- General Motors vehicle safety engineer Howard Gandelot, 1954.
(via the
Monday, December 30, 2013
Today’s Poor Prediction
"I
find it difficult to believe that the seat belt can afford the driver
any great amount of protection over and above that which is available to
him through the medium of the safety-type steering wheel if he has his
hands on the wheel and grips the rim sufficiently tight to take
advantage of its energy absorption properties and also takes advantage
of the shock-absorbing action which can be achieved by correct
positioning of the feet and legs."
- General Motors vehicle safety engineer Howard Gandelot, 1954.
(via the@920KVEC daily newsletter)
- General Motors vehicle safety engineer Howard Gandelot, 1954.
(via the
Tuesday, December 24, 2013
A Voice from the Past
Keep
away from the people that belittle your ambitions. Small people always
do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become
great. - Mark Twain
Monday, December 16, 2013
Computer America Show lineup for the week of December 16, 2013
Monday
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Hour one: Wright Business. With the explosion of bring your own device (BYOD) to the workplace, companies may find this to be a cost cutters dream but doing so could send your company straight into the depths of hell....violating security, opening your systems to hacking and the harvesting of high security databases. Now your employees cell phone, Kindle, wireless tablet are all viable avenues to hackers everywhere...To learn more about what types of security breaches BYOD can expose a company to and for solutions when it does, Stephen Wright of Wright Business Technologies is the man to call. We have him for the hour!
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Hour one: Wright Business. With the explosion of bring your own device (BYOD) to the workplace, companies may find this to be a cost cutters dream but doing so could send your company straight into the depths of hell....violating security, opening your systems to hacking and the harvesting of high security databases. Now your employees cell phone, Kindle, wireless tablet are all viable avenues to hackers everywhere...To learn more about what types of security breaches BYOD can expose a company to and for solutions when it does, Stephen Wright of Wright Business Technologies is the man to call. We have him for the hour!
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Monday ---------- Hour two: Craig and Charles do Computer and Technology News, brought to you by Slimware Utilities, the Official Optimization Software of Computer America, and answer your computer questions! |
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Tuesday ---------- Both hours: It's our all Linux Show with Computer America Correspondent Larry Bushey, the Host of the Going Linux Podcast! Tonight's topic is: "So you want to use Linux every day..." Join us! |
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Wednesday ---------- Hour one: Intel now appears on every third Wednesday of the month in this special Intel Sponsor Hour! Each month, we will have an Intel representative speaking on new Intel products, services and news stories! You don't want to miss this show! |
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Wednesday ---------- Hour two: Craig and Charles do Computer and Technology News, brought to you by Slimware Utilities, the Official Optimization Software of Computer America, and answer your computer questions! |
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Thursday ---------- Both Hours: Charles Tendell. Charles is a Certified Ethical Hacker and one of our Computer America Correspondents! Now Charles invites one of his Hacker friends to join us on the show! |
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Friday ----------
This is our LAST SHOW OF THE YEAR!
Both hours: Michael Miller.
Mike is one of Computer America's Special Correspondents. Michael
Miller is a proven and successful non-fiction writer on a variety of
technical, business, and lifestyle-related topics. He has written more
than 150 books in the last two decades that have collectively sold more
than one million copies. His best-selling books include The Ultimate Web
Marketing Guide, YouTube for Business, and Facebook for Grown-Ups for
Que Publishing. He has established a reputation for being able to
explain difficult concepts to everyday readers in easy-to-understand
language. |
Monday, December 09, 2013
Computer America Show lineup for the week of December 9, 2013
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Friday, December 06, 2013
Just a few useful links:
For checking the weather, you might want to look at the local weather radars:
http://radar.weather.gov/radar.php?rid=vbx&product=N0R&overlay=11101111&loop=no
Or for the whole country, you can bring up this:
http://radar.weather.gov/Conus/
From there, you can click anywhere on the map to bring up the local radar view.
Traffic has been getting busier lately, so here's the California Highway Patrol site with incidents they respond to:
http://cad.chp.ca.gov/
Just click the drop down menu under Communications Centers and pick the area you want. They also post information on road closures and Amber Alerts. Some of my favorite incidents are "Cows Loose on Road." Or as I like to call them, "pre-tri-tip."
CalTrans also posts traffic information. Live video cameras from the south to the north along major routes.
http://video.dot.ca.gov/
Or for other information about roads:
http://www.dot.ca.gov/roadsandtraffic.html
You can also listen to many of the local radio stations via the Internet:
KVEC
KSMX
KINF
KCBX
And from Los Angeles or San Fransisco:
KFI
KNX
KGO
KTLA 5 from LA streams its news shows during the day.
The newscast live stream is available during the following times: Monday-Friday: 4 a.m. to 10 a.m. | 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. | 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. | 10 p.m. to 11 p.m.Saturday: 5 a.m. to 7 a.m. | 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. | 10 p.m. to 11 p.m.Sunday: 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. | 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. | 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.We also stream breaking news as it happens, movies and other KTLA programming.
