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In case you din't get to see this from the Gmail Blog, it was poseted on July 24th:
We care about your security today just as much as we did when we launched, which is why we're constantly working on improvements like the recently launched last account activity and remote sign out. Today, we're making it even easier for you to use https to protect your mail every time you access it. We've added an option to Settings to always use https. If you don't regularly log in via unencrypted wireless connections at coffee shops or airports or college dorms, then you might not need this additional layer of security. But if you want to always use https, then this setting makes it super easy. Whenever you forget to type https://mail.google.com, we'll add the https for you. If you already have the https URL bookmarked, using this setting will ensure you access your account via https even when you don't use your bookmark. Any http link to Gmail (for example, the one at the top of Google.com) will be automatically redirected to https.
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Another share of one of my MP3s. I set up a new one once a week and give you seven days to check it out. After that it will be gone and replaced by a new selection. Please don't link to this. Just click on the link and save it. Until I can make some money and buy some, if you get the message BANDWIDTH exceeded, just try again tomorrow. For this week:
Gym Class Heros re-released "Papercut Chronicles" last year after they had a big hit with the album "As Cruel as School Children". They are preparing a new album and as a teaser released a new EP called "Patches from the Quilt". I really like this group from Upstate New York (Geneva) and am sharing a tune this week from the new EP called "Cookie Jar". Check out info, tour dates, lyrics, etc, HERE! It's their offical myspace.com website.
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Don't be misled by the title. This is safe viewing for the whole family. BlueBall Fun is just a neat little animated screen that you can watch all the little blue balls flow. You might note that I highlighted this before but running out if ideas and time, here it is again. If you are easily mesmerized then your whole weekend might be lost. Set a timer for Monday morning.
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From The Gmailblog: A tip to set Gmail as your default email client in Firefox 3.
For those of you using newly released Firefox 3, or willing to give it a try, you can take advantage of a new feature that lets you set Gmail as the default for all email links -- those that contain "mailto:" in them. If you're like me and don't have a default email client set up, then clicking these links typically launches an installation wizard for a destkop mail client, or opens some email software that you don't actually use.
Now you can configure Firefox to launch Gmail when you click on email address links and avoid the hassle. The folks over at Lifehacker published these tips on how to set it up:
1) Go to Gmail and sign in. 2) While in Gmail, copy and paste the following into your browser's address bar and hit enter.
javascript:window.navigator.registerProtocolHandler("mailto","https:// mail.google.com/mail/?extsrc=mailto&url=%s","Gmail")
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Another share of one of my MP3s. I set up a new one once a week and give you seven days to check it out. After that it will be gone and replaced by a new selection. Please don't link to this. Just click on the link and save it. Until I can make some money and buy some, if you get the message BANDWIDTH exceeded, just try again tomorrow. For this week:
Justin Lanning had a small hit last year with "Behind these Eyes" and released this album with the same name after some good radio play. I thought I'd share the song called "Fingertips" from that album with you this week. Check out Justin at Wikipedia here!.
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A Friday Funny. Originally Posted by Ian McKenzie on May 23, 2008
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USBDeview is a small utility that lists all USB devices that currently connected to your computer, as well as all USB devices that you previously used. For each USB device, exteneded information is displayed: Device name/description, device type, serial number (for mass storage devices), the date/time that device was added, VendorID, ProductID, and more. USBDeview also allows you to uninstall USB devices that you previously used, and disconnect USB devices that are currently connected to your computer. You can also use USBDeview on a remote computer, as long as you login to that computer with admin user. It is free, so Check it Out!
Skip at 6:00 AM
Another share of one of my MP3s. I set up a new one once a week and give you seven days to check it out. After that it will be gone and replaced by a new selection. Please don't link to this. Just click on the link and save it. Until I can make some money and buy some, if you get the message BANDWIDTH exceeded, just try again tomorrow. For this week:
You would have a hard time getting more Canadian then Great Big Sea. A great Canadian group , best known for performing energetic rock interpretations of traditional Newfoundland folk songs. They released a new album last month called "Fortune's Favour". I'm sharing "Straight To Hell" from this great new outing. It is a good album and worth checking out. Check out GBS on Wikipedia too. Hope you enjoy this one.
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CLIP GURU is for the Windows user who prefers clipboard storage features unavailable in the standard Windows clipboard. It gives users the ability to recall and reuse current and past clipboard contents, and to optionally save those clips into your own clip Sets for future use. It runs nicely in the background and does not affect the normal use of the Windows clipboard. It simply grabs a copy of everything copied to the clipboard and saves it for you. Clipboard items are saved, based on user preference, and kept available for recall at any time and its free. Check it out because it has some nice features like search and editing clips that Yankee Clipper lacks. It will depend on your taste but I still prefer to use the older Yankee Clipper III (YC3). It does just enough to make my life easier and still have a clip board that does what I need. Try out both and decide for yourself. They are both good in their own way.
