tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26015741417783162352024-02-08T13:00:42.726-07:00Waste your time here.Keep up with me, and I'll keep you busy.Jillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13663967912691754222noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2601574141778316235.post-45287861403531136002008-11-11T01:17:00.001-07:002008-11-11T01:18:38.839-07:00Add StumbleUpon button to blogger(XML Layouts)<a href="http://zerodollarchallenge.blogspot.com/2007/11/add-stumbleupon-button-to-bloggerxml.html">Add StumbleUpon button to blogger(XML Layouts)</a><br /><br /><br />FINALLY it has been done!!!! This fine blog <a href="http://zerodollarchallenge.blogspot.com/2007/11/add-stumbleupon-button-to-bloggerxml.html">HERE</a> has made a widgit for stumble upon to be used with blogger.<br /><br />No more code nightmares for people like me (and maybe you).<br /><br /><br />THANK YOUJillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13663967912691754222noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2601574141778316235.post-78241140950808515952008-11-10T21:40:00.000-07:002008-11-10T21:40:51.037-07:00Creepy Skittles ad - Entertainment Videos | thevine.com.au<a href="http://www.thevine.com.au/tv/entertainment/creepy-skittles-ad.aspx">Creepy Skittles ad - Entertainment Videos | thevine.com.au</a><br /><br />You will not be disappointed. Seriously.<br /><br />I want to rip out my eyes.Jillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13663967912691754222noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2601574141778316235.post-3682054817627019512008-11-10T21:33:00.001-07:002008-11-10T21:34:42.022-07:00How to Videos on MonkeySee - Free Instructional Videos<a href="http://www.monkeysee.com/">How to Videos on MonkeySee - Free Instructional Videos</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">"The highest quality most credible how-to videos on the web"<br /><br />This site could keep you busy for hours! I checked it out and its got everything from love and relationships to personal finance, to cooking videos.<br /><br />It even has an expert spotlight that features several well known industry names.<br /><br />This, in my opinion, takes the junk out of You Tube, and gets right to the content.<br /><br />Bravo, for creating a great user friendly product!<br /><br />I'll be checking out "How to use a stability ball" for sure, I'm still recovering from my last attempt!<br /><br /><br /></span></span>Jillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13663967912691754222noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2601574141778316235.post-86372206766282516742008-10-22T13:22:00.001-07:002008-11-10T20:30:32.308-07:00CIA Realizes It's Been Using Black Highlighters All These Years | The Onion - America's Finest News Source<a href="http://www.theonion.com/content/node/43014?issue=4228&special=2005">CIA Realizes It's Been Using Black Highlighters All These Years | The Onion - America's Finest News Source</a>: "CIA Realizes It's Been Using Black Highlighters All These Years"<br /><br /><h2 class="title">CIA Realizes It's Been Using Black Highlighters All These Years</h2><br /><br /><p>CIA Director Porter Goss has ordered further internal investigation.</p> <p>"Why did it go on for this long, and this far?" said Goss in a press conference called shortly after the report's release. "I'm as frustrated as anyone. You can't read a single thing that's been highlighted. Had I been there to advise [former CIA director] Allen Dulles, I would have suggested the traditional yellow color—or pink."</p> <p>Goss added: "There was probably some really, really important information in these documents."</p> <p>When asked by a reporter if the black ink was meant to intentionally obscure, Goss countered, "Good God, why?"</p> <p>Goss lamented the fact that the public will probably never know the particulars of such historic events as the Cold War, the civil-rights movement, or the growth of the international drug trade. </p> <p>"I'm sure the CIA played major roles in all these things," Goss said. "But now we'll never know for sure."</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This is hilarious, check out the link for the full story....<br /></p>Jillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13663967912691754222noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2601574141778316235.post-48017278193211300882008-10-21T13:21:00.000-07:002008-10-21T13:21:45.699-07:00HOWTO bypass Internet Censorship, a tutorial on getting around filters and blocked ports<a href="http://www.zensur.freerk.com/">HOWTO bypass Internet Censorship, a tutorial on getting around filters and blocked ports</a><br /><br /><br />At last, I can check my email at work.Jillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13663967912691754222noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2601574141778316235.post-15655714305616269082008-10-21T13:18:00.000-07:002008-10-21T13:18:50.678-07:00The 25 Best High-Tech Pranks<a href="http://www.techcult.com/high-tech-pranks/">The 25 Best High-Tech Pranks</a><br /><br />Its been a long time since I've updated this, partly due to the fact that I'm not in the technology field anymore, so kind of out of the loop!<br /><br />In saying that, this is a really cool read, and brings back great old memories.<br /><br />Happy reading, you won't regret it!Jillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13663967912691754222noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2601574141778316235.post-10606514195901698642007-09-09T17:29:00.000-07:002007-09-09T17:31:43.756-07:00Online FLV Converter : Download Online Videos direct to PC, iPod, PSP, iPhone, Mobile etc.Convert videos to .wmv, .mp4, .3gp, .mov, .mp3, .flv etc.Flv<a href="http://www.converttube.com/">Online FLV Converter : Download Online Videos direct to PC, iPod, PSP, iPhone, Mobile etc.Convert videos to .wmv, .mp4, .3gp, .mov, .mp3, .flv etc.Flv , Flvplayer, Flv video,</a>:<br /><br />This Handy little guy converts online videos into various different formats! Looks good to me!Jillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13663967912691754222noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2601574141778316235.post-56109680651175088262007-09-09T16:41:00.000-07:002007-09-09T16:41:54.968-07:00Worldometers - real time world statistics<a href="http://www.worldometers.info/">Worldometers - real time world statistics</a>: "people who died of hunger today" and other real time statistics. I normally don't get too impressed by these sites, bit there are many different categories being updated real time, from Solar energy striking the earth to watching people die from all sorts of causes to people loosing access to drinking water...Jillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13663967912691754222noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2601574141778316235.post-68838188364798338952006-11-15T08:40:00.001-07:002006-11-15T08:57:18.426-07:00StumbleUpon may be for Sale????