Buddha’s life story

The Buddha’s life story reflects some of the challenges that introverts face today. Not much is known about his biography and much of it has been mythologized in later Buddhist hagiography. It is probably best to view the biography of Siddhartha Gautama as parable rather than literal truth.

It appears that for his first twenty-nine years he lived a life of games, hedonistic pleasure, luxury, and courtly life.

In the Anguttara Nikaya, the Buddha said:

I lived in refinement, utmost refinement. A white sunshade was held over me day and night to protect me from cold, heat, dust, dirt, and dew. I had three palaces: one for the cold season, one for the hot season, one for the raining season. During the four months of the rainy season I was entertained in the rainy-season palace by minstrels without a single man among them. 

There is some suggestion that the future Buddha, was an introverted child. When he was born, a Brahmin priest prophesized that he’d either be a great mystic or great king. Only an introvert could pull off both of these occupations where quiet leadership is required. 

During the spring planting festival of his eighth year, Siddhartha withdrew because he was distressed for the soil-dwelling creatures disrupted by the plowing of the fields. He went into meditation under a under a rose apple tree. Introvert written all over that.

Yet, despite his introvert tendencies, his father applied pressures that pushed him in the direction of being a pseudo-extrovert. It is likely that his days were not only filled with entertainment but parties, state functions, and little to no privacy.

Quiet, introspection, and reflection were things his father wanted him to avoid because these may carry him away from his courtly potential. The king feared if his son was exposed the harsh realities of life that he would turn towards philosophy instead of matters of state.

Many of us have had similar pressures applied to us. As introverts, we may have been naturally more introspective and our parents, friends, and teachers tried to draw us out of our shell to be more outgoing, active, and “happy” (as if happiness was defined by being socially popular). The message was we needed to be extroverted to be successful. 

Introversion made us prone to becoming what for Siddhartha was the equivalent of mystics—of no use to a king or extrovert dominated culture. Many of us, myself included, succumbed to these pressures. The good news is that we developed the skills to impersonate extroverts, which does help us to be successful in the extroverted culture.

The bad news is that we were separated from our true nature and may have forgotten that we are introverts and this is where we are at home. In exile, we can feel lost, exhausted, and contracted.

Before reading Susan Cain’s wonderful book Quiet, I didn’t realize that I was comparing myself deficiently to the extrovert ideal. The expectations can be insidious. Reading her book was a revelation and one that continues to unfold.

According to legend, the King had somehow managed to shield the prince from all examples of old age, sickness, and death until he was 29 years old! This is preposterous and, again, think parable not literal. Servants and family members would have no doubt aged, gotten ill, and died during those year.

It’s amazing how often accounts of the Buddha’s early life fail to treat this point with incredulity. Nevertheless, according to the story, seeing these signs provoked Siddhartha to go forth from his previous life to find a way beyond all suffering.

Siddhartha realized that his life as a hedonistic pseudo-extrovert was lacking. Sickness, old age, and death awaited, regardless. Life was suffused by dissatisfaction and he wanted to figure out a method for transcending the pains of life. He went from leisure boy to naked sadhu overnight.

Perhaps that was an overreaction to his circumstances but he was determined. He went into six years of solitary deprivation practicing intensive yogas and meditations that nearly killed him. It was only when he was on the verge of death from starvation that he forged a middle way.

At the encouragement of a young cowherd who offered him some sticky rice on a banana leaf, Siddhartha broke his vows of deprivation. The rice fortified him to sit under the pipal tree (later known as the Bodhi Tree) until he reached his awakening. 

Siddhartha did not awaken as the result of a group brainstorming session; he found it in the process of deep meditation. Quiet. Alone. Concentrated. He found what he was looking for in between the extremes of indulgence and denial.

That middle path is a good model for introverts (and extroverts) today. It consists of a balance of introvert and extrovert activities, nurturing and refining both. A base of solitude can be found in meditation practice yet it is also connected with others in the community of like-minded practitioners called the sangha.

