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Freeware: PHMRegEdit

nobody@vox.com(Java Jane) — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 10:06:20 -0400

Since the author of this Windows Mobile Smartphone (and also for Pocket PC, do a Google search) took his site down for renovation it is nearly impossible to find the CAB link for this handy freeware smartphone registry editor. Most Moto Q owners will tell you that the MSI installer doesn't work properly, and you need to install it via CAB file, transferred onto your device or storage card via ActiveSync. To avoid all the hunting and dead links, here is that .CAB file for PHMRegEdit:

PHMRegEdit for Windows Mobile Smartphone CAB file

Enjoy!

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Get Full YouTube to Run on Motorola Q or Smartphone

nobody@vox.com(Java Jane) — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 09:55:48 -0400

Here is a foolproof "how to" guide to getting ALL the content of YouTube (not just the very limited content of YouTube Mobile, which still doesn't run on all Windows Smartphones) to run on your Motorola Q, but can be adapted for other Windows Smartphones. This is culled from wading through many forums and trial and error, as not all of the posted methods work, especially on a Verizon Moto Q, as Verizon tends to keep their phones more locked than some other carriers.

I've put everything in one place, including the files needed for download, as wading through the various methods and hundreds of posts is time consuming and finding everything in one place is like finding a needle in a haystack. Thanks to the good peeps at the Everything Q forums for sharing this information, and thanks to those who developed the files/work around, as Windows doesn't handle java or Flash natively, as do other platforms, so when you try to open YouTube on your Moto Q, you get a Windows Media file handling error. So, without further ado, here is the distilled and easy (please comment or email me if you have any questions, or still don't understand how to do this) version of getting YouTube to run on a Moto Q:

Download YouTube Mobile Tools for Windows Smartphone using the link below:

YouTube Tools for Windows Smartphone & Motorola Q - Download

How To Install:

1. After you download the YouTube_Tools.rar on your machine (Desktop/laptop), extract the file using 7-zip, WinRAR or another file extraction program on any folder (it will create a folder named YouTube Tools).

2. There will be 2 folders there, the CAB and the DLL.

3. You will upload the .cab file on your Q (or other smartphone) using ActiveSync, place it anywhere on your Q but I prefer to place it on your Storage Card for future use.

4. After you placed the .CAB file on your Q, locate it via File Manager, install it like the way you install any .cab files before.

5. It should be successful before proceeding to the next step.

6. See it there's a new icon on your Q that says "Streaming Media", if its visible then you successfully installed the cab file.

7. Do not run yet the Streaming Media application.

8. Next, go back to your desktop where you extracted the YouTube Tools, go to the DLL folder that contains some .dll binary files that we need to placed on your Q.

9. Select all the DLLs on your Windows Explorer, Ctrl+C to copy all files on the clipboard.

10. On your Q, browse to \Windows directory.

11. Ctrl+V from there to copy the files from the clipboard.

12. If the system asks you if you like to override existing file. Please select NO

13. That's it, go to http://m.youtube.com and select a sample video to play.

14. The selected video will AUTOMATICALLY be played on Streaming Media application that you installed on step #4.

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Convert YouTube Videos into any format, even audio only - Online!

nobody@vox.com(Java Jane) — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 22:52:16 -0400

Vconvert

Video To Go: Save YouTube videos for any device with vConvert - via Lifehacker - via Mashable

Use online tool, vConvert, using the link above to convert your YouTube videos into any format you need. Can isolate just the audio portion so you can transfer that onto your computer or device as well. Nothing to download, just insert the YouTube URL and it will convert the file and let you download it. Cool!

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Free Photo Editor

nobody@vox.com(Java Jane) — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 10:57:38 -0400

Serif photo plus image editor - freebie

Although I am lucky enough to have both Photoshop CS2 and Photoshop Elements 3.0 on my system, and they are my two primary image editing programs of choice, from time to time, I like to test out freebies or programs packaged with printer or camera software. These programs at times have nice features that do one or two things easily and well, rather than going through a series of steps in a more complex, feature rich program. Serif has made a full version of their PhotoPlus software available for free download. It is version 6, they offer an upgrade to paid version 8 which offers some minor enhancements. I have downloaded a copy and will give it a test drive and review, but for those without access to paid software, or who want to compliment what they already have, PhotoPlus generally gets good marks across the board and is less complicated than running GIMP. Enjoy!

