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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
830-895-5016 |
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 Andrew Carnegie Edition.
On on this day in 1892, the State of Pennsylvania sent a band of 7000
troops to Homestead to "restore law and order" and thus end the labor
strike against the Homestead Steel Mills owned by none other than
Andrew Carnegie.
Our Ctrl-Alt-Backspace
section includes special click-links to transport you
to educational and informational websites
about Andrew Carnegie.
Click any of
these links to go
directly to your favorite section...
Missed an
issue?
Check
out
past issues here...
 Hear
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 or downloading software from any third-party websites.
Get Well Soon, June!
One of our close friends is not feeling too well and
has been admitted to the hospital. We wish for her to get well
soon so we can all enjoy those wonderful smiles and superb sense
of humor. Get well soon!
Montecito Drops on July 18
"We've known for a little while that Intel's next-generation Itanium2
part, Montecito, is due out in July, but now a specific ship date has
surfaced: July 18th. Montecito began sampling way back in 2004, and
when I saw an ISSCC presentation on it in early 2005, it was supposedly
just around the corner back then. So after over a year's delay, I'm
sure HP—the primary remaining vendor of Itanium2 systems— is ready to
start selling systems." Click to read entire article...
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060708-7216.html
 Set It And Forget It Backup System
How would you like your Windows XP computer to shut down
automatically after each scheduled night backup job?
What? You don't have a backup system? What if your PC's hard drive were
to crash today? Can you afford to lose all your data and critical files?
I'm very excited to announce that I have successfully modified, tested
and implemented a new backup system that performs the following
sequential events...
1. Auto-scheduled full backup job once each week.
2. Auto-scheduled incremental backup job of changed files
the remaining days.
3. Auto-generated email notification after each backup job
has completed.
4. Automatically shuts down your computer
after each backup job has completed.
Just imagine, you won't have to leave your PC turned on all night long
for those long backup jobs that may take an hour or more. Plus you'll
have peace of mind knowing that your PC isn't idling in an unattended
state all night long and is securely shut down. You'll also save energy
and reduce the risk of crashes due to power outages or other electrical
events.
One of the major advantages my units have over the big guys is that
mine can be later upgraded with even larger hard drives. We start with
an 80 gigabyte hard drive unit and can assemble one with up to 400 gigabytes
of backup space.
Email me if you'd like details about how I can put this "Set It and
Forget It"
backup system into place for you. A complete turn-key backup
system can be installed and configured in your home or office at very affordable prices.
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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.Mabir.B
SymbOS.Mabir.B is a worm that runs on the Symbian OS, which is used as
the operating system for Nokia Series 60 cellular telephones. It
attempts to spread through Bluetooth and MMS. The worm reportedly arrives as the following file...
Gollum.sis
When a user opens this file, the phone installer will display a dialog
to warn users that the application may be coming from an untrusted
source and may cause potential problems.
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/symbos.mabir.b.html
Trojan.Emcodec.E
Trojan.Emcodec.E is a Trojan horse that drops and executes a copy of a
member of the Trojan.Zlob family. The Trojan masquerades as an
installer for ZipCodec 6.0.
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/trojan.emcodec.e.html
 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 or downloading software from any third-party websites.
Freeman-Fritts Pet Care Center
If you live in the Kerrville area, then this is the
place to go for low-cost spay and neutering and vaccinations for your
dogs and cats. They are in the process of numerous building
improvements and offer quite a few valuable services to the community
at large. Check them out at...
http://www.freemanfritts.com/
Do You Like Quilted Art Designs?
Check out the extremely wide variety of quilts made by Janet Ghio and displayed in her website at...
http://www.quiltcollage.com/
Somebody Please Slap This Guy
He thinks he just bought a Mini Cooper.
http://www.counterfeitmini.com/main.swf
What's black and white and adored all over—and can cost a zoo more than three million dollars a year?
"He's got chubby cheeks. He naps a lot. He
eats with his hands. He lives with his mother. Not exactly the kind of
character you'd expect to find at the center of high finance,
international diplomacy, fan frenzy, government scrutiny, and
scientific fascination. But Tai Shan is a giant panda cub, and that
makes him, well, not your average bear." Click to read entire article...
http://www7.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0607/feature1/index.html
This is FUN!
