Radian: An Awesome Mouse-Oriented Application Launcher [Windows]

bby Abhigyan on Jul. 24th, 2010

Application launchers are very useful and can save you a lot of time. In their most basic form, they provide you access to your frequently used files and programs. The more advanced launchers support running of different scripts on your computer to automate tasks.

MakeUseOf has covered application launchers in the past. However, more often than not, an application launcher can be heavy on system resources. They have been known to prolong system startups. Radian is another application launcher for Windows, which has a surprisingly tiny footprint.

At 636KB (installation), it barely leaves a mark on your hard disk. The program itself is more mouse-oriented, so keyboard lovers would be a bit disappointed. Let me take you through the various options provided by Radian. You will need to start by downloading it from here.

Why Does My Windows Vista Explorer Send To Menu Hang or Open Slowly?

Have you ever noticed that the Send To context menu can be ridiculously slow to open sometimes? You right-click a file and choose Send To, and then have to wait for about 30 seconds for explorer to respond again. Annoying! so how do we fix it?

The problem is almost always caused because Windows automatically puts items for each removable drive into the Send To menu, but could also be caused by having an excessive amount of unused items in the list. We’ll cover how to get rid of both.

Bizmore Adds A Blog Network To Go After The Small Business Reader

http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/nnTxxbi0Mo4/

Pearltrees: A Design Interface for Remapping the Web

http://www.readwriteweb.com/readwritestart/2009/11/pearltrees-reference-interface.php

Haha - I can definately relate...

2009 LAPTOP FUNDRAISER

please donate TODAY!

• http://jordanfundraiser2009.blogspot.com/

The Internet Revealed: A film about IXPs

Ever wanted to better understand this thing called the Internet? Want to know what an IXP is? How does "peering" make the internet faster, better and cheaper? Well, watch this video and find out...

Ellie finds out about WiMax at the 2009 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada.

January 2009

[ watch here ]

A stark demonstration why you can't take any wired Internet with you.

RCR Wireless News Editor Tracy Ford interviews Bill Morrow, CEO of Clearwire, in a three part interview

What an analog phone line 'looks' like

History of the Internet

A look at a pure ISP

GotFreeFax: Send Free Fax To Canada, US & Havaii

GotFreeFax is an online service that lets anyone send free fax to Canada, US (48 states) and Hawaii. Unlike other similar services it dose not insert any ads to fax, which makes it more suitable for sending formal documents and resumes. You can enter a text to fax or upload a PDF or DOC file to fax.
  
The website provides both free and premium accounts, free account are limited to 2 free faxes per day and 3 pages per fax.
 
Features:

• Send free fax to Canada, US (48 states) & Hawaii.
• Type text to fax or upload a PDF or DOC file to fax.
• Free account has a limit of 2 free fax per day and 3 pages per fax.

  
Other websites that allow somene to send a fax from a computer for free are TPC, FaxZero and eFaxFree.
  
Check out GotFreeFax @ www.gotfreefax.com
 

GotFreeFax: Send Free Fax To Canada, US & Havaii

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MyFax: Send Free Fax via Internet

MyFax lets you send free fax via internet to 41 countries worldwide. The free account option on MyFax allows someone to send up to 2 free faxes per day with up to 9 pages limit on each fax (including the cover page). Additionaly, the total file size should not exceed 10 MBs.

After the fax been sent MyFax sends sender an email message stating whether the fax was successfully delievered or failed. When the fax delivery is failed MyFax attempts to resend the fax up to three more times.

Features:

• Send free fax by internet to 41 countries including US, Canada, most of Europe, China, Japan, and South Korea.
• Send 2 free faxes per day, each up to 9 pages long.
• There is a 10 MB file size limit per fax.
• Supports 178 file formats.
• No sign up needed.

Other sites to send free fax via internet are GotFreeFax, TPC, FaxZero and eFaxFree.

