BNI Tech Tip - May 27, 2010 - Lifehacker

Hi All -

Bud Freund, your BNI tech guy with a web site tip.

Lifehacker.com provides suggestions on everything from cooking to, yep, computers.

Its information is short and concise. . .

kinda like the lead I'm looking for. . . 

which is someone at Bottom Line Publications on Tresser Blvd

Bud Freund, your BNI Tech Guy, number 8 on your list..

BNI Tech Tip - May 20 - Wireless Security

Hi All -

I'm Bud Freund your BNI Tech Guy with today's tip about the cost of wireless safety.

There is a new law in Germany:

Password protect your wireless network to prevent free internet access or face a fine of 100 euros ($126.00).

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100512/ap_on_hi_te/eu_germany_wireless_passwords 

Good thing we're not in Germany.

If you've got a friend or family member who wants to stop offering free eats, send them to me, Bud Freund, your BNI Tech Guy, number 8 on your hit parade.

BNI Tech Tip - 5/6/10 - OiPad

Hi All!
 
Bud Freund, your BNI Tech Guy here to tell you that Apple's brandy new OiPad is actually a 38 year old idea from Xerox’s Palo Alto Research Center.
 
So are all those pretty icons that you look at on the desktop of your Mac or PC.
 
If you know a small business owner looking for straight up computer information about their network or their machines, send them to me, Bud Freund, your BNI Tech Guy, number 7 on your list.

Ubuntu discoveries - Music

So my web sensei suggested "blips" on Facebook and blogs on (you guessed it) here.

So here goes:

I like listening to music in the kitchen while puttering.

I used to play my OiPod, but found myself listening to the same things over, and over, and. . . you get the picture.

So I started with Pandora, but found that after an hour, they were playing the same Motown tunes over again. . . and the library's gotta be pretty big.

So I found on the Optonline home page, a link to their music page.

On their music page are 2 choices:

Music Choice - The optonline feed that also goes over the cable TV signal - but it's out of sync with the internet feed so their songs have reverb, reverb, reverb if you try to play out of your TV and your computer.

Rhapsody - my new fave. Too many "radio stations", lots of weird names and lots of choices. . . Essential Classical, Smooth Jazz, 70's, 80's. The list goes on.

And best of all, I've been pulling the music without a logon to optonline! In short, free for anyone (please let me know) who finds it.

Anyway, the Ubuntu discovery. . .

I logon to the kitchen PC and start playing music. Screen saver comes up. . . My kid logs on. . . and the music keeps playing!

Try that in Windas!