<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> First I'd like to apologize for my lack of posting lately, I've been really sick with that awful cold I'm sure all of you have <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">experienced</span>! <a href="http://www.stumbleupon.com/"><img alt="" class="shot" src="http://www.techcrunch.com/wp-content/stumbleuponlogo.jpg" style="float: left;" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />Today on my "Tech Crunch" feed I noticed something disturbing, for a small price of $50 million, my baby, my favorite <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">FireFox</span> extension/ time waster/ learning tool may be up bought. This does appear to be a rumour at this point, but I'm scared, I love <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">stumbleupon</span>! They can't change anything. You may remember my previous post about it, and my link is to your left if you want to check out my pages. If you don't have it, again I beg you, get it and use it its great.<br /><br /><br /><br />According to the <a href="http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/11/14/stumbleupon-may-be-for-sale-50m/">site </a><br /><br />"Two sources have confirmed that the rapidly growing <a href="http://www.stumbleupon.com/"><span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">StumbleUpon</span></a> recently approached at least one large Internet company to be acquired. The asking price was $50 million."<br /><br /><br /><br />The <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">CEO</span> Garret Camp was asked about it and he refused, <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">stating</span> "we do not comment on rumours"<br /><br />/> One potential buyer did say they met with <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Stumbleupon</span> to talk about "possible business development deals", not an actual purchase.<br /><br /><br /><br />It does seem, and I'm guilty of this myself, that <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Stumbleupon</span> is loosing its <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">original</span> purchase and is now being used <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">allot</span> by people trying to start new websites. I do get <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">allot</span> of my traffic from the company, seeing how I did stumble my blog a few times for things like <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">XP</span> tips, but not every article <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">that's</span> for sure. According to the CEO Garret " the company has 1.5 million registered users and an average of 3.5 million page views per day" They can expect to be cash flow positive withing the next few months also.<br /><br />I have to admit lately I've been seeing <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">allot</span> more retail sites via my stumbles, and I usually give them the thumbs down unless its a really great product, or there is something special I like about it. <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">That's</span> the point of the site is to explore pages with a social network that consists of contacts and pages connected by similar interests. I wouldn't like to see the quality of my stumbles start to decline into an advertising machine...but I do like to read cool blogs and the opinions of others which may be why I justify my site adding.<br /><br /><br /><br />I guess its in the hands of the users, us. If we continue to like or dislike our sites, the money grabbers will be weeded out by our selections, and the tool will continue to produce quality stumbles. Its in our hands!!<br /><br /><br /><br />Do I agree with trying to make a quick buck through it? NO, but in a world where businesses may be "made or broke" by <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">Google's</span> page rank, its pretty tempting to do whatever is possible to drive traffic to a site. In fact, driving traffic has become a business itself and so on.<br /><br /><br /><br />Is this the end of social networking powered sites? Has the ugly <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">corporate</span> hand stepped in again and tainted another great idea? Or can the "Social" aspect of these tools still police itself..I think its up to the people..<br /><br />/> So coming back to the <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17">original</span> topic, I hope we can keep this cool gadget in our hands, don't sell!! Keep the money grabbing honest and keep off my pages!<br /><br /><br /><br /><span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18">Ahem</span>,,, if you liked the article, feel free to click on an adsense add on your way out by <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19">goooooogle</span> <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20">hehehehe</span><br /><br /><br /><br />Jill :)<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_21">Technorati</span> Tags: <a rel="tag" href="http://technorati.com/tag/Stumbleupon%20for%20sale" class="performancingtags"><span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_22">Stumbleupon</span> for sale</a>, <a rel="tag" href="http://technorati.com/tag/web%202.0" class="performancingtags">web 2.0</a>, <a rel="tag" href="http://technorati.com/tag/technology" class="performancingtags">technology</a>, <a rel="tag" href="http://technorati.com/tag/tech%20news" class="performancingtags">tech news</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><p class="poweredbyperformancing">powered by <a href="http://performancing.com/firefox"><span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_23">performancing</span> <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_24">firefox</span></a></p></div>Jillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13663967912691754222noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2601574141778316235.post-64526635961281528002006-11-04T13:10:00.000-07:002006-11-04T13:28:00.706-07:00How to Ditch your Cell Phone Plan<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-size:130%;" >I was on Wired News today, and found a pretty good article that gives some good tips on how to get out of your cell phone contract. Some of the reasons are actually the cause of someone wanting out, others are the result of an impulse buy to get the newest phone I imagine as cheap as possible. We all have made cell phone blunders, and got stuck with bills, a bad company or bad bad service. Most of us are locked in to these giant cooperation's, having no choice to go along with it, until your plan runs out and then suddenly you are their best friend again! I say skip the contract if you can, and read the small print when signing all the time, shop around, don't impulse buy! This will save you the headaches of a bad decision for up to 3 years or even more. This is what they recommended : You can find link to the actual content here</span> <a href="http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/14.08/howtodigital.html">:http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/14.08/howtodigital.html </a><br /><br />Here's a brief Rundown<br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></span><p style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong>»Be a squeaky wheel.