Certain wireless microphones have operated in frequencies that are needed for public safety. When these microphones were first designed, the frequencies they used were in between the frequencies that television stations used to broadcast television programs. With the completion of the digital television (DTV) transition on June 12, 2009, television stations no longer use the frequencies between 698 and 806 MHz (the 700 MHz Band) for broadcast. These frequencies are now being used by public safety entities (such as police, fire and emergency services) and by commercial providers of wireless services (such as wireless broadband services).

The wireless microphones that had been operating in the old TV broadcast channels can cause harmful interference to these public safety and wireless consumer services. Therefore, all users of wireless microphones (or certain low power auxiliary stations) that operate on any of the frequencies in the 700 MHz band – including both licensed users (under Part 74) and unlicensed users – now have to stop operating in this band.

I had no idea. Did you? Here’s hoping ours are 2.4GHz wireless mics!

Written By:
Kreg Steppe and Douglas E. Welch

Produced By:
George Starcher – Typical Mac User Podcast
Victor Cajiao – Typical Mac User Podcast - – Typical Shutterbug Podcast
Steve Holden – Tech News Radio - Jersey Boys Podcast – AztecMedia.net

Cast of Players:
Narrator: Kreg Steppe – Technorama
Harvey Stevens: Dad – Kevin Devin
Mandy Stevens: Mom – Susie Murph – How to Grow your Geek Podcast
Mattie Stevens: Son – Daniel Devin
Sandy Stevens: Little Brother – Spencer Holden
Curtz Eisenberg: Friend to Mattie – Harrison Steppe
General Beringer: General – Douglas E. Welch
Lieutenant: Steve Holden – Tech News Radio
Mrs. Little: Katie Floyd – Mac Power Users Podcast
Santa’s Helper: Chuck Tomasi – Chuckchat.com
Santa: Larry Pesce – Pauldotcom.com Podcast
Judge: Victor Cajiao – Typical Mac User Podcast – Typical Shutterbug Podcast
Andrew Carnagie: Andy Helsby – Absoblogginlutely!
J.P. Morgan: Grant Bichocco – Mr.Grant.com
UPS Guy: Paul Asadoorian- Pauldotcom.com Podcast
Skipper: Rylie Starcher

Tip of the Hat to the old Christmas Commodore 64 Demo

Previous FiT Holiday Specials:

• Halloween – Server Room of Horrors – 2005
• Christmas – A Geek Christmas Carol – 2005
• Halloween – Server Room of Horrors – 2006
• Christmas – Lucky the Reindeer and the Island of Misfit Geeks – 2006
• Halloween – It’s the Great Server Chuck and Kreg! – 2007

This has been a Friends in Tech Production.

• Halloween – Server Room of Horrors – 2005
• Christmas – A Geek Christmas Carol – 2005
• Halloween – Server Room of Horrors – 2006
• Christmas – Lucky the Reindeer and the Island of Misfit Geeks – 2006
• Halloween – It’s the Great Server Chuck and Kreg! – 2007

Watch for it at FriendsinTech.com December 21st.

I am a big fan of two factor authentication where possible for high value logins. This is where you enter a changing number to go with your password.  This number comes from a device you carry with you.  In particular I use the free Verisign mobile token on my iPhone.  They make it for many other cell phones.  You can install and use it for free with services like paypal, ebay, some banks and even with the free service called PiP (Personal Identity Portal)  from Verisign.

The free token program can be found at:
https://vipmobile.verisign.com/

You can get a pip account and use it for any site that supports openID.  Giving you two factor authentication even for a lot of blog commenting and forum systems.  PiP can be found at:
https://pip.verisignlabs.com/

Verisign has a quick demo video of the mobile token on youTube.  Check it out and add some extra protection to your accounts.  Especially if you use eBay or paypal.

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It’s true. Each morning, I find myself getting side-tracked by the inbox when I should first be looking at the “hard landscape” of the calendar first. An hour can easily pass while I process my inbox before I realize what the rest of my day looks like, that’s just wrong – and I knew it. When I heard this tip, I had one of those slap-your-forehead moments and said “Of course!”.

Here’s how it’s done:

• Locate your OUTLOOK.EXE file on your hard drive. Typically it’s under C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office somewhere. You can use Explorer’s search feature to locate it precisely.
• Once located, right click and use the Send To> Desktop to create a shortcut on the desktop. If you already have an Outlook icon, be sure you note which one just got added. You may not be able to edit the correct properties of the default icon.
• Now, locate the icon on the desktop
• Right click and select “Properties”
• Choose the Security tab and locate the “Target” field. At the end of the value in that field, add: [space] /select outlook:calendar
• Click OK to save your changes
• Try the new icon

Once you are done reviewing your calendar, use the normal means to go to your inbox and start processing. Congratulations, you just became a little more effective.

(I typically launch Outlook from the Quick Launch bar since my desktop is usually obscured by one app or another.)

I’m not sure how long this has been around, but I noticed that Google Maps now has the ability to show alternative routes when using directions. This is great when you know that you want to avoid a particular area but do not know the next best route.

To use this feature, get directions using google maps and then hover over the alternative routes. The new route will be displayed on screen at the same time as the original one. See the screenshot below for more details.

Be a silo buster. If your organization operates in a fragmented, highly departmentalized, siloed way, decide to be the silo buster. All these ideas can help you do this, but the point here is to make a conscious decision to network with the purpose of building relationships that will begin to break down these barriers.

That certaily sounds like most IT departments to me. How many IT departments have a tech/(l)users mentality, where you don’t really see the people you supports as anything more than users, and they don’t see you as much more than a bad SNL skit? How much better would things work if your IT techs were seen as actual human beings? In this economic climate, how much more value to you appear to be bringing to the table when everyone knows you, talks to you, and respects you, when you’re taking the time to learn about what they do and how technology might be able to help? How much could that value mean when it comes time to decide who to lay off?

Give it a shot, you might be surprised just how talented and interesting those (l)users are.

” (ISBN: 0-12-370488-X) by Bill Holtsnider & Brian Jaffee.”

It’s actually quite easy.  Take for example this simple form below.

To generate such a form, log on to Google Docs, create a new document, and select Form. Create the fields you wish to receive responses to then select Embed. The code necessary to embed the new form within your blog is then presented.

Now, to get it in to your blog you’ll need to ensure that you are in HTML mode before pasting the content in to the body of your post. That’s all there is to it!

Any other tips and tricks with Google Docs? Please share.

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