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Thursday, June 24, 2010
Who Ya Gonna Call
This video was created to call attention to a funding crisis for a library. If the ghosts don't pony up, who are the librarians gonna call?
Sunday, May 09, 2010
Clif Notes Newsletter for May 2010
Hello Everyone,
Sorry I'm late posting. I missed last month too. I have lots of articles for you to read. Hopefully it's not too much for you. I've decided to make it easy this time and you only need to read the posts you want to.
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Monday, March 29, 2010
Ubuntu Netbook Remix - a fun but rock solid OS
If you have a netbook, you really should try out the Ubuntu Netbook Remix. I've had it for a few months now. It's really fun to use. Here's a screenshot of my desktop ...
Take a look at this video to see it in action:
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Monday, March 08, 2010
Clif Notes Newsletter for March 2010
Hello Everyone,
This month, I have lots of articles for you to read. Hopefully it's not too much for you. After all, you can always stop reading at any time and return when you do have time.
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This month's articles:
● Backup Your Device Drivers with Double Driver
● Learn to Program with Microsoft Small Basic
● Find and Read Tons of Free E-Books with FBReader
● 5GB of Free Online File Storage with CloudDrive
● How to Restore Default File Types in Vista and Windows 7
● Free Online Anti-Virus Scan from Trend Micro – the HouseCall
● Can You Hide Your Web Browser While Surfing at Work or School?
● How To Create and Use System Restore Points
● How to Speed Up Windows Disk Cleanup
● Find as You Type with Listary
● Windows 7 Update – Microsoft Will Seek and Destroy Pirated Copies
● Tweak XP Security Settings with XP-Antispy
● How to Keep the Same Notes Everywhere – Synchronizing Tomboy with Dropbox
● Create a Hyperlinked Notes Database with Tomboy
● 650 Free Wallpapers That You’ve Never Seen Before
● Immunet Protect Offers Side by Side Compatibility with Your Current AntiVirus
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What free software do you need?
So what do you need? Comment below and I'll see if I can find it. If you know the answer to someone else's question, add your answer there too.
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COOLSITES Newsletter
March 5 2010 COOLSITES Newsletter #259
Here are a 6 links (out of dozens) from Mark's CoolSites Newsletter. Be sure to visit his site and see the rest of his links this week. Please visit Mark's website at: http://luem42.com/coolsites.html
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You can also find the current and all past postings of Mark's newsletter at Lockergnome Forums: http://help.lockergnome.com/general/Cool-Web-Links-forum-18.html
- Wikibooks is a Wikimedia community for creating a free library of educational textbooks that anyone can edit: http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Main_Page
- Xp Tweaks Unlocked Freeware - Xp Tweaks - Microsoft Windows Tweaking - Tweak Microsoft Windows - Tweaking Software: http://www.freewarepark.com/xp-tweaks-unlocked.html
- Hornil StylePix, or simply StylePix, is a free image editor with a number of advanced features: http://hornil.com/
- Extended Character Keyboard. OnscreenSCK 1.0 beta onscreen keyboard that allows you to enter special characters: http://onscreensck.codeplex.com/
- Comodo Dragon Internet Browser. Fast and versatile Internet Browser based on Chromium, infused with Comodo´s unparalleled level of Security: http://www.comodo.com/home/internet-security/browser.php
- amaze 1.1.3 Generate and print simple mazes. Includes binary installers for Ubuntu and Windows XP: http://sourceforge.net/projects/qtamaze/
Internetfixes Weekend Windup
Gary at InternetFixes continues to amaze me with hundreds and thousands of tips for your PC. Whatever your operating system, or how you use it, a visit to Gary's site will soon have you saying "So that's how you do it!".
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Saturday, March 06, 2010
Don’t Give Up Your Email Addy – Use WhySpam.Me
I appreciate recommendations from real people out there. SnowmanInTheSun wrote in with a thumb’s up on this service. (below)
New item from SnowmanInTheSun on Comments
WhySpam.Me Is a completely free disposable email address system.
