http://www.valp.net A Community Owned ISP Tue, 12 Aug 2008 00:44:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This is a really cool site for those of you with a webcam. It converts the video into an Ascii photo. http://www.krazydad.com/asciicam/ Have Fun, Jesse - jmason@valp.org http://www.valp.net/2008/07/20/got-a-webcam/ NPR's reading of the Declaration of Independence If you haven't read it, or haven't listened to it, I recommend it. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=92108861 http://www.npr.org/documents/2006/jul/declaration.pdf http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/document/index.htm http://www.valp.net/2008/07/05/declaration-of-independence/ You have been hearing about it and not it is on it's way. We are rebuilding our system with fiber-optics to bring you the future of communications today! With the upgrading of our cable lies and equipment we will be offering more channels, HD Programming, Better picture quality, Faster Internet ... http://www.valp.net/2008/06/27/the-new-vbcs-is-on-its-way/ This is an interesting artical to read: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1813969,00.html http://www.valp.net/2008/06/19/confessions-of-a-wi-fi-thief/ http://www.valp.net/2008/06/17/today-is-the-day/ Here is a LINK to watch the live webcam feed from the space shuttle. http://www.valp.net/2008/06/04/webcam-from-space/ If you are like me, you just got a new computer or thinking about getting one you will need additional software. Used to be that a new computer came with all sorts of software to get you to buy the computer. Now computers are so cheap that they have stripped ... http://www.valp.net/2008/05/21/new-computer-now-what/ I am going to the moon! Well not really, but my name is. I ran across this site where you can add your name to a data base that will be loaded on a computer chip and sent to the moon by NASA. http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LRO/main/index.html So go add your name and go to ... http://www.valp.net/2008/05/09/i-am-going-to-the-moon/ I ran across a interesting piece of software the other day. While it does not help me at home because I run linux on my laptop, on my windows desktop it worked great. Most windows computes will get bogged down with “stuff”. CCleaner http://www.ccleaner.com/ scan your machine and will find ... http://www.valp.net/2008/05/02/get-rid-of-unwanted-stuff/ If you are like me or somewhat like me you may have AIM/AOL instant messenger, Yahoo messenger, MSN messenger, Gtalk messenger, MySpace messenger and some IRC chat rooms. The big problem with having all of those is the software that comes with them. Most of it is bloated with ads ... http://www.valp.net/2008/04/28/instant-message/