November 7, 2009
Black Friday is the Friday after Thanksgiving and is the kickoff to the holiday shopping season. Merchants offer deep discounts on a wide variety of products in an effort to bait consumers into the stores. This year, Black Friday falls on Friday November 27th 2009.
Does it work? You bet! People will literally inflict injury (and sometimes cause death) to get “stuff”. It is like lemmings jumping off of a cliff; the urge is just too great!
Black Friday is an event to monitor; especially if you are a techie. Deals on computers, monitors, media, software, peripherals, etc. can be had if you know where to look; which, leads me to introducing you to a website called BlackFriday.net .
BlackFriday.net provides early sneak peek previews to the Black Friday sales ads for over 80 different merchants; and is an excellent resource for planning your Black Friday strategy (to get your “stuff”).
As of the date of this blog post, BlackFriday.net already had posted ads for (9)-Nine merchants and we still have approximately 20 days yet to go. One thing to point out, is that even though Black Friday falls on Friday, many of the stores offer their Black Friday products for sale online on Thanksgiving morning. Oh, and don’t forget about Cyber Monday either…
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October 30, 2009
If you are a frequent visitor to What’s On My PC… , then you know Bill Mullins’, the blogmaster, at Tech Thoughts. Bill, along with TechPaul (at Tech-for Everyone) were the motivators that got me into the blogging arena. As a result, I have (2)-two virtual friends that continue to encourage, prod and motivate. Both are very unique individuals; AND between myself and these two individuals, I believe some cloning occurred somewhere along this life’s path.
If you are a blogger, then you know it is work; BUT, it is rewarding and enriching, as well. Bill, at Tech Thoughts, has been a professional blogger for nearly 2 years and has mastered what it takes to be successful at blogging. Over 1.5 million hits in a 22 month period are numbers you typically see on some of the top sites on the internet.
During that 22 month run, Bill has posted (relentlessly) tech article after tech article with numerous software reviews. The cool factor about all of this is that Bill actually tests the software to give you the low down of what is hot and what is not.
During a recent visit to Bill Mullins’ Weblog – Tech Thoughts, I noticed Bill posted a review about the “Top 12 Downloaded Free Applications on Tech Thoughts”.
Bill’s comments about the top 12 applications:
In the roughly 22 months I have been writing Tech Thoughts, these are the top 12 downloaded free applications on this site. Having had the opportunity to test each and every one thoroughly, I have no hesitation in recommending these top performing free applications.
I am not going to reveal those Top 12 applications here; instead, I encourage you to visit Bill Mullins’ – Tech Thoughts to get this highly recommended listing for yourself.
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October 28, 2009
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October 25, 2009
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October 17, 2009
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October 15, 2009
The TTC Shelbyville blog recently posted information about a really awesome web site called EverythingUSB that solely is about USB (Universal Serial Bus) technology and devices. EverythingUSB not only is an information source about past, present and future USB technology; it also provides reviews on some really neat USB devices and products that will surely be of interest.
USB (or Universal Serial Bus) is a 13-year old standard that was originally designed to connect then smart phones to PCs in the mid-90s. It later became the de facto standard for connecting any external, thanks to USB’s built-in power supply and relatively fast speeds. The then-unique one-cable approach sparked a revolution that spawned everything USB (no pun intended) ranging from flash drives, hard drives, headsets, speakers, TV tuners to webcams. All these top at 12Mbps, at which speed is only good for mice and keyboards; so the official USB body upgraded the specs to USB 2.0, adding Hi-Speed USB mode operating at 480Mbps. As more applications moved on to wireless thereafter, the same group decided to follow the trend by cutting the wire in the latest Certified Wireless USB standard, completed in 2005. And now, we are currently in the pre-WUSB and SuperSpeed USB era.
Thank you TTC Shelbyville (Tennessee Technology Center at Shelbyville) for this awesome find.
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October 10, 2009
If you are looking for that special visual touch for that blog article, school paper, or any document for that matter; then visit WPClipart. This site is loaded with over 33,500 high quality “public domain” images.
I encourage you to visit the “Legal F.A.Q.” page to learn how you can take these images and freely modify them to make derivative works that legally can be used for a logo, banner, etc…
The creator of WPClipart, Paul Sherman, started this online project as a “safe” collection of clipart for his kids. Mr. Sherman we give you a thumbs-up for maintaining and compiling such a great list of clipart that will be a benefit to many! WPClipart has made it to the What’s On My PC… “Freebies Page”.
You can browse the collection [ here ] .
Web Site Description:
WPClipart is a collection of high-quality public domain images specifically tailored for use in word processors and optimized for printing on home/small office inkjet printers. There are thousands of color graphic clips as well as illustrations, photographs and black and white line art. Nearly all are available in lossless, PNG format. The wpclipart server is also able to convert any image (up to 600 pixels in width or height) to a JPG, if that image format is desired. As of Wednesday, 10/07/2009 there are 33,544 images.
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