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<font color="#000000" face="Arial"><small><big><b>In this edition:<br>
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</b>Free Offsite Backups, The 'Fat' Diet, Free Music, Speakers
for your Bike & more...<br>
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<b>Handy Tips:<br>
</b> Free Offsite Backups!</big></small></font><font
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Automatic Photo Transfer from Phone / Tablet to Computer.<br>
The Mystery of Free Music<br>
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<b>Other Stuff:<br>
</b> The "Fat" diet?<br>
Web hosting review pending...<br>
Sick again!<br>
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<b>Shop<br>
</b>Bluetooth Stereo Speakers for your Bike, etc.<br>
Play your iPhone, Tablet or Android music wirelessly to your
stereo.<br>
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<hr size="2" width="100%"><font color="#000000" face="Arial"><small><big><br>
</big></small></font><b><font color="#000000" face="Arial"><small><big>Free
Offsite Backups!</big></small></font></b><br>
<br>
<font color="#000000">If you have the following things, this might
be of interest to you:<br>
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1 - A computer (Windows or Mac) with important files on it.<br>
2 - A reasonable Internet connection.<br>
3 - A friend who also has a reasonable Internet connection, or you
own a home and work computer.<br>
<br>
There is a great program available that lets you securely and
automatically have a copy of your files sent to your friend's
computer or your home computer, and vice versa if you like. And
since you're using your own computers, it's free to do. (Possible
internet costs excepted - check your plan.)<br>
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This free program is called "CrashPlan" and you can find out more
at <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.crashplan.com/consumer/crashplan.html">http://www.crashplan.com/consumer/crashplan.html</a><br>
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They do have a paid version as well, if you want to back up to
their servers; or you're welcome to back up to one of my servers
in Black Mountain for $5 per month up to 100GB. The only advantage
of using my server instead of theirs is that I can probably get
your data back to you on a hard drive faster than you can download
it.<br>
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PS - your backups are password protected, so if you back up to
another person's computer they cannot access your files.<br>
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<b>Automatic Photo Transfer from Phone / Tablet to Computer.<br>
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</b>Do you own an iPhone, BlackBerry or Android phone. (Android
phones come from HTC, Samsung, Sony, Motorola primarily.)<br>
<br>
I've mentioned before a free program called DropBox that lets you
share files between multiple computers. Another new feature it has
is that you can have it automatically copy your photos from your
phone to your computer when you take them - either via WiFi when
at home or via the mobile phone network.<br>
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The main advantage of this is it means you don't have to hunt for
a cable to copy your photos off, and the second advantage is that
it means you probably won't lose (all) your photos if your phone
is lost or stolen.<br>
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You can get it free for your PC at <a
class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.dropbox.com/">https://www.dropbox.com/</a>
and for your phones via the same website or their App Store / Play
Store icons.<br>
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<b>The Mystery of Free Music!<br>
<br>
</b>Something strange has happened in this world. You can now go
to <a href="http://www.youtube.com/">YouTube</a>, type in almost
any song or artist, and listen to them for free. My best guess is
that Google uses their ads to compensate for the costs; but it's
still a bit of a mystery how they get away with it.<br>
<br>
Anyway, a common question I then get is 'how can I save this song
onto my computer / phone / iPod'. And it's surprisingly simple, if
perhaps a bit devious.<br>
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1 - <a href="http://getfirefox.com/">Install Firefox </a>if you
don't already have it.<br>
2 - <a
href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/youtube-to-mp3/">Install</a>
"Youtube to MP3" if you want to save just the music<br>
3 - <a
href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/video-downloadhelper/?src=ss">Install</a>
"Video DownloadHelper" if you want to save the video.<br>
<br>
Note: These are examples only - there are several other addons
that can do similar things<br>
<br>
PS - Note that <a
href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEWmn8p_OoA">many old TV
Shows</a> are also available in full on YouTube too.<br>
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</font><font color="#000000" face="Arial"><small><big>The "Fat"
