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Tips on Selling a Timeshare

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 06:48:08 -0500

A timeshare is a great way to spend a week away from home, but what about when you no longer want to vacation in that area? Many timeshares grow in value over time, and selling yours may give you a return that was greater than what you bought it for

How To: Check OS X Disk Usage

Sun, 05 Oct 2008 15:38:57 -0500

In OS X there are two ways to do everything. Via the GUI, or Via the command line. Frequently the GUI method does fine for most uses. But sometimes a bit more information is needed. In the GUI, getting Disc Usage is simple. Open Finder, click on the

Free Mantra Green Carry Bag (USA)

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 22:40:19 -0500

With the world focused on sustainability, reducing our carbon footprint and being green these days what better way to help support the environment than reduce your plastic or paper bag usage with a free Green Carry Bag from Mantra. Mantra Investment

Nucular

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 13:00:00 -0500

Back in 1971 I watched a B-grade horror film at the Windhoek Drive-in.It was called The vulture, and one of the villains in it was described as a "nucular scientist".It was the first time I'd heard the word "nucular", and assumed it was an order of m

All Dell Laptops will be LED backlit by 2010

Sun, 28 Sep 2008 11:23:00 -0500

In another pro-environmental move by Dell, and they’ve already started, but all Dell laptop displays will switch to LED (light-emitting diodes) backlights by 2010. This will eliminate mercury in the displays, and will reduce energy usage in th

Easily Reduce Memory Usage on All Running Processes in Windows

Sun, 28 Sep 2008 02:00:12 -0500

Do you still remember the useful program called Minimem which I’ve introduced a month ago? Minimem is a memory optimization solution that can reduce the memory footprint of any application. All you need to do is to select the process that you w

News Flash - Teens Can Text with their Eyes Closed

Sat, 27 Sep 2008 03:55:47 -0500

A new national survey on teens’ cell phone habits confirms what most parents already know, teens consider cell phones at the top of their hierarchy of needs. Maybe that’s why at my own house I completely caved to my middle school daughter

Ten Copywriting Tips for B2B SEO

Wed, 24 Sep 2008 10:28:42 -0500

B2B copywriting is tough stuff. Instead of, "Wipes clean with a damp cloth," you may find yourself trying to simultaneously explain and extol the virtues of some complex mechanical system while being creative and persuasive at the same time. Copywrit

I know we’re looking at a bear market, but this is ridiculous

Tue, 23 Sep 2008 02:13:52 -0500

Dear Editor, Reading through the Financial Times lately can be as sickening as a frame-by-frame look through the video of the aftermath of a suicide truck bombing. Truly a grisly scene. Perhaps that’s what the copy editor meant when he came up

How Much Memory Does a WebPage in a Tab Take Up in Web Browser?

Tue, 23 Sep 2008 02:00:25 -0500

Firefox web browser is a memory hungry monster, no doubt about that. If you don’t tweak some of the hidden settings, Firefox will surely take up more than 100MB RAM when the cache builds up. Although Firefox is a very advanced web browser with

The phrase Old Masters is sexist, authors and students are told - Telegraph

Tue, 23 Sep 2008 00:52:00 -0500

You can't even take the mickey any more. Some sociologists seem determined to behave like caricatures of themselves. And yes, I checked, the newspaper was not dated April 1.The phrase Old Masters is sexist, authors and students are told - Telegraph:P

AT&T Reports: iPhone 3G Data Usage “Sub-Par” and 4G’s Future

Sat, 20 Sep 2008 13:16:33 -0500

In Goldman Sachs’ Communacopia XVII conference, AT&T’s chief technical officer John Donovan stated that iPhone 3G users have used much less data on the network than expected. No explanation was given, but aren’t the reasons pretty obvious?

40 Ways To Conserve Water

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:58:01 -0500

Water is something that most of us take for granted. We know that when we turn the knob on our faucet that fresh, clean water will come out. However, water shortages in the future are a definite possibility if we keep up our current wasteful habits.

BroadBand - Revolutionizing Internet !!

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 19:13:00 -0500

Broadband is an high speed Internet access technology.The advent of Broadband has significantly reduced the number of people going for the traditional dial up connections over a modem with a maximum speed of 56kbps when compared to the 8Mbps speeds o

Are You a "Drug" Addict?

Thu, 11 Sep 2008 15:50:55 -0500

In the original iteration of this blog, I went back and forth concerning my own linguistic prescriptivism or descriptivism; at one time I actually defined myself as a pre-descriptivist (yeah, I know—what a self-important windbag, right?) What foll

Edit - Clarification on using Stumbleupon properly

Thu, 11 Sep 2008 11:29:37 -0500

I’ve been thinking about a comment by Ari Herzog on my post ‘Is Digg’s Day Done‘. As part of my discussion, I used the comparison with the ease of use and personal recommendation element of Stumbleupon. Ari raised the valid co

Apple iPhone dominating with share of criticism…and sales

Thu, 11 Sep 2008 10:45:10 -0500

Here’s a paradox to ponder: Could the iPhone 3G be setting records both for sales, usage and consumer complaints? Bill Snyder at InfoWorld doesn’t mince any words and simply declares it to be a “flawed launch of the iPhone 3G.” “Users in

Further and Farther

Tue, 09 Sep 2008 13:48:08 -0500

Today I would like to address the variant adjectives further and farther in a clear and succinct manner. The word further refers to time or amount. When we use further in a sentence, we typically mean that something stands to a greater degree or in a

Big Sale Today: A Steal At .99¢

Mon, 08 Sep 2008 12:17:54 -0500

The scene: Your local neighborhood grocery store, goodwill, Mom-n-Pop convenience shop, or the like. Or it could be AnyStore. Regardless, you approach a display of inexpensive merchandise and scan the price sign. What you read makes you at once giddy

The COUNTER House

Mon, 08 Sep 2008 05:59:49 -0500

Project COUNTER releases its third Code of Practice for the counting and reporting of usage data. Is COUNTER also promoting overconfidence in its products?