Computer and Web Services
Closed Captioning Hits Google Video This is great news for the hearing impaired. Now Google is captioning the videos on it’s site. I wonder if it uses software or skilled people to do it…
Mosquito Ringtone and other ultrasonic ringtones only kids can hear! I’d never thought of this! The link above offers some high pitched sounds for you to listen and judge how high a pitch you can hear. The story is that if you are under 20 you may still be able to hear tones over 17kHz…
Update: 2021-05-31 The Internet and computing is so dynamic, changing, and the post here from 2006 is now outdated. Mozy was scarfed up by Carbonite and the service receiving the most votes for best personal cloud backup is iDrive.com. They have a great starter offer which I used for a year and found to be…
Google Calendar AT LAST!! Calendaring has long been a sore spot for me. MS Outlook does most of what I want but it’s M$ software, expensive. Yahoo has a decent system but its covered with ads. Mozilla Sunbird is developing slowly and I believe will eventually be what I use as it uses the MAC…
Switch. Off. More people are interested in switching off their PCs & Macs than ever before. See why they made the change and how easy it was. Discover how compatible you are with other people. Learn about all the great ways getting out more will give you a better life. And understand how a simple…
Look out kitties! Fluffy’s in town!
TV is so crummy these days. When I stumbled across the Google Video Blog and saw this link to an hour long online video I thought I’d check it out. If I can find more of this quality of shows I’ll give up TV completely. It’s very well done and the experience reminded me of…
How to Write More Clearly, Think More Clearly, and Learn Complex Material More Easily One wonderful thing about the Internet is the educational opportunities in it. This page is from a University of Georgia Prof. who wants to help his students write papers well. It’s not exactly new to me, but it is concise, much…
O’Reilly: What Is Web 2.0 Design Patterns and Business Models for the Next Generation of Software by Tim O’Reilly 09/30/2005 This has been a question of mine and that I hear from folks just getting started in computers nowadays. If you are new to the net, or if you are not new but still don’t…
How to Buy Nothing – WikiHow How could I say it better. We Americans have become so obsessed with consuming we don’t care who or what else in the world it will hurt. STOP IT! The site linked above list ideas I use and will use to live for the good of GOD and that…
I’m as far from perfect as they come but I am not making changes in my life strategy just because the calendar number changed. I intend to stay as frugal as I can and remain a Democrat, Union Member, father, and husband and make the world better for children.
Motorbelly’s Mews… Blogger.com is a Google owned Blog host and to try it out I have a blog setup here.