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How to convert an MP3 to a ringtone

bill — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 15:03:48 +0000

Now that I have finally joined the 21st century and gotten a Blackberry (free through Radio Shack and Sprint), I’ll probably start posting tips like the following:

How to convert an MP3 to a ringtone

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Watching the watchers

bill — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 18:43:25 +0000

Keep an eye on who’s keeping an eye on you, here:

http://www.ghostery.com/

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Free remote control software

bill — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 21:30:24 +0000

This looks really good:

http://www.teamviewer.com/index.aspx

Of course, I’ve already been using the one from Zoho, too, here:

http://meeting.zoho.com/agent/ZohoMeetingSetup.exe

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If you cannot run EXE files

bill — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 20:20:07 +0000

If you’ve been infected or corrupted and can’t run executable (.EXE) program files in order to fix your problem, here’s the fix:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555067

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How long will your hard drive last

bill — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:49:06 +0000

http://ask-leo.com/how_long_should_a_hard_drive_last.html

Comp-U-Plus big deals page or something

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A new search engine

bill — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 01:05:42 +0000

Cuil.com (pronounced “cool”). And here’s a good reason to use it (or StartPage) instead of Google: http://newstrust.net/stories/2685319/toolbar?ref=hp

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Private surfing

admin — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 13:59:32 +0000

by Don

I’ve mentioned startpage before, but I found out that if you go to https://startpage.com/ (note the s after http, which means it’s a secure connection, like they use for credit card transactions) it hides your searches even from your internet service provider (ISP). And of course if you install the proxy toolbar, with every search you can click on Proxy with every search to have it bring up the page so that even the page you’re looking at can’t log your IP address.

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Free online storage

bill — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 01:56:00 +0000

This could come in VERY handy! I very reluctantly plug anything Microsoft does, but this is a great service. It’s called SkyDrive. Free 25 gigabytes worth of storage. The only thing required is that you create an account. You don’t even have to create a Hotmail or MSN account. I used my gmail account. It’s not the same or as good as online backup, but, hey, 25 gig! And if this is all you have as a backup, you’ll thank me if/when your hard drive crashes. The only question is, do you trust Microsoft with your personal documents?

Here’s the link: http://windowslive.com/online/skydrive

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Your outgoing mail server

bill — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 19:39:38 +0000

Hopefully yours is listed here, anyway. :)

http://www.amailsender.com/support/smtpserver/

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Video download sites

bill — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 03:44:50 +0000

A couple of useful sites here for downloading videos for later viewing. I know I often want to watch a video later, not right then and there. Anyway, here are a couple of links:

http://www.splandoo.com/

http://www.videosnag.com/

There are probably a hundred others. :)

In a similar vein, here are a couple of online graphics editing sites:

http://friendsnews.com/wordpress/online-editing-sites

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