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Archive for October 2012
Links to Live News Streams – New York and Philadelphia
During bad weather one of the things that can be affected is your TV signal. With Hurricane Sandy expected to hit the East Coast during the evening of 10/29, if you lose your TV signal and want to keep up with the latest news, here is a list of LIVE (web) Video Feed (plus the recorded video) pages for the major TV stations in New York and Philadelphia. In addition, if you are not in the Northeast but have friends or loved ones who are, this is also a great way to stay informed with the local news for that area.
Preparing For A Natural Disaster – Smart Phone Edition
(**Updated from Original Post of Aug 26)
With the approaching “Frankenstorm” that is expected to hit somewhere in the Northeast United States on Monday (10/29) / Tuesday (10/30), I think this would be a perfect time to remind every one of steps they can take to protect themselves. (Picture courtesy NOAA)
Even though Hurricane Sandy and its associated “Frankenstorm” are at the heart of this post, that’s not the only reason people should be prepared. In addition to hurricanes, we have tornado’s, earthquakes, snow storms, among other things that can cause power to go out for hours or days or even longer. Disasters are not exclusive to the U.S., just look at the earthquake in Haiti, or the earthquake and Tsunami that affected Japan.
These days cell phones, and more importantly smart phones play an integral part in our lives (all around the world). For more and more people a cell phone is the multifunction device of choice. Many people no longer have a home phone, a portable radio, a camera, they exclusively use the smart phone for all those functions and more. However, planning for a disaster rarely seems to included the smart phone as part of your plans.
Foreclosed family watches helplessly as craigslist crowds strip house bare (via 11 Alive Atlanta)
It’s regularly said that you need to be careful what you post online. In a sad story from Georgia, a family that was already going through a hard time learned the hard way what can happen when you post online. The Vercher family of Woodstock, Ga. posted a Craigslist ad on Tuesday night announcing that they were giving away some furniture after losing their home to foreclosure.
Michael Vercher thinks the wording of the Craigslist ad may have confused people. It read, in part, as follows: “Fairly large, free yard sale. Moving and we want everything to go for free. So come over and take whatever you want and how much you want.” Some of the missing items were simply irreplaceable, including two guitars that belonged to Vercher’s fiancée; they were given to her by her father.
The following news report comes from 11 Alive (NBC TV in Atlanta), showing what is left of the Vercher family belongings.
Black Viper’s Windows 8 Service Configurations (via Black Viper)
With the upcoming release of the Windows 8 operating system from Microsoft, I figured it was time to remind every one of the Black Viper configuration site (http://www NULL.blackviper NULL.com/service-configurations/). Dealing with Technology isn’t always about knowing every part of technology. Technology changes almost daily, if you truly try to keep up with all the changes, you would never have a “real” life. May times, technology is about knowing where to look to get the information you need. Today’s post is about just that situation.
All flavors (versions) of Windows have “services” that run in the background and basically control what the pc does. Knowing what each service does and what each service is dependent on, is a valuable asset to any tech. Additionally, many of the services that run probably don’t need to be, for most users, and the fewer services that you have running on your PC means the more “resources” your computer will have for those things you are using.
I could go thru and list all these services and take weeks to put the entire package together, however, there is someone who has already done just that. If you visit Black Viper’s site (His real name is Charles) you will find (what I think is) one of the most complete listings of services which “Includes complete explanations of each service and advice on which services you can safely disable”.
New Message Appearing When You Sign Into Facebook Tonight
It seems that Facebook has a change coming again! If you happen to need to log into your account tonight, which means actually having to enter your name / password, you will asked to “Please review the phone numbers that are on your Timeline”. It seems that if you open FB and are automatically sent to your timeline (as in your saved your password), you wont see this message.
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Tech Geek and More
The site started in 2009 as a way to “Help Make Tech Easy”. Many technology sites write using a lot of “Geek” terms that the average person just doesn’t understand, while Tech Geek and More focuses on explaining things in a simple, normal way that even the least technical person could understand.
Over the years, Tech Geek and More has grown to the point where the site now averages 20,000 visitors and over 80,000 pageviews a month. According to Google Analytics stats, Tech Geek and More, has reach the milestone of over 1,000,000 pageviews.
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