My iPhone - Chapter 11 Configuring iPhone’s Settings and Bonus Tips

IN THIS CHAPTER, you’ll explore the settings not related to specific iPhone functionality. The topics include the following:

• Accessing iPhone settings
• Using Airplane mode
• Monitoring usage
• Configuring general sound settings
• Setting screen brightness
• Setting wallpaper
• Configuring general settings

If you’ve read earlier chapters, such as the chapters on iPod or email functionality, you already have experienced configuring iPhone by using its Settings tool. Many of those settings relate directly to functionality discussed in other chapters. However, a number of iPhone settings are more general in nature, which is where this chapter comes into play.

Some examples of general settings you want to become familiar with include airplane mode (sets iPhone in “silent running” so that you can use iPod and other functions while you fly); sound settings (controls the noises iPhone makes); screen brightness (controls the brightness of the screen); and so on. While you might not use these functions everyday, they come in handy from time to time.

Read the chapter here, or read more about the book (and some bonus tips!):

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Check Your System For Rootkits

WHAT ARE ROOTKITS? They’re nasty little tree-like creatures that hide and grow their roots in your computer and wreak havoc on it, that’s what they are!

Actually, a rootkit was originally a Unix term, having to do with granting root access to a file or person. And even now a rootkit is not really a bad thing in itself, it’s just that they are being used to do bad things to your computer. Rootkits Continued » » »

A Dozen Kewl Tewl Sites for Webmasters

HERE’S A LIST of (mostly) not-too-well-known Webmaster tool sites. Most of them come from my own stash.

Webmasters and web developers will find most of them useful, but some are just fun.

All are free, but some have upgrades that will remove ads, or add more functionality. But even then the prices are very reasonable. Kewl Tewls » » »

Honeypots.net - Spam Fighter!

A WHILE BACK, we were getting an overwhelming 10-12,000 pieces of email spam per day. We finally realized that it was coming from the “catch-all” account.

We were getting, and supposedly sending, emails to/from things like asbkxke at cbo dot com (abbreviated of course).  The catch-all account was deleted, and that took care of most of the spam. 

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Search Me

HOW COOL IS THIS?  There must be about a bazillion little search engines out there, but this one is different! You don’t get a list of text results, or even a list of text results with a small screen shot of the sites. More » » »

Ever Thought About Trying Linux?

HAVE YOU EVER WANTED to give Linux a try, without actually switching over to it?  There are several versions of Linux that can be run from a bootable CD or DVD on your current system, without having to remove your current OS.

Knoppix Linux can be downloaded to either CD or DVD (you get more stuff on the DVD).  Go to the inventor’s (Klaus Knopper) site for the download and all the information you’ll need to get started, inlcuding system requirements, what is included on the CD or DVD, forums, and how to set it up. Try Linux » » »

A Very Simple Lesson on Piracy vs. Theft

OK, ACCORDING TO THIS picture, I didn’t steal this pic - I pirated it.

It’s a Wonderful Internet

I JUST STUMBLED across this little cutie. It’s a story set at Christmastime, but it’s fun for anytime of the year. It’s a story - full of little surprises - about how bleak life could be without the Net. 

Be sure to give the interactive book pages time to load.

Visit It’s A Wonderful Internet.

See? I’m not the only one who thinks the Internet is wonderful!