Sunday, October 20, 2013

This Time and Temperature Chart Helps You Brew the Perfect Cup of Tea



This Time and Temperature Chart Helps You Brew the Perfect Cup of Tea
LIFEHACKER | OCTOBER 18, 2013
http://pulse.me/s/shrcw


There's a lot to love about tea. It's soothing but can give you a boost, available in different varieties, and it's easy to make—for the most part, an... Read more

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Friday, May 31, 2013

Gas and Electric rates alternative suppliers

Pepco electricity alternatives LINK - http://www.opc.state.md.us/consumercorner/RetailSuppliers.aspx

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Remove backgound image

http://clippingmagic.com/
Easily remove the background from your photos to create masks, cutouts, or clipping paths, all done instantly online with ClippingMagic.com

Wednesday, May 1, 2013

How To Ditch Your Cellphone Contract and Find the Best Prepaid Plan



How To Ditch Your Cellphone Contract and Find the Best Prepaid Plan
LIFEHACKER | APRIL 30, 2013
http://pulse.me/s/laefg


It used to be that signing a two-year contract with a major carrier was the only way you could score the newest phones and the best coverage. That's n... Read more

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Wednesday, April 17, 2013

National Games

Nationals vs Detroit Tigers
Detroit Tigers
Nationals vs Chicago Cubs
Chicago Cubs
Nationals vs Philadelphia Phillies
Philadelphia Phillies
Nationals vs New York Mets
New York Mets
Nationals vs Colorado Rockies
Colorado Rockies
Nationals vs Arizona Diamondbacks
Arizona Diamondbacks
Nationals vs Milwaukee Brewers
Milwaukee Brewers
Nationals vs San Diego Padres
San Diego Padres
Nationals vs Pittsburgh Pirates
Pittsburgh Pirates
Nationals vs Pittsburgh Pirates
Pittsburgh Pirates
Nationals vs Atlanta Braves
Atlanta Braves
Nationals vs Philadelphia Phillies
Philadelphia Phillies
Nationals vs San Francisco Giants
San Francisco Giants
Nationals vs Miami Marlins
Miami Marlins
Nationals vs New York Mets
New York Mets
Nationals vs Atlanta Braves
Atlanta Braves
Nationals vs Miami Marlins
Miami Marlins

Sunday, April 14, 2013

Pogue on Piracy

http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/12/20/the-generational-divide-in-copyright-morality/


The Generational Divide in Copyright Morality

I’ve been doing a good deal of speaking recently. And in one of my talks, I tell an anecdote about a lesson I learned from my own readers.
It was early in 2005, and a little hackware program called PyMusique was making the rounds of the Internet. PyMusique was written for one reason only: to strip the copy protection off of songs from the iTunes music store.
The program’s existence had triggered an online controversy about the pros, cons and implications of copy protection. But to me, there wasn’t much gray area. “To me, it’s obvious that PyMusique is designed to facilitate illegal song-swapping online,” I wrote. And therefore, it’s wrong to use it.
Readers fired back with an amazingly intelligent array of counterexamples: situations where duplicating a CD or DVD may be illegal, but isn’t necessarily *wrong.* They led me down a garden path of exceptions, proving that what seemed so black-and-white to me is a spectrum of grays.
I was so impressed that I incorporated their examples into a little demonstration in this particular talk. I tell the audience: “I’m going to describe some scenarios to you. Raise your hand if you think what I’m describing is wrong.”
Then I lead them down the same garden path:
“I borrow a CD from the library. Who thinks that’s wrong?” (No hands go up.)
“I own a certain CD, but it got scratched. So I borrow the same CD from the library and rip it to my computer.” (A couple of hands.)
“I have 2,000 vinyl records. So I borrow some of the same albums on CD from the library and rip those.”
“I buy a DVD. But I’m worried about its longevity; I have a three-year-old. So I make a safety copy.”
With each question, more hands go up; more people think what I’m describing is wrong.
Then I try another tack:
“I record a movie off of HBO using my DVD burner. Who thinks that’s wrong?” (No hands go up. Of course not; time-shifting is not only morally O.K., it’s actually legal.)
“I *meant* to record an HBO movie, but my recorder malfunctioned. But my buddy recorded it. Can I copy his DVD?” (A few hands.)
“I meant to record an HBO movie, but my recorder malfunctioned and I don’t have a buddy who recorded it. So I rent the movie from Blockbuster and copy that.” (More hands.)
And so on.
The exercise is intended, of course, to illustrate how many shades of wrongness there are, and how many different opinions. Almost always, there’s a lot of murmuring, raised eyebrows and chuckling.
Recently, however, I spoke at a college. It was the first time I’d ever addressed an audience of 100 percent young people. And the demonstration bombed.
In an auditorium of 500, no matter how far my questions went down that garden path, maybe two hands went up. I just could not find a spot on the spectrum that would trigger these kids’ morality alarm. They listened to each example, looking at me like I was nuts.
Finally, with mock exasperation, I said, “O.K., let’s try one that’s a little less complicated: You want a movie or an album. You don’t want to pay for it. So you download it.”
There it was: the bald-faced, worst-case example, without any nuance or mitigating factors whatsoever.
“Who thinks that might be wrong?”
Two hands out of 500.
Now, maybe there was some peer pressure involved; nobody wants to look like a goody-goody.
Maybe all this is obvious to you, and maybe you could have predicted it. But to see this vivid demonstration of the generational divide, in person, blew me away.
I don’t pretend to know what the solution to the file-sharing issue is. (Although I’m increasingly convinced that copy protection isn’t it.)
I do know, though, that the TV, movie and record companies’ problems have only just begun. Right now, the customers who can’t even *see* why file sharing might be wrong are still young. But 10, 20, 30 years from now, that crowd will be *everybody*. What will happen then?