Skip at 8:02 AM
Another share of one of my MP3s. I set up a new one once a week and give you seven days to check it out. After that it will be gone and replaced by a new selection. Please don't link to this. Just click on the link and save it. Until I can make some money and buy some, if you get the message BANDWIDTH exceeded, just try again tomorrow. For this week:
This week I have a tune from Kathleen Edwards. A nice Canadian girl form Ottawa and Hamilton who released a new album a couple of months ago. I believe "Asking For Flowers" is her third. This one called 'Run" from that album. There are 10 other fine songs there too. Check out Kathleen Edwards on Wikipedia. Hope you enjoy this one.
Skip at 6:00 AM
Firefox is now officially in the record books for receiving the most downloads from a website within a 24 hour period. If you weren't part of the fun, June 17th, I guess it didn't matter. Guinness gave them the record without you! Don't feel bad, download FIREFOX 3 now. You will be glad you did.
From news.cnet.com:
Guinness bestows download record on Firefox
Posted by Stephen Shankland
The de facto registrar of superlative achievements has credited Mozilla for officially setting a record for downloads in a 24-hour period: 8,002,530 copies of Firefox.
Mozilla's Download Day on June 17, whose server-crippling success delayed its official start, sought to popularize the open-source Web browser. Mozilla, which oversees the Firefox project, projected at the time that it cleared 8 million, but the number is now official.
"As the arbiter and recorder of the world's amazing facts, Guinness World Records is pleased to add Mozilla's achievement to our archives," Gareth Deaves, Guinness' records manager, said in a statement.
Though Download Day was a big publicity stunt, it's hard to sniff with too much disdain at the total. To me at least it indicates that people see more in this particular browser than just a bundle of bits to surf the Web; they like its technology, its open-source nature or other attributes, and downloading and using it is an event somewhat akin to suffering in line for hours for rock show tickets or to buy an iPhone.
I'm skeptical that Download Day in and of itself will appreciably shift Firefox's market share results in the short term. But it did probably coax people toward a more modern browser, which Web site operators probably are happy to see, and I wouldn't be surprised if Mozilla managed to sign up more Firefox fanboys through its promotional devices.
Also for the record, Net Applications gave Firefox 3 2.31 percent market share for the entire month of June, compared with 4.28 percent for Safari 3.1, 16.13 percent for Firefox 2, 26.38 percent for Internet Explorer 6, and 46.45 percent for No. 1 IE 7. The statistics are based on actual usage at various major search engines. Because Firefox 3 was released midway through June, the statistics likely will show significantly greater share for it in July.
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FLEXCRYPT FOLDER enables you to encrypt a file or a folder. After installation, right-click on a file/folder and select Encrypt with Flexcrypt folder, make up a password, thats it. Decryption is done by double-clicking on the encrypted file and enter the correct password. The BIG advantage with Flexcrypt Folder is that it does not require any software to decrypt an encrypted file, simply click on it and enter the correct password. Flexcrypt Folder is Free to use so GO THERE and check it out.
Skip at 6:00 AM
We care about your security today just as much as we did when we launched, which is why we're constantly working on improvements like the recently launched last account activity and remote sign out. Today, we're making it even easier for you to use https to protect your mail every time you access it. We've added an option to Settings to always use https. If you don't regularly log in via unencrypted wireless connections at coffee shops or airports or college dorms, then you might not need this additional layer of security. But if you want to always use https, then this setting makes it super easy. Whenever you forget to type https://mail.google.com, we'll add the https for you. If you already have the https URL bookmarked, using this setting will ensure you access your account via https even when you don't use your bookmark. Any http link to Gmail (for example, the one at the top of Google.com) will be automatically redirected to https.
Skip at 6:00 AM
Another share of one of my MP3s. I set up a new one once a week and give you seven days to check it out. After that it will be gone and replaced by a new selection. Please don't link to this. Just click on the link and save it. Until I can make some money and buy some, if you get the message BANDWIDTH exceeded, just try again tomorrow. For this week:|
Gym Class Heros "Cookie Jar" or you can try here too! |
Gym Class Heros re-released "Papercut Chronicles" last year after they had a big hit with the album "As Cruel as School Children". They are preparing a new album and as a teaser released a new EP called "Patches from the Quilt". I really like this group from Upstate New York (Geneva) and am sharing a tune this week from the new EP called "Cookie Jar". Check out info, tour dates, lyrics, etc, HERE! It's their offical myspace.com website.
