H.I.T.S.
Mrs. Schulze turned me on to a really cool online service last week at a website called logmein.com. Among the many services they offer is a free account. You register your email and choose a password and then you get sent a confirmation email to the address you gave to make sure that its active.
After clicking on the confirmation link, you can then use any Windows or Mac computer to access your home or work computer remotely.
If that sounds confusing, let me make it clearer. I downloaded the software and installed it on my Mac at home. Later, when I went across town to teach guitar, I logged into my free Logmein account on my laptop and saw a small graphic of my home computer.
I then downloaded another small piece of software via a link on the Logmein site. I clicked on the icon for my home computer, entered its username and password and within seconds, I saw the desktop of my home computer just like I was sitting in front of it. It was amazing to click on things and open them up remotely from across town.
You can’t copy or exchange files with the free version, but imagine how useful this could be if you have a computer at work or your business and want to do work from home on weekends.
According to the information from their site, you can purchase the Pro version that enables you to move files and folders between multiple computers and even print from a remote computer to the one you’re sitting at. Check them out if you need to access a computer from somewhere else.
I also have an update on my battle with the power company to pay for my $1,500 guitar amp that was damaged when we had a “brownout” at the store while I was teaching. Recent steps have been to send letters to the two CEOs of our “old” power company and the new company that has purchased the old.
The more I learn, the more annoyed I get. It seems that it’s company policy to initially deny claims from customers whether they’re legit or not. Since I received a curt denial the first time around, it’s now become a whole new ballgame. I’ve had two more phone calls from them. The latest communication is a letter from somebody who (I guess) tries to head you off from calling the PUC and complaining to them.
As power the company only makes billions in profit, I guess they can’t afford to reimburse me or you if they blow up our fridge, TV, garage door opener or guitar amplifier, even if it’s their fault. I shall not give up until I get satisfaction from them.
Hopefully my battle may help some of you readers out there with your own problems with the power company. I didn’t even know there was a claims department or a number to reach them before all of this began. Stay tuned for further details.
Finally, any of you that have seen either of the Ironman movies might be as amazed as I was to read that there are actual exoskeleton robotic suits being developed for the military. At least, that’s the buzz online at the moment. Check out this video of one of the suits on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0X1vyWU6bw.
What’s next? Flying saucers like on the Jetsons? Ponder that while I bid you all farewell until next week.