Archive for the ‘Computer Issues’ Category
Saturday, October 20th, 2007
Computers are wonderful tools . . . when they work correctly. The trick is keeping them running correctly despite the legions of hackers and electronic gremlins that can conspire to slow or even stop your computer. In order to save yourself the time, frustration and repair costs of ...
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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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Thursday, October 4th, 2007
It seems as though every guy I know covets a high-definition (HD) television system with surround sound. My brother-in-law told me that he watched the first half of a football game at a neighbor's house who had an HD setup. Unfortunately, the quality of the picture was so ...
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Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007
So you're finally going to break down and buy a new computer for the family - maybe one of those new, dual core hot rods. If you have never bought a new PC before, you may be in for a surprise when you boot it up the first time. ...
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Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007
The other day, I ran into a guy I knew from the my days as a Salem Fitness Center member. He is an avid cyclist and I see him spinning down the roads around Salem on a regular basis so naturally we started talking about cycling. I can ...
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Sunday, September 30th, 2007
Kaiser Permanente has teamed up with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control to develop "The Incredible Adventures of the Amazing Food Detective", a game designed to teach kids about healthy eating and exercise.
The game uses scavenger hunts to teach kids to read food labels, do experiments to measure sugar in ...
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Saturday, September 29th, 2007
Space, the final frontier - computer disk space that is. My first real computer had a 210 MB (that's megabytes not gigabytes) hard disk drive and I didn't think I would ever fill it up. Today I carry five times that amount of space in my pocket on ...
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Tuesday, September 25th, 2007
I have written about various "add-ins" in the past. They are small programs that "add-in" features to programs like the Firefox browser, Excel, Word or others.
If you have made the move to Office 2007, I have a great little add-in that gives you the ability to save your Office ...
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Tuesday, September 18th, 2007
Every cop knows that he has to stay current with the vernacular of the street. Most of us are pretty good with the various street drug names but how well versed are you on electronic lingo? Oh sure, you probably can identify lol (laugh out loud) or c ...
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Sunday, September 16th, 2007
I can't imagine life without the internet and all of the great tools that are available like e-mail, websites and blogs. However, it is important to keep an eye out for innovative new tools that can improve your workflow so that you can have more time to use the ...
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Thursday, September 13th, 2007
My son is 23 years old and, although I can remember his birth like it happened last night, some of the other events from 1984 are a little bit fuzzy. However, thanks to the annual Beloit College Mindset List, I can pull the events of 1984 back into focus. ...
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Sunday, September 2nd, 2007
I am sure by now that most folks are aware that information about convicted sex offenders are available on the internet. The Virginia State Police maintain Virginia's on-line sex offender registry. However, you may not know that the Department of Justice coordinated the Dru Sjodin National Sex Offender ...
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