South of Poplar Bluff near Harviell – 5-mile range!
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South of Poplar Bluff near Harviell – 5-mile range!
FCC and White Space Devices
Two articles for more information.
Thinking Alpha
Wikipedia (more technical)
Advent in your Home
For the past three years, our family has enjoyed our Sunday evening family Advent service. This year, Toni and I are sharing our Advent service so you can enjoy Advent at home too.
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I joined Rick Carl and Company on Wednesday morning and these are the items we spoke about. Rick allows me to go on his show on KWOC on the first Wednesday of every month at 8:08am to talk about computers, technology and gadgets.
GOOGLE POWER SEARCH TIP:
Using Google to search as specific web site is easy to do with Google’s “site:domainname” command. Add the command to any search string to limit the search, for instance, “tyler hansbrough site:youtube.com” to limit your search just to YouTube.com. Another example would be used to find any references to a local town in a particular newspapers (“Poplar Bluff site:stltoday.com“)
Edgar Allen Poe – The Murders in the Rue Morgue published 1841
Rick was discussing the wonderful short story by Poe this morning after yesterday’s trivia question. Because this story by Poe is in the public domain, you can read the entire story online.
Radio show – 8:08 AM – Wed, Oct 1st
World’s Largest Display – http://gizmodo.com/
Driving a Video Game:
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Google officially released its long-rumored browser, dubbed “Google Chrome”.
Speed and stability are its biggest selling points thus far. Those who have tested this innovative new browser are pleasantly surprised at the speed and ease of use.
While Google has not implemented many of the features present in other browsers such as Firefox and Opera, its beta application is set to be a good starting point for Google’s venture into the browser business.
From Google on Chrome:
A fresh take on the browser
At Google, we spend much of our time working inside a browser. We search, chat, email and collaborate in a browser. And like all of you, in our spare time, we shop, bank, read news and keep in touch with friends – all using a browser. People are spending an increasing amount of time online, and they’re doing things never imagined when the web first appeared about 15 years ago.
Since we spend so much time online, we began seriously thinking about what kind of browser could exist if you started from scratch and built on the best elements out there. We realized that the web had evolved from mainly simple text pages to rich, interactive applications and that we needed to completely rethink the browser. What we really needed was not just a browser, but also a modern platform for web pages and applications, and that’s what we set out to build.
So today we’re releasing the beta version of a new open source browser: Google Chrome.
On the surface, we designed a browser window that is streamlined and simple. To most people, it isn’t the browser that matters. It’s only a tool to run the important stuff – the pages, sites and applications that make up the web. Like the classic Google homepage, Google Chrome is clean and fast. It gets out of your way and gets you where you want to go.
Under the hood, we were able to build the foundation of a browser that runs today’s complex web applications much better. By keeping each tab in an isolated “sandbox”, we were able to prevent one tab from crashing another and provide improved protection from rogue sites. We improved speed and responsiveness across the board. We also built V8, a more powerful JavaScript engine, to power the next generation of web applications that aren’t even possible in today’s browsers.
This is just the beginning – Google Chrome is far from done. We’ve released this beta for Windows to start the broader discussion and hear from you as quickly as possible. We’re hard at work building versions for Mac and Linux too, and we’ll continue to make it even faster and more robust.
We owe a great debt to many open source projects, and we’re committed to continuing on their path. We’ve used components from Apple’s WebKit and Mozilla’s Firefox, among others – and in that spirit, we are making all of our code open source as well. We hope to collaborate with the entire community to help drive the web forward.
The web gets better with more options and innovation. Google Chrome is another option, and we hope it contributes to making the web even better.
But enough from us. The best test of Google Chrome is to try it yourself.
Brian and Rick get together after a month off and try to cram an hour show into a 20-minute segment. Here are the new techie things that were discussed on the show:
Google Chrome – http://tools.google.com/chrome
Blackberry Bold – http://news.cnet.com/blackberry-bold-debut/ (review)
Photo storage & sharing – Flickr.com – http://Flickr.com
PSP 3000 – http://news.cnet.com/psp-3000-another-minor-psp-upgrade/ (coming in October)
semo.net Certified Repair Technicians – http://semo.net/repair/ – $22.50 for basic repair!
semo.net 1M Cable Internet for $29.95 – New Customer Promo – broadband@semo.net
(email for more info or to sign up – restrictions & commitment required)
semo.net Wireless Extends to County Road 302 & Hidden Hills Subdivision – broadband@semo.net
(email for more info or to sign up – restrictions & commitment required)
ICANN adopts a new Web Site naming convention.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-9978448-7.html
Get Gas Prices on your Phone
http://GasBuddyToGo.com
Battery Powered iPod Dock
http://gadgets.boingboing.net/2008/07/01/cute-little-batteryp.html
Sony Vaio Dual Core Widescreen for $499 (shipped) on Woot
http://www.woot.com/
How to Photograph Fireworks with a Digital Camera
http://www.gearlog.com/2008/06/how_to_shoot_fireworks_with_yo.php
Google has enabled a calculator feature for users who utilize the Google search box in the Firefox browser.
From Google’s site:
To use Google’s built-in calculator function, simply enter the calculation you’d like done into the search box and hit the Enter key or click on the Google Search button. The calculator can solve math problems involving basic arithmetic, more complicated math, units of measure and conversions, and physical constants.
To read more about the calculator, as well as other Google search features, click here.
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