3DMagix is out to charge for what is already free. 3DMagix is nothing more than Blender 3D repacked, repackaged, and sold for $47.
Blender is free and be found at http://www.blender.org
For more information about the 3DMagix scam read about it here:
http://www.blendernation.com/2009/06/11/3dmagix-re-branding-and-selling-the-free-software-blender/
Blender is the most amazing free 3D software available comparable to other programs costing $3,000.00 and more. I love Blender. I have donated to Blender. I am a Blenderhead.
Long live free Blender.
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Thursday, June 4, 2009
FireFox Crashe a lot
What's up with FireFox 3.0.1? It used to be the best browser. Now with Gmail and CNBC it seems to crash a lot. The crash reporter sends out a report each time.
Has Google reconfigured their Gmail to not work well with FireFox enticing people to jump to Chrome? Is Google taking a play out of the play book of Microsoft?
And with CNBC I just think it is crappy code with Active X, but I don't have proof of that.
But Firefox should handle the errors better.
Come on Firefox, don't let me down.
Has Google reconfigured their Gmail to not work well with FireFox enticing people to jump to Chrome? Is Google taking a play out of the play book of Microsoft?
And with CNBC I just think it is crappy code with Active X, but I don't have proof of that.
But Firefox should handle the errors better.
Come on Firefox, don't let me down.
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Shorting Stocks and the Uptick Rule
Can someone explain how the uptick rule is supposed to keep short sellers from doing their thing?
If someone wants to short 3 million shares, does it matter to them if they have to wait for an uptick or not? Or is it one uptick per share? If it is one uptick per share that makes sense. If it is one uptick per trade it makes no sense. I can't see the short seller really caring if the ticks turn green while they are short selling. They don't care if for a moment there is more buyers than sellers. They just want to create a run on a stock by creating a huge sell off, sucking in the retail investors to sell. Than after the carnage they buy back their shares.
I have yet to see how the uptick rule will stop this from happening.
If someone wants to short 3 million shares, does it matter to them if they have to wait for an uptick or not? Or is it one uptick per share? If it is one uptick per share that makes sense. If it is one uptick per trade it makes no sense. I can't see the short seller really caring if the ticks turn green while they are short selling. They don't care if for a moment there is more buyers than sellers. They just want to create a run on a stock by creating a huge sell off, sucking in the retail investors to sell. Than after the carnage they buy back their shares.
I have yet to see how the uptick rule will stop this from happening.
Sunday, July 20, 2008
How to Install Turkish Language on your iPhone
Okay, so this took me quite a long time to find so I thought I would make it easy for any other Turkish family or American family with a Turkish relative that needs the Turkish language on their iPhone. I hope this helps.
1)Connect your iPhone to the internet by way of wifi.
2)On the home page of your iPhone go to 'Installer'.
3)You will see a list of packages to install. You will need to download a package to install it.
4)Up in the left hand corner touch 'add'. (you are adding a source)
5)Then type in the following URL > http://niffob.com/triphone.xml and enter.
6)You will now see the Turkish app in the list.
7)Click on it to go to it's list. You will see Türkçe Dili.
8)Install that.
9)Now go to Settings > General > Language and there it is; Turkish.
Enjoy.
1)Connect your iPhone to the internet by way of wifi.
2)On the home page of your iPhone go to 'Installer'.
3)You will see a list of packages to install. You will need to download a package to install it.
4)Up in the left hand corner touch 'add'. (you are adding a source)
5)Then type in the following URL > http://niffob.com/triphone.xml and enter.
6)You will now see the Turkish app in the list.
7)Click on it to go to it's list. You will see Türkçe Dili.
8)Install that.
9)Now go to Settings > General > Language and there it is; Turkish.
Enjoy.
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
The Best Online Storage Available
I sometimes check out different online storage deals at godaddy and 1&1 but nobody has the best online storage deal I have. It is over 6 GB for free.
It is simple and here's how I do it. I only have one email at gmail.com. With it I am able to have up to 6GB of email storage and it is constantly going up. For backup files I want to store like Quickbooks files and the like, I just compose an email to myself. I attach the file I want to save. I can save up to 20 mb per email. Then I just save it as a draft. I don't even send it to myself. So all my backup folders are in my 'draft' folder on my gmail.
Sweet huh?
So godaddy, and 1&1, be glad you can collect money for your paltry 1 and 2 GB storage solutions. I'll stay with my free 6 GB solution.
over and out!
It is simple and here's how I do it. I only have one email at gmail.com. With it I am able to have up to 6GB of email storage and it is constantly going up. For backup files I want to store like Quickbooks files and the like, I just compose an email to myself. I attach the file I want to save. I can save up to 20 mb per email. Then I just save it as a draft. I don't even send it to myself. So all my backup folders are in my 'draft' folder on my gmail.
