you've already gone back... things went back to being acapella again...
arrived in my room at around 10pm. the taxi ride back was rm10. usually it won't hit ten bucks, but it's close - so i decided to give the uncle something extra, to get into the raya spirit (akin to the christmas spirit)...
came back to an almost empty block. most of the rooms are already dark. only a select few (most likely to be occupied by non-malay students) remain. and i remembered that i left the computer running after i left on the evening of 3rd september. i also distinctively remember setting an auto shut down. but it didn't work, the computer was still running. so i restarted it. i need to figure out how to get it to auto shut down.
i have always liked the windows gadgets feature, allowing me to have a screen like one of those futuristic flicks (pity i don't have a touchscreen - any idea on how to change this regular screen to a touchscreen?) or another closer-to-home instance: the apple iphone/ipad/ipod main page. but the windows gallery online didn't feature many (quality) gadgets: most of them are third-party created. and i like to see the graphically-superior ones, with a glass-like texture like the apple apps tab.
quite disappointed with the windows' website offerings, i just typed "windows 7 gadgets" into google to find other sites with (hopefully) better-looking third party widgets. lo and behold, i am introduced to another alternative: yahoo widgets.
it has the features that i look for the most: functionality, aesthetics, and of course, light on the system as well as being FOC. after installing the widget application, i am presented with the starter kit. it consists of an analog clock, digital clock, email checker, stocks viewer, itunes player, weather updater, battery level viewer and planner. i deleted stocks and itunes, and i searched around the yahoo widgets website for a mini music player and system status viewer (another two widgets that i'm looking for).
these are the ones currently active on my desktop:
1 - microplayer: i love this. i've been searching for a miniplayer because winamp would make the system sluggish, and WMP itself is a sluggish player.
2 - digital clock: no more peeking to the small font of the taskbar. BAM! the time is here. changeable colors, and it even chimes every hour/half-hour/15minutes! :D
3 - weather: great one. i love the apple-esque glass graphics, the image of the current eather, and five-day forecast (though not necessarily accurate). it even features humidity, wind speed/direction and all that jazz!
4 - Y!Mail checker: it's turned on, but i don't use Y!mail often; would love to see one for MSN Mail though.
5 - battery status: not really required, but i turn it on for show-off anyways :P
6 - CPU status: LOVE this - the color for status and the shape can be changed!
there's still more widgets to find and install :)
if you haven't noticed, i've set the taskbar to a smaller option - i don't like small logos that are blown up to fit the big taskbar and thus gets pixelated. besides, i'll lose precious screen real estate :P
p/s: IMYA... thanks for the precious gift - can't stop hugging it! :D
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