Comments for Ask Owen

Comment on Where do I get a LinkedIn badge from? by Julien

Julien — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 04:33:52 +0000

Hey, thanks! That’s very helpful.

Comment on How can I make sure I never lose any of my photos? by DEXTER BOYLE

DEXTER BOYLE — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 08:33:49 +0000

Hey buddy I read your problem & I recommend you to make backups of the photos such as save them in another mediums such as pen drives,your computer or the best way is to upload them on your personal blog so that you can recover them at anytime,anywhere!

Comment on Is there an easy way to generate keywords for my website? by charmjoy

charmjoy — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 17:09:26 +0000

Have you tried Alexa.com? You type in a word and it gives you a list of variations for that word.

Comment on How do I share my webcam across multiple applications? by manycam

manycam — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 15:45:13 +0000

do you know of any open source split cam type software? i’m sick of the trojan infested Manycam/Splitcam proggies on download.com.
those programs access private files in internet explorer and hook your computer to spyware/adware/trojans.
using snort and IDS (intrusion detection software) i have traced several remote ip addresses (european mostly) connected to my computer, from both Manycam and Splitcam. the ports in question were always over 50,000 (classic trojan activity).

thanks in advance

Comment on Where can I find free software to create music scores? by Jonboy

Jonboy — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 13:31:47 +0000

Just an update…Finale now charges ($9.95 as of the time of this writing) for the above-mentioned software (Notepad). Also, that particular version of the program doesn’t allow one to move from one key to another within the same piece. The next step up in their line (Songwriter) does, and costs around $50 right now.

Comment on How can I listen to radio while at sea? by Edhitok

Edhitok — Sun, 31 May 2009 17:30:43 +0000

Nice gadget. must try.
Thank you for you info.

Comment on Is there an easy way to generate keywords for my website? by Jonathan Briggs

Jonathan Briggs — Wed, 27 May 2009 17:58:45 +0000

Two tools that have not been mentioned so far are SpyFu and ConceptQ. Spyfu allows you to look at the other words your adwords competitors bought and ConceptQ allows you to datamine your own site or competitors for words and phrases appearing on that site.

I then run all suggestions through Google’s keyword tool to get a measure of demand for each word. This shows where to spend your effort.

Comment on How do I import blog posts into FaceBook? by John Baker

John Baker — Tue, 26 May 2009 14:02:30 +0000

OK, that’s neat, and it works fine. Thank you.
But Facebook displays each blog post as an excerpt, and then links to the whole post within Facebook.
But I’d like the link to go directly back to my blog for the whole post.
Is that possible?

Comment on Having problems sending photos by email by ChrisM

ChrisM — Mon, 25 May 2009 05:26:25 +0000

Just noticed that both Mike and Jillian have exactly the same response, word for word, more than a week apart. Might be worth removing their URLs Owen… I have no issue with leaving comments where they contribute something useful, but this seems like spam.

@Billie, random though, but could you check your security settings for ActiveX controls (I’m assuming you’re using Internet Explorer?)? It is vaguely possible that an update from Microsoft has raised/reset your security level, and this is the culprit. This is a real stab in the dark though, so apologies if no use. To get to that area, I think it goes something like Tools, Internet Options, Security Tab (did this change after IE7?), then perhaps a Custom button? Sorry I can’t be more precise, I’m on a Russian distro of XP here. I’m sure Owen will be along shortly to help out if this doesn’t assist you.

PS Hi Owen, sorry I’ve not been around for 1/2 year, was back in UK for birth of our daughter, and didn’t get a lot of time for ‘personal’ browsing. Back in Kazakhstan now, and will be on my own PC in a week or so. Hope all is well with you and yours.

Comment on How do I add music symbols to my Word document? by Mary Ann

Mary Ann — Sun, 24 May 2009 13:47:52 +0000

THANK YOU!!! I was pulling my hair out, digging through list after list of wingdings and webdings and zbatdings and God knows what all. You rock!