In the cartoon, The Jetsons, face-to-face video chats were common, while for us it only started picking up pace the last few years. in late 1998 a few co-workers and I was working on a video chat program called Global Video Chat. The picture quality was ok at about 600x800 resolution and not a
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12/27/2010
In the Bible, David was a small kid while Goliath was a very big and powerful warrior. It was hard for anybody to think that David would have a chance against Goliath especially bringing a slingshot to a sword fight. In real estate or business, we are usually the Davids in the world where the
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12/27/2010
Pretty much every device uses electricity. Wouldn't it be great if we can figure out how much each of these devices cost per day, per hour, or even every time we use it? I tried finding out how much electricity it needs in Watts then try to figure out how much each KiloWatts or MegaWatts cost f
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12/26/2010
Being able to harvest energy from the sun or light and reuse it at a later time not only saves money, it preserves our planet's resource. I was at a networking social when a solar power company was promoting their power panels between $5,000 and $15,000. Depending on how much electricity the pa
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12/26/2010
I went to Costco on December 24th to buy some groceries to make dinner for Christmas. While there I saw a Flip Cam and decided to purchase one. Flip Cams have gain popularity the last few years because they are easy to upload videos using the USB ports and is relatively cheap between $100 to $2
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12/25/2010
Toward this time of the year, it is very busy for everyone for work, vacations, and just time to relax. Yet we should spend some time to get back in touch with our Sphere of Influence and past clients to thank them for their support and to let them know that we are still in the real estate bus
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12/25/2010
I build a new computer for my older brother about 3 weeks ago. The computer was with me two weeks prior and runs fine. For the last week, he has been complaining that his computer reboots about twice a day. The problems seem random because it does not happen at any specific time. There are
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12/25/2010
Hyper Text Markup Language or HTML has we all know it has been around since the early 1990s. There has been many revisions since then with the latest is HTML 5 coming around the corner. Apple, which does not support Adobe Flash on some of their devices like iPhones and iPad does support HTML 5
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12/24/2010
On Day 5 of my 365 Days, I was talking about portable scanners. A great addition to bring along is a portable printer. For desktops, there are many All-in-one Printer, scanner, fax from a variety of companies, yet for the portable printers, there are really two major players around, HP and Cano
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12/23/2010
Microsoft Outlook is a great software to use for our daily real estate business. Outlook first came out with Microsoft Exchange 5.5 during the mid 1990s and then bundle as part of Office 97. The program can be used for contact management, calendar, emails, notes, and to-do list. Many businesse
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12/22/2010
