Saturday November 14, 2009
Fun and useful little things you can do with Facebook. Make Facebook look silly, write upside down, schedule posts, keep people from knowing you're online. These are some of the things you can do with Facebook.
It's fun to learn to do silly little thing on the computer or on video games, Facebook's no different. It has it's little hidden secrets. Finding them is half the fun. I'm going to show you a couple that you can try.
There are also a couple useful tools that you can use to make your Facebook experience a more pleasant one. Give them a try and let me know what you think.
...(Try These Facebook Codes)
o Create a Facebook Group
o Add a Facebook Fan Box to your Website
o Adding Facebook Photos
Saturday November 14, 2009
Yahoo!'s at it again. Shutting down something that was good instead of fixing it up and making it better. Maybe a little more forethought is what they need. Here's some info and advice to help you through this transition.
Closing down Geocitiesis Yahoo!'s second mistake, but their biggest. Their first was closing down Yahoo! 360, or maybe starting Yahoo! 360 instead of paying more attention to Yahoo!'s already owned Geocities...(More Info)
o The Free Web Hosting Decision
o Create a Personalized Yahoo Avatar
o GeoCities Reaches A Milestone, 1997
How do you feel about Geocities closing down?
Update: Geocities is not closed. This is a sad time for personal Web pages.
Friday November 13, 2009
Adding a MySpace slideshow to your MySpace profile is really easy and will only take a few minutes. Your MySpace slideshow will include your MySpace photos. Choose from a couple different styles of MySpace slideshow for your MySpace profile.
o Add MySpace Avatars To Your MySpace Profile
o What Is MySpace?
o Adding Photos To Your MySpace Profile
This MySpace slideshow takes your pictures and shows them to everyone who visits your MySpace profile. The photos can either slide across the page or they can be replaced by the next photo.
Slideshows are cool because they let the person reading your profile see who you are and learn about you in picture. No longer do family members have to spend a lot of time clicking through pages of photos. Now they can just sit back and enjoy.
Wednesday November 11, 2009
There's a phishing scam being emailed to Facebook users. This email looks like it's from Facebook, feels like it's from Facebook, but it's not really from Facebook. The scary thing is that it tells you that Facebook has a new log in system to make Facebook a safer place. All you need to do is update your Facebook account. Don't click on any of the links in this email.
Video Instructions for Phishing Scam
The virus email that's going around will install a virus on your computer. The email tells you that Facebook has a new account agreement that you need to agree to. It asks you to open the file and run the new agreement file. Do not do this.
Video Instructions for Virus
With a little care you can keep from getting taken by phishing scams and virus'. Knowing what to look for and knowing what not to do with unsolicited emails will help keep you safe. Never click directly on the link in the email when they ask for personal information. Go the the company's website directly and enter your information from there instead. When in doubt, email the company to ask if the email is legitimate.
(disclosure: videos are produced by my uncle and his company on his website.)