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More Swagbuck tips

2018-10-30T12:53:00.000-07:00

Swagbucks is a great cash back savings site. How Long Does it take to Make Money on Swagbucks?I've tried it and it really works. I wrote a complete review on Hubpages. Now the rub...it takes a while to earn ln Swagbucks but you can do it. As mentioned on Hubpages, take it slow. If you really, really work at it, figure you'll make like $6 an hour. I slow it down and try to earn $6 a month. That way I don't get burned out and mess with the App only when I deem my time the cheapest...like if I'm waiting for a train or something like that where I have nothing better to do.
Some more tips:

In addition to my Hubpages post
1. As with all money savings sites, I suggest taking the money and running, what I mean is, unless you see an incentive (either personal or within the site) when you reach minimum cash-out, take it. The most complaints I see on any savings App (all of them, not necessarily Swagbucks) read something like "I accumulated $100 and I can't withdraw it." Is that a problem? It certainly is but if minimum cashout is $10, try cashing out when its only $10 instead of waiting the extra time to reach $100 then realizing a problem.
2. Use Swagbucks referral link when you can. Especially with friends who want to try it, then your friends can use it. This will make signing up for them easier and you'll earn bonus bucks whenever they earn Swagbucks.
3.

So I'll shamelessly add a referral link click here to sign up . If you have a friend or relative already using Swagbucks, use their referral link, not mine, it'll benefit their earnings, but otherwise if you don't know anyone with Swagbucks, free to use mine, show me some love :) (or just visit the Website)

By the way there is other good, legit money saving sites that I'm personally trying. I hope to have more reviews up soon.

These sites relate to saving on groceries, rebates claimed by taking photo's of receipts from a variety of companies as well as apps that tie to you credit card and automatically locate savings / rebates for you. I love the idea of utilizing the internet to save on common goods we buy anyway. There are a lot of ways out there to successfully save more cash

Why can't I log into ing capitol One password username

2015-10-28T07:57:00.001-07:00

So you are asking yourself ,"Why can't I log into ing Capitol One when it seems I am using the correct password and username. I had this problem logging in and wound up doing a pass word reset with customer service. For the record I don't know if I have the right answer but I think I inadvertently figured out what I was doing wrong.

During my customer care conversation. She asked for my user name. I gave it to her, it was in capitol letters and she told me that it doesn't consider whether case matters. In other words case doesn't matter... r does it? After she sent my temporary password to reset my account, i still struggled to log on stating my username/password is in correct. So, I tried the username in lowercase and the temporary pass word and it worked !

I wish I tried that before I reset the ID because that might have been my problem

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Why Won't My Credit Card Number Work For Tiffany Purchase

2015-10-22T07:21:00.004-07:00

Your trying to make an online Tiffany's purchase and you credit card number is not accepted at checkout. If you credit card is still good, not over the limit, no problems and you've checked all the info a dozen times ( expiration date, double check card number, security code, address, name spelling etc) i'll bet you left spaces between every forth digit of your credit card. S instead of **** **** **** **** you have done ***************.

That is just my guess and what happened to me. I reentered without the spaces and was able to successfully complete my purchase ok through their online Tiffany checkout.

Hope this post helped you to resolve your Why Won't My Credit Card Number Work For Tiffany Purchase ok

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Where To Locate How Much I Make on YouTube Adsense Partnership Program

2014-12-07T09:18:00.001-08:00

Finding your Adsense earnings through the YouTube Partnership program is pretty easy to do but like many things easy on your computer, the navigation path is not all that easy. Regardless if you want to find out how much you are making on YouTube via the partner program, you have come to the right place. I'll even include a brief video you You Tube to show you how.

If you are not on the Google Adsense program and you are not a YouTube partner, this will not apply to you as you would not currently be able to earn on YouTube. There are other resources out there that will help you to set up an make money on Adsense.

So to in order to find the money you are making on YouTube via Adsense partner just do the following

Step 1

Log into your YouTube account

Step 2

Click on your icon photo in the top right corner of the Youtube screen

Step 3

Click on the setting button which appears as a sprocket

Step 4

New window/screen opens and click on "View Additional Features" toward the bottom left within this window.

Step 5

Click on "Analytics" in the left column of the screen

Step 6

The down under the "Performance" section you will see your YouTube earning statistics / metrics in the form of minutes watched, amount of views and importantly how much you have earned. There is a date just above all of this that shows you the range. Mine is set for showing one month of statistics / earnings but you can change that if you want a specific date range.

I also included a video tutorial below on how to do this.

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How to Get Amazon Refund and Ship Label Return Package at UPS Store

2014-12-01T18:28:00.000-08:00

If you are looking to return goods on Amazon it works out easier than you might think. I finally did this just today and it worked out pretty good. Make sure you double check Amazon’s terms and return policy as this might not be 100% up to date when you read it (things sometimes change) but it should come close.

