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Thursday, January 24th, 2008
Now that Bill Gates has retired from Microsoft, it looks like things may be loosening up a bit with the Office crowd. I know you have probably never used the name of any Microsoft product and the word "fun" in the same sentence before but that is all about ...
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Sunday, January 20th, 2008
Are you the type of person that loves to wear a t-shirt that asks, "Do I look like a people person?" Do you smirk as you hit the delete button on your e-mail program when you receive an invitation to join a social networking site like My Space? ...
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Saturday, January 5th, 2008
It is better to give than to receive but how do you decide where to send your hard earned money. The first thing you have to understand is that not all charities are created equal or managed well. Fortunately, there are several on-line watchdog groups that can help ...
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Friday, January 4th, 2008
Did you know that there is a great free on-line classified service available in our area? Craigslist is a centralized network of online communities featuring free classified advertisements and forums on various topics. It started in San Francisco but it has expanded to a wide variety of cities ...
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Sunday, December 30th, 2007
". . . Please pay attention because our menus have changed. Push 1 for sales, Push 2 for service, Push 3 . . ." Sometimes these automated telephone systems are a great time saver but, more often than not, they are just a royal pain, particularly the ones ...
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Saturday, December 22nd, 2007
The other day, I was in Lowe's to pick up some fertilizer (my last attempt to coax my lawn back to life next year). As usual, I had my iPod Shuffle with me and the young lady at the checkout register ask what kind of music I had on ...
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Thursday, December 6th, 2007
The Thanksgiving leftovers should be finished by now so it's time to start gearing up for Christmas. After you get the lights up, it will be time to start sending out the Christmas card and Microsoft has you covered. Check out their assortment of free on-line holiday templates. ...
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Friday, November 30th, 2007
Its the holiday season and most reports indicate that more gifts will be purchased on-line this year than ever before. A while back, I wrote an article about using of coupon codes when you make on-line purchases. If you have made many on-line purchases, you have probably noticed a ...
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Tuesday, November 27th, 2007
Around this time of year, most criminal justice agencies send out Christmas cards. We used to always order our cards on-line but now there is an on-line vendor that lets you double the pleasure of sending out cards.
CardsThatGive.org is a non-profit site that makes it simple to select greeting ...
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Wednesday, November 14th, 2007
They say that time flies and I think it does when you're talking about oil changes. It seems like three months or three thousand miles goes by before I know it. To be honest, four or five thousand miles usually passes before I notice. Now, thanks to ...
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Sunday, October 21st, 2007
I remember watching Ted Turner receive accolades for founding the Cable News Network. Although CNN has been one of the "go to" news outlets for information during nearly every crisis since its debut, it also changed the news business in some negative ways. The most significant impact was ...
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Thursday, October 18th, 2007
I was going to write a short note to tell you about a new feature from the folks at Jott.com when I realized I had never written the original article about the service that I intended to write. Well like they say, "better late than never."
A few months ago, ...
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Sunday, October 14th, 2007
I have been running The Sisyphus Comments for over two years now and I have a pretty loyal group of regular readers. Believe it or not, I actually started my blog to help me keep track of the cool products, software and websites that I discovered on the internet. ...
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Tuesday, October 9th, 2007
I was listening to one of my regular podcasts the other day when a youngster called in and recommended an on-line office suite named Zoho so I decided to take a look. Zoho is a gold mine of a free office suite that may even put a hurt on ...
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