Enquiring Mimes» Memes http://enquiringmimes.com/wp Tools and Technology for Adults Wed, 30 Nov 2011 17:26:51 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 The Silly Landgrab — Get Your Facebook Vanity URL Tonight http://enquiringmimes.com/wp/2009/06/12/2187/ http://enquiringmimes.com/wp/2009/06/12/2187/#comments Fri, 12 Jun 2009 17:20:27 +0000 Dan Perlman http://enquiringmimes.com/wp/2009/06/12/2187/ Just to show no matter how we much all complain about never having enough time, today’s big news, besides anticipating tomorrow’s Northern Hemisphere World Naked Bike Ride (remember it is winter down south), is that at tonight at 9:01 PDT Facebook is going to start issuing “vanity” URL for user accounts.

If you want to participate and grab your name or your favorite nickname or Twitter Id — be prepared to login into your Facebook account tonight after (at) 9:01 PDT.  At that point you’ll get an automatic prompt to pick your new Facebook URL.

In practical terms this means it will be easier to share your Facebook page with your friends — you currently have a unique identifier for your account, but it’s hard to remember or share since it’s mostly numerics, mine is http://www.facebook.com/people/Dan-Perlman/533795967, not that I actually think of myself as 533595967.

Those of you not out here, set your alarm clocks.

Thanks, Caroline McCarthy @ CNET.

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]]> http://enquiringmimes.com/wp/2009/01/06/home-office/feed/ 0 Recommended Reading – Five Memes of the Week http://enquiringmimes.com/wp/2008/11/21/recommended-reading-five-memes-of-the-week/ http://enquiringmimes.com/wp/2008/11/21/recommended-reading-five-memes-of-the-week/#comments Fri, 21 Nov 2008 22:32:24 +0000 Dan Perlman http://enquiringmimes.com/wp/2008/11/21/recommended-reading-five-memes-of-the-week/ em-logoHere are our hot tech topics of the week.

PC Magazine  paper-edition bites the dust – Ziff Davis Media, publishers of the 27-year old PC Magazine will stop printing it in January and only provide it digitally.  Remember we told you about The Christian Science Monitor going the same way?

Gmail adds themes -  If you use Gmail (and why  wouldn’t you?), you can now jazz-up your Gmail reader with colorful themes.

Microsoft to give away Virus protection – Beginning in the 2d half of 2009 Microsoft is going to be giving away to consumers,  “comprehensive, real-time anti-malware protection, covering such threats as viruses, spyware, rootkits, trojans, and other emerging threats, in a single, focused solution.”  Bet Norton likes that.

Scared of Technology?  You’re Old! -  According to a Pew Study, if you’re over 30 and start to have problems with your computer, or a cell-phone kind of gadget, 52% of you will be discouraged, but not so if you’re younger – then 85% of you are confident you can fix it.  Don’t worry if you’re over 30, that’s why you read Enquiring Mimes.

Order pizza through your Tivo – A deal between Tivo and Domino means you can order a pizza and only have to get off the couch to pay the driver in cash.

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