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November 30, 2008

Facebook Grabbed The Wrong Status: I’m Not A Woman

Posted at: 10:00 pm by Timothy Haroutunian
Categories: Tech and Web

I went on Facebook to change my status tonight and my status was set to “Timothy is loving the beautiful snowfall and trying her best to focus on her academics“. Now the fact that I am not in school anymore is the one that I am concerned with. It’s not the fact that I am a “him” and not a “her”.

I wonder if Facebook even realizes the mistake or if it is just my account. Oh well, funny anyways.

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November 21, 2008

Manage Your Money Trends "Mint"y Fresh

Posted at: 10:32 pm by Timothy Haroutunian
Categories: Tech and Web

Mint is free fully functional personal budget management system. It allows you to add all your accounts into their secure system and track purchases and watch trends. I have added my checking account, savings, “brokerage (another savings)”, paypal and my student loans. With my student loans in there, it lets me know how much I owe on them and what my debt to asset ratio and what my net worth is.

I can name each transaction that I make with each account, categorize it and then tag them for later searching. It will send you emails when there is unusual spending on a specific account or merchant. It is a very robust system that I would highly recommend to anyone who has a lot of accounts.

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November 05, 2008

Verizon Fios Now Allows DVR Management Via Internet

Posted at: 2:16 am by Timothy Haroutunian
Categories: Tech and Web

Verizon Fios just launched a new feature that I requested over a year ago. I am not saying that I was the only one to suggest it, but I was at least one of them.

Verizon now allows customers to manage their DVR from anywhere there is internet access. This is an amazing feature because it will allow “average” customers (not tech savvy) to go online and add/delete from the DVR while at work or on the road.

For example: Let’s say that you leave for work in the morning and at noon you find out that the President is going to be delivering a speech in a breaking news situation. You can go online and add that as one of your scheduled recordings. Don’t have room, delete other items to make space. I am not sure if it is all customers right now or just the ones with the Home Media Center plan. They might roll it out to all DVRs if the community responds well to the feature.

This is an exciting feature that I think many will like if it is marketed properly. I would want a summary of the encryption it will run and be able to see a certificate. If they can fully answer that question, I do not see a single negative aspect of this feature. Isn’t technology awesome that you can remotely control your DVR when you are nowhere near your TV. I knew it was possible, but I wasn’t sure how others would perceive it. Only time will tell if it will be available to all customers which I really hope they do.

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October 24, 2008

Tiny Paste Is An Awesome Twitter Tool

Posted at: 11:45 pm by Timothy Haroutunian
Categories: Tech and Web

Tiny Paste is a tool that is used for twitter to allow you to type more than the 140 characters that twitter allows. You type what you want to say, hit submit and it will turn it into a tiny url that you can add into your tweet. Once the person clicks on the url, they will be able to read it from there.

There is also a firefox plugin for Tiny Paste which you can select the text you want in the browser, right click and convert it into a url. Very handy when you are trying to quote something and you need more than 140 characters.

Enjoy!

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