So you’re on Internet Explorer 8 and click a link that’s supposed to bring up your email client (Outlook, Thunderbird etc.) and email something to whoever the “mailto:” link was set to.
But instead of your mail client popping up you get an error message stating something to the effect that your mail client isn’t defined.
Here [...]
Archive for May, 2009
BSOD: Install Adobe CS4 on Windows 7 or Vista
Published by May 25th, 2009 in How To and Video Software. 0 CommentsTrying to install Adobe CS 4 on Windows 7 or Vista and are getting the Blue Screen of Death (BSOD)? There are numerous possible reasons but many of them point to problems with the Adobe installation DVDs themselves. Other issues are driver conflicts between Windows 7 RC and several DVD drives.
Here is how I installed [...]
Update Twitter, Facebook, Myspace, Flickr, Wordpress At Once
Published by May 22nd, 2009 in Gadgets, Social Media and Software Resources. 0 CommentsTired of separately logging into all the different social network and blog sites you belong to? Sick of having to remember every username and password combination to all those accounts?
You don’t have to. Ping.fm has got you covered – Ping.fm allows you to update your Twitter, Facebook, Myspace, Flickr, Wordpress, Blogger, Imeem, LinkedIn, and Delicious [...]
Palm Pre out June 6th, Sprint and Palm still don’t get it
Published by May 20th, 2009 in Bullshit and Sales & Marketing. 0 CommentsUPDATE 05/20 – Best Buy gets it! Just one day after the announcement that Sprint would sell the Palm Pre for $299 with a $100 mail-in rebate, Best Buy said today it’ll offer the Pre for $199 flat out. So there is hope for the Pre if Best Buy keeps word and maybe Sprint starts [...]
Black Hole Marketing – Stupid Advertising
Published by May 19th, 2009 in Bullshit and Marketing with Kroy. 0 CommentsBlack Hole Marketing
I call any form of advertising and marketing that’s wasteful and pointless Black Hole Marketing.
Yes you aren’t crazy – there really are stupid marketers doing stupid things all the time.
To give you an example, I just saw yet another TV ad from Comcast, advertising their new bundled cable Internet and TV packages. A [...]
Adult Site Usability Design Tips
Published by May 19th, 2009 in Design, Tips and Tricks and Web Authoring. 0 CommentsYnot.com President Connor Young published an excellent primer article on the most common usability problems adult webmasters make when they design (or pay somebody to design) their site.
This is a great reminder to seasoned Adult Internet veterans, and a must-read to newcomers. There are many more usability issues commonly found on adult sites that cost [...]
Free Video Cutter and Splitter
Published by May 18th, 2009 in Editing with Kroy, Kroy Recommends, Software Resources, Tips and Tricks, Video Editing and Video Software. 0 CommentsSometimes you want to trim a video clip but don’t want to open up your NLE (Non-Linear Editor, like Final Cut Pro, Premiere Pro, Avid, etc.) for that.
Boilsoft Video Splitter and Free Video Cutter
A simple task such as cutting a clip in two or more parts shouldn’t be so hard but the number of decent [...]
ALPS Touchpad Driver Windows 7
Published by May 18th, 2009 in Software Resources, Technology and Uncategorized. 0 CommentsIf your laptop’s touchpad doesn’t scroll properly on Windows 7 or Vista your driver needs to be updated.
Here is a driver provided by Dell for the ALPS touchpad. However, this driver may work on other touchpad brands as well so give it a try.
ALPS Touchpad Driver for Vista and Windows 7 32 bit
Other Windows 7 [...]
Intel Pro Wireless Adapter Driver on Windows 7
Published by May 17th, 2009 in How To, Software Resources and Tips and Tricks. 0 CommentsIf you are having problems getting online with your newly installed Windows 7 (or even Vista) on your laptop or notebook, you probably need the proper driver for your wireless adapter.
Here is how you install the proper driver in Windows 7, we’ll use the Intel Pro Wireless driver since that’s the one I’ve had to [...]
How To Move Thunderbird Profile Between Computers
Published by May 17th, 2009 in How To, Software Resources and Tips and Tricks. 0 CommentsMoving to a new machine? Maybe moving from Windows Vista or XP to Windows 7 and you want to take all your emails with you? You’ll want to move your Thunderbird account including passwords and emails, right? Sure you do.
Google Gmail Password Secret Link
Published by May 16th, 2009 in Tips and Tricks and Uncategorized. 0 CommentsSeth Godin just posted about a secret link to reset the Gmail password flag, without actually resetting the password. Basically what’s happening is that if you use a mail client like Outlook or Thunderbird (my choice) sometimes Gmail’s servers keep asking you to provide your password, even if you have it saved.
Then you keep [...]
Wolfram Alpha – Computable Knowledge
Published by May 16th, 2009 in Search Engines and Technology. 0 CommentsI’m rarely impressed these days but Wolfram Alpha manages to get my attention. While “semantic web” is one of the key phrases you hear being thrown around every so often, current search engine technologies, while much improved over the years, is still not able to deliver results beyond a certain level of sophistication.
WOLFRAM ALPHA vs [...]
Google Outage – Let This Be a Reminder
Published by May 15th, 2009 in Search Engines, Technology and Uncategorized. 0 CommentsJust a quick note on the Google outage on Thursday – if you are entrusting your important business documents or email to Google you are, frankly, an idiot.
WHAT HAPPENED
Google went down for parts of the world and with it went their mail service and Google docs. If you couldn’t access your business documents or missed [...]
Twitter Myspace and Facebook Compared
Published by May 14th, 2009 in Marketing with Kroy, Sales & Marketing and Social Media. 0 CommentsCan’t sleep? Then have a gander at my brief analysis and status report of Myspace, Twitter, and Facebook.
I’ll share some interesting statistics of those three behemoths and throw out some ideas and views on what’s going to happen with them.
For newcomers to marketing and branding on the Web I’ll talk about some basics you don’t [...]
Protect your Audio Content with Inaudible Watermarking
Published by May 10th, 2009 in Audio Software, Video Software and digital content creation. 0 CommentsYou may not have heard of German Melodic Metal outfit DOMAIN but you’re about to. DOMAIN just announced that they were successful in defending their music content from illegal downloading networks by placing inaudible digital watermarks in their songs.
The watermarks identified the songs and pinpointed them to an illegal file sharer who distributed their work [...]