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Archive for September, 2007
How Watch TV Season Premieres BEFORE They Air On TV
Sep 21st
Usually Fall means couch potato time. It’s back to the tube to watch the season premieres and pilots of new TV shows for the new season.
That’s when my Tivo comes into action, diligently recording tons of new, fresh content for us to watch whenever we want.
Here’s a tip to use your Tivo for video on demand that’s already available as a pay-per-view service, but now you can use it to watch some TV shows that haven’t been aired yet. . . Read the rest of this entry »
How to Do A Hard Master Reset on the Nokia E65 Cell Phone
Sep 20th
If you have a cell phone that’s supposed to be more that just that . . . like the Nokia E65 smart phone — Sometimes you feel like a nut. Sometimes you don’t.
There may times where you just want to erase and wipe our all data on your phone and start over against your own better judgement. Or the worse scenario, you have no other solution other than doing a hard master reset to your phone so that you can get it to work again. Perhaps you just want to see if it works. In any case, there’s a very simple way to make this happen.
HOW TO PERFORM A HARD MASTER RESET ON THE NOKIA E65 CELL PHONE
- TYPE *#7370#
- You’ll be prompted to confirm that you want to proceed with a hard master reset and erase all data on your device.
- It may ask for a lock code if setup to do so. The default is 12345 if the user hasn’t modified it
- Click OK
Getting Free Quote for Home Repairs
Sep 18th
Have I ever mentioned that I just love the internet?
It’s the end of the summer and time to close the pool for the winter. But before I call the pool guys to winterize everything, we have a couple of “coping” bricks that are cracked around the edge of the pool that need to be replaced. Luckily I have new replacement bricks in storage, I just need someone to do the masonry work to replace them.
How would I ever find someone that has the right saw for masonry, tools and experience doing this kind of handywork locally — that’s willing to replace just a couple of bricks? And with powertools involved, I want someone that’s licensed and insured or course. Ah,the web to the rescue yet again!
How To Make WiFi VOIP Calls On Your Cell Phone
Sep 17th
Convergence is hitting the cell phone.
Walt Mossberg just wrote about T-Mobile’s launch of the wifi/cellphone that automatically switches from one to the other whenever you enter/leave a hotspot. If you start a call on wifi and leave the hotspot coverage area, it automatically switches the call over to the cellular network and vice versa. But what if you don’t want T-mobile? Or want to make voip calls on your own smartphone? Here’s how. . . Read the rest of this entry »
Webmasters: How To Put A Interactive Google Map On Any Webpage
Sep 16th
Google Maps changed the world with their click and drag, click-zoom mapping site — and the other guys followed suit.
Now Google has finally done what YouTube used to fuel their growth — allowing users to embed their content on other people’s websites with a very easy “copy/paste” feature for the HTML snippet of code. Here’s a look at this feature. Read the rest of this entry »
Virus Alert: AIM (AOL Instant Messenger) + Facebook
Sep 15th
EVERYONE has an AIM account it seems. That if YOU do too, then you should read this post:
FYI, just got a notice from one of the community groups to which I belong:
Let YOUR VOICE by heard.
Sep 15th
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