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It’s spring break week here at rancho indebto. While a fancy vacation wasn’t in the works, it’s been a break from the usual routine, all the same. More than anything else, this has been a week spent away from working on the computers. Okay, so we haven’t been completely away from the computers (the horrors!), […]
I’ve been intrigued by hidden surveillance cameras since I first looked at the market last fall. At the time I planned to install a surveillance system here at ranchero indebto by late spring. Now that things have thawed and spring is officially underway, it’s time for me to kick my surveillance system research into high […]
With a massive storm headed up the east coast today, I read
Jeff Partridge’s piece on Weathering the Storm with great interest. I’m easily distracted on days like this, as I spend my time with with one eye on weather.com and my ears tuned into the sound of the sump pump. I rode out most of […]
It’s been a few months since I last revisted the topic of spyware eradication. With friends and family gathering ’round the dinner table this weekend, there couldn’t be a better time to share my favorite anti spyware recipe. It’s simple, delicious, and goes great with marshmellow peeps …
What’s the difference between inbound telemarketing and outbound telemarketing?
I confess … I’m addicted to working from home. I’ve fallen out of the corporate life, and thank heaven I don’t have to get up (early), shave, and drive an hour and a half to a dreary cube-farm. Been there, done that, got the t-shirts (and still wearing them, thank you). When I started writing […]
There are three weeks until April 15th. And guess what … I still haven’t started on my taxes. Yeah, I know I wrote that I was going to get started two weeks ago. I’m not lazy, just distracted. While preparing a tax return isn’t anywhere near the chore it was before the advent of tax […]
HP is suddenly an even bigger kahuna in the digital photo printing business. On the heels of Yahoo picking up Flickr, a fledgling photo-sharing website, Google has nabbed Snapfish, one of the biggest names in digital online photo printing. HP’s move beyond desktop photo printing should come as no surprise. While the margins may be […]
Patience, they say, is a virtue. But when it comes to buying technology, patience is just good sense. Take the Treo 650, for example. When that baby shipped, supplies were short and the prices were at a premium … At least around these parts. So I decided to wait (as if I had any choice) […]
What’s a CCNP and why can it make you more valuable in the eyes of a future (or current) employer?
What is data integration and why is IBM spending $1.1 billion dollars to acquire publicly-traded data integration vendor, Ascential Software?
What is a RAID Array and why would you want one? (Hint: you have lots of important stuff to store and little tolerance for losing data.)
There’s a right way and a wrong way to enter the world of higher education online. The wrong way, as over 100 Harvard Business School (HBS) applicants found out, is to hack into the admissions status system.
It’s that time of year again. No, not March Madness … tax season! With the advent of spring comes the opportunity for your PC to shine, as you load up your tax software of choice to tackle the formerly arduous task of tax preparation. Around these parts, TurboTax has always gotten the nod. Intuit’s formidable […]
Please don’t get me wrong. I’ve never been a Martha Stewart fan.
But the media circus that’s been building around her prison stay
has become a momentary amusement. If Martha had traded stock online
rather than through a broker, would she have done hard time?
I had come to the conclusion that the local CompUSA store was the last place I’d go for customer service. I can’t count the number of times I’ve left the store with computer questions unanswered. But today, while on a mission to research notebook computers, I discovered the secret. It’s all in the timing […]