The middle of this middle path is mindfulness. It was a key to his realization under the pipal tree 2500 years ago. He noticed how his mind would move from the phenomenological experience of now, to stories, abstractions, and concepts. Suffering could be found in the departures from the moment but not in the raw experience of breathing in this moment.  

What happened under that tree is often described as “enlightenment” but awakening is a more accurate term. When people encountered him after this experience, his presence impressed them and they inquired as to what had happened. He told them, “I am awake.”

Awake in Pali is “buddho.” A buddha is one who is awake. There is nothing superhuman about it. Awakening is available to everyone, introverts and extroverts alike when we can refine our introspective self-monitoring skills. 

The Buddha feared that people might not understand his realization, yet after some consideration he decided to teach. He was doing this at a time when “self-help” could only be found in religious rituals and beliefs.  

Buddhist scholar Richard Gombrich observed:

A great deal of modern education and psychotherapy consists of making people aware  that they are responsible for themselves. In fact, we consider that it constitutes a large part of what we mean by becoming a mature person. It is amazing that someone should have promulgated this idea in the fifth century BC, and hardly less remarkable that he found followers.

But followers he did find. The Buddha was a great community organizer. He brought people together around the theme of interconnectedness goodness. In fact, the connection of the sangha was so important it was one of the three jewels. The other two were everyone’s capacity to awaken and the psychological truths that he taught throughout his forty-five year career.

Relationship Rules #3

• Never underestimate the power of good grooming.
• Sex is good. Pillow talk is better. Sex is easy, intimacy is difficult. It requires honesty, openness, self-disclosure, confiding concerns, fears, sadnesses as well as hopes and dreams.
• Never go to sleep angry. Try a little tenderness.
• Apologize, apologize, apologize. Anyone can make a mistake. Repair attempts are crucial—highly predictive of marital happiness. They can be clumsy or funny, even sarcastic—but willingness to make up after an argument is central to every happy marriage.
• Some dependency is good, but complete dependency on a partner for all one's needs is an invitation to unhappiness for both partners. We're all dependent to a degree—on friends, mentors, spouses. This is true of men as well as women.
• Maintain self-respect and self-esteem. It's easier for someone to like you and to be around you when you like yourself. Research has shown that the more roles people fill, the more sources of self-esteem they have. Meaningful work—paid or volunteer—has long been one of the most important ways to exercise and fortify a sense of self.
• Enrich your relationship by bringing into it new interests from outside the relationship. The more passions in life that you have and share, the richer your relationship will be. It is unrealistic to expect one person to meet all of your needs in life.
• Cooperate, cooperate, cooperate. Share responsibilities. Relationships work ONLY when they are two-way streets, with much give and take.
• Stay open to spontaneity.
• Maintain your energy. Stay healthy.
• Recognize that all relationships have their ups and downs and do not ride at a continuous high all the time. Working together through the hard times will make the relationship stronger.
• Make good sense of a bad relationship by examining it as a reflection of your beliefs about yourself. Don't just run away from a bad relationship; you'll only repeat it with the next partner. Use it as a mirror to look at yourself, to understand what in you is creating this relationship. Change yourself before you change your relationship.
• Understand that love is not an absolute, not a limited commodity that you're in of or out of. It's a feeling that ebbs and flows depending on how you treat each other. If you learn new ways to interact, the feelings can come flowing back, often stronger than before.

