Archive for the ‘Computer Issues’ Category
Tuesday, October 3rd, 2006
If you have played around on the Ebay auction site, it may be time to give the government auction site a look.You have probably seen the commercials for FirstGov.com, which is a government information portal site. Now you can check out the auctions where you will find new, seized ...
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Friday, September 29th, 2006
If you haven't figured it out yet, you are eventually going to have to learn to type your reports on a computer, if you aren't already required to do it. Fortunately there a free add-in for Firefox that will help get past the hunt and peck. The add-in is called ...
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Friday, September 29th, 2006
You probably already play a few computer games on your work computer. Of course, you only do it to improve you skills with a computer mouse or increase your finger dexterity so you will be able to type reports faster . . . . right?? With these lofty ...
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Saturday, September 16th, 2006
This is a really funny Letterman skit that aired after Bill Gates, the chairman of Microsoft, announced his retirement. Time to get a Mac.
Letterman's Gates Skit
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Wednesday, September 6th, 2006
Use Folder Marker to identify your folders using color coding. One mouse-click and you can code your folders according to priority. Better yet set up a system where you can see at a glance which operations are finished completely, which are half-done and which haven't started yet.
By changing folder icons, ...
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Tuesday, September 5th, 2006
If you or your kids are attending college, you may want to check out the web’s source for free educational materials. This site is a student-run, volunteer-operated website started in response to the textbook industry’s constant drive to maximize profits instead of educational value.
This great site offers one-stop shopping for ...
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Saturday, September 2nd, 2006
Since Google is now listed as a verb in the dictionary, it is safe to say most people know that they can do web searches using Google. However, many computer users don't realize that the search box can be used for a variety of other purposes.
First, you can perform ...
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Thursday, August 24th, 2006
i like to use keyboard shorcuts to perform tasks that normally take two or three mouse clicks - if I can remember where the commands are located. Unfortunately, I can usually only remember the handful of keyboard shortcuts that I use regularly. So whats an old guy to ...
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Saturday, August 19th, 2006
Personally, I have never understood why people want to pay big money to go to a track and watch other people make left turns. Of course, auto racing is much more involved than that. If you are uninitiated, the NASCAR the points system can be confusing.
The place to ...
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Wednesday, August 9th, 2006
If you have kids who will be taking the SAT this year, check out the SAT Prep Plan website.
Kyle Wendling, the designer, contacted me and asked me check out this great new site that he and Dr. Paul Rodney created. It is nicely designed and contains a wealth of ...
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Monday, August 7th, 2006
Wikipedia defines a mind map (or mind-map) as a diagram used to represent words, ideas, tasks or other items linked to and arranged radially around a central key word or idea. It is used to generate, visualize, structure and classify ideas, and as an aid in study, organization, problem solving, ...
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Monday, August 7th, 2006
Do you have a letter template that you designed for creating new letters you? If so, you may notice the line that has the current date is automatically updated each time that you open the letter to view it.
You can prevent this from happening by using the "IncludeText" field. To ...
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Thursday, August 3rd, 2006
Now you can leave yourself a cell phone text message reminder or remind anyone about an event on a specific day & time. You can even queue up birthday reminders for the next several months or have your to-do items sent to you throughout the day. Just type ...
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Saturday, July 29th, 2006
I hate painting! The one thing I hate even more is spending big bucks and buying too much paint. Of course not buying enough can be a pain also. That's why Easy2DIY is such a handy website. You simply enter the dimensions of the room and ...
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