So I bought pants that felt too tight from Amazon. I still had the Amazon box and the packaging materials it came in. I highly recommend keeping the packaging until you know you want to keep the goods. I logged into my account, looked up my pant order and went through the simple return process. At the end of the process on-line, there is no refund / credit of money just yet. Amazon emails you a link so you can print a UPS ( United Parcel Service) label.

I printed the label from work since my printer at home hasn’t been working. Since I did not have blank labels to print on, I printed on a normal blank sheet of paper, cut out the label and affixed to the box using a large wide piece of clear tape. If you do this make sure you do not crease or bubble the tape over the label. You don’t want to mar the writing or especially the bar code. Then I looked up the local UPS store and dropped the box off.

I asked the UPS store what would happen if I had no way of printing the label? They said I could forward the label email Amazon sent to me to the store and they would print out but there would be a charge ($5 at the moment). If you need to do this, call your local store first and find out.

I also asked what would happen if I was able to print the label but had no way of properly affixing it to the box? They said they can do that at no extra charge. That said, always call first to make sure this policy does not change.

Lastly, I asked if I print the label but can’t drop it off the same day, can I drop it off another day? They said I could do this…. But again, check first as policies change.

So after I dropped it off at the UPS store drop off, they told me to wait while they scanned and make a receipt. Took just a minute. About an hour after scanning I got an email stating Amazon was processing the refund and it would show on my account in a few days.

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Samsung S4 Galaxy Turn off Text Message Arrived Notification Sound but Keep Icon

2014-09-06T05:45:00.000-07:00

Every time I get a text message I typically have my phone set to show the message arrived icon on my cell phone’s status bar and it also vibrates when I get new texts. I just got a new Samsung Galaxy 4 and noticed that in addition to the vibrate and new message icon (that little envelope at the top of the screen that appears in the status bar) I was also getting a notification sound ( a ring / beep etc ) when new text messages arrived

While in the text message mode I was able to turn off the sound in settings by doing this …….press text message icon, press menu button on phone in lower left corner, settings, scroll down to notification settings – Uncheck “Notifications make sounds and show icon status bar when you receive new text messages….

The problem with this is that it would turn off both the sound (which I didn't want) AND the mail / envelope icon (which I do want). So how did I work around this so I could still see the icon yet not have some annoying notification ringtone, sound, bell whatever ? Easy… just do this

-First, if you unchecked the notification box I mentioned above, go back and RE-check it. Make sure the check mark is back.

-Then from the home screen of your phone… press the menu button (in lower left corner of phone)

- Press Settings

- Press “My Device” located at the very top of the screen

- Press “Sound”

- Press “Notifications”

- Then find ‘Silent’ and activate the radio button for that by pressing ‘Silent’

- The Press ‘OK’ and you are all done and ready to go

I hope that helped you to Turn off Text Message Arrived Notification Sound but Keep Icon on Samsung Galaxy S4

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How to Print Email in Color on Outlook

2014-07-30T16:26:00.002-07:00

So maybe you were having the same issue I was when printing emails off of Outlook. When I would go to print to either a color copier or color printer it would come out in black and white. It got to the point where I thought possibly copier only printed in black and white but this was not the case. Actually the bulk of my problem was that my color emails would print out by default in black and white to a copier / printer that was capable of color but by default prints to black and white. Anyway…..

So the solution to this is pretty easy but for some reason I don’t think it is quite as intuitive as it should be. So you better grasp it, I’ll do a step by step instruction with some screen shot images as well to hopefully help you through this task. I am using Microsoft Outlook 2010 but this probably works on other versions as well.

Step One

Open the email that you want to print out in color on Microsoft Outlook. Naturally select one that has some color font in the body.

Step Two

With the email open, click on FILE (the tab at the very top left of the screen)…. Then click PRINT

Step Three

Now your email will appear in a preview in the window that opens. Go ahead and click the PRINT OPTIONS Button (see the image I took of this)

Step Four

Here is the part that threw me off in the print window that appears, right next to (to the right of) your printer name, there is a PROPERTIES button. Click that PROPERTIES button (I have also included an image)

Step Five

Finally, the final window that appears select the COLOR radio button. This will tell your printer to not print black and white by default rather, for this email, colorize it.

Hope that helps

Outlook Messages Not Appearing In Sent Bin ? Fix Here

Outlook Messages Not Going to Sent Bin

2014-03-30T07:51:00.000-07:00

I ran into a situation where my MS Outlook emails were not being sent and I was noticing that even after sent it, they were not appearing in the sent bin. If your outgoing emails are not going to sent bin and recipients are not receiving be sure to check your OUTBOX folder. The outbox folder link can be found along the left side of your Outlook screen in the same place where you can link to / open your trash, inbox, etc. etc.