IS IT FREEWARE? YES
WHERE IS THE WEBSITE AT? http://whyspam.me
IS THE DOWNLOAD LINK EASY TO FIND? No Download required, they have chrome and firefox plugins
WHAT KIND OF PROGRAM IS IT? Hides Your email
WHAT VERSIONS OF WINDOWS ARE REQUIRED? Crossplatform: windows, Mac, Linux
DOES IT REQUIRE ANYTHING ELSE? (LIKE .NET) No
IS IT A LARGE OR SMALL DOWNLOAD? Small
IS IT AN EASY PROGRAM TO INSTALL? Yes
DOES IT COME WITH AN UNINSTALLER? yes
WHERE DID YOU FIND IT?
searched google for 'disposable email'
WERE YOU LOOKING FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS? yes
WHAT ARE YOU USING IT FOR? Registering with online services
WHAT WERE YOU USING BEFORE YOU FOUND THIS? Nothing
IS THE PROGRAM EASY TO USE? Has introduction videos
DOES IT COME WITH HELP FILES? Online help
WHAT FEATURES WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE ADDED OR TAKEN AWAY OR CHANGED?
smaller urls
Thanks for the mini-review, from SnowmanInTheSun.
Thursday, February 11, 2010
An Address Change for Clif Notes Newsletter
Due to the release of Google Buzz - the new sharing service from Google - I am changing one of the links to my newsletter page.
The old address, http://www.google.com/reader/shared/clif.notes
will be busier now, so you may want to remove it from your bookmarks or feed reader. I plan to use the old address for posts to my Google Buzz account. (Sorry for any inconvenience!)
The new address, http://www.google.com/reader/shared/clif.sipe
will only be updated once a month as I release my newsletter.
The alternate address, http://www.netvibes.com/clifnotes#Newsletter
has not been affected and those who like reading my Notes at NetVibes can still do so.
Best wishes to you all, and you'll be hearing from me when I post my March newsletter.
Clif
Saturday, February 06, 2010
Landing in the Hudson River - Flight 1549 Animation
Here is an amazing recreation of Captain Sully's landing in the Hudson River after both engines were destroyed by a flock of Canadian geese.
Best viewed in full screen
Via Dave's Computer Tips
Best viewed in full screen
If you can't see the video - click here
Via Dave's Computer Tips
Thursday, February 04, 2010
Some Truly Brilliant Ones [Slide Show]
Here's another slideshow from Tiffany.
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Monday, February 01, 2010
Clif Notes Newsletter for February 2010
Hello Everyone,
This month, I have over a dozen articles for you to read. Hopefully it's not too much for you. After all, you can always stop reading at any time and return when you do have time.
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This month's articles:
Global Hotkeys for Windows Media Player
Security Advice From McAfee That You May Not Want
Back Up Your Registry in Case of Disaster – ERUNT
Portable Sticky Notes for Your Desktop – hott notes
Hundreds of Free Smileys – The Smiley Vault
Locking Programs and Files with a Password – SaveIt
Online Security Scan in Less Than Two Minutes
WinPatrol Lifetime License for 99¢ – One Day Only
How To Repair Your Default Image FileTypes
Defragging the Easy Way – Disk Defrag Screen Saver
Free Clipboard Manager and Personal Database – Ditto
Create Animated Gifs with UnFREEZ
Find Files Fast with UltraSearch
Easily Create Personal Web Pages with No Signup at Webnotes
Security Advice From McAfee That You May Not Want
Back Up Your Registry in Case of Disaster – ERUNT
Portable Sticky Notes for Your Desktop – hott notes
Hundreds of Free Smileys – The Smiley Vault
Locking Programs and Files with a Password – SaveIt
Online Security Scan in Less Than Two Minutes
WinPatrol Lifetime License for 99¢ – One Day Only
How To Repair Your Default Image FileTypes
Defragging the Easy Way – Disk Defrag Screen Saver
Free Clipboard Manager and Personal Database – Ditto
Create Animated Gifs with UnFREEZ
Find Files Fast with UltraSearch
Easily Create Personal Web Pages with No Signup at Webnotes
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Tuesday, January 26, 2010
BuggyRoller in the SwissPass [Video]
My wife showed me this video that she found on Facebook.