Link to Download Here

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Not Usually a "PoP pRinCeSs"

nobody@vox.com(Java Jane) — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 15:36:36 -0400

Whineup_LP

I'm usually not a pop diva, and don't as a rule listen to Top 40 music. I guess there are exceptions to every rule. Although I usually prefer alternative 80s and 90s or current alt rock for my general everyday listening fare, my kids have "broadened my horizon's" so to speak.

I have XM satellite radio packaged with my new car, so usually I have 4 favorites I listen to, but since they are young, they like to listen to the Top 20 or XM Hits station. I have to admit, I've downloaded a few songs off of iTunes, as I've been enjoying some light, mindless Top 40 pop this summer on my iPod, XM and computer as a kind of guilty pleasure, along with ABBA and George Michael making the TOTALLY guilty pleasure list. So what is your guilty listening pleasure? Just as an FYI? I don't stoop to Barry Mannilow or KC and The Sunshine Band, but if you do, feel free to get it off your chest here! LOL. ;)

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Life is Good With My Moto Q

nobody@vox.com(Java Jane) — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 21:10:56 -0400

There are plenty of reviews out already for the Motorola Q Smartphone, so I don't want to "reinvent" the wheel. Here are some in depth reviews (not necessarily my opinion):

Moto-q-qwerty-keyboard

I bought one on Monday afternoon, as I was eligible for my Verizon new every two once again. After mail in rebate, I was able to get the $300+ phone for $79. Of course, that was before I added in a Bluetooth headset, stereo mini jack earbuds, a 512 mini SD card and a BodyGlove cover, which I felt essential, since it was one of the only covers to also cover the screen, which is essential as the Moto Q, although sharp and clear is prone to smudging and this prevents that.

Now that I've had a couple days to use it, I couldn't be happier. I need Verizon for service coverage, as where I live, most other carriers tend to be spotty. The other half has T-Mobile, which has been good, but still not quite the performance of Verizon, especially on our travels out of the country. Yeah, people gripe about the cost of Verizon's data plan, but when you compare apples to apples, the $80 (before surcharges, etc.) is really no more than anyone else's unlimited data plan (with phone minutes) when you add in all the extras Verizon bundles in with the plan.

I read all the reviews, and for my non-business purposes, this phone was "it". There was one BlackBerry in contention, but there was no camera, and I wanted to use the phone for moblogging, so that ruled it out. T-Mobile had a few BlackBerry smart phones that would have worked, but having to change my longstanding cell # for lesser service for a phone didn't seem worth it and I'm glad I didn't. That being said, a lot of folks like Cingular's Blackjack, but service coverage where I use my phone is horrible.

Anyway, for me, blogging, email, SMS, phone usage, web surfing, listening to music and watching video clips, including my own while I'm out and about made this the perfect smartphone device for me. I love, love, love it. Since Verizon doesn't partner with Yahoo!, I downloaded Y! Go Beta for my phone and now I can push email from gmail, my broadband provider and Yahoo! without subscribing to Yahoo's premium service. It also allows for maps, easy Flickr uploads and viewing and other nice Yahoo! features.

I love that I don't have to carry a phone (formerly a Moto Razr V3m, pink) and my iPod now unless I want to listen to or watch larger file size items. I can just put my music on my Moto Q, along with video clips and listen to them through the onboard stereo speakers using Windows Media Player, or I can put my headphones on and listen, take a phone call and go back to listening again. Schweeeeeeeeeeet.

This phone should help me be more consistent about blogging, even when I am untethered to my computer, as there are times as of late, I've had extended absences, but have been places I wish I had internet and keyboard access as I had time to answer mail or post.

Anyway, my Moto Q is my new toy and making me a very, very happy camper!

