Amber Case Contacted Me and Gave Me a SlideShare Link to The Augmented Reality Slides

Thanks to Amber (@caseorganic), I have embedded the slides from the Augmented Reality presentation at WebVisions.

This is a follow up to my earlier post “WebVisions Day Three – Augmented Reality“.

Still Very COOL.

Thanks again Amber.

Late,
Gary Pool SEO

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USB flash drives can be used for more than just a sneakernet

Do you remember the old days when we used floppies to transfer data from computer to computer? Now we are using USB flash drives for that purpose. Oh but that little memory stick you are carrying can be much more than that old fashioned sneakernet.
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Sneakernet

Sneakernet is a tongue-in-cheek term used to describe the transfer of electronic information, especially computer files, by physically carrying removable media such as magnetic tape, floppy disks, compact discs, USB flash drives, or external hard drives from one computer to another.

Sneaker refers to the shoes of the person carrying the media. This is usually in lieu of transferring the information over a computer network. This mode of data transport is often used as an academic example to illustrate the trade-off between latency and bandwidth.

Here are 10 things you can do with a USB flash drive you may have not thought of

1. Run portable applications
   You can install portable applications on your USB flash drive.
   OpenOffice can be run as a portable application
2. Boot an operating system
   You can boot both Windows or Linux from a USB flash drive
3. Connect to a wireless network
   Using the Wireless Network Setup Wizard in Windows XP to save wireless network configuration information to a USB flash drive. Then you can use your drive to easily connect another computer or a WCN-compatible device, such as a router or printer, to your wireless network.
4. Create a password reset disk
   You can use a password reset disk to reset your password and quickly get back into your user account. In Windows Vista, you can use USB flash drive rather than a floppy disk as a password reset disk.
5. Boost performance
   Windows Vista will allow you to use a USB flash drive to speed up your system with the ReadyBoost technology.
6. Manage it
   Windows XP will actually allow you to manage the use of your USB flash drive with the USB Flash Drive Manager.
7. Use it as an MP3 player
   Just copy your MP3 files to your USB flash drive, plug it into your computer. Well it’s not really a player but a place for your playlists to reside.
8. Password-protect it
   With the Rohos Mini Drive you can safeguard data on your USB flash drive.
9. Run a Web site from it
   With Server2Go, you can easily run a Web server that supports Apache, PHP, MySQL, and Perl right from a USB flash drive.
10. Lock your PC
    Predator (a freeware utility) will allow you to turn a USB flash drive into a key you can use to lock and unlock your computer.

This post was inspired by “10 cool things you can do with a USB flash drive“ by Greg Shultz.

Late,
Gary Pool

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What Platform is Your Web Site Running On?

As the search engine optimizician I have to deal with Microsoft servers quite often. Even though windows is the most popular operating system for computers, windows servers are not the predominant server used for the world wide web.

I personally like to work with Linux servers. The Linux platform is easier to use. You can create 301 and 302 redirects as well as solving your canonical issues with the addition of a .htaccess file.

A redirect can be accomplished on a Microsoft IIS server by:

• In internet services manager, right click on the file or folder you wish to redirect
• Select the radio titled “a redirection to a URL”.
• Enter the redirection page
• Check “The exact URL entered above” and the “A permanent redirection for this resource”
• Click on “Apply”

You just have to jump through more hoops when you want to do anything on a windows server. Do you know if your site hosted on a Linux or a Windows server?

What Operating System are Your Home and Work Computers Running?

I am actually using three operating systems in my home and work computers. I use Windows XP, Mac OS X, and a few flavors of Linux on my home and work machines. I basically use Mac for every day use, Windows and Linux to check the rendering of sites I have been working on. I also use the Microsoft platform to run certain applications that haven’t been ported to the Apple platform yet.

The Microsoft Windows platform has it’s own set of problems, not the least of which is the long ……………….. long start up time. I usually try to turn on that machine early and let it run through all its stuff while I am getting work done on my Mac. What operating system(s) are you running on your computers?

Worm Infects Millions of Microsoft Computers

In recent weeks a worm, a malicious software program, has swept through corporate, educational and public computer networks around the world. Known as Conficker or Downadup, it is spread by a recently discovered Microsoft Windows vulnerability, by guessing network passwords and by hand-carried consumer gadgets like USB keys.

Experts say it is the worst infection since the Slammer worm exploded through the Internet in January 2003, and it may have infected as many as nine million personal computers around the world…

Microsoft rushed an emergency patch to defend the Windows operating systems against this vulnerability in October, yet the worm has continued to spread even as the level of warnings has grown in recent weeks. Read more…

Enough said, you now have my operating system preferences let me here about yours.

Late,
Gary Pool

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