I’ve been reminded, once again (and twice in the last week) the reason why I don’t have my computers and home office in the basement. Our sump pump has worked like a charm for years, until last Thursday, when it decided not to start. This disrupted my video production experiments, if only for a few [...]
It’s been a while since I first considered using a car donation company to get rid of an old Honda we’ve had sitting the driveway. I had plans of reviving the old Civic to use as a winter car. The plans got more and more grand, of course. Not only was I going to either [...]
Anybody have a recommendation for a good GPS system? We went out for a drive on Sunday afternoon and got good and lost. I mean seriously lost. As per my usual pre-trip procedure, I tried to print a map from the Web before we left… alas, the printer hung up. Since we were in [...]
As I sit here and look at my tower PC, I can’t help but think the thought… the average PC is just too darned big (and way too loud). My old Pentium 4 monolith eats up an inordinate amount of desk space. There’s a ton of space inside the case that I’ve never used. I’ve [...]
Can you guess the average price for 4×6-inch digital photo print from an online photo lab?
Is it:
A - 29 cents?
B - 25 cents?
C - 19 cents? or
D - 16.5 cents?
If you chose D, you chose correctly… at least by my calculations. (I’ve been tracking over two dozen online digital photo printers [...]
I’ve been living with a less than adequate seating situation in my home office. There are two work areas, three computers (not counting the laptop), and just one real desk chair. And a real desk chair it is… an honest-to-goodness Herman Miller Aeron (that I splurged for way back before the dotcom bust). While I’ve [...]
The work-at-home lifestyle has its ups and downs. From a decade’s worth of experience, I can tell you that achieving that vaunted balance between work and family life is a real trick. Configuring a home office for optimal productivity is key. I’m not just talking about setting up your workplace with the right computer desk [...]
I was working for a big insurance company when the desktop publishing (DTP) revolution took off in the mid-’80s. This place was IBM blue, through and through. If you needed a desktop computer at that place and time, you only had once choice: an honest to goodness IBM PC. Unfortunately, WYSIWYG DTP wasn’t easy to [...]
Alex writes:
Where can I learn how to start podcasting?
Podcasting is a term that was originally used as a substitute for “audioblogging.” It’s a combination of words to reflect the popularity of the iPod and the ability to use the Internet to “broadcast” audio content.
Anyone that has something to say to the world these days can [...]
The dog days are upon us. It’s a smart geek that uses technology to their advantage. Now I don’t know how smart I am, but I’ve come up with a handful of handy hints to help you beat the heat, save a few bucks, and get the most out of your vacation time — from [...]
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