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Relationship Rules #2

• Respect, respect, respect. Inside and outside the relationship, act in ways so that your partner always maintains respect for you. Mutual respect is essential to a good relationship.
• View yourselves as a team, which means you are two unique individuals bringing different perspectives and strengths. That is the value of a team—your differences.
• Know how to manage differences; it's the key to success in a relationship. Disagreements don't sink relationships. Name-calling does. Learn how to handle the negative feelings that are the unavoidable byproduct of the differences between two people. Stonewalling or avoiding conflicts is NOT managing them.
• If you don't understand or like something your partner is doing, ask about it and why he or she is doing it. Talk and explore, don't assume.
• Solve problems as they arise. Don't let resentments simmer. Most of what goes wrong in relationships can be traced to hurt feelings, leading partners to erect defenses against one another and to become strangers. Or enemies.
• Learn to negotiate. Modern relationships no longer rely on roles cast by the culture. Couples create their own roles, so that virtually every act requires negotiation. It works best when good will prevails. Because people's needs are fluid and change over time, and life's demands change too, good relationships are negotiated and renegotiated all the time.
• Listen, truly listen, to your partner's concerns and complaints without judgment. Much of the time, just having someone listen is all we need for solving problems. Plus it opens the door to confiding. And empathy is crucial. Look at things from your partner's perspective as well as your own.
• Work hard at maintaining closeness. Closeness doesn't happen by itself. In its absence, people drift apart and are susceptible to affairs. A good relationship isn't an end goal; it's a lifelong process maintained through regular attention.
• Take a long-range view. A marriage is an agreement to spend a future together. Check out your dreams with each other regularly to make sure you're both on the same path. Update your dreams regularly.
  
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Human beings crave intimacy, need to love and be loved. Yet people have much trouble doing so.

It's clear from the many letters I get that lots of folks have no idea what a healthy relationship even looks like. Because I care about these things, and care about the environments children grow in, I'm using this space as an attempt to remedy the problem—again.

From many sources and many experts, I have culled some basic rules of relationships. This is by no means an exhaustive list. But it's a start. Print them out and pin them up on your refrigerator door. I won't test you on them—but life will.

• Choose a partner wisely and well. We are attracted to people for all kinds of reasons. They remind us of someone from our past. They shower us with gifts and make us feel important. Evaluate a potential partner as you would a friend; look at their character, personality, values, their generosity of spirit, the relationship between their words and actions, their relationships with others.
• Know your partner's beliefs about relationships. Different people have different and often conflicting beliefs about relationships. You don't want to fall in love with someone who expects lots of dishonesty in relationships; they'll create it where it doesn't exist.
• Don't confuse sex with love. Especially in the beginning of a relationship, attraction and pleasure in sex are often mistaken for love.
• Know your needs and speak up for them clearly. A relationship is not a guessing game. Many people, men as well as women, fear stating their needs and, as a result, camouflage them. The result is disappointment at not getting what they want and anger at a partner for not having met their (unstated) needs. Closeness cannot occur without honesty. Your partner is not a mind reader.
  
  
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Is Online Dating as Much Fun as You Thought It Would Be?

Over 50% of women in this country are single. With such an unparalled opportunity to change one's life, many women choose to meet a man, and many of them find interesting men online! Even when they're not looking! Men are everywhere online!

But be careful: just as you backup your important computer data, back up your guy. Don't depend on him too soon, before you've made him your hardcopy boyfriend. Have some fallback guys to date. If you met him in a chat room, through a singles service, or as a penpal, that's great, but be careful. Back away. Back up. Be safe.

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How to Fix the Glowing Red Border on Your Samsung Galaxy S III's Display

So, you finally got the Jelly Bean update on your Samsung Galaxy S III, but one little problem—you've got some red glow around the edges of your screen now. Is your phone messed up? No, it's just a tiny glitch that some users have been reporting after updating their Galaxy S3s to Android 4.1.1, and there are a few quick ways to get rid of it.

Method #1

Go to Developer Settings in the Settings menu on your phone, then turn off Strick Mode. This mode makes the screen flash when certain applications are using a lot of system power.
Then turn of Strict Mode. This mode makes the screen flash when certain applications are using a lot of system.

Method #2

Simply hold down the power button for 10-20 seconds to soft reset it.

