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Josh Bancroft - How I Use FriendFeed, and Why I Love It

Josh Bancroft — Sat, 2 May 2009 17:30:38 +0000

Steve - you're welcome. It's one of my favorite FF features.

Josh Bancroft - How I Use FriendFeed, and Why I Love It

Josh Bancroft — Sat, 2 May 2009 17:29:28 +0000

Cheryl - d'oh! I thought I had fixed all those. Guess I should check that "case sensitive" box next time I do a big replace like that. :-)

Scott Loftesness - How I Use FriendFeed, and Why I Love It

Scott Loftesness — Sat, 2 May 2009 15:58:04 +0000

Thanks for sharing the tip about hiding tweets - except those with likes/comments. Great!

Josh Bancroft - Windows 7 SKUs Revealed - Which One Will Land On Netbooks?

Josh Bancroft — Wed, 4 Feb 2009 00:24:37 +0000

Testing a comment here, to see if Intense Debate will pick it up and pull it into my blog, like it's supposed to. :-)

corourke - Windows 7 SKUs Revealed - Which One Will Land On Netbooks?

corourke — Wed, 4 Feb 2009 00:18:51 +0000

Why not bundle it? If you own a netbook odds are you own a fullsize system as well. So I'd suggest that Microsoft ought to give a free netbook edition to anyone who purchases home premium, business or ultimate. It'd help spur sales of the full versions, keep people closer to a homogeneous OS environment (best solution for security overall) & gives that "something for nothing" feel everyone likes. For people who dislike that or don't want to upgrade their desktop OS the price should be the same as Home Basic is now for Vista. Granted this doesn't really account for manufacturer pricing but they already pay pennies on the dollar to MS for each license so I'm guessing the cost is already bundled in.

Victor - I think my Nikon D40 has a sensor defect

Victor — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 12:09:37 +0000

http://www.nikonistas.com/digital/foro/index.php?...
SAME PROBLEM !!!

KC - Photos of Verizon Fios Fiber Broadband Install, End Result

KC — Tue, 9 Dec 2008 16:57:04 +0000

Well, as long as the connection is the PPPoE like DSL, it should be fine. The open authorization is good, just username, no password, on less stuff to remember. The only thing is, once the connection is reset, the IP will change, minor inconvenient.
I don't need fios TV either, I got the cable line to use. But do you know if fios TV got clearQAM channels or all are encrypted?
And for the ONT box, it got the RJ-45 output. So the technician would have to open a hole on the wall anyway for the network cable to go indoor? this part itself it is big job.

jay - Apple Mighty Mouse Won't Scroll Down

jay — Tue, 9 Dec 2008 14:38:38 +0000

hi there all you good people my mouse stopped scrolling up after just 2 months , i was gutted but the pressing really hard on the scroll ball worked for me in the end,so thanx very much guys ......jay

Josh Bancroft - Photos of Verizon Fios Fiber Broadband Install, End Result

Josh Bancroft — Tue, 9 Dec 2008 13:29:39 +0000

KC, I believe the tech will only set up one computer. You're responsible for setting up sharing if you have a home network. They can't be expected to mess with your home network configuration, and frankly, I wouldn't want them to. :-) However, I was able to ask my tech if I could just have her hook up to my existing router, and she was happy to do that. YMMV.

I have no idea about Fios TV - don't have it, and am not interested in it. My brother in law has it, and I think they do just hook up the coax connector on the ONT to your home coax cable connection, to go to your TVs. I've heard that there's a separate box/router for the Fios TV, but I don't know.

KC - Photos of Verizon Fios Fiber Broadband Install, End Result

KC — Tue, 9 Dec 2008 13:23:38 +0000

Of course I know it is the technician who do the installation, but I would probably still follow him around to see exactly what he did (like what you did).
I am concern about the router since I heard that the router they provided is quite suck (as usual).
two more questions
1. When he finally connects the RJ-45 cable to your system, he just config one system, and you have to setup your own router for the connection if you want to share it?
2. If people want to get the fios TV also, how different is it going to be? Since the ONT box already has the coax output, I think just connect the cable from the output to indoor is enough?