Check out MyFax @ www.myfax.com/free

MyFax: Send Free Fax via Internet

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Providence Geeks Town Hall: RI-WINS network (June 2006)

FCC's Michael Powell: Future of the Telecom Industry (Jan 2004)

did you know: the first long-distance telephone service in the USA was inaugurated in 1881 between Boston, MA and Providence, RI ?

A lot of pre-1983 telco history, or "the creation of the RBOCs"

A Capsule History of the Bell System
http://www.porticus.org/bell/capsule_bell_system.html

Bell System History - The Bell System
http://www.porticus.org/bell/bellsystem_history.html

Life in the Bell System
http://www.porticus.org/bell/lifebellsystem.htm

AT&T Long Lines
http://www.porticus.org/bell/longlines.html

Bell Operating Companies
http://www.porticus.org/bell/bellopercomp.html

AT&T Divestiture
or "Breaking Up Is Hard To Do!"
http://www.porticus.org/bell/att_divestiture.html

another great site: TELEPHONE CENTRAL OFFICES
http://www.thecentraloffice.com/

AT&T Long Lines Retired Microwave sites in California
http://www.thecentraloffice.com/Microwave/microwave%20sites.htm

The History of Western Electric
http://www.porticus.org/bell/westernelectric_history.html

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latest Star Trek movie trailer

Cute Chumby packs a robust Web experience

by Hiawatha Bray @ THE BOSTON GLOBE _ Monday, February 09, 2009

You might think you already have enough Internet-connected gadgets in your life.

You'd be mistaken.

Thanks to cheap silicon chips and the popularity of Wi-Fi wireless networking, it's easy to build Internet access into pretty much anything — even a vinyl-covered beanbag.

The Chumby is quaint, cool and, at $200, absurdly overpriced for these hard times. Still, the smart software that drives it could soon appear on more mundane devices, such as digital picture frames or even living room TVs.

But for now, Chumby software is found only inside a Chumby, a device whose creators devoted themselves to the willful pursuit of cute.

This plump, sacklike device with a 3.5-inch video touch screen contains a low-powered computer and Wi-Fi receiver. The cushy padding makes it squeezable, especially when you push down on the top of the device. A hidden button activates the central control screen, where you can select favorite Internet features and how they'll be displayed.

It has a motion sensor like Apple Inc.'s iPhone's, so you can play games by tilting the device back and forth. There's even a built-in microphone. It doesn't do anything yet, but Chumby hopes to offer software that will let the device respond to voice commands or act as an Internet-based telephone.

You need an Internet-connected computer to set up the Chumby and a Wi-Fi hot spot to get it online. There's a blessedly simple procedure for registering the device and making it your own. Once you do that, you go to a Web page that lists hundreds of Internet service widgets. Pick the ones you like with a few mouse clicks, and they're installed on the Chumby.

There's lots of good stuff here: headlines from The Boston Globe and The New York Times, weather information and lots of entertainment links, such as to YouTube videos and recent Top 10 lists from David Letterman. You can make travel arrangements through Priceline, check out Facebook pages or skim the latest job listings at Monster.com.

You can set Chumby to scroll the widgets across its screen or "pin" favorites so they're on constant display. When a particular item catches your eye, touch the screen to read a news report or watch a video. Or you can just listen to music.

The Chumby makes a decent Internet radio; its small, pudgy frame conceals a pair of surprisingly good speakers. The software allows access to hundreds of Internet radio streams through preselected services such as Shoutcast. Chumby recently added access to Pandora, the online service that lets users create personalized streams of their favorite musical genres. And with two USB ports in back, you can hear music from an MP3 player.

All in all, Chumby is the kind of stylish gadget that might have had a chance with upscale consumers a year or two ago, when people still had money to spend on such frivolities. But these days, it wouldn't seem to have much of a future.

That's fine with Chumby Industries Inc.'s chief executive, Stephen Tomlin, who doesn't want to make digital hardware, anyway. Indeed, the company publishes the Chumby's design specifications on its Web site, to encourage amateurs and business rivals to copy the product.

"We were kind of hoping somebody would rip us off," Tomlin said.