Skip at 6:00 AM
Don't be misled by the title. This is safe viewing for the whole family. BlueBall Fun is just a neat little animated screen that you can watch all the little blue balls flow. You might note that I highlighted this before but running out if ideas and time, here it is again. If you are easily mesmerized then your whole weekend might be lost. Set a timer for Monday morning.
Skip at 6:00 AM
From The Gmailblog: A tip to set Gmail as your default email client in Firefox 3.
For those of you using newly released Firefox 3, or willing to give it a try, you can take advantage of a new feature that lets you set Gmail as the default for all email links -- those that contain "mailto:" in them. If you're like me and don't have a default email client set up, then clicking these links typically launches an installation wizard for a destkop mail client, or opens some email software that you don't actually use.
Now you can configure Firefox to launch Gmail when you click on email address links and avoid the hassle. The folks over at Lifehacker published these tips on how to set it up:
1) Go to Gmail and sign in. 2) While in Gmail, copy and paste the following into your browser's address bar and hit enter.
javascript:window.navigator.registerProtocolHandler("mailto","https:// mail.google.com/mail/?extsrc=mailto&url=%s","Gmail")
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Another share of one of my MP3s. I set up a new one once a week and give you seven days to check it out. After that it will be gone and replaced by a new selection. Please don't link to this. Just click on the link and save it. Until I can make some money and buy some, if you get the message BANDWIDTH exceeded, just try again tomorrow. For this week:|
Justin Lanning "Fingertips" or you can try here too! |
Justin Lanning had a small hit last year with "Behind these Eyes" and released this album with the same name after some good radio play. I thought I'd share the song called "Fingertips" from that album with you this week. Check out Justin at Wikipedia here!.
Skip at 6:00 AM
A Friday Funny. Originally Posted by Ian McKenzie on May 23, 2008- Stray cats will not be fed.
- Stray cats will not be fed anything, except dry cat food.
- Stray cats will not be fed anything, except dry cat food moistened with a little milk.
- Stray cats will not be fed anything, except dry cat food moistened with warm milk, yummy treats and leftover fish scraps.
- Stray cats will not be encouraged to make this house their permanent residence.
- Stray cats will not be petted, played with, picked up and cuddled unnecessarily.Stray cats that are petted, played with, picked up and cuddled will absolutely not be given a name.
- Stray cats with or without a name, will not be allowed inside the house at any time.
- Stray cats will not be allowed inside the house, except at certain times.
- Stray cats will not be allowed inside the house, except on days ending in “y”.
- Stray cats allowed inside, will not be permitted to jump up on or sharpen their claws on the furniture.
- Stray cats will not be permitted to, jump up on or sharpen claws on the really good furniture.
- Stray cats will be permitted on all furniture, but must sharpen claws on new sisal-rope cat-scratching post with three perches.
- Stray cats will answer the call of nature outdoors in the sand.
- Stray cats will answer the call of nature in the three-piece, high-impact plastic tray filled with Fresh’n’Sweet kitty litter.
- Stray cats will answer the call of nature in the hooded litter pan, with a three-panel privacy screen and plenty of head room.
- Stray cats will sleep outside.
- Stray cats will sleep in the garage.
- Stray cats will sleep in the house.
- Stray cats will sleep in a cardboard box lined with an old blanket.
- Stray cats will sleep in the special Kitty-Komfort-Bed with non-allergenic lambs wool pillow.
- Stray cats will not be allowed to sleep in our bed.
- Stray cats will not be allowed to sleep in our bed, except at the foot.
- Stray cats will not be allowed to sleep in our bed under the covers.
- Stray cats will not be allowed to sleep in our bed under the covers, except at the foot.
- Stray cats will not play on the desk.
- Stray cats will not play on the desk, near the computer.
- Stray cats are forbidden to walk on the computer keyboard on the desk, when the human is asdfjjhhkl;ljfd.;oier’puyykmm4hb.
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USBDeview is a small utility that lists all USB devices that currently connected to your computer, as well as all USB devices that you previously used. For each USB device, exteneded information is displayed: Device name/description, device type, serial number (for mass storage devices), the date/time that device was added, VendorID, ProductID, and more. USBDeview also allows you to uninstall USB devices that you previously used, and disconnect USB devices that are currently connected to your computer. You can also use USBDeview on a remote computer, as long as you login to that computer with admin user. It is free, so Check it Out!