</strong> Say you want out because the service isn't up to par. (And really, is it?) Then back that up by filing official complaints online with the Federal Trade Commission and the Better Business Bureau. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"></span></span></p><p style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">(In Canadathis would be the BBB or numerous requests to speak to higher ups at the "Business office in my experience)</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"></span></span></p><p style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong>»Get off the grid.</strong> Study your provider's coverage map and find a town (maybe in Alaska?) with absolutely no service. Then tell the company you're moving there. They're not legally required to cut you loose, but frustrated consumers have reported success.</span></p><p style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">*This should work for other countries too... but don't actually move there! And if you are in an area where service is crappy, let them know! </span><br /></p> <p style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong>»Join the Army.</strong> Some people have finagled their way out of a contract by claiming they just got orders to ship off to Iraq. Be warned: You may be asked for documentation.</span></p><p style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"><br /></p><p style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">*I'm not sure I agree with this one these days...lolont><br /></span></span></p><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span><p style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong>»Try a market-based fix.</strong> StarStart up<a>href="http://celltradeusa.com/" target="new">Cell<span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">tradeusa.com</span></a> matches unhappy mobile customers with people who'd like to sign up - at a discount, of course. You'll pay a $20 fee to sell your contract on the block.</span></span></p><p style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></span></p><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span><p style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong>»Shrink your plan.</strong> As a last resort, cut back to the bare minimum the provider allows and drop any frills, like picture-messaging. Depending on the number of months you have left, this could be cheaper than paying the typically prorated termination fee, which can often run up to $200.</span></span></p><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">Most of these would work, not sure about the second to last, I recommend being as nice and polite as possible, stating your reasons up front and then going as high up as you can, from my experience with working with Telco<span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">s and </span>providers, the sqeek<span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">y whee</span>l does get the grease, and a pleasant demeanour will get you way further than angry complaints like everyone else..try that first.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">Happy cancelling!</span><br /></span></span>Jillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13663967912691754222noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2601574141778316235.post-16222167859241185092006-10-31T19:40:00.000-07:002006-10-31T21:12:37.879-07:00The end of Internet Boredom as we know it: Stumbleupon!!<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Although many of you may be already familiar with this amazing <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">FireFox</span> extension, for those of you who <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">aren't</span>, its time to join one of then newer WEB 2.0 concepts! This is a social bookmarking site that allows you to rate pages (either thumbs up or down) and the more you rate, the more new pages you get..its like a random button that produces <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">web pages</span> for you based on your interests and previous selections. The more "friends" you have, the more pages you will be exposed to, and the best thing I like is every page I like is recorded for me in a great online profile. Mines to the left, the <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">URL</span> is <a href="http://jedichica.stumbleupon.com/">http://jedichica.stumbleupon.com</a><br />You are welcome to have a peek at my blog and favorite sites which are all automatically <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">categorized</span> or tagged for you. You can also create your own personal tags, as I have for Blogging, or to refer to my friends. It has a crazy menu option that allows you to send you pages to other friends with the click of a button, and also has an inbox and <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">awesome</span> social network of great people that you can meet, that have the same interests as you! Its a great way to keep in touch with <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">acquaintances</span> and best friends, and the <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">categories</span> are almost <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">unlimited</span>, including some GREAT pics and adult sites if you are into that. Remember, someone wanted to bookmark these pages in the first place, its people motivated, not <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">sponsors</span>, so its really great! It is also available for Internet Explorer, I believe all recent versions... check it out at http://www.stumbleupon.com/<br />and feel free to visit me at my site above and add me as a friend to see my pages if you like them! I have to warn you though, its VERY addictive and pretty much can keep you <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">occupied</span> all day if you are a <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">Internet</span> junkie like me! For those of you that have it, I'm sure you love it, for those of you that don't, get it,,<span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">that's</span> an order! Its free and will give you the best of the best <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">that's</span> out there, chosen by people just like you!!<br /><br /><span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Heres</span> what the "experts" had to say:<br />"</span></span> Channel surf the <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Internet</span> with <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">StumbleUpon</span>! Discover great websites,<br /> videos, pictures and more — all according to your interests."