Block, Restrict To Open Some Websites For Some Limited Time Period

Sometimes it must have happened with you that when you are trying to work with full concentration then the other sites like twitter, Facebook or Flickr are distracting you. Today I will be sharing a solution with you in a very familiar way. All the sites mentioned above may distract you while you want to work with full concentration on your system and in this post I will be sharing a script with your which will help you to block all the sites mentioned above and if you smart enough to understand this script then you can edit it by adding some of the websites on your own.

You can see the snapshot of the change in the host file, where I have block the sites which are mentioned above in the first paragraph. The most common way to restrict any website from getting opened is editing the Host file and this script also uses the same concept. Once you double click the script the host on your system will change and then you will not be able to open the websites mentioned in the website.

The only reason in using this script is that you will not have to edit them every time when you want to work, rather you will just double click the script and once you are over with you work and you want to restore the Host file then double click that script again and then you will be able to work with those blocked websites again. I hope that this small remedy will be very helpful for you, even if you do not want your kids to open these sites if they are using the system for studies.

The size of the script is not even a single and it can be downloaded from the link mentioned below. You just have to unzip it and then use it by double clicking the script which will be extracted from the Zipped file. So, go for using this script and please do write us, if you face any problem while installing or working with this script, just put down your comments in the comments sections and we will revert back in the same section. We might be able to help you as we have already used this script. This script is expected to be compatible with all the versions of Windows as it has been checked with Windows 7 32-bit Ultimate edition. I hope that you will like this small tip, keep reading and have a nice day.

Do not distract Script

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Have Five Fingers Gone Too Far? Check Out This Year’s Casual Lineup

Have Five Fingers Gone Too Far? Check Out This Year’s Casual Lineup

There’s a new religion brewing in the athletic milieu that requisites fitting foot condoms around the phalanges. You know what I’m talking about: the Five Fingers phenomenon. Not dissimilar to the once popular Crocs, Vibram banks on being different as a means of selling shoes. What’s different about Five Fingers is nothing entirely new, in fact, it dates back to thousands of years ago: perambulating barefoot. While it makes sense to use your natural foot articulation to cushion the blow from today’s hard surfaces, Vibram may have taken it a bit too far with this year’s Five Fingers, with what they are calling “Casual Shoes”.
Don’t get me wrong, there is nothing better than running/weight lifting in Five Fingers, but frankly the style is daft. Tony Post, the company’s CEO says, “Our new casual footwear introductions [offer] dedicated consumers more alternatives for all aspects of their daily lives.” Their customers can now have winter boots, club shoes and tennis shoes. Next year, I hope they don’t come out with the business shoe.
The TrekLS is $140 and is made with kangaroo leather, complete with shoe laces and a loop, swoop and pull. They look really good, right up ’til about the toes.
Next they have the Bormio: an ankle-high, black zip-up boot also made of kangaroo, priced at $160.

Women get their own winter boot (pictured above), or “cold-weather lifestyle boot.” It runs all the way up the calf and has a thicker midsole for cushioning and warmth. Not sure if the 5.5mm midsole detracts from the original minimalistic goals.

Last but not least, there is the $100 Speed model. It looks like a classic running shoe, including colored mesh in white, black or blue.
It’s not like these can’t catch on, we’ve seen worse in the past. It’s just that I think the company has gone beyond their original goal of healthy excercise and into the realm of “let’s make profits.” Hopefully, it doesn’t compromise the original mission. And, it just might if sorority girls begin to trade in their UGGs for these uglies.

8 Websites That Give You Tips On Job Interview Questions and Answers

Facing a job interview board probably comes right below public speaking on a fear list. Many of us liken it to a third-degree interrogation. But heck, do a few and you’ll find it’s not too bad at all. Every veteran interviewee will tell you that being prepared is half the battle won. A technical interview might be a different ball game though.

Sometimes, the most matter of fact questions can knock you off kilter. The ‘tell me about yourself’ interview ice-breaker makes the ‘most difficult interview questions’ list quite often. A smart off the cuff answer works, but it works better if you have the answer prepared.

If preparation is the key, browse through these eight interview websites and bulletproof your job search with the wealth of technical and non-technical interview questions and answers listed there.

CareerCup

Careercup is a resource of tech interview questions from companies like Microsoft, Google, Amazon, and a lot of others. The site was started in 2005, so to date the bank of questions is 3,000 strong. You can trawl through the questions by using the dropdown for Companies, Job Titles, and Topics. The answers and solutions are supplied by the community of readers. You can add your own interview questions and also engage with others in the chat room.

Glassdoor

We have featured this free career website and community before but it was as a salary comparison tool. Since then, the site has come out of beta and developed into a deeper microscope for the job market with company reviews, salary comparisons, and interview tips. The site lists interview questions across the spectrum of job listings from sales to technology. The site is well organized with each company getting a page that starts with an overview and hives off into details like interview difficulty rating, questions asked, and other information like background checks, interview schedules, etc. It’s definitely is one of the better job information sites out there.