Unfortunately, I do not have a quick and easy way to fix this issue permanently (though it does seem to have gone away with what I wound up doing). This doesn't seem to be something that I am able to trouble shoot on MS Outlook . Seems to be a bug.

That said, I was able to resolve the problem of Outlook messages not going to the sent bin. It is not a fancy answer and an infant could probably do it. Remember how we all try the reboot to fix something. All I did was reboot the entire computer (shut down and start back up) and slowly (say over the course of several minutes after reboot) by outbox emails slowly de populated and went to the sent bin and were received .

Using Lotus Notes? Check out how to Create an Email Template on Lotus

Create Outlook Email Template For Repeat Saved Form Mail

2014-03-22T07:10:00.000-07:00

Hi! So you want to create a an Outlook email template where the same words / text stay the same every time your open it up. These templates, aka form emails are easy to do but I admit Outlook isn't quite intuitive to use if you are a first time user like I was (we migrated from Lotus Notes to Outlook 2010 so I too had a lot to learn).

This works best for MS Outlook 2010 but likely works for other versions as well.

From your inbox screen (or most any other screen) click on the “Home” tab

Then look to the top center of your computer screen where there is a “Quck Steps Field” Inside this filed you want to click “Create New” There are other options of course you can play with but since we want to create a basic, repeating email template that you can use over and over, just click “Create New”

From here I just click the drop down box in the “Choose an Action” field

Then scroll down the drop down options that appear and look for the section called “Response” Click on “New Message” in the response field .

From here you can enter the name of what you want to call your email template (you can actually do that in the previous step too ) and you can enter in the “To” field any email address you think you will send this email to on a reoccurring basis. Leave this blank if you are sending to different people each time.

This part is a little tricky… you might be wondering where you can enter the subject line and the body of the email text. To do this click the “Show Options” link shown just below the “to” field

Now you can enter your reoccurring subject line and body text in addition to other options

When this is done, click finish and your email template copy will appear in the Quick Steps field in the middle top section of your screen.

I hope that this helped you to create an outlook email template for saved form emails. Now you have more or less a boilerplate or form set up for you mail that you can use repetitively without having to rewrite the mail over and over again.

Here is another post about Outlook 2010 ... Learn to Set Your Out of Office Message on Outlook

Set and Enable Vacation Out of Office Away Message On Outlook

2014-02-22T09:16:00.000-08:00

So we switched from Lotus Notes to Outlook and I just so happened to be going on vacation that afternoon. How do I set up and enable my away message on Outlook telling people I will be out of my office and away from the computer? It is easy to set up an activate your away message on Outlook, though I found it much different than Lotus.

This works on Outlook 2010 and probably other versions as well. The only thing I am not sure of is if this works on home versions on Outlook or only on business / commercial versions. Keep reading though to find out.

Step 1

OK, so you opened up Outlook and you are looking at your inbox or sent emails or trash bin or wherever, look up to the top left of your PC screen and click the FILE tab

Step 2

When you click the file tab you will see a bunch of choices down the left column. Click on INFO (by mistake I kept clicking on OPTIONS thinking that was the right one, so be sure to click on INFO) see image below

Step 3

Just to the right another list of options will open up. Click on the button that reads “AUTOMATIC REPLIES (OUT OF OFFICE)” (see image below)

Step 4

The “Automatic Replies” window opens up, click the radio button at the top that says “SEND AUTOMATIC REPLIES” This is important as now your Outlook will now start replying that you are out of office. If you don't do this, no one will know you are away.

If you already have your out of office / away message set up, then just save and you are done... if not, and you need to create your away email, keep reading.....

Step 5

Then, look just below this. There are two tabs where you can review the message that will be sent to both people inside your network / company (ie “INSIDE MY ORGANZIATION”) able or outside network / company (“OUTSIDE MY ORGANIZATION” tab”)

Click the INSIDE MY ORGANIZATION tab and enter the specific message that you want sent to everyone within your network / company. Then do the same for the message that you want sent only to people outside of your network / company. I generally keep them the same but you might have a good reason to make them different.

I hope that helped you to create and activate your out of office message on Lotus

If You ever want to change the color of your red and unread emails, I wrote a post on how to change their color on Outlook

Change or Make Unread Outlook Email Messages a New Color Like Red

2014-02-05T16:35:00.002-08:00

OK, so you are using Microsoft Outlook for your email program

and you noticed that the difference between your read and unread emails is some bland light black and a bold black. Why not make the unread emails change to a different color like read or blue or green or any color you like?

