July 10, 2010

10 Things to do With a Thumb Drive

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Courtesy of Lifehacker. Wish I’d have thought of these. Or at least a few of them.

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July 9, 2010

The World Wide Wait

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It’s a joke from the early 1990s: The third W in WWW stood for wait. It’s coming back to haunt me.
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July 7, 2010

Your Typing Skills Are Being Swyped

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You would probably think that typing on a full size keyboard would beat typing on a cell phone’s teensy, Munchkin keyboard — and especially a cell phone’s touchscreen keyboard. Boy, are you wrong!
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July 6, 2010

US Gov’t Blocks Websites

Filed under: News — admin @ 7:37 am

Sure, lots of organizations filter the web, but when the US Dept. of Homeland Security begins to restrict where its employees can roam on the Internet, people take notice.

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July 5, 2010

Sorry, Steve: Books Are Better

Filed under: News — admin @ 8:48 am

Despite the popularity of the iPad, and the Kindle before it, your brain enjoys reading a book and does so faster. Yes, the old fashioned book. Yeah!

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Many Marriages

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Once upon a time there were two. Now there’s four. Soon I predict that there will be two again.
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July 3, 2010

How Microsoft Strangled Its Infant Kin

Filed under: News — admin @ 8:40 am

Once again, an ugly-ass, ego-driven, upper-management prick at Microsoft ruins what could have been a worthy product. Sell your stock already!

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July 2, 2010

Your Future Programming Career

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The computer industry isn’t dead, it’s just that the target machines are getting much smaller.
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June 30, 2010

The Kin is Dead

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Microsoft’s social-oriented cell phone project, the KIN, is being pulled. If so, why do I still see those stupid commercials on TV? Huh?

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The Cover Page Has No Page Number, Part II

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Making a document in Word that features a cover page without a page number can be an exercise in frustration. If you followed along with Monday’s blog post, then you’re already halfway there. Time to finish the job.
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