How could he prosper in a world full of cut-rate imitation Chumbys? By selling the Internet service that makes the device work. That's his real business model; the company built the Chumby only to get the attention of other electronics firms. And it's working.

Consider the digital picture frame. At first a relatively dumb device, many now feature Wi-Fi circuitry to let users display pictures stored on home computers. Why stop there? Tomlin said the frames are ripe for Chumbyization.

"An 8- or 10- or 12-inch photo frame gives us a lot more real estate," he said, making them excellent Internet-access devices. So Chumby worked with Samsung to develop a basic design for Internet-savvy picture frames. They're supposed to land on store shelves before the next holiday season.

Tomlin predicts Chumby widgets will pop up on TVs this year, as well.

He'd better hurry: A host of companies are adding Internet capabilities to TV sets, including giants like Yahoo Inc. But any company that can create a high-tech beanbag surely has a fighting chance.

Cute Chumby packs a robust Web experience

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Send Video Card emails with Skype

Create a video card for all your friends or for that special someone in 3 easy steps!

Get Started!


Video cards with Skype | Getting Started

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Central Office Tour: Where Does That Wire Go?

Photos by David Ogburn_ Washington Apple Pi Journal

When you fire up your modem and "dial in" to the Internet, what happens after the phone line disappears into the panel in your wall? If you are one of the fortunate who can get DSL service, you might know that DSL requires you to be within a certain number of feet of a "CO," or "central office," but what does that mean? Does a "central office" look like a YMCA gym, or the local Department of Motor Vehicles, or the bridge of the Star Ship Enterprise?

Washington Apple Pi member David Ogburn took these digital photos of the inside of a Verizon central office. While the details may differ somewhat, most telephone central offices throughout North America look much the same.

Central Office Tour: Where Does That Wire Go?

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AIM Blast: finally, you can IM multiple buddies at once

by Jay Hathaway Dec 3rd 2008

AIM Blast is a new AOL Instant Messenger feature that makes me feel old, because I just realized that it's been a decade since I first wondered why there was no way to IM multiple buddies without opening a chatroom. Well, it's finally here, and it works pretty well. You can't make a Blast Group from within AIM, but if you go to blast.aim.com, you can set up and edit a group from there. Blast seems to work with third-party AIM clients, although AOL says that Meebo may have some problems with it.

The Blast Group will then show up on your buddy list, and any IM you send to it will go to everyone in the group. The group acts like a normal AIM account, it just puts people's individual screennames in front of their messages, so you know who's talking. When you invite people (using your group admin page), they'll get a message in AIM asking them to accept or decline. Once they're in, they can IM the group, unless you make it admin-only. That makes your group more like a notification system than a chat, but that may work better for some people.

from: http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/12/03/aim-blast-finally-you-can-im-multiple-buddies-at-once/

Surf the world's radio stations with Radio Beta

by Brad Linder Dec 5th 2008

There are dozens of web sites that aggregate radio streams from around the globe. But Radio Beta is one of the few that I've found that lets you surf by geographic location and not just genre.

Want to find that old station you used to listen to when you went to college in Chicago, but can't remember its call letters? Just click the "Radios from United States" link and browse until you find it. Always wondered what drive time radio sounds like in Australia? You can search by country too.

Radio streams are also sorted by genre, allowing you to peruse a huge list of rock, pop, 60s, 70s, or 80s music. Or if you know the station you're looking for you can just use the search box.

Radio Beta has its own audio player built in, which allows you to listen to music while searching the site. The player only works with Firefox and Internet Explorer for now.

[via AppScout]

from: http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/12/05/surf-the-worlds-radio-stations-with-radio-beta/

Skype certified videophone hits the shops

By Peter Parkes on November 13, 2008

We’re working to make Skype available on as many different devices as possible. Earlier in the summer we launched the 3 Skypephone S2, and our Linux team also shared their plans to bring Skype to the new generation of MIDs in the autumn.

Today, however, we’re very excited to announce that the ASUS AiGuru SV1 is now available for purchase direct from the Skype Shop in North America, and for pre-order in Europe. It'll be available in Asia later this year.