Monster

The go-to site for career and job listing information has a well covered career advice section with a section devoted to interviewing. Check out all the articles listed under The Tough Questions. A few hints from How to Answer Five Difficult Interview Questions and 100 Potential Interview Questions should help you ace any interview.

Job Search (About.com)

The wide variety of guides on About.com is always more than useful. It’s the same with the roll of interview questions and best answers for each of them. Follow all the links and check them out.

Management Consulting Case Interviews

We move away from all the general and technical interview websites with this one. As the name says, the site is all about in-depth interview questions for those who are interested in getting into management consulting. The case studies are arranged by type, industry, and consulting firm.

Xor Swap

The technical interview website is simple in looks but its list of actual interview questions asked by IT companies could be more than useful. Each question also has the answer and you can add your own. Filter the questions against the company using the list of companies on the right.

Geek Interview

The site of course, has a nicely laid out interview preparation section with a lot of questions for the software programmer or coder. The site leans towards the Indian IT scene but the questions should be universal for an IT interview. The site also has tutorials on technology, tech articles, career related articles, job postings, certification questions and guides, online tests and other study aids.

Common Interview

The website with a barebones search engine-like interface is actually a dynamic, community driven collection of most common general purpose and technical interview questions. The search box gave me a bunch of unrelated results (the Advanced Search targets them better), so I guess it’s better to use the menu on the top. Not all questions have answers but the collection of interview questions and answers is quite large.

Armed with the best answers, you can further polish your interview tackling skills with 5 Sites with Job Interview Tips to Help You Ace Your Interview or take the visual route with 5 Video Channels for Learning Basic Job Interview Skills. As you prepare for the next ‘blind date’ with the job board, let us know about the toughest interview question you ever had to counter.

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How to Embed a PDF Document Into Your Website

Zoho Docs

Zoho is suite of superb office and productivity applications, among which is a web-based viewer that supports a lot more formats than Google Docs, including but not limited to Microsoft Excel spreadsheets, RTF (rich text format) files, as well as OpenDocument text, presentation and spreadsheet files. Unlike the Google Docs Viewer, the Zoho Docs Viewer lets you upload a file you own (which you can publish so it will have a short, shareable URL) or paste the URL in the main page. Once you’ve uploaded your file and are viewing it online, you can grab the embed code at the Embed tab. There’s no required sign-up process.

This viewer doubles up as a handy conversion service, which allows you to convert any of the supported document files to other file types.

Google Docs

For a simple web-based PDF viewer that can also display PowerPoint files, TIFF images, Microsoft Word documents, Google Docs also offers a viewer. If all you’re looking for is the document viewer, you don’t even have to visit that page. You just need to have published your PDF document so you can get the URL of the stored document and append it to the Google Docs Viewer address at http://docs.google.com/viewer so it just becomeshttp://docs.google.com/viewer?url=yourURLhere. Since the path also accepts the embedparameter, you can also embed a PDF document viewer in your website with iframes. Just copy the embed code on the Google Docs Viewer page.

Scribd

Scribd is a slightly different breed when it comes to sites that allow document embedding. It is actually a document-sharing website for authors that want to publish their works online. You need to sign up for an account in order to finish uploading documents to Scribd, but once you do, you’ll have a beautiful viewer for your piece. Scribd also allows you to import any documents from Google Docs, as well as to create a document from pasted text.

If you’re an author and have lots of works you’d like to share or sell, you can use Scribd and other popular document-sharing websites, such as DocStoc, Issuu, YouPublish, edocr (the free account has limited functionality) and YUDU, which really have a sharing focus so your documents can get as exposed as possible.

If you’d rather not use a third-party document viewer, FlexPaper will likely be the best option for you as a website owner.

It is an open-source web-based document viewer that you can download for non-commercial purposes at this website and upload it to your site.

5 Sites To Boost Your Brain Fitness With Fun Games & Puzzles

Do we tune up our brain as frequently as we do our cars? The most wonderful organ ever patented by God is left on its own in the skull as we go on with the chores of life. The jury is still out on whether brain games and brain exercises can really make you ‘smarter’. The weight of opinion does point to the fact that constantly working our brain does make it sharper.

Intelligence goes deep, so rather than go into the grammar of it, let’s say that smarter or sharper, brain games are fun. And playing them all day through won’t make smoke come out of our ears. Fun brain games though can improve our skills when it comes to logic and cognition. For the elderly, brain games are as vital as physical activity.

So here are five resources for brain workouts that help to wake up those grey cells.

Lumosity

Lumosity trains your brain with 30 targeted brain games and exercises. The specialized brain training web application comes in both free and paid subscription versions. The library of games relate to speed, memory, attention, flexibility, and problem solving. The full suite of games is open to subscribers only, though those with a free account can play quite a few games across the board.

The games are well designed: the Birdwatching game works on your visual processing skills and concentration. Lumosity also has multiple courses designed by experts that bolster weak areas like weak memory, problem solving, math skills, and also brain related medical conditions like ADHD and TBI.  Don’t forget to take their free Brain Grade test.

