Hurricane Earl passed by the Jersey Shore on September 3, 2010…  Only a few brave surfers hit the water to ride the waves that Earl threw at them..  These are those surfers and the onlookers.

When I first arrived at the Jetty, separating Loch Arbour and Asbury Park, there were only a handful of people watching the wrath of Earl..  By the time I left, the Jetty was full…  Each ride ended in cheers from the onlookers.. 

It was a BIG day…

I am writing this update from tumblr for Android. So far, it seems like a pretty decent app. I can take a video or a picture and update it. Also gives me all the regular options… Publish, save as draft, etc… Also gives me the option to post to Twitter.

If your not running at least 2.1, you wont be able to use it. I am running 2.1 but also works with Froyo.

To use the Tumblr app, just search for tumblr in the Android Market…

Outlook 2007: 

Compose New Message: CTRL+SHIFT+m
Reply: CTRL+r
Reply to All: CTRL+SHIFT+r
Forward: CTRL+f
Send/Receive All: ALT+s
Open Message: CTRL+o
Save a Draft Message: CTRL+s
Go to Calendar: CTRL+2 
Go to Contacts: CTRL+3
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Just so you know..  I am always wary about some of the things I see on the internet regarding helping out for Haiti, The Gulf, or any other tragedy… 

I never post anything that I do not know for certain and with a doubt is the real thing.

That being said: A friend of the TechGuruJeff family has a son that has volunteered his time to help out in Haiti.  He has given a few old iPods to some of the people down there who need assistance.  In the picture is a girl who’s leg is shattered and needs to urinate in a bag.

When she received the iPod, you would have thought she won the lottery! 

The iPods received will have music synched to them by our friends wife, who is a dance instructor… 

To help out, and to donate an old, no longer needed iPod, please contact me at TechGuruJeff@gmail.com

If you have ANY questions, please email me as well..

Thank you so much for your help!

All too often I hear about how people have been negatively affected by something that they posted or clicked on in one of their many social networking sites. 

One person, we’ll call her Mary, posted a picture of herself doing shots with her good friend, Gwen.  Mary tagged Gwen in the pic so she could see it too.  Unfortunately, all of Gwen’s friends could see the same picture now.  Including her friend, Jon, who she had told she was staying in that night..  Jon, upset by this, unfriended Gwen in real life..  

Then there was Mr. and Mrs. Smith from the posh neighborhood of Cashville, who decided to take a family vacation…  Their High School aged son, Richie, posted several social updates including “Going away for a week tomorrow with the fam…”  Then posted pictures of him and his family haveing a blast..  While they were sunning, somebody was helping themselves to the family’s jewels that Mrs. Smith kept in a drawer in her bedroom..

Both cases were innocent enough but both also had some major consequences.  I am just as guilty as Mary and Richie sometimes.  I think we get a lured into a false sense of security when it comes to social networking.  We think that only our friends can see what we do.  We try hard to impress and to make people LOL or ‘Like’ something that we did, that we don’t stop to think about what it is that we are posting.

Social networking sites like Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, and Foursquare can be a fun way to communicate with our friends and family.  We need to think more about what we are doing rather than why we are doing it.

Now for the sales pitch - TechGuruJeff can help you setup your social network.  I’ll work with you, your company, your teen, or whoever to gain optimum exposure without risking your security or privacy.  Don’t understand Facebook’s privacy settings, want to make sure your teen is well protected? Email me today at TechGuruJeff@gmail.com for a free consultation.