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Can old computer software be a collectors item?

June 24, 2007 by Tricia

I was in the basement yesterday sorting through the many items that are stored down there and I discovered that I had a stash of old software! There’s some really old software there, I wonder if any of the old items could even be considered collectors items? Now wouldn’t that be funny?

I think I might make a list of all the old software and perhaps post it as kind of a pc software inventory list just to show you how old some of this stuff really is!

I think some of it dates back to when we got our first computer in 1991. Do you remember floppy disks? Yeah, well I’ve got old Windows 3.1 floppy disks! Tell me that’s not a collectors item.





Filed Under: Computers, Software, Web and Technology Tagged With: basement, collector, collectors item, computer, floppy disks, funny, old software, post, Products, renovate, renovation, Software, software collectors, Windows, windows 3.1

Interchangable memory

June 24, 2007 by Tricia

One of my friends has a Dell computer and she was telling me that she wanted to increase her computers memory but she was having a hard time getting Dell Memory for her computer.

I still find it funny sometimes when people assume that they must stick with a brand name, or the exact brand name of their product, when getting accessories or in this case improving their computers capacity.

I explained to her that as long as she got the same type of memory it didn’t matter if it was made by Dell. Of course you also have to get the same size, so if she had one 256K memory then she’d have to get another of the same size other wise she might run into trouble.

I just thought I’d post about this in case others were under the same assumption that you always have to buy the product by the same manufacturer.

Filed Under: Computers, Great Sites, Shopping, Web and Technology Tagged With: accessories, brand name, buy, computer, computer memory, dell memory, Memory, Product, system, upgrade computer

I need ink cartridges again?

June 20, 2007 by Tricia

Honestly. How much ink to they put in ink cartridges these days? It must only be a couple of millimeters because I run out of ink so fast and I barely print anything.

Do you find that that happens with your printer too? Or have you found one that prints well but is fairly economical with it’s ink?

I know I just bought ink about two months ago. I’ve only printed a few things. How on earth could I be out of ink already. I think I’m going to purchase a big box of generic ink cartridges for my printer at an online store. That might be the only way I’ll be able to be sure I’ve always got ink when I need it.

Filed Under: Computers, Shopping, Supplies, Web and Technology Tagged With: cartridge, discount ink cartridges, generic ink cartridge, ink cartridges, need ink, online store, print, printer, printer low on ink, ran out of ink

RSS Feed Subscriber Campaign

June 12, 2007 by Tricia

Jimmi from over at JMH Techtronics has started this new RSS Feed Subscriber campaign.

Every blog, no matter what platform it’s on has an RSS feed. Right? As you might realize there are feed readers out there such as Bloglines, Google Feed Reader and many others that people use to read all the sites that they enjoy in one place.

In order to read those RSS feeds in a feed reader a visitor to a site must subscribe to the RSS feed. My rss feed subscription area is located in the lower portion of the right sidebar if you are looking.

Jimmi created this RSS Feed Campaign so that those on the list could get more subscribers to their RSS feeds. When the list is copied and added to, more people end up getting RSS subscribers and thus more readers of this site.

Having subscribers is a great way to get return traffic to your blogs. If readers use their RSS Feed Readers frequently you should get more traffic than you have ever had before.

What can you get out of encouraging others to subscribe to your rss feed? Well, if you monetize your site you might end up getting more money for your advertising as many of the places that allow us to monetize our sites base their payout/price calculations on our Alexa rank, our sites Page rank, our Technorati rank, and our RSS subscribers!

Now I know that many of the people who read my sites monetize their sites in some form or another. Whether it’s through Google Adsense, Adbrite, Yahoo ads, Text Link Ads or other forms of advertising … the more readers and the more traffic you have the better.

Are you with me?

Ok. The most basic thing that all of us want is more readers. No matter how they read our posts it’s great to have readers isn’t it?

If you want more readers and want to raise your standing with some of the sites that help us monetize our blogs join the campaign.