This guy is pretty crazy.
Best viewed in full screen
This guy is pretty crazy.
Best viewed in full screen
Saturday, January 23, 2010
Partners - animals who are friends - friends who are animals [Slideshow]
This is another tip from Tiffany.
Partners
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Sunday, January 03, 2010
Clif Notes Newsletter for January 2010
Hello Everyone,
Welcome to the first newsletter of 2010. Once again, everyone will have to get used to writing down a new year on all their documents and notes. Good luck to all of you in this New Year.
This month, I have over 20 articles for you to read. Hopefully it's not too much for you. After all, you can always stop reading at any time and return when you do have time.
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This month's articles:
Create Your Own Wifi Hotspot - Connectify Updated to 1.0
Patience and Wisdom [Picture]
Easily Create Personal Web Pages with No Signup at Webnotes
Mirror in the Water [Slideshow]
Find Files Fast with UltraSearch
Beautiful Pictures [Slideshow]
Free DNS Benchmark Tools - Satisfy Your Need for Speed
Take the Jung Typology Test - What Kind of Person Are You?
Is the Windows XP Search Doggie a Spy?
How to Replace Windows XP Search
Create Goo.gl Short URL’s with a Bookmarklet
Rohos Mini Drive - Hide Your Data on Flash Drives
Free Full Version of WinOptimizer 5
Change Your DNS Settings Fast with Dns Jumper
Multifox for Logging into Multiple Accounts
Review of the Eset Online Scanner
The Matrix as Your Desktop and Screensaver
Review of Radian Application Launcher
Mozilla Thunderbird 3 Review
How to Add WinHlp32 Support to Windows 7 and Vista
Backup/Restore Windows Live Writer with Import/Export Plugin
Windows CleanUp! for Fast and Fun System Cleanings
How to use Google Public DNS on Windows 7 and Windows XP
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Clif
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Mirror in the Water [Slideshow]
What is it about large calm bodies of water? The images seem to instantly soothe and yet excite. Seeing them draws you in and make you wish you were there.
Thanks to Tiffany - who sent me the PPS file via email.
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Saturday, December 19, 2009
Beautiful Pictures Slideshow – Source Unknown
Tiffany emailed a slideshow to me today. I decided that it was too good not to share.
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Sunday, December 06, 2009
Clif Notes Newsletter for December 2009
Hi everyone,
I've got quite a bit for you to read this month, so take your time. You don't have to read it all in one sitting.
This month’s articles:
Windows Double Explorer for Windows 7
MalAware 1.0 Scans for Trojan/Virus/Spyware in 60 Seconds
Play the Original Atari Arcade Games
How To Turn On/Off Thumbnail View in Windows 7 Folders
TeamViewer Adds Voice and Video Chat to Screen Sharing
How to Search Without Ads in Google Chrome
A Fast Way to Create Beautiful Gradient Wallpapers
Go here:
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It's easy to read them at netvibes, but if you need help figuring it out, let me know.
Best holiday wishes to you all.
Clif
Saturday, November 21, 2009
Many Changes – but I’m back!
Yes, I’ve been away for a long time. Some of you have written me to see if I was still alive. Thanks for your concern.
Since I’ve last published a newsletter, I’ve started writing as a semi-professional at Techie-Buzz. That means you’ll have to check in there or subscribe to an RSS feed to see my latest articles.
However, I don’t want to abandon my email readers totally and I’ve found a cool way to share my articles all in one place at one time. I’m using an online news aggregator named Netvibes.