Read more at http://ktla.com/live/#p7EtEoq5sAs2qBZ7.99
Read more at http://ktla.com/live/#p7EtEoq5sAs2qBZ7.99
The newscast live stream is available during the following times: Monday-Friday: 4 a.m. to 10 a.m. | 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. | 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. | 10 p.m. to 11 p.m.Saturday: 5 a.m. to 7 a.m. | 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. | 10 p.m. to 11 p.m.Sunday: 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. | 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. | 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.We also stream breaking news as it happens, movies and other KTLA programming.
Read more at http://ktla.com/live/#p7EtEoq5sAs2qBZ7.99
Read more at http://ktla.com/live/#p7EtEoq5sAs2qBZ7.99
The newscast live stream is available during the following times: Monday-Friday: 4 a.m. to 10 a.m. | 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. | 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. | 10 p.m. to 11 p.m.Saturday: 5 a.m. to 7 a.m. | 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. | 10 p.m. to 11 p.m.Sunday: 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. | 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. | 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.We also stream breaking news as it happens, movies and other KTLA programming.
Read more at http://ktla.com/live/#p7EtEoq5sAs2qBZ7.99
Read more at http://ktla.com/live/#p7EtEoq5sAs2qBZ7.99
The newscast live
stream is available during the following times:
Monday-Friday: 4
a.m. to 10 a.m. | 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. | 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. | 10 p.m. to 11 p.m.
Saturday: 5 a.m.
to 7 a.m. | 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. | 10 p.m. to 11 p.m.
Sunday: 6 a.m. to
9 a.m. | 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. | 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.
Broadcastify offers live scanner broadcasts from police, fire, EMS, air traffic and other sources. CalFire, and SLO County Sheriff are broadcast over it.
Live streaming audio from NOAA.
And then just for something fun, the Abbey Road web cam.
Monday, December 02, 2013
Computer America Show lineup for the week of December 2, 2013
Lineup for the week:
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Monday ---------- Hour one: Opera. When faced with something that's not a computer, nor a mobile phone, what must a web browser company do to innovate? Enter Coast by Opera, the browser that is so elegant, intuitive and refined that it should have come with the iPad. This web-browsing app is the result of its designers tossing out 20 years of preconceptions about what a browser should be, locking themselves in a room and not coming out until they had answered the question, "What should a tablet browser be?" Join us as we interview Huib Kleinhout, our guest direct from oslo! |
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Monday ---------- Hour two: Craig and Charles do Computer and Technology News, brought to you by Slimware Utilities, the Official Optimization Software of Computer America, and answer your computer questions! |
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Tuesday ---------- Hour one: Craig and Charles do Computer and Technology News, brought to you by Slimware Utilities, the Official Optimization Software of Computer America, and answer your computer questions! |
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Tuesday ---------- Hour two: Avast. We'll be joined by Avast's CTO, Ondrej Vlcek. Prevent having your credit card or online banking data hacked and your money stolen. Use SafeZone, an Internet Security feature that secures sensitive transactions. Set your favorite banking or shopping sites to automatically launch SafeZone to ensure that all of your sensitive financial transactions stay private. |
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Wednesday ---------- Hour one: Mike Cermak the Owner/Operator of Techguy.org joins us in our first show of the year! It's Wednesday Madness and we answer ANY questions you may have about Computers and Technology! |
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Wednesday ---------- Hour two: Chamisa. Pctechmate is a computer repair solution designed to automate the sequence of tasks that a technician would have to perform when repairing a malware ridden machine. Some of those tasks include running diagnostic tools such as rkill, combofix, TDSS Killer and Malwarebytes. Their solution automates the core functions that all of these tools perform. They have also added a pot full of special sauce that ensures even the sickest of PCs get back to running as they should. It debuts in June! Check it out! |
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Thursday ---------- Author Steve Nicholls is well-versed in many different forms of social media. Hear Steve¹s insights on the future of social media. He is coming out with his second edition of his book Social Media in Business in January 2014. Steve has been quoted in Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Engadget, among other outlets. Tune him in! |
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Thursday ---------- Hour two: Craig and Charles do Computer and Technology News, brought to you by Slimware Utilities, the Official Optimization Software of Computer America, and answer your computer questions! |
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Friday ---------- Hour one: Mr. Excel. When it comes to spreadsheets, no one knows more about them that Steve! Hear how Microsoft messed up in their recent Excel ad! Hear about the latest in the word of Excel! |
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Friday ---------- Hour two: Craig and Charles do Computer and Technology News, brought to you by Slimware Utilities, the Official Optimization Software of Computer America, and answer your computer questions! |
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Saturday ---------- Both hours: On BlogTalkRadio this Saturday, it's time for Bond... Ralph Bond joins Craig and Charles with computer news and special topics. For many years, Ralph was Intel's Consumer Education Director and he continues to be the voice of Intel for Computer America's Intel Digital Minute. Ralph is now with Autodesk and he is an official Computer America correspondent. Join us! |
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