December 21, 2009
Since Ubuntu 9.10 was released, I have upgraded (mostly by backing up data followed by clean install) all the computers in our house and in the office. The most visible improvement is the new version’s super fast booting and shutdown processes, unlike any of the previous versions. Daniel of DailyStruggles.org made a video overview showing other improvements – click on the image to start the video viewing window.
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December 15, 2009
In the past I used to use Samba to share a printer over the Ubuntu network – yes, I am a fan of the Ubuntu operating system – no more Microsoft Windows 
Samba tends to give me problems using a shared printer. Now I have found a better way sharing a printer…
First some background about Common UNIX Printing System (CUPS). CUPS is the de facto standard for Linux and Unix machines as well as the built-in printing system in the Macintosh as of Mac OS X Version 10.2. So we can say that any printer that is connected to your Ubuntu Linux desktop is a CUPS computer.
The following 20-second trick was posted by Arjen Karel on his blog – I just re-phrase it here to make it easier to follow: Read the rest of this entry »
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September 1, 2009
I just watched a new video on Jeff Johnson’s blog. And it rocks! Here is the link:
http://clicklinkto.com/at/SuperAffil
I can’t believe this… In the video he tells you exactly which products he’s promoting… and how much money he’s making with them… and it’s a lot! He literally hands you his best money-getting affiliate promotions on a silver platter. Here’s your free…
“How to Become a Super Affiliate in Five Easy Steps” video:
http://clicklinkto.com/at/SuperAffil
Enjoy!
P.S. You don’t have to give your email to watch it or anything like that. But I’m on this guy’s mailing list and he sends out great content and free software all the time. Watch the video and if you like it. Join his list. You’ll love his stuff.
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August 20, 2009
Do you need a toll free phone number that can boost the image of your company? What about a toll free fax number? What if all calls to the toll free number can be redirected to whatever local phone numbers (can be multiple numbers as well) you desire? What if your own toll free number comes with included voice mail at no additional charge? What if this toll free service allows you to retrieve your voice mail and fax messages directly from your email, download them from a website, or listen to them over the phone?
You can find many uses with toll free numbers, whether for your companies or for your kids to call you from overseas. Read the rest of this entry »
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August 3, 2009
Just learned that one of the reasons why many people are not totally happy with Ubuntu is the lack of support for flash in Ubuntu’s built-in browser Firefox. Basically the flash plugin is not there and you have to manually install it. However, because there are several plugins available people get confused and most often pick the wrong plugin and end up still having trouble view flash videos and movies even after installing the plugin. If you have problems viewing flash in your Firefox in Ubuntu, please read on… Read the rest of this entry »
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July 24, 2009
By this time, everyone knows that Google’s announcement to roll out their own operating system that will compete with Microsoft Windows head on.
Unlike Windows, Google Chrome OS will be open source and doest not cost anything for people to use. However, the real competitor is not Microsoft Windows. What is it? Read the rest of this entry »
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July 24, 2009
Just bought Bobby Walker & Adeel Chowdhry’s Mass Article Control system which contains Mass Article Creator and the associated Submitter which automatically submits to 10 article directories. I learned that they will pull these two products off the shelf on July 29, 2009. If you would like to save time and effort in article marketing, click here to check their smart Mass Article Creator and Submitter before July 29, 2009.
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July 17, 2009
If you used to follow someone on Twitter but have stopped doing that because you are tired of reading about what they had for breakfast, or tweeting that they’re giving their dog a bath, or other ridiculous stuff, you will love this one… it is a new social-knowledge site called TipDrop.
Basically TipDrop is similar to Twitter in many ways but it is much better than it. Here is a list of a few TipDrop features…
- Focus – unlike Twitter which lacks focus, TipDrop allows you to give tips on a certain subject which is one of your tip sheets.
- Interactive – other people going to your tip sheet can add their tips or vote for or against your tips.
- Less chance of spam – since other TipDrop users can either vote for or against your tips, tips getting lower votes drop their ranks – when a tip falls below a credibility score of 1, it disappears off the list.
- More characters allowed – unlike Twitter, you can enter a tip for up to 255 characters long.
- More control – the creator of a certain tip sheet can delete tips they feel are inappropriate.
- Showing your links – Unlike Twitter, TipDrop encourages you to have links on your TipDrop page
- Free signup – TipDrop site is supported and monetized with AdSense ads. The nice thing is, if you supply your AdSense Publisher ID in the user settings TipDrop with share 75% of all ad impressions and clicks from your account pages and tip sheets credited to your own AdSense account.
I think TipDrop will do well and will eventually surpass Twitter if the latter does not take drastic changes.
Check out the first tip sheet I created with TipDrop: how to get your computer run faster on it I proposed a drastic way to speed up your computer.
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