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Tamil New Year Giveaway: Introducing HTML5 Book

Thursday, April 14, 2011 3:29:40 AM

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இனிய தமிழ் புத்தாண்டு நல்வாழ்த்துக்கள்!

Today is Tamil New Year and I'm giving away Introducing HTML5 book by Bruce Lawson and Remy Sharp (Price: 34.99 USD). Thanks to Aleksander for sending book to me.

Introducing HTML5 book by Bruce Lawson and Remy Sharp
Introducing HTML5 book

Giveaway info & rules

  • My Opera users: To participate in this giveaway write a comment and add #Kara at the end of comment.
  • Twitter users: Tweet the following message, comment with tweet URL and add #Kara at the end of comment.
    Tamil New Year Giveaway: Introducing HTML5 Book http://my.opera.com/Tamil/blog/tamil-new-year-giveaway-introducing-html5-book via @limaT
  • The entry deadline is end of this Tamil month (May 14, 2011).
  • Winner will be selected at random using random.org.
  • The winner will be announced on next Tamil month (May 15, 2011) via Twitter and comment on this post.
  • Winner must reply within 3 days of notification, otherwise another winner will be selected.
  • Book will be shipped within the India only.

Winner

The winner of the giveaway is vinayakaDVG mvk6 shiyon krishnan. Congratulations!

Updates: 2011: May 15, 18, 21, 24

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Thank you Chip Magazine India & Opera Software for Micromax Q5 mobile

Friday, October 22, 2010 8:08:58 AM

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After looong wait, last Friday I received Micromax Q5 mobile won in India's First O'Star contest. Dance

Micromax Q5 features:

  • 262K Color QVGA Screen (320 x 240 Pixels)
  • Dual SIM Support cool
  • 2 MP Camera
  • Multi Instant Messenger
  • QWERTY Keypad with Trackball
  • Preloaded Opera Mini Browser love

Thanks to and Chip Magazine India & Opera Software India .

Micromax Q5 Mobile
Micromax Q5 Mobile

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Opera Speed Dial Sliding Puzzle

Monday, August 3, 2009 10:32:34 AM

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Sliding puzzle can be played with Opera Speed Dial by dragging a Speed Dial slot horizontally or vertically and dropping in nearby empty Speed Dial slot.

Opera Speed Dial sliding tile puzzle scrambled
Scrambled tiles

Opera Speed Dial sliding tile puzzle solved
Solved puzzle

You can download above Speed Dial background and tile images in a zipped file from here. See this to change Speed Dial thumbnail images.

You can also play by adding numbers 1-8 to your existing Speed Dial thumbnail images.

Additional info

The following changes should be made in skin.ini inside skin file.

Speed Dial border and Speed Dial button border can be removed by commenting those lines. 

[Speed Dial Thumbnail Widget Skin]
; Tile Center = backgrounds/speeddial.png

[Speed Dial Thumbnail Widget Skin.selected]
; Tile Center = backgrounds/speeddial-selected.png

[Speed Dial Button Skin]
; Tile Center = buttons/push_button_speeddial.png

Speed Dial title text color and Speed Dial button text color can be changed as shown below. 

[Speed Dial Thumbnail Title Label Skin]
Text Color = #ffffff

[Speed Dial Button Skin]
Text Color = #ffffff

Speed Dial remove icon can be removed by commenting it. 

[Boxes]
; Speeddial Close = pagebar_close_button/close.png

"Click to add a Web page" and "What is Speed Dial?" texts can be removed by specifying empty strings in en.lng file. 

-1799226240=

528772207=

This Speed Dial was one of the selected hot picks in Speed Dial Hot Picks contest.

Update: Aug 12, 2009

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Thank you Opera Software

Saturday, September 6, 2008 11:49:59 AM

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Thank you Opera Software for the following prizes.

Date Contest Prize
Jul 29, 2011 Jet Engine contest Phone case
Jul 19, 2011 zip T-shirt & premium watch
May 3, 2011 Opera Mini & Opera Mobile reviewed by Mobiles & More on TV Phone case
Jan 24, 2011 Edit the page Phone cases
Jan 11, 2011 The Extendables Opera goodie bag with Norwegian candy, keychain, phone case & 'browse me' T-shirt
Dec 8, 2010 Where's Santa going? Opera goodie bag with Norwegian candy, keychain & phone case
Sep 30, 2010 OperaTwiz Opera goodie bag
Aug 25, 2010 Get ready to be Geared up by SteelSeries Two T-shirts
Jul 27, 2010 5 million members! Framed signed T-shirt by the entire My Opera team
Jun 28, 2010 India's First O'star Micromax Q5 & 'browse me' T-shirt
Aug 10, 2009 Speed Dial Hot Picks Hooded sweatshirt, Opera button & stickers
Apr 22, 2009 zip Seagate Free Agent Go 500 GB USB HDD
Dec 16, 2008 December delights from Opera T-shirt & Norwegian candy zip
Oct 23, 2008 James Bond Trivia T-shirt, cap & poster
Jul 9, 2008 Tell a Friend OLPC XO-1*
Jun 23, 2008 Sign ups Opera-mini laptop mouse*
Nov 1, 2007 Halloween Hunt 2007 Opera Merchandise & T-shirt
Jun 25, 2007 Find the smilies Opera Merchandise & T-shirt
Nov 1, 2006 Halloween Hunt 2006 Opera Merchandise
Jan 5, 2006 Guess How Many Members T-shirt
Dec 20, 2005 Answer a Question, Win a Shirt T-shirt

* Opera Software sent OLPC & laptop mouse but I received empty box as they were looted in-between. As promised, Opera Software sent another OLPC and I received it yesterday. Hearty thanks to Opera Software, Espen André Øverdahl, Aleksander Aas, Petter Nilsen, Krishnan & all friends.

I'm going to give OLPC to 14 year old cousin.

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