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Want to test your digital television in Hawaii?

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Posted Friday, 16 May 2008

Monday, 19 May 2008
17:00 HST @041	to	22:00 HST @250

If you have a television in the state of Hawaii, and you want to see if your set is ready for digital television, tune into KGMB during its Monday 19 May 2008 newscasts at 5, 6 and 10 pm.

The station will do a 10-second switchover to its DTV signal, simulating what will happen on 17 February 2009 when the analog television channels go dark.

If you have more than one television set, test them all.

It doesn’t matter how you get your TV signal. The test will work with local cable, satellite and antenna systems.

If your TVs show the picture and audio, not static, during the KGMB test, you’re ready.

If not, you’ll need a new set top box from Time Warner Cable or a local electronics store.

See KGMB’s article, FAQ and the Honolulu Advertiser for more information.

Outsource your projects online

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Posted Friday, 16 May 2008

Need some more time at the office? Perhaps you’ve got a project that needs several hours of tedious work. You could hire an assistant or a temp to come in and handle these tasks, but if that’s not an option in these economically challenging times, try virtual outsourcing some of your research, data entry, word processing or travel planning to a virtual assistant on the Internet.

Virtual outsourcing isn’t anything new. In September 1998, Business Week interviewed people at several US-based virtual outsourcing firms, and they discussed how their companies help small- and medium-sized businesses reduce their overhead expenses.

In 2006, this American Bar Association article discussed virtual outsourcing for legal firms.

You can even outsource your social networking, although that seems to defeat the purpose. Make sure the virtual outsourcing firm has some privacy guarantees.

This post at Elance has more details and a list of 25 examples.