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Archive for March, 2006
Taking a screenshot of a video in Windows Media Player
Mar 27, 2006
While working on a web site today, I wanted to take a screenshot of a video my client had produced, in order to make it part of the link to watch the video. However, what I found is that when you use the [Print Screen] key, which usually takes a screenshot and copies it to clipboard, the video was missing. After some searching on the web (sorry, I lost where I actually found the answer), I discovered that there is a trick to doing this. In Windows Media Player, click the “Tools” menu, then “Options”, and then go to the More >
There’s no better time than now to make sure your software licenses are up-to-date
Mar 8, 2006
The Business Software Alliance (BSA) has become the policing agency of the software world. In addition to lobbying for copyright protection legislation and promoting end-user education about licensing, BSA investigates and penalizes organizations that use illegally licensed software. We’re not talking about penalties that are just an inconvenience — these fines (is that the right word) are steep and can bring a business to its knees.
BSA is now offering rewards of up to $200,000.00 for people who report software piracy. The reward they offer is related to the settlement/damages imposed on the company illegally using the software.
What does this mean for More >
Do you love real estate data?Zillow.com does!
Mar 3, 2006
I was referred to a great new site today:http://www.zillow.com
If you type in an address, it will bring up maps with satellite photography showing your house, complete with valuation information, as well as your neighbors. You can drill down to see a TON of information about appraisals, sales, graph the home value over time, etc. I’ve seen a lot of this information on other sites, and I know it all is publicly available out there, but I’ve never seen it aggregated into one place so conveniently.
This definitely gets my “WOW THAT’S COOL” stamp of approval!
Neat Verizon Wireless Trick
Mar 1, 2006
Here’s a neat trick I found today. These codes only work for Verizon Wireless, but there are similar codes for other carriers…
You can set your cell phone to forward to ANOTHER PHONE NUMBER instead of voicemail. It’s easy to do, and easy to turn on or off. This is really useful if, for example, you’re going overseas and won’t have your cell phone turned on. Just forward your cell phone to a VoIP line (e.g. Vonage, Broadvoice, GizmoProject) and then you can check your messages over the web. Note that your cell phone will still ring if it is on More >