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  • ProtoFax - Internet Fax Server on 2006-11-18
  • 8 Ways to Shoot Video Like a Pro - Lifehacker on 2006-11-13

    • Nothing brings out the camcorders like the holidays, which is why this is the perfect time to admit an ugly truth: You suck at making home movies.


      No, really. I'm sure you're a nice person and all, but there's more to videography than just taking the camcorder out of the box and pressing Record.


      As with photography, good videography requires a bit of know-how. Luckily, I know how, so here's my list of ways you can improve your home movies. You won't come out Soderbergh on the other side, nor even Singer, but your Uncle-Henry-dropped-the-turkey-on-Aunt-Edna's-head submission to America's Funniest Home Videos will look a lot better.

  • Them's the Fax: falling prices and Internet hurt fax carrier sector Telecom Asia - Find Articles on 2006-11-13

    • Them's the Fax: falling prices and Internet hurt fax carrier sector

      Telecom Asia,
       Jan, 2005
       





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      SYNOPSIS: Dedicated fax carriers with global networks are being cornered by commodity pricing of bandwidth and growing competition from telcos, ISPs resellers and callback operators. Even though fax carriers like UNIFI Communications and Newsnet ITN add value to fax services that their competitors don't--such as auto retry, incorrect number notification and fax broadcast--they're likely going to have to evolve to survive.


      THEN: Despite the value adds, carriers like UNIFI and Newsnet still position themselves on price, as most fax users aren't willing to pay above the average price. Making things worse is the high cost of running a global IP network and dropping bandwidth prices that allow resellers to undersell them. Fax remains a more popular form of messaging than email, but both carriers recognize the need to bridge both platforms via solutions like Web-based desktop faxing services, as well as finding new services to drive traffic on their networks, like voice, data and VPN.


      NOW: The month the article was published, UNIFI filed for Chapter 11 and sold off its business later that year. Newsnet ITN is also history, having been bought by Telegroup Network Services in late 1998 and subsequently delisted, and later excluded from a deal under which Primus Telecommunications bought Telegroup Network Services in March 1999. Annual fax traffic today is down to 5 billion messages a year (from 105 billion in 1998), compared to 36 billion emails projected for 2005, but then over 60% of email is spam. IDC says faxing will remain "a major form of document distribution" until at least 2020. Fax's strongest benefits over email are that it's not a virus risk and--unlike email--faxes are still considered legally binding documents. Also, despite the failures of UNIFI and Newsnet, fax outsourcing services are still in demand, often in the form of Internet-based faxing and integrated services like fax-to-email. Fax outsourcing will be a $1.3 billion industry this year, according to fax industry analyst Peter Davidson.

  • Tell strong-willed toddlers what they should DO: Parent Hacks on 2006-11-12

    • Tell strong-willed toddlers what they should DO






      Holly sent this hack to me with the subject line, "Parenting the Id." I get it, big time. I have a strong-willed child who used to be the strong-willed toddler Holly describes here. Her wise suggestion:


      My 16 month-old girl is quite a handful. She's been described to me as "mischievous, jaded and too smart for her own good". Parenting her has made me a more creative person, out of sheer necessity. I've realized the past few months that the constant "Don't throw your food!", "Don't pick up that condom wrapper from the sidewalk!", "Don't dig in the trash can!", "Don't pick the neighbor's tomatoes!" only seem to encourage her to do exactly what I'm forbidding. It's almost as if she translates the "Don't" as "Hey, awesome. Go ahead."


      Instead, we've started to tell her what TO DO. For instance, when she's about to pick up a cigarette butt on the ground, we say "Yucky. Step on it.". It redirects her action and becomes something she does every time she sees trash on the ground. Same for throwing food on the floor, "Put it on your tray." It sounds so simple, but it has changed our lives.


      This concept also extends to taking dangerous objects away from her. When she gets her hands on the nail clippers or the infant Tylenol bottle, I pick her up and take her to where we're going to "put it away". She loves the involvement and never fusses (or realizes) that we're tricking her into putting it down.