Method #3

Press and hold the Volume Up + Home + Power button simultaneously to hard reset it. Then, when in recovery mode, select Factory reset.
You can also go to Settings -> Back up and reset -> Factory data reset -> Reset device -> Reset everything. Be sure to BACKUP your device before doing this, since it will wipe you phone clean. This is a last resort method.
All three of these methods have been known to resolve the problem, but the first method is the easiest and should be your primary option.

How to Become a Software Engineer

Software Engineering was recently listed by Time Magazine as still being the #1 career for pay/stress load. In spite of all the media hype about offshoring of these type of jobs, it's still a job that's in high demand. This article is for those considering Software Engineering as a career path.

 

 

You must love programming! If you're in junior or senior high, and you haven't yet explored programming, do so. If you're not interested in math or science to begin with, you should probably explore other options.  

Get all the math you can in high school like algebra, calculus, and geometry, it might be worth it if you try trigonometry and graphing. Try to advance to college level math before leaving high school, you'll need a ton of math to complete any Computer Science program and Engineering program. 

 

Plan on getting a degree. With all the success stories of college drop outs becoming billionaire CEOs in the 90's, there is a certain lure that "as long as I think outside the box and have outstanding problem solving and programming skills I don't need a four year degree". It's difficult for entry level software engineers to obtain a position without a four year degree.  

Qualify your degree by what you want to do. If your love is game design and you wish to enter that industry as a game programmer, you'll need a Computer Science degree. If you want to work for IBM, Intel, Microsoft, Google, etc., then a Computer Science degree may be good for you. If you're looking to work for a non-technical corporation building mostly business applications, consider a degree in Management Information Systems or one of the many business technical degrees now offered. This type of degree is best for most, because it provides management and general business skills and doesn't focus on a lot of information that will not be useful to most.

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5 Ways to Generate Income from Your Blog

Many people think earning money online is a waste of time, But really if you are serious then you need to work hard at starting. Many newbie bloggers think adsense is the only way to generate income or displaying ads is other way. If you are too thinking in the same way, then now change your mind. These 5 ways really help you to make money. You cannot earn instantly, you have to promote them or you need to make your blog popular. There are many ways to generate income but the below 5 are guaranteed and most used ways to generate income from blogging.

Selling Services and Products: If your blog is about business, it makes sense to sell your products or services on it. Every sale you make online through your blog will be counted towards your income increasing because of it. Make the blog yet another place where people can buy your products or services without any hassle. By making your products accessible, you’re increasing the chances of people buying it from your blog.

Affiliate Programs: Even the world’s best sales person uses the Affiliate program to extend his business.  Affiliate selling is great way to increase sales and at the same time letting people earn from it. Placing the affiliate products in your sidebar or writing a post about a specific product gains a lot of attention to the product. If anyone likes the product and buys from your link then you will get some commission from it. It’s a win-win situation for everyone. You reach a wider audience through the affiliate program and make more sales while make money with each sale.

Using AdSense: AdSense is Google’s answer for monetizing blogs. You can place AdSense ads on your blog and earn money when visitors click on those ads. Google places those ads based on keywords and the content of your blog. The downside is that you have no control over the kind of ads that they would display. While most of the time, the ads are relevant, a substantial percentage of the time also displays ads that are not related to your blog or content in any way.

Selling Text Link and Sponsor Ads: Another way to earn money from your blog is by renting out ad space and selling text links. These ad spaces are situated at various places throughout the page and usually have a separate rate for each size. If a blog has an ad space in its header, it will be the most expensive. The reason for the high price is that most people click on an ad that has such prime real estate in a web page. The rates also vary depending on the traffic the blog receives. Ad space in high traffic blogs will cost more than in ones that don’t have as high traffic. You can also earn from your blog by selling text links on your blog. These are usually placed in the sidebar. The advantage of text links is that they’re cheaper than ad spaces, and a link from a high Google page rank site increase contribute towards increasing your authority in search engines and page rank as well.

Reviews: Accepting paid reviews in your blog generates lot of income to your blog. However you will be writing a review of products for affiliate marketing for free. If you can write the same type of review to other products; even nobody buys product from the links, you will earning for writing a review whereas affiliate review can bring you money only if the product is sold.