Adding color or giving unread outlook emails a new color is pretty s easy to do. Let's look at how to change that color:

Step 1

Presuming you have Outlook open and you are looking at your inbox (but you could also be in draft, sent items, etc) click on the VIEW tab at the top of the screen.

Step 2

Then just to the left, a little bit down from the view tab you’ll see Change View, View Settings and Reset view. Click on the one in the middle VIEW SETTINGS”

Step 3

“Advanced View Settings” window appears. Click on the CONDITIONAL FORMATTING button.

Step 4

Make sure that UNREAD MESSAGES is checked (actually I left them all checked but in the least make sure UNREAD MESSAGES is checked)

Step 5

Then click on the FONT button in that same little window.

Step 6

Then choose your color (you can also change font size etc as well )

Click OK (believe it or not I actually forgot to do this : -) .. Now you are all set. I hope this helped you to Change or Make Unread Outlook Email Messages a New Color Like Red

Another Helpful Post .... Do You find that your emails instantly turn from bold to light black as though they are 'read' on Outlook (2010 or similar versions)? I wrote a post on how to keep Outlook from turning emails to 'read' without opening. Check it out

Angelo Cataldi 94 WIP Fails To Grill Christie on Superbowl Parking

2014-01-30T15:39:00.002-08:00

Angelo Cataldi 94 WIP Fails To Grill Christie on Superbowl Parking....

Kind of a sad that Angelo Cataldi, sports DJ for 94 WIP , who enjoys complaining about everything never once asked what the New Jersey Governor Chris Christie could have done to prevent the transportation fiasco for people going to the Super Bowl this year.

I would have loved it if he got into this with the Governor as to why people can not travel privately to the Super Bowl. More is written here on the topic of not being allowed to drive to Super Bowl

I get it, believe me. Angelo Cataldi is all roar and no bite. Most of his rants are done in fun and aren't meant to be particularly malicious, but, a more direct interview with Christie on why he hadn't combated the National Football League more on this would have made things more interesting. There are far too many restrictions on how people can get to the 2014 Super Bowl in NJ

After all, it wasn't as if I thought he would be interrogating the NJ governor on Bridgegate.... it's just a game Ang, c'mon, hit 'em on this. Challenge, question, prob, even just ask would have been nice.

Add Email Signature Outlook 2010

2014-01-29T15:46:00.003-08:00

So you are working on Outlook and you want to set up your emails

so that your signature ( ie your name, job title etc ) automatically appears every time. This post shows you in a quick and easy way how to add your email signature so that your name, phone number, etc. appears on every email you send automatically.

This how to post applies mainly to Outlook 2010 but it may work for other versions of the Outlook mail programs as well.

I’ll presume you are looking at your list of inbox emails now. Seems the typical place people are when they have a question on how to do something.

-Click on the FILE tab on the upper left portion of the screen

-Look down the left side of your PC screen and you’ll see OPTIONS (it’s down below ‘info’ , ‘ print ‘ , ‘ help ‘ etc.

-Click OPTIONS

The Outlook Options window will open. Look down the left side of the window and select MAIL

-Then find the section that is called “Compose Messages” and where it says “ Create or Modify Signatures “ Click on SIGNATURES button

-Now, a new window opens. Look inside the window under the select signature to edit and click the “NEW “button.

-Here you will name your signature so you can select or edit it as needed. This part has nothing to do with how your signature reads on your emails, it is just a name. Name it with your name or ‘my signature’ or whatever you like.

-Then in the big field below (the edit signature field), go ahead and add your signature name, phone , fax, email, job title, address, whatever you want to put in there.

-Then click OK

If this is the first signature you entered, then congrats! This is now your default signature and will appear on all NEW emails. I did notice that on replies with old emails that did not previously have my signature, the new signature is not added automatically by default , but on all new mail you send going forward your name, etc. will automatically be added to emails.

Stop Loss of Service Verizon Wireless Voice Sound

2014-01-21T10:23:00.001-08:00

OK, you have Verizon wireless cell phone service and you are loving (or not loving : -) your smartphone which is able to speak to you, give you voice reminders and otherwise croon you via an audible voice that emits from the phone.

I love voice commands, voice text, the ability to hear directions, all that, but what has been driving me nuts (and you too) is that every so often that female voice comes on my cell phone (mine is an LG Lucid Android powered phone but it could be happening on perhaps your iPhone or Samsung or other phones perhaps even with other service) keeps repeating, " Loss of service , Verizon Wireless " randomly throughout the day.

I find that both statements " Loss of Service " and " Verizon Wireless " always seem to follow each other in a woman's voice in that order.

So why does it do this?

