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.

There are some very popular video sharing sites and we all know its name. There is no need to tell that but if you are interested in sports related videos and you search for keyword say hockey or some other sport then you will get all the videos which may have hockey in keyword. This is a big problem. I came to know about a site called SportsVids which is a video sharing site. It looks very nicely designed, easy to signup and you can start uploading your videos within seconds. Easy to join here means they don’t ask you to fill up a form which takes your whole screen and ask you for several funny verification methods. Your account gets approved instantly. I found sports vids site easy to navigate and uploading sports videos was a breeze. Not only uploading but watching online sports videos is smooth and does not take much time to buffer. There are number of sports clips available on this site and since every minute someone is uploading a cool video, you will have fresh videos to see every time you visit the site. They are also running a contest in which you have to invite people to this cool site and the more people you invite, more points you get and at last the member with most points will get prize. Prizes are new xBox 3360, tickets to Michigan vs. Penn State and $100 Gift Certificate from Dick’s Sporting Goods. Here’s my link if you would like to signup: http://sportsvids.com/index.php?contest=TWpZMg==

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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.

If you have still not started investing then you should start thinking about it right now. It’s something you should not miss in life. People from many years are in this field and earning a lot from investing. Earlier not many people were able to make maximum profit from buying stocks and investing as not everyone was armed with the tools available today. Internet brings these tools even to the reach of common man. If you become a member at Inner 8 website which is a community of investors also, you can have access to many important tools which will help you in making a wise decision in investment. Since it’s also a community of like minded people who are doing hard work in investment field, you are definitely going to get benefit from this community and make even more money with the help of such a helpful community. So many benefits, tools and ideas, you must be thinking that there will be some catch and must be some kind of fee involved. I will surprise you by telling that it’s all completely free. You are not required to pay any money to become a member, use the online tools and interact with the community members. When you will become a member and log in, you will be presented with a nice interface account with everything you need easily accessible. You will learn to use the site in few minutes without any need of user manual. I really liked the way market forecast is shown in my Inner 8 account control panel; don’t forget to check out that.

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.