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Classified Websites helps to promote services, businesses or any new idea between customers. Nowadays there is a great demand for the classified website. Many people use it to sell their old used items and also for free advertising their sites. Using classified sites many people search for jobs and to buy used mobiles. Coming to income, Classified site is the king for that, If you can make your website popular then the money is behind you. You can place ads and also offer premium services. Premium services may include extending the validity of ad. showing it up on homepage and any new ideas
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Temple Run 2 Download for Android and iOS

The most addictive game of 2013, Temple Run 2. Over 100 millions download, makes this game best game of 2013. There are other running games like Subway Surfers and other games which are also popular but Temple Run is still best. I don't like Subway Surfers at all. Temple Run (1) got over 170 millions (over 1000 crore) and with the great success of Temple Run. Imangi Studio made Temple Run 2. It comes with brand new features and it works even in some devices which can't even handle Temple Run for ex. Micromax A54, Micromax A45, Micromax A87, Micromax A57 and some other low-end devices. Really beautiful graphics, Gorgeous environment which looks like real. Disney made Temple Run: Oz, you can see it on Play Store or Apple App Store. The monkey are 3x bigger now and runs better than old one(s) and many other awesome updates/features. People gave reviews to this game and said it's the best games. It got 4.5/5 (ratings: 625,141) from Play Store. So, you might know how popular this game is. 

What's new in Temple Run 2

1 Beautiful Graphics, not like that old edged UI, it comes with edge-cutting UI.
2 Awesome environment, you will feel to jump inside the game.
3 New Obstacles, new challenges!
4 More Power ups, over 10 powers included for the stock character (there are many other character too!)
5 Bigger Monkey- can it catch you? :)
6 Special Powers for each of the character, means you can have different powers for different characters, some might be available for one and some might not be available for one!
7 More Achievements- like, you will get achievement for running X meters and for some other tricks you might perform.

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Android users can download Temple Run 2 from Play Store. The latest version of Temple Run 2 is v1.2.1. You need android OS 2.1 Eclair to play this game on your device.

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iOS users can download Temple Run 2 from Apple app store. The latest version of Temple Run 2 is v1.2.1. Supported devices:

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How to Clean Your iPad

You put your hands and fingers all over your iPad, but that's what it's designed for, right? Removing smudges and grime is a regular part of iPad upkeep. This article will describe the proper and safe way to clean your iPad's touch screen. All you need is a high quality microfiber cleaning cloth or a lens wipe and you'll be good to go. Read on for more instructions.

• Make sure your iPad is completely unplugged and press the "Sleep" button on the top of your iPad or turn your iPad off completely. Remove any additional external cords and/or electronics that may still be connected to the iPad.

• If you have it, remove your iPad Cleaning Cloth from its case. The Cleaning Cloth is the black microfiber cloth that came with the iPad packaging. Briskly shake the cloth in the air to remove any loose particles from the microfiber.

• Check your iPad's screen for any debris or large particles. You don't want to accidentally turn the debris into an abrasive by rubbing it over the screen.

• If necessary, use compressed air to blow off any debris to avoid scratching your iPad's screen.

Note: if your compressed air produces patches of frozen air, be careful to avoid getting any moisture into one of the iPad's openings, in particular, as well as on the screen itself.

• Place your iPad Cleaning Cloth on your iPad's screen. If you don't have the Cleaning Cloth that came with the iPad, you can also use:

1. Any microfiber cloth
2. Any lens cloth you might use on your glasses
3. Any soft, lint-free cloth
4. Do not use: cloths, towels, paper towels, or any similar items on your iPad. These damage the screen of the iPad.

• Gently rub the iPad Cleaning Cloth in a circular motion until the screen is clean.

• Inspect for any remaining patches of oil or grime. You will see that with just a few circular strokes, your iPad will be shining like new!

