Thursday, September 30, 2010

Thursday's No Agenda is here

Thursday is No Agenda time once again and here are the show notes:

#239 No Agenda Show for Thursday September 30th 2010
Change Comes From GNU

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Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Unthreading Gmail

Google mail has just recently added the ability to turn off the message thread. Which I think is great, that you now have this ability.  Although the initial threading of a conversation for those coming from Outlook, or so I have found, seem to have troubles with this so yes, it would be nice to turn it off, but I don't think as much to be going back to the 'classic' look, but to help ease someone from getting out of the Outlook way of thinking. There are times when the conversation threat gets broken, mostly due to someone using Outlook, simply goes back to a previous message that had a completely different topic, and sends out a new message in that method. This is where the ARCHIVE feature helps keep the person from seeing that previous message to simple open and REPLY to it.   My question would be, if I choose to turn it off, does this now break the thread, should this person choose to send a message from a previous response, can you then turn it back on and see what thread it was from?  Only way to know is to give it a test I guess, but that is the great part about any software program that allows you these options.  FACEBOOK could learn a thing or two from this.
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Sunday, September 26, 2010

No Agenda Sunday

Sunday's No Agenda is here:

NA-238-2010-09-26

Posted on Sunday 26 September 2010

#238 No Agenda Show for Sunday September 26th 2010
Hawaii-Five-Blows

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Saturday, September 25, 2010

Looking to lose a little weight!?

Yes, I am always looking for ways to make it easier to lose weight. This website.. well, lets just say it can either help you or make you hungry!  I found it when I was giving the Google Instant a run by going to type "this is a test" but only got as far as "this is" when this website popped up and I just had to check it out.
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Friday, September 24, 2010

Google are you listening-Facebook Down

OMG did you know Facebook went down yesterday?  Of course you did because everybody just had to mention it on twitter or blog about it!

When I am not using READER on my IPAD to read my RSS feeds, I'm reading them using Google Reader on my computer.

Now, the question I have for Google (Are you listening?).  Since I already know Facebook went down and I can search all of my feeds for all of the stories, what I want to be able to do is mark them as read.  

Please gang, make it so!


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Tuesday, September 21, 2010

If you want to age gracefully, don't eat this

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More on IE9 Beta-it just will not go away.

As reported by TechSpot, it appears Microsoft is stating there were 2 Million downloads of the IE9 Beta in only 2 days.  As I had recently reported on IE9, in my opinion this 2 million downloads are most likely NOT just IT people trying it out which means, even if 1 percent of those either forget to uninstall before the new one is released and/or have some sort of problem as a direct result of this beta download, people will once again have reason to complain about Microsoft and their IE product.  I really don't get why so many people are so desperate to try out some new product when they know how the previous one truly sucked!?

Do yourself a favour, if you see a product that is labeled 'beta' and you are NOT a computer tech, simply move along and forget even thinking about downloading it!  It's bad enough when the product is built in, wrapped up within an operating system and you have no choice but when you have a choice, ask someone that knows before blindly installing.
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Sunday, September 19, 2010

No Agenda Sunday

In the Morning, on a Sunday.... No Agenda!

NA-236-2010-09-19

Posted on Sunday 19 September 2010

#236 No Agenda Show for Sunday September 19th 2010
Kids with Depression

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Thursday, September 16, 2010

In the Morning-No Agenda Thursday

It's Thursday and that means time for another No Agenda Show with the AMAZING Show notes, in the morning!

NA-235-2010-09-16

Posted on Thursday 16 September 2010

#235 No Agenda Show for Thursday September 16th 2010
Disaster Capitalist

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IE 9 Beta is out-should you care?

With the news feeds filled with the announcement of the Internet Explorer 9 beta being released publicly I figured it was also time I gave my two cents on this.

With Microsoft producing without a doubt, their best operating system, Windows 7 and providing the ability to disable the internet explorer (8), it does make wonder.  Also, what's the point when Google Chrome is doing so well, and has proven to be the current speedster of all browsers. Not to mention the integration of other Google products like Docs and Email now that plug-in support through extensions is now available.  Yes sure, I will install the new browser but certainly not the beta and only to be able to know what's what when it comes to what will certainly be malware issues due to this new browser. Why? Because no matter what the current status of which browser is best, the Internet Explorer 9 will start to ship with all new windows computers and that means it will always have the upper hand over the alternatives, even with the browser option window upon initial start up of your new system and that is only because the less knowledgable person will see the familiar IE icon and choose this.  I can only hope Microsoft has learned from its mistakes in the past, but that being said, it shouldn't mean the end user isn't given the choice. My continued problem with the Internet Explorer with the current status within Windows 7 when you do have it disabled, is many programs have been written to launch the Internet Explorer for such things like registering the product once you have it installed, instead of writing the code to launch the 'default browser'.  I first came across this problem when a client was installing Simply Accounting and upon the last step of the setup, the program would crash with an error code that was unknown, even from Simply support. By re-enabling the Internet Explorer, the program would install successfully and sure enough, the Internet Explorer would launch and direct the end user to the registration and activation page.  If the Internet Explorer, version 9 is going to be a winner, it is going to have to be completely self functioning like other third party browsers and since the creator is Microsoft, you can be sure this will never be the case.  I have, for years, promoted the Avant Browser which is ultimately unheard of in the browser community but the simple truth be told, this browser emulates the Internet Explorer to a Tee and for this reason alone, it is a great alternative browser, especially if you currently use Chrome or Firefox as your main browser.

I guess if you wish to give the new IE 9 a try, my suggestion would be to stay away, far far away, from giving the beta a try and leave that for the "experts".. those that know just how to completely remove all knowledge that this beta ever existed on your machine, especially when the final public release comes out. Over the years of dealing with most Microsoft product betas, I am well aware of their track record in this department and know of many third party companies that have done very well for themselves as a direct result of providing 'registry cleaning/removal' products for this exact issue.  

So, if you are one that is thinking of giving the new Internet Explorer 9 beta a try, do yourself a favour and download Google Chrome instead and head on over to the Chrome Extensions and Themes if you want to have some fun. At least you won't be sorry you did! 

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Sunday, September 12, 2010

Sunday's No Agenda is here

No Agenda Show Notes for the Sunday Episode:

NA-234-2010-09-12

Posted on Sunday 12 September 2010

#234 No Agenda Show for Sunday September 12th 2010
Phasers on Stun

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