical treatment and is great news for cancer patients if the treatment works. Steven Chang's website gives a simple 3 steps treatment protocol which can be repeated as many times as you want.

Now please note I am only a retired scientist, a retired Associate Professor, and no medical doctor. I am not in a position to say much about Steven Chang's Flavonoid cancer treatment protocol and you would have to do your own research and also consult your doctor or doctors. But if you find that it works for you or your loved ones, please let me know about it by leaving a comment and perhaps you might also consider supporting Steven Chang's website

Add space to blog post, but not with space bar

When you prepare a post with Blogger, you can only add a single space using the space bar. Even if you press the space bar 1000 times, two words will only be separated by a single space. If you need to create more than that, you will have to use what is know as non-breaking space. Now I am going to create a wide space between "begin" and "end" in the example below:

begin               end

If you try doing that by repeatedly pressing the space bar, it will not work. What you need to do is to type the following special character (this will have to be a graphic image, otherwise, it will be invisible to you):



Of course, if you want more space, all you need to do is to copy-paste. Do that as often as you want extra space.

Cannot sign into Blogger. What to do

Very common problem. Either blogger have forgotten the username (email address) or cannot remember password.

How to get Blogger username or password

All you need to do is to go to www.blogger.com/start,



don't fill in any of the fields (boxes), just click on "Sign in". The next page, you will see



At the bottom, you see "forgot your password?". Click on that and the next page will reveal



If you forgot your password, type in your email address you used for the Blogger account and click "Lookup". If you don't know what email address you used, but you know the URL of your blog, fill in the field at the top. For example, the [       ] indicate what you are supposed to fill in. The rest of it has already been done for you:

http://[myblog].blogspot.com

Those in red is what you are supposed to replace with the actual address (URL) of your blog. Click "Lookup", then check all your email Inboxes that you ever have. Make sure you check the Spam folder (or Bulk folder) as well as sometimes legitimate emails can end up there.

If you still have problems, and since this is an account related issue, fill in the Blogger contact form, a link to which is provided in the latest update right at the top of Blogger Support