• Repeat after every use or as needed. This will help to keep your iPad clean and clear of fingerprints and smudges.

Avoid using the following items to clean an iPad. iPads have an oleophobic coating on the screen, which are sensitive and only require a fine cloth to clean. The following[2] items will damage the oleophobic coating if used to clean the iPad:

• Window or household cleaners

• Aerosol sprays

• Solvents

• Alcohol

• Ammonia

• Abrasives

Tips for Keeping Your iPad Clean

• Consider buying an effective case and cover. The market is flooded with iPad cases; they're everywhere you look, making the decision of which one to buy even harder. Here are some general tips you can use when searching for an iPad case:

• Get something form-fitting that doesn't impede use of the device. You want something that will act as a kind of second skin to the iPad, but a skin that doesn't make using the iPad hard or cumbersome.

• Unless the products fit extremely well, stay away from leather cases. Leather cases are pretty and make the iPad something to behold, but they aren't form-fitting, letting loose dust and grit get between the case or cover and the iPad itself.

• Clean your iPad regularly. You don't have to clean your iPad after each and every use, but if you use it frequently, giving it a quick minute of your undivided cleaning attention will ensure that the iPad lasts well into its glory years, smudge- and grime-free.

 

• Never spray any liquids directly onto the iPad. Moisture + iPad opening = disaster. As a general rule, try not to use liquids when you clean the iPad to preserve its oleophobic coating.

• If you feel like you must use a liquid to clean the iPad, go for something like the iKlenz Cleaner Solution.[3] This kind of solution repels dust and kills bacteria as well. If used properly, this cleaning liquid should also give a streak-free shine.

Finished.

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Earn Money As a Freelancer

                    So you want to make money Freelancing? Freelancing is the ultimate opportunity in job flexibility. First what is a "freelancer" - someone who has jobs with a number of companies, websites, organizations, etc. without any long-term contract. Hence the "free" in freelancer means free too work based on the availability of qualified jobs and also based on the availability of his/her available time to do the job. The Internet has made available much easier opportunity to earn money working as a freelancer.

• Decide what type of freelance work you are committed to doing. Freelancing jobs are as broad as the work force and other than being a freelance CEO or politician, picking the type of work you are capable of doing is simply based on knowing your skill set.

• Figure out a schedule of when you can work. You could work part-time or full-time depending on your schedule. Once you determine this, it will be easier for you to choose which freelance jobs you can approach depending on the deadline for the job.

• Find a freelancing job. Once you figured out what you want to freelance and when you can work, set your sights on some of the websites dedicated to freelancing. Many of them are a waste of time. So, 'Buyer, beware'.

• Repeat your jobs by bidding on a project. Now that you are open to the global job market, find a project that suits your ability and pay, and begin your bid process. Enter your bid amount, the number of days for delivery, and any necessary details.

• Get Paid. Before actually doing any freelance work for a bid you have submitted, verify all the details of their structured payment system and make sure you can successfully collect for the work you submit.

• Repeat the process of getting the job you bid, fulfill it and get paid.

Intel demonstrates experimental overclocking of SSDs

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Solid-state drive overclocking. Coming to a drive near you soon. Ish. Maybe.

As promised, Intel demoed solid-state drive (SSD) overclocking on the first day of IDF 2013 in San Francisco, but sadly it's little more than a lab experiment right now.

Using a Clevo W740U laptop, Dan Ragland, Senior System Engineer showed off an unreleased version of the Extreme Tuning Utility (XTU) complete with the experimental SSD overclocking tab.

In that new section is a pair of sliders allowing you to change the frequency of both the memory controller as well as two frequency levels for the NAND chips themselves.

Performance boost

Ragland pushed the Intel SSD's memory controller up from 400MHz to 625MHz and then ran the AS SSD benchmark to demonstrate the performance benefits. For the extra 225MHz overclock, we saw the SSD delivering around a 10% performance boost. That was an overall benchmark score though, not covering the different workloads that SSDs perform.