This can happen if you find yourself roaming out of network but I find this to be a rare, if for me, non-existant reason. There aren't many places in my part of the country where my plan would be roaming, especially when I hear this voice is my own neighborhood which has plenty of coverage. What is likely happening is that for a second, just a second your phone has lost the signal or 'thinks' that it is roaming. After about a second the cell phone figures it out and 'realizes' it is back in network again.

Now if you are in an area where roaming is possible and you want to avoid high or extra cell phone charges, stop now and do not follow my advice.

That said, let's say for sake of argument that you are not truly roaming and this voice just seems to go off randomly, there is how you can stop the loss of service Verizon wireless female voice. This works on an LG Lucid but I suspect works well on other phones too.

1. Hit the menu button your your phone. For mine it is in the lower left corner of my phone but may differ on yours. Be intuitive and you might figure it out.

2. Press Settings

3. Press "Sound" (your may say 'sound' or ' voice commands ' or something like that, mine is 'sounds'

4. Finds " Sound When Roaming " or equivalent and turn it off by unchecking the box or equivalent (depending on your wireless phone)

Then exit out and you are all set.

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How to Show Proof of Payment LA Fitness Membership for Insurance

2014-01-13T15:35:00.003-08:00

I have Independence Blue Cross health insurance ( IBX ) and one of the documents they require so they can refund you money for your gym visits is a proof of payment form. If you use LA Fitness like I do You can simply ask the person working the counter at your local LA Fitness to print out proof payment..... HOWEVER ...... I find that they rarely know how to do this and typically either:

1) have to find someone who can

or

2) ask you to try another time when they are not working when someone else (presumably better trained) can do this. If you want force this issue, they can definitely do this as much as the clerk might not want to admit it :)

Or.... you can simply print it out on line.... very easy to do... here are the steps.

Log into your LA Fitness on line account (or register if you haven't signed up)

Look for the Account Information link or equivalent

Under account information you will see links for receipts , prepayment , etc. you'll want to click on "Payment Information"

When payment information appears look for the button "View Payment History" and click on it.

(PS.... you might be tempted to click on 'receipts' .... let me save you a few seconds of time... don't click on this :)

After clicking "View Payment History" you will see confirmation of payment (if you are all paid up of course), type of payment etc for the past 12 months. I typically just print this page out.

If you want to know what I do to get all the documents together for my health insurance fitness reward reimbursement, I can explain in more detail on my IBX gym reimbursement post here

Changed 2006 Honda Oil – How to Reset Oil Life on Dash

2014-01-08T17:49:00.003-08:00

So you just got the oil changed in your 2006 Honda Civic LX but you noticed that the oil life gauge on the dashboard still shows that you need to change your oil. If you get an oil change and the oil light indicator does not reset (plus you’ll see a maintenance wrench light icon appear on the dash as well) , do not fret. The chances are that your mechanic really DID change the oil and the chances are that the oil life indicator display is working fine.

When the oil is changed this indicator does not reset to 100% (oil at full life) rather it must be changed manually. If your oil is changed by a Honda dealer or a mechanic that is aware of this needed manual reset you’ll never notice the issue. If it is changed by someone unaware of the oil light then you will need to reset it on your own.

So your oil is changed, you know for a fact it was correctly changed, so how do you get the indicator back to 100% .... Also at the very bottom of this post I included a video I shot.... check it out...

Step 1

Turn the car ignition on so that the power is on, on the dash. You don’t need to fully start the motor but that will work too.

Step 2

Look for the “SEL/RESET” button to the left of the steering wheel on the dash (at least on a 2006 Honda Civic LX it at that location). You probably are already seeing the wrench and oil indicator showing on the dash but if not, press the “SEL/RESET” until you see the oil indicator

Step 3

Hold the “SEL/RESET” button down for 10 seconds or so until the Oil Life begins to blink on the dashboard.

Step 4

When it blinks, release the button, then press it down again for about 5 seconds or so until the oil life % reverts back up to 100%

Step 5

Now you are done. You have reset the when to change oil life light.

How Professional Football Teams in NFL Make the Playoffs

2014-01-02T15:41:00.000-08:00

I love watching National Football League Football action. When the playoffs come around I am usually riveted to the television to find out what teams made the playoffs and what teams just missed a playoff berth.

A lot of people assume that they know how NFL teams make the playoffs and for the most part they are usually right. Understanding how and NFL football team gets into the post season play is easy to understand but if you simply assume that you know how it happens, then you might be surprised.

The concept of the 'wildcard' is very easy but a lot of people just presume that it is reserved for second place teams in the NFC (National Football Conference) and AFC (American Football Conference) ..... not true, to some extent, but there are some things worth.