<br />st<span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">umbleupon w</span>ebsite<br /><br /><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="800"><tbody><tr valign="top"><td width="15"> <br /></td> <td width="385"> <div class="pdgTop help"> "St<span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">umbleupon i</span>s a brilliant do<span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">wnloadable t</span>oolbar that beds into your browser and gives you the chance to surf through thousands of excellent pages that have been stumbled upon by other web-users" </div> <div class="pdgTop pdgBottom pdgRightLg" style="text-align: right;"> <img src="http://www.stumbleupon.com/images/bbcworld.gif" /> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="pdgTop help"> "Ranked 51st in 100 Best Products of the Year. When you click a toolbar button in <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">FireFox</span> it will transport you to a random site that fits your preferences." </div> <div class="pdgTop pdgBottom pdgRightLg" style="text-align: right;"> <img src="http://www.stumbleupon.com/images/pcworld.png" /><br /><br /> <img src="http://www.stumbleupon.com/images/web2award.png" /><br /><br /><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="800"><tbody><tr valign="top"><td class="msgBoxBlueL" width="10"> <br /></td> <td class="msgBoxBlueC pdgTop" width="380"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tbody><tr valign="top"> <td><img src="http://www.stumbleupon.com/images/icon_su.gif" style="vertical-align: top;" /></td> <td class="fieldLabel pdgLeftSm pdgBottom">Channel surf the in<span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Internet</span>or great websites, videos, pictures, games and more!</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td><img src="http://www.stumbleupon.com/images/icon_thumbup.gif" style="vertical-align: top;" /></td> <td class="fieldLabel pdgLeftSm pdgBottom">Get personalized recommendations according to your interests</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td><img src="http://www.stumbleupon.com/images/icon_share.gif" style="vertical-align: top;" /></td> <td class="fieldLabel pdgLeftSm pdgBottom">Rate, review and share what you find</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td><img src="http://www.stumbleupon.com/images/icon_pages.gif" style="vertical-align: top;" /></td> <td class="fieldLabel pdgLeftSm pdgBottom">Keep an online history of the things you've Stumbled</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td><img src="http://www.stumbleupon.com/images/icon_noadware.gif" style="vertical-align: top;" /></td> <td class="fieldLabel pdgLeftSm pdgBottom">No ad<span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">ware o</span>r sp<span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">yware g</span>uaranteed</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr valign="top"><td align="center" valign="bottom" width="40%"> <br /></td> <td class="help" valign="bottom" width="30%"> Works with both <a href="http://www.stumbleupon.com/getstumble.php"><img src="http://www.stumbleupon.com/images/icon_ie.png" border="0" /></a> and <a href="http://www.stumbleupon.com/getstumble.php"><img src="http://www.stumbleupon.com/images/icon_firefox.png" border="0" /></a>.<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><br />Happy <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">Stumbling</span>!!<br /><br />JILL<br /><br /><br /> </div><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><a href="http://jedichica.stumbleupon.com/"> </a></span></span>Jillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13663967912691754222noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2601574141778316235.post-8227513893057431352006-10-28T22:53:00.000-07:002006-10-28T23:07:26.521-07:00More Top 11 Scary Things to do in the Data Center on Halloween<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i.cmpnet.com/nc/design06/1026/graphics/1026lastmile_top.gif"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://i.cmpnet.com/nc/design06/1026/graphics/1026lastmile_top.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /> More Top 11 Scary Things to do in the Data Center on Halloween<br /><br /><img src="file:///C:/DOCUME%7E1/ADMINI%7E1/LOCALS%7E1/Temp/moz-screenshot.jpg" alt="" /><br /><br />What kind of spooky tricks could you come up for the data center this Halloween? Our readers scare up a few ideas.<br />Oct 27, 2006 - By NWC Readers<br /><br />11) New IT Halloween Catchprhase: "Trick or Truncate!"<br /><br />10) Set up phony BSOD's for the shift watching the Center that night.<br /><br />9) Leave fake, bloodied fingers around the Data Center with sign that reads "DON'T TOUCH THE SERVER FAN!"<br /><br />8) Make spiderwebs using 10 base T cables<br /><br />7) Hold an exorcism to get rid of ghost spam and zombie PCs<br /><br />6) Carve up some "Jack-o-Servers"<br /><br />5)Inexpensive costume idea: A Post-it Ghost<br /><br />4) Tell spooky ID-10-T support tales like, "The Ghost and the ANY key," or "The Haunted Retracting Cup Holder tray."<br /><br />3) Announce to your team that all unused Halloween candy should be saved and brought in for use at company's Holiday party.<br /><br />2) Play MP3 of first few notes of Bach's Tocatta and Fuge in D-Minor whenever CEO walks by<br /><br />1) Attatch chains and shackles to everyone's desk; Hang a sign that reads "Abandon hope all ye who enter here."<br /><br />Thanks to Greg Mayomek, Rob Trimarco, Tom Flynn, Hugh Laring, Bruce Woods. Plenty of other fun can be found at the Last Mile Online.Jillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13663967912691754222noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2601574141778316235.post-81985780771528118162006-10-28T18:48:00.001-07:002008-11-10T21:23:13.809-07:00The most expensive TV in the world!!!!<span style="font-size:130%;">"October 28, 2006 On display for the first time at the recent IFA show in Germany and also in New York earlier this month at an exhibition promoting Italian craftsmanship was the <a href="http://www.keymat.it/yalos/eng/home.htm" target="_blank">Yalos Diamond</a>, a EUR 100,000 (US$130,000 in round figures) television set by Neapolitan (from Naples) Keymat Industrie s.p.a. The 40 inch LCD TV has provision for 1080i and 720p high definition picture formats and is as technologically sound as is humanly possible with a picture contrast ratio of 1200:1. The really expensive bit is the workmanship, the design and the fact it’s plated in white gold and studded with 160 diamonds (4 gm) of diamonds."</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">This thing is NUTS! Who would by this?<br />Heres some pics so you can see it for your self!!</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/3019/317574968478798/1600/TV1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/3019/317574968478798/400/TV1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />In order on the right...<br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br />*The TV<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/3019/317574968478798/1600/TVREMOTE.