How to Save Skype Video Messages

It happens that you received a video message on skype. You watched it and after some you tried you watch the same message again but it did not play.
Or when you watch the message you liked it and you wanted to save this.
But it did not because at some specific time it got expired.

There is a way you can save it. and can share it.

Following is the easy way to save it.

• Step 1: Go to the link http://sourceforge.net/projects/sqlitebrowser/files/latest/download and download SQLite Database browser.
• Step 2: Open SQLite Database Browser
• Step 3: Open main.db for your skype account in SQLite Browser. That you can find from following location:
  C:\Users\[YourUserName]\AppData\Roaming\Skype\[YourSkypeID]\main.db
• Step 4: Go to Browse Data
• Step 5: Change the drop down option for the Table: to VideoMessages.
• Step 6: Under Author column, search for the sender id who send video.
• Step 7: Copy the link in vdo_path.
• Step 8: Paste the link in Chrome or any other browser address bar.
• Step 8: Right Click on the video, and save it.

Please note, you should have play the video in the skype first before open the main.db in SQLite.

Social Network - Linkedin

This is kind of strange on a very popular social network site that It delivers somehow wrong information to its users.

Did you ever post a link or something on Linkedin, then on the next day you noticed that the view of that post is so much huge? and then that makes you happy?

Actually, on linkedin the post views count does not mean that your contacts have actually clicked on the link and have view it. It delivers something else.

On linkedin What happens is, it just counts the total number to times your post has been loaded on the page on others home page. irrespective of the user has put some attention to it or not.

You can confirm this by posting a link after taking it short URL from google url shortener preferably with an image. because mostly people put attention to the images than to text. Next day or after some time check what google shows and what count does linkedin show.

At some point linkedin is showing Okay count. but same time it conveys wrong message to the one who posted it because it counts even if your post loaded when it is not on the view able screen.

A Little About Chess

I am not a Chess Master but I love to play and know what my brother told me about chess i.e. a few tricks and all the right rules of playing chess.


I want to be a Chess Master. I wish If my brother could live a little long so that I would too. Yes, my brother was a Chess Champion and won lots of Chess Championship from school till college, then he couldn't live.
I used to play Chess online and tried to learn from the experts, but those who knows how to play chess and know more tricks than me, they don't want to play with me - with someone who is kind of a beginner. and I don't want to play with someone who knows less than me.
I was exploring on Chess and I found few things for those who want to play chess. Here they are listed.

Thirty Rules of Chess

TEN OPENING RULES

1. OPEN with a CENTER PAWN.
2. DEVELOP with threats.
3. KNIGHTS before BISHOPS.
4. DON'T move the same piece twice.
5. Make as FEW PAWN MOVES as possible in the opening.
6. DON'T bring out your QUEEN too early.
7. CASTLE as soon as possible, preferably on the KING SIDE.
8. ALWAYS PLAY TO GAIN CONTROL OF THE CENTER.
9. Try to maintain at least ONE PAWN in the center.
10. DON'T SACRIFICE without a clear and adequate reason.

For a sacrificed pawn you must:

1. GAIN THREE TEMPI,
2. DEFLECT the enemy QUEEN,
3. PREVENT CASTLING,
4. BUILD UP a strong attack.

TEN MIDDLEGAME RULES

1. Have all your moves fit into definite plans.

   Rules of Planning:

   1.    A plan MUST be suggested by SOME FEATURE IN THE POSITION.
      
   2.    A plan MUST be based on SOUND STRATEGIC PRINCIPLES.
      
   3.    A plan MUST be FLEXIBLE,
      
   4.    CONCRETE, and
      
   5.    SHORT.
      

   Evaluating a Position:

   1. MATERIAL
   2.    PAWN STRUCTURE,
      
   3.    PIECE MOBILITY,
      
   4.    KING SAFETY,
      
   5.    ENEMY THREATS
      
2. When you are material AHEAD, EXCHANGE as many pieces as possible, especiallyQUEENS.
3. AVOID serious pawn WEAKNESSES.
4. In CRAMPED POSITIONS free yourself by EXCHANGING.
5. DON'T bring your KING out with your OPPONENT'S QUEEN on the board.
6. All COMBINATIONS are based on DOUBLE ATTACK.
7. If your opponent has ONE or MORE pieces EXPOSED, look for aCOMBINATION.
8. IN SUPERIOR POSITIONS, to ATTACK the ENEMY KING, you must OPEN a file (or less often a diagonal) for your HEAVY PIECES (QUEEN and ROOKS).
9. IN EVEN POSITIONS, CENTRALIZE the action of ALL your PIECES.
10. IN INFERIOR POSITIONS, the best DEFENSE is COUNTER-ATTACK, if possible.

TEN ENDGAMES RULES

1. To win WITHOUT PAWNS, you must be at least a ROOK or TWO MINOR PIECES ahead (two knights excepted).
2. The KING must be ACTIVE in the ENDING.
3. PASSED PAWNS must be PUSHED (PPMBP).
4. The EASIEST endings to win are PURE PAWN endings.
5. If you are ONLY ONE PAWN ahead, EXCHANGE PIECES, not pawns.
6. DON'T place your PAWNS on the SAME COLOR SQUARES as your BISHOP.
7. BISHOPS are BETTER than KNIGHTS in all but BLOCKED pawn positions.
8. It is usually worth GIVING UP A PAWN to get a ROOK ON THE SEVENTH RANK.
9. ROOKS belong BEHIND PASSED PAWNS (RBBPP).
10. BLOCKADE PASSED PAWNS with the KING.