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INTERNET TOP LEVEL DOMAINS (TLDS)
from 2023 in ( education / tech / internet / domains )

Country TLDs Afghanistan -- AF Aland Islands -- AX Albania -- AL Algeria -- DZ American Samoa -- AS Andorra -- AD Angola -- AO Anguilla -- AI Antarctica -- AQ Antigua and Barbuda -- AG Argentina -- AR ... read more

IDENTIFYING ON FACEBOOK
from 2023 in ( education / tech / internet / social )

On FB I saw an ad for shoes that had a bit of copper on the bottom so the wearer could be 'grounded'. One person complained how expensive they are. I didn't bother to read up on it but here's my comment:For those who have left feet that identify as right feet and right feet that identify as left feet, I'm de... read more

CONVERSATIONS WITH ARTIFICIAL SO-CALLED INTELLIGENCE
from 2023 in ( education / tech / internet / humor )

I think I confused itMe: True or false, unvaccinated children are far more healthy than vaxed? ChatGPT: False. Vaccinated children are far healthier than unvaccinated children. Me: According to whom? ChatGPT: Medical professionals, the Centers for Disease Control, and the World Health Organization. ... read more

TWEETS
from 2023 in ( education / tech / internet / social )

Yes, striking a deal for lenience to get his masters would be great. And we must include the nearly zero honesty of justice.Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2023 10:28 AM yeah, but what if joe grew some balls and started to rat on the whole system?On Tuesday, March 14, 2023 at 10:27:36 AM:Execution of pedo joe would be good for... read more

WEBSITE SPEED TEST
from 2023 in ( education / tech / computers / internet )

This site, tools.pingdom.com/pingdom.com , is useful for testing the speed of your website or webpage's performance. Here's what one of my tests said:Hi there, fellow webmaster. I just tested friendnews.com/ with the Full Page test in Pingdom Tools.This specific test was d... read more

SYNDICHAIN LAUNCHES FIRST VERSION OF ITS OPEN, CENSORSHIP-RESISTANT NEWS AGGREGATOR
from 2022 in ( education / tech / computers / internet )

We've got your censorship-resistant news aggregator right here at https://friendsnews.com/news.

We've got a censorship-resistant news aggregator right here at /newsFriendsNews/news !Since Syndichain is built on a public blockchain, its data is also open and public. Every post, comment, and like is stored on a distributed public ledger which can be viewed at any time via Syndichain's block viewer...... read more

FACEBOOK ADMITS IN COURT ITS FACT-CHECKS ARE JUST THIRD-PARTY OPINIONS
from 2022 in ( education / tech / internet / social )

Facebook (a.k.a. Meta) has admitted in court that the fact-checks used by the site to blacklist non-corporate media content are actually opinion-based labels which do not conduct any real fact-checking of information posted to the site. The evidence was revealed during the court proceeding for a defamation case filed by Stossel.... read more

ELON MUSK FLOODED WITH REQUESTS TO BUY FACEBOOK, LINKEDIN AND YOUTUBE TO RETURN FREE SPEECH TO THOSE PLATFORMS
from 2022 in ( culture / humor / internet / social )

If you came here looking for an actual article, you'll be disappointed. The title has more words than the article, or did until I wrote this sentence. This is a joke, though I wouldn't be surprised to hear this is actually happening. Elon never calls just to chat anymore, though, so I don't know.... read more

YOU HAVE A DONATION FROM CLAY TOUSEY
from 2022 in ( culture / humor / internet / spam )

They try hard on this one to look legitimate, but the fact remains that nobody shares their money with strangers unless it's a charity. icons8.com/icon/38968/quote-left This notification memo has been sent to you three ... read more

PORTFOLIO MANAGER FROM STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN
from 2022 in ( culture / humor / internet / spam )

icons8.com/icon/38968/quote-left My name is doesn't matter, a portfolio manager from Stockholm, Sweden and a custodian of the Late David Holmes certificate of deposit (CD) valued fortune... read more

