If you are tired of having to put your reading glasses on to read the menus as you surf the net, I have a fix for you. Check out the Theme Font Size Changer add-on for Firefox. You can instantly change the font size of all windows, menus, toolbars, etc within Firefox using a drop down menu. Like all the Firefox add-ons, it is FREE – as in beer. Check it out.
Sean Phillips opened the Sell It lot on U.S. 11 in Radford to give people a high visible lot to display their vehicles for sale. However, a DMV spokesperson says Virginia law makes it illegal for “anyone except a licensed dealer to do anything for profit that involves any aspect of displaying, offering or attempting to sell motor vehicles for themselves or for others.”
If you want to sell your own car in Virginia, it must be displayed on the owner’s private land or the landowner must be a licensed dealer.
I am sure that the DMV spokesperson is technically correct but, in practice, this law is virtually unenforceable. Just take a second to think this one through. How many vehicle have you seen parked on the street downtown with a “For Sale” sign in the window. Have you driven by a Walmart parking lot lately? It isn’t uncommon to see 10 or15 cars parked near the street and marked for sale.
Mr. Phillips could argue that he is merely renting a parking space that happens to be in a high visibility area. At worst, by its very nature, this law is resulting in selective enforcement at its worst.
No habla espanol? No problem. Just check out this Livemocha. It helps you learn a new language by interacting with people from all over the world while you build your skills using the free language-learning courses. You have speakers of the language looking over your shoulder to review you work and help you out.
You can even correspond with people who know the language while you’re learning to help build practical knowledge and language skills. Of course, you get to help out people trying to learn your English.
The basic language courses are free but there are also fee based courses that cost from $10 to $20 and include additional learning options.
Illegal drug use is a problem everywhere, including improper prescription drug use. It is very difficult to keep up with the various types of drugs that you may encounter on the street.
This Website is a great resource for identifying common drugs and their effects.
If you are a parent, the site also gives you some tips to help you talk to your kid about topics drugs, managing stress and even distracted driving. Check it out.
Visit www.theantidrug.com
Are you having trouble getting your thoughts organized? Or, maybe you just want a wire diagram of your agency’s organization structure for accreditation.
You could break out your templates or buy a flowchart software program that you probably only use one time. Or, you could visit Gliffy.com, a free Website where you can use preset shapes and connectors to design your organizational diagram. When you finish, just print or save your diagram. Check it out.
Visit http://www.gliffy.com
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You are getting ready to take a trip and would love to use your iPod Touch to watch that video you have on your laptop but it just doesn’t work. Unfortunately, your Touch (or Android or PSP or whatever your device of choice happens to be) and your computer may require the video to be reformatted.
Now thanks to the Miro Video Converter you no longer have a problem. This great little free program can convert almost any video so you can use it on nearly any portable device. Best of all it works on both Mac and Windoz operating systems.
Check it out – its free as in beer!
Ergodyne announced the expansion of their GloWear® Incident Command Series to include the GloWear 8244PSV Expandable Public Safety Vest.8244PSV This ANSI 207 compliant vest is ideal for firefighters, EMTs, ambulance drivers, and public safety personal who need hi-visibility and safety as well as easy access to belt-mounted gear.
With its adjustable sides and breathable ANSI-certified polyester mesh fabric, the 8244PSV is both versatile and comfortable, easily expanding to accommodate turnout gear, bulky equipment and varying worker sizes. Its five point breakaway system also adds an extra bit of insurance in the unlikely event the vest becomes caught or snagged.
To view the complete release, visit www.ergodyne.com. For more information or to schedule an interview, contact Lindsay Votel at 651.642.5862 or Lindsay.Votel@ergodyne.com.
The internet is a great news resource but the volume of information can be overwhelming. I don’t mind hearing about national and world news but I prefer to read about my local news.
I finally found a way to distill out the news that is important to me – I Fwix it. Fwix is an aggregation site that searches my local media news sources including television and newspapers then gathers it together on a single page. The page is broken up into sections, like business, crime or sports with a headline and short synopsis of each story.
Just create your account, put in your zip code and select your topics of interest. There are also Fwix-powered apps available for mobile phones. It is a great way to monitor stories about a given event (you know – like Quadfest). It is my new favorite daily read. Check it out.
Visit http://fwix.com
I upgraded Mac OSX Tiger to Snow Leopard and all went well. However, I have Parallels Desktop Version 5 installed on my MacBook and I am running Windows XP. When I started Win XP using Parallels, it started OK but I got the following warning message:
Operating System too old
The installed macFUSE version is too new for the operating system.
Please downgrade your macFUSE installation to one that is compatible with current running operating system.
I did not find a solution on the Parallels website but a quick Google search revealed an article at http://forum.parallels.com/showthread.php?t=19247.
I downloaded and installed MacFuse Version 2.0.3.2 from http://code.google.com/p/macfuse/. Everything worked fine afterward. I hope this article helps someone else.
I grew up on a farm in Pennsylvania. Back then television was limited to three network channels.
I remember laying on the floor in front of our black and white television watching cartoons with my sister and four brothers. We enjoyed the classic cartoons like Looney Tunes, Tom and Jerry, Popeye.
The television stations today don’t carry these good old fashion cartoons but now you can find them on the internet on ToonJet. They show my old favorites all day every day. Check them out.
I am not a weather nut! When I go searching for weather information, I usually just want to know what the temperature is right now and what it will be throughout the day. Of course, during the winter I like to keep an eye on those approaching winter storms like they track on those full screen weather maps on The Weather Channel. Well, I found my own personal Internet weather map.
Weather Underground and Google Maps have teamed up to give us FullScreenWeather.com.
You get to select what you want on your map like the current temperature and and storm patterns. Along with the normal weather information, you get a local forecast – just type in your zip code. Check it out.
Visit Fullscreenweather.com
I do a lot of shopping on Amazon and the deals are even better when I qualify for free shipping. Unfortunately, most of the time to get free shipping, your orders have to total $25 or more. Oftentimes, i find myself a dollar or two short.
If you do the math, sometimes you can actually save some buck overall by buying something else to bring your cart total up so you can qualify for free shipping.
This is where the Amazon Filler Item Finder comes in handy. You just enter the amount of money you need to top our your order and It helps you find inexpensive products. The site give you a list of products that you can order, along with direct links to view the products and add them to your cart. You may want to bookmark this useful site.
Visit www.filleritemfinder.com
I switched to a Mac several years ago and never looked back. Unfortunately, I have to switch between my Mac and a PC at work regularly.
Now I can keep my Mac features while I use my work PC. maComfort lets me enjoy Quicklook, Spaces, Active Corners and my keyboard command on the PC. Check it out!