Anyway, I wrote a post that explains the National Football League, post season 'wildcard' process in what I think is an easy to understand post. Check out the post by clicking the link below. I'd love it if you checked it out.

How to Understand NFL Playoff System

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When to Change Oil on 2006 Honda Civic LX - The Car Will Tell You

2013-12-27T16:09:00.003-08:00

Like most cars these days the 2006 Honda Civic LX will tell you when it is time to change the engine motor oil. Regardless of what kind of car you own, changing your engine oil is one of the most important ways to maintain and prolong the life of your engine.

The classic way checking is to keep a log book of what mileage you last had your oil changed, compare it to the recommended miles between each oil change as stated in your owner's manual and then change it again when your odometer hits that reading. For example you changed your oil last at 10,000 miles, your owners manual says change every 6,000 miles, so therefore when your odometer hits 15,000 you should get another oil change.

The other way of course is to follow the recommendation of the service station who changes your oil (they may post a sticker on the inside of your windshield)

The best and easiest way I find to keep track is to let the car tell you. On the 2006 Honda Civic LX, ( and I believe the DX, EX too) the car's dashboard will alert you when it is time to change the oil. If you want to get an idea of how long you have to go until you need another change, follow these steps

I also included a complete video below for your reference at the bottom of this post

Step 1 - Turn on The Ignition

Turn your car on so that your dashboard lights up

Step 2 - The SEL RESET button

Look for the "SEL RESET" button on your dashboard. This is found to the left of your steering wheel and the button sits almost to the far left of the dash.

Step 3 - Look at Your Trip Odometer

Look at your trip odometer on your dashboard just under the speedometer. See it? OK....

Step 4 - Press the SEL RESET Button

Press the SEL RESET button until the trip odometer changes to read "Oil Life".

Step 5 - Oil Life

The rest is self explanatory. If your oil life reads 100% it means that you have just changed your oil and your oil is 100% fresh (give or take). If you show 20%, you are getting close to time to change that oil. When it is officially time to change your oil (I think around 10% or so) your cars dash will notify you that it is time to get it changed.

Hope that helps.

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Increase Decrease Brightness on 2006 Honda Civic LX Dashboard

2013-12-27T16:04:00.002-08:00

Not all of the dashboard lights increase or decrease on a 2006 Honda Civic LX. That said, the lights on the odometer, trip meter, speedometer region of the dash do. This might also work on the Honda Civic DX as well as Honda's EX models as well, but I know for sure the 2006 LX can be adjusted here.

This is easy to adjust. If you are sitting in your Civic driver seat, just to the left of the steering wheel is a set of buttons with a plus sign ( "+") , a minus sign ("-") and right in the middle of the plus and minus signs you see a speedometer icon / image. If you are really having trouble finding this, it is (as mentioned) to the left of the steering wheel, on the dash, just to the right of the " SEL RESET " buttons.

Note: Video is embedded at end of this post if you want to see more

Step 1 - Turn The Ignition On

Turn the ignition key far enough so that the power turns on inside the car. You can turn the ignition key all the way until the engine starts but this really is not necessary ( PS ... don't drive the car while doing this task )

Step 2a - Darker ?

Press down the minus key to make the dashboard lighting darker. You can just hold the minus key down until it dims to your liking. Think of the minus sign as your dimmer

Step 2b - Brighter ?

The plus sign will make the lighting on the dash (speedometer area) more bright. Hold the + down and you'll see it get brighter.

Step 3 - All finished

When you are done, just take your finger off the button and you are finished.

Final Thought - Did I Just Ruin My Odometer ?

So while you are doing this, you might notice that your odometer goes blank and steady is replaced with zeros. Don't worry. Each zero represents how light or dark you have set your dash brightness. More zeros = more bright , less zeros = less bright

Don't fret. After a few seconds or so after stop adjusting the brightness your odometer will reappear again.

I hope that helps you to increase or decrease the brightness on a 2006 Honda Civic LX Dashboard

Still want more here's a post on how to change the clock in your Honda LX

How to Change Clock on 2006 Honda Civic LX (and likely DX and EX )

2013-12-26T15:30:00.001-08:00

How to Change Clock on 2006 Honda Civic LX (and likely DX and EX )

Changing the dashboard clock on a 2006 Honda Civic LX sedan is pretty easy to do once you learn how but I found it somewhat difficult to figure out. Since you much more intelligent than I am, you took the time to research how to change the hours and minutes on the Civic LX clock instead of wasting time teaching yourself how : - )

This probably also works on Honda's 2006 DX and EX and might work on a bunch of other models as well. This for sure does work on the LX sedan.

Note: in addition to the steps below, I also posted a video at the bottom of this post so you can see how to adjust the clock easily in your Honda.
Step 1 - Turn on the Car

Go ahead and put the key in the ignition and turn it until the power comes on and the dashboard lights up (the 'on' position) or if you want, you can turn the call all the way on so that the motor starts.