  • Space balls | Salon Arts & Entertainment on 2006-11-10
    • repeated it often enough) that "Battlestar Galactica," the new remake of the cheesy '70s series, is the most thrilling and trenchant dramatic series on TV at the moment (except, of course, for "The Wire")
  • Postal voting - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia on 2006-11-09

    • Postal voting describes the method of voting in an election whereby ballot papers are distributed and/or returned by post to electors, in contrast to electors voting in person at a Polling station or electronically via an Electronic voting system.


      It is of benefit to people who may not be able to attend an election in person, either through a physical disability or absence from the locality. This method of voting is available to voters upon application (sometimes with restrictions) in statutory elections in many democratic countries.

  • BlogExplosion - Rent My Blog Frequently Asked Questions on 2006-10-21
  • Need more traffic to your BLOG? Join BlogExplosion.com the internet's largest BLOG traffic generator! 100% FREE! on 2006-10-21
  • ILRG Legal Forms Archive - 2,000+ Free Legal Forms and Documents on 2006-10-21
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      forms -- 2,000+ and growing!  A number of our forms are now adapted for state-specific use, and
      we will continue to increase this number. 

      We're committed to delivering the highest quality forms on the Internet -- so committed, in fact, that we'll pay $50 to any person who can demonstrate that one of our forms is not compliant with state law.

      Remember to


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      e-mail the Webmaster, and we will endeavor to provide that form in the near future.

  • Windows Events - Got Mail Replacements - Free File Download on 2006-10-19

    • gotpics.wav
      Typical,
      "You've got pictures"


      Mail00.wav
      Male voice,
      "Your mail's here, want to play post office".


      Mail01.wav
      Hal, "there
      is a message for you".


      Mail02.wav
      "You've got
      mail".  Repeating and higher in pitch.


      Mail03.wav
      Typical,
      "You've got mail".


      Mail04.wav
      Female Voice,
      "You have new mail".


      Mail05.wav
      Bugs Bunny,
      "What's this a letter for me".


      Mail06.wav
      George Carlin,
      "There is a letter in your mailbox".


      Mail07.wav
      Female Voice,
      "Master I have mail for you".


      Mail08.wav
      Heart Beat,
      echoing voice, "You've got mail."


      Mail09.wav
      Echo, "You've
      got mail."


      Mail10.wav
      Music Clip,
      "Deliver thee letter, the sooner the better".


      Mail11.wav
      "P-A-R-T-Why?
      Because you've got mail".


      Mail12.wav
      Mail box opening.
      Female voice, "You've got mail".


      Mail13.wav
      "Hey, don't
      tell me you've got mail in here".


      Mail14.wav
      Female Voice,
      "You have mail".


      Mail15.wav
      Homer, "Three
      simple words, "You've got Mail", Wahoo".


      Mail16.wav
      Homer and
      repeating, You've got mail.


      Mail17.wav
      Male voice,
      "Mail man, got your mail here".


      Mail18.wav
      Female voice,
      "You have way too much mail."


      Mail19.wav
      Rap, "You've
      Got, You've got, mail".


      Mail20.wav
      Austin Powers,
      "You've got mail baby, yeah".


      Mail21.wav
      Adams Family,
      "Mails In".


      Mail22.wav
      Bugs Bunny,
      "Hey Uh. Pardo me for interupting", "You've got
      mail".


      Mail23.wav
      Typical,
      "You've Got".  Bart, "A load of crappy crap
      crap".


      Mail24.wav
      Female Voice,
      "Mister, there is mail for you".


      Mail25.wav
      Nerd, "Check
      you're mail box you moron'.


      Mail26.wav



      Mail27.wav
      Rap #2,
      "You've got, You've Got, You've got mail".


      Mail28.wav
      Singing,
      "You've got some mail."


      Mail29.wav
      Singing,
      "Those letters, I love those letters".


      Mail30.wav
      Evil laugh,
      "You've got mail".


      Mail31.wav
      Singing,
      "Good News, Good News, Good News".


      Mail32.wav
      Scully, "Have
      you checked your email this morning Mulder".


      Mail33.wav
      Singing,
      "It's not amail, female, hemale, etc."


      Mail34.wav
      Female voice,
      "Ewww, could that be email coming my way".


      Mail35.wav
      Female Voice,
      "Good Morning, you have new mail waiting".


      Mail36.wav
      Country Song Clip,
      "Like the pony express, I rode hard all night
      long...".

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