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/3019/317574968478798/400/TVREMOTE.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />THE REMOTE if you can believe it!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/3019/317574968478798/1600/Diamonds.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/3019/317574968478798/400/Diamonds.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />*The close up of diamond STUDS!!</span></span>Jillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13663967912691754222noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2601574141778316235.post-78772260717691258692006-10-28T18:25:00.000-07:002006-10-28T18:37:55.395-07:00Global Warming Benifiting Oil Industry?Yup, you heard right, the one thing that may be destroying our environment, may indeed be sustaining our future. Global warming is allowing gas and oil companies to look further north for prospects, without having to use ice breakers.<br /> Sea ice formerly blocked off the passage for 11 months of the year, but now that temperatures are rising, it's making the ice free season longer then ever.<br /> According to the US Navy, the Northwest Passage can be available as a viable shipping route in as little as a few years!<br /> The Arctic is warming twice as fast as the rest of the planet, it could rice by 7 to 12.5 degrees by the end of the century, making the Arctic Ocean ice free in summer by 2060!<br /> "<span style="font-family:MS Sans Serif, Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: MS Sans Serif,Arial; font-size: 10pt;"> Since the U.S. Geological Survey announced that a quarter of the world's undiscovered oil and gas reserves are under the Arctic Ocean, companies are scrambling to stake claims. <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">BP</span> has an Alaskan offshore oil deposit called <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Northstar</span>, and <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Statoil</span> is developing the Snow White gas field in the frozen Barents Sea that is expected to generate $60 billion worth of LNG over the next 30 years. And <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Gazprom</span> is expected to announce joint plans to drill up to 120 wells in the <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Shtokman</span> field, 10 times the size of Snow White."<br /><br />This could mean a well sustained oil supply for a lot longer than expected and also "</span></span><span style="font-family:MS Sans Serif, Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: MS Sans Serif,Arial; font-size: 10pt;"> "Knowing about the energy resources might be very interesting because there is the potential of development in the Arctic," she said. "That's not for us to decide, but it is the reality" (David Adam, London Guardian, April 18)."<br />The Arctic may become a new place to live!<br /><br /></span></span><span style="font-family:MS Sans Serif, Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: MS Sans Serif,Arial; font-size: 10pt;"><img src="http://www.rigzone.com/images/news/library/maps/5/3598.gif" alt="Arctic - Northwest Passage" style="border: 1px solid rgb(51, 102, 153);" border="0" height="577" hspace="5" vspace="2" width="550" /></span></span><br /><span style="font-family:MS Sans Serif, Arial;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: MS Sans Serif,Arial; font-size: 10pt;"><br /><br /></span></span>Jillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13663967912691754222noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2601574141778316235.post-58761982615594103982006-10-28T14:43:00.000-07:002006-10-28T14:49:21.875-07:00Find Typos on Ebay to Score Deals!!I'm not really an ebay user, I have a paypal account which you can always generously donate money into, but besides that I'm way to broke for online shopping. <a href="http://www.typohound.com/">http://www.typohound.com/</a><br />has a really cool idea, you put in words like "toshia" when the seller ment "toshiba", making you one of the first, if not only to search and bid on this product, finding yourself a deal. Imagine that, our spelling mistakes are now making money online! But for the regular ebay user, this seems to be a great idea..I'll try Dimonds, or corvetes, maybe I can get a great deal too! The site claims, and I quote:<br /><br />"<br /><div align="justify"> <h1 class="h1"><strong>What is Typo Hound?</strong></h1> <p>Many <em>eBay</em> auctions contain typos in the title listing. For example, 'toshiba' may be spelt 'toshia'. This means that when someone searches for ''toshiba', the misspelled 'toshia' is not shown. Thus no bids are placed on the 'toshia' auction entry. </p> <p>Typo Hound generates common misspelled variants of the keyword. This allows you to find the elusive 'toshia' listing. Since no one else can find the auction with eBay search to bid on it, you bag yourself a bargain!"</p><br /><p><br /></p><p>How does it work?</p><div align="justify"> <h1 class="h1"><strong>How does the online tool work?</strong></h1> <p>Simply search for a term and follow the link below the search box to hunt for deals on eBay!</p> <p>Typo Hound generates the following <em>typos</em>:</p> <ul><li>Character typed twice</li><li>Character omitted</li><li>Characters swapped</li><li>Key next to correct character hit</li><li>Key next to correct character <em>and</em> correct character hit</li></ul>Thats what they are saying, sounds good, I think I'll try it too!<br /> </div> </div>Jillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13663967912691754222noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2601574141778316235.post-53262849104060944122006-10-28T14:34:00.001-07:002008-11-10T21:53:18.662-07:00What was this guy THINKING?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.zyped.com/zypedmedia/teslacoil.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://www.zyped.com/zypedmedia/teslacoil.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />This looks very Dangerous...don't try this at home..click on the entry title for the link!Jillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13663967912691754222noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2601574141778316235.post-44035802260483621502006-10-28T14:30:00.000-07:002006-10-28T14:33:19.043-07:00The LED MUSEUM??<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/3019/317574968478798/1600/LED.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/3019/317574968478798/400/LED.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://ledmuseum.home.att.net/"><span style="font-size:130%;">http://ledmuseum.home.att.net/</span></a><br /><br />Not even going to touch this one...Jillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13663967912691754222noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2601574141778316235.post-38671241281376172972006-10-28T14:18:00.000-07:002006-10-28T14:22:02.579-07:00I love this Picture<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/3019/317574968478798/1600/viva_firefox_eats_ie.