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That Damn PC

Archive for the ‘Lifehacker Type tricks’ Category

June 28th, 2008

Nomophobia — Do you have it?

As an IT guy, I very rarely leave my cell phone, laptop, Blackberry or other computer-related device behind. I hate the though of going somewhere without being connected to the rest of “my world”. The internet is supposed to be a never-ending place. And I never want to be without it just […]

By Jesse -- 0 comments

June 20th, 2008

We don’t need no stinkin meetings

Image via WikipediaThis is just a quick rant. Meets are a pain in the butt. I mean, sometimes it’s necessary to meet and talk about a project or get people up to speed on the latest information. We have them each week for the bloggers and our group and I usually held […]

By Jesse -- 0 comments

June 12th, 2008

Size doesn’t matter, unless you’re a PC

Size doesn’t matter… Or so they say but the Eee PC could be the exception to the rule. A fellow blogger, Lia, wrote about the HP Voodoo, the Mac Air Rival. I say phooey! We don’t need a $2100 lightweight laptop, we need a 7″ computer that can handle the everyday […]

By Jesse -- 2 comments

June 2nd, 2008

Information is the key to success

So this post will take a little bit different angle than the last few. See this one is about information. Not the kind like where the latest and greatest porn site is or where Miley Cyrus has shown her booty today… This is the kind of information that can help you in […]

By Jesse -- 0 comments

May 31st, 2008

This is not the way to save your passwords

Look, I know 15 character, multi-symboled, including 3 numbers and 4 capital letter passwords are no picnic or walk in the park and should probably be outlawed but this is no way to store them. There are plenty of password managers out there like KeePass, Billeo, and PassPack (now known as Passpack) — so […]

By Jesse -- 5 comments

May 30th, 2008

Let the user in on your little secrets

It’s never easy to do but its a necessary evil. Sometimes you have to open up and tell the people what’s going on. This is something that Twitter has learned recently. With all of their downtime and problems, they have found that simply notifying their users that something is wrong makes everyone […]

By Jesse -- 2 comments

December 23rd, 2006

Problogger writers’ tech news predictions for 2007

Culled from the 282 entries in Darren Rowse’s Problogger Group Writing Project, these essays, in no particular order, give you a real sneak peak into the tech world of 2007. These writers are all ‘tuned in’ and have mapped out 2007 for your profit and entertainment. Enjoy!

2006 Web Wrap-Up by Robert
Looking back to look […]

By Mary Ford -- 0 comments

December 13th, 2006

RetailMeNot tracks Christmas shopping coupons for Dell, Amazon, NewEgg

Remember BugMeNot, the user contributed site which shares login info for news sites and commercial sites? The same company has launched RetailMeNot, which gives you instant access to coupons online. [Tip Monkies] I was curious about Mozilla Firefox’s (Gran Paradiso) version 3.0 and hoped that Tip Monkies had the inside scoop on the usuability […]

By Mary Ford -- 1 comment

November 27th, 2006

best high tech stocking stuffers

Need a Notebook Review? Need a review for a coveted PC part? Hard OCP can help.
Gizmodo offers a hot gadgets guide too and links to a contest giveaway for the best ‘black friday’ story received. Don’t forget the Gadget blog, or Cellphone9 (cellphone news and reviews, plus reviews of smart PDAs, including the Palm Treo […]

By Mary Ford -- 0 comments

November 26th, 2006

Speedlinks: choose the best products with a little online help

Cool: Wize 100 Benefit from 100s of consumer ratings: “In generating the Wize 100, nearly 15,000 products and more than 750,000 reviews are considered.”

Mozilla firefox extension provides a temporary inbox for your throwaway email addresses: handy for those online shopping bargain newsletters.(I just installed this and haven’t tried it out fully yet; it has a […]

By Mary Ford -- 0 comments

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