I love the concept of Virgin Mobile. $25 for unlimited text/data and a few minutes of talk is just what I need. When I saw that they were carrying an Android phone, it really made me want to get in. Now that my mortgage contract with Verizon is nearly over, I’m free to shop around. Now Virgin Mobile just needs a good phone…so I was a little excited to see the possibility of HTC having a phone Virginmobileusa.com.
Testing Simpleviewer
So I love simpleviewer and was happy to see they made a wordpress plugin. This is a test of said plugin.
SimpleViewer requires JavaScript and the Flash Player.
Get Flash.
Laptop wishlist
So the good folks at Laptopreviewshop.com are giving away a laptop to one lucky person that writes about a laptop they would love to have and tell them features that they like.
I’m not shy to talk about tech, so here you go, LRS!
The things I want to have in a laptop:
- Long battery life (6+ hours)
- Light weight (less than 4 pounds)
- Good hardware
- Runs smooth as butter
These are things I absolutely can’t stand about most laptops being sold today:
- Confusing processor and performance labels
- Crapware
- Cheap construction
- Underwhelming performance, out of the box.
I do like Lenovo laptops, as a general rule of thumb. I think the company has done a good job since buying it from IBM and their laptops are solid. One of the best things they have done since acquiring the company is to include the “windows” key on the keyboard. Who knew how much I used that key?!
I hope I win this contest as my current machine is approaching 6 years old now! 
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Stones still better than Sticks
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How to choose a Strong Password
Chances are, your passwords are not very good. Chances are even greater that you use one password over and over again, with minor variations. Did you know that a good hacker could probably figure out your password in just a matter of minutes and then gain access to: your bank account, your credit card, your stock trading website, your email, twitter, facebook…
A strong password is defined by the webopedia as:
(strâng pas´wërd) (n.) A password that is difficult to detect by both humans and computer programs, effectively protecting data from unauthorized access. A strong password consists of at least six characters (and the more characters, the stronger the password) that are a combination of letters, numbers and symbols (@, #, $, %, etc.) if allowed. Passwords are typically case-sensitive, so a strong password contains letters in both uppercase and lowercase. Strong passwords also do not contain words that can be found in a dictionary or parts of the user’s own name.
Recently, I’ve started making a good effort to create strong passwords. I’ll be the first to admit that strong passwords are a pain in the neck. They’re long and you have to remember them! However, I’ve found a good scheme that works for me and I think will work for you too.
This is what I do. I take a song that I like and won’t forget, find a section of the lyrics, and take the first letter of each word to make up my strong password. So, here’s an example password that could be used: Hbda,Hbd2u! This password is complex because it is long, uses special characters (the ! and the ,) and has a mix of upper and lower case letters. And it looks hard, doesn’t it? But it’s really not! It’s just the end of the song “Happy Birthday”. How simple is that? “Happy birthday dear anyone, Happy birthday to you!” Piece of cake, right?
Now, think of a song or two and start making your passwords strong!