Want a quick way to speed up your Mac that I just tried and found that it really does work? Clean off your OS/X Desktop. Radically minimize the number of files and folders on your Apple Desktop.
Also, to prevent future clutter, change your web browser’s default “Download” setting to a folder other than the Desktop.
This is a simple thing to do and it really does work!
I have two separate air cards — one from Sprint, the other from Alltel.
I’ve been using the Alltel air card for the past few days. I was on the computer a lot yesterday, including watching several videos on the YouTube website.
Starting this morning, I tried watching YouTube videos from the YouTube site, and no matter what I tried I kept getting the following YouTube error message across the top of the page where the video is normally located:
“Hello, you either have JavaScript turned off or an old version of Adobe’s Flash Player. Get the latest Flash player.”
I got the error message in FireFox on OS/X. I got the error message in Safari on OS/X.
With the Alltel air card still connected, I swichted to my Windows Vista VMware virtual machine. I got the error message in FireFox, Internet Explorer and Safari in the Windows Vista virtual machine.
Next, leaving the browser window open to the page with the error message, I disconnected the Alltel modem and plugged in the Sprint modem. I clicked the “refresh” button on FireFox and the video that wouldn’t load before, instantly loaded and started playing.
When the Alltel air card was plugged in, I could play embedded YouTube videos, but NO YouTube videos from the YouTube site. I also was unable to get Hulu.Com videos to play either with the Alltel modem connected.
What gives, Alltel?
Susan Boyle, the overnight singing sensation contestant from “Britain’s Got Talent” released a charity CD back in 1999. She is the type of person most people would just overlook from a purely visual standpoint. And yet, the singing voice that comes out of her mouth is absolutely incredible!
The health Nazi’s are at it again. They saw how easy it was to demonize tobacco and trans-fats. Now they are going after sugar “for the children.”
Here’s the audio of the woman’s call to 911 from her workplace:
http://i.cdn.turner.com/trutv/thesmokinggun.com/graphics/sound/boyntonedit.wav
Russian Dmitry Orlov says that the collapse of America is unavoidable, and offers suggestions as to how people should prepare for a bleak future.
Here’s an extremely interview of Dmitry Orlov on Australian radio:
http://mpegmedia.abc.net.au/rn/podcast/2009/03/lnl_20090310_2240.mp3
I ran across an extremely interesting book today that was written over 100 years ago about a doctor and his wife that moved from a city to become farmers. It’s called “The Fat of the Land” by John Williams Streeter. Since this book is in the public domain, it’s available in its entirety via Google Book Search. Here’s the link to it:
The Fat of the Land by John Williams Streeter
Here’s the link to the downloadable PDF version
The Fat of the Land by John Williams Streeter, PDF version
It’s clear to me that something has been lost in our modern world. We tend to think of ourselves as fortunate to be living in a time of high-technology, but our ancestors possessed access to something far more valuable — moral values and a high degree of common sense.