iPad Mania
I am going over my feeds and of course the big news is the iPad. I have read good and bad things about it. The only “bad” thing (from my point of view) is that the iPad only runs one app at a time. That just does not make any sense. Otherwise it is a pretty cool looking device. I am not sure how I would use one. It will be interesting to see if the device sells as well as the iPhone.
Google Redirect
Had two computers in the past two days with a Google Redirect “virus” where all Google search links redirected to crazy places. Turns out that there is a file wdmuad in the windows\system32 directory (about 25k in size) and a modified atapi.sys file in windows\system32\drivers. So I deleted the wdmaud and restored the atapi.sys from the Windows XP CD and the problem was solved. Was it fun figuring that out? Kinda.
Free Kindle Book
Free Kindle Book-The Crossroads Cafe by Deborah Smith
A Romance Novel
Free Kindle Book
Free Kindle Edition: Midnight in Madrid by Noel Hynd
An extraodinary artifact becomes missing from a museum in Madrid. Everyone is on a hunt to discover the missing object that just leads to mysteries and complex legends
WordPress 2.9
WordPress 2.9 is out. I have upgrade two sites so far but not had enough time to play it to see what the new features are. If I find anything valuable I will share it.
QuickBooks R9
QuickBooks released a notice about a sales tax issue with R9.
If you are currently using R9, and have not filled out your tax information with tax authorities, you should update your QuickBooks software before you file. The new update (Release 10) is scheduled to be available on Wednesday, December 16. Only after updating to R10 should you rely on the Sales Tax Liability and Sales Tax Revenue reports for your upcoming sales tax filings with tax authorities.
Chrome Extensions
The Chrome Extensions website is open for the public. I already had the RSS feed extension. The others I have seen did not have much use for me. Will have to look over the list and see what is available.
Ticket System
Right before Thanksgiving we purchased an online ticketing system that integrates with Outlook and QuickBooks. I was not entirely sure how well it would work out but my larger clients love it (they can submit and track their own tickets) and it has really helped inside our office as well. We are better able to keep track of the work and get it completed ahead of schedule. We used Outlook and BCM for a long time and tried to use Google Wave – both just did not meet our needs. We made them work but with this system everything is clicking. Integration with Outlook was easy. The QuickBooks integration is not complete yet but the little I have done with it is very nice – I have them linked but realized that all the settings are not setup yet. Very exciting.
Bookmarks
Are bookmarks dying or is it just me? I have not used bookmarks in well over a year. I have RSS feeds for all the sites I want information off of. Other than that I use Google and my Google Search History to find everything. Even when I did have bookmarks I never really used them. How do you use bookmarks if you use them?
Egg Tax
So I do quite a bit of Accounting Information Systems work (AIS). I always have to write a report that does this or that to comply with some governmental agency or to give the boss the information they want. This is the strangest report I have ever written and I call it the Egg Report. It turns out that Louisiana taxes eggs so you have to know how many eggs you sell in the state so you can report it to the states egg agency (I have no idea what they are actually called). I love writing reports and do not usually share but this one was too humorous not to share.