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The
mind, once expanded to the dimensions of larger ideas, never returns to
its original size.
~Oliver Wendell Holmes
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Kerrville
Texas
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Welcome to
another issue of our weekly newsletter!
Something
for everyone.
No
one can dispute that the human brain is the greatest computer of all
time! But sometimes it requires a little nudge to grow new
cells. I also happen to
believe that hardware computers are very useful tools
which can
help to provide that nudge. That's why this
newsletter is not just full of computer-related information, but also
includes entertainment and educational items to tickle the brain cells.
There's something of interest for everyone in here so feel free to
share this issue and pass it along to your
friends and family...
What's In Here?
Lots of cool,
fun, and
informative stuff every week!
I'm dubbing this
week's issue
the Henry Ford Edition.
On this date in 1896 and at approximately 1:30 a.m., Henry Ford
test-drove his Quadricycle, the first automobile he ever designed or
drove. Our Ctrl-Alt-Backspace
section includes special click-links to transport you
to educational and informational websites
about this significant American entrepreneur.
Click any of
these links to go
directly to your favorite section...
Missed an
issue?
Check
out
past issues here...
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Ye! Hear Ye!
Sometimes
we have
special sales, important notices about virus outbreaks or
other technical
bulletins. Call 830-895-5016 if you're
interested in any sale items we might list here. But please click here to read our disclaimer before
visiting any third-party websites.
You Can Have Your Own On-Line Photo Gallery
Call us to find out how you can have your own on-line Photo Gallery. We
can even build it into your existing website. Click here for more
information about Photo Gallery and then give us a call...
http://gallery.menalto.com/about
Get Ready For Windows Vista
"Are you looking to buy a Windows
XP-based computer today but want to make sure that it can run Windows
Vista? There's no need to wait. When you buy a new PC that carries the
Windows Vista Capable or Premium Ready PC designation, you’ll be
able to upgrade to one of the editions of Windows Vista while taking
advantage of all the opportunities offered by Windows XP today."
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/getready/capable.mspx
A Tour of Windows Vista Beta 2
"With the release to developers of
Windows Vista Beta 2, we thought it was a good time to take a look to
see how Vista is coming along. Our overview of Vista Beta 2 will tell
you what you need to know about Microsoft's next OS release."
http://arstechnica.com/reviews/os/vistab2.ars
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Kingston USB Flash Drives
& Automatic Backups
DataTraveler
USB Flash drives are ideal for home office, small business, schools and
promotions. They're affordable and put mobile storage in nearly
anyone's hands. Call us at 895-5016 and let us show you how to get the
most out of these units as a convenient backup media.
Click here to learn more...
http://www.kingston.com/flash/wmv_files/using_dt.wmv
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Latest Virus
Threats
SymbOS.Romride.B
SymbOS.Romride.B
is a Trojan horse that affects Symbian series 60 phones. The Trojan
drops corrupt files onto the compromised device.
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/symbos.romride.b.html
Bloodhound.Tibs
Symantec antivirus products exclusively use the virus name
Bloodhound.Tibs when a potentially unknown virus is found using
Symantec Bloodhound technology. Bloodhound technology consists of
heuristic algorithms used to detect unknown viruses. The actual file
detected under Bloodhound.Tibs is likely to be infected with a new,
packed, 32-bit Windows virus. Bloodhound.Tibs is detected only in
Portable Executable (PE) files. Bloodhound.Tibs can detect any threat
within a packed file.
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/bloodhound.tibs.html
Check For New Sale Items
In Our Online Store...
 Fun
& Educational Stuff
Each
week we stumble across interesting, educational and fun sites on the
internet.
We hope you enjoy this section of our
newsletter as much as we do! But please click here to read our disclaimer before
visiting any third-party websites.
How Flexible Are You?
The flexibility demonstrated in this online video almost made my back hurt...
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8705268198162394845
Fun Games for Little Kids
"This site, which features Flash-based games starring Peep and his
friends, entices three-to-five-year-olds to explore science. While kids
may be having too much fun to realize it, these games will help them
learn to estimate distances, mix colors, exercise their memory, and
explore basic physics. The site also includes a collection of science
resources. You’ll need the free Flash player."
http://www.peepandthebigwideworld.com/
Why Does My Software Have Bugs?