Are you a Rebel or a Yankee? Take this quiz to find out...
http://www.alphadictionary.com/articles/yankeetest.html
Extremeophiles in Kamchatka
"Looking for life in the hot springs of the Russian Far East." Click to read entire article and be sure to turn on your audio to enjoy this multimedia treat...
http://www.exploratorium.edu/kamchatka/index.html
This Girl Breaks Apart Like Turkish Taffy
Don't look if you're squeamish...
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3030582436688674946
Crow Believed to Be Oldest in World Dies at 57
Tata's tale began in 1947 when a thunderstorm
blew the fledgling out of his nest in a Long Island cemetery, a mishap
that likely led to his long life." Click to read entire article...
http://www.physorg.com/news71554523.html
Orders of Magnitude
Just how small and insignificant are we as human beings? To answer that
question and put ourselves into proper perspective, just go to the
following website and view the slideshow to see just how small and
insignificant we really are...
http://homepage.mac.com/sweet.pea/PhotoAlbum14.html
Recipe of the Month - Guava Margarita!
Buen provecho! (Enjoy!)
http://www.elboricua.com/recipeofthemonth.html
Current Codes
"Hundreds of well-known online stores
like Barnes and Noble, Staples, and Amazon.com have a place within
their shopping cart for a "coupon code" that gives a percent or dollar
amount off your purchase. If you don't know the code, you can't take
advantage of the discount." Click to find on-line coupon codes...
http://www.currentcodes.com/
Your Desktop on a Keychain
"Tomorrow’s mobile computing environment might see a proliferation of
public-use (kiosk) machines where users can simply and easily call up
their desktop environments." Click to read entire article...
http://research.microsoft.com/research/sv/keychain/
Strangest Things in Space
Click on a rating to move on to the next item and view some of the strangest things in space...
http://www.space.com/bestimg/?cat=strangest
Wonderful Collection of Desktop Wallpapers!
http://www.desktopia.com/
 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 or downloading software from any third-party websites.
How To Use Create a Default Email Account in Plesk Control Panel
Check out this flash
tutorial that will show you how to create a default email account in Plesk Control Panel...
http://tinyurl.com/nu2yy
 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 or downloading software from any third-party websites.
Task Scheduler...
...is an awesome little program you can use to automate certain tasks
or programs to run at an appointed time. You can find out more
information about it from Linspire Linux at...
http://www.linspire.com/lindows_products_details.php?product_id=2829
Here's a great scenario in which I'm using Task Scheduler to make my cmputing life easier...
I use
an external hard disk drive attached to my Windows XP computer, along
with backup software, to backup my Linspire Linux PC critical working
files from across the network. Since I've already set up a
DOS-based script that will automatically shutdown my Windows XP PC
after the backup job has completed and sent my notification email, I
also needed an easy way to automatically shutdown my Linspire Linux PC.
Staying up until 1:00 am was not an option because a full backup job of
all my critical files takes about three hours and I don't want to stay
up just to click a shutdown button.
I had to come up with another solution so here's where Task Scheduler
came to the rescue. All I had to do was install Task Scheduler from the
Click and Run Warehouse using my CNR subscription and then l set it up
to run the "shutdown" command at the appointed time.
Now my entire network is happy as each PC quietly goes about its
business performing the full and incremental backup jobs and then
gracefully shut themselves down each evening. All I have to do is check
my email each morning to review the automatically generated email that
indicates if my backup job that evening was successful.
Yes! I am a happy camper by bringing the best of both world's
from Linspire Land and Windows Land to my computing environment.
No more virus worries and complete automation in the backup world.
Now excuse me while I devote time to more important issues, like
finishing this week's newsletter.
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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 or downloading software from any third-party websites.
Free Notable
Software Download...
Spell Checker for OE
If you do not have Microsoft Word or Microsoft Works Suite, then your
Outlook Express will not have the capability to perform spell checking
because Microsoft did not include the required files in Outlook
Express. Instead, they want you to purchase their high-priced Microsoft
Word or Microsoft Works Suite in order to have a spell check capability
in Outlook Express. Well, now you can circumvent that expense by
downloading and installing Spell Checker for OE from the following
website...
http://www.geocities.com/vampirefo/
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the image)
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The Dark Side of Andrew Carnegie
" Another factor that the History Channel
points out is the popular myth that Andrew Carnegie was a generous man of
charity." Click to read entire article...
http://tinyurl.com/h6a9f
"Teamwork is the ability to work together toward a common vision. The
ability to direct individual accomplishment toward organizational
objectives. It is the fuel that allows common people to attain
uncommon results."
~Andrew Carnegie (1835 to 1919)
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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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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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