Don’t miss the tuning session on Saturday June 13th if your Volkwagen TDI diesel needs a bit more get up and go. Jeff Robinson from Rocketchip will be at Jon Hamilton’s garage working his magic. Be early if you don’t want to wait.
Jon’s Auto LLC is proud to present the return of Jeff from “Rochetchip” to our newly remodeled shop. The event will be held on Saturday June 13, 2009 @ 8 AM. We will be doing chip tuning, injector installs and other minor work if necessary.
This will be first come first serve event or you may drop off your car and avoid the wait.
Tuning session location is: Jon’s Auto LLC, 22291 Route 4, Marysville, Ohio 43040. It is on the northwest side of Columbus, Ohio.
Internet giant Google continues to make it presence known as they have landed Acer, Inc, the world’s third largest computer maker, as a client for its Android Operating System. They will be shipping a new netbook PC in the third quarter this year with a competitive OS to Microsoft’s windows or open source Linux OS. Netbooks are the new sub $500 very portable PCs that are selling well in a weak economy; these small computers provided decent access to the Internet and fair performance for portable computing needs.
Taiwan-based Acer, the world’s third-largest personal-computer maker by revenue, on Tuesday said it will start shipping the new netbook PCs in the third quarter. The move comes as Acer and other companies, including larger rivals Hewlett-Packard Co. and Dell Inc., try to diversify their offerings of netbooks — small, inexpensive laptop computers that are increasingly popular.
Microsoft’s Windows software remains by far the most widely used operating system for PCs, but the growing use of mobile devices is threatening to erode that dominance. Google unveiled Android last year for smart phones, an area in which Microsoft has struggled to replicate its success with Windows. In recent months, the Google software also has made apparent inroads into the PC segment, with several other major companies, including H-P and Dell, indicating they are considering using Android in netbooks. Acer is the first major PC maker to formally unveil an Android-based netbook.
It has not been a good weekend for computers under my care and I’ve been punished by fate for over-confidence in the new Windows 7 RC release … and in my “lack of appropriate backups” on my Mac. First, I started the process of preparing to update a couple computer from the Windows 7 Beta that I’ve raved about to the release candidate. Unfortunately this update is a clean install and the first computer I attempted this on was my wife’s 5-6 year old Dell Inspiron notebook. The Windows 7 install went well, but the driver reinstall went poorly; in fact, no recognition of the wireless card, the network card or the monitor driver. After a few minutes of hunting around on my other computer Saturday morning I gave up and the weather was too nice to be rebuilding computers.
Second, we had a series of storm roll though and although power was never lost, the external hard drive connected to my Mac either had a power loss or power surge as it was writing to the drive (I’m assuming). Upon restart, the drive will not mount. Standard disk utilities will not recognize the drive and suggests to reformat (initilize) the drive. I’ve tried a couple of other programs such as Drive Genius and DiskWarrior to no avail. This might be a good quesiton for Tuesday’s WMUB HelpDesk podcast?
Although I don’t watch the “idol” shows, I would be remiss in not archiving something on my blog about the Scottish singer and Internet sensation Susan Boyle on the British program “Got Talent 2009.” (and although she scored a 2nd place overall, she is tremendously talented and captured the world’s attention)
According to VW of America spokesman Steve Keyes, the 2010 North American version of the European Golf wagon, the VW Jetta Sportwagen, will see a facelift this fall. Keyes told Autoblog: “In order to simplify production, we’ll make the change to our Jetta and as an added benefit, we believe the customers will appreciate the differentiation from the current sedan.”
The updated Jetta sedan will likely arrive in 2010 or ’11 sporting the new corporate face.
Here a great way to try, or to just use without paying for more storage, my favorite backup and multiple computer file sharing service from Sugarsync. I’ve commented positively before and have no problem paying a monthly for the service, but here’s a way for students, skeptics and light users to give Sugarsync a ‘long trial’ for free.
Learn More – Free 2 GB Plan
What are the limitations of the Free 2GB plan?
You can only backup & sync up to two computers – with a paid plan you can backup & sync an unlimited number of computers.
SugarSync will store the current version of each document, plus 2 past versions. If you’re looking to maintain and access more you’ll need to switch to a paid plan.
The upload time on the 2 GB free plan isn’t as speedy as with the paid (download speed is the same).
You can only backup & sync up to 2 GB of data.
Do I get mobile applications with the Free 2GB plan?
Absolutely – we want you to enjoy the best of SugarSync – this includes our unmatched level of customer features you’ll get through your mobile phone.
We now have mobile applications for iPhone, BlackBerry & WinMo. All other phones with a mobile web browser can use SugarSync by visiting m.sugarsync.com.
I’m an existing user – can I change to the Free 2GB plan?
Yes, but you may need to reduce your existing data to ensure you’re under the 2 GB limit. If you’re on a paid plan, you’ll be able to transfer over once your paid subscription has come to an end.
The Free 2GB plan has some feature limitations – see above for more detail.
Learn More – 30-Day Free Trial
Is the 30-day Trial limited in any way?
No – the 30-day trial gives you full access to the plan, which includes backup, sync, remote access from any computer or mobile device, and sharing & collaboration features.
You can cancel at any time during your 30-day trial if you are not satisfied.
What happens at the end of my 30-day trial?
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Can I start a 30-day trial then change my mind later and sign up for Free 2GB plan?
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I’m on a 45-day trial of the 10GB plan – do I still qualify for a 30-day trial of the paid plans?
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How many hours does it take to record a 3 minute and 42 second YouTube video of college guys shooting ping pong balls into cups?
Probably hours that could have been better used focused on higher education … but they now have a popular YouTube video to put on their resume … and who knows what might be a worthwhile skill. I’ve heard of “softball talent” as a hiring criteria, why not ping pong basketball? BTW, I was surprised to see an “ONU” T-shirt, until I realized it was not Ohio Northern University(whew!) — the alumni of Olivet Nazarene University must be so proud.
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A rainbow was a welcome sight on the way to the hotel Wednesday night as the T-storms rubbled through northeast Ohio. The rain was heavy and traffic slow as I inched my way through Akron on I-76.
Day two of the All Things D D7 conference had Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher interviewing Evan Williams and Biz Stone of Twitter. The short on stage sit down offered one of the better reviews both the history and future thinking behind this fast growing social networking company (watch your audio volume in embedded video below — TV ads have nothing on All Things D video clips!).
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I’ve been wanting to include this Volkswagen Jetta TDI ‘clean diesel’ television commercial for a few weeks now — the “What’s your hybrid sound like?” answer makes me smile every time.
Jon’s Auto LLC is proud to present the return of Jeff from “Rochetchip” to our newly remodeled shop. The event will be held on Saturday June 13, 2009 @ 8 AM. We will be doing chip tuning, injector installs and other minor work if necessary.
Day two of the 