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Before the first episode of Smallville this year, there was a group attempting to get the term #Smallville to be listed as one of the top 10 trending topics on the Twitter homepage. So I decided to do my part to help out. So I started preparing posts to make about Smallville. I thought I would combine those Twitter posts and post them below.

Everyone is familiar with cars. Whether you are a car buff who can take an engine completely apart and put it back together or a casual driver who just wants to run to the store now and then, cars are everywhere. Let me make a proposal to you.

Let's say there is a new car company out there, and they want you to buy their cars. And boy do they have a deal for you.

A friend recently contacted me about the fact that she had a virus on her computer and asked for advice in helping get rid of it. I figured the advice would apply to more people than just her, so I thought I would pass this along.

BTW, this really only applies to Microsoft Windows computers. People who are running Apple Mac OSX or some variation of Linux are largely immune to viruses (although both platforms do have some, but the number for Windows can be measured in millions, while the number for OSX and Linux can be measured in hundreds, or maybe dozens).

Every year around this time, I am constantly amazed at how little the people in the United States know about the founding of our country. There are lots and lots of myths and legends that are taken as absolute fact. Here is a list of a few myths about Independence Day that I will attempt to set straight.

I read that Yahoo is shutting down the GeoCities service later this year. They have already eliminated the ability to sign up for a new account on the service.

I don't use GeoCities anymore, but I used to use it. My first website was set up on GeoCities in January of 1997 (my senior year in college). That was before Yahoo purchased it. But GeoCities was a free service, and a few of my friends had their own pages, so I jumped onto the bandwagon.

(Originally published by me on EastOfIndy.com)

Back in October, Microsoft released a security patch for Windows XP and Windows Vista that was out of the normal patch schedule to fix a huge security problem that had been recently discovered. There were web articles, newspaper articles, TV news stories, magazine articles, and several other methods to get the word out to get people to install the patch and protect their systems.

(Originally published by me on EastOfIndy.com)

Almost every program that is installed on a computer has a “EULA”, or “End User's Licensing Agreement”, that the user has to agree to.

While it is common to simply click on the “OK” button and go on, it is important that you realize what you are doing.

“By installing or otherwise using this software, you agree to be bound by the terms of this EULA. If you do not agree to the terms, do not install, copy or use the software.”

Over the last couple of days, Central Indiana got hit with a lot of snow.

Supposedly, we "only" got 10 inches of snow in our town. I say "only" because it seems like more. Indianapolis, which is just west of us, got a little over a foot.

The high snow fall didn't keep either my wife nor I from going to work this morning, although we both had some trouble getting out of our driveway because we didn't have time to shovel the drive before we left for work (and the snow was still coming down anyway). But we got the driveway mostly cleared after we got off work.

(Originally published by me on EastOfIndy.com)

Passwords are a pain of the computer world. Everything needs a password. From an email newsletter to your favorite store to your bank, everything needs a password.

OK, I know I have tried to do this several times in the past, but I am trying to pick back up blogging again.

This time, though, there is a change. I'm not just blogging on my site.

My previous post, Computers take security hits was originally posted on my office's blog site, EastOfIndy.com.

Since I am writing the post, I figured I could copy it on my site as well.