When it comes to prescription glasses, one name that always comes in everyone’s mind is Zenni. If you don’t know about Zenni Optical then let me tell you that they are well known for selling low cost prescription glasses and those glasses don’t look cheap at all. At the starting price of just $8, they are offering a good quality product which has satisfied everyone who purchased. You can look at the positive feedbacks of so many people here who had bought Zenni products. My personal opinion is that eyeglasses are still the best option for people with weak eyesight as they are completely safe and offer additional protection to eyes like from UV rays and dust etc. There are potochromic lenses available from Zenni which change color when you move out in sun and become darker to save your eyes from sun glare and UV rays while when you are in room, they become just like clear glass for ease of reading and better visibility in low light condition. So this way you don’t need to carry a sunglass with you always. Some people will ask why they are selling such good product at low price, reason is that they manufacture these glasses and frames themselves and do not include any middlemen for selling their product plus they don’t spend a lot on advertisement.

You are writing something worth reading everyday and also spend a lot of time gathering traffic for your blog but you are not getting much appreciation for you work! This means that not all the visitors are reading those texts on your blogs which you spend hours to write. Simply bringing visitors but getting no real response is just like winning that race but not getting the prize and acknowledgement. If you are facing this problem then do one thing, open your blog right now and look at some old post which you might have forgot and then for time being forget that you are the owner of the blog. Now try to read your blog as a visitor just like you read other blogs. Notice how user friendly your blog is, note down everything like font site, are they comfortable enough to read or not, any kind of flashy advertisement that may be distracting (or annoying), background color too bight or too dull causing eye strain (headache?) etc.

After you have done your research and complied a report, start fixing those issues and take a look again. Repeat until you are satisfied. You can also look at top blogs and take some hint from there. Ask some of your online friends (tell them to be honest) to check for you if they are experiencing the difference. Enjoy the better blogging (and rewarding) experience!

Linux turns 17 today and in these 17 years it has evolved so much that it can be seen almost everywhere, from school books to office computers and hey even my smart phone runs on Linux! Today 6th October was the day when world saw its first Linux, it came to existence from a post made on usernet named Linux. No one would have thought that Linux will come to this stage giving trouble to software giant Microsoft. From the consumer point of view, Windows is still the preferred OS and home pc are always found to have windows installed but for commercial use where security is more important than ease of use, Linux is the way to go. This gave rise to Linux flavors like Red Hat which are premium and comes with support just like any other paid software.

After checking the papers, you are not almost ready to buy the car. But wait, hold your excitement and for a moment think that it’s your own car and see what things you are going to change in it. Maybe an indicator glass with a fine crack which first owner did not cared to replace but you will do it. Make a total of these small costs and try to negotiate with the price. Once you have come to a point where no further negotiation can be done, note down everything on a paper like car make, model, km run, condition of the car and just anything you noticed maybe good or bad with price (+ minor repair cost if any) and tell the owner that you will contact him in few days after checking few more cars. Yes, you are going to check more cars and you should always tell the truth. In your city you will find more cars of same model for re-sale but don’t bother hunting them. Ask a broker to find a car of your preferred model and when he shows you the car, compare with that you have noted on paper. If you happen to find a better deal, go for it other wise stick with your first finding.

When you have bought the car, you need to do few things before you start driving it regularly. There are few things that you should consider changing in a used car. These are: seat covers, floor mat, and steering wheel cover (if any). These things are like clothes of the inside of your car and if you change them, car feels like new from inside. If these items are in quite good condition (say almost new) then its fine just getting them cleaned. Spend some time looking at your car closely, fall in love with it, take snaps and post it in your online community if you happen to be a member of any kind of online community website. This will give you inner satisfaction and you will not think that you wasted money.

When you dream to have a car of your own but not have enough budget then second hand car is the obvious choice. With little precautions while buying, you can get a good car which will give you fun of a new car. To clear the confusion, remember one golden rule and that is to see the overall condition of the car. Look inside, outside, under the hood, below the carpet and just anywhere you can reach and see how young the car looks. You don’t need to have any technical knowledge to do this inspection. Everyone can judge symmetry so you can easily judge the symmetry in the car body. Stand in front of the car and look carefully if both the sides of the car look of exact size or not. Check all the wheels, if they are misaligned then its not a big deal, you can get it aligned easily for few hundred rupees but if the tyres are not in center of the wheel arch, then it’s a big problem and the vehicle is in bad shape. You can either notice it by bringing the steering in center and then looking at tyres from some distance or look for scratch marks on mud flaps because if tyres are in not in correct place, they will rub against mud flap while turning. You cannot judge this by driving the car because car runs perfectly balanced even if they have this problem. So if you see this problem in a car, don’t buy it. It requires apron change which includes taking out of engine and dashboard from the car so you can estimate the mechanic bill you will be getting while not forgetting that car apron is itself a costly item.

So if you find a car in good condition then next thing is to drive it and notice clutch slag, notice if it’s slipping, how much power the car is giving out and overall handling. If you are not experienced with this stuff then take someone who drives car a lot. Now when you are satisfied with the ride, check the vehicle papers. Checking paper is important when you are buying car from someone who you don’t know.

To be continued in part 2…

Most of the time I look on my phone to see a missed call and I see an unknown number. If the phone number is in my phone directory, it will show the name instead of number and I will call back that person but just a phone number means the number is not in my phone directory. Till now I used to clear up the missed call details but still think for sometime that who called me and why. But now I can trace a phone number from phoneinfotracer.com website and know who called me. Isn’t this amazing! All I have to do is enter the phone number and the name and address of the person called me is displayed. The number you enter to see details is not saved anywhere on website server and no record is kept so its 100% confidential. Its also very useful when someone is disturbing you over phone and you want to complain against him, you can provide more information in your complain. There are many other uses of this great service in our day to day life and I am sure you will find it very useful.

Computer literate people know how much secure and powerful UNIX operating system is but we still use windows because it’s more useful to common man. However in times when you have to study UNIX, you have no choice but install some Linux flavor on your PC just for learning UNIX commands and scripts. However as the title of this post says, you can learn UNIX on your Windows system too! Telnet and free UNIX account provider like sdf.lonestar.org makes this possible. All you have to do is type: telnet sdf.lonestar.org in the run box and you will be connected to a UNIX system where you can create free UNIX account. This account remain active for 100 days but if you want it to be forever then you have to pay a tiny fee of 1$ (or 5$ via paypal). This service is best for students who want to learn UNIX without messing up with their existing operating system.