Circuitous Distractions

Google Voice Local Search is Google’s experimental service to make local-business search accessible over the phone.

To try this service, just dial 1-800-GOOG-411 (1-800-466-4411) from any phone.

Using this service, you can:

• search for a local business by name or category.
  You can say “Giovanni’s Pizzeria” or just “pizza”.
• get connected to the business, free of charge.
• get the details by SMS if you’re using a mobile phone.
  Just say “text message”.

And it’s free. Google doesn’t charge you a thing for the call or for connecting you to the business. Regular phone charges may apply, based on your telephone service provider.

Note: Google Voice Local Search is still in its experimental stage. It may not be available at all times and may not work for all users. We’re fine-tuning the service to get better at recognizing your requests. It’s currently only available in English, in the US, for US business listings.

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This is the week of the Spring Church IT Roundtable. Thankfully, it is in Houston at Sugar Creek Baptist Church, so no traveling!  I thought you might like to see what 50 church Geeks in one room looks like.

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1. Run Active Directory Users and Computers and select the View menu and select Advanced Features.

2. Select the User object that will be Send on Behalf of(i.e. BlogDirector).

3. Right-click the object and select Properties.

4. Under Security Tab -> Click Advanced, click Add and type the username (i.e. joe.blog) that you want to grant Send As permissions to.

5. Click Check Names to make sure you have the name right and then click OK.

6. In the Permission Entry dialog, select “This object only” in the “Apply to” dropdown, and then check “Allow” under “Send As” in the Permissions list. Make sure no other permissions are being explicitly granted.

7. Click OK to all to close the dialogs boxes.

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I’m soooo very excited to announce that this is the last post on the House “to be.”

It seems like only yesterday I posted my first pic of the lot being cleared, but that is not the case and I know this because we closed on the house Friday, what a joy!

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