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Media Player Displaying Wrong Aspect Ratio

March 31st, 2010 Patcoola No comments

Windows Media Player and many other Windows applications display video(s) with the wrong image dimensions.

People trying to compress or convert video(s) to iPod or any other format using the 16:9 (wide screen) aspect ratio probably have encountered this problem.

The video is in wide screen but Windows Media Player displays the video in Standard Definition (a square.)

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WordPress Attracts Negative Traffic

March 29th, 2010 Patcoola No comments

Crawlers, Bots and Spam; WordPress attracts them like a magnet.

The popular web log (blog) system WordPress is an amazing system for setting up and managing a blog, but what we don’t like is the amount of negative web traffic it attracts.

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WordPress: Next Page

March 26th, 2010 Patcoola No comments

Did you know WordPress has a hidden feature to allow page breaks.

Page breaks can split the display of your long posts into separate pages for viewing.
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Computer Technicians Always Backup

March 24th, 2010 Patcoola No comments

The importance of backing up clients’ data.

A computer technician was paid to service a business computer. The technician decided that the computer needed the operating system fully restored. Doing so the technician didn’t backup the client’s data and was sued for almost half a million dollars in damages (approximately $420,000).

The technician filed for bankruptcy and lost his business license. If only he remembered to backup the clients’ data, this wouldn’t have happened.

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Northwestel Provides Terrible Internet Value

March 22nd, 2010 Patcoola No comments

Northwestel ADSL High Speed VS Generic Dialup Service

Canadian Internet Service Provider (ISP) Northwestel provides some of the most expensive Internet services in Canada. In fact there service value is still comparable to the old Dialup 56K connection.

Here I demonstrate the value of a generic Dialup 56K service with Northwestel’s ADSL High Speed service.

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Blog Update: March 15, 2010

March 15th, 2010 Patcoola No comments

Lots of behind the scenes blog changes.

For anyone interested in what was changed and updated a complete list is attached below.

Continuing changes will include more pages updates and theme updates.

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Northwestel Makes Digital Distribution Expensive

March 10th, 2010 Patcoola No comments

Internet Service Provider (ISP) Northwestel makes digital distribution too expensive for consumers to purchase digital content i.e. Video Games, Movies, Music and Software.

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Digital Distribution, The Future

March 10th, 2010 Patcoola No comments

The future is digital, most music, movies and games are all moving to Digital Distribution.

Digital Distribution has proven to have may more benefits over stores. Digital is stay-at-home, on demand, and cost affective. Digital Distribution allows for products that would be no longer be in print to still be available, with digital you have a copy that lasts forever, in-fact some companies allow you access to multiple copies or versions. Digital is also cheaper, companies can afford to lower prices and provide discount prices.

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Life: Unemployable

March 9th, 2010 Patcoola No comments

For some reason I am just unemployable. I don’t know why, people just don’t want to hire me. Here are some experiences I’ve had with some places that is considered a sure thing.

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Newgrounds.com: Proof I Have No Life!

March 9th, 2010 Patcoola No comments

Just more proof I have no life!

Newgrounds.com is the world’s largest Flash Portal/Community, hosting millions of user created animations and games. Newgrounds has over one million users and a very active community. I have been an active Newgrounds user for over six years and this is what six years has gotten me.
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