CHECK OUT A SUSPICIOUS IP ADDRESS HERE
from 2021 in ( education / tech / internet / spam )

Check out an IP address here: abuseipdb.com/checkabuseipdb.com/check . Just FYI if you're not sure a visitor or emailer is legitimate.AbuseIPDB is a project dedicated to helping combat the spread of hackers, spammers, and abusive activity on the internet.... read more

CHILDREN ARE OUR FUTURE
from 2021 in ( education / schools / internet )

We have two children in the home-schooling setting and I AMpreparing to purchase materials for them from tuttletwins.com/products/this website . I mentioned this before after I watched corbettreport.comThe Corbett Report (James Corbett) and saw another episode today ... read more

A NOVEL LOCATION OF PACK WORKER, ETC
from 2021 in ( culture / humor / internet / spam )

Spam number 1Salute,A novel location of Pack Worker of our package association was unblocked. Our business offers a vast fee and training bundle to make you as a teammate of our team's expanding 'n' favorably influential fellowship.We unearthed yours data by means of the CareerBuilder online space and think that thine ... read more

A COUPLE MORE HUMOROUS JUNK EMAILS
from 2021 in ( culture / humor / internet / spam )

icons8.com/icon/38968/quote-left Salute,A fresh stance for Wrapping Headmaster for our logistics fellowship has just been commenced. Our partnership offers a very proper remuneration & instructional case ... read more

MY EMAIL SIGNATURE LINE
from 2021 in ( culture / tech / internet )

In case you like the idea, this is how I sign my emails these days to gently educate whoever I happen to be emailing. A mask might be appropriate if you're actively sneezing, coughing and infected but, otherwise, no.  See cnn.com/2020/03/30/world/coronavirus-who-masks-recom... read more

POSSIBLY USEFUL STRIP TAGS TOOL
from 2021 in ( education / tech / computers / internet )

Like, maybe you saved an email as HTML but want to remove most of the code/gobble-de-gook. Click here: /testing/striptags.phpStrip Tags Tool or use the form inserted below (assuming it shows up for you). Sorry your browser does not support inlin... read more

VACANCIES AVAILABLE
from 2021 in ( culture / humor / internet / spam )

A global leader with a yahoo address? I don't think so. Supposedly from Kayla Smith but address is iran.retailer? And it was not sent to me but to bonabsad@yahoo.com. Starting to look like randomly-generated AI names, don't you think? icons8.com/icon/38968/quote-left... read more

A GUIDE TO UTF-8 ENCODING IN PHP AND MYSQL
from 2021 in ( education / tech / computers / internet )

UTF-8 is a variable-width encoding that can represent every character in the Unicode character set. It was designed for backward compatibility with ASCII and to avoid the complications of endianness and byte order marks in UTF-16 and UTF-32. UTF-8 has become the dominant character encoding for the World Wide Web, accounting for more... read more

BUSINESS PROPOSAL, FILE NO 180/86
from 2021 in ( culture / humor / internet / spam )

Ah, yes, the good ol' Nigerian prince (with a Hungarian email address, for some reason) scam, just looking for somewhere to park my money! First of all, their numbering system is messed up. File number 180 out of 86? Anyway... icons8.com/icon/38968/quote-left... read more

ELECTRIC BICYCLE SUPPLIER FROM CHINA
from 2021 in ( culture / humor / internet / spam )

How did they know we sell bicycles!? It's not mentioned anywhere on the site. Sure, we can sell you a bike by creating a link to a local bike shop and let them do the rest, if you want? Anyway, here's the latest very important random email: icons8.com/icon/38968/quote-left... read more

HACKERS HAVE ACCESS TO YOUR DEVICE
from 2021 in ( culture / humor / internet / spam )

One of our favorite scams! Our comments are interspersed in brackets and look like this. icons8.com/icon/38968/quote-left aam726@abocol.comHello there. Let me introduce myself first -- ... read more