Sweet huh?
So godaddy, and 1&1, be glad you can collect money for your paltry 1 and 2 GB storage solutions. I'll stay with my free 6 GB solution.
over and out!
Saturday, July 12, 2008
The Best Deal for E Faxing
I'd like to tell you about an email fax company that I have been using for 8 years now. They don't advertise as I can tell. I never read about them in any magazine. I think all this helps me understand how they can be so good and so cheap at the same time.
The company website is www.Faxaway.com.
Here's the skinny; you sign up, pay them $10 and you now have a fax number that anybody can send you faxes from now till the earth burns up in the sun. All incoming faxes are free and they come direct to your email. The $10 is for outgoing faxes. You can send an email with your fax in .PDF for example attached, no subject, no body. Just send it to xxxxxxxxxx@faxaway.com and they convert it to an outgoing fax to the xx.. number. You then get an email confirmation that it has gone. Usually they run about .11 cents per page. I also fax international for about $1.00 a page. Not bad at all. I like it because I can use it anywhere I move or use the internet. I don't have to have a clunky fax machine next to my desk, buying special paper or even using electricity.
I've used eFax before and did just not like it. I don't know how it is for friendliness now, but back then it was not working for me. Also, it was $15.99 a month then if you used it or not!!
Now it is $16.95 and still a rip off. Faxaway.com has them beat to a pulp.
You can see from Faxaway's website they are not a VC invested company and not polished.
But boy they work like a charm and with no monthly fee, who cannot like that?
That's all for now.
Ciao
The company website is www.Faxaway.com.
Here's the skinny; you sign up, pay them $10 and you now have a fax number that anybody can send you faxes from now till the earth burns up in the sun. All incoming faxes are free and they come direct to your email. The $10 is for outgoing faxes. You can send an email with your fax in .PDF for example attached, no subject, no body. Just send it to xxxxxxxxxx@faxaway.com and they convert it to an outgoing fax to the xx.. number. You then get an email confirmation that it has gone. Usually they run about .11 cents per page. I also fax international for about $1.00 a page. Not bad at all. I like it because I can use it anywhere I move or use the internet. I don't have to have a clunky fax machine next to my desk, buying special paper or even using electricity.
I've used eFax before and did just not like it. I don't know how it is for friendliness now, but back then it was not working for me. Also, it was $15.99 a month then if you used it or not!!
Now it is $16.95 and still a rip off. Faxaway.com has them beat to a pulp.
You can see from Faxaway's website they are not a VC invested company and not polished.
But boy they work like a charm and with no monthly fee, who cannot like that?
That's all for now.
Ciao
Monday, May 26, 2008
My Experience on Lending Money to Family and Friends
There is an old saying, "The quickest way to lose a friend is to loan them money."
Another one is "If you loan someone money, don't expect it back."
And there is more of course. I'm sure since money was invented there have been problems with loaning money. Just look at the pickle banks are in now after loaning out billions to housebuyers of 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2006 etc.
My experience with family is this. They borrow money with the promise of a quick payback. "Oh, I'll pay you back right away." I've also heard "I'll pay you back in ten days."
Well, right away is not the same 'right away' that is applied to emergency room vernacular.
Take my brother-in-law. He lives in another land and wanted a iPhone. I thought, okay, he knows what he is doing, he knows if he can afford the iPhone or not, he is 38 for God's sake.
He promises to pay as soon as he gets it. He gets it, no word on the money. I look in the bank, hmm, no wire today. We call, "I'll pay in ten days." Ten days come and go and no money. We call back, "Oh, they cut off our electric, and they are threatening to cut off electric to our store.
Now I'm pretty good with finances and I realize not everybody is that good, but I would think that if your finances are so slim that you may not be able to pay your electric then you probably shouldn't be buying an iPhone for $535. I mean I don't even talk on an iPhone. I got one of those cheap phones they advertise for $50 to get you to sign a two year contract. So my solution was to say, "Okay, so your in a bit of a crunch and you can't afford to pay it back. No problem, just give it to your father (whom I love and know he loves gadgets) and when you can afford to buy it you can get it back from him." It was paid the next week. But I am in the dog house for requesting the money. How dare I ask for the money when they are having such a rough time with money. Uh, Hello!!, I didn't order the iPhone, I am pretty well off and I don't have an iPhone so why am I the bad guy in this?
Here's another story. I had a dirt-bike for sale and my nephew wanted it. Okay, he was 25 and should be able to make his own decisions. Well he got behind on payments and didn't pay, didn't pay. I said hey if you can't pay just give me the bike back. He finally paid, but my sister was quite upset with me. "You shouldn't have sold him the bike." she said. So there I was the bad guy again. How dare I think someone is financially responsible to make a purchase decision. And how dare I ask for repayment when I am doing so well.