Here's an insight into why software manufacturers release buggy software...
http://technology.guardian.co.uk/weekly/story/0,,1781895,00.html
Swarmsketch
"SwarmSketch is an ongoing online
canvas that explores the possibilities of distributed design by the
masses. Each week it randomly chooses a popular search term which
becomes the sketch subject for the week. In this way, the collective is
sketching what the collective thought was important each week."
http://www.swarmsketch.com/
Interesting Hurricane Effects Animation
Here's an interesting animation that shows the effects of different hurricane strength winds on a house...
http://tinyurl.com/ny2yj
Awesome Galactic Images
Check out some of these awesome images...
http://www.space.com/bestimg/index.php?cat=galactic
RefDesk (reader submission)
An awesome on-line resource...
http://www.refdesk.com/index.html
Are You Afraid of The Dentist?
Don't be. Check out this dental cam...
http://www.pearlywhites.com/dentcam.html
Coconuts Anyone?
You've seen them at the market but most people pass them by. Here's web page that has coconut hint and recipes...
http://www.elboricua.com/Cocos.html
 Web
Hosting
Tips
Do
you
have a domain website hosting account with
us? If so, you'll want to check this section for handy tips
to
help make your website standout from the crowd. Sometimes
we'll
give tips about working with your Plesk Control Panel. But please click here to read our disclaimer before
visiting any third-party websites.
How To Create a Default Email Account in Plesk
Check out this flash tutorial that will show you how to create a default email account in Plesk Control Panel...
http://tinyurl.com/qzm57
 Linspire
Linux Tips
Linspire
Linux is a great operating system designed to be the easiest of all
desktop linux distributions.
If
you haven't tried it for yourself yet, ask for a free demo CD the next
time we service your computer. But please click here to read our disclaimer before
visiting any third-party websites.
Artistry
Artistry is a vector-based drawing program, like CorelDraw® or
Adobe Illustrator® from the proprietary software world. Artistry
loads and saves subsets of SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) format, a
standard maintained by the WWW consortium. There are rectangles,
ellipses, text items, bitmap images and freehand curves. As an added
bonus both vector and bitmap objects can have alpha transparency and
can be arbitrarily transformed.
http://www.linspire.com/lindows_products_details.php?product_id=7054
(click image)
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operating system combines the stability, security and affordability of
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viruses. Save money and protect your computer today with Linspire
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HINT:
Enjoy the best of both world's! Let us install a second hard drive in
your PC, install Linspire 5.0 so you can safely surf the internet
and receive email using Linspire Linux and still get to use your Windows XP for all
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Linspire Linux Tip of
The Week
Don't
forget to check the archive link at that page for previous tips...
http://www.linspire.com/tooltips.php
Latest
Linspire Letter....
http://www.linspire.com/linspire_letter.php
Michael's Latest Minute...
http://www.michaelrobertson.com/
 Microsoft
Windows
Tips
Microsoft Windows is
still the operating system that most people are familiar with.
Many businesses have based their requirements around
this
commercial operating system and so it remains the cornerstone of our
onsite support service. But please click here to read our disclaimer before
visiting any third-party websites.
Enjoy The Best of Both World's!
Let us install a second hard drive in your PC, install Linspire 5.0 so you can safely surf the internet and receive email using Linspire Linux and still get to use your Windows XP for all your regular Windows applications.
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"Henry drove his
vehicle to his father's farm to show it off. His father apparently
walked around it cautiously. Later he expressed his doubts to one of
his neighbors: "John and William (Henry's brothers) are all right, but
Henry worries me. He doesn't seem to settle down, and I don't know
what's going to become of him."
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I
hope you've enjoyed this edition of our weekly newsletter. I try to
make each week's edition different and special by including meaningful
computer tips and links to fun, educational, and scientific websites.
If
you have any items of interest you might like to see addressed in the
future, or you have any Fun Stuff links of your own that you might like
to share, drop me an email and we'll see if we can include them for you.
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to subscribe or (gasp!) unsubscribe...
http://lists.bictx.com/mailman/listinfo/brightideas
Meanwhile,
don't forget to keep your computer's anti-virus current and your
critical and security patches up-to-date for the most reliable
computing experiences on the internet.
Happy Trails~
Tomas
Bright Ideas ComputingTM
Kerrville,
Texas
http://www.bictx.com
830-895-5016
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