THE LATEST CREATIVE SAFETY SHOES
from 2021 in ( culture / humor / internet / spam )

I'm starting to think this 163.com domain is not legit! icons8.com/icon/38968/quote-left salesshineo@163.comDear Sir,Lucky day to you! We ARE feeling lucky now that we've received ... read more

COENZYMEQ10 ELDERBERRY EXTRACT ANTHOCYANIDINS
from 2021 in ( culture / humor / internet / spam )

icons8.com/icon/38968/quote-left Hi Sir ,We have been caring about your esteemed company for a long time. Awww!!! They've been 'caring about us!' Attached our star products. We ... read more

SUMPTUOUS OPPORTUNITY IS PROMPTLY UNCOVERED
from 2021 in ( culture / humor / internet / spam )

I am so excited! Sounds sumptuous!Received this email the other day from Iris Holets at mrtito88.yahoo.com. I'm sure that is an actual person and address. People don't lie about these things, but I'm concerned. They're asking homemakers to be package managers. What exactly does that mean? In-home prostitution? Unwitting mi... read more

THIS SORT OF THING IS WHY I QUIT FACEBOOK AND TWITTER
from 2021 in ( culture / tech / internet / social )

The tech giant continues to police discussions about the coronavirus.: reclaimthenet.org/facebook-removes-covid-19-vaccine-victims-group/Facebook removes covid 19 vaccine victims group And t... read more

INTERNET SEARCHING 101
from 2021 in ( education / tech / computers / internet )

Editor's note: I believe Bing.com has caught up with Google on all of these features, if you prefer Microsoft over Google...There are two pages every one of you might consider bookmarking:Google Advanced Search: google.com/advancedsearchgoogle.com/advancedsearch ;Google Ima... read more

STAND AGAINST TYRANNY
from 2021 in ( education / tech / internet / politics )

It worked against apartheid South Africa. Let's hope it works against other tyrants, in this case tech tyrantsTake a Stand Against Big Tech: Facebook, Google, Twitter. These tech titans seek to silence us from public discourse...and they're doing it with our tax dollars. Each state government spends a t... read more

TIME TO SWITCH FROM FIREFOX TO ANOTHER BROWSER
from 2021 in ( education / tech / computers / internet )

If naturalnews.com/2021-01-13-mozilla-firefox-censor-conservatives-browser-deplatforming.htmlthis is true, it looks like a good time to get rid of that pesky control freak of a browser, Mozilla Firefox in favor of the Brave, Edge, Opera, Safari or Chrome browsers. Of course, three of those browsers (Edg... read more

YOU CANNOT SIMPLY BUILD YOUR OWN FREE-SPEECH VERSION OF TWITTER
from 2021 in ( culture / tech / internet / social )

To build an alternate social media website with a dissenting moderation policy, you must first invent the universe. Good luck.: theamericanconservative.com/articles/you-... read more

DOWNLOAD BITCHUTE VIDEOS
from 2021 in ( education / tech / internet / howto )

This helps download lots of stuff Open Tubeoffline.com in a tab Select Bitchute from the alphabet list Copy the Bitchute address of the video you want to save Paste it into the Tubeoffline box Click download beside the Tubeoffline video thumbnail When the video generates in a new black page, right click directly... read more

USEFUL MYSQL QUERIES
from 2020 in ( education / tech / computers / internet )

Common MySQL Queries. Extending Chapter 9 of Get it Done with MySQL 5&UpHere's an example: Compute date from year, week number and weekday:SET @yr 12, @wk26, @day0;SELECT StrToDate( Concat(@yr,'-',@wk,'-',If(@day7,0,@day) ), '%Y-%U-%w' ) AS Date;... read more

FIX THOSE FACEBOOK-MANGLED LINKS TO YOUR SITE
from 2020 in ( education / tech / computers / internet )

I was unaware Facebook recently added a unique click identifier to all outbound links on facebook.com. Coincidentally, one of the security measures of this server is to disallow query strings as part of the URL. Thus, any visitors coming over from Facebook were suddenly blocked and banned on sight.... read more

