5 ways to spend your Paypal credits online if you can’t withdraw it

Posted on June 15, 2008 by Jon Moffet

There are plenty of reason why people seems to be unable to withdraw their Paypal money from their account. One of the main reason is that Paypal prohibit users from certain countries from withdrawing their Paypal account into local bank account, and getting a US checking account incurs additional costs that might not justify its use.

Afraid not, because here are 5 ideas how you can spend your Paypal credit online, and let it not go to waste.

Bid items on Ebay – Ebay has many local websites, all of it supports Paypal as a method of payment. So why don’t you leverage this with your paypal credits?
Send flowers to your loved ones – Sites like Flowers.com.my offers variety of gifts and flowers on special occasion for your loved ones. You can show your appreciation by sending them bouquet of flowers
Get domain names, SSL cert or whois protection – Websites like Namecheap.com, provides an easy to use interface which enables you to obtain and manage your domain name more effectively. They offers SSL certificate at a reasonable price too!
Get your own VPS – You can get VPS account and run your own Web hosting company or your own SQL Server with RapidVPS. Payable using Paypal account of course
Order books online – What more better thing you can do other than reading books? You can browse the most popular books, read reviews and order books online on Barnes & Noble

How to Embed MP3 player in blogger.com (BlogSpot) blogs

Posted on May 19, 2007 by Jon Moffet

Users of Google Blogger.com service might find their option is a bit limiting compared to hosted WordPress blogger when it comes to embedding MP3 player on their posts. This is due to the restricted nature of blogger.com service compared to self hosted WordPress, which can be extended with countless plugins.

However, don’t be discouraged as Google Operating System blog has provided us with a solution to embed MP3 player in Google Blogger.com service. Please refer to : Embed MP3 Files Into Your Website for further instructions

[tags]wordpress,blogger,blogger.com,blogs,blog,mp3,flash[/tags]

HugeURL – the opposite service of TinyURL

Posted on May 19, 2007 by Jon Moffet

Users of TinyURL might be aware of the useful website that offer service to shorten a long url in the forms of http://tinyurl.com/xxxxx , but have you ever heard about HugeURL?

HugeURL is a complete opposite of TinyURL which actually expand shorter URL to fill browser’s address bar.

Here’s a sample of HugeURL output of http://tipvista.com:

http://www.hugeurl.com/?OTMyYTIxNzY4YzBmYzc0ZTg2MzBjYWQ0Mjgz
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Visit HugeURL because “Because bigger is better, right?”

[tags]tinyurl,url,http,website,services[/tags]

Sitemeter received new facelift!

Posted on May 10, 2007 by Jon Moffet

Sitemeter – a free web statistic service has received a new face lift today which replaces its old 1990s look with a new green and snappy (albeit still Web 1.0) look. At the time of this writing, I still I can’t find additional features on Sitemeter free account, although they have changed some of the stats labeling to a new name (but with the same functionality) – (Weekly,Monthly,Yearly)->(Previous 7 days, Previous 30 days, Previous 12 Months)

The latest facelift is nice, but I would rather stick to Google Analytics account as it give me more detailed statistics than the other free web statistic tool available on the internet.

[tags]statistic,stats,web stats,sitemeter,internet,freestuff[/tags]

PPCalc – Paypal Payment fee calculator

Posted on May 4, 2007 by Jon Moffet

PPCalc is useful website that can calculate PayPal payment fee. This is useful if you’re planning sell product and service on the internet using Paypal.

By using the fee calculator, you can determine the exact amount of money you will get (minus fee) when the customers pay you, thus it will give you the general idea on the revenue you’re getting.

Reverse Fee Calculator
Another useful feature of this website is the Reverse fee calculator, which can be use when you want to make sure the person you’re sending money to receive the *exact* amount you’re intending to send.

For example, if you’re owe Brian USD10 and then you decided to pay him using Paypal, you need to make sure that Brian receive USD10 even after Paypal deducted processing fees.

PPCalc takes care of this problem by calculating the payment markups you need to add in order for Brian to receive USD10 after the processing fees (in this case you need to send USD10.66).

In conclusion, PPCalc provide you with a handy tool to calculate Paypal processing fee for your convenience to send or receive payments across the internet.

