03.04.08
Posted in Misc Tech at 2:17 pm by Alice Pretchet
I was talking to Crystal the other day about remote PC access, telling her that I could access her PC from here and fix the problem she was having with her photo editing software. She loved the idea, and then got a little freaked out by the fact that I could control her PC from my place. Once I explained that she would have to send me a request to do it, and that request would have a time limit set for the amount that I could access her computer over the internet, she calmed down and embraced the idea. After the first session of her watching me control her pointer on screen from w remote location she decided she wanted to be able to do this as well, accessing her computer at from work.
This apparently has saved her a ton of time, now instead of editing 100 photos not knowing which ones she is going to need for presentations the next day, she simply downloads a list of thumbnails to her USB drive, then she can show the group the thumbnails, and when it is decided which ones to touch up and use in projects, she uses remote access to pull the full sized images up from her home PC while at work.
Crystal has been using Remote Access and has been raving about the ability to control and use her home computer from work, I’ve heard that they are considering a small business account to allow everyone int he group to do the reverse and access the work computers from home as well. She is basically using her home computer for remote storage, and I found that remote PC has a neat remote storage program that comes with each account. Danny could be using this as a way to have backup music available for his DJs. I’m sure there are other people who would use this remote storage in other ways as well. It amazes me that so many people are not familiar with the remote control abilities that are available with today’s fast access internet services.
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03.01.08
Posted in Videos at 1:57 pm by Alice Pretchet
Found one of my favorite songs of all time on You Tube the other day and i am going to book mark the page here on my blog so i can always find it and do you can enjoy it as well. The song is by The Primitive Radio Gods and is named “Phone Booth” the song helps me pass by time when i am doing repetitive work behind the computer. i know all the words to it so I am able to sing along with it and it is not so loud that I have to turn down the bass to wake my family while they are a sleep. if you have never heard this song before or seen the music video then click over and listen or watch.
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02.26.08
Posted in Software, Widgets at 12:07 pm by Alice Pretchet
From yahoo news / AP
that have created downloadable, desktop versions of their Web sites using software developed by Adobe Systems Inc.
Adobe is launching the application, called AIR, on Monday. Adobe says AIR will allow any company with a Web site to inhabit a permanent spot on people’s desktops.
It also reduces the wait time for downloading images and data, because the desktop is constantly updated while the computer is online.
Adobe says AIR runs on any operating system.
Look for Ebay to be one the first to show up on your desktop in a widget using Adobe AIR. I think this is a cool idea, I do
wonder what the effects will be on my system performance when I get a half dozen direct connect widgets running for various web sites. I would like to see a multiple rss feed style widget like this however. I am not familiar with the capabilities of the AIR widget system from adobe, I wonder if it will be able to run flash web sites and music and such.
Would be very cool to have something like this that could be a widget for mobile devices allowing current flash video and flash sites to play with.
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Posted in Misc Tech at 11:30 am by Alice Pretchet
Kary is considering making BDU pants the new company uniforms at trade shows. so I looked into these styles and find that the olive and navy BDUs with the extra pockets may be an excellent choice as I can see my cell phone, blackberry, note pad and extra clips will all have an easy to access home with the new pants. Thankfully we get to choose from several shirt styles with company logos, so I will be able to sport a polo with the BDU’s and I won’t look to much like cop. While shopping for BDUs I found that BDU.com sells the new military BDUs that have the blackhawk tourniquet
system built in.
Someone had the military channel on and I was hearing about a new idea for military BDUs that was part of saving lives, a basic idea. There was an interview with a guy explaining that a lot of trauma occurs after a wound in the battlefield simply because the time it takes to get a tourniquet tied to the body is often a long time. The idea was to have tourniquets built into the BDUs soldier’s were wearing, several in strategic locations around the body so that if needed it was right there and fast to stop excessive bleeding. This is one of those simple and great ideas.
I had thought that the tourniquet system was still on the drawing board, only to find out that it is already in production and available. I also learned that premium military BDUs can have an infrared repelling coating tot he fabric in an effort to reduce the heat signature that shows up with night vision scopes that the bad guys might be using. I had no idea there was such a technology, but I guess it’s working and in use.
I think most everyone in the company will end up getting their BDUs without the ITS system, but if you are looking for military clothing BDU.com should be your first step in finding the hi tech stuff.
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Posted in Misc Tech at 8:59 am by Alice Pretchet
Today I decided to pick up the laptop off the coffee table and put it in my lap for some extra heat. It’s cold outside and a little chilly in here. No need to turn up the heat for the whole house, I’ll be in bed sometime in the next few hours. I could just put on a second pair of socks, or some thermal ones, but for now I’m enjoying my feet on the coffee table (the air is a little warmer there compared to the floor, plus the spot they are resting on is warm already from the laptop.) and leaningback on the ocuch is nice for a change.
So far my legs are warm and happy, the laptop is warm, but not overbearing hot. I’m enjoying like a cup of hot tea, and it was so much easier to just grab the laptop for some extra warm, rather getting up and boiling some water.
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