TGIF #250

Don’t know about you but, I’m ready for the weekend…

Friday Fun video: The anthem of my generation? (But don’t tell anyone, or you’ll get put on double-secret probation.)

Huh. Just noticed.
He’s playing his guitar Hendrix style (upside down and left handed).

Today’s quote: “By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.” ~Confucius

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Make yours great ones. Ones to be proud of.

Hello 2015

Today, to help usher in a new year, allow me to transport you to a totally different mindset. Have fun.

Decades ago I saw his show, and it remains one of my faves.

Today’s quote: “New Year’s Resolution: To tolerate fools more gladly, provided this does not encourage them to take up more of my time.” ~ James Agate

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All we really have, in the end, are our stories.
Make yours great ones. Ones to be proud of.
And please, never forget – one person can make a difference.
Find a way to make someone’s day today.
(Best advice I ever heard? Don’t sweat the small stuff.)

Yesterday’s Gone

I apologize folks but, my intuition is telling me someone out there needs to watch this video..

Today’s quote: “Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups.”  ~ George Carlin

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All we really have, in the end, are our stories.
Make yours great ones. Ones to be proud of.
And please, never forget – one person can make a difference.
Find a way to make someone’s day today.
(Best advice I ever heard? Don’t sweat the small stuff.)

Halfway there

I don’t know about you, but sometimes, I find Wednesdays almost as annoying as Mondays.

But.. on Wednesdays, I can tell myself I am half the way there.. To help get us the rest of the way there, how about a flashback to a live performance of a song I think most of you will have heard at least once. (I believe it aired on every radio station in the world, at one time.)
(Well, except maybe the Classical Music stations..)

A happy Wednesday to you. We’re halfway there. (And, beware the scammers!)

August ??

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Today’s quote: “The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don’t want, drink what you don’t like, and do what you’d rather not.” ~ Mark Twain

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All we really have, in the end, are our stories.
Make yours great ones. Ones to be proud of.

A Day Early

Made possible by the magic of digital wizardry, I am now in two places at once — here, and away (fishing).

I scheduled this to appear today because I’d like to share with you an important message for your Thursday…

“Hey hey mama said the way you move, Gon’ make you sweat, gon’ make you groove.

Ah-ah child way you shake that thing, Gon’ make you burn, gon’ make you sting.“

Now, I know that many of you will not recognize the (possibly) most famous opening lines from the (unquestionably) greatest rock and roll band of all time, so I found a video that we can either call “Today’s Educational Video” or “Friday Fun A Day Early”.

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Because, I truly believe, it is very healthy to play air guitar every once in a while, and I want us all to be healthy. (So go ahead! It really doesn’t matter if anyone’s looking. [Well.. maybe you don’t want to rock out in front of the boss.. Your call.])

Today’s quote: “Party on, Wayne.” ~ Garth Algar (aka Dana Carvey)

Breaking News: It seems there is a new Firefox beta available.

Number 15.

Is any FF user in the audience still using Firefox, or did you leave?

I have said it before. The people at Firefox headquarters need to chill out. Stop breaking the thing. Almost everyone I know has bailed for Chrome. (And a few went back to IE.)

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Make yours great ones. Ones to be proud of.

Please Help Me Access My Hotmail – I’ve Been Hijacked

I receive frequent requests to recover hijacked email accounts or retrieve the information in them, and/or to reset lost passwords. Here’s my answer:

No.

There is nothing I can do.

But here is what you can do:

1) Contact your email service provider and tell them what has happened. They should have some way of identifying you, (usually a couple of ‘secret questions’ you pre-set up) after which they should be able to reset your password.

(Notice there is no Number 2?)

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Unfortunately this (almost) never works for free accounts. Why? Because these accounts are free and there’s (almost) no customer support. They tell you that up front. You get what you pay for.

Let me be even clearer about that: if you are using a free webmail (online email) service such as Gmail, Hotmail, Yahoo! Mail, etc., and…

• you forgot or lost your password
• your password does not seem to work
• you forgot the answer to your secret question
• and you did not set up an alternate email address, or you lost access to the alternate email address
• your account has been hijacked by a hacker
• and Support is not responding to your request for help

You are out of luck. I cannot help you – even if you hired me to.

Your only shot at regaining access to your email is via the form the service provides. Which does not always work.

Hotmail: The Windows Live Help Solutions Center is currently your only official support resource for Windows Live Hotmail.
If you think you’ve been hijacked, you can use Windows Live’s own Windows LiveID Account Recovery Help Page. There you’ll be taken through a form where you can prove that you are the rightful owner, and may, hopefully, regain access to the account.

Gmail: try this Gmail Help page first.

Yahoo Mail: try the Sign-in Help Wizard first.

I am not going to bother writing out the instructions for setting up your account, now, so that recovery in the future will be easier, nor tell you to write down the answer to your secret question (your Account settings is where you start), as I may as well be saying “change your oil every 7,500 miles”, or “brush and floss three times a day.” Many are probably reading this because they were not the careful conscientious type, and they were hoping someone else would clean up their mess for them.. (the New American Way.)
All I can say is: use the “recovery form”; fill it out to the best of your ability; and I can wish you good luck.

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How To Uninstall Live Messenger

Microsoft’s Instant Messenger (IM) program, “Messenger” is now a part of the “Live” family of downloadable programs and utilities, (see, The “Live” Line – Microsoft’s *New* Product Family) and like the others, is now called “Live Messenger”. The “Windows Live” programs you can download are: Messenger, Mail, Writer, Photo Gallery, Movie Maker, Family Safety, and Toolbar.

Some of those are keepers for sure, but renaming Messenger to “Live Messenger”, and giving it a fancier look, um, er, well, let’s just say I don’t want it on my machine. If you have it, and do not want it either, keep reading.

How To Uninstall Windows Live Messenger (or other Live program):
1) The normal way to remove (technically, “uninstall”) programs from your computer is to use the “Add/Remove Programs” tool in the Windows Control Panel (called “Programs and Features” in Vista/Win7). And this is where you go to uninstall Live Messenger too.

“But Paul! I looked there already! Messenger isn’t there!“, you say? Well, yes it is, but it’s kind of hidden. So click Start > Control Panel > Programs and Features >Uninstall a program. And let the list “populate”.
The “pack” of downloadable “Live” programs – including Live Messenger – is called “Windows Live Essentials” so that’s is what you want to look for. (Click on images to see larger versions.)

2) Click on “Windows Live Essentials” to ‘select’ it, and then click the “Change/Remove” button. A new window will open.

3) Select the “Uninstall” ‘radio button’ (if it isn’t already) and click “Continue”.

4) Place a check in the checkbox for Messenger (and any others you no longer want) and click “Continue”. Follow the steps until it says “Finished”, reboot if necessary, and that’s it, you’re done. Live Messenger will be gone.

Today’s free download: For my Instant Messaging (aka “chat”) needs, I use Trillian Astra, which lets me monitor multiple ‘identities’. (Works on Macs now too.)
Connect to IM & Social Networks. Trillian lets you connect to multiple IM and social networks at the same time, managing contacts and real time status feeds efficiently.

AIM , Yahoo! , ICQ , Windows Live (MSN) , MySpaceIM , Google Talk , Jabber/XMPP , Facebook , Twitter , Skype , Bonjour.

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