The ASUS AiGuru SV1, part of the Eee Phone family, is the first ever Skype certified standalone videophone, which allows you to make unlimited free voice and video calls without using a computer. It’s a neat desktop (or kitchen counter-top, or coffee table-top) device which you can use to make free calls to other Skype users, whether they’re using Skype on their desktop or laptop computer, on their mobile phone or on another videophone.

It’s designed to be simple to use with a large tactile control and a bright high-resolution 7" TFT LCD. It has an integrated webcam which is optimised for use in low light conditions so you’ll get a good quality video call at home. It also features a built-in microphone and speaker, though you can use a standard headset and microphone if you want to increase privacy during calls. It connects to the internet either using wi-fi or an ethernet network cable, and it has rechargeable batteries as well as a mains supply, making it easy to move around your home or office, even mid-call.

click here for slideshow

Although the ASUS AiGuru SV1 doesn’t offer all of the functionality you find in Skype for computers, we’ve made sure that all the important bits are in there. You can:

• Make Skype-to-Skype voice and video calls, including voice conference calls
• See presence information, so you know who’s online
• Make cheap calls – call landlines and mobiles around the world with Skype credit and/or subscriptions
• Use your online number – allows anyone to reach you wherever you are in the world
• Receive voicemail, and see when you’ve missed calls
• Review your Skype account details

The ASUS AiGuru SV1 is available for purchase or pre-order (depending on where you are) from the Skype Store, and is priced at $299.95/€269.95/£219.95. We’ll begin shipping straight away in North America, and European orders should start zooming in your direction later this month.

Purchase here (free shipping as of 11/23/2008)

Skype certified videophone hits the shops - Skype Blogs

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"How to make Windows XP, Windows Vista and Mac X Laptops become Access Points for a wireless network"

Star Trek 2009 movie trailers

from: http://tinyurl.com/5aj78q :


If you saw the new James Bond movie Quantum of Solace this past weekend, chances are you saw the new trailer for J.J. Abrams' Star Trek (although, the Bond screening I attended on Friday evening didn't have the trailer attached.)

Well, you're in luck, as the trailer has leaked online.

The two minute sneak peek kicks off with a young Kirk -- driving a stolen car, it seems -- being chased by the police. He drives the car off a cliff, but jumps out of the driver's seat just in time. It's then we see the cop chasing the young Enterprise captain was driving some sort of futuristic hover bike. The trailer then goes warp speed, with shots of Kirk approaching a huge complex where the Enterprise is being assembled, our introduction to Spock (Zachary Quinto), Star Wars-like space battles, Simon Pegg-as-Scotty and more.

May [2009] can't come soon enough.

S K Y . F M - Absolutely Smooth Jazz - the world's smoothest jazz 24 hours a day
click here to listen (96kbps stream)

.977 - The 80's channel
click here to listen (128kbps stream)

Smoothbeats.com: Streaming non-stop underground & mainstream hiphop beats 24/7!
click here to listen (128kbps stream)

FatRatRadio.com - Bringing you HIPHOP 'Classics' - NO MAINSTREAM JUNK
click here to listen (64kbps stream)

S K Y . F M - New Age - soothing sounds of new age and world music!
click here to listen (96kbps stream)

181.FM - Classic Hits --- Home of The 60's and 70's
click here to listen (128kbps stream)

FREQUENCE3 - www.frequence3.fr - No ads ! It's only HITS live from Paris France!
click here to listen (192kbps stream)

WGBH 89.7 fm - live Boston's NPR Arts and Culture Station
click here to listen (24kbps stream)

New Hampshire Public Radio
click here to listen (24kbps stream)

WPOW Power 96.5 fm Miami, Florida
click here to listen (74kbps stream)

Choice FM 96.9 London, UK hip-hop
click here to listen (31kbps stream)

Some men see things as they are and say, "Why?"
I dream of things that never were and say, "Why not?"