Skip at 6:00 AM
Another share of one of my MP3s. I set up a new one once a week and give you seven days to check it out. After that it will be gone and replaced by a new selection. Please don't link to this. Just click on the link and save it. Until I can make some money and buy some, if you get the message BANDWIDTH exceeded, just try again tomorrow. For this week:
| Great Big Sea "Straight To Hell" or you can try here too! |
You would have a hard time getting more Canadian then Great Big Sea. A great Canadian group , best known for performing energetic rock interpretations of traditional Newfoundland folk songs. They released a new album last month called "Fortune's Favour". I'm sharing "Straight To Hell" from this great new outing. It is a good album and worth checking out. Check out GBS on Wikipedia too. Hope you enjoy this one.
Skip at 6:00 AM
Anyone, remember Mr. Bill? Apparently he still has some remaining value in the commercial world. What credit card would Mr. Bill use? Apparently MasterCard! Enjoy this commercial, and have a Happy Friday!
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CLIP GURU is for the Windows user who prefers clipboard storage features unavailable in the standard Windows clipboard. It gives users the ability to recall and reuse current and past clipboard contents, and to optionally save those clips into your own clip Sets for future use. It runs nicely in the background and does not affect the normal use of the Windows clipboard. It simply grabs a copy of everything copied to the clipboard and saves it for you. Clipboard items are saved, based on user preference, and kept available for recall at any time and its free. Check it out because it has some nice features like search and editing clips that Yankee Clipper lacks. It will depend on your taste but I still prefer to use the older Yankee Clipper III (YC3). It does just enough to make my life easier and still have a clip board that does what I need. Try out both and decide for yourself. They are both good in their own way.
Skip at 8:02 AM
Another share of one of my MP3s. I set up a new one once a week and give you seven days to check it out. After that it will be gone and replaced by a new selection. Please don't link to this. Just click on the link and save it. Until I can make some money and buy some, if you get the message BANDWIDTH exceeded, just try again tomorrow. For this week:|
| Kathleen Edwards "Run" or you can try here too! |
This week I have a tune from Kathleen Edwards. A nice Canadian girl form Ottawa and Hamilton who released a new album a couple of months ago. I believe "Asking For Flowers" is her third. This one called 'Run" from that album. There are 10 other fine songs there too. Check out Kathleen Edwards on Wikipedia. Hope you enjoy this one.
Skip at 6:00 AM
Firefox is now officially in the record books for receiving the most downloads from a website within a 24 hour period. If you weren't part of the fun, June 17th, I guess it didn't matter. Guinness gave them the record without you! Don't feel bad, download FIREFOX 3 now. You will be glad you did.From news.cnet.com:
Guinness bestows download record on Firefox
Posted by Stephen Shankland
The de facto registrar of superlative achievements has credited Mozilla for officially setting a record for downloads in a 24-hour period: 8,002,530 copies of Firefox.
Mozilla's Download Day on June 17, whose server-crippling success delayed its official start, sought to popularize the open-source Web browser. Mozilla, which oversees the Firefox project, projected at the time that it cleared 8 million, but the number is now official.
"As the arbiter and recorder of the world's amazing facts, Guinness World Records is pleased to add Mozilla's achievement to our archives," Gareth Deaves, Guinness' records manager, said in a statement.
Though Download Day was a big publicity stunt, it's hard to sniff with too much disdain at the total. To me at least it indicates that people see more in this particular browser than just a bundle of bits to surf the Web; they like its technology, its open-source nature or other attributes, and downloading and using it is an event somewhat akin to suffering in line for hours for rock show tickets or to buy an iPhone.
I'm skeptical that Download Day in and of itself will appreciably shift Firefox's market share results in the short term. But it did probably coax people toward a more modern browser, which Web site operators probably are happy to see, and I wouldn't be surprised if Mozilla managed to sign up more Firefox fanboys through its promotional devices.
Also for the record, Net Applications gave Firefox 3 2.31 percent market share for the entire month of June, compared with 4.28 percent for Safari 3.1, 16.13 percent for Firefox 2, 26.38 percent for Internet Explorer 6, and 46.45 percent for No. 1 IE 7. The statistics are based on actual usage at various major search engines. Because Firefox 3 was released midway through June, the statistics likely will show significantly greater share for it in July.
Skip at 6:00 AM
FLEXCRYPT FOLDER enables you to encrypt a file or a folder. After installation, right-click on a file/folder and select Encrypt with Flexcrypt folder, make up a password, thats it. Decryption is done by double-clicking on the encrypted file and enter the correct password. The BIG advantage with Flexcrypt Folder is that it does not require any software to decrypt an encrypted file, simply click on it and enter the correct password. Flexcrypt Folder is Free to use so GO THERE and check it out.
Skip at 6:00 AM
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