I asked whether that 10% boost worked across the whole SSD range - whether it increased sequential read/write as well as random 4K speeds - but Ragland was a little cagey in his response.

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"I gave you a snapshot of one benchmark, it varies," he said. "There are some areas where you'll see a whole smattering. To be honest, we're just playing with it in the labs, we're still in the experimental stage at the moment."

I followed up with a spokesperson from the NAND Solutions Group (NSG) about whether the performance benefits could be worth the risk to your data. "Any risks you take with your data in overclocking the memory controller has to be monitored," he explained. "But we have those monitors."

Stress levels

There are system monitors embedded in the SSD controller tech that measures error rates across the NAND memory chips. If the undetectable bit error rates (UBER) start rising then you'll be incurring elevated stress levels on the NAND – at that point you're going to want to start winding your overclock back in.

Whether those same system monitors will work when overclocking the NAND chips though is still unclear. But as the representative from NSG explained: "Controller overclocking is what you want – the intelligence is in the firmware and you don't want to stress the NAND so much."

But it's still an intriguing new arena for overclocking. And with newer memory controllers, especially the multi-core variants Intel is working on, we could see some genuinely tangible performance benefits from SSD overclocking.

Well, so long as the risks to your data are pretty much zero anyways...

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How to use CANVAS element in HTML5 to draw on the web page

The CANVAS element is one of the cool additions to Html 5. You may have seen numerous web applications developed using Flash or Silverlight which support online coloring or painting on the web pages. No more Flash or Silverlight is needed for this kind of creative work. The CANVAS element in a very flexible element that allows you to use JavaScript to be really creative and make something cool on the web.

What is the purpose of the CANVAS element in HTML5?

CANVAS element is introduced in HTML 5 and is used to create graphics on the web pages. CANVAS tag only provides the canvas to draw and does not support drawing by itself. You must use JavaScript or other scripting technologies to draw on the canvas. This is like the real canvas on real painting. It just provides a place to paint or draw. You still need other painting tools to paint on the canvas.

Syntax of CANVAS element in HTML 5

Here is the syntax for using CANVAS tag in HTML 5:

<CANVAS
WIDTH=100px
HEIGHT=200px>
</CANVAS
>

The above syntax shows the tag specific attributes of the CANVAS element. However, this tag supports several other Global attributes which are common for other HTML 5 elements, including:

accesskey	
class	
contenteditable	
contextmenu	
dir	
draggable	
hidden	
id	
lang	 
spellcheck
style
tabindex
title

In addition, CANVAS element supports a wide range of standard events like other HTML elements. JavaScript or other scripting languages can be used to track the events and take appropriate action based on the events.

How to draw on canvas element using JavaScript

You can draw graphics on the canvas or edit images using JavaScript or other scripting languages. Here is an example:

<canvas id="myDrawing" width="250" height="250">
Your browser doesn't support canvas.
</canvas>

The text content within the <canvas></canvas> tells the browser to display that warning message to indicate that the browser does understand/support the tag.

The above html defines a canvas tag which is ready to draw on it. Now, you need to use JavaScript to get access to the canvas object and draw on it. Here is an example of drawing a rectangle on the given canvas using JavaScript.

// Get the element from the html DOM
var drawingCanvas = document.getElementById('myDrawing');
    
// Check if the element is in the DOM and the browser supports canvas element
if (drawingCanvas && drawingCanvas.getContext) 
{
    // Initaliase a 2-dimensional drawing context
    var context = drawingCanvas.getContext('2d');

    // Draw a rectangle
    context.fillStyle = "rgb(300,0,0)";
    context.fillRect(0, 0, 150, 75);
}
</script>

The above JavaScript will draw a rectangle in the canvas. 

If you are looking for the source code for a full sample of drawing rectangles see the below source code for a full html page. Copy the below code in to notepad and save it as an html file. Then open the html file in a browser to see the cool rectangles drawn on the canvas.