diet?</big></small></font></b><font color="#000000"><br>
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I regularly listen to a Technology Podcast called SecurityNow
by Steve Gibson. It helps me to keep up to date with what's
going on with computer security etc.<br>
<br>
He is also a bit of a 'health nut' and likes to do scientific
experiments on himself.<br>
<br>
One recent experiment was to see what would happen if he went
onto a diet that removed almost all sugars. <br>
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The way he explains it, the body will preferentially process
sugars for energy, but was pre-designed to run on fats prior
to our age of harvesting grains, etc. When he deprived himself
of sugars, after a few weeks his body suddenly switched to
converting fats for energy instead, which manifested in a few
ways:<br>
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1 - Suddenly his urine smelt funny.<br>
2 - Suddenly, greater stamina when exercising since converting
fat produces 70% of the carbon dioxide that converting sugars
does.<br>
3 - Suddenly, full after eating relatively small portions of
food. (No longer always tempted by food.)<br>
4 - His Tinnitus buggered off<br>
5 - His blood pressure dropped.<br>
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You can watch the video presentation about it here: <a
class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://twit.tv/show/twit-live-specials/124">http://twit.tv/show/twit-live-specials/124</a><br>
<br>
I haven't researched it further myself yet. Note that making
such a drastic change should be done with some form of medical
supervision.<br>
<br>
<b>Web hosting review pending.<br>
<br>
</b>I offer web hosting as part of my business. However, the
prices and plans haven't changed in three or more years. It
looks like I can move to a newer server soon which will have
much more space than the current one; so hopefully by the time
the next newsletter comes around I'll have some more
attractive plans!<br>
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<b>Sick Again!<br>
<br>
</b>Sheesh, When I was younger I almost never got sick. This
year I seem to be breaking all the records! As of 6:30
Saturday night I can no longer keep food or water down.
Hopefully the plumbing gets itself sorted soon! The frequency
of detonation is reducing so hopefully I'll be right by
tomorrow.<br>
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<b>Bluetooth Stereo Speakers for your Bike, etc. (Play music
wirelessly from phone or tablet.)<br>
<br>
</b>A few months ago, one of those 'bargain of the day' sites
(probably <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.catchoftheday.com.au/">http://www.catchoftheday.com.au/</a>
or <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.dealsdirect.com.au/">http://www.dealsdirect.com.au/</a>
) had a small set of speakers for sale, down to roughly $30 +
postage. They're usually around $120 retail. So, I took the gamble
and grabbed a set; since I'd long planned to fit speakers to my
daily dog-run electric bike.<br>
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Since then I have been very impressed by their sound, given that
they're not much bigger than a clenched fist. I've thrown everything
from <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trGkPerU3-k">PowerGlove</a>
to <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQVeaIHWWck">Beethoven</a>
at them and have not been able to fault them. They sound is pretty
rich, clear yet with decent bass production that you wouldn't
normally expect to get out of something that small, and they are
satisfyingly loud if you want them to be.<br>
<br>
A few days ago, they were listed again at $30 + postage, so I
grabbed four sets, which I now have up for sale at $40 each. (Yes,
I'm quite the greedy retailer!)<br>
<br>
So, if you; or someone you know, is one of those foolish people who
rides a bike while wearing headphones; these could be just for you.
The sound is in front of you so you can still hear if a car comes up
behind you. And there's no need to worry about annoying people with
your music since they're quite directional - and besides there are
noisy bastards with Harleys - your 6 watt speaker ain't going to
compete!<br>
<br>
Oh, forgot to mention they double as a hands free kit as well.<br>
<br>
I'll carry a set with me in the car in case you want a demo.<br>
<br>
<b><font color="#000000">Play your iPhone, Tablet or Android music
wirelessly to your stereo.</font></b><br>
<br>
Do you keep your music on your Phone? Do you like listening to
online radio? Do you like 2AD but can't get decent AM reception?
This might interest you.<br>
<br>
One of my suppliers sells a number of adapters from about $85 that
you can plug in to your stereo. These will then pair up with your
phone or tablet, so that you can play your music through your stereo
even though the phone is in your hand / pocket, etc.<br>
<br>
Note: 2AD has stopped working on TuneIn radio for some reason, a few
customers have asked about it but I haven't chased it up yet. If you
only listen to it because your a Lawsie disciple, you can get your
fix at 2SM instead.<br>
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