The SilverMarc Quasi-Periodical Send-Sheet

SilverMarc Send-SheetYou have so little time to read… I have so little time to write!

The SilverMarc Quasi-Periodical “Send-Sheet” is sent from time to time to our colleagues and clients. It is purposely kept short and on-point to provide interesting Internet-related articles that are suited for “the rest of us!”

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Tags – Not Just For Graffiti Anymore!

October 13, 2010

Tags – Not Just For Graffiti Anymore! Bar Codes are so retro! Now we’re all using QR Code tags – the little matrix of black squares and shapes that are popping up on magazine articles, food and beverage packaging, and soon, no doubt, on somebody’s forehead. It’s called a “two-dimensional barcode,” and can be used [...]

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Show Me The Money!

May 9, 2009

Most people want to know where their money’s coming from. Some people, however, want to know where it’s going. I get to know both! There’s a web site that uses the full power of the Internet, and the power of its users, to let anyone track and analyze the movements of the paper currency they [...]

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It’s My Birthday (And I’ll Lie if I Want To!)

January 1, 2009

It’s My Birthday (And I’ll Lie if I Want To! New Year’s Day 2009 came in with a few added surprises: Automated birthday wishes from a couple of web sites, and even some personal birthday messages from Facebook friends who I already know in real life. But my birthday is in the summer, so their [...]

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A No-Hype Look at Skype

November 2, 2008

I knew about Skype – it’s an online application that lets anyone make audio and video contact from computer to computer as long as each person has Skype installed and running. You could use it to make Skype “calls” to and from anywhere in the world for free. I tried it, it was okay, and [...]

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Fly Me To Your Room

September 30, 2008

Fly Me To Your Room Pictures on the Wing These days, digital photos are ubiquitous. And not only that, they’re EVERYWHERE. In your cell phone, in your digital camera, in your computer, even in your iPods or other PDAs. They’re everywhere for you to enjoy, but sharing them with others is a different story. “Free [...]

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Outdoor Fun With GPS

September 2, 2008

Here’s a hobby where all you need is a $30 billion satellite system, and a handheld GPS device. Luckily, someone lent us the satellites! Most Internet-related pastimes require us to sit at our computers far too long – games, chat rooms, weblogs, newsgroups – all demanding our interaction while we gaze at our screens and [...]

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Hello Chumby

August 21, 2008

Hello Chumby. New watches come out from time to time, cars are updated yearly as “this year’s models” are unveiled; new flavors of Ben & Jerry Ice Cream are always being developed. These are all just variations of products that already exist. But every so often a completely new category of product appears. Sometimes it’s [...]

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Let’s All Sing Like the Birdies Sing

July 7, 2008

What are you doing? I’m wondering whether it’s at all possible to make a statement that’s not more than 140 characters in length that says something pertinent. (Okay, that’s 139.) What are you doing? Demonstrating how people worldwide have found that posting “tweets” that are seen by folks who follow them is a timely way [...]

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This Hoax is Serious!!!

April 27, 2008

This is serious!!!I would do it for you. Actually the subject of the above email when it arrived in my email box was “Fwd: FW: FW: FW: : Fwd: This is serious!!! I would do it for you.(corrected)” Those extra forwards told me that somebody who knows me thought this was so urgent for me [...]

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Free Software For Sale!

April 11, 2008

Free Software For SaleYou can get more than you pay for! A long, long time ago, when the world was young, people loved getting free software for their computers. This usually meant that they were getting it from someone else who bought it, or more likely, from someone who already got it from someone else. [...]

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