Archives for Shane Hamelin

June 15, 2013: The Gadget Guy and the Queen of Social Media

Show Notes:

Shane Hamelin, CompuQuest Tech ExpertShane Hamelin:

rick_broidaRick Broida,

The Gadget Guy and legendary cheapskate shares three great deals:

Gadget Guy Special: Nook HD and Nook HD Plus Father’s Day Special

Emily Hay

Emily Hay:

The Queen of Social Media and CEO of Haytheresocialmedia keeps us up-to-date with the latest news:

MiTechNews.com

Mike BrennanWeekly feature with Mike Brennan, editor and publisher of MiTechNews.com, highlighting technology headlines from Michigan and around the world that impact of our state’s growing high tech sector.

  

Hour 3:  Answering Listener Questions. 800-859-0957

Email your questions to us by going to the Contact Us button on our home page.  It’s as easy as that.

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Shane’s Top 5 “MUST HAVE” Summer Tech Toys

 Shane Hamelin, CompuQuest Tech Expert

1.)  DryCASE – The Waterproof Case for the Windows Phone, iPhone and Android. DryCASE is a flexible, crystal clear waterproof bag that allows complete use of your Phone , while keeping it dry and clean.
http://www.drycase.com $39.00
2.)  PivotHead – Pivothead Video Recording Eyewear, is the first step in redefining True Point of View video and photography. Our High-Definition — Hands FreeTM video platform will liberate video creation by providing new realms of possibility for people of all walks of life to capture new and unique perspectives. http://pivothead.com $299.00
3.)  Pebble Watch – Pebble is the first watch built for the 21st century. It’s infinitely customizable, with beautiful downloadable watchfaces and useful internet- connected apps. Pebble connects to iPhone and Android smartphones using Bluetooth, alerting you with a silent vibration to incoming calls, emails and messages. While designing Pebble, we strove to create a minimalist yet fashionable product that seamlessly blends into everyday life. http://getpebble.com $150.00
4.)  Rugged rukus by Eton – The all-terrain, solar-powered, music-blasting wireless sound system. Rock the pool or the campsite or the trail. Wherever there’s sun, you’ve got an instant party. Connect wirelessly to any Bluetooth® enabled device and start blasting your favorite tunes in

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Electronic Travel: Shane Hamelin

Airport power

Since Foster and Shane came back from their respective vacations, we wondered what the best and worst aspects of the experience were for them.

Shane Hamelin (Cancun, Mexico)

Just coming back from Mexico, this was NOT easy.

I set up a skype US phone number, added a Skype app package and called T-Mobile to change service before I left. This system I set up was based on getting free wifi. I spend  about $50.00 in apps and services before I left..

System = Fail  

Spotty Wifi and or costly Wifi put this plan to its knees early. I think it all depends where you travel. 3rd world Mexico? Not so good, can’t rely on anything working. Canada?.. Probably would have had a total different result.

Even when I had full, free Wifi… skype and phone service didn’t work as intended or promised. Dropped calls, no dial tone, no ring back, static and roaming – even though I changed service so it wouldn’t roam in Mexico..  Bad, bad, bad…

When we got home I called my phone company and this is what they said AFTER they sold me extra service. “Well Sir… It is Mexico and we really have no control …


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Podcast August 4, 2012 Gamers Lend a Hand Up A Level

Show Notes:

Shane Hamelin is not only a great computer tech, but also a dedicated gamer.  Gamers have the reputation of being weird people who stay up all night playing video games in their mom’s basement.  Shane has a whole new perspective.

Zach Wigal, founder of  Gamers Outreach will join us in studio. Gamers Outreach Foundation is a video-game industry charity organization that works to use interactive entertainment in ways that improve the lives of others. Simply put, they use video games to help people out!

The Mac Minute: Erik Anderson brings you all the rumors/news about Apple at the start of the second hour.

