I almost fell victim to a phone spam scam that is circulating. The calls are from 201-465-4658 or from 201-345-4765 which are listed as New Jersey businesses. Other ‘victims’ have reported speaking with someone who claims to be representing a work from home company. This is annoying and of course is potentially dangerous since returning [...]
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OpenOffice, An Excellent Alternative
It shouldn’t surprise me that there are still people who don’t have a functional version of Microsoft Office on their computers. Word and PowerPoint are ubiquitous I’d assumed but, today, a friend admitted that he was unable to read a file attached to an email. No shame in that…not everyone can afford to buy software…especially [...]
Color Play
For the graphically inclined or anyone else with a sense of visual play, Idée Labs has built an online application that allows you to search images on Flickr, the photo sharing site, using color as the search criteria. With the ‘Multicolour Search Lab’, you can select a single color or combine up to 10 colors [...]
Rural Internet: Stuck in the Slow Zone
Here’s an interesting article (with informative comments) on Internet connectivity options in rural America. I wasn’t aware of Wireless ISP and only recently discovered 3G EVDO when I bought my iPhone a few days ago. This article is important because not all Black people want to live in cities. I, for one, have fond memories [...]
