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U.S. Department of Education

  I got a statement today from the U.S. Department of Education.  I get one each month.  It looks like the collection agency they turned it over to gave it back to them again.  So now my balance with them is $1,029.09 and they take about 140.00 out of my SS check each month to pay it.  So it will soon be paid off.  NOT.
  What will happen is soon they will turn it over to a new collection agency and they had add over $500.00 in collection fees and costs.  So I will soon get a statement that says I have to pay them $1500.00 or around that amount.  Then the $140.00 or so I pay just sort of takes care of the interest.  I been paying these people for years and years and the balance is going down very slow.

  Ken, by the way, has $8K in school loans.  The other students in school with Ken have school loans in the amount of $60K.  Ken can pay back an $8K school loan.  I do not see how those other people can pay back a $60K school loan.  Remember there is going to be interest added until the loan is paid.

 

Ken in AZ - Cold and Bad Dogs

  This is Ken's first weekend in AZ and it is cold and he has nothing to do.  Well not nothing.  He served as a chew toy for a big dog.  One of the other students has a big dog (100 lbs) and it bite Ken on the hand (very minor).  It has been trying to eat other students but they had on big coats.  Ken had no coat or just a very light one.
 
 

Your 13 and How Big Should It Be?

Details on the object in the photo at eBay.

Other People

  I tell you about all my minor pains here and you all put up with it.  Thanks for listening.  I know many of you have medical and life problems.  Judy has been having a lot of health problems.  Dick just had a battery of tests done.  Troy's father just died.  Milford has a blood clot in his leg and will have to have by-pass surgery on it soon.  He will be off work for six weeks.  I am sure there are many others with health and life problems.
  Truth is I am pretty lucky.  I know that.

  The new version of Joomla! is out.  It is version 1.5 but is a beta version.  It will not be an upgrade.  So when I get ready to go to 1.5 I will have to do a new install.  I use Joomla! on Howard's Notebook.

Goodbye to WebCam32 and ISpy

  I was the first person to buy WebCam32 software.  Then later the author sold the program.  WebCam32 later you could buy off the shelf in computer stores.
  Later I paid for ISpy software.  Later the company took over ISpy and so they owned both of the programs.

  I have not used the programs in years.

  But I just noticed this on their web site:

"Please Note: After September 15, 2006, we will no longer be selling Webcam32 or ISpy webcam software, as we wish to focus all of our resources on the development of the SRV-1 robot and WebcamSat server software. We will continue to provide tech support for registered Webcam32 and ISpy customers, but we will no longer accept new orders. If there are any software development companies interested in acquiring rights to our Webcam32 and ISpy software and brands, please contact sales@surveyor.com via email."

The company is:  Surveyor Corporation

 

What Search Sends People Here

Trend Micro

  I need to put a list on Howard's Notebook of good people to deal with and then I need to have a list of those that suck.
  I been using PC-cillina, from Trend Micro, for years. It has been an excellent program.  You know how often I format and start over and everytime I do it is not a problem to get it back working. 
  DataViz has been a good company.  Their Documents To Go is excellent.
  I can not say the same for RoboForm.  Each time you install it is counting. I think your limit is 5.  Then you have to contact them so they can zero out the number or something.  Hell I formatted that many times in a week. This last time I just said to hell with it.  I give up on them. 
  iRider by Wymea Bay has been good.  It only cost $30.00 but no matter how many times I install it does not question me.  Good people to do business with.  Now with IE and FoxFire so big into tabs I wonder how they will do.  They were the leader in offering it.
 

Paid by the U.S. to be Nude!

  Howard's Notebook has been on line since June of 1982!  First it was on line with you guys calling in on the phone line at 300 baud.  Later it was moved to the WWW.
  So Howard's Notebook was on the "Internet" before the web was created.  But then as soon as there were "web" pages Howard's Notebook moved from BBS to WWW.
  It was not long until I started sending out live video 24/7.  I am not sure of that first date for ShowMeCam (I called it different things over the years; HowardCam etc.)
But how many of your remember ShowMeCam from the year 2000?

Yes 01/09/2000 and this photo is one that went out from ShowMeCam.
Yes nude then and nude now and nude tomorrow. 
I like the long wide shots with the webcam.  I remember that chair. 
If you don't have a nice chair for doing your computer stuff ...get one.
It makes using your computer so much better. 

I love this photo.  I was doing U.S. Census work.  You got paid for the
work you did at home.  So here I am nude and doing U.S. Cenus work
and being paid while I am nude.

Philips Webcam with Pixel Plus

  I am using a Philips SPC900NC/00 as the webcam for ShowMeCam.  It is an excellent camera.  The software that comes with it is not as good as the software that comes with the Logitech cameras however.
  It is excellent but my hope is that someone is going to buy me one of the cameras now out that support PTZ.  I could set it up so that you could control the camera.  You could pan, tilt or zoom the camera.  Someone could buy one from Amazon and have it sent to me or made a donation via PayPal and I could walk over to CompUSA and buy one and have it in operation in minutes.

  There is a site that has information about drivers for the Philips and Linux.  Someday when I get an additional computer I want to run Linux.

  At the Philips website I see that they have a driver and software program for download.  I wish they would date when the released the software.
  I see that for software I am running  v1.0.0.37 and they have now out v1.0.0.41. 

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