I had a friend who recently had computer trouble. It was jacked up. She eventually took it to a repair shop in Athens. They told her the hard drive needs replacing. She really doesn’t want to spend the money to fix the old thing but does not really want to get a new one either. She mainly uses her pc for the internet so I suggested she run a linux disc without a hard drive. This will work although not with as high a performance level as an installed operating system. But for just online use that is an option for people with bad hard drives. I suggest puppy linux for this. It is simple & light.
Stitcher.com is a great way to get a variety of music & talk shows on your iphone or ipod touch. Pandora is my choice for a music app but stitcher fills the talk need. It has more stations than you can ever need so enjoy. One of my favorites is the Petros & Money Sports talk show from California.. just search them in stitcher.
My little Blackberry Pearl has been abused by me at work. And the trackball has all but stopped working when presses to “enter” something. I have to MASH it to get it to work. Well I finally took the time to look up a possible fix. I found a video tutorial & it worked great. Check it out if your trackball on your blackberry is jacked up.
Want to filter craigslist or expand your search in a more efficient way? Try http://www.crazedlist.org. You can search several areas at once. If you use a feed reader it is even better.
I do not want to sound uncaring…. but if I were working in the printing industry in any way I would at least prepare myself for other work. I am not saying tomorrow that they will close the doors on newspapers, printing presses, or book distributors. I am just saying that the vast majority of them will close in a relatively short time.
Textbooks are likely a safe business for a while because govt & Universities, which go hand in hand, don’t care to be cost efficient. That is another article in itself. But all the free blogs online, all the free / cheap ebooks, and free online newspapers make it unnecessary to print much of anything. I know there will be hardcore “paper book lovers” that want books & I get that. But overall it is an outdated item.
I have an ipod touch which is no where near the comfortable reading experience that a kindle is but… I read a good bit on it. I read articles on a newspaper that interest me , not the whole paper. I could likely get the feed for every newspaper in the country to fit on my ipod. Think about that!
There will still be a need for reporters, although I would argue that so many today just tow the company line or rehash a govt press release that we could use a few less. Reporters can still report news and make a living. Companies will spring up that pay to have good reporting online.
There will still be a need for writers obviously. The format in which their material is delivered is just different now and vastly cheaper to reproduce. A writer can write a great book. She can self publish for free. Create an ebook for free and digitally send it out for free basically. That benefits the writer & consumer. The workers who used to deliver printed content from writers don’t benefit directly but that is just the way it is in business.
A new technology comes along and wipes out the old one. Wagon makers did not have their jobs forever after the car got popular. Life goes on, just be ready print people.
I have been online for a long time now… since about 1997. So there is not much that impresses me. I liked ebay until it got too crowded …. for selling at least. I still like youtube but don’t have time to watch a lot. Netflix is one of the best ideas combined with implementation I have ever seen. Facebook and twitter are cool but both are time wasters if you let them be.
The coolest thing I have used online in a long time is Pandora Online Radio. I have used it for a while now and still am pleased with it. Best thing to happen to music in my lifetime maybe. Its free by the way.
Crash has been at the top of Netflix 100 for as long as I can remember. It was a great movie. There are just a few that I have not seen on the list. Most are good and many are great. But some are terrible… I am looking right at you “Burn after Reading” & “Get Smart”.
I think it is hilarious that Warner Bros think it can increase DVD sales by getting Redbox & Netflix to delay rentals for 28 days. Their logic is flawed. People who rent videos and are opposed to buying them will just wait or download them online illegally. It is unfortunate that Netflix & Redbox cave in to huge corporations like Warner but I guess I understand why.
There is plenty of free & legal content to view online to tide people over for 28 days by the way.
In my opinion LifeHacker.com is the best website for technology use and news. And it is simple enough for new computer users. They have tons of content and easy to understand tips. If you are new to the internet I recommend Life Hacker. It condenses the internet’s best tech stuff in one website.
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