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If you go shopping online to buy an item at Amazon.com, you can still help the Palo Alto libraries. Just start your Amazon sessions by clicking here or on the Amazon link on the top right of any of the web pages at www.friendspaloaltolib.org. Amazon will donate a percentage of your purchases to the Friends of the Palo Alto Library, which they then give to the library. You pay no surcharge! It's a free way to help the libraries. And don't forget the book sales held the second two-day weekend of each month at Cubberley Community Center, 4000 Middlefield Road.
Submitted by Stan Hutchings
Subscribers to Windows Secrets & LangaList NEWS UPDATE - Issue 86a - 2006-11-28 have a special 2-month bonus. You can also get a lifetime subscription for $100 (guaranteed at least 5 years or proportional refunt). I took advantage of the offer, and you should, too. Even if you don't have a current subscription, anyone may subscribe to this newsletter by visiting their free signup page.
Submitted by Stan Hutchings
IF you enjoy their programs and want to enjoy away from the TV, KQED makes as much content as possible under DMCA regulations available to the public, all free of charge. Investigate their offerings at www.kqed.org/ondemand/. Includes PBS Video podcasts from NOVA and other regular PBS programs, as well as specials, such as Jean-Michel Cousteau's Ocean Adventures.
Submitted by Stan Hutchings
Got a collection of 45 or 331/3 RPM records? Want to easily transfer them to CD to play in your CD player, or be able to rip them to MP3 files to play in your iPod or other portable music player? You are in luck – there are devices to do just that. If you google Teac GF-350 vinyl record CD-R, you'll get a link to Amazon.com www.amazon.com/s/102-7630679-7492116?ie=UTF8&tag2=musicso0b1400-20&keywords=teac%20gf-350&search-type=ss&index=electronics (about $300). You might also be interested in the Audio Technica AT-LP2D LP-to-Digital Recording System (less than $100) that outputs the 45 or 331/3 vinyl record first to your computer, from which you would process (edit, remove clicks and pops, etc.) and then burn to a CD, or the even less expensive Audio-Technica PL-50 Fully Automatic Turntable for about $100, or for the serious audiophile enthusiast or those with 78s, the Audio-Technica PL120 Turntable for about $300 or $211 at Amazon.com.
Submitted by Stan Hutchings
Read the article -- www.enterprisenetworkingplanet.com/netos/print.php/3643961 "The bottom line is Linux costs way less to run and works better. That's why I prefer it."
"Profound Conclusion — Some things really are as obvious as they seem - as long as Linux has applications that do what you want, it will save you a heck of a lot of money. And it never ever treats you like a criminal."
Submitted by John Buck
Who's sending all that spam? Find out here —
www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=35716
www.daniweb.com/blogs/entry1056.html
Register Of Known Spam Operations (ROKSO)
Submitted by John Buck
An article by Ryan Naraine in eWeek.com November 8, 2006 describes the Regmon and Filemon utilities replacement by Process Monitor. Process Monitor is available as a free download and runs on Windows 2000 SP4 with Update Rollup 1, Windows XP SP2, Windows Server 2003, and Windows Vista as well as x64 versions of Windows XP, Windows Server 2003 and Windows Vista. See the article for much more information, and links to the free download.
Submitted by Stan Hutchings
Fred Langa will join Brian Livingston, with Contributing Editors Susan Bradley, Woody Leonhard, Chris Mosby, Ryan Russell. Read the announcement at WindowsSecrets.com/comp/061107, or visit the home page at WindowsSecrets.com.
Submitted by Stan Hutchings
Welcome to BlackFriday.info - http://www.blackfriday.info -- the official site for all of the 2006 Black Friday ads as they are reported to us during this holiday shopping season.
-- Found on digg.com
Submitted by John Buck
This week I discovered an article in the September 18 edition of Information Week that does a nice job of summarizing the development and adjusting of the World Wide Web to where it is today. You can read it with this URL: http://www.informationweek.com/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=RESYENDFDFEDIQSNDLRCKH0CJUNN2JVN?articleID=193001028&queryText=%22george+jones%22. But remember to paste the entire URL into your browser's address line, if clicking the link doesn't work. Also, click on the link for "Of time and the web".
Submitted by Bill Worthington
This showed up on digg.com on 11/5/06. I haven't used the service, but thought there might be someone among us who might find it worth trying
Home page for the site
Conversion Types
"Zamzar supports conversion between a wide variety of different file formats. We're adding support for new formats all the time - if there's a format that you'd like us to support why not contact us and we'll do our best to add it."
Submitted by John Buck
The Su Doku Assistant (SDA) is an easy-to-use Windows 95, 98, Me, XP based program for solving and creating 9x9 Su Doku puzzles. SDA has also been reported to run without problems on Windows NT/2000 based PCs, but the program has never been formally tested on such systems. SDA is "freeware" and may be distributed, without prior permission, provided that no alterations are made to any file contained within the product. [Freeware]
Submitted by Stan Hutchings
Calendar Magic is an easy-to-use freeware Windows 95/98/Me/XP based program that is entertaining, informative, educational, and of equal applicability in the home and in the office. Calendar Magic has also been reported to run without problems on Windows NT/2000 OSs, but the program has never been formally tested on such systems. [Freeware]
Submitted by John Buck
The Audacity developers have been busy with many new features over the past year. We're pleased to announce Audacity 1.3.2 (beta), which contains dozens of new features and capabilities. Because it is a work in progress and does not yet come with complete documentation or translations into foreign languages, it is recommended for more advanced users.
For all users, Audacity 1.2.5 is a minor bug-fix update that addresses some problems with Audacity 1.2.4, but does not add any significant new features. It is complete and fully documented. You can have both Audacity 1.2.5 and 1.3.2 installed simultaneously. Also, we have just made available a set of 92 LADSPA plug-ins for Windows (for both Audacity 1.2.x and 1.3.x).
Download Audacity now
See the 1.2.5 Release Notes for a complete list of changes and known problems in Audacity 1.2.5.
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