DESLIDE THAT WEBSITE
from 2020 in ( education / tech / computers / internet )

To remove that annoying slideshow so popular on click-bait sites, try one of the following: deslide.clusterfake.net/cluster fake desli.de/desli.de printfriendly.com/print-friendly https:/... read more

THE QUEST FOR A FACEBOOK REPLACEMENT CONTINUES
from 2020 in ( culture / tech / internet / social )

I keep joining these other social networking sites, only to be disappointed. The main problem is they insist I upload my contact list, which I refuse to do. You're welcome. :) Maybe this one -- parler.com/profile/Holmeswa/postsParler -- will work out. UPDATE: Not so much!Here are a few o... read more

ALTCENSORED VIDEO STREAMING
from 2020 in ( education / tech / computers / internet )

thegatewaypundit.com/2020/05/altcensored-website-fights-censorship-hosting-deleted-youtube-videos/Here's an article about them. AltCensored is at altcensored.com/altcensored.com/ Other articles on censorship: targetblank href... read more

CLUTTERED WEB PAGES
from 2020 in ( education / tech / computers / internet )

This, below, is what happens when you let greed (or desperation) rule over your sense of aesthetics. All I wanted to do was click the link and read the article. smh Good luck finding the actual article! :) /images/cluttered-page.webp -- ... read more

THIS MONETIZATION SERVICE LOOKS PROMISING
from 2020 in ( education / tech / computers / internet )

This looks promising: subscribestar.com/SubscribeStar.com . Their tagline is Create. Monetize. Prosper. I created a page for myself there...UPDATE: Denied! Never mind. You have to already be well-established before they waste their time with you. Bast... I mean, bless their hearts!They were o... read more

MY YOUTUBE CHANNEL
from 2020 in ( education / tech / computers / internet )

Please subscribe to youtube.com/user/holmes3804my YouTube channel . It's free, and maybe someday I will reach their new 1,000 subscribers minimum before I can monetize it and make a few bucks. Just 999 to go! Thanks! On the other hand, I DO have the distinction of being the LEAST LIKED channel ... read more

BUILDING YOUR OWN WEBSITE
from 2020 in ( education / tech / computers / internet )

Question: I need my own domain name and monetization, plus things like ability to pay and schedule and stuff.Answer: Any Wordpress installation should allow plug-ins for polling, scheduling and other types of forms, in addition to blogging.Go ads.google.com/home/?pli1here to create a Go... read more

BRAND SUICIDE OR SAVVY PR MOVE? CEO OF FOOD GIANT GOYA PRAISES TRUMP
from 2020 in ( culture / tech / internet / social )

After the CEO of Hispanic food megabrand Goya spoke at the White House, demands to cancel the popular brand on social media have arisen met by equally furious pushback from the corporations defenders....: htt... read more

CONVERTING COLORS
from 2020 in ( education / tech / computers / internet )

Here you see your color converted to 17 different color formats like RGB, CMYK, HSV, HSL, CIELab, Android, Decimal, and YUV.Convert multiple colors at once or get Conversions and Harmonies via the REST API.: hre... read more

SPELLING AND GRAMMAR ONLINE
from 2020 in ( education / language / grammar / internet )

When is that spelling-and-grammar-checking feature coming to Facebook, Instagram, etc.? It's not that my own (or anyone's) grammar and punctuation are flawless (too many contradictory rules), but can we all at least try harder for the sake of being understood?... read more

USEFUL WEBSITES
from 2020 in ( education / tech / computers / internet )

Just thought I would start a running list of internet/web technologies websites I have found useful, below... html-online.com/articles/image-align-center/image align center itstillworks.com/13329499/how-to-automatically-delete-old-messages-from-gmaildelete old gm... read more

FREE VECTOR GRAPHICS EDITOR
from 2019 in ( education / tech / computers / internet )