- R.F. Kennedy

click on the 'GENRES' tab below [left] to browse by type of music

or see the entire Shoutcast directory here :
http://www.shoutcast.com/genre/News?mode=listeners&maxbitrate=all&numresult=50

remember: JordComm is a full-service Skype provider for all your incoming (phone number assignment) and outgoing (direct-dial) Skype needs, weather using Skype on your PC, a dedicated handset or now your PlayStation Portable handheld gaming device! Ask us about our super-low-cost unlimited inbound and/or outbound monthly plans. We also sell Skype credits for those that need to make occasional outbound diret-dial calls to regular [PSTN] telephone numbers.

Ask us how to make Skype 'shortcut' icons on your computer's desktop that allow you to have certain contacts just a double-click away. We also can integrate Skype into your email signature or website to allow you to be reached more easily.

Try it out! Here's a sample programmed to contact the 'Skype Call Testing Service' :

If your computer has speakers and a microphone (or a USB accessory attached), click to

• click here to add me to your Skype address book

• click here to initiate a text chat (instant messaging session) with me

• click here to send me a file
     hint: hold down the CTRL key to select multiple files

• click here to leave me a voicemail

• click here to see my Skype user profile

My status is currently:

Skype Wi-Fi cordless handset

Belkin Desktop Skype Phone

Step by Step: Skype on the PSP


Skype running on a PSP


Skype on psp

WRIU 90.3fm Kingston, RI

Hiphop Show

Weekdays 3:00-6:00pm EST

The latest in underground hiphop

• Monday: Underground Sound with Josh Delekta and Sens One
• Tuesday: Matt Bradywood
• Wednesday: Sterbyrock Radio with Sterby
• Thursday: Oh Crap! with Ryan G
• Friday: Midrift Fridays with Ques Paulson

www.wriu.org/listen.html

In addition to just testing the upload and download speed of your internet connection, the 'Global Stats' page over at the www.speedtest.net website lets you view average available broadband speeds by city and also by carrier.

"Speedtest.net collects over half a million test results each day worldwide. Learn more about speeds in your area by using the tool below."

www.speedtest.net/global.php

Here it shows the top 10 cities in the US for download line-speeds :

Here it shows the top 10 regions in the US for downlink line-speeds :

Here are the average downlink line-speeds for Rhode Island ISP's at the statewide level :

ISP = Internet Service Provider

www.portableapps.com

"Pick a PC. Any PC."

"Now you can carry your favorite computer programs along with all of your bookmarks, settings, email and more with you. Use them on any Windows computer. All without leaving any personal data behind."

"PortableApps.com provides a truly open platform that works with any hardware you like (USB flash drive, iPod, portable hard drive, etc)."

"The PortableApps.com Suite and Platform is free. It contains no spyware. There are no advertisements. It isn't a limited or trial version. There is no additional hardware or software to buy. You don't even have to give out your email address. It's 100% free to use, free to copy and free to share."

Ghostbusters the Video Game (2008)



Ghostbusters Game Play Footage May 2008





Ghostbusters 2008 Gameplay Footage

Telecommuting Boosts Worker Productivity - Survey Finds

Posted to the site on 7th October, 2008

­Companies that give their workers the option of telecommuting are benefiting from greater productivity, lower costs, more options for finding and retaining qualified staff, and improved employee health, according to a new survey released by the Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA).

More than two-thirds (67%) of survey respondents said their organization has experienced greater worker productivity as a result of allowing employees to telecommute either full-time or part-time. Improved productivity is principally due to workers spending less time getting to and from work.

“With 'anywhere’ connectivity, faster broadband options and high-quality video and online conferencing choices, the opportunity for virtual offices is greater today and more affordable for businesses of all sizes and types,” said Todd Thibodeaux, president and chief executive officer, CompTIA.

Companies who utilize telecommuting are also benefiting from cost savings through reduced use of office-related materials and resources and lower vehicle-related expenses. Nearly six out of ten respondents (59%) to the CompTIA telecommuting trends survey identified cost savings as a significant benefit.

