[tag]Synergy[/tag] is a [tag]software[/tag] that I recently found which allows me to use two computers with one keyboard and mouse. A sort of [tag]KM switch[/tag] without the wires. It works over your home network passing the mouse and keyboard info to the other computer via network. When I move the mouse off one screen it switches to the other computer. Exactly the way it works with two monitors on one computer if using windows XP. In theory one can have more than 2 computers. In the management area it has 4 possible positions for the monitors. I was all ready to buy myself a KM switch but this works even better than the ones I was looking at. I can easily copy and paste text between two computers. NOW that’s impressive!

Get Synergy Here

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   This is a great example of a news story that looks real but it’s not. I fell for it until I did some research. Here is the link that started it all:

Link

   The page looks authentic. The story seems so extreme that my first reaction this has to be a joke. Then it looked so real that I figured it must be true. With all the happenings going on around the world I thought this could be true. Some will believe completely a story from a person and not even question it. For me I’ve always been skeptical about things. Especially now I can look up almost anything on the Internet to find out if it’s a myth or real. I was checking out the urban legends page and found the story about the lion story I saw before.

Lion in Wait [tag]False Story[/tag]

   With the disclaimer recently put on the page it’s obvious a fake. By looking at the URL you can come to the conclusion that this might not be true. Doing a search on the [tag]BBC news[/tag] site might have been a way to find out if this story was true also. So remember this next time you see a story that seems hard to believe on the Internet. Phis-hing web sites should be a reason to ALWAYS check that the site you’re at is the REAL one! Now I saw the story link on a forum so I didn’t visit it by accident or from a reliable source. Still I wonder how did it get spread in the first place…

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   I like trying new things out so when I heard about a new [tag]yahoo messenger[/tag] I had to try it. Now there are many things I hate about it and some interesting things. They are trying to get into the phone calling area. Now I haven’t tried there net2phone or the Call Computer stuff just yet. I’ll try the call computer when I can find someone who installed the beta version also. That is the biggest problem I found. All the added features are not compatible to the older versions. I can’t use the voice capability anymore. Their is a cool feature that one can drag and drop pictures in the message window and it will transfer it to the other person. Now that is cool but I of course can’t try it unless the other person has that capability. Now I am all for more features but please give the capability to work with the older versions. I have to go back to the older version so I can use voice chat. ugh. I’ll try it later when more people update or when they have every feature in the current version working in their beta version.

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   Doing business at home and being your own boss is fantastic! But I sometimes have problems with time! I have been trying to get more organized with all my work but It’s been a big problem at times. The night before I promised myself I’d finish my project tomorrow. When the next day comes around I sit in front of my computer and do something else. It’s not like I forget about the project. It’s the fact I’d rather do something else. Couple of years ago I didn’t have this problem. At this point I need to find out why I am like this NOW and how to rectify this. I have so many reasons to get my act together but am not using my time effectively. I know I’ll be able to figure this out. It’s just been on my mind a lot now. I love what I am doing and know this is what I want to do in the future. So why can’t I get my act together? I’ll try to finish one of my projects today.

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   Having one of those days when I can’t think of anything to talk about. [tag]Survivor[/tag] ended on sunday and I expected the outcome many weeks ago. When Stephanie was voted out I knew Tom had everyone under his control. I also knew if Tom got to the end the jury would vote for him over anyone else. So I got a bit bored after awhile. Hoping someone would be smart enough to vote out tom but nobody could. Stephanie was the only player that could have changed the game but Caryn messed everything up for everyone but Tom. Don’t get me wrong, Tom definitely deserved it. He did what was needed to win in survivor but I still thought there were chances for others to win also but they were under Tom’s spell.

   Apprentice is another show I watch and this week is the end of that show too. I am hoping Kendra will win over Tana. If Kendra doesn’t win I’d be very sad. I am so glad that a woman will win this time. I truly thought Jennifer should have one the 2nd one but she didn’t.

   Two non-reality shows I am watching is 24 and Lost. I’m excited about the end of Lost. I want to know the secrets and see what happens. I am kind of tired with 24. I hate waiting for a week to see what happens next. It’s like cliff hanger every week. Cliff hangers are fun but not every week. I might stop watching after this season. I will watch this season finale just so I’ll know everyone is saved at the end.