[tags]paypal,payment processor,calculator,e-commerce,ecommerce,credit card,ccnow[/tags]

The Copyrighted Illegal Numbers

Posted on May 4, 2007 by Jon Moffet

Observe the numbers !
09-F9-11-02-9D-74-E3-5B-D8-41-56-C5-63-56-88-C0

For the past 48 hours, the blogosphere was swarmed by posts regarding this hex number which is the key to decrypt protected content of High Definition DVD (HD DVD) media (AACS).

The numbers is being posted all over the internet as part of the ‘Spread this number’ campaign when the general public was angered by the DMCA takedown notice issued by AACS LA on websites that merely publishes “a number”.

It was argued that nobody can’t own a mere ‘number’ – let alone restrict other people from using it solely because it is being use as an encryption key to protect media content.

The “Spread this number” call is a step taken by bloggers around the world to overwhelm AACS LA enforcers in order to force them to find a better way to protect their content beside banning people from using “a number”

By the time of this writing, Google.com search for the numbers returns close to 1 million results – a significant increase from a mere 9,140 results when the key was searched on May 1,2007.

Warning: Spreading the numbers on your website can be considered an offense depending on which country you’re living. Spread it at your own risk :p

[tags]numbers,aacs,hd-dvd,hddvd,the number[/tags]

Howto Check Future Google Pagerank Prediction

Posted on March 27, 2007 by Jon Moffet

Curious about your website’s current and future Google Pagerank? You can check it using any of these free tools :

Note that there are no guarantee that any of these tools are entirely accurate because PageRank is entirely dependent on Google’s proprietary algorithm.

PageRank is a page ranking-system employed by Google to determine the value of a webpage, it is the most popular metric for determining the popularity of a website beside Alexa Ranking system.

[tags]google,pagerank,page rank, seo, domain, alexa,pr[/tags]

Real Life “The Simpsons” Advertisement

Posted on March 24, 2007 by Jon Moffet

Ever watched The Simpsons? Then I’m sure you’re familiar with the unique Simpsons opening sequence including the infamous couch gags.

Here’s a real life “The Simpsons” opening sequence specially made by the British SkyTV

[coolplayer width="420" height="360"]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6grHp7kOGMU

[/coolplayer]

Cool isn’t it?

[tags]cartoon,simpsons,bart,marge,the simpsons,fox network,homer[/tags]

Tipvista.com is now hosted on Dreamhost

Posted on March 14, 2007 by Jon Moffet

Tired of downtime and other service interruption, I finally decided to move this blog to Dreamhost.

I’ve been a Dreamhost customers for more than 2 years and I’ve hosted several of my websites there with no problem.

The reason that I kept this blog on its original web hosting company is because of its legacy value (yes, I’m sentimental), but lately I’ve been experiencing several downtime problem in a month that really annoys the hell out of me that I finally decided to change switch it to my trusty Dreamhost account.

The transition was smooth, and I’m able to get “Journal Of Useful Tips” back online in mere minutes.

I don’t know what actually happened to the previous web hosting company, but It seems that they still haven’t manage to get their main website online by the time of this writing, boo hoo.

For what it worth, I will certainly recommend Dreamhost web hosting service to my friends because of its excellent service that exceeds my expectations.

Special :
You can get USD90 DISCOUNT if you enter any of these discount code = “FAKAPED”, “WANGCYBER” when you order a Dreamhost account.

ps: No, I will not disclose the name of my previous web hosting company publicly as I felt sorry for them for losing me. Besides, I’ve backed-up all my files so I’ve no trouble moving out to a better company.

[tags]web hosting,hosting,web,dreamhost,domain[/tags]

Ban IP Address from your website using .htaccess

Posted on February 17, 2007 by Jon Moffet

Some people has their own reasons for banning certain IP Address from accessing their websites.
Some because they want to single out an individual or certain organisation from browing their websites and some one to protect their website from excessing crawling from bad bots or any other form of bot attacks.

Whatever the reasons are, you can ban IP Address from accessing your websites by using Apache .htaccess file.

What you need to do is create add these lines to your .htaccess file and upload it to your web server directory.

Don’t forget to replace xxx with the IP Address that you want to ban.

order allow,deny deny from xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx deny from xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx allow from all

[tags]htaccess, apache,ban,ip address[/tags]

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