Telecommuting is also helping organizations find and keep qualified staff, and keep their employees healthier.

According to the CompTIA survey, 39 percent of respondents said their companies have access to more qualified staff, especially those who may not otherwise be geographically accessible, because they offer telecommuting as an option. Another 37 percent of respondents said telecommuting helps their organization improve employee retention. One-quarter of survey respondents (25%) said telecommuting improves employee health, mainly though reduced stress levels associated with commuting to and from work.

Other benefits of telecommuting, as revealed in the survey, include promotion of safety through reduced highway use (18%); and environmental benefits (17%).

Telecommuting Boosts Worker Productivity - Survey Finds

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The Sonos Digital Music System

Author: Steve Wildstrom _ Thu, Nov 15, 2007

BW's Steve Wildstrom thinks that Microsoft and Apple are both missing the home entertainment boat, especially since the arrival of a new generation of digital entertainment products that work just fine without a computer.

Download File - 4.1 MB

Business Week: Technology and You Podcast by Steve Wildstrom

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~audio podcast~

Lightweight Laptops Get Serious

Author: Business Week _ Wed, Oct 01, 2008

A new generation of lightweight laptops with 12.1-inch widescreen displays are serious corporate workhorses, offering better keyboards, faster but energy-thrifty processors, and long battery life, plus prices that won't make a purchasing manager wince.

Download File - 4.6 MB

Business Week: Technology and You Podcast by Steve Wildstrom

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Yammer Creates a Private Twitter for Co-Workers

"Yammer is a tool for making companies and organizations more productive through the exchange of short frequent answers to one simple question: "What are you working on?"

As employees answer that question, a feed is created in one central location enabling co-workers to discuss ideas, post news, ask questions, and share links and other information.

Yammer also serves as a company directory in which every employee has a profile and as a knowledge base where past conversations can be easily accessed and referenced.

Anyone in a company can start their Yammer network and begin inviting colleagues.

The privacy of each network is ensured by limiting access to those with a valid company email address. The basic Yammer service is free. Companies can pay to claim and administer their networks."


User Testimonials

• "Get Satisfaction implemented Yammer yesterday. Already seeing benefits."- Steve Barsh
• "30 people on Yammer in 15 minutes. This thing is going to take off."- Jeremy Thomas
• "Having worked with Yammer all day, I can honestly say I am very impressed, and I don't say that often."- Ricardo Sueiras
• "Yammer is definitely my favorite demo at TechCrunch50 so far. takes twitter to a whole new level, and the business model is GENIUS."- David Anderson, Green Options Media

read more

watch a demo of what it does below (skip through the first 40 seconds) :

www.ustream.tv/recorded/698282

Joost Now Offers Online TV with Only a Browser

Joost, the web-based provider of on-demand and live television, launched a browser-based version of its offerings this morning. While users of the service's Mac and Windows software can still get at their channels, Joost's new model allows anyone with Flash capabilities, and a temporarily-required browser IE or Firefox plug-in, to get at the good stuff. Joost is expected to go no-plugin-required next month—nice for those on Linux or non-standard browsers—but for now, it's a bit more hassle-free to watch live or canned television at work, or show a friend that old sitcom episode you were referring to. Joost is a free service; requires a sign-up and (for the moment) browser plug-in.

Joost [via TechCrunch]

• Watch High Quality Television over the Internet with Joost
• Screenshot Tour: Watch TV over the internet with Joost

Joost: Joost Now Offers Online TV with Only a Browser

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2008 LAPTOP FUNDRAISER

The only laptop I had, the slow-and-tired Acer 3620, finally stopped working last week. With nothing to replace it, I started a one-month ~online fundraiser~ to try and raise money to buy a state-of-the-art Dell Inspiron 1420 laptop for around $900. Since I've been spending a lot of time on the road, a laptop like this would come in really handy.

http://jordan2008laptopfundraiser.blogspot.com

ClustrMaps is a service that lets you see where people who visit your website are logging in from geographically.

