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DIY Ringtones

Everywhere I go, when people around me get a call, their cell phones are ringing these really cool notes or ringtones that make their phone and even that caller special to them. I really want to have some special songs, too, so I have been listening to a lot of songs and haven’t really found what I want. I’ve been reading lyrics online and listening to clips – but nada.

My brother just got a new iPhone 4 and he told me that by using an iPhone 4 Video Converter he can upload DVDs to his iPhone. I can’t imagine having an entire movie on my phone – how cool is that?

If he knows so much about converting DVDs and videos, I hope he can help me do some simple ringtones on my iPhone. I found an iPhone 4 Ringtone Maker online and it looks easy enough, but I don’t want to mess up anything. If I’m going to jump into this tekkie project, I would fell better having a real life geek sitting next to me to help out if I get stuck.

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TV Trivia

My generation has always had TV and cable, but my parents did not. I found some interesting trivia on a web site about TV. For example, did you know that although the television set was built and sold as early as 1939, that there were almost no television broadcasting stations because of World War II? Most Americans did not have access to local programming until the 1950’s, so the affluent and middle class did not start buying them for home use until the 1950’s and 1960’s.

Another interesting fact is that in the year 2006, the number of television sets in American homes outnumbered the number of human occupants for the first time. The average American home had  2.73 TV sets but only 2.55 people, and that number of TV sets per home continues to increase.

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Ink at a price I can afford!

Why does printer ink have to be soo darn expensive?  My printer takes ink that costs around $60 or more  just for one cartridge.  I’m always printing something and these things only last for 600 pages.  I’m either printing something for work, coupons, or my kids are printing off coloring pages.  600 pages does not go very far in this house.

I found a great site that has cheap ink.  They have the ink I use in my HP printer for a whopping $5.95!!!  That’s about 10% of what I was paying before. They even have a great deal where I can get a combo pack of 2 color and 4 black for only $49.99.  At this price I can afford to print off all of those coloring pages for my kids and not worry if I’ll have enough ink to print out my report for work.

This site has inkjet cartridges for a variety of printer brands… all of the popular brands plus a bunch I haven’t even heard of.  They also sell toner cartridges for laser printers,  fax cartridges, copier cartridges, and refill kits.  It’s a one stop shop for all of our ink needs!

Call me crazy, but I might even purchase some cartridges as gifts for my friends and family with kids.  I don’t know a single kid that doesn’t love to print out every picture made with the standard paint program.

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Crack!

GAH!!!! My shiny IPhone now has one hideous crack running diagonally across the screen.  I dropped it as I was getting out of the car.  It hit the pavement and I shuddered. I’ve dropped the darn thing plenty of times in the past.  This time was different.  I picked it up and looked and saw a tiny crack… the kind a rock might make in a windshield.  It was just a little spot.

I was soo bummed as I worked really hard to keep it in nice condition.  Well, now that I am home I looked at it again and that tiny spot turned into a huge crack.  My phone doesn’t seem to want to work just right when I touch the screen.  I bought that 2 year protection coverage and hope that it covers this.  With my luck I bet I’ll have to pay to get it fixed.  They’ll probably say that the coverage isn’t for neglect.

I can’t stand looking at this huge crack.  I hope I can get it fixed fast!

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Networks Drive Me Nuts

Computers are so very awesome and I love them.  Really, I do love them.  I have worked hard over the years to learn all the big software programs.  I used MS Word and MS Excel almost every day.  I love the internet and use Firefox all the time, although once in a while I go to a site that requires IE.

What trips me up is the network side of computers.  I know about routers and modems, but why do I have so much trouble with these routers?   I have to buy a new router just about every year.  And, I never touch the dang thing – it is in the basement on an old desk, next to an old PC and printer that I don’t use any more but don’t want to toss out yet.

But about once a year, I start having connection problems and then I have to go down to the basement and reset the router.  When I have to reset it every couple of days for a couple of weeks, then I know it is about to quit working and I start shopping the sales ads for a new router.