Could be useful. Go to media.inkscape.orginkscape.org .Or, click on the following direct link to the Windows 64-bit download: media.inkscape.org/dl/resources/file/inkscape-0.92.4-x64.msiinkscape for Windows ... read more

MEMES ABOUT MEMES
from 2019 in ( culture / humor / internet )

A couple of good ones. storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3548386153one storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3548022635two ... read more

OPEN DNS
from 2019 in ( education / tech / computers / internet )

Just thought we'd mention OpenDNS.comOpenDNS.com (or .org) which we use here at FriendsNews.com. It's a good parental control as well as an easy way to filter your Internet traffic.... read more

FRIENDS OF HUMANITY
from 2019 in ( culture / people / internet )

The friendsofhumanity.chFriends of Humanity website. Don't know anything about it, but like the sound of it. :) Friends of Humanity is active in the defense of human rights, education, health care, and environmental protection. Our projects are currently underway in Asia, Eu... read more

PRIVATE SCHOOL COMPARISON SITE
from 2018 in ( education / schools / internet )

I've used this and liked it, FYI: privateschoolreview.com/compare-schools/26056/39105/25927/#resultsprivateschoolreview.com . This link shows an actual comparison.We have had good results at homeschoolacademy.com/Bridgeway Academy ... read more

URL EXPANDER
from 2018 in ( education / tech / computers / internet )

You might find this as useful as I just did: expandurl.net/expandexpandurl.net ... read more

OPTING OUT OF ADS
from 2018 in ( education / tech / computers / internet )

Useful site here to opt out of various online ads: youradchoices.com//yourchoices.com . Some of the biggest name brands always seem to be conveniently unavailable. ... read more

IS IT DOWN RIGHT NOW?
from 2017 in ( education / tech / computers / internet )

/images/smiling-pc.webp Useful site to see if it's your connection (or firewall) or the site itself that's having a problem: isitdownrightnow.com/Is It Down Right Now? Someone emailed us about their tool here: ... read more

BEING HUMAN
from 2017 in ( education / tech / computers / internet )

Makes me laugh when Facebook asks why I think something is funny or amazing. I'm thinking Bite me. I don't have the time or inclination to teach your artificial 'intelligence' algorithms what it means to be human. Not that it could ever understand it, anyway.... read more

FACEBOOK CREEPS ME OUT
from 2017 in ( culture / tech / internet / social )

Note: I am no longer on Twitter or Facebook, but here's what I've managed to salvage from back then.Every time Facebook shows me one of those notices saying something like Hey there, we've been going through all of your posts and thought you might like to share this compilation, I feel like I'm being approached by some creep... read more

COOL WEBSITE
from 2017 in ( education / tech / computers / internet )

Here's a cool website I just learned of: atlasobscura.com/atlasobscura.com In an age where everything seems to have been explored and there is nothing new to be found, we celebrate a different way of looking at the world. If you're searching for miniature cities, gl... read more

ALTERNATIVES TO AMAZON AND ETSY
from 2016 in ( education / tech / internet / shopping )

If you're looking for an alternative to amazon.com/b/?refassoctagph1438361362532&encodingUTF8&camp1789&creative9325&linkCodepf4&node9479199011&taghepyacom-20&linkIdARD5MYGWI2ZDRFNHAmazon or etsy.com/people/tangyfruitgirl?refownerprofileleftnavEt... read more

KEYWORD, COOKIE, BROWSER ANALYTICS FAILURE
from 2016 in ( education / tech / computers / internet )

Some headlines Google News mistakenly thought I'd be interested in ...Is Jeb Bush Right About Barack Obama and Donald Trump? -- The mainstream (pro-Bush/Clinton) media keep pretending Jeb is relevant.Kanye West named GQ's Most Stylish Man once again -- I'm all about Kanye! Not.50 Cent's... read more

MY TWITTER POSTS
from 2013 in ( culture / tech / internet / social )

