Tech LEAKS explained

How come every single leak by someone from the inside is the absolute worst quality image you have ever seen? 

Example:

If anyone who has found a leaked phone, camera, anything, DON'T USE A CAMERA PHONE!

Thank you. 

Watch the best youtube videos that were never found

Visit http://zeroviews.biz to view videos that previously had 0 views until being found and made fun of by thousands.

Example, which now has 40,000 views:

Guvera: Download music FREE and LEGALLY, no catch for once :D

Sign up for https://www.guvera.com/ and within minutes you can be downloading any song you want, legally and paid for.

It works through advertising and there is literally nothing but a sponsored pages while you wait for the download to finish. That's it. Give it a shot!

Who needs Limewire? How to get music free using Google and Mediafire

Go to a google search and type the song name and artist. Then type the word mediafire.
BAM. Guide finished. Now tell me what is easier: Limewire or Mediafire!

Europeans have a more open view on things.

Why?
They have just surpassed Internet Explorer with a 3rd Party Browser (Firefox of course)

'You Will' Ad Campaign didn't turn out so well.

Good job At&T for setting your sights high. The only problem: You didn't follow through with them.

News Interviews Man but the story is not what he is talking about

It's trying to figure out how many times the man says "You Know"

Canadians kids don't know the history of computers

Watch these kids mistake a game cartridge for a deck of cards and more

Best compilation of computer and software beta testing

I have searched for a list like this for a while! The only thing is, I haven't seen many companies, any actually, have a beta test yet.

Check it out here:
http://www.amylynn.org/home/board/viewtopic.php?t=1319

Finally! What water is ACTUALLY the best quality

I was really surprised to not see my favorite company above a D rating...
Check it out here: http://breakingnews.ewg.org/bottled-water-2011-search
Best tasting water may not always be the cleanest.

While homelessness is in the headlines, meet Stovepipe

While not all homeless people are famous, many aren't sad either. Every year when I go camping I pass a small town in VT called Brattleboro. There, a homeless man lives in a tent, with a Stovepipe for heat, along the railroad. He tells many stories of how he was a stock broker in NYC and so on. The people support him and his simple life. I love to hear stories, and this man had plenty. I said goodbye and I was on my way. Some people are quiet but they are screaming with great stories, just waiting for you to hear them.

Reddit, I want to rip your server's heart out.

I have not submitted any link in the past 2 days! I will not try again in an hour! Sheesh!

How 15 bucks helped me save 400 on a new laptop, spoken from an ex-busted laptop!

A while back, I posted a blog post from the same laptop, suffering water damage: http://jcoinster.blogspot.com/2010/10/9ott-9ob5v3e-3ey9o4r-0p4r9o3en6m.html

Finally, I can say that this laptop is fixed and working just as it did before, only with about an hour less battery life...

To recap the story and update it:

Someone used I a bit too much water while cleaning her laptop.
The first thing I did was make sure only the keyboard was damaged and then called the manufacturer.
Upon calling, the support, the man told me it would be about 50-70 dollars for a new keyboard.
Upon me calling that crazy, I hung up.

So I went to Amazon and searched the replacement number on the back. Low and behold, it came up for 15 bucks.
I ordered it, got it in the mail and when I opened it did not find the right keyboard, my luck.
A quick email and a few days later, a resend and retrieval, the right one arrived.

Today, here I stand knowing I saved someone 400 dollars and my reward: Brutally crushing the old keyboard

Proof that fighting back is sometimes better: My quest to gain 10 points back from Yahoo Answers

Here I am minding my own business trying to help a few people out before their question on Yahoo Answers closes and I get an email from Yahoo. Usually it's about getting "Voted best answer" but today was a bit different. 

In the email, they said the following message:
"You have posted content to Yahoo! Answers in violation of our Community Guidelines orTerms of Service. As a result, your content has been deleted and 10 points have been deducted from your points total...

Question: Need help with a computer virus?
Deleted Answer: Get a Mac
Violation Reason: Misuse of the question and answer format

In Yahoo! Answers you must phrase questions in question format....

If you feel this content was removed in error...."

My Objection:
Although this answer may not be a very practical and cheap solution to the question, it still proves a valid point that this is a possible and good choice of action in the future and possibly sooner.

And a few hours later, a message arrives stating:

"Upon review, we found that the following answer was not in violation of the Answers Community Guidelines or Yahoo! Terms of Service. The Yahoo! Answers Team regrets that your answer was wrongfully reported by the Answerscommunity. Your answer has been reposted to Yahoo! Answers, and we are sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused."

They were so sorry that they sent me another message saying: 

Thank you for writing to Yahoo! Answers Customer Care. We have reviewed your appeal request. Upon review, we found that your content was not in violation of the Yahoo! Answers Community Guidelines, Yahoo! Community Guidelines, or the Yahoo! Terms of Service. Your content has been reposted to Yahoo! Answers, and we apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.
Thank you again for contacting Yahoo! Answers Customer Care. 

Feel free to look at the full question here: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20110103174328AAgwitO

This just goes to show: 

If you don't speak up sometimes, you allow others to do that for you.

Shout out to GOOGLE: Why

Did you really accomplish much from sending these laptops with open arms?
More importantly:
How many of the 15,000 individuals that received them actually give you feedback?
How many were just sold on eBay to people who really would have shown dedication?
How many people who got the laptop used the basic form, giving little to no useful information?
How many people did you track online with intentions of banning or blacklisting if that even exists in your standards?

Send me a code, a sign, anything explaining the simple term: WHY

How the internet can change a person's life, smack out of homelessness

This was Ted Williams shortly before a complete transformation.

He was a homeless person in Ohio.

Notice the "was".

What is he now?

The Susan Boyle of the streets.

Gifted with a talent, he spoke as if he was a news reporter into a passing camera in a car. After that video In little to no time, became a hit, according to Gawker he has been offered jobs from:

"WBNS-TV has asked Williams to narrate promotional spots for its "One Day to End Homelessness" telethon.

The Ohio Credit Union League presented him with $10,000 in exchange for voice-over work.
The Cleveland Cavaliers have offered him a full-time job and a house.
And the list continues to grow as emails flood in."

This all proves to show how much the internet can change people's lives. In less then one month, all through one post, I have gotten over 10,000 hits from one post that was passed around by the virtual word of mouth. All you need is a talent, a message, a tip, hint, guide, anything that is funny, entertaining, informative or even true to your heart. It seems this man experienced the same thing. There's only one difference: He did it on a larger scale!

For more information and to watch the Today Show video:
http://tv.gawker.com/5725428/homeless-man-with-golden-radio-voice-becomes-latest-viral-internet-star

The secrets of New York

This guy is absolutely insane! But he's awesome!

Want to convert a file? Here's How. Want to do anything the web? Here's how

This site has many tutorials and links to great sites to do various tasks online.

Check it out here:
http://new-on-internet.blogspot.com/

Rant: Wollmans Rink Rules

After skating at this rink for years, I just noticed a new rule: No skating backwards.

Are you kidding me? I understand no weaving, which everyone does anyway, but you can't go backwards? What is this!