Josh Bancroft - Photos of Verizon Fios Fiber Broadband Install, End Result

Josh Bancroft — Tue, 9 Dec 2008 10:41:24 +0000

Well, I was an early customer, and they might have streamlined the process. I do know that the hardware installed is a bit different if you're getting Fios TV at the same time (which I do not have). And you don't do the installation of all this - a Fios technician does. It does take a couple of hours, but I could have just gone about my business until she was done. I hung around, took pictures, and asked questions out of choice. :-)

And you are correct, you don't have to use their router. Any router that supports PPPOE should be fine. I've used a D-Link, Linksys, and Apple router, and they all work just fine.

KC - Photos of Verizon Fios Fiber Broadband Install, End Result

KC — Mon, 8 Dec 2008 19:24:24 +0000

I don't know if the last post went through, so I post again.
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seems like it is a lot of work (and a lot of hardware - ONT, power and battery, to install) to be able to use fios.
How long is the whole process?
Also, I got my own good router (WRT54GL with the dd-wrt firmware), I don't have to use their actiontec router, right? Since my router can also do PPPoE, I don't think my router would have problem using the connection.
My area doesn't have fios yet, just asking

Last, thanks for the pictures taken to show us the hardware involved

Robert - Apple Mighty Mouse Won't Scroll Down

Robert — Mon, 8 Dec 2008 14:36:39 +0000

Great tip - Just wasted 15 minutes looking to see what was wrong with the settings.

elwood - Apple Mighty Mouse Won't Scroll Down

elwood — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 12:38:41 +0000

the best way to get a bunch of time between cleanings is the alcohol wipe 5 minute rubdown followed up with a good roll about on the apple dust cloth (if you have one). imho this is safer than the "smash and roll" technique.

Patricia Williams - I lost my Bluetooth Headset

Patricia Williams — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 22:41:58 +0000

I lost my turned off bluetooth which is compatible for a 8550 verizon mobile phone, is there a button to press on the phone that will detect it in the house somewhere even though the bluetooth is turned off. Also, how to I get the phone to reconnect to the bluetooth?

Thanks.

Josh Bancroft - How To Get People To Link To and Talk About Stuff You Write Without Being a Jerk

Josh Bancroft — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:51:33 +0000

Paul, I never said one shouldn't focus on the quality of their writing. Please don't put words in my mouth. I believe that focusing on putting out good, quality content will do more for your "Google juice" than any amount of SEO trickery.

We seem to have different approaches to blogging, which is good. You're all about hits and Google juice and SEO and traffic and ads. That's cool. I'm more about building connections and becoming part of a community. Let's not derail the comments here by getting into a debate about which of these approaches is better. This blog is my living room, you've been invited here to comment, and I'm asking that we change the subject. Thanks for your thoughts!

Paul - How To Get People To Link To and Talk About Stuff You Write Without Being a Jerk

Paul — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:41:52 +0000

Not to Go overboard on this, I've got friends who use blogger and have a ton of people who come through them. Josh is right to say it is how you develop your Community. It comes from understanding what people are looking for or wanting. I'm like Josh I'm a HUGE, VERY BIG, fan of Wordpress for the one fact that I can customize everything on my blog from Ads to SEO Optimization. Which on that case you could create even more google juice and get even more people to come to your site. I a like Josh, right now I'm getting enough a month to pay for my hosting account and my domain names.

If you DO Decide to go with Wordpress and having a shared hosting account. I'd suggest GoDaddy, they can install Wordpress without much effort from your part.

Now not to Minimize Joshes comment about not needing to focus on your writing. I would tend to disagree because If you right really good stuff more and more, others will come and comment and bring in even more traffic. More exposure and more chances of getting advertisers to come to your site and want to partner with you.

