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News & Editorials by Tom
Brusky:
► 2008 West Allis Summer
Concerts Are At Vet's Park
Friday, May 2nd
For the
past several years, the concerts have been held at Honey Creek Park on
84th and National Avenue. This year, the water tower in the park
is scheduled to be repainted, so the concerts will move back to their
original location at Vet's Park on 70th & National.
► Economical Cell Phone
Plan
Tuesday, April 29th
I've had
cell phone service since 1998, but in ten years, it never became a
staple of my daily routine. Most of my friends use their cell
phones thirty to sixty minutes a day, but that's about as much time as
I spend on my cell phone each month.
Last December, I lost my trusty Motorola MicroTac Lite IIe, and had to
purchase a new phone and service plan. I shopped around for a
couple of days, and the cheapest plans I found were 300 minutes a month
for $30 plus taxes. Since 300 minutes are 250 more than I need, I
started shopping around for prepaid phone plans.
I found a prepaid plan from T-Mobile that seemed too good to be
true. I went to the T-Mobile store and asked lots of questions,
and everything checked out. On their Pay-As-You-Go prepaid plan,
you can buy a thousand minutes for $100, and you have an entire year to
up the minutes. I did that math, and that comes out to 83 minutes
a month for $8.33. No contract, no monthly bill, and no taxes or
other extra fees. Before the year is up, or when you've used up
your minutes, you plop down another hundred bucks and get another
thousand minutes.
If you're like me and want a cell phone just for occasional use (I keep
mine in my car) this plan is perfect. I upgraded my phone to a
Motorola RAZR V3 [when you upgrade phones on a prepaid plan, you pay
retail price for the phone] because I am a stickler for quality, and so
far the service from T-Mobile has been flawless.
More
information from T-Mobile...
► The Tom Brusky Band Is
Now On MySpace
Monday, April 14th
http://www.myspace.com/tombrusky
►
Band Mailing List Has
Been Deleted
Friday, April 11th
After
being virus- and adware-free since my computing hobby began in 1994, I
happened to stumble across the wrong website a few days ago. The
site instantly slammed my computer with viruses, adware, spyware, and
malware.
I've been able to circumvent viruses all these years by avoiding
questionable websites, declining files sent to me via email, carefully
managing my security settings, and using a non-standard browser.
But, the other day, I went to a popular website frequented by many
people who have profiles on MySpace. I viewed the site through
Internet Explorer so that it would format correctly on my
monitor. That was the beginning of the end.
The malicious programs embedded themselves onto my computer so deeply
that the only way to remove them was to reformat my hard drive.
The process took several days because the operating system, peripheral
drivers, and software all had to be reinstalled.
Fortunately, I regularly back up all of my files onto CDs and DVDs, so
no critical documents or programs were lost. But, I did lose four
years worth of saved emails and my band mailing list. The emails
were not back-upable, so that loss could not have been prevented.
But, I lost my band mail address book because I mistakenly backed up
the wrong book before formatting my hard drive.
If you emailed me
within the last twelve months requesting me to place you on my mail
list, please email me again with the request as I have lost your email
address. I apologize for the inconvenience.
As a sidenote, my computer is back to being 100% virus- and
malware-free, and is running better than ever. There is a variety
of free software available that's designed to detect and remove
malicious programs from your computer, but it rarely catches
everything. Formatting your hard drive and reinstalling the
operating system is the only surfire way to do the job right, but it's
a big
job. ALWAYS back up your important data, primarily your documents
and addresses. Make sure you have all of your internet passwords
written down somewhere. Lastly, make sure to keep all of the
setup disks that came with your peripherals (i.e. printer, scanner) and
store the disks in a secure place. You never know if, or when,
you'll need them again.
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