The Future as seen from 1981

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Joke of the Day

"A man seeking to join an East Texas Sheriff's Department is being interviewed.

The Deputy doing the interview says: 'Your qualifications all look good, but there is 'an attitude suitability test' that you must take before you can be accepted.'

Then, sliding a service pistol across the desk, he says:

'Take this pistol and go out and shoot six illegal aliens, six meth dealers, six Arab extremists, and a rabbit. '

'Why the rabbit?'

'Great attitude,' says the Sergeant. 'When can you start?'"

Our Government at Work

Just a typical day at the office

So I was at the office this afternoon and Hector calls me to come see what is happening in our parking lot.

This is what is happening. Hector took the pictures standing in our front door.

What's so strange about this you ask? Well obviously, he's barefoot and the rest of the country is being hit by a record cold wave today. It's dangerous to acrobat around barefoot. He might catch a cold.

Go ahead and click on an image for a larger picture.

That building he is next to has a 10' high roll up door. So the building is about 16' high. The chairs were about as high as the building. And yes, that is asphalt below him. No pads to help him live if he falls.

Why Maggie Does What Maggie Does

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Networking External Hard Drives

Pogoplug — How it works

Pogoplug is one of the most talked about new devices at the big CES show in Vegas this year. $79 gets you a transformer sized device you plug into the wall. Attach an ethernet cable into your router (supports up to gigabit Ethernet speeds) and plug in any USB external hard drive.

Not only can you share files around your home network, but you can choose to share files over the internet through their website.

You can store files on the drive and e-mail the link to your friends and family for easy access. Seems like a great way to share photos or home videos.

How to Import Audio CD audiobooks into iTunes for Listening on an iPod or iPhone

How to Import Audio CD audiobooks into iTunes for Listening on an iPod or iPhone

Detailed instructions on importing Library Audio Book CDs into Itunes and onto your iPod.

Update: Here is information on using the current iTunes 8.0

Well, maybe a few words are still in order. Here’s the new process, which will work every time:

1. Import your audiobook using your favorite process, in your favorite audio format. (I’ve written detailed instructions for both standard Audio CD audiobooks and for MP3 CD audiobooks.)
2. Select the imported track(s) in iTunes, and choose File > Get Info, and then click on the Options tab, to get to the Track Info Options panel.
3. From the Media Kind pop-up menu, choose “Audiobook”.
4. Check the Remember playback position and Skip when shuffling options.
5. Click the OK button.

From now on, iTunes, iPods, and iPhones will all treat the track(s) as full audiobooks, including remembering playback position automatically (saving your “bookmark”), skipping the track when you’re playing a random shuffle of music, and allowing you to speed up or slow down playback with the Settings > Audiobooks speed options on your iPod or iPhone.
Note: When you make the above changes, the audiobook track(s) will be moved from the Music source list to the Audiobooks source list. If you haven’t enabled the Audiobooks list, it will seem as though your tracks have disappeared. See Optimal iTunes Import Settings for Audiobooks for more details of enabling the Audiobooks source list.

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