Monday 27 October 2008

Using Google to find "unsecurity cameras"

Recently I read a report that thousands of security cameras around the world could be accessed by typing a simple command into Google.Being of a curious nature I decided to have a look and see what all the fuss was about.

It would be fair to say that I was dumbstruck by the results.Thousands if not tens of thousands of links to cameras in all kinds of locations will be displayed as search results.These cameras can be literally anywhere from traffic cameras to indoor and outdoor security cameras in workplaces,shopping malls,public buildings etc.and are there for all the world to see.

Being able to access these cameras would seem to be an enormous oversight on the behalf of the people who install and program them and I wonder how many people who are at work now know that the cameras in their workplace can be accessed by anyone with an internet connection.

Well I suppose after reading this post you want to have a look for yourself so to access this network of cameras simply type the line below into Google.

inurl:"viewerframe?mode=motion"

Have a great day,Lou Smorals.

Thursday 16 October 2008

Free,no deposit poker cash and where to get it.

As you may know from some of my previous posts and from the picture at the bottom of this page,I am a keen online poker player so over the last couple of weeks I have been looking at some of the places where you can get free cash to play poker with.Below you will find a list of sites that really”do what it says on the tin”and give you free poker bankrolls with no deposit required.

Pokerroomschool this is where I first started to learn and offer free lessons,$150.00 no deposit bonus at Cd Poker and weekly free competitions and tournaments.

Pokerinside this site gives out lots of free poker bankrolls every day,just sign up,accept an offer from them and collect your free cash.There are also weekly leader board prizes and members only tournaments.

Pokerstatergy another site that gives lots of free lessons and coaching including video tutorials and free bankrolls at several major poker sites.

Yourpokercash this site has always got free bankrolls available at at least 4 major online poker rooms and I have already had 3 lots of free cash from them.

The four sites listed above really will give you free cash to play poker with.There are no deposits required just sign up,collect your free bankrolls and start playing.


Have a great day,Lou Smorals.

Wednesday 15 October 2008

Vista Sidebar Gadgets.

Like millions of people around the world,I have for some time been a windows vista user and love it or hate it (and there are some bits I really hate),it is here to stay so I’ve set about making the best of it.

One of the features I have become quite fond of is the Vista sidebar and I have been trying all sorts of gadgets from clocks to application launchers and radio players etc,to see what they do and how well they do it.One of my problems has been finding collections of gadgets to try to see which ones I like.There are a wide variety available from Microsoft but I find their site a little slow and clumsy to use when searching their database of gadgets,so I was very interested when I saw a collection of 250 different gadgets for sale at Ebay.

As the price was only £2.50 (approx $5.00) inc.p&p for the cd of 250 gadgets I decided to buy them and I am very happy with the collection.This selection really does contain a gadget for just about any occasion and it would be easy to fill my sidebar several times over with things that I would probably never use but look good but I’m gradually working my way through them all and finding out exactly what they all do.

Details of the collection of 250 different Vista sidebar gadgets on one cd that I bought can be found here.


Have a great day,Lou Smorals.

Friday 10 October 2008

Dot TK free short domain names and free email.

Yesterday whilst putting together a free website for a local charity group I stumbled across one of the best free internet related services I think I've ever seen.

This service is Dot TK who supply free domain names and email redirection services so that you can have a nice neat domain name for your website or blog and free email addresses using your domain name that you can redirect to the mailbox of your choice.

There are some great free webspace services available these days,even some that contain no advertising but one problem that I've found with these free services is that the website address you end up with can be a little long and clumsy especially if you want to forward it to other people or print it on flyers or business cards etc.So unless you want to buy your own domain name and point at your site you're stuck with your long web address.

Dot TK solves this problem because you can get free of charge "your domain name".tk which you can point at your free site and so have a nice short neat web address at zero cost.Also you can have free email addresses @your domain and redirect the emails to any inbox you choose.

In order to demonstrate just how good these services are I have set them up for this blog so now rather than having to give my friends my blog address of http://lousmorals.blogspot.com/ I can now just give them http://lousmorals.tk/ which I'm sure you'll agree is much neater,nicer and easier to remember.I now also have the email address of lou@lousmorals.tk which again I'm sure you agree looks pretty professional and easy to remember.