Note: I am no longer on Twitter or Facebook, but title@TheBillHolmes favorite tweets href/pages/tweets-post/here's what I've managed to salvage from back then. ... read more

THIS IS DEEP
from 2013 in ( culture / humor / internet )

I just had to share this comment someone left here on FriendsNews.com. Read it, absorb it, digest it, lather, rinse and repeat it. Then let me know what the %$# it means! Here it is:I comprehend that is genuinely uninteresting and you're merely skipping to the next comment, nonetheless i basically prefe... read more

LOST A FRIEND
from 2013 in ( culture / humor / internet / social )

No, not that kind of lost (knock on wood).But, don't you hate it when you're walking along talking to someone, it's crowded, you hear a muffled scream but think nothing of it, only to realize several blocks down the street that your friend is no longer walking beside you? You've been talking to a homeless person for... read more

COURT TO FEDS: EXPLAIN MARINE'S FACEBOOK POSTINGS ARREST
from 2013 in ( culture / tech / internet / social )

Brandon Raub's case exposes the seedy underbelly of a governmental system that continues to target military veterans for expressing their discontent over America's rapid transition to a police state, said John W. Whitehead, president of The Rutherford Institute. ... read more

COOL, NOT COOL
from 2013 in ( education / tech / internet )

Cool! But bad news for empirelockandalarm.com/locksmiths? key.me/keyme stores a copy of your house key in the cloud ... read more

BLOG CONTENT
from 2013 in ( culture / writing / blog / internet )

I'm as guilty as anyone about trying to add content to my blog just for the sake of content (because search engines look for and rate highly based on how fresh your blog's content is). But someone whose blog/newsletter I subscribe to has stooped to simply stating the obvious, maybe phrasing it differently, just to have an interesting... read more

NAME GENERATOR
from 2013 in ( education / tech / computers / internet )

namegenerator.biz/Name Generator -- Cool Name ideas at the click of a button! I thought this, above, was kinda cool for generating a pseudonym. You can also generate a Medieval name, a Twitter name, whatever. On that page, the actual generator buttons are on the right. It took me a second to tune out a... read more

WHICH WEBSITE WOULD YOU CHOOSE?
from 2013 in ( culture / people / internet )

If you were on a deserted island with an Internet connection and a pug, but could only access ONE website, which site would it be?(BTW, the pug is irrelevant, I just like pugs!)Facebook -- 3 votesGoogle -- 2 votesKindle -- 1 votesTwitter -- 1 votesYour webmail -- 1 votesOther -- 1 votesPinterest -- 0 votesWi... read more

SOME FACEBOOK USERS DISLIKE BEING USED IN ONLINE ADVERTISING
from 2012 in ( culture / tech / internet / social )

Some Facebook users 'dislike' being used in online advertising.See boston.com/politicalintelligence/2012/11/01/some-Facebook-users-dislike-being-used-online-advertising-for-mitt-romney/4HAxE8p7s9vlrnDgufqW9J/story.htmlonline advertising for Mitt Romney ... read more

CARE2 LARGEST ONLINE COMMUNITY FOR HEALTHY AND GREEN LIVING
from 2012 in ( life / help / charity / internet )

care2.com/Care2 -- largest online community for healthy and green living, human rights and animal welfare. You Care. We Care2. Be a part of the world's largest community for good.... read more

THINGS THAT MAKE YOU SAY, YOU'VE GOT TO BE KIDDING
from 2011 in ( education / tech / computers / internet )

Just the other day I had bought a second wi-fi router from a seller on Craigslist to daisy-chain the two together (somehow) to improve the wireless signal throughout my house. No, it's not a big house. Anyway, last night our power went out for about a minute. No big deal, I thought, other than having to reset all the digital clocks. I'... read more

HOW SIMPLY UPPER-CASING YOUR PASSWORD CAN FRUSTRATE A HACKER
from 2011 in ( education / tech / computers / internet )

