About time!

Google Talk and AIM Finally a Reality

Nearly two years after Google strategically invested $1 Billion for 5% stake of AOL, Google Talk and AIM services will finally be integrated.

I’ve just signed up to run in the Habitat for Humanity 12 Annual Home Run, hosted by Stanford University, so I’m going to need your help in donating some money towards the organization!

One sack of cement……..

$10

One sturdy front door………
$275

One complete kitchen………..
$5,000

Giving a hard working family a chance to own their own home…

Priceless .

Participate in the 12th Annual Stanford Habitat for Humanity Home Run!

It is a 5K/10K walk/ run benefiting Habitat for Humanity and Global Partners for Development on Sunday, Nov 11.

Habitat for Humanity works with people from all walks of life to develop communities and build affordable ownership housing, in which families can live, grow and build their future. These families receive a “hand up,” rather than a “hand out.” Partner families invest 500 hours of their own labor—sweat equity—into building their houses alongside community and corporate volunteers. After the house is built, it is sold to partner families at no profit and financed with zero interest mortgages. These payments will go towards the construction of other homes.

Global Partners for Development partners with local communities in Eastern Africa, striving to end poverty and hunger through numerous projects that include development of clean water sources, child nutrition, medical and health care, primary and vocational education, and women’s economic self-reliance.

Race Details:
Location : Pac 10 Plaza (next to Stanford Stadium)
Race Course: 5K walk/run and 10k run courses wind through campus along Campus Dr.
Registration Fees:
Pre-registration (By Nov. 4th) = $10 for Stanford Students; $25 other runners/walkers
Day of registration (Nov. 11th) = $15 for Stanford Students; $30 other runners/walkers

Ways to Register:
1) Online at http://www.active.com/page/Event_Details.htm?event_id=1461062
2) Fill out a flyer ( http://www.stanford.edu/group/habitat/hr07flyerfront.pdf) and mail to:
Stanford Habitat for Humanity
Haas Center for Public Service
Stanford University
562 Salvatieera Walk
Stanford, CA 94305
3) On Race Day starting at 7:45am in Pac 10 Plaza.

DONATIONS and FUNDRAISING:
If you are unable to participate in the event, but would still like to help Habitat for Humanity and Global Partners for Development make a tangible difference in the lives of families, you can donate or fundraise online at http://www.active.com/donate/homerun07. Our online donations goal for the Home Run 2007 is $5000! The award for the top fundraiser of this event will win a plane ticket courtesy American Airlines.

For More info: habitat.stanford.edu

-Stanford Habitat for Humanity
562 Salvatierra Walk
Stanford, CA 94305
stanfordhomerun@gmail.com

Just found this info. Didn’t know we could share starred items from our Google Reader. Cool!

Share Starred Items, from Google Reader

Easily share starred items in Google Reader with this simple how-to from Tech-Recipes:

* From Google Reader, click the Settings Link in the upper right hand corner.
* Click the Tags tab.
* Click the Private link beside your starred items.
* The text will change to public and links will appear that allow you to share your starred items feed link.

I recently bought a nice-looking external hard drive from Vantec. Since I have both PC and Mac, I need to format the hard drive in FAT32 filesystem and by Windows Vista’s disk management, it doesn’t give you the option to format with FAT32, only in NTFS. That’s no good because Mac cannot write to NTFS, it can only read the filesystem. With some Googling, there is a turnaround to this. The command line is your solution.

1. Go to ‘run’ from the start button and type ‘cmd’ to bring up the command window.
2. Type this in the command line: format (Drive letter): /FS:FAT32

That’s all! The format process will take a while, at least it will give you the percent it’s completing at.