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  • Now using (ugly) Toodledo … Good riddance, (pretty) Remember the Milk

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    It was not easy to say goodbye to Remember the Milk. I’ve shelled out $25 for a Pro account (& I’m cheap when it comes to these things). I also got a ton of tasks already up & running in RTM. Since they conveniently didn’t put an export feature, this has increased my reluctance to…

  • The shrinking road to cross platform computing

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    They say that once you start using a Mac, you will never go back to Windows again. And I was a big enough of an idiot to believe it. So I prepared myself in the eventuality that I would become a fan boy, and converted all my data to work seamlessly with Apple’s OS X.…

  • Evernote – Ever not pretty

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    Despite being one of the first users of the application, I still don’t know if Evernote is an app that I could ever fall in love with. Evernote has everything I know I should be enthused about – it is cross platform, maximizes cloud technology, features automated syncing of notes across computers, etc. However, even…

  • Give Live Sync a break

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    We live in a world where it is not very fashionable to love a Microsoft product … but I need to give credit where due: Microsoft Live Sync kicks ass, and wins over Dropbox by a landslide. Live Sync and Drop Box are free file sharing & syncing applications. You do this by creating a…

  • The search for the perfect digital filing cabinet

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    It was a choice among DevonThink, Yojimbo, Together, & EagleFiler. There are supposed to be a handful more in that list, but they were immediately junked either because they were primarily note-taking apps or lacked serious organization. These apps, unfortunately, have yet to be christened with a short & sweet category such as “text editor”…

  • Disabling autoplay in Windows XP (without editing the registry)

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    Whenever you hook up your USB thumb drive to your PC, you usually see a load of crap asking you how you want Windows to open your files. This is called autoplay. In all my work with computers, I have only seen one person who actually used this, er, feature; which makes you wonder why…

  • Windows Vista: Where to buy, whether to upgrade, & volume activation

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    There are enough articles on Windows Vista, and by more credible people at that. However, mail continues to pour in, & this is my humble attempt to answer some of them: Windows Vista is so expensive. Where is the cheapest place to buy it? – Thelma A. If you’re planning on buying a new PC,…

  • Firefox search bar tips & tricks

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    Show of hands: Who here uses Firefox’s search bar almost exclusively? The search bar is that little search textbox on the upper right hand of the Firefox window. Just choose the search engine, type your search terms, hit enter, and the results will be displayed on your browser. Firefox comes preloaded with Google, Yahoo, Amazon,…

  • Removing nags from Yahoo Messenger

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    My yahoo messenger kept on nagging me to download an update, so I did. But I had the presence of mind not to install it. However, it now nags me all the time to install the update. It’s getting really annoying. How do I revert back to the old version AND not receive any update…

  • Managing your Firefox profiles for easy backup – bookmarks, passwords, and settings

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    In Mozilla Firefox, your bookmarks, passwords, and settings are saved in something called a profile. This is stored in your hard drive. Your profile is typically located at C:Documents and Settings[User Name]Application DataMozillaFirefoxProfilesxxxxxxxx.default Whenever you need to reinstall Windows, this might create problems, as most of us don’t usually back up our Application Data folder.…