If your shopping for flights to Guam to visit, your probably well aware of the following sites:
Orbitz
Expedia
Hotwire
Travelocity
But a better one might be this: Kayak
Kayak searches all the airlines own websites, because sometimes the best deal is through the actual airline itself and not a travel site.
Monday, June 19, 2006
Wednesday, June 14, 2006
Christine at Work
Yup thats my wife....
If you cant view the movie, you need the flash player, get it HERE
Yup thats my wife....
If you cant view the movie, you need the flash player, get it HERE
Thursday, June 08, 2006
Want to talk to us in Guam for Free?
Get Skype!
Download Skype Here (Yes, Virginia, there is a Mac version)
Skype is Voice Over Internet Protocol. That means its your voice over the internet. There is a little set up to do, so lets get to it.
After you have downloaded skype, install it. Just double click the file you just downloaded.
During the install it will ask you to create a username, and fill in some other basic info. You do not have to use your real first or last name. You can just put, mother, sister, brother, etc.
After it has installed it will run. It should automatically sign you in the first time it starts.
Good. Good.
Now your going to need a phone type device, something with a speaker and a microphone.
Here are some good examples:
USB Phone This one is good if you want to hold it to your head and feel like your actually talking on a phone.
USB Headset This one is good for hands free communication.
This one, or This one are decent but they plug into two ports on your computer, most likely on the back of it, one being your microphone port (the red one) and the other being your speaker port (the green one). Now this isn't bad, its just that it takes up your speaker port, so if you want to say listen to music for a while you have to plug in your speakers, then if you want to talk on the phone you have to unplug it and plug in your headset.
This problem can be solved with This. This will allow you to plug both your headphones and your speakers into the same port on the back of your computer.
Once you have decided on which method you want to use, plug it in.
If you decide on the USB method, plug it in. Windows will recognize it and install it. (if your on a mac, your mac will do whatever macs do when you plug things into them).
Once it has completed its thing, go to Skype, click on Tools, then Options. On the left will Audio Devices. Click on that. It will have three drop down menus. Audio In, Audio Out, and Ringing. For Audio In and Audio Out, click on the drop down menu and choose the USB option. For ringing leave it as Windows Default and it will ring over your computers speakers.
If you chose the cheaper of the two methods, the headset that plugs into your microphone and speaker ports then congrats, your all set up. Just remember if you don't get the splitter mentioned above, then the only thing that's going to ring is the headset and if your not wearing it you won't hear it.
Now, to add contacts.
Click on add contacts. You can search for contacts by Skype Name (which is an alias, like a screen name) or by email address. We will provide you with our Skype names when you get to this point.
To make a call, highlight the name of the person you want to call and press the green button. To end a call, hit the red button.
Now the cool part.
From now until January 1st 2007, you can call any phone number in the USA. (Remember, Guam is not IN the USA.) After January 2007, it might continue it might not, right now its a promotion that skype is doing. If and when it ends it will just pop up with a message saying you have to purchase credit to make the call. And since you never gave them any of your information they can't inadvertantly charge you. So don't worry about that.
On the bottom portion of the Skype screen, there will be a box you can type into. Type the ten digit number and hit the green button. Presto, phone call.
Thats the basics, but we will guide you through this if you need assistance.
Download Skype Here (Yes, Virginia, there is a Mac version)
Skype is Voice Over Internet Protocol. That means its your voice over the internet. There is a little set up to do, so lets get to it.
After you have downloaded skype, install it. Just double click the file you just downloaded.
During the install it will ask you to create a username, and fill in some other basic info. You do not have to use your real first or last name. You can just put, mother, sister, brother, etc.
After it has installed it will run. It should automatically sign you in the first time it starts.
Good. Good.
Now your going to need a phone type device, something with a speaker and a microphone.
Here are some good examples:
USB Phone This one is good if you want to hold it to your head and feel like your actually talking on a phone.
USB Headset This one is good for hands free communication.
This one, or This one are decent but they plug into two ports on your computer, most likely on the back of it, one being your microphone port (the red one) and the other being your speaker port (the green one). Now this isn't bad, its just that it takes up your speaker port, so if you want to say listen to music for a while you have to plug in your speakers, then if you want to talk on the phone you have to unplug it and plug in your headset.
This problem can be solved with This. This will allow you to plug both your headphones and your speakers into the same port on the back of your computer.
Once you have decided on which method you want to use, plug it in.
If you decide on the USB method, plug it in. Windows will recognize it and install it. (if your on a mac, your mac will do whatever macs do when you plug things into them).
Once it has completed its thing, go to Skype, click on Tools, then Options. On the left will Audio Devices. Click on that. It will have three drop down menus. Audio In, Audio Out, and Ringing. For Audio In and Audio Out, click on the drop down menu and choose the USB option. For ringing leave it as Windows Default and it will ring over your computers speakers.
If you chose the cheaper of the two methods, the headset that plugs into your microphone and speaker ports then congrats, your all set up. Just remember if you don't get the splitter mentioned above, then the only thing that's going to ring is the headset and if your not wearing it you won't hear it.
Now, to add contacts.
Click on add contacts. You can search for contacts by Skype Name (which is an alias, like a screen name) or by email address. We will provide you with our Skype names when you get to this point.
To make a call, highlight the name of the person you want to call and press the green button. To end a call, hit the red button.
Now the cool part.
From now until January 1st 2007, you can call any phone number in the USA. (Remember, Guam is not IN the USA.) After January 2007, it might continue it might not, right now its a promotion that skype is doing. If and when it ends it will just pop up with a message saying you have to purchase credit to make the call. And since you never gave them any of your information they can't inadvertantly charge you. So don't worry about that.
On the bottom portion of the Skype screen, there will be a box you can type into. Type the ten digit number and hit the green button. Presto, phone call.
Thats the basics, but we will guide you through this if you need assistance.
Yup, Thats Guam
And heres the Statue of Liberty. Seriously, theres one on Guam. No kidding.
And here is a weather type chart. Guam does not recognize Daylight Savings Time, or the fact that theres a season called Winter.| Weather | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| Avg Fahrenheit | 76 | 77 | 78 | 79 | 79 | 80 | 80 | 80 | 79 | 80 | 80 | 79 |
| Avg Centigrade | 24 | 25 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 26 | 27 | 27 | 26 |
| rainfall inches | 5.16 | 4.26 | 2.97 | 4.03 | 4.49 | 5.19 | 9.59 | 12.16 | 14.08 | 14.40 | 8.51 | 5.85 |
| rel humidity | 77 | 76 | 75 | 74 | 73 | 76 | 76 | 81 | 81 | 80 | 80 | 78 |
| sunshine hrs/day | 11.15 | 11.30 | 11.51 | 12.16 | 12.40 | 12.58 | 13.00 | 12.47 | 12.24 | 12.00 | 11.35 | 11.18 |
Tuesday, June 06, 2006
Posting Comments
To post a comment you do not need to register for this site.
Just click on the word COMMENTS, and when it asks you to choose an identity, select "Other", type in whatever name you want displayed and enter your comment.
Its like pie and chips, for free.
Just click on the word COMMENTS, and when it asks you to choose an identity, select "Other", type in whatever name you want displayed and enter your comment.
Its like pie and chips, for free.