This is experience talking, I've wrote some really good articles and two publishers came to me to put ads in my Articles didn't pay a lot but that helped pay for my hosting account. So you see, if you focus on writing you will have people come to you. Might not be today, might not be tomorrow but someone will come. Who knows someone will post a link on another site and people will flock to see what the fuss is about!!

I hope this helps with your quest to become a better blogger, if you have any questions by all means ask away!!

Josh Bancroft - How To Get People To Link To and Talk About Stuff You Write Without Being a Jerk

Josh Bancroft — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:21:11 +0000

Jeff - not to minimize Paul's advice, but Blogger isn't a bad platform at all for getting started, and there's a LOT you can do to improve your blog and your presence online before you start spending money.

Before you do anything, ask yourself why you're blogging. If you're in it to build your personal and professional reputation, connect with other people in a community, and just to share your thoughts and writing, there's no need to spend money. If you're trying to build your blog as a business, and you have a good reason to care about how many visitors you get, then it's probably worth it to buy a domain, pay for hosting, etc.

Even though Blogspot blogs have a sort of reputation for having lots of fake spammy blogs, there are lots of good, legitimate blogs there. Google themselves use it for all of their "Official" blogs. Linus Torvalds, the guy who started Linux, uses Blogspot (http://torvalds-family.blogspot.com/).And even if you don't want to stick with Blogger, for whatever reason, there are other free options. I, for one, am a HUGE fan of WordPress, and you can get a free hosted version of a WordPress blog at http://wordpress.com.You can even buy your own domain name and use that for your free wp.com blog. Lots of "big" bloggers use WordPress.com - including Robert Scoble (http://scobleizer.com)and the ever popular http://ICanHasCheezburger.comfolks. :-)

If you DO decide you want to host your own blog, don't go overboard. There are shared hosting companies where you won't have to pay more than about $10/a month. Look for one that's friendly to hosting a Wordpress blog (more info at http://wordpress.org).This is what I do, not because I want to run my blog as a business (even though I have ads, I make at most a couple bucks per day, enough to pay for hosting), but because I wanted the freedom to host lots of sites, install my own plugins and themes, and basically tinker around. It's definitely not necessary if you want to focus on what you write, and what community you want to become a part of.

Hope that helps! :-)

Paul - How To Get People To Link To and Talk About Stuff You Write Without Being a Jerk

Paul — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:46:01 +0000

Actually Jeff,

I've found blogger didn't bring in anywhere as much as traffic as having your own domain and server. I was using blogger without a domain, and hardly ever had a hit. Then I went to my own domain and I started to get hits. I finally bought by own server and it boosted even more. I also went to Wordpress. That also seemed to bring in even more people.

In other words, you won't get anywhere quick with that blogger account. You will do better with GOOGLE and other search engines to go and buy a domain, register it for 2 years more more. :) I'd also suggest getting a server at least, you can use blogger with your own server. These are all just tips from someone who had the same problems you're having now. I'm getting around 300 people a day on my blog!!
http://www.tech-linkblog.com

Jeff Kempf - How To Get People To Link To and Talk About Stuff You Write Without Being a Jerk

Jeff Kempf — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:32:58 +0000

That was a very helpful post. You're right, a lot of that sounds like common sense. I started a blog a few months ago on blogger, and I've been trying to find ways to get someone to visit it (it's linked to my name if anyone wants to check it out), but haven't found any success yet. I think my two main problems are my mindset about my blog (I created it to show off my writing skills and creativity for any advertising agencies that might want to hire me after I graduate so I wanted to keep it "professional") and my poor network. I also need to update it more frequently.
How do you guys feel about blogger? From my brief blogging experiences, I get the feeling that blogspot blogs don't bring in the same traffic. Maybe they're viewed as less professional? Am I just being paranoid? Do you think blogger just has a higher percentage of people who blog about irrelevant personal stuff?
Thanks for sharing your insight with us.

Jeff Kempf