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View all →December 22, 2006
“One Number…for Life” – GrandCentral.com
Today I going to quickly touch on a great web-app that is really much more than that...it's a service that allows you to choose a single local phone number and then have that phone number be your phone phone number for life. Sounds great. Basically what you get is a single number that people can call to get ahold of…
Read more →December 21, 2006
Just installed Drupal 5 RC1
And I want to see if I can post my writing to the BlogAPI. This is just a test. Updated...didn't seem to work. I need to do some digging around to figure this out. Drupal looks pretty good though. I was able to Syndicate this blog and then push over the blog posts to the main page. My Drupal site…
Read more →December 21, 2006
AppleJack for OSX (Geek Alert!)
Next in line is a piece of software for all of the Mac users out there. I'm sure that you take good care of your mac from a maintenance perspective (you do, right?)...you install the Apple Software Updates, periodically run the Disk Repair utility, repair your permissions, and generally don't abuse your system. There are lots of tools that you…
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December 20, 2006
Word games for kids when waiting or traveling
One of the blogs that I frequent has a nice repost of another blog. Being a father of 3 lovely girls, we do lots of traveling by car. While the DVD player that we have is great (I don't know how I survived as a kid...kids these days are soooo lucky), there is something to be said about good ol'…
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LogMeIn.com (Hamachi) Part 2
Since I already wrote about Hamachi, and I must say that I am really growing to like it, I figured that I should do a little write up of Hamachi's new parent company, LogMeIn.com. But first, a couple of new notes for Hamachi. I was able to finally access my Windows shared directories from a Mac. First you need to…
Read more →December 19, 2006
Hamachi (now LogMeIn Hamachi) – Part 1
There are lots of ways to connect to your PC nowadays. In the past, I have used simply Remote Desktop (when using Windows) and setting up port forwarding on my router to make sure that I connect to the proper machine. A lot of times, this requires a static IP (as opposed to dynamic, which is still doable, but I…
Read more →December 19, 2006
Software review a day (?)
It seems like recently, probably due to the holidays, that I have not been posting regularly. So last night, I made a decision (who knows if it will stick) to try to review one piece of "software" a day. I realize that it is ambitious, but I would rather make the attempt than have my blog turn stale. So, I'm…
Read more →December 13, 2006
Nice online tools and tips for Air Travelers
I figured that I would post some helpful sites and tips that I have found over time that can benefit the travelers out there. I guess that this is especially appropriate during the holiday season as well, but these are good general items. I'm sure that everyone is using Priceline.com or Orbitz.com or Travelocity.com or some similar flight fare shopping…
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December 8, 2006
Best Windows Screen Saver ever!
I came across this great screen saver for your Windows machines...but only install it if you are a bit of a geek, or you want to pull a prank on someone. Basically, this screen saver emulates a Blue Screen of Death (BSoD). When the screen saver starts, it looks like the infamous BSoD (actually pulling configurations from your system). This…
Read more →November 29, 2006
Firefox Add-ons that I really like (and use)
I've been finding Firefox more and more to be the browser that I naturally launch first. It's starting to beat out Safari and Maxthon as my preferred browser. It is great that it is basically the same across all platforms (Windows, Mac and Linux). The other great thing about it is the huge amount of plug-ons or add-ins (e.g., Extensions…
Read more →November 16, 2006
Track who is selling your Gmail email address
There is a nice little thing that you can do with your Gmail address (only) that can help you find out what sites have been selling your gmail address. Kudos to PCBGuy and the post they made on Hedir Review here. But here is the post if you don't want to traverse the net to get there: When you give…
Read more →November 16, 2006
IQ Test
A coworker sent me a link (and his results) to an IQ test online. It is called IQtest.dk and it claims to be a "Culture Fair" test. According to the site, the test "minimises the effect of cultural variables, such as language, mathematics, etc. The test is based on logic, but is furthermore designed to test learning capability, memory, innovative…
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