The top 13 ...

http://pcsupport.about.com/od/maintenance/ss/screwing-up-computer.htm?utm_campaign=kw_tech_11&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=con&utm_content=3113&kwp_0=181389&kwp_4=731529&kwp_1=368810

The top 13 ways you are screwing up your computer... Number one, not backing up everything regularly.. as in every minute... Really??  How do you do that and more importantly WHY would you do that...  For those who's jobs depend on perfection I can see but those of us that use a computer for fun and teasing republicans I don't see why to back things up.. That being said however I will say that as of this past April I don't have anything important on this computer.. In fact the most recent video that I shot I was looking for the folder on the computer to put it in so that I could get to editing it later and I couldn't find it..  Well the main reason is because there isn't one there, I never replaced it after the restart to windows 7 then 10 then downgraded back to 7..  In fact there really isn't anything of importance on the computer.. EVER.. I take the video I shot, place it on a flash drive and then work with it from there, when the video is completed it is then placed on an SD card for future storage or to wait until I have enough to burn to disc.. That was the old way of doing this, since the start of this year I have abandonded that thinking in full favor of using SD cards rather than dvd ram.. Mostly because the dvds aren't being watched and it is a lot easier to just click on  a video you want to watch on the SD card.. Instead as well having a bulky disc, there is a card the size of a postage stamp..  This may or may not be a mistake.. Guess we'll see..

So I have a Roku, bet you didn't know that...  I've had one for about five years.. A Roku is a streaming device that allows the user to watch things like Amazon, walmart's VUDU service and of course Netflix..  I got mine because having the straming service for the previous two years and not even using it was a huge waste of money, why not stream some programming... In the early days of the streaming part of Netflix I was doing so on the computer every once in a while.. Why not try the Roku??  I had digital cable for a year and realized I wasn't watching 90% of what was on the digital side so get rid of that and get the Roku.. All was set and so Christmas of that year I made the big switch..  The reason to get the Roku:  98% was Netflix, and in the beginning it was pretty much the reason.. I had researched the box for three months (alright it was more like seven but you know) So I knew pretty much everything I needed to.. In fact I was set on a different streaming player by another unrelated company and was set to get it but a few months later it wasn't available and the reviews weren't that positive anyway.. So by October of that year I reluctantly changed my mind to the Roku.. I'm glad I did.. The 98% reason to get it for netflix has changed down to 95% but still strong enough..  The channels available for the roku is quickly numbering close to 3 thousand.. Which is 2500 more than needed but if you like religion, there you go..   Here is my review of some of the channels I currently have..  NETFLIX:   What can I say about this channel that hasn't already been said??  It is a really great service, running programming commercial free and there are series they make that can be run in binge form (watching one episode after another) In fact there is a setting where you can watch shows back to back without having to get out of the show.. I don't have this option clicked and haven't heard good things about it either.. To me I set shows to watch like a regular night of watching network tv.. I will watch one show, then switch to another show.. Say watch one episode of Hell on Wheels, then watch another show like Jane The Virgin, then another show like Friday Night Lights.. This equals about after nine so if there is enough time to watch another hour long (42 minutes as the crow flies as it were) then do that.. However I have a tendency to either watch a half hour sitcom or switch to a news channel of some sort.. You watch it, you program it.. tv your way..  Second Channel is Crackle:  This channel begins the long line of channels that are on for the "potential" they have for entertainment.. They have commercials on them which isn't bad but can be because of where the commercials are placed.. They use an algorithm that sets where the commercials are placed unlike late night tv where they try to make sense of it.. They can place a commercial in the middle of a conversation but most of the time they return a few seconds ahead of that so you get a short review of the scene you were on.. This happens on quite a few of the channels.. The attraction of Crackle is they have a lot of good original programming, Comedians in cars getting coffee with Jerry Seinfeld..  A show called Chosen is really good as well as others...   Then in my number three slot is Popcorn Flix:  They signed a contract for content recently.. I read somewhere where they are like that bin at stores like Walmart and stores like that that have movies for five dollars... This service is free as is Crackle.. The only investment is your time watching the commercials, and some of the commercials are not on regular tv, although it seems like they are more and more becoming that way.. Popcorn Flix is the third channel in row one and all three are movie/tv programming related and are the top three but not the most popular channels that I watch except for Netflix which is number 1..  Weather and news channels would be in the other two next to Netflix if they were in by popularity.. My listing of channels really might not make any sense but...it's how I have them.. It's how no one else would.. But you can set them up however you feel like doing it.. It's your box..


Badge Henry