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October 2008

68 posts

One More Reason I Don’t Like Analog Radio

This morning I pile into my truck like I normally do - need a cup of coffee bad. Need my podcasts bad. Start the car and I normally listen to some Classic Rock music - Maybe Zepplin or Pink Floyd. Forigner, Styx, Journey and I suppose a little AC/DC. But as I turned on the radio, I heard the song

GNC-2008-10-28 #419 Sorry about Missing a Show

Big Apologies for missing the last show, explanation contained in Podcast. Thanks for all the notes of concern. No worries everything here is good. Thanks to all the Ohana that called and sent notes. Please Support my Show Sponsors!: [Save 10% off on any order at GoDaddy.com!] Use Code Todd [Try GoToMeeting free for 30 days at GoToMeeting.com/techpodcasts. No credit

Is That Username Taken?

Whenever I go to a new site that requires a signup and use of a username, I usually try to use the same name I use everywhere else. It cuts down on confusion for me, as when I go to a site and need to login, if I always use the same username, I should be just fine. Unfortunately for

Spirit of Podcamp Hawaii Expressed by Lorelle VanFossen

I had the chance to interview Lorelle who is the ultimate Wordpress champion at Podcamp Hawaii. During our Interview she really summed up what was so special about Podcamp Hawaii and the experience she had at the event.

Podcamp Hawaii Wrap Up

I am sitting here this morning in the beautiful Wyland Waikiki the day after Podcamp Hawaii reflecting on the past two days.. Roxanne Darling event organizer let me know last night that we had 339 people attend the event.

Podcamp Hawaii

Podcamp Hawaii is over please visit Podcamp Hawaii Website for post event information.

Reverted Back to Firefox 2

Man I really like Firefox & practically preached to the masses about FF3. My love affair with Firefox 3 has ended though amid several crashes. I like all the functions available with FF3 along with the many add ons but I have to try something different. I have reinstalled FF2 which I rarely had trouble with except when I had

Get Those Updates!

Overnight, Microsoft issued a rare out-of-cycle patch for Windows systems that should be installed immediately. The vulnerability affects all versions of Windows and could have an impact similar to the 2003 Blaster Worm attack. If you're not set to auto-update, be sure to go out and grab the update. All of my machines do updates automatically, and the alert was

Virtual Murder in a Virtual World

My mother called me this morning to ask me how a woman could be arrested for a virtual murder, and what was a virtual murder, anyway? My mother is 67 years old, retired to Florida, but because her daughter (that would be me) is a geek, she's running a hot new laptop with ATT wireless broadband and a decent understanding

Scotch Tape Xrays

Who knew that an ordinary roll of Scotch (TM) tape could be used to create Xrays? Apparently, the Russians did in the 1950's, but it was never developed. Researchers at UCLA have been toying with the power that comes from peeling tape from a roll in a vacuum. In fact, a mere piece of tape can produce an enormous amount

And the Spam Goes On…

A week or so ago, the government shut down the largest spamming organization in the country. You'd think that would slow down the influx in my mailbox, but it hasn't. Wishful thinking, I suppose. Some of the spam I get looks like bounced mail. I thought it was just a clever way of spamming someone, but it turns out it's

Libraries Still Have a Purpose

Maxsports writes below that libraries should be torn down and the money used to maintain libraries should be distributed to people in the form of computers. He believes computers are replacing libraries. I don't think he's been in a library lately! I work in a library in an institution of higher learning, so my view is somewhat skewed, but I

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