I’m always saying use good passwords. Use upper and lower case letters and numbers. I do all of this but one has to have an algorithm to remember ones passwords. The problem is in order to use the password algorithm it has to be easy. Something you can do in your head. My algorithm is [...]
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LastPass
Posted: March 9, 2010 in SecurityTags: LastPass, password, passwords, Security, tip, web, web 2.0, web apps
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Don’t you hate it when you buy a new pc and it has preinstalled all kinds of programs you will never use. Even worse half of them start up when your computer starts and slows your new fast computer down to a craw. The PC Decrapifier will uninstall many of the common trialware and annoyances [...]
Nexus One Tip
Posted: February 8, 2010 in MobileTags: Android, Google, mobile, Nexus One, phone, smart phone, tip
There are a couple of problems I’m having with my new Nexus One smart phone. One is even when all of the windows are closed many of the applications continue to run. To shut them down you have to press the menu button, touch Settings, touch Applications and touch Running Services. Next you have to [...]
Backup Your Cloud
Posted: December 30, 2009 in Web 2.0Tags: backup, cloud, cloud-computing, tip, web 2.0
Backupify is one of the coolest services that I have seen. Backup all of your online life in one place. Enter all of your cloud accounts (Flickr, Twitter, Delicious, Zoho, Google Docs, Photobucket, WordPress sites, Basecamp, Gmail, Facebook, Friendfeed, Blogger, Hotmail and coming soon Youtube, Xmarks and Tumblr) and Backupify will backup your data on [...]
An Oldy But Goody
Posted: October 28, 2009 in SecurityTags: mal-ware, Security, Security Now, Steve Gibson, tip, virus
I am re-posting the this because it is a very good lesson. You can’t be sure about the security of your computer once it’s been infected! It does not matter what anti-virus or spy-ware program you have. Here’s Leo Laporte and security expert Steve Gibson on Security Now.
Consolidate Firefox's Chrome
Posted: September 16, 2009 in TipsTags: browser, Chrome, extention, Firefox, tip, web browser
This tip from Gena Trapani of Lifehacker.
You Gmail users have been able to open documents attachments in Google Docs for quit some time but did you know that you can now save them in GDocs. Open your message that contains the attachment. At the bottom of the message click “Open as a Google….” then just click “Save”. Now your Word, Excel, [...]
Here’s a great Windows 7 tip from Veronica at Techzilla.
In April I submitted a post about creating a selection using the “Pin Tool” in Photoshop. Since I made that post I found a great tutorial on this subject. If you are Photoshop user this is a must learn skill. http://www.5min.com/Embeded/86624983/ More DIY videos at 5min.com After you close the path you must turn the [...]
Black and White Background Trick
Posted: May 1, 2009 in TutorialsTags: Photoshop, selection, tip, tutorial
Just like on the previous PhotoShop tip I use the “Pen Tool” to select the subject (fireplug in this case). Invert the selection. Open “Hue and Saturation”. I reduce “Saturation” to -100. This photo has a second “saturation layer” that brightens the yellows in the leaves in the foreground making them brighter and reduced the [...]