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/3019/317574968478798/400/viva_firefox_eats_ie.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">For those of you who haven't jumped on the Mozilla, FireFox, Thunderbird, and many more options bandwagon..get on, its more secure and just way better...This is the first of a few posts I'm going to focus on about their products..this pic explains it all.<br /></span></span>Jillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13663967912691754222noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2601574141778316235.post-77204275780380317862006-10-28T13:49:00.000-07:002006-10-28T14:05:19.082-07:00Email Abuse?I recently "stumbled accross a great site at <a href="http://www.emailabuse.org/">http://www.emailabuse.org/</a><br />Because of the growing age of computer users, not everyone knows how to avoid and combat spam. Spam can be as silly as an advertisment, or as serious as someone posing as your bank requesting sensitive information. Not everyone knows how to handle these attacks, adn this site seems to be really informative!<br /> It describes email abuse as " The use of electronic mail to advertise unethically, harass, annoy, or cause harm to the email recipient. Abuse can take the form of bulk email, threatening email, email sent with the intent to slow productivity of, or cause damage to, the recipient's system. It is a world wide problem and anyone with an email address is vulnerable. "<br /><br />That just about sums it up! But what do you do in an age where it seems the only option is to impose high security levels on your inbox that prevent new friends and important emails you have requested if you happen to forget to add the address to your contact list!<br /><br />There are a few tips I know if that help me:<br />1. Create a "fake" email address, if you are using it online to sign up for anything, or have to give it out for any reason, use that one. Go through it about once a week and clear out the spam. Reserve your REAL email address for friends and contacts, that way you don't have to build an iron wall around your inbox.<br /><br />2. Never never give out sensitive information through email, any reputable company will not contact you this way, its not secure. If you have your doubts, contact the company directly to ask why they are sending you this email, chances are its a scam.<br /><br />3. No one ever wins anything over email, they will call you, if you don't remember the name or company, contact over the phone and never release information<br /><br />4. MY BIGGEST BEEF of all is FORWARDS! There are people out there in the business of collecting email addresses, and you and your friends forward along these tear jerker, cute pics, pleas for help (which are fake) and suburban warnings... after a few round abouts someone has a really extensive list of email addresses they can spam. Lets not forget some peoples emails also include personal work signatures with phone numbers ect. How dangerous is that? If you MUST pass on a forward PLEASE deleate all unrelevant information from the email and send it to one person, asking that they do not forward your email address on again. Sorry, big BEEF of mine! <br /><br />5. If your email client has a spam blocker use it, if you see a spam message, mark it as spam, the domain name won't return. <br /><br />I reccommend GMAIL as it has a great spam filter, catches %90 percent before it hit my inbox, and has an easy spam marker too, thunderbird makes a great Pop3 client also, you can download it from Mozilla.org, and it acts the same way as outlook or outlook express, only alot better :P<br /><br />Last but not least, never hesitate to contact your ISP (internet service provider) or email provider (EX.GMAIL) they are always eager to help and can find out whos really behind these issues, and block their usage if necessary!Jillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13663967912691754222noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2601574141778316235.post-88459741273861470472006-10-28T01:02:00.000-07:002006-10-28T01:10:21.988-07:00Coolest Pic Ever<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://nata2.info/humor/pictures/573373610Coolest_Picture_Ever.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px;" src="http://nata2.info/humor/pictures/573373610Coolest_Picture_Ever.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>Jillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13663967912691754222noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2601574141778316235.post-18703681846369131762006-10-26T10:16:00.000-07:002006-10-26T14:19:28.467-07:00Deals all the way to Free!Well everyone likes free stuff, or a great site that points us in the right direction with out being tricked or spammed or having to sign up with 100 friends and their children. "<a href="http://www.nobrainerdeals.com/deals/">No <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Brainer</span> Deals</a> from the "<span style="font-style: italic;">I'll fill out a form to get anything</span>" freebie searcher, to the serious home builder, and has become one of my favorite new Google pages <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">RSS</span> feed additions. It seems to appeal to all audiences with gadgets and deals in between. I like the <a href="http://www.nobrainerdeals.com/deals/">deals of the day</a> section which is found here: <a href="http://www.nobrainerdeals.com/deals/">http://www.nobrainerdeals.com/deals/</a><br /> This site seems to be on top of technology and there are lots of great finds and <span style="font-weight: bold;">awesome prices</span>!<br />Sorry this is a short one, I'll update with more another time, I'm a bit sick today!<br /><br />JillJillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13663967912691754222noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2601574141778316235.post-38488195183878423962006-10-20T23:42:00.000-07:002006-10-20T23:54:43.126-07:00Expect a climatic 'wild ride,' study saysAccording to CNN.COM, the world, especially the western United States, the Mediterranean region and Brazil, will suffer more droughts , heavy rainfalls and long heat waves due to Global warming<br /> They also call for a few freezes, and longer growing seasons...<br /><br />Personally the past winter in Northern Canada was very mild, we were very lucky, but this may be yet another symptom of whats to come.<br /><br /><p>"It's going to be a wild ride, especially for specific regions," said study lead author Claudia <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Tebaldi</span>, a scientist at the federally funded academic research center.</p><p><span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Tebaldi</span> pointed to the Western U.S., Mediterranean nations and Brazil as "hot spots" that will get extremes at their worst, according to the computer models.</p><p>And some places, such as the Pacific Northwest, are predicted to get a strange double whammy of longer dry spells punctuated by heavier rainfall.