Tuesday, March 12, 2013

Watts

Volt x Amps = Watts

Monday, March 4, 2013

outlook autocomplete transfer to new computer

http://www.ehow.com/how_7600095_transfer-outlook-2003-outlook-2010.html

Copy the .nk2 file from your old installation of Office. Under Windows XP, it is located at "DriveLetter:\Documents and Settings\Username\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook," where "DriveLetter" is probably your C drive, depending on your computer's configuration. You will need to enable viewing of hidden folders through "Folder Options" to find this location. The file will have the same name as your email profile, which may simply be called "Outlook.nk2."
 
Paste the old .nk2 file to the new location used by Office 2010. If you are transferring to a different computer, a USB drive is a fast way to transfer the file. Office 2010 stores its .nk2 file in the folder "%appdata%\Microsoft\Outlook."


Open the Control Panel. Double-click the mail icon. Click the "Show Profiles" button. The profile name for the .nk2 needs to match the name of your Outlook profile. By default, the profile is named "Outlook." If you are using a different profile name, you need to rename your .nk2 appropriately.
Click the Start menu and select "Run" if you are using Windows XP. On Windows Vista and 7 you can use the box that says "Search programs and files."


Enter "outlook.exe /importnk2" in the box. Outlook will launch and the autocomplete list in Outlook 2010 should be populated. Test it by creating a new email and entering an email you know. Outlook 2010 stores the autocomplete list differently from previous versions and your imported .nk2 file will be renamed to "yourprofile.nk2.old."

Friday, February 15, 2013

Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Get out of Cell phone contract

http://cellphones.about.com/od/serviceplananalysis/a/cancelcontract.htm

Tip: Sell, Transfer Your Cell Phone Contract 

With more than 60 million Americans now having the idea of killing their contracts at the ready, according to the New Millennium Research Council study, that presents a service need for consumers as well as a opportunity for new kinds of businesses. 

Instead of paying your carrier such a stiff fine to leave, here’s a concept many people haven’t considered: trading or selling your contract to someone else. Various Web sites have popped up to help you do so for much less than it’d cost you to terminate early. 

Celltrade at CellTradeUSA.com is cashing in on people in their time of cellular need with a service that charges you $19.99 to transfer a contract (to “get out”) and nothing at all to take over someone else’s contract (to “get in”). The company supports Sprint, AT&T, Verizon Wireless, T-Mobile, Alltel, Cricket Wireless, U.S. Cellular and others. 

CellSwapper at CellSwapper.com is a competitor to Celltrade that charges a little less: $14.99 to transfer a contract and nothing to take over someone else’s contract. 

cell mobile phone store

http://www.babblebug.com/

Can buy PagePlusCellular minutes cards.

Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Simple ADB Backup Backs Up Your Android Phone from the Desktop, No Root Required



Simple ADB Backup Backs Up Your Android Phone from the Desktop, No Root Required
LIFEHACKER | JANUARY 15, 2013
http://pulse.me/s/goI5C


Windows/Linux/Android (4.0+): Most Android backup tools require root, or run from your phone and save your data to your SD card. Simple ADB Backup is ... Read more

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Friday, January 11, 2013

Learn Windows 8

from Microsoft:
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/how-to#2TC=windows8 

Toms Harware:
 http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/windows-8-review,3334.html

Gizmodo:
http://gizmodo.com/5955139/windows-8-survival-guide-all-the-tips-tricks-and-workarounds 

credit to
http://gadgetwise.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/01/09/qa-returning-to-windows-7/?nl=technology&emc=edit_ct_20130110