Step 2 - Press the AM (radio) button and hold

Look at the AM button (that allows you to switch to the AM frequency on your radio) on the dashboard. This button is just above the radio channel buttons. There is also the word "clock" next to this button which I somehow managed to overlook every time I looked for this.

Press the AM button down and hold until the clock on the dashboard begins to blink.

Step 3 - find the M and H buttons

Here is kinda the tough part (but still easy : - ) Just below the AM buttons are the preset channel buttons #1 through #6. Look for buttons #1 and #2. See how one has a little "H" on it and the other has a little "M" on it? The H button changes the hour and M button changes the minutes. So....

While the clock is blinking, press the "H" button to see the hour to what you want and press the "M" button to set the minute.

Step 4 - Press AM button to complete

Once you have the desired hour and minutes set, go ahead and press the AM button (aka the "Clock" button) again and your time will now be set.

Staples Easy Tech Support Can Not Fix Blue Screen Auto Shut Down

2013-12-24T07:09:00.000-08:00

The problem I had was that my computer (Windows powered PC HP Pavilion ) would just shut off automatically without any warning. It was nearly impossible to start it back up without doing a hard reboot or pulling the battery out, unplugging, etc. etc. The computer would turn off so quickly I really struggled to run any sort of diagnostic on it.

So what did I do? Across the street from where I live is a Staples office supply store. Staples offers “Easy Tech” support that, in theory , can repair any number of computer problems.

So I take my HP Pavilion notebook computer to this Staples store. Instantly I am out about seventy bucks because they require this BS charge to run the diagnostic. They are only supposed to have the computer for a few day but it turns into a week and a half. Every day I call Staples Easy Tech to find out when my PC will be ready they just keep telling me that they ran the diagnostic tests and they are still trying to figure out the problem. I don’t believe any of this as it just sounds like they haven’t got around to looking at my computer. I mean, this shouldn’t take over a week to figure out right?

So finally they tell me that they think the motherboard is damaged. “Damaged motherboard” sounds suspiciously like something PC tech guys say when they really do not know what they are doing. On top of it, the knuckleheads at Staples Easy Tech ask me to leave the computer so they can send it away and get it fixed for $345. $345? ! Seriously?

So I take my PC to a local, independent store and the owner personally fixes it, right there, in shop for $100 and threw in some cool maintenance add ons and accessories as well. I wrote a post on what the issue was and will link it so you can find the answer if you need to know it. The guy at the store said that Easy Tech support guys at Staples generally are not trained to open up a computer so they just give some soft diagnosis in hopes of when they send it away someone else can figure out the problem (at some extraordinary price).

HERE IS THE POST ON HOW TO REPAIR BLUE SCREEN AUTO SHUT OFF

Needless to say my PC never needed a new Motherboard. Imagine if I paid for that and it didn’t work? So, anyway if your PC is shutting down on its own check out the post I wrote on what the problem likely is.

What Does 89-100 closure cap mean – 63-410 Meaning

2013-11-11T16:43:00.000-08:00

So you want to know the meaning of a cap size. I’ll explain what an 89-100 , 89-410 , 69-400 and 69 -410 means in simplest terms I can think of.

I admit, I am not a packaging engineer but we work with these caps fairly frequently and I can give you a good idea what each of these sizes mean.

This isn't meant to describe every cap size but I figure the 89 sized closure is fairly unusual for caps meant for bottles / jars so there might be good folks (like you) out there wanted to know what these designations mean.

We typically work with polyethylene bottles and their respective closures but this info should work for other closures as well. As usual, double check with you cap manufacturer if you aren't sure or want to double verify.

Anyway…..

The first number designated on a closure is the cap diameter in millimeters. Millimeters whether in the USA or abroad is the standard measurement used for caps. So in this case the 89 means 89mm and the 63 means 63 mm in diameter respectively.

The second number represents the rotations. This is less intuitive. The 400 means one complete rotation is required to fully seal the cap. If you want to get technical there is also a required torque pound measurement related to the diameter but in layman's terms, 400 means you’ll be able to turn the cap 360 degrees before you can’t turn it anymore.

410 means you’ll get one and one half ( 1 ½) turns before it fully screws down on the bottle.

Another way to think of it is you’ll have to screw the 410 cap down further (more rotation along the thread) than a 400.

So……

63-400 = 63 mm in diameter and you’ll turn it a complete 360 degrees give or take to have it close.

63 -410 = 63 mm in diameter and you’ll turn it a complete 540 degrees or 1 ½ rotations give or take to have it close.