Here’s the rules:

***Start Copying Here***

1. Create a post and link back to the person that put you on the list in the first paragraph with a brief thank you and description of why people want to use the campaign. DO NOT copy their paragraph. Write your own unique one and link to their site.

2. Copy the ENTIRE list of Feeds and create an OPML File to import into your feed readers so that you can subscribe to all of the blogs on the list. You will want to read my post entitled Mass RSS Feed Subscribing with an OPML so you understand how to do it. (You will want to copy this link over to your post so those you add know how to do this too.)

3. Copy the ENTIRE list of Feeds AND blogs and put them into your post like they are here. Move the “My Adds” from the blog that added you into the “Originals” lists for each. This list is unique because I want you to be able to copy the feeds with out having to delete the blogs before making the OPML file so I separated the two links into 2 lists.

4. Add any blogs you want to the list with whatever keywords you want. Then get their RSS Feed and add those to the list of Feeds in your “My Adds” section.

5. Publish your post.

6. Comment on the post that originated the list here so that new additions can be subscribed to as well by the lists before yours.

My Blog Adds:

LifeCruiser
Pointless Drivel
Ramblings of an Undisturbed Mind

Original Blogs:

Whatever I Feel Like
Tricia’s Musings
Ugh!!’s Greymatter Honeypot
A bit of this and a bit of that
Wordpress Plugins
Internet Serious Business
Julie’s Journal
Utterly Geek
jon lee
Pencil Thin
No Average Mom
Marisa’s Dandelion Patch
Scribble on the Wall
The Sovereign Journey
Digital Nomads
msdanielle
Mr. Gary Lee
Windows Tips, Tricks, and Hacks
Get a First Class Degree
SiteLogic Web Development
Geeky Speaky
Little America
As the Garden Grows
Celebrity Scoop
WebStyle
Odd Planet
Guitar Licks
Breath of Life Photography
The Web Files
My World
Celeb News
John Chow

***Stop Copying Here***

If you have any questions about how to do any of this just leave me a comment and I will answer it for you as soon as I can. Remember to come back and comment once you put the list up as well so that I can subscribe to your feed and others can too.

Also, if you want to promote your site and get more readers check out The Do Follow Blogroll, The Technorati Fav List, BumpZee, the Mybloglog Community exchange and Truth Laid Bear.

Filed Under: Computers, Internet, Linky Love, The Blogisphere, Web and Technology, Website Promotion Tagged With: blog, blogs, Internet, page rank, posting, posts, read RSS feeds, RSS, RSS feed campaign, RSS feeds, Subscribe to RSS feed

This is the smallest scanner I’ve ever seen

June 5, 2007 by Tricia

Do you remember how when scanners first started coming out they were quite large? I’ve still got my first scanner and while I don’t have it’s exact measurements handy it was almost two feet long by close to a foot wide. That’s huge compared to this new Duplex scanner that I just got a good look at.

The Duplex Scanner – Scanshell 3000DN is perhaps the smallest scanner that I’ve ever seen. It only weighs 17oz/475g which is just over a pound. I think it would be perfect for anyone who either has a small workspace, or for those who take their work on the road or travel for business regularly.

Not only is it small and therefore highly portable, it’s also a high-speed duplex scanner. It can simultaneously capture both sides of a document while scanning. It also offers high image quality capture.

The scanner uses a high speed USB 2.0 standard interface so no external power supply is necessary.

Honestly I can imagine people who’s work takes them out of the office frequently – realtors, contractors, sales agents and so on, using this new Scanshell scanner.

Check it out!

Filed Under: Computers, Cool stuff, Shopping, Supplies, Web and Technology Tagged With: business, Duplex Scanner, high speed, new, On the Road, portable, quality, scan, scan both sides of document, Scanshell, scanshell 3000DN, simultaneous scan, small scanner, small workspace, Speed, travel, USB 2.0, work

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