Universal Serial Bus?

Yep. That is what USB stands for. USB sticks have quickly evolved into an effective way to distribute information and promote your products and services.

USB sticks have many names. Here are all of the names that I have found:

1. Thumb Drive
2. Jump Drive
3. Memory Stick
4. Jump Stick
5. Flash Stick
6. Memory Key

Please comment below with more names of sticks!

Organizing Your iTunes Library

Seeing this a lot in your iTunes music library?

I've recently had a lot of friends ask me about "quirks" with their iTunes library. And by "quirks", I mean missing ID tags, cover art, etc. This is usually caused by getting music from a variety of different sources like a friends hard drive. I'm here to tell you that help has arrived... in the form of Tune Up Companion. It is a plug in for iTunes that helps solve these issues. Instead of manually going through your music library to add artist name, song title, cover art, etc, Tune up automatically does this for you with a drag & drop interface. There is a free version that offers limited "clean ups" and a few different "pay" versions. Check it out here.

GETTING HIP WITH IT
Staying with and sometimes ahead of the times

I like to think of myself as somewhat with the times when it comes to technology. I am definitely not one to jump in on any new thing though. I like any new invention to get broken in by someone other than me. As such, I still do not have a DVR. I realize this has been out for a while, but my life is not so incomplete without it and I have not taken the plunge.

I have, however, discovered the wonderful world of Hulu.com. Hulu is a website where you can view all kinds of TV shows, clips, and movies originally aired on TV stations. I have found it a wonderful place to catch up on all the episodes of Fringe I missed or was unable to watch all the way through due to a screaming toddler.

Hulu will offer episodes for viewing about 8 days after it originally aired, with limited commercials. Whenever I watch I believe I only see about three or four commercials come on during an entire show. Because Hulu consists of only certain networks, not everything is available.

This website discovery has been great for me. I will have it playing on the computer next to me at night while I am working on my projects. I feel liberated. I am no longer chained to what is on TV that night. Together with my Netflix streaming capabilities, I feel my viewing potential is without boundaries. It must feel close to what it’s like to have a DVR!