Check out my ClustrMaps status site for jordansconsulting.net ...

PageFlakes is a way to view multiple RSS information "feeds" all on one web page. Once you create an account and sign in, changes to your page are automatically saved and are available from any computer, anywhere. The page automatically updates itself and brings current information to you, saving you the trouble of visiting numerous websites day after day. Check out my new PageFlakes site for an example...

or listen at this page

Radio Paradise - DJ-mixed modern & classic rock, world, electronica & more
click here to listen (128kbps stream)

SwissGroove - groovy - jazzy - funky - trippy 24/7 ++ Tune in & groove with us!!!
click here to listen (128kbps stream)

"Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up."
-- Pablo Picasso

About a week later...

Just got my Taurus back yesterday after having it fixed AGAIN - this time the air conditioner compressor completely seized up and the cooling system was failing at the same time. Nothing like driving your car down the highway and have it all of a sudden fill with smoke. I had to have the air conditioner compressor replaced with a dummy-pulley to save money, so no more A/C and reduced window defrosting power as a result.

Note the corrosion holes in the cooling pipe...

This morning, my good friend Andrea moved to Northern California. Best of luck Ang!!!

just set up an easy way to send individual posts to your friends and family on my 'computer deals' page - just click the little envelope icon next to the post you'd like to email, fill in the recipient information and you're done!

Yup...

CBS News/60 Minutes - Get Me The Geeks! How Tricky Technology Is Giving Rise To The Geeks...

and another...

~ news ~

I finally got my own domain name and web-hosting package today.


screen shot pre-purchase


That means soon my home page address will go from

www.jordansconsulting.blogspot.com to www.jordansconsulting.net

S K Y . F M - Classic Rap & Hip Hop

click here to listen (96kbps stream)

Yup - another fuse blown...

I took the bus to work this morning. It was nice to have some quiet time on the bus to sit and "work" on my way TO work, but it took way too long to get there. (2 hours each way by bus versus 30 minutes each way by car).

Check out my new Flickr photo stream

96.4FM The Wave - South West Wales (UK) No 1 Hit Music Station

click here to listen - found on this page

Another fuse blown...

One of the AC batteries that keep my main PC, file server and data network running during the frequent power interruptions. It sounds an alarm as soon as the power fails and switches over to battery power instantly, keeping the connected equipment running for 15 to 20 minutes.

$99 for refurbished 20Gb iPod clickwheel + free shipping

i haven't figured out how to do automatic page-refresh code yet, so be sure to press [F5] or click your browser's REFRESH icon to see the latest page copies straight from the server (instead of a previous copy cached in your browser)

cars - gotta love 'em...

I moved my payments-processing section from the main page to its own page this morning.

stopped taking on new jobs due to the following:

• having only a single employee - me - with nobody to outsource jobs to if things at my regular job get too hectic
  
• lack of general funding - someone has to pay for the parts before the jobs are complete and paid for by the customer
  
• and most importantly : not nearly enough room to store parts, files or do repairs properly
  

trying to negotiate space for a bigger office and wrap up all outstanding jobs. If you've got a little bit of patience, place your orders before the end of 2006 when I discontinue my family-style "you pay what we pay" pricing for all.

Stay tuned...

I just created a PayPal Payments button on my main page - now I can accept payments online and they go straight into my bank account. I can then turn around and email a receipt to the person who sent me the payment. If anyone wants to make a donation...
*hint* *hint*

Someone asked me today how I post these blog updates. I either email them using a computer or text message them from my cellphone. there's usually a 15 minute delay from the time I send these posts to the time they show up on this page but the convenience of not having to sit at a computer and login to the site every time you want to post makes up for it. Click here to learn more about mobile blogging.

this blog is now available in RSS/XML feed format

My laptop's battery finally died yesterday - it will no longer hold a charge - and it costs $141 for a new one. My brakes went out on Wednesday and I had to walk home. I'm being forced to move [again] in less than 30 days. Now my cell phone won't charge. I guess when it rains it pours right?

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOE!!!