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Let's have a Fourth of July Picnic |
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Second to Christmas, a favorite holiday of mine is the Fourth of July. Perhaps this rings true with many Americans this year. But what year would be complete without the obligatory Fourth of July picnic. I think somewhere in the Constitution our forward thinking forefathers included a clause making this a required activity for American citizenship.
I am not one for parades. If you have seen one parade, you have seen them all. I can think of something better to do than standing along the streets with a herd of noisy people I do not know watching silly little floats go by.
And when it comes to fireworks displays, I have seen them all. I have a hard time justifying setting a couple hundred dollars on fire just for the amusement of it all.
But what I do like about the Fourth of July is the picnic. I have never met a picnic I did not enjoy. I can wade in among people I do not even know and enjoy myself if there is a nice picnic spread before me. Everybody's joke is funny as long as the picnic basket holds up.
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Twitter Status and Facebook |
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I've been asked a number of times how it is that the Cybersalt Twitter updates are automatically appearing as status updates on my Facebook Account. It is very easy to do. Log in to your Facebook account and add the Twitter App to your Facebook. After that, all you need to do is set up the app with your Twitter account info and follow directions. The next time you update your Twitter status your Facebook Status will update too! |
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Making the iPhone work in XP x64 |
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 When I lost my Palm Treo 600 (just a few days before my contract expired) I was quite disappointed. Of all the electronic things I wanted to spend money - that I did not have on - my cell phone was dead last. I was going to dial that Treo right into the ground. But after not finding it for 2 weeks I needed to replace it and the cell phone covenience I was missing.
To make a long story short, I replaced my Treo with an 8 gig iPhone. Plain and simple: I love my iPhone and it's been awesome. However, soon after setting it up I did experience a significant disappointment. iTunes (the syncing software for the iPhone) would not run on Windows XP64 which was installed on my main PC. My work around at the time was simply to use my other PC (running XP) for iPhone syncing.
I am happy to report, however, that iTunes can run on XP64. I found a wonderful and simple set of instructions and links to make this happen. I am now able to sync and back up my iPhone using my computer with XP64 on it. I hope this link and referral will help anyone who was in the same boat as me.
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AVG Antivirus Won't Automatically Update |
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 Recently all of my computers have been runnning into problems running the automatic anti-virus definitions updates from AVG. I've used AVG's free antivirus program for a number years right after Norton Antivirus became such a hog of resources and bogged my computers down. I liked AVG because it was a simple, lightweight program that scanned for viruses. Then they added all kinds of other options that I didn't want and that I could not turn off. But, they still had my confidence so I stuck with them.
However, with this update problem arising I decided to give a different, free anti-virus program a try. I had been hearing about it for some time now from the technical support department of my web host (www.islandnet.com). They are excellent at helping their clients find practical, solid, and economical solutions to their internet needs and I know them well from the years they have been hosting my Cybersalt stuff as well as other sites that Cybersaltines have hosted through me (contact me if you are interested in web hosting).
The program is called Antivir and it is put out by Avira. If you are looking to try a different, free, and lightweight antivirus program, check them out. |
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Thanks for visiting the Cybersalt site. I bet you were expecting more. . . .so do I.
Perhaps in your life you have known a mechanic who was so busy working on other people's cars that he spent no time on his own and drove a beater. That's what has happened to the Cybersalt site over time. I've been pretty busy helping others develop sites and in the process my own site (design wise) has been cooling on the back burner.
Well, change is in the air. Thank-you for your patience as you navigate our current ongoing structure and design. |
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