For all you Firefox users out there.
I have stuck with IE and migrated to the latest version when it come’s out. I have FireFox installed but do not use it that much. I did have Netscape installed only for testing website’s that I have built. I guess I get set in my ways and stick to it good or bad.
How about you, what browser do you use the most?
What is RSS?
RSS (or Really Simple Syndication) feeds are free content feeds from Web sites, including Fam5, that contain article headlines, summaries and links back to full-text articles on the web.
What tools do I need to use RSS?
To start using RSS, you need a special news reader or aggregator that displays RSS content feeds from Web sites you select. There are many different news readers available, many of which are free of charge. Most are available as desktop software that you download and install on your computer. Several Web-based news readers are available as well, here is a List of news readers.
I currently use Google Readerfor my RSS subscriptions. You might be interested in viewing the items that I’ve shared through Google Reader.
Once you have set up your news reader, you simply subscribe to the RSS content feeds you want.
What are the benefits of using RSS?
RSS is an easy way for you to be alerted when content that interests you appears on your favorite Web sites. Instead of visiting a particular Web site to browse for new articles and features, RSS automatically tells you when something new is posted online.
Click on the section title link to obtain the RSS URL, which you will see in the “Address” field of of your browser. Simply copy this URL and follow the instructions for your particular news reader to subscribe.
How can I sign up to RSS feeds from Fam5?
To sign up for RSS feeds from Fam5, look for the Subscribe link normally looks like 
it can be orange, red, or one of many other colors.
Have you ever wanted business cards but hate paying the high cost of setup and printing? Then I highly recommend Ooprint as your source of quality business cards.
Ooprint offers 100 FREE business cards all you do is pickup the shipping. I found the click and create cards online easy, fast, and efficient way to order business cards. I have used another well publicized online business card vendor and found Ooprint to be just as easy if not an easier way of creating business cards.
Ooprint also offers competitive pricing on letterhead, postcards, address labels, and much more. Visit there website today to see all the wonderful products they offer and while your there pickup the 100 FREE business cards and judge for yourself.
Technorati tags: free business cards, blogging business cards, letterhead, postcards
I stumbled upon a great site for Nintendo Nes, Super Nintendo, Nintendo 64, Sega Genesis, and Atari consoles and games called NintendosForSale.com. Looking through the site reminded me of the good ole days. The days when I use to rack up the points in Donkey Kong. Who could forget playing Super Mario Bros All Stars? I would sit for hours playing Mario Bros at first getting through all levels. Once I did that a time or two I would go on missions to find the shortcuts and all the extras.
Who here is young enough at heart to recall Atari? At NintendosForSale.com you can actually purchase an Atari with a long list of games that include some of my first memories of playing video games. Here are just a couple of my all time favorites:
Come on now who can forget playing Pong that basic yet addictive game of two paddles hitting a ball back and forth. How about Centipede? Don’t let that little bug get you. I could sit and play Lunar Lander for hours and feel like an Astronaut. Great memories!
Are you like me and forget what print cartridge goes to your printer? Wonder no more, Cartridge Finder makes finding your printers cartridge a snap. Cartridge Finder has an easy to use interface that makes it simple to figure out which cartridges are required for more than 10,000 different models of printer, copier, and fax machines. All you need to know to start is the name of your device (i.e. HP, Brother, Epson, etc…). They even provide pictures to help if you don’t know the model number. The site also checks PriceGrabber.com’s merchant listings to find you the best price on the product you need. They will look online along with local store’s that might have a deal in your area. My printer came up a bunch of different online locations to purchase the cartridge along with local stores like Office Depot and Circuit City.
I recommend bookmarking Cartridge Finder for future reference.
I came across an interesting post by Productivity501 called Correct Way to Send Out Group Emails. In it he says:
Simply put yourself in the To field and everyone else in the BCC field. That way both “Reply” and “Reply All” will only come back to you and recipients can’t see each other’s email addresses.
Let’s take this a step further and remind people to remove the header information when they click on Forward. This is the information that looks something like this.
—– Original Message —–
From: John Jacob
To: thisperson@help.com, thatperson@ok.net, someoneelse@hotdog.org
Sent: Mon Nov 12 12:13:29 2007
Subject: FW: This is so funny you will laugh!
There once was a man from Nantucket……..
The From, To, Sent, and Subject is considered the header information. When you forward an email that information is continued forward to the next person. Even if you follow Productivity501 post called Correct Way to Send Out Group Emails you still need to do a little more clean up work.
People often ask why worry about doing this? There are some good reasons.
1) It helps stop people from selling your email address to spam/junk email companies.
2) It cleans the email up and eliminates a person from having to scroll as much they do right now.
3) Your contacts may not want there email address given out.
Technorati tags: email, protecting contacts, computers, email groups
Today marks the 25th anniversary of the electronic ’smiley face’ : - ). September 19, 1982 at 11:44 am Carnegie Mellon University Professor Scott Fahlman put three characters together to make the now famous :-). During a discussion Mr. Fahlman was having on a bulletin board (do you remember bulletin boards?) he was commenting about the limits of online humor and how to denote comments meant to be taken lightly. He then went on to say “I propose the following character sequence for joke makers, : - )’, wrote Mr. Fahlman. Click here to read the Unversity’s official press release about this monumental event.
Computer science and linguistics professors contacted by The Associated Press said they were unaware of who first used the symbol.
“I’ve never seen any hard evidence that the : - ) sequence was in use before my original post, and I’ve never run into anyone who actually claims to have invented it before I did,” Fahlman wrote on the university’s Web page dedicated to the smiley face.
“But it’s always possible that someone else had the same idea _ it’s a simple and obvious idea, after all.”
Computer science and linguistics professors contacted by The Associated Press said they were unaware of who first used the symbol.
“I’ve never seen any hard evidence that the : - ) sequence was in use before my original post, and I’ve never run into anyone who actually claims to have invented it before I did,” Fahlman wrote on the university’s Web page dedicated to the smiley face.
“But it’s always possible that someone else had the same idea _ it’s a simple and obvious idea, after all.”
Digital ‘smiley face’ turns 25: Web’s ubiquitous ‘colon-hyphen-parenthesis’ celebrates a milestone.
This is where the emotional icons (a.k.a. emoticons) originated. In case you are not aware the Internet began as bulletin boards from Universities to Universities and then for those that had computers with modems. I remember dialing into David Harter a friend/mentor’s bulletin board in the late 80’s early 90’s from Misawa Japan when I was in the Navy. I struggle with the name of the BBS but I am sure he will make a comment and if he would remind me and the readers the name of the BBS that would be great.
Happy Birthday to you,
Happy Birthday to you,
Happy Birthday dear 
Happy Birthday to you,
and many more…….
Thank you Professor Scott Fahlman.
JB
