Jan 01 2007

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Mikail & Glenn host while Paul is in the UK for the holidays

Happy New Year to all KVMR Listeners! 

Dec 18 2006

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Thanks to Adam Brodel of SmarterBroadBand.Com in talking about new long range wireless access in Nevada County

 

 James called into Adam about the You Bet Rd area to see if there is any coverage area there. DVD reproduction & labelling contact a company in town called Sound Idea 478-8770

 

Jeff, what type of speed can Adam provide via SmarterBroadband.com, check the web site for various options for up & download speeds.

 

Alan called in to see if LCD's screen are affected by high altitude. He lives at 6300k near Tahoe. Most likely LCD's are not affected by the difference in pressure at that altitude, though Adam says that plasma tv screens are affected.

Coulter has Mac OS10.4 with ITunes can't connect to radio station in Colorado KOTO.org http://koto.org/listen.php, there might be a problem with the proxy server & port number that that internet radio feed is coming in on.

 

Ellen has a friend with a pc running ME and using 64mb will this computer work ok for getting onto the internet & checking e-mail, yes, just don't open too many windows at once!

 

Truett, using Real Audio and can't get KVMR online … we recommend removing Real Player on the Add Remove Programs List & using ITunes or Windows Media Player.

 

Is SmarterBroadband.com available in the Loma Rica area of Grass Valley. Adam suggests checking out the web site to see if that area can get the signal.

 

Rich, can you magnify images and text on an internet page using Internet Explorer? Check out ADA programs on the PC to check … Google Toolbar uses a nice simple magnifier … try FireFox

 

Chamba Gmail from Thunderbird hanging up sometimes …. possible that a .wav file is having trouble or another large file is trying to be downloaded on his dial up connection. Go into Gmail via the web and delete any e-mails containing large attachments.

 

Adam's  favorties:

AVG free

RoboForm

Evernote for the PC

Cloudmark to filter spam in Outlook & Outlook Express

 

 

Paul's favorites:

Thoughtfulness & Time

gift cards from online Jacqie Lawson at jacqielawson.com

 

AVG Antivirus

Nov - 22 2006 | no comments | By

AVG is from the Czech Republic, capital Prague, a small and efficient antivirus program, from http://free.grisoft.com

In my opinion, this beats the pants of current incarnations of Norton Anti virus and McAffee which used to be the de facto standard for PC protection but have become bloated and, due to their remaining prevalence, now a prime target of anything that does manage to get by,

AVG has no firewall, because I find XP's own firewall more than adequate.
AVG has no Anti-spam because your Internet Provider should be taking all reasonable measures to defeat spam. What they cannot stop, your machine will certainly have trouble with,

Stick to the Ant  Spam tools within a decent EMail program like ThunderBird which relies on your address book to figure who you do or do not communicate with,

 The site above also inludes a link to New AVG  Anti-Spyware. Spyware is a different kind fo threat handled differently that viruses and worms, but just as important. Windows Defender, provided by Microsoft, has been found largely ineffective even against fairly well known threats.

The above AVG programs are free for personal use, and have limitations such as Support that do NOT impact their efectiveness. KVMR has used a site license for all its computers since 2005.

iTunes Music

Nov - 22 2006 | no comments | By

I Love iTunes Because:
It is a free program that runs identically, MAC or PC
It WORKS and is uncomplex, even if you have no iPod Music Player
Handles PodCasts. If you do not know what they are:  Get the Program and see what they are

FROM http://www.itunes.com

PDF Creator

Nov - 22 2006 | no comments | By

PDF Creator allows a PC to create PDF (Portable Document Format) documents from any program on a PC from which you would normally print a paper print. It's a free 'Open Source' project from here http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/pdfcreator

This is not made by Adobe, but rather by a free open source project out at the site SourceForge which houses thousands of other great projects. 

PDF readers are free from Adobe, but one normally needs to pay for the tools to make these useful sorts of files, and have many features. However, the above tools create simple PDF files. The 'professional' tools would allow fillable forms to be made, which is a very special funtion few will actually need. So try this one!

The free READER from Adobe is of course also needed.

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