Simply upper-casing your password can frustrate a hacker's attemptsA six-letter password in lower-case text takes a hacker's computer just ten minutes to crack, according to statistics collated by Bloomberg Businessweek. But make those letters upper-case and it takes ten hours for it to randomly work out y... read more

PLLEEAASSEE REEAADD IT WAS ON GOODMORNING AMERICA
from 2010 in ( education / tech / computers / internet )

It's a very old hoax. Anything with a headline like Plleeaassee reeaadd! It was on Good Morning America! and mentioning Microsoft, AOL and Good Morning America in the same email almost HAS to be a hoax these days, and this one is. On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 8:05 PM:This is probably a hoax, but just in case it's not, I'm forwardi... read more

POSSIBLY USEFUL SITE
from 2010 in ( education / tech / computers / internet )

For those old gadgets you'd just as soon get rid of: gazelle.comgazelle.com My old dell.com/en-us/Dell laptop is apparently worth $38!I guess they really want newer stuff. ... read more

FREE EDUCATION
from 2010 in ( education / schools / internet )

For every student, every classroom. Real results. We're a nonprofit with the mission to provide a free, world-class education for anyone, anywhere. Courtesy of khanacademy.org/The Khan Academy ... read more

GOOD SEARCH
from 2010 in ( life / help / charity / internet )

Use them as your search engine, and they give to charity: goodshop.com/search/ You shop. You save. We give.UPDATE: Here is a list of alternative search engines/sites: hr... read more

COOL FEATURE JUST DISCOVERED ON GOOGLE TRANSLATE
from 2010 in ( education / tech / computers / internet )

I got an error in a program that was in some foreign language I didn't even recognize, let alone understand. I went to translate.Google.com and typed in one of the words and chose Detect language in the Translate from... box. It told me the word was Danish. Look here: titledetect language hreftranslate.... read more

MCDONALDS WI-FI
from 2010 in ( education / tech / computers / internet )

In Nashville, anyway, it seems you can get around their proxy system (those outlets that use it), simply by using Google Chrome and maybe Firefox. It might be as simple as using any browser other than Internet Explorer. Using Internet Explorer, I tried to be a good boy and sign up for a free account. The only problem is that you have... read more

COOL SITE TO HELP PETS
from 2009 in ( life / help / pets / internet )

The No Paws Left Behind web site is here to help you through some tough times.: titleNoPawsLeftBehind.org hrefnopawsleftbehind.org/NoPawsLeftBehind.org ... read more

WATCHING THE WATCHERS
from 2009 in ( education / tech / computers / internet )

WE MAKE PRIVACY EASY. Browse the web safer, faster & with less annoying ads.Keep an eye on who's keeping an eye on you at ghostery.com/ghostery.com ... read more

FAKE ANTIVIRUS MAKES UP 15 PERCENT OF ALL MALWARE
from 2009 in ( education / tech / computers / internet )

news.zdnet.com/2100-959522-418168.html?tagnl.e550Google: Fake antivirus makes up 15 percent of all malware Tech News on ZDNet ... read more

HACKERS LEAK 6.5 MLN LINKEDIN PASSWORDS
from 2009 in ( education / tech / computers / internet )

rt.com/news/linkedin-passwords-hackers-russia-166/Hackers leak 6.5 mln LinkedIn passwords Time to change your LinkedIn password. eHarmony, too, apparently.... read more

DO NOT VISIT THESE SITES (UNPROTECTED, ANYWAY)
from 2009 in ( education / tech / computers / internet )

Just visited these sites, and kaspersky.com/my antivirus popped-up saying it had blocked a Trojan Horse coming from there (or one of their links): thefrist.org fixit.in I'll add to this list whenever it happens again.... read more

FIX FOR YTIMG BROWSER HANG
from 2009 in ( education / tech / computers / internet )

Got a tip, thought I'd share it here. Add the following to your HOSTS file (C:WindowsSystem32driversetchosts): #fix for ytimg.exe browser hang problem74.125.162.39 static.cache.l.google.com s.ytimg.com Then from a Windows command prompt (DOS box), run: ipconfig /fl... read more

