It just irks me because there was something that i needed to fax today and now I can’t do it, all because of a stupid printer cartridge.

Oh well, I guess I’ll have to fall in line like a good consumer and buy a printer cartridge tomorrow.

Not to mention Allway Sync is free for non-profit users.

“Apple does not feel this is a issue they want to tackle at this time,” says Nitesh Dhanjani who warned Apple Inc and Microsoft about the flaw. While Apple doesn’t seem to be taking this flaw seriously Microsoft is taking it seriously.

The irony is that sometimes keeping your software up to date makes no difference if the publisher of the software doesn’t care to fix a flaw in their own software.

http://blog.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2008/05/microsoft_safari_flaw_a_danger_1.html?nav=rss_blog

http://ypopsemail.com/

I’m sure that the folks at Adobe are working to fix this flaw. However, it is yet another reason to keep software updated and to keep your security software up to date (ie firewall, antivirus, etc.).

http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080527/tc_pcworld/146343;_ylt=Av6g01J7ScDNyT0nQcyNpPyDzdAF

1. Call the bookstore or get in touch with the person that does the ordering and see if they will tell you what books your professor ordered. The sooner you find out what books you need the quicker you can go out and find them cheaper.

2. Try and get the books used. Used books are generally a lot cheaper than a brand new one. Also if your lucky the key points will already be underlined or highlighted for you  from the class before. Used books can be bought from Amazon.com or from a local textbook seller. I know that across the street from my college there is a store that sells used books so I always try and get the book from them first. There is probably something similar near your college.

3. Sell your old books. You may be able to sell your used books back to the college bookstore or put up a flyer at your school advertising you used books for sale.

4. Rent your books from some of the textbook rental websites on the Internet. Chegg.com is one such textbook rental website.

5. Check the college library for the books you need. Your college may hold a few copies of textbooks for whatever reason. The key is to be able to be one of the first to know what books you need and be one of the first to check those books out.

Be careful when renting or selling your old books because some books make a good reference manual for later use. It depends on your chosen area of study what books you should keep but just be aware that some books should be kept.

Does anyone have any other ways that they save money on college textbooks? Please leave a comment.

SequoiaView is a freeware app that lets you view your data storage device as a block. This block has other blocks inside of it and the sizes of the blocks represent the relative sizes of your files. If you had a 100GB hard drive with two files in it that were 50GB a piece. SequoiaView would show two boxes (each at 50% of the area of the main box) representing the 100GB drive. Anyway it is an interesting tool if you are finding that you need more space on a drive or trying to clean out a harddrive or pen drive.

Give SequoiaView a try on your own system. Windows only though, sorry Mac.

Check to see whether or not your RAM is being recognized correctly. Right-click My Computer then select Properties. The first window that pops up should be already set to the General tab. This screen will allow you to see how much RAM is being seen by Windows. If this number is incorrect the memory modules may have become unseated. To correct this you should open up your computer case locate the RAM, ground yourself by touching an unpainted metal surface or by using an ESD wrist strap, and then take the RAM modules out and reinstall them.

If that doesn’t work the next step is to download some software to test your computer’s RAM. Download and burn memtest86+ to a CD. Reboot your computer with the CD in your CD drive and it will boot to the memtest86+ program. Let the software run for at least one complete pass. The time it takes for the process to complete will depend on how much RAM you have in your system. It is important to test the RAM for as long as possible because some problems only appear during certain conditions (ie heat or possibly specific operations)

Memtest86+ is based on memtest86 so you may want to try that if there are any problems with memtest86+.

Microsoft Corp. also has a product that is freeware for testing the RAM in a computer system (Windows Memory Diagnostic). If you are having problems with the other pieces of software or just want to get a second or third opinion you should check that program out.

When testing your RAM you may want to take out all of the RAM modules and test each pair (as in dual channel memory) or possibly even one module module at a time. RAM that is working will not have any errors. If any of the RAM modules produce errors then they need to be replaced.

keep sentences simple

Keeping your sentences simple will make them more understandable and will make it easier to avoid grammatical errors.

Don’t plagiarize

Plagiarizing carries serious consequences. In some schools you can automatically fail the class or be expelled from school altogether. There are many websites on the Internet that will help you figure out how to cite you sources. Many English textbooks have a chapter or two that focus on citing all of the different types of sources. If your using Word 2007 it has a built in sources manager that I’ve used successfully on my papers. The main thing is that if the words or ideas didn’t come from your own brain you need to cite them.

learn how to cite your sources

Citing sources is an important skill to learn because it will help you avoid plagiarizing.

always read through your final product

Writing a perfect paper the first time is almost impossible. It is important to read over your paper a few times before turning it in. In order to be sure that it’s ready for handing it in try: reading it out loud or having other people read it and see what they come up with.

start writing

No matter what your writing assignment is it’s not going to write itself. What you need to do is just start writing. Before you know it you will have to edit you paper down. Also, when writing your paper say what you want to say and then end it. The person grading your paper has probably seen all kinds of ways that people try to plump up their papers. Avoid using a lot of filler or gimmicks (i.e. large fonts, odd margins, etc.) in your paper to get it to the required page length or word length.