Google Power Meter Compatible Devices Comparison Chart
| Summary: This is a chart describing the Requirements, Prices, Methods, and Features of Google PowerMeter approved electric devices that send your real-time electronic usage to the free Google PowerMeter website. |
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6/24/2011 Update: Google has decided to discontinue Google PowerMeter as of September 16, 2011. Google created PowerMeter and “Google Health” (also being discontinued on January 1, 2012) were both based on the idea that, with more and better information, people could make smarter choices about personal health and wellness, or conserving energy at home. In short: If you can know your usage of electricity, real time, then you can reduce your usage of electricity.
IMPORTANT: You can use the devices described in this article to collect and analyze your electric meter data - without Google Power Meter. Some of the electric usage monitor devices have integrated internet connectivity. Others require connection to another device, such as an Internet bridge that connects the electric usage monitor to your internet router.
Compare iPad to Laptop
Are you a Microsoft Windows user considering buying an Apple iPad?
For more than 25 years, I’ve been using Microsoft Windows. For the past few years, I’ve been using an HP/Compaq Windows “tablet” as my primary computer. I was seduced into pre-ordering an iPad by it’s slim size, light weight, and impressive 10 hour battery life. The moment I heard about the iPad, I knew that it would be an ideal tool for e-mailing, surfing the Internet, and reading. After using the iPad for several days now, I can say that it has exceeded my expectations. I am not an Apple fan boy, but I agree with many other reviewers that the Apple iPad is definitely revolutionary.
If all you do is eMail, correspondence, Internet Browsing, and Twitter or Facebook, then you can probably get by with the iPad as your primary daily computer. You can’t run specialized software on the iPad, so if you have an accounting, custom database, or fancy graphics program, then you may want an iPad just as a “traveling” computer that you use in your bed, easy chair, patio, bus or train ride or to take along as a daily planner.
Keep in mind that you’ll still need a Windows or Mac desktop computer to run the iTunes software needed to initially set up the iPad and transfer your picture and music
How to remove virus posts on Facebook, such as “OMG!” Or “I can’t believe”
Did you get stuck with one of those “OMG!” Or “I can’t believe” virus posts? here’s how to remove it from your Facebook wall and protect your friends:
- To remove it from your wall, hover your mouse over the virus post and click the “X” that will appear in the upper right corner of the post. This way, your friends won’t see it so they won’t get infected
- Click “Profile” in the upper right corner of your Facebook page.
- Click the “Info” link that appears in the left column
- Scroll down to activities and interests section and click the “Edit” link for that section.
- Click the “Show Other Pages” link below the [Save Changes] button
- Scroll down to the page(s) you want to unlike, and click the [Remove Page] button.
- Click the [Close] button
- You may want to run the free “Combofix” program on your computer to remove any viruses that may have infected your hard drive.
How to add a line to a Facebook Comment. How to Edit a Facebook Comment
| Summary: How to add a line to a Facebook Comment. How to EDIT a Facebook Comment. How to add a Paragraph to a Facebook comment. |
Yes, I agree the Facebook changes are stupid. My commentary is at the end. First, here’s help:
1) The Facebook [Post] button is gone from comments! Now your Facebook comment is saved automatically when press the [Enter] key. Fortunately, here’s how to EDIT your Facebook comment if you make a mistake…
2) How to EDIT your Facebook comment: If you’ve just recently saved your comment — within the last minute or so – you can hover your mouse over your comment then click the [X] that appears in the top right corner to EDIT your comment. The edit option only exists for a minute or so after you type your comment. After a minute, if you click on the [X] it will remove your post, but not edit it.
3) New Line / Paragraph: Press <SHIFT+ENTER> to start a new line in your Facebook comment. While you’re typing a Facebook comment, you now must press <Shift+Enter> to start a new paragraph or insert a blank line. ChuckEgg Commentary: Yes, it’s stupid, because most people don’t intuitively use <Shift+Enter> to insert a blank line when they type. <Shift+Enter> is also stupid because it’s not consistent with how the FB text editor works elsewhere on Facebook — for example it’s now how the Facebook text editor works when you post your status.
Take a look at the length of most FB posts. An overwhelming majority of FB comments don’t contain blank lines, so eliminating the “Enter” key allows typists to submit a post without using a mouse (or secondary tap). I’ll be FB engineers probably calculated that removing the [POST] button would save time or keystrokes.
Google Calendar: Print your calendar and post the family schedule on the fridge
| Summary: How to print your Google Calendar and post the family schedule on the fridge. How to print a poster-sized Google Calendar. How to print a Google Calendar for your Refrigerator. How to print a Google Calendar to share with Luddites. This article describes how you can enjoy the collaborative advantages of the Google Calendar on your iPhone, BlackBerry, Palm or smartphone, but still have a printed calendar for your fridge, refrigerator, bulletin board, or back door. |
I know, it’s difficult to switch from your paper calendar to the Online Google Calendar. And it”s difficult to switch from your printed daily planner to the online Google Calendar on your iPhone, BlackBerry, PDA or smart phone.
This article describes how you can enjoy the collaborative advantages of the Online Google Calendar on your iPhone, BlackBerry, Palm or smartphone, but still have a printed calendar for your refrigerator, bulletin board, or back door.
Before we started using Google Calendar, we used the large desktop calendars that you can buy from Staples or other office supply stores. In our family, each of us typically update our calendar events from the Google Calendar website or from our smart phones; but, we still find it convenient to have a printed calendar on our door to the garage. Although it’s good to have a family-synchronized calendar on each of our phones, it sometimes helps to be able to look at the paper calendar on the way out just to get a quick view of the next few days. Also, we can select individual components of our calendars and print a unique version of our combined calendar for my mother to post on her refrigerator (since she doesn’t use the Google Calendar online).
So, read on to see how to print a poster-sized Google Calendar.
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