I’m hanging a shingle for myself: I fix computers, and I’d like to fix yours.
I’m going back to school in August and I need to start creating a more flexible line of work for myself, something that I can mold and make work around my 16-hour academic calendar. I’ve got 10 years experience fixing computers for people, and I’m not being a braggart when I say: I’m good. I enjoy making computers work better, and I explain what I’m doing in friendly terms. I usually work in your home, but if I can do a better job by taking your computer back to my workbench, I’ll offer that. I’m good at discerning whether the computer is the problem — or whether you’re trying to do something you shouldn’t (Doh!). If you want my advice while buying a computer you can bring me to the store. I may be able to save you money even after my fee, and you’ll get the right computer for your needs.
Also, I design business cards and flyers and such, like the ones you see here.
You can even call me and leave a message from right here, with this widget. Try it!
Check out this CNN.com poll I found recently. 40 Years on and this is how America perceives the greatest achievement of mankind. I really couldn’t believe this when I saw it. (CNN also ran an article on the persistence of the hoax moon landing conspiracy.)
14%? REALLY? More than one out of eight people?
If there really is a moon landing conspiracy and thousands of people are in on it as well as some of our nations most bloated bureaucracies, you really believe that Buzz Aldrin punched that guy in the face (see CNN clip below at the 2:45 mark) for nothing then by the transitive property one must also believe that NASA is could be so very clever that they actually flew a couple guys up there to plant some evidence and brought them home.
Ever wondered what would have happened if they didn’t make it home? The Smoking Gun is there.
Snopes has the skinny on this footage, but I added it for good measure.
I really hate awful ringtones. The ones that come with your phone I believe are terrible, and I think they are purposely bad to make you spend money on the provider’s tones. And then, you pay $3–5 for 30 seconds or less of music when you can get the same song for 99 cents on iTunes — and have the entire song! So forget about all that mess.
http://www.makeownringtone.com/
Ok, I know the website is really cheesy and there are lots of ads, but the interface works very well and even though they directly e-mailed the mp3 to my phone, they haven’t spammed me. Here’s my new ringtone:
Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
So get rid of that stupid “Verizon Moods” factory ringtone and get a one that won’t embarass you. It’s free.
Impress your friends! neighbors! colleagues! strangers!
1–800-GOOG-411 is my favorite Google product you’ve never heard of. It’s awesome… instead of shelling out $1 to Verizon or AT&T to get 411 information, Google provides it for free, and connects you. It will even send you a text message with the address and phone number of the business you’re calling about, also for free. I’ve probably used it a dozen times, and it’s been accurate every time.
Being good at Google has turned into a marketable skill for me. I’m working on something big right now, so stay tuned…
I think I’ve discovered a bug in the Picasa 3 beta. I was working with some photos that I wanted to import only temporarily so I named the folder to be created ‘temp’. The photos never showed up. They existed on the hard drive but never appeared in the Picasa library. I imported them a couple more times, naming them temp 2 and temp 3. These showed up normally. When I renamed the original ‘temp’ folder, it immediately was found by Picasa and then scanned. I can’t find a reference to this anywhere.
“Undocumented feature”, or bug?
