If there were ever an absolute truth, it’s that the less times you have to go to the US Post Office, the better. You can significantly decrease your trips to the Post Office by using online postage, but most people aren’t aware how to do it. I’m going to give you 5 different ways. Click-N-Ship ...…
From June 26 to July 11 2009 you can buy Windows 7 Home Premium Upgrade (and yes you can upgrade from XP) for $49.99. It’s a great deal. My recommendation is to purchase from Amazon at www.amazon.com/windows7. Why? Because you get a fully boxed edition with free shipping. To the best of my knowledge, Amazon ...…
If you’re thinking about using Linux as your primary operating system, there are certain apps that no matter what distribution you’re using are in the must-know category. Contrary to popular belief, most Linux distros run the same. Fervent Linux users will tell you there are MAJOR differences between one flavor and the next, but that ...…
There’s some confusion as to what you can use for your content when it comes to blogging, podcasting and making videos. What you have to consider is not what you use but how you use it, and whether it’s permissible to use it or not. Using music that’s not yours If it is a music ...…
The only major computer maker who offers Linux as the provided operating system is Dell, specifically with Ubuntu. You can see Dell’s offerings at www.dell.com/ubuntu. Are there other choices? Yes, however they’re all smaller computer makers. But just because they’re smaller doesn’t mean the computers aren’t built just as well. Also bear in mind that ...…
As you know, a computer can be used for several years before it gets so antiquated that it cannot be used for modern computing any longer. This article covers what’s needed to stay current for day-to-day use with an older box. Firstly, USB is the key to everything. And I mean everything. Your keyboard, mouse, ...…
In computer terms a CD-R, DVD-R or DVD+R is a WORM format, meaning “Write Once Read Many”. In other words, you can write to the disc and continue to do so until it’s filled up, but cannot erase or modify any files once they are written. A CD-R/W or DVD-R/W DVD+R/W can be written to ...…
Periodically there may be need to have a PDF in such a way where it is disallowed for it to be altered in any way. For example, if you have a home-based business and have a contractual agreement that customers need to print, sign and mail back to you, the document must be in such ...…
My mainstay word processing application is the freely available OpenOffice Writer. What I wanted to do was the following: Have a perfectly centered title page (instructions), with NO PAGE NUMBER. Have a Table of Contents with NO PAGE NUMBER. Have the third page start the document, showing the page number as 1, counting forward from ...…
Situation: You have a laptop where both the optical drive and the hard drive are dead. The price of both a 2.5-inch laptop hard drive and a slim CD burner is just too expensive to justify the cost. Can this laptop still be used? Yes. Assuming it can boot from USB and has 2 USB ...…
Most of you out there are running Windows XP, didn’t bother to go with Windows Vista and are wondering if Windows 7 can deliver on its promises. I have been running Windows 7 RC since it was released and can honestly say that yes, it’s ready and no, you most likely will not have to ...…
This is a follow-up to this video. In that one I did not explain how to deal with values across multiple sheets, but in this one I do for better organization of data. Using a spreadsheet in this fashion will give you better command over your finances.…
