Thanks Brian for letting me know about this new technology.  Check out this website for Lytro Cameras.  Looks great – but how much will it cost ???.  I have mine reserved, love the ability to take a photo in low-light and at fast speed – we will see. Just click on the area you would like to see in focus – anywhere in the photo – Amazing

Ciao

Here is one of the most useful web-sites I have found, especially since I am having so much trouble speaking and learning Thai.

Of course a better way is to purchase the program and have it on the computer all the time – no Internet needed and much, much faster.  But if you only occasionally need to look-up the Thai meaning or translate Thai into English – then the online version will do just fine.   Check it out.   http://www.thai2english.com/online/

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Here are some utilities that you must have.  FREE from Microsoft, they really let you see what is happening in your computer.  SYSinternals

Ever wondered which program has a particular file or directory open? Now you can find out. Process Explorer shows you information about which handles and DLLs processes have opened or loaded. 

The Process Explorer display consists of two sub-windows. The top window always shows a list of the currently active processes, including the names of their owning accounts, whereas the information displayed in the bottom window depends on the mode that Process Explorer is in: if it is in handle mode you’ll see the handles that the process selected in the top window has opened; if Process Explorer is in DLL mode you’ll see the DLLs and memory-mapped files that the process has loaded. Process Explorer also has a powerful search capability that will quickly show you which processes have particular handles opened or DLLs loaded.

And also get  Autoruns for Windows v9.51 – to be able to see exactly what is loaded in your system.

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Did you purchase a Dell or HP Notebook ?

Having motherboard problems ?  Read this article:

Dell and HP balk at replacing bad Nvidia chip

or   More reasons to postpone that upgrade to IE 8

If you are not a Windows Secrets subscriber yet – you should be – This is a great subscription to have coming. lots of great tips, articles and suggestions.

Try it  – It’s FREE version will alert you to what’s in the paid subscription.

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 C O M O D O

I have been running their Free AntiVirus and Firewall program with great success.

So far it’s the best I’ve found  and gives me all the control I have been looking for.

and it’s FREE

Can’t beat that.

Ciao

I needed to send a friend a PDF copy of a Excel Spreadsheet, because he did not have Excel on his computer – to the rescue   CutePDF.

Great little program, runs on Vista 64 along with all the other OS’s out there.

Very, very nice and fast.

Solved my problem  – may solve yours”

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Want to check out the lovely Thai boys before you plan your visit – or to make contact before your trip to have somone meet you at the airport – or just enjoy some lovely eye-candy.

You need to check out “CamFrog”.  

Great free web-cam program that is a major hit in Thailand.  I got the Pro version to allow more than one cam picture on the screen at the same time and coupled it with “WebCamMax” to control the camera picture.  What a great combination and what great eye candy – has me addicted.  

Nu with The Sims2 and me with CamFrog.  Love it.

Log on and check out the Thailand region – at least 800 boys playing at almost any time – Although CamFrog is based in Dallas, Texas, their main servers but now many more local servers are in Thailand  – makes this the web cam program of choice for gay Thailand.

Check it out and let me know how you like it – get the Pro version to really appreciate the action.

Ciao

I’d like to introduce a friend of ours new massage parlor in Chiang Mai.  Khun Montree Jino (Tree) just opened his new facility  “Chakka Massage” at 13 Soi 1 Sotsuksas Rd.  Phone 053–214–201.  I’ve known Tree for almost 2 years and have had many of his expert massages.  I suffer from a herniated disc in my lower back and Tree’s massages have helped me manage the pain.

I highly recommend him and I am very glad to put an announcement here for his new massage parlor.

Offerings:  by appointment only

• Aroma Oil Massage
• Thai Traditional Massage
• Honey Milk Massage
• Cumcumber Clay Wrap
• Mud Clay Wrap
• Body Scrub
• Facial Scrub

Pricing ranges from 450 Baht to 1200 Baht.  That’s $12 to $30 US

At the present time his staff consists only of masseurs, future plans include staffing several masseuse.   Every masseur is licensed and personally trained by Tree.  Quality at reasonable prices. Be sure and give it a try when you are in Chiang Mai.

 And I almost forgot that I heard a great story at the last Expats meeting.

“A guy was lying in his hospital bed and realized he wasn’t going to last much longer. So he pulled his wife closer to him and whispered in her ear. 

 “Honey, I have something to tell you.  I have been having an affair with your sister for quite some time, but want to you to know that I am very sorry for it.  Will you forgive me.”

And his wife said “Now, Now, I’ve known about it for quite some time and now I forgive you, just lay back quietly and let the poison work.”

Sooooooooooooooo   take heed watch your step.

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I have been using Mozilla FireFox for some time now – compared to Microsoft Internet Explorer, it is a sure winner.  Here are several Add-ons I really like:

• ColorfulTabs – tabs across the top are each in their own color – neat
• MeasureIt – Draw out a ruler for height & width of any element on screen
• SwitchProxy – manage several proxy tool
• VideoDownLoader – Down-loads videos from YouTube, Google, – – – –

And

• NoScript – Control over Java, JavaScript, and other plugins –

And NoScript is the best of the bunch – It has really blocked some ugly attempts to reek havoc on my machine – and the latest version is really improved –

If you use FireFox – check them out – really nice.

Ciao

I just found the best site for excellent PhotoShop actions.  Here you can find  *Free* actions for all kinds of exotic frames and designs, puzzles, Rubik’s-cubes, borders, 3D, boxes and so on.  And they also offer professional commercial versions with almost unlimited modification capabilities.  The best site I’ve found.

 Check them out !     I’ve been learning how to use them so haven’t been posting lately –  look for some new interesting images in the future.  I intend toi put them to use.

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Just got off a 45 min call to my Nephew in San Francisco using Skype – great quality sound – just like he was right next to me – and FREE.  I am really impressed.  Now I have Skype and Yahoo Messenger on most of the time, but I do run in invisible mode as I am not directly in front of the computer all the time.  Send me a chat and I’ll go online -

Get it – You’ll love it

Ciao

Frank