I think when you have money more people think you don't need it as bad as them and it is okay to not pay you back. As my brother-in-law even mentioned to my mother-in-law "Joe don't need an iPhone, he has money." Ya, just walk all over me like I'm a doormat because I got so much money I won't miss a little here and there.
My neighbor even borrowed $xx G's from me and didn't pay it back when he said he would. He lost it on a deposit on a condominium gamble even after there were over a year of signs that the market was over for condominiums. "But it is such a good deal, I can't lose." But that is a whole other blog.
So why would I get upset on people not paying me back that are less fortunate than me? Well it has to do with things like 'respect' and 'keeping your word' but I'm such a stuffy guy on those subjects too I guess. Hell let me just throw all my money up in the air and let it flutter around on a windy day, hell I got so much anyway. So you see the qualities one needs to accumulate money are the same qualities that you will be castrated over when you ask for a loan back.
I'm 46 and I finally learned my lesson. You want the latest computer or gadget, don't have the money and want me to buy it for you. Well here's how I work now; if you want something, send me the money and I will buy it for you. You want a loan? I need collateral like the title on your Porsche or a piece of land you own free and clear.
Better yet, I don't have any money, I'm poor too. I spend too much at Las Vegas when I go.
In fact that's what I'm going to start telling my relatives. I have a gambling problem and I am in need of a loan, can you help me? Ha, I may never here from them again. Hmm, would that be so bad?
Another one is "If you loan someone money, don't expect it back."
And there is more of course. I'm sure since money was invented there have been problems with loaning money. Just look at the pickle banks are in now after loaning out billions to housebuyers of 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2006 etc.
My experience with family is this. They borrow money with the promise of a quick payback. "Oh, I'll pay you back right away." I've also heard "I'll pay you back in ten days."
Well, right away is not the same 'right away' that is applied to emergency room vernacular.
Take my brother-in-law. He lives in another land and wanted a iPhone. I thought, okay, he knows what he is doing, he knows if he can afford the iPhone or not, he is 38 for God's sake.
He promises to pay as soon as he gets it. He gets it, no word on the money. I look in the bank, hmm, no wire today. We call, "I'll pay in ten days." Ten days come and go and no money. We call back, "Oh, they cut off our electric, and they are threatening to cut off electric to our store.
Now I'm pretty good with finances and I realize not everybody is that good, but I would think that if your finances are so slim that you may not be able to pay your electric then you probably shouldn't be buying an iPhone for $535. I mean I don't even talk on an iPhone. I got one of those cheap phones they advertise for $50 to get you to sign a two year contract. So my solution was to say, "Okay, so your in a bit of a crunch and you can't afford to pay it back. No problem, just give it to your father (whom I love and know he loves gadgets) and when you can afford to buy it you can get it back from him." It was paid the next week. But I am in the dog house for requesting the money. How dare I ask for the money when they are having such a rough time with money. Uh, Hello!!, I didn't order the iPhone, I am pretty well off and I don't have an iPhone so why am I the bad guy in this?
Here's another story. I had a dirt-bike for sale and my nephew wanted it. Okay, he was 25 and should be able to make his own decisions. Well he got behind on payments and didn't pay, didn't pay. I said hey if you can't pay just give me the bike back. He finally paid, but my sister was quite upset with me. "You shouldn't have sold him the bike." she said. So there I was the bad guy again. How dare I think someone is financially responsible to make a purchase decision. And how dare I ask for repayment when I am doing so well.
I think when you have money more people think you don't need it as bad as them and it is okay to not pay you back. As my brother-in-law even mentioned to my mother-in-law "Joe don't need an iPhone, he has money." Ya, just walk all over me like I'm a doormat because I got so much money I won't miss a little here and there.
My neighbor even borrowed $xx G's from me and didn't pay it back when he said he would. He lost it on a deposit on a condominium gamble even after there were over a year of signs that the market was over for condominiums. "But it is such a good deal, I can't lose." But that is a whole other blog.
So why would I get upset on people not paying me back that are less fortunate than me? Well it has to do with things like 'respect' and 'keeping your word' but I'm such a stuffy guy on those subjects too I guess. Hell let me just throw all my money up in the air and let it flutter around on a windy day, hell I got so much anyway. So you see the qualities one needs to accumulate money are the same qualities that you will be castrated over when you ask for a loan back.
I'm 46 and I finally learned my lesson. You want the latest computer or gadget, don't have the money and want me to buy it for you. Well here's how I work now; if you want something, send me the money and I will buy it for you. You want a loan? I need collateral like the title on your Porsche or a piece of land you own free and clear.
Better yet, I don't have any money, I'm poor too. I spend too much at Las Vegas when I go.
In fact that's what I'm going to start telling my relatives. I have a gambling problem and I am in need of a loan, can you help me? Ha, I may never here from them again. Hmm, would that be so bad?
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