Show Notes Sunday, March 18, 2007

• Welcome Comments


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• Show Line Up
  
  
• CopCAST Frappr Shout Out - The week we want to say hello to a listener from Tucson, Arizona who goes by the handle of bobfox321. Thanks for downloading and listening to the show.
  
• Cop News of the Week
• Training Opportunities
• Job Opportunities
  
• Tech Issues

• Cop News of the Week
  
  
• Six More Fallen Heroes - Rich
• Cop & Friend Die During Snowmobile Speed Test - Mack
• Teenager Charged with Theft State Police Vehicle - Rich
• Florida Officers Resign Following Exposed Corruption - Mack
• Ford Recalls Crown Vics - Rich
• Bogus Police Sites Posted On MySpace - Mack
• Jag Receiver Charged With Cops Stolen Gun - Rich

• Training Opportunities


• Each week we try to include training announcments from academies and training organizations.
  
  This week we want to announce the Improving Investigation and Prosecution of Child Abuse conference that will be held on May 3 & 4, 2007 at the Holiday Inn Select Koger South in Richmond, Virginia. The registration fee is $50.00 for participants registering online or $55.00 for those registering by e-mail, US mail or fax. Conference information and registration are available on the Department of Criminal Justice Services' website. For additional information Denise M. Hampton, Administrative Assistant, 804-225-3948 or visit http://www.dcjs.virginia.gov/trainingEvents/iipca/2007Spring.cfm.
  
  We welcome training announcements from any criminal justice training academy or training organization. Just send the information to talkback@copcast.net and we will do our best to announce your training course.
  

• Job Opportunities


• This week we don't have any new job announcements.
  
  
• If your agency is looking for qualified people, just send us a little information about the job and we will announce it on the show.

• Tech Issues


• New Internet Safety Web Site - Rich
• Mack's Top 10 Website Recommendations - Mack
  
  Lifehacker
  http://lifehacker.com
  
  O’REILLY radar
  http://radar.oreilly.com
  
  43 Folders
  http://43folders.com
  
  Wired
  http://http://wired.com
  
  arstechnica
  http://arstechnica.com
  
  Boing Boing
  http://boingboing.net
  
  Bruce Schneier
  http://schneier.com/blog
  
  Waxy Links
  http://waxy.org/links
  
  Download Squad
  http://downloadsquad.com/
  
  Twit/Mike Laz
  http://twit.tv/mikelaz.com


• PC User's Tip
  

For the PC user tip this week, I want to remind you to use sleep and hibernate modes so don't have boot up every time you turn on your computer since it's a waste of valuable time.

Keep your favorite programs open: e-mail, word processor, picture viewer, Web browser, spreadsheet, whatever.

Make sure you save your work and maybe even close your document, but leave the apps open and keep the machine in Sleep or Hibernate mode.


• Mac User's Tip
  

For the Mac user tip this week, we want to help you extend a useful Safari feature. The Safari browser stores a limited number of the sites that you’ve visited. That’s fine if you’re in the habit of creating bookmarks for virtually every site you visit. However, it is possible to change the number of sites included in the History list.  All it requires is a little work within the Terminal application.

To change the number of sites remembered in the browser:

1. Quit the Safari browser if open.

2. Launch the Terminal application.

3. Enter '''defaults write com.apple.Safari WebKitHistoryItemLimit 9999''' into the utility and press the [return] key. This will set Safari to remember 9,999 items instead of the default 100.

4. Enter '''defaults write com.apple.Safari WebKitHistoryAgeInDaysLimit 30''' and press the [return] key. This sets the browser to remember and display up to a month of history.

It’s important to remember that the more sites you set Safari to display in the History, the slower the browser reacts. So make sure you carefully consider the number of items and the number of days you realistically want to display in the History file and adjust the commands above accordingly.


• Closing
  

Thanks to our partner RLS Enterprises, Inc. - Your Affordable On-Line Training Solution for making this episode of CopCAST possible. Visit their website for more information about providing internet-based training for your organization.
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• From the crew at CopCAST.....Have a great week!