Wednesday, January 31, 2007

Windows Vista is Here!

Well, Windows Vista is on the shelves. There was an article in my local paper Tampa Tribune regarding the official release, and there appears to be no big motivation for people to rush out and buy a new operating system.

Vista has been more than five years in the making and ranges in price between $100.00-$400.00 depending on the version and if you are upgrading from XP.

The official site is located at www.windowsvista.com

Vista requires quite a bit of power, so if you do decide to purchase make sure you run the upgrade advisor found at the above link, to make sure you pc can handle the new OS.

If you decide you want to purchase Vista, you can even download the OS for a quick install.

Here are the posted minimum requirements for Vista Ultimate.

System Requirements
Manufacturer/Publisher Name
Microsoft
Operating System
Windows Vista
Minimum Processor Speed
1 GHz processor
Memory Required
1 GB of system memory
HardDisk Required
40GB hard drive with at least 15GB of available space
Display
Support for DirectX 9 graphics with:
• WDDM Driver
• 128 MB of graphics memory (minimum)
• Pixel Shader 2.0 in hardware
• 32 bits per pixel

I think it will be awhile before Vista becomes the most common OS, as XP seems to work just fine.

Monday, January 29, 2007

My Space??? Ok, you talked me into it!

Ok, my kids finally talked me into setting up a myspace.

Check it out!

http://www.myspace.com/computer_gal

Tuesday, January 23, 2007

Want to be a Computer Geek? Go to MIT for Free

Yes that's right folks. You heard it from Computer Gal. You can go to MIT for free!
The opencourseware (OCW) movement allows anyone with internet to access it's courses for free. OCW provides free access to course materials such as syllabi, video or audio lectures, notes, homework assignments, illustrations and so on. MIT's site is www.mit.edu. To find out more about OCW's program www.ocwconsortium.org

Now if you can attend tradional college that is great, but if not and still desire the knowledge, well here you go.....................

Microsoft Office Accounting FREE

Hey folks incase you haven't heard, a slim down version of Microsoft's Accounting is available for free via downlload
via this link
http://www.ideawins.com/

Check it out, it's FREE

See Ya

Thursday, January 18, 2007

Lost ABC's Series

I have been watching the series LOST on dvd the past month. I really do like it and have a big crush on bad boy Sawyer. Why is that, that the girls always like the bad boys? That is one habit I would like to break (after Sawyer that is) !!!!!!!!!

Well you can watch the last few episodes on the web that are not on DVD yet here
http://abc.go.com/primetime/lost/index

For you followers make sure you mark your calendar, as it starts back up on Feb 7th.

WooHoo's Banana Phone~What a Laugh!!!!!!!!!

This guy is laughing all the way to the bank! What a brilliant man. I have been watching his latest ebay auction located here
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=010&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&viewitem=&item=200066612852&rd=1&rd=1

From what I understand is if you win one of his mystery auctions, you receive back or close to what you paid in, in cash and gifts. It is all about advertising for his web site.

I also found this really cute video on youtube created for the banana phone song.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsBTo5LExr0

I'm warning you though, if you listen to this song, it gets stuck in your head. People look at you funny and say "What in the world are you singing"........hilarious!

Hey WooHoo, I love YOU!!

Thursday, January 11, 2007

Cool way to search ebay's auctions, like 1999

For those of you that remember how ebay was back in 1999 a few of ebay's employees created a really cool site that pulls ebay's listings.

It is really neat, the developers have pulled the listing feeds for just auction format, so you can browse or search for those great .99 cent auction steals.

Check it out here
http://www.likeits1999.com/

ebay PowerSeller Certificate and Benefits!!



Well, I have been a powerseller for quite sometime and was very surprised yesterday when my certificate finally came in the mail.



It is funny because my kids were standing there when I opened it and they were so happy for me. They were like look Mom got a certificate and started clapping.

I love my KIDS!



It is pretty easy to become a powerseller really. All you have to do is maintain a good feedback rating and sell at least $1,000 a month worth of merchandise.



There are some benefits as well. The number 1 is your kids are excited and will clap for you

You also have access to the powerseller discussion board, which is a real plus, a lot of pros are on there giving some great tips.



ebay has a powerseller prescription discount card, merchandise, access to listings for wholesale lots, logos and more.



Once you are a powerseller all you do is click on the little logo next to your name and you are directed to the portal and from there you can access all your benefits.







You can read more about ebay's powerseller program here

http://pages.ebay.com/services/buyandsell/powerseller/criteria.html






Tuesday, January 9, 2007

Hundreds of Items to List

Good Morning,

I have hundreds of items to list in my ebay store and other venues that I have got to get listed so I can sell them. That is my New Years Resolution! Since making that resolution, I have listed about ten :)

Do you ever wonder how you can get everything done? That is my biggest problem. I just can't seem to do everything that I need or want to do.

It doesn't help that it just take so long to create a listing as well. I don't know how some people list hundreds of auctions a week. They must have no distractions what so ever, and work like robots.

So I have decided to put it in black and white, that I Computer Gal will list at least 20 listings a week for the next month!

Cross your fingers...................................

Ok, I guess I better get back to work, so I can accomplish that goal :0)

Remember if you are looking for something, ask me, I may have that rare old game that you have been looking for, or that old software your database is saved in.

Till next time.......................

Computer Gal

Thursday, January 4, 2007

ebay's Annual Fee HIKE / Raise Is In

ebay's fee hike is in. I personally don't think it is so bad this time. The store fee hike last summer was a lot worse.... for regular auctions that is. ebay Motors was hit hard this time, but auctions were raised only 5 cents. I mean I'm not happy with it, but it is better than another store increase, which hurt alot of us. Here is the link so you can read all about it.
http://www2.ebay.com/aw/core/200701.shtml#2007-01-03144839

Oh and HAPPY NEW YEAR