<!DOCTYPE html />
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head>
    <title>Canvas HTML 5 element example</title>
</head>
<body>

<canvas id="myDrawing" width="250" height="250">
Your browser doesn't support canvas.
</canvas>


<script language="javascript">
// Get the element from the html DOM
var drawingCanvas = document.getElementById('myDrawing');
    
// Check if the element is in the DOM and the browser supports canvas element
if (drawingCanvas && drawingCanvas.getContext) 
{
    // Initaliase a 2-dimensional drawing context
    var context = drawingCanvas.getContext('2d');

    // Draw a rectangle
    context.fillStyle = "rgb(255,0,0)";
    context.fillRect(0, 0, 150, 75);

    // Draw another rectangle with some transparency
    context.fillStyle = "rgba(0, 0, 255, 0.9)";
    context.fillRect(40, 30, 125, 75);

    // Draw another rectangle border without filling.
    context.fillStyle = "rgb(0,0,150)";
    context.strokeRect(20, 20, 50, 100); 
}
</script>

</body>
</html>

The above html will display the rectangles as shown here:


You can experiment more with Javascript on canvas, draw a lot more shapes and even do some basic animations. There are several games developed using HTML 5 and Javascript. AngryBirds has an HTML 5 version, which is a very popular game among kids.

In the upcoming chapters of this series of HTML 5 tutorials, I will cover more HTML 5 samples and mini projects.

Html5 is still under development and is subject to change. It is said that Html 5 will become the standard for web based mark up language. However, not all browsers support it yet. 

List of browsers supporting Html5

Popular browsers like Internet Explorer, Chrome, Safari and Opera offer limited support for Html5. I analyzed some of the popular browsers and used a website called Html5Test.com to evaluate the level of support available in these browsers.

The score given below indicate how well the browser support various HTML5 specifications. The bonus points indicate how well the browser handled some of the video/audio codecs and few other new features. The bonus points are not included in the score since those features are not part of the official HTML 5 specifications. 

Here is the result of my Html5 compatibility test:

Browser Name	Compatibility Score	Bonus Score
Google Chrome	293	13
Opera	258	7
FireFox	255	9
Safari	187	0
Internet Explorer	130	5

You can see that Google Chrome offers the best support for Html5 at this time (June 2011). Internet Explorer 9.0 performs very poor according to the compatibility test by Html5Test.

The compatibility test is not a comprehensive test. This test does not cover all aspects of Html 5 and but is sure to give a rough idea of the level of support available in various browsers. But this test will surely give you some idea on the level of support in each of the browsers.

If you are planning to learn HTML5, your best bet at this time is to use Google Chrome browser for testing.

HTML 5 Tutorials Chapter 1: Introduction

Microsoft is embracing HTML 5 as the default platform for application development for Windows 8. This announcement from Microsoft came as a surprise to the application developers, especially to the Silverlight developers.

Until the announcement of HTML 5 based App model of Windows 8, Html was considered as a set of tags for developing web pages. Html 5 is an upcoming standard and is obviously much more powerful than current version of Html, but no one expected it could be used for serious application development. In fact, I remember complaint from a Silverlight developer: "So far we were riding a horse (Silverlight) and now we are forced to settle with a donkey (Html)". This shows the frustration of developers in Microsoft pushing Html 5 instead of Silverlight.

I am not going deep in to the arguments on whether Microsoft should push Silverlight or Html 5. Rather, I would focus on how to use HTML 5 and how to develop serious applications using HTML 5 and JavaScript.

HTML 5 Tutorials

I will be organizing the HTML 5 tutorials as a series of articles. You can navigate to the next or previous chapters using the "related articles" link in the bottom of each chapter.

You are not required to follow the order in which I have written the tutorials. However, following the series may help you learn in an organized manner. I will be providing several samples, mini projects and source code in some chapters. You will be able to download several HTML 5 sample applications in the upcoming chapters.

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