In this podcast I give out some Christmas gift shopping tips that include words of wisdom concerning eBay, big-box retail return policies, price comparisons and more. Listen in for the details.
More Viewing Options on YouTube Videos
December 18, 2007 by Leave a Comment
Something new to YouTube videos is a new visualization for related videos. This is something you can only see when viewing videos in full-screen mode. In full screen mode, look to the bottom left, you’ll see a new three-ball button: Click that button and circles will start to pop up on your screen. Hover over [...]
Three Useful Firefox Extensions
December 17, 2007 by 1 Comment
In Firefox there are good extensions (a.k.a. “Add-Ons”), not-so-good ones and outright bad ones. The three covered in the video are genuinely good and useful extensions for your Firefox web browser. Router Status Link to Add-On: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/5544 This is a very handy extension to quickly check the status of your router. There are options to [...]
Gold, Platinum iPhone Edition For The Ultimate Snob
December 17, 2007 by Leave a Comment
So you’ve had your iPhone for a while but darn it, it just doesn’t feel special anymore because so many people have them now. Not to worry! You can order a special Platinum Edition iPhone. The cost? A measely two grand. Pocket change! But hang on, you’re going to have to get a gold plated [...]
Microsoft Office Ultimate 2007 only $59.95 – I’m Not Joking
December 15, 2007 by Leave a Comment
Okay I know this info has been out for a while now but still, this is pretty darned cool and it surprises me how many people don’t know about it: http://www.theultimatesteal.com This is, believe it or not, a Microsoft site. And yes, you can get MS Office Ultimate 2007 for 60 bucks. The one catch [...]
How To Block Wireless Phone Spam
December 13, 2007 by Leave a Comment
It’s one thing to get spam in your e-mail from the internet. But when it starts appearing on your mobile phone, that costs money. My wireless phone carrier is Verizon and fortunately they have some options to cut the spam out. The options are few but at least you have them.
Mobile Social Networking Is The Next Wave
December 13, 2007 by 1 Comment
Next2Friends has officially brought social networking to the next level by bringing it to mobile phones. You can read all about it here. This isn’t just another "social network with mobile phone perks", it literally is a mobile-phone-specific social network. It’s a true-blue platform. Something new and definitely different. Even though I’m not the type [...]
Using An Animated Favicon On Your Web Site or Blog
December 12, 2007 by 1 Comment
Note: This little tutorial is for those who have their own web site or blog that don’t mind doing a tiny bit a code editing. To create an icon that will work in both Internet Explorer and Firefox: Use an image editor to create a 16×16 PNG image. If you don’t have an image editor [...]
Is Twitter Truly a Killer App?
December 12, 2007 by Leave a Comment
To note: A Killer App on the internet is something that, generally speaking, is something new and deemed to be a progression in the way the internet works. An example of a killer app is Gmail; it’s a different (and therefore new) way of doing e-mail that most consider to be better than "old-school" Hotmail, [...]
24: The Un-Aired 1994 Pilot
December 12, 2007 by 1 Comment
Even if you’re never seen the television show 24, this video will give you some good laughs because it shows all the "modern" tech that was available in 1994, including but not limited to: Pagers Cordless Phones and Pay Phones (no wireless mobile phones) A "three floppy" file being too big to send in e-mail [...]
Iron Man Has a MySpace Page
December 12, 2007 by Leave a Comment
Every time a new movie is released the movie company who produced it always (and without fail) will put up a throw-away web site. These days they’re not only doing that but also throwing up obligatory MySpace pages too. There is a MySpace page for the upcoming Iron Man movie (recently launched). This page has [...]
Configuring Google Talk To Use Twitter
December 11, 2007 by Leave a Comment
Do you use Twitter? It’s a cool little bulletin poster that’s easy to use. It’s even easier to use once you configure it for use with Google Talk. All you have to do is send a bulletin exactly like you’d send an instant message. Works very nicely.
Preventing False Positive Spams By Using Your Contact List
December 11, 2007 by Leave a Comment
Although this is kind of an obvious tip, using your Contact List will allow the e-mail you want to come thru rather than be flagged as spam. To be best of my knowledge this works with all e-mail services and programs. Recently I discovered my Gmail was flagging e-mails as spam by mistake, so I [...]
A Cool Way of Sending An Invite (5.25-inch Floppy Disk)
December 11, 2007 by Leave a Comment
G4 sent out CES invitations this year in a rather cool way by using 5.25" floppy diskettes complete with sleeves and labels. If you were looking for a different and interesting way to send out invitations to anything, this will definitely get attention. Kudos to whoever at G4 thought of this. Incidentally, if you’re ever [...]
Seagate Flips The Bird To Linux With Free Agent Series Hard Drives
December 11, 2007 by 1 Comment
In a sort of odd maneuver, Seagate has released a batch of hard drives called Free Agent that aren’t supported under Linux. The reason they won’t work is because the drives has incompatible-to-Linux power-saving features and are formatted to NTFS on delivery. I suppose I can see Seagate’s "Why bother?" standpoint since Linux isn’t used [...]