89-400 = 89mm in diameter and you’ll turn it a complete 360 degrees give or take to have it close.

89-410 = 89mm in diameter and you’ll turn it a complete 540 degrees or 1 ½ rotations give or take to have it close.

Of course you’ll want the neck of your bottle/jar to match the size of the cap as well.

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Too Many Facebook Cell Phone Alerts - How to Stop Them (or at last keep 'em quiet :-)

My Favorite Bookmarks Appear and Disappear on Chrome

2013-11-09T07:04:00.003-08:00

So I noticed some of my favorite, quick pick web pages missing

from the top of my screen on Google Chrome. My internet browser is Google Chrome and I noticed that when I open a new tab, my favorites (ie favorite website displayed as a button / icon at the top of the page ) appear for a second, then disappear.

This was a bit of a pain in the butt as I would have to click on the tab, then very click (or sometimes double click) on the favorite button before it disappeared. What a pain in the butt that was to do.

So I tried clicking the "restore default tab" link on my screen (at the time of this post it is located in the top right corner of my screen when I open a new tab in Chrome ) and initially it looks as though it would work but, frankly, it doesn't.

So how did I keep my favorite buttons from appearing and disappearing from my computer screen when running Google Chrome ?

Actually it is pretty easy to restore your favorites and here is how I did it. Keep in mind this post presumes that you set up favorites as icons / buttons that appear in the bar just below the tabs / url field at the top of the screen.

OK... .here you go. Open a new tab. Then just press control-shift-B. Make sure you are holding all of them down at the same time and do it in that order. Your favorite websites will then reappear. If you already have them set up, they will disappear.

Here's a step by step for those of you who want a bit more detail

Step 1 - Open Tab

Open a new tab on Chrome so you now looking at a clear search bar.

If you don't open a new tab it might not work. For example, I did it here while typing this post and it made all my characters bold , which is something you don't want. Open a new tab and go to step two....

Step 2 - CTRL - SHIFT - B (seem important notes below)

Press down - CONTROL Button on your keyboard (ie "CTRL") and keep holding it down - Press down SHIFT (keep holding it down while holding down CTRL) - Press down the Letter B (keep holding it down while holding the SHIFT and CTRL key down)

So in plain terms CTRL-SHIFT-B but remember to do them in order while holding them all down. I tried CTRL-B-SHIFT instead (while holding them down and it didn't work.

Step 3 - You've Done it!

Your favorite site icons you lost will reappear at the top of the screen. Now bask in your glory :-)

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Someone's Check Keeps Bouncing - Learn To Fix It Here

If Getting Paid By Check Never Works Here’s How to Resolve

2013-11-04T16:26:00.002-08:00

If Getting Paid By Check Never Works Here’s How to Resolve

…… Tired of never getting paid by the same person or company over and over? You aren’t alone. It can be tough to avoid especially if you have too much faith in the payer and the payer never comes through.

You can check their references first before locking into a business deal.

If you have a little savvy you might be able to do an official credit check on the person first. This involves my first thought on references but takes it a little further. There are sites that can show you how to do this.

If you keep getting hit with the overdraft penalty charges that sadly the person trying to get paid has to pay if the check doesn’t work, there is a way that might help you. Linked the thought below.

How to stop getting check penalty fees for bounced checks

Stop Facebook New Post Comment Alert Notification Sound on Cell Phone

2013-10-26T11:07:00.003-07:00

I downloaded the free Facebook application on my Android powered Lucid LG cell phone in order to make it easier to do all the cool tagging, check-ins, posting of photos, emails right from my phone.

The problem is, every time I post something and people make comments related to that post, my cell phone makes an alert sound that notifies me of a new comment. Honestly, I don't need my cell phone making noises every time someone makes a related comment on Facebook.

So... I figured out an easy way to remove the new post comment sound on my cell phone. Here is how to do it:

Step 1 – Log Onto Your App

Open your Facebook app as you normally do simply by pressing Facebook app icon on your phone's touch screen.

Step 2 – Open Menu within Application

I use an LG fusion phone (powered by Android). This might differ for you but now press your menu button while the app is opened.

For me it is that little button with the square on it on my wireless phone

Step 3 – Notification Settings Section

Scroll down to the “Notification Settings” section of the menu you just opened. Then scroll down to “Notification Ringtone”

Press “Notification Ringtone”

Step 4 – Mute Ringtone

After pressing “Notification Ringtone” down in the list of available sounds that will go off when someone leaves you a post or comment. Look for “Silent”

Press “Silent” (you’ll see the radio button change) Then Press “OK”

Step 5 – Now the Sound is Muted

That should do it. The notification ringtone will now be muted / disabled. Now you won’t hear that tone every time someone has a post or comment for you

I hope that helps!

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