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1029usr078198
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 Posted - February 09 2011 : 07:32:22
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Question: Leslie asks, "I am clicking a link that's supposed to send an email and I get a window asking for me to set up an email account. I use Yahoo! for my email. What's up?"
Answer: Great question, Leslie. That kind of link is called a MailTo link. When you click a mailto link, it starts the default program on your computer that handles email. You use Yahoo!, which is web-based email. Normally, that would mean you can't get there from here. However, I read that if you install Yahoo! Messenger, it will make it possible for you to change your default email program to Yahoo! mail. We'll have a link in the show notes to the procedure.
EXTRA: I tried to set this up on another computer, and haven't had success yet. In my case, it seems to have problems with Internet Explorer 8.
Cool Site: Bored.com: Bored.com is the cool site of the week. This site features lots of games that you can play when you get bored. I found a roller coaster designer game that requires you to make a roller coaster track that passes by a number of coins. When you run the coaster, you get points for each coin the coaster hits. You also get extra points if the riders like the ride. There are puzzle games, shooting games, strategy, escape, action & arcade games. There are games designed for girls. The site is advertising supported, so you'll see a lot of ads. I never click ads unless I'm already familiar with the site they link to. I found a number of spelling quizzes. The one I took must have glitched because I thought I chose the correct spelling. That's how they do it, you have to choose the correct spelling from two different choices. One of the choices is right, and the other is wrong. I found a list of interesting facts such as the origin of the term Second String. It comes from the middle ages, when archers would often carry a second bowstring in case the first one broke. So, Bored.com: cool site if you're, well, bored.
Cool Gadget: Day Shade Night Light: This week's gadget is not necessarily a new idea, but it's a good one and the best looking one so far. It's a patio umbrella that's solar powered. The top of the umbrella has embedded solar panels. During the day, the panels charge batteries in the handle. All the while, it's providing shade for you, your outdoor guests, and your patio furniture. Once the sun goes down, the stored power is used to turn on large, flexible organic-LED (OLED) panels that turn the umbrella into a light so that you can keep right on socializing into the evening. The OLEDs are super-bright, but dimmable so that you can adjust the light level to your liking. I don’t think it's available just yet, but if so, it's from Yanko Designs and it's called the Day Shade Night Light.
It's All "Geek" To Me: SDRAM: Our term this week is SDRAM.
Eddie: That sounds like an acronym.
David: You're right, it is. It stands for Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory. Random Access Memory is called RAM, the kind of RAM that needs power to maintain its value is called Dynamic RAM. When that Dynamic RAM is synchronized with the processor, it's called Synchronous DRAM. This is the kind of memory that's in your computer. Now, there was a type of memory that was actually called SDRAM that we don't use anymore. It was followed by DDR, then DDR2, and now DDR3 but this same basic type of chip is still being used even in today's fastest memory.
Links
Tech Tip Friday's Show Notes RSS Feed:
http://www.daconsult.com/downloads/rss.xml
Changing your Default Email program to Yahoo!:
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070422143234AAQuegk
Bored:
http://www.bored.com
Coaster Maker at bored.com:
http://www.bored.com/game/play/93/Coaster_Maker.html
Spelling Tests at bored.com:
http://www.bored.com/badspelling
Solar Powered Patio Umbrella:
http://www.goodcleantech.com/2010/11/a_solar_powered_patio_umbrella.php
Day Shade Night Light at Yankodesign.com:
http://www.yankodesign.com/2010/11/16/is-it-light-is-it-night/
SDRAM at TechTerms:
http://www.techterms.com/definition/sdram |
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