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Yo Ho Ho and A Bottle of Rum. How to Nurture Your Inner Pirate...

nobody@vox.com(Java Jane) — Wed, 09 May 2007 09:49:29 -0400

clipped from www.forbes.com

Yar! Why Web Pirates Can't Be Touched

Read the full story

                               Andy Greenberg

AllofMP3.com

Based in Russia, AllofMP3.com is iTunes for the morally flexible. The site allows users to download copyrighted music from major labels at the rate of three cents a megabyte, about one dollar an album. A group of American record companies are suing AllofMP3 for damages of $150,000 for each of the millions of songs they say it sold between June and October 2006. That adds up to a total of $1.65 trillion, more than twice the GDP of Russia.

Alluc.org
VideoHybrid.com
Peekvid.com
TVlinks.co.uk
YouTVPC.com
1Dawg.com
Bitme.org
Bitme.tv
Google Search Parameter Engine

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News: 50% of Americans Anti Technology. No Internet. No Cells.

nobody@vox.com(Java Jane) — Mon, 07 May 2007 08:48:53 -0400

Most of us here who blog regularly and use other internet services probably find this incomprehensible, but I've met plenty of these people, even ones that are not senior citizens. I couldn't imagine my life without the 'net and if my connection goes down (rarely) I go into cardiac arrest. If I forget my cell, I turn right around to get it, I don't feel comfortable without it. What about you?

Nearly 50 Percent of Americans Have Little Use for Internet and Cell Phones, Survey Finds

Monday, May 07, 2007

NEW YORK — A broad survey about the technology people have, how they use it, and what they think about it shatters assumptions and reveals where companies might be able to expand their audiences.

The Pew Internet and American Life Project found that adult Americans are broadly divided into three groups: 31 percent are elite technology users, 20 percent are moderate users and the remainder have little or no usage of the Internet or cell phones.

But Americans are divided within each group, according to a Pew analysis of 2006 data released Sunday.

• Take this quiz and find out what kind of tech-user you are.

The high-tech elites, for instance, are almost evenly split into:

— "Omnivores," [I bet most of you reading this fall into that catagory?] who fully embrace technology and express themselves creatively through blogs and personal Web pages.

— "Connectors," who see the Internet and cell phones as communications tools.

— "Productivity enhancers," who consider technology as largely ways to better keep up with their jobs and daily lives.

— "Lackluster veterans," those who use technology frequently but aren't thrilled by it.

John Horrigan, Pew's associate director, said he started the survey believing that the more gadgets people have, the more they are likely to embrace technology and use so-called Web 2.0 applications for generating and sharing content with the world.

"Once we got done, we were surprised to find the tensions within groups of users with information technology," Horrigan said.

Many longtime Internet users, the lackluster veterans, remain stuck in the decade-old technologies they started with, Horrigan said. That a quarter of high-tech elites fall into this category, he said, shows untapped potential for companies that can design next-generation applications to pique this group's interest.

The moderate users were also evenly divided into "mobile centrics," those who primarily use the cell phone for voice, text messaging and even games, and "connected but hassled," those who have used technology but find it burdensome.

Mobile companies, he said, can target the mobile centrics with premium services, especially once faster wireless networks become available.

The Pew study found 15 percent of all Americans have neither a cell phone nor an Internet connection. Another 15 percent use some technology and are satisfied with what it currently does for them, while 11 percent use it intermittently and find connectivity annoying.

Eight percent — mostly women in the early 50s — occasionally use technology and might use more given more experience. They tend to still be on dial-up access and represent potential high-speed customers "with the right constellation of services offered," Horrigan said.

The telephone study of 4,001 U.S. adults, including 2,822 Internet users, was conducted Feb. 15 to April 6, 2006, and has a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 2 percentage points.

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HOT: Free Hi-Res Photoshop Brushes for Download

nobody@vox.com(Java Jane) — Sat, 28 Apr 2007 10:08:15 -0400

clipped from www.bittbox.com

Here is a screenshot of the brush set:

Download CS2 version:

Download CS1 version:

Previous PS Versions PNG’s (Source):

If there is a problem with the download links, you can snatch them here. Thanks BitBox!

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Free "HOT" Photoshop Brushes

nobody@vox.com(Java Jane) — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 15:46:13 -0400

spy glass net free photoshop brushes
beautiful sin brushes
call me real "choice spring" photoshop brushes - 3 other AMAZING brush sets here
sheisedo - almost 100 free sets. I took a month subscription a while ago, there are so many beauties here.

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