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Let’s Be Careful Out There

Friday, June 10th, 2005

Sorry for the reference to “Hill Street Blues” as the men were sent out to begin their shifts, but it is becoming more critical than ever to be careful. The following story brings home how Pop culture can be exploited to get to your computer.
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A spam campaign that claims that [...]

Gushing for Google

Thursday, June 9th, 2005

I can’t help but like Google and how much easier it makes finding things on the Internet. As I have said before, I appreciate a technology that really works well.
I have been interested in the PVR (personal video recorder) for some time now, but have had a very hard time getting a couple of questions [...]

Todays Toastmaster Speech Recording

Wednesday, June 8th, 2005

Today (Noon, Wednesday) is the day The League City Toastmasters meets at Regal Estates. The speech I delivered today was part of the reason for doing the podcast series on this blog. I recorded the speech today while presenting it and plan to post it by this weekend.
I listened to the raw recording late [...]

Podcasts for Sales Motivation

Sunday, June 5th, 2005

All the uses for podcasts
Rex Hammock has an interesting post on podcasting, in which he lists various markets podcasting can crash. Among them: Seminars, city tours, and motivational appeals on everything from losing weight to goosing sales.
I knew I was on to something when last week I announced on a podcast that the format I [...]

The 6 Month Review on My Palm Tungsten T5

Saturday, June 4th, 2005

I have had my Tungsten T5 for a full six months now so it must be time for another update. I am still extremely happy with the unit, but there are a few issues to work out.
I have been surprised by the different ways I use the T5 from the Vx. The size and design [...]

Update on New Blog Site and Podcasts

Friday, June 3rd, 2005

The new weblog site is installed and in the process of being configured for use. I should have it ready soon, and will begin a new series of postings there. The new URL is www.larryhendrick.com and will include several very different blogs in the future.
The new blog software, WordPress, handles the podcasts properly in [...]

Firefox Marches On

Thursday, June 2nd, 2005

Firefox browser is now at 25%. WOW!
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According to figures from w3schools.com which is a site frequented by the Browser elite, Netscape is not even a pimple on a mole. For them, the real browser battle is between Microsoft IE and Firefox. Microsoft makes up 65% of use [...]

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