</p><p>As the world warms, there will be more rain likely in the tropical Pacific Ocean, and that will change the air flow for certain areas, much like El <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Nino</span> weather oscillations now do, said study co-author Gerald <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Meehl</span>, a top computer</p><blockquote></blockquote> modeler at the research center. Those changes will affect the U.S. West, Australia and Brazil, even though it's on South America's eastern coast.<p></p><p>For the Mediterranean, the issue has more to do with rainfall in the tropical Atlantic Ocean changing air currents, he said.</p><p>"Extreme events are the kinds of things that have the biggest impacts, not only on humans, but on mammals and ecosystems," <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Meehl</span> said. The study, to be published in the December issue of the peer-reviewed journal Climatic Change, "gives us stronger and more compelling evidence that these changes in extremes are more likely."</p><p>This is not good news for already drought stricken areas, and the thing we need is more tropical storms and hurricanes after last year..!</p><br /><br />he measurement of warm nights saw the biggest forecast changes. Every part of the globe is predicted to experience a tremendous increase in the number of nights during which the low temperature is extremely high. Those warm night temperatures that should happen only once every decade will likely occur at least every other year by the time we reach 2099, if not more frequently, <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Tebaldi</span> said.<p>Warm nights are crucial because Chicago's 1995 heat wave demonstrated that after three straight hot nights, people start dying, <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Meehl</span> said. However, heat wave deaths are decreasing in the United States because society has learned to adapt better, using air conditioning, noted University of Alabama at Huntsville atmospheric sciences professor John <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Christy</span>. He is one of a minority of climate scientists who downplay the seriousness of global warming.</p><p>Similarly, the days when the temperature drops below freezing will plummet worldwide. That's not necessarily a good thing, because fewer frost days will likely bring dramatic change in wildlife, especially bug infestation, <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Tebaldi</span> said.</p><p>"It's a disruption of the equilibrium that's been going for many centuries," <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">Tebaldi</span> said. But she noted that a lengthier growing season in general is good.</p><p>"This notion of the greening of the planet ... generally is a positive benefit," <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">Christy</span> said.</p><p><span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">Christy</span>, who did not participate in the study but acknowledges that global warming is real and man-made, said an increase in nighttime low temperatures makes much more sense than the rain-and-drought forecasts of the paper.</p><p>One of the larger changes in precipitation predicted is in the intensity of rain and snowfall. That means, <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">Tebaldi</span> said, "when it rains, it rains more" even if it doesn't rain as often.</p><p><span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">Tebaldi's</span> assessment jibes with the National Climatic Data Center's tracking of extreme events in the United States, said David <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">Easterling</span>, chief of the center's scientific services. <span onclick="BLOG_clickHandler(this)" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">Easterling's</span> group has created a massive climate extreme index that measures the weather in America. Last year, the United States experienced the second most extreme year in 95 years; the worst year was in 1998."</p><blockquote></blockquote><p></p>Say what you want about global warming, I'm usually on the weather trend side, but either way, its looking worse, not better!!<br /><br />JillJillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13663967912691754222noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2601574141778316235.post-24715538561954405872006-10-20T23:13:00.000-07:002006-10-20T23:16:31.542-07:00Funny Tech pics invloving cats<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/3019/317574968478798/1600/cats14.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/3019/317574968478798/320/cats14.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/3019/317574968478798/1600/cats52.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/3019/317574968478798/320/cats52.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/3019/317574968478798/1600/cats16.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/3019/317574968478798/320/cats16.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/3019/317574968478798/1600/server.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/3019/317574968478798/320/server.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/3019/317574968478798/1600/cats33.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/3019/317574968478798/320/cats33.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Jillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13663967912691754222noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2601574141778316235.post-33772443342962324282006-10-17T21:38:00.000-07:002006-10-17T21:43:36.182-07:00Wireless Issues?<h4 style="margin-bottom: 0px;" class="TextColor1" id="subjcns!C73E775F8A7DF88!207">Wireless tips</h4><div id="msgcns!C73E775F8A7DF88!207"><br />With wireless Internet growing more and more in our homes, we are all starting to have issues with it. Now we have to remember this is not a dedicated connection, like a telephone or cable line, but a signal that travels through the air at a certain frequency or *channel* and things as small as a cell phone, TV, remote control, or carpet EMI could cause it to not work or drop. Basically if your ISP can get a clear signal into your home to your modem, the rest is your issue. Here are some things that can help.<br /><br />1. Upgrade to XP, use the included software in XP to connect, not the one that comes with your card.<br /><br />2. If you must use 98SE or up, make sure you have the most up to date drivers for your card, you would be surprised how many card come with outdated technology, remember it moves fast. Most wireless cares should come with free instillation support, or call your ISP for instructions, they may be able to help, maybe not. Worst case scenario, hook it up via the Ethernet cable, and get online and download new drivers or find the information first. That reminds me, make sure your computer CAN and has been connected via another means to the Internet before trying to hook up wireless, its better to find out before you've spent 7 hours on the phone with some guy in India (NOT that they don't know there stuff, communication is at times difficult!)