Pathik Shah

Ubuntu 10.04 has a special Netbook Edition which is optimized for devices with smaller displays and low power processors. This tutorial will show you how to install Ubuntu 10.04 on your EEE PC or any other netbook.

How to Install Ubuntu 10.04 on your Netbook

First of all, download UNE (Ubuntu Netbook Edition) from Ubuntu Netbook Edition Download

Next, download W32DiskImager and burn the Ubuntu image onto a USB drive.

After the bootable Ubuntu Netbook Edition image has been burnt successfully on the USB drive, insert the USB drive into your netbook and boot from it.

You can either boot from the live USB or install it on your netbook hard drive.

Link: Ubuntu

This tutorial will explain How to receive and read SMS messages via AT commands on a GSM modem or a mobile phone.

Open Microsoft Hyperterminal or Minicom (Linux) after connecting your phone / GSM modem to the PC.

Type this to check if your GSM modem supports the SMS text mode.

AT+CMGF=1 [ENTER]

It should return OK if it does.

Next, type

AT+CPMS=? [ENTER]

This will display the message storage modes your GSM modem / mobile phone supports.

These are the types of message storage modes

SM – SIM Card
ME – Phone Storage
MT – SIM Card + Phone Storage
BM – Broadcast Messages
SR – Status Reports

Next, select the message storage mode.

AT+CPMS=”MT” [ENTER]

This will read the messages from the SIM as well as device memory.

Now you can list the messages in the selected storage.

Type

AT+CMGL=”ALL” [ENTER] to display all the messages.

AT+CMGL=”REC_READ” [ENTER] to display the read messages.

AT+CMGL=”REC_UNREAD” [ENTER] to display the unread messages.

The messages will be listed in this format -

+CMGL: “index”,”status”,”mobile_number”,,”date,time”
text message content

You can also read the message index to read the SMS.

AT+CMGR=5 [ENTER] will read the 5th SMS.

To delete the 5th message, type

AT+CMGD=5 [ENTER]

This tutorial will explain How to send SMS messages via AT commands using a GSM modem or a mobile phone.

Open Microsoft Hyperterminal or Minicom (Linux) after connecting your phone / GSM modem to the PC.

Type this to check if your GSM modem supports the SMS text mode.

AT+CMGF=1 [ENTER]

It should return OK if it does.

Next, type

AT+CMGS=”+911234512345″ [ENTER]

Message text to sent by SMS

[CTRL]+[Z]

where “+911234512345″ is the recipient’s phone number. After typing the message, press [CTRL+Z] to send the message.

If the message was sent successfully, the GSM modem will respond with a message ID like

+CMGS:XX

Today, Facebook officially released its social plugins as part of its world domination plans. Now you can like every page on the internet and share it on Facebook. For website owners, it can be a great source of traffic.

This tutorial will show you how to add the Facebook Like Button to your WordPress Blog.

Go to http://developers.facebook.com/plugins

Select the Like Button Plugin – http://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/plugins/like

Customize the button as you want -

Select the layout, width, font etc and click on Get Code. Keep the dummy URL as it is – http://developers.facebook.com/

For static pages, you can directly enter the URL and get the code.

If you have a WordPress blog, you can get dynamically generate Like buttons for every page without having to generate new code every time.

The sample code for my blog is
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<iframe src=”http://www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pathikshah.com%2F&amp;layout=button_count&amp; show_faces=false&amp; width=450&amp; action=like&amp; font=trebuchet+ms&amp; colorscheme=light” scrolling=”no” frameborder=”0″ allowTransparency=”true” style=”border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:px”></iframe>
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Replace the blog URL with

<?php_the_permalink();?>

Just copy this code if you want -
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<iframe src=”http://www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=<?php_the_permalink();?>&amp; layout=button_count&amp;show_faces=false&amp; width=450&amp; action=like&amp; font=trebuchet+ms&amp; colorscheme=light” scrolling=”no” frameborder=”0″ allowTransparency=”true” style=”border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:px”></iframe>
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This will automatically create Facebook Like buttons for every page of your blog. Just place this code in your sidebar or on single.php of your WordPress theme.

This is the code I added on single.php just below the page title.
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<iframe src=”http://www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=<?php the_permalink();?>;&amp ;layout=button_count&amp; show_faces=false&amp; width=80&amp;action=like&amp; font=trebuchet+ms &amp; colorscheme=light” scrolling=”no” frameborder=”0″ allowTransparency=”true” style=”border:none; overflow:hidden; width:80px; height:20px”></iframe>
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Just tinker with the code and add it to your blog. If you have any doubts, leave a comment.

This tutorial will show you How to add the Google Buzz Share button on your WordPress or Blogspot/Blogger blog.

Get the Google Buzz Button code

Visit http://www.google.com/buzz/stuff and get the code for the Post to Buzz button. Keep all the options set to their default values. Copy the Buzz button code.

Add the Google Buzz Button to WordPress Blog

Just browse to your <blog directory>/wp-content/<theme directory>/single.php

Add the code depending on where you want your button.

Try inserting the code just after <div class=entry>. Align / Float the button to the left if you want to.

Save the file and open any post in your WordPress blog. You should see a Post to Buzz button with the Buzz count.

Google Buzz WordPress Plugin

If you don’t want to mess with the code,  just download this Google Buzz Plugin for WordPress and install it.

Add the Google Buzz Button to Blogspot/Blogger Blog

Sign in to your Blogger Dashboard and goto Layout > Edit HTML.

Add the Buzz Button code in the theme code where you want to place the button. The exact location will vary with the theme.