Frito-Lay Electric Delivery Tucks
Frito-Lay will be using electric trucks in New York for delivering their merchandise. If we can only get them to bring back the Frito Bandito.
EV Charging Stations on freeway in Tennessee
Electric Charging Stations to connect cities in Tennessee. Finally could be a beginning.
I have been waiting for something like this, well maybe a little better, but at least it’s something to get around town, to work and back, take the kids to school, or a short trip to the grocery store, for an estimated price of $3500 - $5500. Hopefully on the lower side. That’s the problem with getting people to accept new technology, it’s too expensive. If they want everyone to go to electric cars - make one for $5000 and they’ll fly off the showroom floor.
DailyTech - GM, Segway Pair Up for 35 MPH "Segway-on-Steroids"
I found this and it works great for me using Audacity.
(1) Copy .pwi (Note) file to PC
(2) Open Audacity
(3) Get the Note audio into Audacity by:
Project menu
Import as raw data
(4) Select all of the audio by clicking below its file name at left of the graphic of the file
(5) Click on dropdown menu (arrow next to file name)
Set Rate to 11025 Hz
(6) Convert to WAV by:
File menu
Export as wav
Getting to know Windows' system commands is a handy article to quickly make backups or copy folders. I definitely need to remember this article and these commands.
With all the hype about how apple isn't immune to trouble like they would have you believe. QuickTime has a serious issue that is fixed by a critical update. Update your QuickTime right now no matter what OS you have. It's not only Microsoft that has bugs, any software will, you'll never get away from it.
Apple issues critical security update for QuickTime
I saw a couple of ways using code to open the Google Chrome web browser in incognito mode but there is an easier way that I found on the web that has saved me a few precious clicks a day. Just add "-incognito" (without the quotes) after the command. Right click on the Chrome icon and choose properties and add the aforementioned command at the end of the text in the Target box.
I believe in XP you'll have the quotes in the box and in Vista you won't so don't let that confuse you.
Startup Delayer from R2 Studios' is killer (great)! I love it. It works great on my XP computers and my Vista computer too. Vista was a little trickier because I just needed to set the right order. Once I did to rocked! It is great to have the option to set my own order. Check out this link for some great details-
Free program brings order to Windows' startup chaos | Workers' Edge - CNET News
It is still a bit expensive but with more sales the price will come down. It should save on battery and permit the laptop to be used longer and also SSD should be faster also.
Dell first: 256GB solid-state drive on laptops
Here are two things to beware of on Facebook.
PC World - Facebook IM Spam Surges
PC World - Worm Uses Google to Squirm Around Facebook
This DailyTech - GE, Think Global Look to Market an Electric Car in 2009 article shows some of what is coming up for 2009. I can't wait, these are cool! The only problem is that they should sell for five to ten thousand dollars and then they would sell and it would catch on.
They are really improving my favorite e-mail and adding a lot of great new features. See PC World - Gmail Gets Integrated Calendar and Docs
This is a term that will be coming more familiar in the future. PC World - How Private--or Secure--Is So-Called Private Browsing? gives some good basic information on what it is and more importantly what it is not, so you are not misled by the term.
PC World - Facebook Malware Targets Windows PCs says you need to be careful clicking on links even from friends, so read this and be careful what you click on.
PC World - Yahoo Revamps Calendar Service informs us of what is coming from Yahoo's Calendar. I hope it works out for me because I am looking for a calendar that I can rely on instead of needing a few calendars that I have to keep updated.
