One day a few weeks ago frustration level about Microsoft computers was again at dangerous levels. I finally decided to take the advice that had come, over a long period of time, from various directions. I bought an iMAC!
I calculated that I was spending an average of 1 hour a day of my best time (7 per week = 50 days a year) wrestling with all the consequential crap that comes from using Microsoft-based machines. Enough, enough, enough!
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Saturday, September 26, 2009
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
How many (professional) bloggers are there in America?
E. Kinney Zalesne in the Wall Street Journal has an article that starts;
In America today, there are almost as many people making their living as bloggers as there are lawyers. Already more Americans are making their primary income from posting their opinions than Americans working as computer programmers or firefighters.
Paid bloggers fit just about every definition of a microtrend: Their ranks have grown dramatically over the years, blogging is an important social and cultural movement that people care passionately about, and the number of people doing it for at least some income is approaching 1% of American adults.
The best studies we can find say we are a nation of over 20 million bloggers, with 1.7 million profiting from the work, and 452,000 of those using blogging as their primary source of income. That's almost 2 million Americans getting paid by the word, the post, or the click -- whether on their site or someone else's. And that's nearly half a million of whom it can be said, as Bob Dylan did of Hurricane Carter: "It's my work he'd say, I do it for pay."
To read the full article go HERE
In America today, there are almost as many people making their living as bloggers as there are lawyers. Already more Americans are making their primary income from posting their opinions than Americans working as computer programmers or firefighters.
Paid bloggers fit just about every definition of a microtrend: Their ranks have grown dramatically over the years, blogging is an important social and cultural movement that people care passionately about, and the number of people doing it for at least some income is approaching 1% of American adults.
The best studies we can find say we are a nation of over 20 million bloggers, with 1.7 million profiting from the work, and 452,000 of those using blogging as their primary source of income. That's almost 2 million Americans getting paid by the word, the post, or the click -- whether on their site or someone else's. And that's nearly half a million of whom it can be said, as Bob Dylan did of Hurricane Carter: "It's my work he'd say, I do it for pay."
To read the full article go HERE
Monday, April 20, 2009
Sunday, April 19, 2009
Check out SEESMIC 'video conversation'
The beauty of SEESMIC is that your conversation partner doesn't have to be there when you say what you want to say next. Plus you can participate in many different conversations simultaneously.
Saturday, April 11, 2009
Beware crapware that comes with pdfCreator and with ask.com
Problems with the Toolbar that comes with pdfCreator? = - or with ask.com?
I spent hours on these two problems. I did lots of things and can no longer recall the exact sequence. However there are useful links and answers here;
http://www.pdfforge.org/node/2406
http://www.pdfforge.org/node/2598
Had similar problems with the wretched ask.com interposing itself.
See http://support.mozilla.com/tiki-view_forum_thread.php?locale=ca&forumId=1&comments_parentId=259153
This might help - Right-click logo square to left of URL bar. Click customise and click restore original settings.
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Running the best anti-crap programmes was part of the exercise - they found a lot! See Gizmo's excellent Free Software site.
Mozilla Forum sent me this:
Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware - http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php
SuperAntispyware - http://www.superantispyware.com/
AdAware - http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/
Spybot Search & Destroy - http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html
If these don't find it or can't clear it, post in one of these forums for specialized malware removal help:
http://www.spywarewarrior.com/index.php
http://forum.aumha.org/
http://www.spywareinfoforum.com/
http://bleepingcomputer.com
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There is a lot more out there about both pdfCreator and its unwelcome toolbar and also about ask.com
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I spent hours on these two problems. I did lots of things and can no longer recall the exact sequence. However there are useful links and answers here;
http://www.pdfforge.org/node/2406
http://www.pdfforge.org/node/2598
Had similar problems with the wretched ask.com interposing itself.
See http://support.mozilla.com/tiki-view_forum_thread.php?locale=ca&forumId=1&comments_parentId=259153
This might help - Right-click logo square to left of URL bar. Click customise and click restore original settings.
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Running the best anti-crap programmes was part of the exercise - they found a lot! See Gizmo's excellent Free Software site.
Mozilla Forum sent me this:
Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware - http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php
SuperAntispyware - http://www.superantispyware.com/
AdAware - http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/
Spybot Search & Destroy - http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html
If these don't find it or can't clear it, post in one of these forums for specialized malware removal help:
http://www.spywarewarrior.com/index.php
http://forum.aumha.org/
http://www.spywareinfoforum.com/
http://bleepingcomputer.com
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There is a lot more out there about both pdfCreator and its unwelcome toolbar and also about ask.com
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Thursday, March 19, 2009
Including sound of narrative in your video using PowerDirector
How to include narrative in PowerDirector;
Saturday, March 14, 2009
Thursday, March 12, 2009
The tecno wave
I'll start with this one - a video from Robert Scoble - riding the wave of 'where is it actually at'!
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