If you are like me and are tired of using your bloated iTunes to manager the songs on your iPod here is a great alternative.
The program is called SharePod and it’s free to download.
It’s small in size and doesn’t slow down your system like iTunes.
Some of the programs features:
- podcast support
- drang and drop support
- don’t need admin rights
The website url:
http://www.getsharepod.com/
U3 Flash drives are usb flash drives which are like any other flash drive with the biggest difference being that you can run applications directly from the drive.
Many U3 usb flash drives out in the market currently do not have the U3 technology which could be used to run any application directy from the usb flash.
The U3 flash drives are made by SanDisk.
These U3 drives support many programs (being able to run the program without installing it).
For more information about U3 Flash drives check out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U3
If for whatever reason you no longer need your Yahoo email account and would like to delete it follow these simple steps:
1. go to the following url https://edit.yahoo.com/config/delete_user
2. enter your Yahoo username and password
3. On the next screen re-enter your password and enter the captcha
4. select the button that says “Terminate this Account”
According to Yahoo for security reasons it takes 3 months for your account to be fully deleted.
That’s it folks!
If you are one of the many website owners that are tired of a small group of people ruining your online community for everyone else
even after you have blocked their ip addresses try the following method.
RewriteEngine On
#bans all proxies
RewriteCond %{HTTP_FORWARDED} !^$
RewriteCond %{HTTP_PROXY_CONNECTION} !^$
RewriteRule \$ [F]
Many people wonder whether free ringtones are actually free or not.
Well simply put it depends on the site. Many cellphone ring tone sites charge a fee for their service where others
don’t charge for freeringtones. Make sure you read the fine print at the bottom of the site to find out about the hidden charges.
The ring tone industry has changed in a big way in that they require the user to verify a pin on their mobile for before getting the ring tones.
This prevents the consumer from fraud and other charges that were not done by them.
In case you are one of the many people that are curious how to imrpove your personal credit report follow these simple steps:
1. Pay all your bills on time
2. Always pay a little more then what you own (ex. if you own $20 pay $25)
3. Never pay any bills late due to it bringing down your credit score
4. Don’t fill out too many credit card applications at any given time (max 3 - 4/year)
5. Check your online credit report for any errors, and if you come across any contact the credit report company to report it
Here is a list of all the cities in southern california that have a Frys Electronics store.
Anaheim 3370 East La Palma Ave 92806 (714) 688-3000
Burbank 2311 North Hollywood Way 91505 (818) 526-8100
City Of Industry 13401 Crossroads Parkway North 91746 (562) 463-2400
Fountain Valley 10800 Kalama River Avenue 92708 (714) 378-4400
Manhattan Beach 3600 Sepulveda Boulevard 90266 (310) 364-3797
Oxnard 1901 E. Ventura Boulevard 93030 (805) 751-1300
San Diego 9825 Stonecrest Boulevard 92123 (858) 514-4500
San Marcos 150 Bent Avenue 92069 (760) 566-1300
Woodland Hills 6100 Canoga Avenue 91367 (818) 227-1000
Many people recently have been wondering how LifeLock actually works, well simply put it does the following for you:
1. order a yearly credit report on your behalf from AnnualCreditReport.com
2. monitor your credit report and notify you of any illegal activity
3. offer up $1,000,000 to help you get your identity back in the case of fraud and identity theft
Simple steps to cancel Vonage phone service:
Before calling it helps if you have either your Vonage phone number or account number in front of you.
1. Call 1-866-243-4357
2. Say billing or press 0, keep on pressing 0
3. Once speaking to someone ask to be transferred to the cancellation department
4. Tell them you want to cancel your service because your pet dog died
(They have a script for every reason you give them except this one)
5. That’s it! Bye Bye Vonage!
Many people have been wondering how to find out more information about their lawyer and background.
The Los Angeles Lawyer Bar Association is the perfect resource to find out
more about your lawyers history and how long they have been providing legal lawyer services in LA.
Another great source for finding out more about your Lawyer would be to contact the Los Angeles City Hall
and ask them for more information such as how many years they have been providing legal lawyer services within the city of Los Angeles.
Many people have been wondering whether FreeCreditReport.com is free.
Well here is the simple answer:
Basically you have 7 days of free credit report access, after that you will be charged $14.95 for each month.
If you are looking for the official goverment annual free credit report it can be found at their official site:
Some people have bene asking us what the best method is to finding a reliable lawyer in the city of Los Angeles
Well follow these simple steps to find the right lawyer for your case.
1. Find a recent yellow pages copy laying around your house
2. Turn to the Lawyers or Attorneys section
3. Look for anyone in the area of Los Angeles (ex. Los Angeles Lawyers)
4. After finding a name look for what they specialize in (criminal law, dui lawyer etc..)
5. Call the local phone number and ask them for a quote over the phone
Many people have heard the term pre-paid credit card but are not sure what they are.
Well simply put it’s a card that you load up with money and it acts like a regular visa or mastercard.
