SpaceWeather.com

Posted on May 30, 2010 by Jesse Zylstra

SpaceWeather — Weather for Space!

SpaceWeather.com is an online website that tells you about what’s going on in your own universe! The site features fascinating photos from earth and space, and many events that you should look outside for. SpaceWeather includes space weather conditions such as the solar wind speed, X-ray Solar Flares, Sunspots, and more.

Along with the website, SpaceWeather offers Aurora Alerts (as well as other space weather alerts) which will call you when Auroras and other mystifying things will be happening, however this is not free. All of what you can get on SpaceWeather Phone can be seen on the website.

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Google T.V.

Posted on May 30, 2010 by Jesse Zylstra

“TV Meets Web. Web Meets TV.”

Google announced this month in their “Google Friends” newsletter a service soon-to-be offered called Google  TV. Google TV is going to re-shape how we receive information through our televisions, taking the best of TV (namely the large screen and the HD) and the best of the Internet, and putting them together.

Google TV will be available both integrated with new televisions, or in an external box that will work with your existing TV.

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Ad: Pension Loans

Posted on May 30, 2010 by Jesse Zylstra

The following is an advertisement. We are not responsible for the content of the actual website.

Can I Cash In My Pension Early? Of course you can: with a Pension Loan. Pension Loans allow retirees to sell a portion of their own pension. In return, you can receive a lump sum pension. Your dreams can come true, finally you can buy your dream boat, house, or take a vacation of a lifetime! Lump Sum Pensions can be the answers to your financial problems. Banks don’t recognize pensions as collateral. You will finally be able to pay off your credit cards and get rid of your medical bills. No more worrying about the financial future. Have peace of mind that you will be debt free.

Lump sum pensions are great for a wide background of people.  Some people won’t even live to receive all of their pension. Instead of fretting about whether your employer will continue to send your pension checks for the next 30 years, get it now! Quit worrying. So, you can get Lump Sum Pensions loan. Check it out. Make a few of your dreams come true, with a pension loan. It is much easier than you think. Take the first step, you will be there in no time.

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Network Lights

Posted on May 26, 2010 by Jesse Zylstra

Note: This program will not work with USB Keyboards properly!

There is a bug, if you begin to receive high network traffic to your website, high I/O traffic to your processor will cause your computer to slow down, especially key reaction time.

Network Lights on your keyboard.
Who uses the ScrollLock key anymore? I have not had a valid purpose for it in years — in fact, I no longer am able to remember its’ original purpose.

I found a neat program called Network Lights that can put the ScrollLock LED Indicator to use. http://www.itsamples.com/network-lights.html
Most computers now lack a visible network indicator, and laptops are often missing them entirely. Network Lights can fix this for you. Continue reading →

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We Need Ideas!

Posted on May 25, 2010 by Jesse Zylstra

…because I am completely out!

I have run out of things to write about. I just can not think of any. If you have a program you would like to share, or a computer question you would like answered, please ask and share!

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Website Updates

Posted on May 25, 2010 by Jesse Zylstra

Recently, the server was upgraded to Ubuntu 10.04. This has resulted in faster server self-boot times (after failures) and a more stable system (Apache is already running more smoothly).

A power outage occurred last week, 20 minute outage. No manual intervention was needed for the server, automatic statup sequence had no problems. No hardware or software damage (Yay! First time in a long time there has been an outage without damage)

WP-to-Twitter plugin was removed. We are now using a web service called TwitterFeed to power our Twitter page. This has significantly increased posting speeds and stopped a majority of the scrip overload problems.

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Any Format to PDF

Posted on May 21, 2010 by Jesse Zylstra

Cute PDF LogoMany programs are available to convert pretty much any document in to a PDF for a price. CutePDF does this for free for both home, and commercial use. NO watermarks, popups, or ads. That’s only the first best part.

The second best part is how easy it is to use. You do the following: Press “Print” in the program with the file you want to send to a PDF Document, and select CutePDF Writer. You will be prompted asking where you want to save, and that’s it! The program “Prints” your document to the PDF format.

There is nothing complex about this program whatsoever. Non-computer-savvy people need not be afraid. If you need to create PDF Documents, Download CutePDF — it’s a simple installation with no hidden surprises. (Except, you may want to un-check the “Yahoo Toolbar” installation option, unless you want yet another toolbar…)

PDF documents have become a standard for file sharing in the business world. I honestly do not see why, as until these sorts of program came out PDF documents were expensive to create.

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Ad: The Butler Firm

Posted on May 21, 2010 by Jesse Zylstra

The following is an advertisement for The Butler Firm. We are not responsible for the content of the actual website.

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Defraggler: Advanced Disk Defragmentation

Posted on May 20, 2010 by Jesse Zylstra

Defraggler LogoDefraggler is an advanced disk-defragmentation tool for Windows. It’s main advantage, in my opinion, is for XP Users since it allows you to easily schedule defragmentation whenever you would like it. Similar to defragmentation in Windows 98, you can also choose to move large files to the end of the drive, and have a visual representation of defragmentation showing the individual blocks of your hard drive and their contained files.

A “Quick Defrag” option is also offered for a faster defragmention, skipping files with little to no defragmentation and only defragmenting files that need it the most.

Not only is it faster and more advanced, it is really very easy to use. Defraggler has a straight-forward interface. No additional options need to be configured to get it running, unless you choose to make advanced changes. A very “Install, click, click, run” program.

(Or, you can switch to Linux, which uses a filesystem desgined to never have fragmentation problems as long as you are using less than 80% of your drive)

Description from their website:
Use Defraggler to defrag your entire hard drive, or individual files – unique in the industry. This compact and portable Windows application supports NTFS and FAT32 file systems.

Visit Defraggler’s website: http://www.piriform.com/defraggler

Download from Filehippo: http://filehippo.com/download_defraggler/

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