Don’t you hate that moment in time when you discover something is wrong with your computer…be it PC or laptop. In my case, I am dealing with a 95% full local disk space drive and the symptoms are as follows - SLOW AS HELL. So if this happens to you here is what I suggest…either:

-Get a new freaking computer

Well I did get a new laptop a MAC Notebook…and mind you all my experience to date encompasses Windows Operating system…so making the transition from my Dell Latitude D505 (which is and has been absolutely fantastic for years now…too good for too long…I am preparing for it’s death…but it keeps going and going) as I was saying the transition from windows to Mac can be sumed up in 2 words “poignant anxiety” …ERF! Talk about a friggin cluster f*&^.

I got emails here and emails there…emails emails everywhere.

The whole point to this post…the inspiration was me cleaning off my Dell…you know the drill: going thru manillions of files and folders and deleting the largest ones usually music or that dumb porno video your friend sent you.

Organization of ones files may or may not be complicated…depends on how much shit you have…Here are some computer organization tips: (hopefully you learn something from this)

-Name all documents relative to the content and did you know there is a proper format when naming your documents whether text or image…yep, here to tell you folks that there should be no spaces or dashes instead you should use the_under_score_ (shift) + (-). Why you ask…well Ask Google Not Me!

-My biggest problem is keeping my desktop clean. I have a bad habit of saving everything to my desktop…for example I have 70 icons on my desktop now…it’s hiddeous ugly but in my defense it’s not easy keeping track of everybody’s stuff. I organize my shit like this:

The clicks go something like this:

Desktop - My Documents (Folder) - 33Queen (Folder) - 33Queen jan06 (folder) - document_name.jpg

In other words I organize all docs, files, images on a monthly basis and relative to content.

Content Management Peolple…

Oh yeah…there are a few other things i want to get off my mind before I get back to making space…

-Make Backups of important docs such as: pdf’s, images, word docs etc…either on an external hard drive or burn to disks…just in case

-Having a solid color desktop background is more functional than the image of your dog or cat…

Not sure how much a byte is… I found this interesting -

The information provided below is from Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia

Size Approximate storage capacity
1 Byte A single character
10 Bytes A word or two
100 Bytes A sentence or two
1 kB A very short story
10 kB An encyclopedia page
100 kB A medium-resolution photograph
1 MB A short novel
10 MB Two copies of the complete works of Shakespeare
100 MB 1 meter of shelved books
1 GB a pickup truck filled with pages of text
1 TB 50,000 trees of paper
10 TB The printed collection of the U.S. Library of Congress

Thats all for now folks!

“With WordPress we took blogging to the next level by creating powerful self-hosted software that anyone could install and have a blog within minutes. Now with MU we’re making it as easy to create a thousand blogs as it was to create a single blog with WordPress 3 years ago. By building on the base of WordPress and syncing development, we get the benefit of the huge ecosystem in plugins and themes that has developed around the project.” - WordPress

We just started experimenting with it…so, I will have to check back with ya’ll later with some updates.

Who knew?

(MU) or multiple user blogging is kinda like when you comment on someone elses blog but a manillion times better. You get to create your user profile, post and manage content, change header colors, and link what ever sites you want to your text.

Contact The 33King Network if you are interested in adding this feature to your current website. Quotes are free!

Do you remember where you were 5 years ago today? Most of us probably don’t remember exactly where we were and what we were doing…unless it was one of those memorable occasions, such as a birthday or wedding day. Although our memories may fail us there is one thing that is contstantly consistant and certain, it is one undisputable truth or infinite eqaution that Time=Change.

The Yahoo Time Capsule is a neat way to make your mark in history; And as of this very second there are 10days 3hours and 27mins remaining to make your contribution in time.

Yahoo Timecapsule is international and something new and fresh to the online community.

I love the color scheme and the rotating 3d block mosaic style ball with the images rotating towards you effect is brilliant and lets not forget to mention the text that revolves around the globe of image links that are clickable! Kudos!! to Jonathan Harris the capsule’s patriarch.
“The presiding message of the Time Capsule is: “One World. Many Voices.” The piece attempts simultaneously to express the differences between individuals, and to illustrate the shared ground between people of all ages, races, backgrounds and cultures.”
- Jonathan Harris
New York City, September 27, 2006

The second generation of the Interthing is here…so you better ketchup!

Time sure flies by when your havin fun.

If you are like me then and you have a manillion photos stored on your computer. If you are looking for a new method of storage and a faster easier way to navigate, publish, resize and edit your images than you are going to love Picasa Web Album by Google.

Picasa is different from Flickr or Webshots…Picasa is a landmark to the beginning of the next generation of Interthings to come.

Picasa Features

Download Picasa Free

See reviews on Picasa

I highly recommend you bookmark this for future reference.

Rumor has it that if you comment on peoples Blogs and include your website url address thingy in the comment…your traffic will increase…go ahead and try it here! I dare you…I triple dog dare you!

Happy Labor Day 2006!

I am a sucker for note pad…I use it for everything, thoughts, notes to self, client info, etc….but I have found that this particular method is not good for organizing things to-do. For example:After I write a note to self in note pad I tend to go through the notions of…Where should I save this? On my desktop? or the clients folder? maybe in my text folder in another folder for June. UUUUUHHHHH…

I have used programs such as ACT and may be looking into File Maker Pro for my business records. That’s another post!

Anyways I have installed trial calendar widgets on my desktop…which is ok, but who wants to pay for it after the trial…it’s not that great.

So here we are floppy disks, cd’s, paper calendars, pda’s and all.

Maybe The new Google Calendar can help.

Creating the perfect web photo gallery and linking it to your website or blog is not for the meek. It takes a relative amount of skill, knowledge, access and don’t forget the software.

There are 4 types or styles of web galleries that I have seen or installed:

The Lazy Gallery

Flickr Gallery

Auto Gallery

Lightbox (newest)

For those who aren’t busy uploading and managing their Myspace or Flickr accounts…and for those who have their own website or blog…I have some

Everyone is so busy uploading and managing their Myspace or Flickr accounts I think they are forgetting what’s really important. Cool people have their own website with their own photo galleries. Myspace is for lazy people who need self-gratification from “who has the most friends”.

Google is not just a search engine…it’s a way of life.

How I use my google:

Gmail - “A new kind of webmail” -As far as I know, the only way to get a Gmail account is by invite only.

Google Talk - “ They say talk is cheap. Google thinks it should be free. Google Talk enables you to call or send instant messages to your friends for free–anytime, anywhere in the world.”

Google Maps - Get Directions (Mapquest and Yahoo Maps suck compared to this.)

Google Image Search - Find pictures of everything

Google Earth - “Want to know more about a specific location? Dive right in — Google Earth combines satellite imagery, maps and the power of Google Search to put the world’s geographic information at your fingertips.”

Google Adsense - “Google AdSense is a fast and easy way for website publishers of all sizes to display relevant Google ads on their website’s content pages and earn money. Because the ads are related to what your visitors are looking for on your site — or matched to the characteristics and interests of the visitors your content attracts — you’ll finally have a way to both monetize and enhance your content pages.”
Ask Google Not Me