Gmail “Plus” Addressing
Did you know you can create throw-away email addresses out of thin air with your Gmail email account? It’s true. Watch the video and see for yourself.…
Monthly Archives: March 2009
Using Statcounter To Track Web Traffic
What’s the best free web traffic tool for your blog or web site? Some say it’s Google Analytics. I say it’s Statcounter. Watch the video and find out why.…
A Stupidly Easy Way For A Shorter Email Signature
A lot of people have big long email signatures. Part of the reason for this is because the links at the bottom are huge. Facebook profile links, for example, are very long. Some people opt to use URL shortening services, but end up with links that look like spam in the tail of their emails. ...…
Being Web Apps Offline With AIR
Adobe AIR is something I recommend to install to run seeminly web-based apps as local applications. Very convenient. In this video, I demonstrate what you can do with it.…
Remote Computer Access Made Easy
Accessing one of your computers remotely is a rather difficult task to get working. This is why I recommend LogMeIn.com. They make it as easy as logging into an account via your web browser. They have a Pro option for more power, but their free option allows remote PC access and it works very well. ...…
Phone Options With Skype, Best Wireless Headset
Skype, said honestly, is a great service. When performing Skype-to-Skype “calls”, the price is free. When calling regular phone numbers, the rates are great. It’s especially a good deal if you make international calls. You can check out all the international rates here. It’s nice that Skype posts these openly without having to dig for ...…
Easy Ways To Become An Internet Power Shopper
You know the old saying, “Never pay full price.” It’s still true and always will be as long as money exists. When I say “power shopper”, I’m referring to getting the most for the least. This involves a combination of traditional brick-and-mortar stores and internet combined when searching. Some of this will be obvious, some ...…
Windows Software Updates To Avoid
There are very few Windows software updates that I tell people to specifically avoid, because most of them are useful and good. These updates I speak of are the ones you see if you perform a “custom” (versus express) update from Microsoft Update - which must be done use the Windows Internet Explorer web browser. To ...…
Hiring Someone Else To Do Your Web Site Programming
I will state up front that WordPress, even though well known as a blog is actually a CMS (Content Management System). As such, you can make it do just about anything. It can literally act as the full web site. Just look at PCMech and its Premium system you’re in now. It’s all WP powered. ...…
How To Export HD Video For YouTube And Vimeo
I’ve found it is more or less required to have QuickTime Pro for easy exporting of HD video. You can buy QuickTime for $29.99 at www.quicktime.com. Granted, you don’t have to do it, but I’ve found it’s the easiest and the HD files are smallest while still retaining the best quality.…
Local App Vs. Web App, Which Is Better?
Application, a.k.a app: An installed program on your computer. Web App: Any application that exists solely on the internet with no locally installed program. Here’s some quick comparisons on which is better and why. Image/Photo Editing Local: Adobe Photoshop (paid), Paint Shop Pro by Corel (paid), GIMP (free), Picasa (free), Windows Live Photo Gallery (free) ...…
Wireless Carrier Reverse Lookup
Link: http://freesms.1888usa.com/revcell.htm Enter the area code (3 digits), prefix (3 digits) and the first number of the suffix and it will state what wireless carrier the number uses. This is especially useful for TracFone users who want to know what their cell phone SMS email address is but don’t know what carrier they use. After ...…
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