Tip of the Day

So, this was a suggestion to me- share my considerable knowledge of computers and the Internet with the readers. And have a section for Joke of The Day. Good idea, mom.

The current issue is, "Why can't I send an e-mail to an AOL mail account?" That includes WMConnect.com, since it's just an AOL clone. The answer is, I don't know. AOL is blocking a lot of messages lately, especially many with hyperlinks in them. Bad business, if you ask me. And if you are asking me, my advice is to ditch AOL. They're bad mojo. If you've got an e-mail account that ends in @aol.com, everyone on the Internet (they call it the IntarWeb, and it is their home) is making fun of you.
Seriously.

A great service that I've signed up for and many people I know use is Gmail. That's Google's mail service. Oh yes, if you didn't know, Google has become far more than a search engine. They've come to the point where they provide many services and products. I like Gmail quite a bit, it's a very nice service with many features.
One of the more significant features of it is that it comes with a calender. Let me explain. This calender, you can put an event on it and enable it so you can show it to your friends and family, enable it so people can come check your calender whenever they want and see what you have planned, and for people like me who forget everything, the calender will even e-mail you before an event to remind you! The reminder can be set up to be sent to you anywhere between 5 minutes and 24 hours before the event.
These are all optional features, but pretty impressive anyway.

Besides the calender and a host of other features, the regular e-mail service seems to work better than many subscription based, big name e-mail services (AOL, anyone?) And most importantly, it's free.

All that and if I don't say good things about Google now and then, they might just take away these money making ads on my blog.