Sharp Brains

Sharp Brains is actually a blog that keeps tabs on the brain fitness and cognitive health industry. So expect to find a lot of articles on brain health and the use of digital tools to enhance our mental muscles. The site also tries to raise social awareness on the importance of regularly exercising our mental faculties. One way is through the site’s newsletter. But if you are itching to put your brain through the paces head straight to the Teasers section. The large lineup of links to brain games, puzzles, and illusions could keep you occupied for some time.

Braingle

Braingle is a community driven website that says it has the largest collection of brain teasers, riddles, logic problems, quizzes and mind puzzles on the web. 20,000 of them is a large number. Being a part of the community helps as enthusiastic members constantly keep the site updated with the freshest picks of games. As a free member, you can also subscribe to the daily teaser.  Check out the Mentalrobics section for some cool brain workouts and articles on topics like stress management and memory.

Smart-Kit

At Smart-Kit, you get to cross train your brain on a variety of puzzles and games. All games are meant to be kid safe and designed to stimulate free thinking and problem solving. Some games like the Memory Match Game are easy while you might have to scratch your head when it comes to playing Take Something Literally. The Lateral Thinking games (which comes under the category marked – More) deserve a special mention here.

Brain Training 101

The founder of this brain training site (Erin Matlock) is a Mensa candidate. But what’s more interesting about the site is that it’s part of a larger bouquet of web services that includes acommunity website and a TV channel. But if you want to stay on in this site, then the range of interactive brain games should keep you engrossed. For instance, noticing a drop in my concentration powers, I took the Stroop Test Flash game. It’s a simple game where you have to match the text color with the color of the ball. But this simple game also tells you if your focus starts to flag.

Games by their very nature call for a lot of co-ordination and mental skills. Take a game like Tetris or the classic Simon Says and you can ‘reverse engineer’ it as a game for brain exercise. Search among our games apps and you are sure to find many more that can be used to jog thebrain. Apart from games there are many more ways to enhance brain fitness online. Tell us about your favorite fun brain games.

Facts About the Solar System and Universe

As the Earth Rotates On Its axis, a point on Ecuador is moving at about 1.600 km per hour. In STI revolution around the Sun, the Earth travels about 30 km per second. On a day goes more Than 2.5 million km

It is paradoxical That the diameter of Earth's orbit is Almost Exactly One Thousand Times Greater Than the distance light travels in one second.

The Earth's annual journey around the Sun is Nearly a billion miles to ten-year-old has ten billion miles Traveled Almost Even If You Have never left the town in Which They Live.

Turning Itself on the Milky Way, the Sun and Its planets move about 250 km per second. Even so, the Sun Takes about 200 million years to make a full rotation around the center of the galaxy.

The galaxies Are Rapidly moving from Each Other in the universe. Some of Them More Than travel 100 000 km per second.

It Would Take More Than a million just like Earth areas to an area equal to That of the Sun

Some large "flares" that come from the Sun (solar prominence) Reach a height of Several Hundreds of Thousands of kilometers. Highest on record 1.6 million kilometers WAS:

Would it take 27 000 million suns for an area as large as the red giant star Epsilon Aurigae Called.

Every hour, about a million meteorites Reaching Our atmosphere. Almost everyone, with very FEW exceptions, disintegrate, Before Reaching Earth's surface. However, the meteorites May represents real hazard to space travel.

In Our Milky Way galaxy There Are at least 200.000 million stars.

It is Known That the universe has more Than one hundred billion galaxies.

If all the stars in the Milky Way Have name, Would it take 4.000 years to say them all, Assuming it to comment one per second Without stopping.

In all the galaxies together Probably Should Have as Many Stars There Are as grains of sand on all beaches of the globe.

The nearest star to Our Sun is 40 billion miles from it.

Despit the millions of stars Existing space is not too busy. Is so filled with stars as it South America squirrels Would Be If There Were Only three of them to be running all over the continent.

The length of Our galaxy is about 100 000 light years (100 000 times 10 trillion km).

Our Sun is about 30 000 light years (30 000 times 10 billion km) from the center of the Milky Way.

The Great Spiral in Andromeda is the Nearest Galaxy to Our Milky Way. Is at a distance of over 2 million light years (20 trillion km).

Distant galaxies seen with Can Be Are Our telescopes at a distance of about 2 000 million light years, about mind.

The surface temperature of the Sun is 6 000 ° C. Inside Reaches 14 million degrees.

In one year, the Sun uses 22 trillion tons of hydrogen to produce the energy it radiates. Despit But this, ITS reserves of hydrogen will allow you to still exist for billions of years.

The Crab Nebula is an Immense cloud of gas That extends over 25 000 billion km from 5 000 years ago, the nebula is growing by 1,000 km per second.

A spoonful of matter Which Way Certain stars (dwarf stars) on Earth Would weigh over a ton.

The pull of gravity on the surface of the dwarf star That Came to Sirius (Sirius B) is Greater Than 250 000 times Earth's surface.