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   My biggest problem is thinking of things to write about. I have a lot of interests but are they of interest to others? Maybe I shouldn’t even think about it and just write. Sometimes I have too much to say about something passionately I believe in and other times I can’t think of one sentence. I know I would never be a good novel writer.

  I’ve been following reality tv mostly and I guess the big thing that has happened actually yesterday is the [tag]MPAA[/tag] closing down some tv torrent places. Now I understand why they need to do this but I have no other way of getting shows from other countries. Shows that come to the U.S from other places usually will be redone instead of showing the show as it was intended to be. I am a big fan of [tag]big brother[/tag] but the version over here is such a different beast. I like it but in a different way. The Australian version seems so much passionate and interactive with the audience. The UK version is similar but doesn’t have that soul that the Australian one does. So now I can’t get some of the shows from the [tag]torrent[/tag] sites anymore. I know of other ways to get them but that’s not the point. I have no legal way of getting shows that I like. I know they are thinking of having pay per download of shows and I’m all for that but it’s not comming fast enough! I would be happy to pay for downloading a tv show that I missed or can’t get in the states.Maybe a $1 for each episode or something. I don’t want to wait for the dvd to come out. Don’t need the extras just to see the show that I missed. I don’t have tivo and rarely watch TV. I like watching stuff on my time and not the networks time. Oh well I’ll just have to see what happens.

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   I hear so much talk about the new [tag]star wars[/tag] movie coming out. For me I was very excited over the first two star wars and now I feel lukewarm about it. I am not a [tag]hollywood[/tag] fan because of the high prices to go see a movie now. Also all the famous actors ask for tons of money. Then they come out and tell us what we should believe in and if we don’t then we’re stupid. They don’t live our lives anymore so I don’t really care what they say. The commercials that say we shouldn’t be downloading movies because the camera operators and others won’t get their money. I think the big companies in hollywood and actors should give those operators more money instead of taking so much. I don’t waste my money going to a theater anymore. I’d rather rent dvds and watch those when it comes out. I rent more independent dvds over the big budget movies. Lot of democrats talk about how bad big business is but they seem to forget about hollywood as a big business also. That is due to all the money hollywood pays to the politicians.

   Now to get back to Star Wars. I probably will watch it in a theater cause I do love the first 3 movies. It will be exciting to see the movie before the first star wars that came out many years ago. I’ll probably rent the dvd when it comes out too so I can see the added features. To end my thoughts on this issue. I would rather see the Real heroes, Teachers, Firemen, Doctors, and Policemen make more money than any actor. Actors and athletes should not be making more than the people who actually save lives and develop our children.

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   Well I am a reluctant [tag]Amazing Race[/tag] fan. But I really don’t like it because it’s not a race in my eyes. I call it an Amazing Adventure. A race wouldn’t have all racers stop to wait for a store or a place to open. I can live with the plane departures because there is a chance teams can find better departure times. I understand they need to bunch up or the show would have been boring. Someone could easily get days ahead of other teams if there wasn’t the bunching up factor. So for me it’s a love and hate thing with this show.

   I watched Amazing Race 7 till the end and enjoyed it very much. I was happy to see Uchenna & Joyce Win. They deserved to win because of who they are. They treated everyone with respect and played the game for themselves not just to win over one particular team. I think if you try to win over one team then you forget about every other team and can make mistakes just like Susan/Patrick and Lynn/Alex. I would have been equally happy if Rob/Amber won because they played the game and were always thinking ahead of others. Sometimes that thinking allowed them to be first and other times it cost them their lead. The fact that they are a reality tv winner already is an important point. It is unfair but I think the race is already flawed anyway. It’s geared for the television audience and not to the racers. I remember there was another show that was on NBC at the same time as AR came on. It was a race with no rules. The teams got placed somewhere they didn’t know with no money and had to get back to hawaii I think. Now that was a Real Race! no bunching up because they could take a plane, train, car or ship. But of course it was boring. Not very much intermingling of the racers and was obvious who was going to win. I could go on more but I will stop.

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