So if you'd like a nice short web address for your site and some free email adresses for it take a look at http://www.dot.tk/en/index.html?lang=en

have a great weekend,Lou Smorals.

Thursday 9 October 2008

Completely removing McAfee Antivirus.

Recently I have switched antivirus programs from McAfee to Norton but after uninstalling McAfee I noticed that certain elements of it had remained on my hard drive.This appears to be yet another case of software manafacturers deciding that they know what's best for us and as a Windows Vista user I know all about "big brother"software but I'll save that rant for another day.

Anyway to get back to my McAfee problem after a bit of Googling I found that there is a tool available for free download that will completely remove all traces of McAfee from your hardrive and so if you have are using McAfee Antivirus and want to completely remove it from your computer the steps to follow go like this:-

Step 1: Download the McAfee Consumer Products Removal Tool and save it to your desktop.

Step 2: Go to Start and then Control Panel, and then Add/Remove Programs

Step 3: Select Your McAfee product from the list and select Remove.

Step 4: Once removal is complete, reboot your computer.

Step 5: Run the McAfee Consumer Products Removal Tool you downloaded to your desktop
earlier.

Step 6: once the tool completes, restart your computer and McAfee removal is now complete.

You will now be completely McAfee free and it will not be needlessly tying up space on your hardrive.

As for the Norton product that I'm now using it seems to be just fine and not too much of a drain on my system and although it might not be to everybody's taste I like the Vista sidebar gadget that comes with Norton showing you your protection level in real time and allowing you to access the program with one click from your sidebar.

Have a great and safe day.Lou Smorals.

Wednesday 8 October 2008

The Poker Room School,my introduction to the game.

A while ago after chatting to several of my friends who pay online poker I decided to try my hand at the game and like millions of others am now firmly addicted.

The good news though is that it didn't cost me anything to learn as I discovered The Poker Room School who offer free lessons in the game and a sponsorship of $150.00 to get you started playing at CD Poker.

If you don't have an account at CDpoker then this is a very good offer with $150 free available with no deposit.
Sign up with Poker Room School and you will also get a real money account with CDpoker.Take a simple quiz and after receiving a verification phone call you will have $50 in your CDpoker account and a further $100 in pending bonus.

As well as the free bankroll PRS also run a weekly members $1000 free to enter,members only tournament on sundays and a weekly leaderboard with cash prizes and entries into further freerolls.You will also find a lively forum,poker lessons and a free poker calculator to use at CDpoker.

CDpoker is part of the ipoker network so there is reliable software with good graphics and cash tables from just 01/02c and lots of tournaments with entry fees from just 50c.So if you don't have a CDpoker account click the banner on the left of this page,sign up with PRS and grab your free cash.

And always remember:-you can't make a horse drink,but you can lead a donkey to the river!

Have a great day,Lou Smorals.

Tuesday 7 October 2008

Getting Google to find your blog.

You will notice that there has been quite a while since my last post on this blog and that has been because I have been going through the process of making this blog show up in Google searches.As this is my first attempt at blogging getting my blog recognised by Google was a bit of a steep learning curve but I have suceeded in the end and below you will find details of how I did it.

The first thing I did was to follow the instructions in my blog dashboard to get it Google verified,then to be on the safe side I also submitted my blog url athttp://www.google.com/addurl/?continue=/addurl.

After doing this I read the section in my blog dashboard about creating a sitemap for Google to find.I must admit to being a little dazed and confused by what I read so I searched for more information.I was lucky enough to find a guide at http://blogger-tricks.blogspot.com/2006/04/adding-google-sitemap-to-your-blog.html and after following the very clear and understand instructions I got my sitemap sorted and submitted.A big thanks to Peter for this guide as it really made things a lot easier for me.

After you have done all of the above all that you can really do is sit back and wait.It will take time for Google to get round to finding your blog and in my caes it took a few weeks so don't panic and be patient because it will find you eventually.

I hope this post will be of some use to someone and that you all have a great day,Lou Smorals.