VIDEO DOWNLOAD SITES
from 2009 in ( education / tech / computers / internet )

None of these links work anymore. A couple of useful sites here for downloading videos for later viewing. I know I often want to watch a video later, not right then and there. Anyway, here are a couple of links: splandoo.com/splandoo.com/ videosnag.com/vide... read more

GMAIL'S UNSUBSCRIBE FEATURE
from 2009 in ( education / tech / computers / internet )

I hate to promote Google since they already rule the online world, but they do some things very well, e.g., their unsubscribe feature in Gmail. In a message, click on Show Details and you should see the option to gmailblog.blogspot.com/2009/07/unsubscribing-made-easy.htmlUnsubscribe from this sender . Th... read more

HACK ATTACK?
from 2009 in ( education / tech / computers / internet )

Question There was a couple parked on the curb on Wed from 8am to 12pm on Wed. The girl was like a look-out, it seemed. When I was going to work she gave me a suspicious look, so I drove around in a circle and drove by them getting their license plate. When I came back at around noon, they were still there but the girl looked at... read more

ALTERNATIVE SEARCH ENGINES
from 2009 in ( life / help / charity / internet )

Alternative search engines/sites: qwant.com/?lenQwant presearch.org/Presearch goodshop.com/searchGoodShop/Search govtrack.us/GovTrack targetbl... read more

DOWN FOR EVERYONE, OR JUST ME?
from 2009 in ( education / tech / computers / internet )

I LOVE this service! : downforeveryoneorjustme.org/Down for everyone, or just me? ... read more

WEBSITE VISIBILITY TOOL
from 2009 in ( education / tech / computers / internet )

Thanks to GoDaddy phone support, I discovered this very useful site: megaproxy.com/freesurf/megaproxy . One of my domain names was not resolving correctly from home. I went to the website above and checked it, and everything was resolving correctly from there. I had tested it from home with four differen... read more

SET EMAIL TO FORWARD TO SOMEONE ELSE
from 2009 in ( education / tech / computers / internet )

QUESTION: How do I set email (Outlook 2003) to forward to someone else while I'm out?ANSWER: In Outlook, click on Tools, Out of Office AssistantClick I am currently out of the office… and type your outgoing message, if any.Click Add Rule at the bottom left.Check the Forward box and click the To button to fi... read more

A HEADS-UP ON RANSOMWARE
from 2009 in ( education / tech / computers / internet )

Still a huge problem Beware of this scam. Don't bother trying to get them to help you unlock your pc: rt.com/search?qhackersgangrussianbusthackers-gang-russian-bust . The fix is to download, UPDATE, and run malwarebytes.comMalwarebytes .... read more

ONLINE BACKUP
from 2009 in ( education / tech / computers / internet )

I'm trying out this online backup system called titleaffiliate link hrefnordic-backup.com/pid303Nordic Backup . So far, so good. Click titleaffiliate link hrefnordic-backup.com/pid303here to try it yourself free for 30 days.... read more

KASPERSKY FREE VIRUS SCAN
from 2009 in ( education / tech / computers / internet )

FAST & FREE security scan for your PC: usa.kaspersky.com/downloads/free-anti-virus-scan?ICIDINT1676497Kaspersky Security Scan .... read more

HOW TO GET PEOPLE TO STOP FORWARDING STUFF TO YOU
from 2008 in ( education / tech / computers / internet )

: titlestopforwarding.us hrefstopforwarding.us/stopforwarding.us/ ... read more

MORE ALTERNATIVE NEWS SITES
from 2001 in ( education / news / internet )

Here's a long list of alternative news sites, rather than the mostly-fake mainstream media from which you might get your news: 12160.info/profiles/blogs/macrocosmic-thinking-100-websites-for-readers-who-are-tired-of12160.info For alternatives to EVERYTHIN... read more


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