Internet Advisor Takeaway:

Trackmania Nations Forever (PC)

It is the most popular online PC racing game. It fuels 7 different racing environments; hundreds of thousands of tracks and millions of players to compete with. You can download the car you are dreaming of, paint it, drive it through insane tracks made of loopings, ramps and off roads. It is all about you, your driving skills and the track in front of you.

League of Legends (PC)

League of Legends (LoL) is a multiplayer online battle arena video game. Players are formed into 2 even teams …


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Podcast June 2, 2012: Trio of Tech Titans

Show Notes:

Trio of Tech Titans: All of our tech experts work on a daily basis helping people solve problems with their computers and use them to greater advantage in their lives.  It’s no hobby for them; solving computer problems is their passion.

Cal Carson: Program anchor and executive tech for HP Detroit.  Cal is also our resident Apple expert or Sith Lord of the Dark Side, as we like to call him, member of MacGroup Detroit and fluent in both Mac and PC.

 

Ed Rudel: Executive tech for HP Detroit and veteran cohost on the Internet Advisor since 2002. Ed created the ToolKit, an all-in-one resource of tested and free options for dealing with computer problems.

 

Shane Hamelin: Tech troubleshooter for CompuQuest USA, a Metro Detroit computer service company for businesses and individual.  Besides his technical skills with PC’s and networks, Shane is a game wizard.

 

If you are listening over the Michigan Radio Network or to our Podcasts (subscribe through iTunes) send us an email or drop your question in the Forums.


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Printing from Web-based Email

Shane Hamelin posted this in response to a caller’s question last week about printing from email.

Printing from “Web-Based” email accounts like Gmail, Yahoo and even Comcast can sometimes lead to problems if you don’t resist the need to use the print function on your browser. Using your browsers print button can get frustrating because it doesn’t print correctly due to emails that just don’t print well due to their design and layout.

Without getting too “technical” on the “why’s & how’s”, I thought we would just show you with a few illustrations to get you printing correctly with Web-Based email.

In Gmail, use this to print your email:

In Yahoo, use this to print your email:

In none of the above cases, should you use this button (shown in Internet Explorer):

 


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Podcast: June 18, 2011

Cal Carson, Foster Braun, Shane Hamelin, Erik Anderson

Show Notes

  • Hack Attack: Chloe Albegensius, PCMag.com editor Who are these groups that have openly attacked banks, businesses and even the CIA?  What is their purpose?  Why haven’t they been caught?
  • Online Bank for the Disabled; Brad Saul President and CEO of Prime Access who is disabled himself, has developed specialized software to help the disabled with banking.  Bridgeview Bank
  • A few of our favorite things: Cal, Foster and Shane will share a favorite device or software program with our listeners.

The second hour is YOUR hour to get answers to your computer problems and concerns.

Podcast: June 18, 2011 – Hour 1
Podcast: June 18, 2011 – Hour 2


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Shane's Top 5 “Aha Moments”

Shane Hamelin is a tech expert who works for CompuQuest USA Inc.

The Top Five “Aha” Moments

1.) I’m connected to the Internet but my browser will not display websites.

Answer: Some malware will make normal connection to the Internet impossible by changing your Internet Connection settings to use a proxy server. If you are having problems connecting to the Internet and perhaps getting messages about a web page not being available follow my simple steps to change the Proxy Server back to the correct server.

a)     Start then go to control panel.

b)     Click Internet options, then connections

c)     Click LAN settings then it will open automatic configurations.

d)     Remove all the check marks you see on automatic configurations and proxy server

e)     Press OK

2.) My laptop will power up but I only have a “Black Screen”

Answer: You turned on your laptop, but the screen is BLACK! You see that the laptop has power but besides that nothing is happening. Some cases, its just static buildup and these simple steps can fix this issue on all brands of laptops.

a)     Take out your laptop battery.

b)     Remove your AC Adapter Cord, that’s the wall power plug; remove …


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