Some of the more popular prepaid card reviews:
Some of the companies above offer protection in case you loose your credit card and need the funds.
A prepaid card offer you the privacy which you need when shopping online or paying a bill over the phone without releasing your bank credit information.
Overall from the major prepaid credit card companies the one that seems to be getting the best reviews from consumers is the green dot card.
If you are one of the many people worried about your identity and are thinking about signing up for a lifelock protection server you may find the following review useful:
The service does what it promises, it scans your credit report for any strange activity and alerts you when something pops up.
They guarantee their Life Lock service for up to $1,000,000
Their president Todd Davis publicy posts his social security number online.
From all the ID theft protection services LifeLock offers the most services.
If you are worried about your credit being ruined by an identity theif, this service is for you.
Checking your credit report once a year is not enough, you have to be proactive and check it monthly if not weekly.
Pros:
Cons:
Our overall review for LifeLock: 96%
If you purchased a Garmin Nuvi 350 gps and are wondering how to make it speak and say the street names follow these simple steps:
1. Turn the GPS unit on
2. Click on “Settings” then “Locale” and then select the icon with the mouth next to it that allows you to select a voice
2. Options that end in (TTS) will say the street names, options that do not have (TTS) will only give you the turn-by-turn directions. *TTS stands for “text-to-speech“.
side note: make sure you are running the latest firmware update on your GPS
(http://www8.garmin.com/support/agree.jsp?id=1169
Many people don’t know how to check what version of nvidia driver they have installed.
Follow these simple steps to find out what your current version is:
1. right click on desktop and choose properties or display settings (depending on your windows version)
2. click on advanded settings
3. go to the adapter tab and look under version
For those of you that are wondering what the best way is of picking an honest tax accountant in the city of Los Angeles follow these simple steps:
1. Pick up a local LA yellow pages book
2. Look under Tax Services or Accountants near the city of Los Angeles
3. Call the phone number listed for the person and ask them if they are cpa certified.
All tax people that are CPA certified have gone thru a set of tests and exams and are certified by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
If I heard “not reality, actuality” one more time on trutv I’m going to throw my tv out the window.
Why do they feel like they have to say “not reality, actuality” every 13 seconds. We understand it’s your slogan (or whatever it’s called) but enough please.
If you are getting bombarded with email spam and are tired of giving out your email address to unknown websites try one of these disposable email services.
Top 10
1. Mailinator.com
url: mailinator.com
2. MyTrashMail.com
url: mytrashmail.com
3. MailEater
url: maileater
4. MailExpire
url: mailexpire.com
5. TemporaryInbox
url: temporaryinbox.com
6. SpamBox
url: spambox.us
7. Jetable
url: jetable.com
8. SpamHole
url: spamhole.com
9. TempEmail
url: tempemail.com
10. SpamFree24
spamfree24.org
Here is a little trick to do in your browser.
Go to the following website http://1089059683
You will notice that Google loads up.
That’s right, no .com or any other extension and the site still loads up.
Here is the technical details of it:
The site resolves to IP 64.233.187.99
Which the whois shows is owned by Google
OrgName: Google Inc.
OrgID: GOGL
Address: 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway
City: Mountain View
StateProv: CA
PostalCode: 94043
Country: US
NetRange: 64.233.160.0 - 64.233.191.255
CIDR: 64.233.160.0/19
NetName: GOOGLE
NetHandle: NET-64-233-160-0-1
Parent: NET-64-0-0-0-0
NetType: Direct Allocation
NameServer: NS1.GOOGLE.COM
NameServer: NS2.GOOGLE.COM
Comment:
RegDate: 2003-08-18
Updated: 2004-03-05
RTechHandle: ZG39-ARIN
RTechName: Google Inc.
RTechPhone: +1-650-318-0200
RTechEmail: arin-contact@google.com
OrgTechHandle: ZG39-ARIN
OrgTechName: Google Inc.
OrgTechPhone: +1-650-318-0200
OrgTechEmail: arin-contact@google.com
# ARIN WHOIS database, last updated 2006-11-01 19:10
# Enter ? for additional hints on searching ARIN’s WHOIS database.
Php function that encodes/decodes url’s this way:
function ip_encode($ip)
{
if ($ip == '')
return 0;
else
{
$ips = split ("\.", $ip);
return ($ips[3] + $ips[2] * 256 + $ips[1] * 256 * 256 + $ips[0] * 256 * 256 * 256);
}
}
function ip_decode($int)
{
if ($int == '')
return 0;
else
{
$w = (int)(($int / 16777216) - 256 * floor(($int / 16777216) / 256));
$x = (int)(($int / 65536) - 256 * floor(($int / 65536) / 256));
$y = (int)(($int / 256) - 256 * floor(($int / 256) / 256));
$z = (int)(($int) - 256 * floor(($int) / 256));
return ($w.'.'.$x.'.'.$y.'.'.$z);
}
}