You can find my latest articles here. http://www.netvibes.com/clifnotes#Newsletter
Many of y ou will figure out how the Netvibes reader works immediately. In case you don’t or you’d like to see some cool tweaks you can make, check out the images below. You can click on them to make them larger if the print is too small to read.
Sunday, August 02, 2009
CurrPorts - Find Out Who Is Spying On You
Do you have any idea if evil computers are connecting to your PC? If your enquiring mind wants to know, I recommend that you try out two utilities from NirSoft.
Download and Install:
CurrPorts and IPNetInfo are both portable applications that are offered as ZIP files. You can unpack these ZIP files anywhere on your hard drive or even onto a flash drive to use them. CurrPorts and IPNetInfo work best if you put the files from both programs into the same folder. After I downloaded them, I unpacked the CurrPorts and IPNetInfo into two different folders. I renamed the readme.txt files and then copied the IPNetInfo files into the CurrPorts folder. I ended up with the following files in my CPorts folder.
Run CurrPorts:
You can run CurrPorts by launching the cports.exe file. It will scan your computer and display a list of all of the processes on your PC that are using the network and internet connections. The list contains the following columns of information on each connection to your machine.
Process Name
Process ID
Protocol
Local Port
Local Port Name
Local Address
Remote Port
Remote Port Name
Remote Address
Remote Host Name
State
Process Path
Product Name
File Description
File Version
Company
Process Created On
User Name
Process Services
Process Attributes
Added On
Module Filename
Remote IP Country
Window Title
Search the information:
The most important columns to pay attention to are the columns I've highlighted above.
Process Name is the name of the program or service on your PC that is making the connection to the net.
Process Path tells you where the program or service is located on your hard drive. It's important to know this location if you suspect that you have a spyware, virus or trojan infection.
Remote Address is a set of numbers that is often called the "IP Address". This address is needed to identify the computers connected to you by the internet.
Many of the connections you'll see won't even have a remote address and you don't have to pay as much attention to them. In order to unclutter the list and concentrate on the remote IP addresses, you can use the Options menu and uncheck the item labeled "Display Items without Remote Address" or hold down the CTRL key and press F6.
Identify WHO IS connecting:
Now that you have some IP addresses displayed, you can find out more about them by using NifSoft's IPNetInfo utility. When you right click on any remote address shown in CurrPorts, you can find out more about it by choosing the IPNetInfo option. IPNetInfo will pop up and give you the WHOIS information if it's able to.
Here's an example of the WHOIS info for a Google page in Internet Explorer.
If IPNetInfo doesn't seem to do anything when you open it with a right click from CurrPorts, it could be that the remote address is a local address on your home or business network. In that case you shouldn't have to worry about who it is.
IPNetInfo.exe can be run all by itself by launching the ipnetinfo.exe file. When it's running this way, you will have to paste in the IP Addresses manually to initiate WHOIS searches.
Stop the Spies:
Once you've identified all the owners of those remote IP addresses, you should have a better idea about who they are. You can usually find out more about them by using the company name in an internet search. If you are still suspicious that the IP addresses you are seeing are from the bad guys, you can check in several places to find out if they are on a watch list. I recommend that you search for malicious addresses at hpHosts. Just paste the remote IP address into the search box.
If you've identified a connection you don't want, you can right click on entries in CurrPorts and either "Close" the connection or "Kill" the process on your PC. If you have a process running on your machine that continues to connect to IPs that are suspect, you should probably save an HTML report as shown below, then run an Anti-Virus and Anti-Spyware scan. I recommend using MalwareBytes or one of the other good free spyware removers. If that doesn't do the trick, get some help from one of the Anti-Spyware forums. I always visit Temerc.com's forums when I need help.
If you wish to ask me about some of your remote connections, you can select one or more items in CurrPorts, click on "View" > "HTML Report - Selected Items". When the report pops into your web browser, you can copy and paste the information into the comments below this article. You can also save the report from your browser using the File > Save menu.
Have a good day and surf in peace.
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