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Posted - December 14 2009 : 22:10:32
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Question: A listener says, To get a good cell signal in the house we have to stand near a window. I just recently went to our cellular provider and got a 3G adapter and aren't getting a good signal. How can we make it better?
Answer: Great question. A lot of people are getting cellular 3G devices to use for their home Internet connection. After all, it's portable and in general is faster and doesn't cost more per month than satellite; but if you don't get a good cell signal, it won't work right if at all. So, I'd say that the thing to do to help your connection is to get a USB Extension cable so you can move the cellular modem around to get the best signal. I think that'll help.
Cool Site: Declaration Foundation: As I mentioned last week, I continue to be amazed at the amount of information from the time of our nation's founding there is available on the internet. There seems to be a real reawakening out there about the principles that we started out with. To that end, this week's cool site is the Declaration Foundation at www.declaration.net. The Declaration Foundation is chaired by Alan Keyes, former Ambassador and Presidential candidate. In the resources section, you'll find links to documents, articles and speeches, and website links that trace the ideas leading up to the Declaration of Independence from the Magna Carta forward. The site doesn’t seem to have gotten any new content since late 2007, but what is there seems to be worth the trip.
Cool Gadget: Brickhouse Security GPS Tracker: Well, 'tis the season. Many churches and other organizations put nativity scenes out, only to have the Baby Jesus stolen from it. Well, Brickhouse Security has a GPS tracker that can be used on these items. The great thing is that they're giving them away. You visit their website to apply. If selected, they'll give you a GPS tracker for free. You might also be selected to receive a surveillance camera, also free.
It's All "Geek" To Me: SPLOG: This week's term is definitely a slang term: SPLOG. It means SPam bLOG and refers to a blog site set up for the sole purpose of increasing page ranking in Google. The reason is that with Google, the more sites that link to yours, the higher your page will rank in their search results. This is important, because most people don't look beyond the first three pages of results when they do a web search. The bad thing about splogs is that they don't add any useful content to the web, and actually just clutter it up.
Links
Declaration Foundation:
http://www.declaration.net
Brickhouse Security GPS Tracker at Gearlog:
http://www.gearlog.com/2009/12/finding_jesuswith_gps.php
Brickhouse Security’s Online Application Form:
http://blog.brickhousesecurity.com/baby-jesus-gps/
Splog on Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spam_blog
Fight Splog:
http://www.fightsplog.com/ |
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