<br /><br />3. The placement of your router is <span style="font-weight: bold;">KEY</span><br />-don't put it anywhere from any electrical devices..aka that speaker its sitting on, or the carpet, get that antenna as high into the air as possible for maximum coverage<br />-remember if you can't use a TV remote control through the walls, wireless will have a hard time too. Whats in between your PC and the router? A bathroom with ceramic tiles? Is it in the basement surrounded by cement? get it in a central location to your computers and play with it, location is key<br />-if need be you can pick up those wireless extenders, they are pretty sharp and work well<br />-Log into the firmware, (contact your ISP for instructions or router company) and change the channel..your cordless phone could be on the same frequency as your router.<br />- <span style="font-weight: bold;">If your wired computer works fine</span>, chances are its either your card, drivers for your card, or your router, it is going to cut out once and awhile, that's normal, but should reconnect asap when it does. When in doubt, look for the activity light on the card, if its not flashing, power off and on the computer and router for 30 seconds each... computer first, router second, and then try it, Anymore home networking wireless questions, let me know, I'm running a SS 6520 and it works great...<br /></div>Jillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13663967912691754222noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2601574141778316235.post-34695558624866832062006-10-16T21:39:00.000-07:002006-10-16T21:41:06.213-07:00Speed Up Windows XP!<div id="entrycns!C73E775F8A7DF88!182" class="fixedTable bvEntry Spaces_Blog_Item Web_Bindings_Base" cns="cns!C73E775F8A7DF88!182" ca="true"><h4 style="margin-bottom: 0px;" class="TextColor1" id="subjcns!C73E775F8A7DF88!182">Services You Can Disable</h4><div id="msgcns!C73E775F8A7DF88!182"><div> <p>There are quite a few services you can disable from starting automatically.<br />This would be to speed up your boot time and free resources.<br />They are only suggestions so I suggestion you read the description of each one when you run Services<br />and that you turn them off one at a time.<br /><br />Some possibilities are:</p> <ul><li><b>Alerter</b> - Sends alert messages to specified users that are connected to the server computer.</li><li><b>Application Management </b>- Allows software to tap directly into the Add/Remove Programs feature via the Windows Installer technology.</li><li><b>Background Intelligent Transfer Service</b> - The Background Intelligent Transfer service is used by programs (such as Windows AutoUpdate) to download files by using spare bandwidth.</li><li><b>Clipbook</b> - ClipBook permits you to cut and paste text and graphics over the network.</li><li><b>Error Reporting Service</b> - Allows applications to send error reports to Microsoft in the event of an application fault.</li><li><b>Fast User Switching</b> - Windows XP allows users to switch quickly between accounts, without requiring them to log off.</li><li><b>Help and Support</b> - Allows the XP Built-in Help and Support Center to run.</li><li><b>IMAPI CD-Burning COM Service</b> - You don't need this if you have other software to create CDs.</li><li><b>Indexing Service</b> - Indexes contents and properties of files on local and remote computers; provides rapid access to files through flexible querying language. </li><li><b>IP SEC</b> - Manages IP security policy and starts the ISAKMP/Oakley (IKE) and the IP security driver. If you are not on a domain, you likely don't need this running.</li><li><b>Messenger</b> - Transmits net send and Alerter service messages between clients and servers. This is how a lot of pop-up windows start appearing on your desktop.</li><li><b>Net Logon</b> - Supports pass-through authentication of account logon events for computers in a domain. If you are not on a domain, you don't need this running</li><li><b>Network DDE</b> - Provides network transport and security for Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE) for programs running on the same computer or on different computers.</li><li><b>NT LM Security Support Provider</b> - Provides security to remote procedure call (RPC) programs that use transports other than named pipes. </li><li><b>Performance Logs and Alerts</b> - Collects performance data from local or remote computers based on preconfigured schedule parameters, then writes the data to a log or triggers an alert. If you don't need to monitor your performance logs, then you don't need this service.</li><li><b>Portable Media Serial Number</b> - Retrieves the serial number of any portable music player connected to your computer</li><li><b>QOS RSVP</b> - Provides network signaling and local traffic control setup functionality for QoS-aware programs and control applets.</li><li><b>Remote Desktop Help Session Manager</b> - Manages and controls Remote Assistance. If you are not using Remote Desktop you don't need this service.</li><li><b>Remote Registry</b> - Enables remote users to modify registry settings on this computer.</li><li><b>Routing & Remote Access</b> - Offers routing services to businesses in local area and wide area network environments. Allows dial-in access.</li><li><b>Secondary Login</b> - Enables starting processes under alternate credentials. This is what allows you to run an application as another user.</li><li><b>Smart Card</b> - Manages access to smart cards read by this computer.</li><li><b>Smart Card Helper</b> - Enables support for legacy non-plug and play smart-card readers used by this computer. </li><li><b>SSDP Discovery Service</b> - Enables discovery of UPnP devices on your home network.</li><li><b>TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper </b>- Enables support for NetBIOS over TCP/IP (NetBT) service and NetBIOS name resolution. This should not be needed in today's network environment.</li><li><b>Telnet</b> - Enables a remote user to log on to this computer and run programs, and supports various TCP/IP Telnet clients.</li><li><b>Uninterruptible Power Supply Service</b> - Manages an uninterruptible power supply (UPS) connected to the computer.</li><li><b>Universal Plug and Play Device Host</b> - Provides support to host Universal Plug and Play devices</li><li><b>Upload Manager</b> - Manages synchronous and asynchronous file transfers between clients and servers on the network.</li><li><b>Volume Shadow Copy Service</b> - Manages and implements Volume Shadow Copies used for backup and other purposes. </li><li><b>Web Client</b> - Enables Windows-based programs to create, access, and modify non-local files across the Internet.</li><li><b>Wireless Zero</b> Configuration - Provides automatic configuration for the 802.11 adapters</li><li><b>WMI Performance Adapter</b> - Provides performance library information from WMI HiPerf providers.</li></ul></div></div><table border="0" cellspacing="0"></table></div>Jillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13663967912691754222noreply@blogger.com0