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If you purchased MS Office 2007 between March 5th, 2010 and September 30, 2010 you may be eligable for a free upgrade! More details here: Microsoft Office Online Author: Weston |
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Free Upgrade to MS Office 2010 if Purchased Recently
June 23rd, 2010How to Easily Record Phone Calls
June 15th, 2010 |
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Use Personal Call Logger to record phone calls easily. Amazon has these for about $70. Super reliable! Call Logger records caller-ID (most times), time/date, and standard audio file of all calls incoming and outgoing completely automatically. Can save the recordings for years. Set it and forget it. It’s simple to install – plug into your mic jack of your computer, insert the phone cable into any telephone jack, and install the software – 5-10 minutes. This device is per land-line only and requires a computer. If installed properly, can work on all jacks/phones in the house. Need help with setup? Call us! Have more than one line? Ask us about complete phone system solutions. *Laws vary widely – consult an attorney and use at your own risk. More info on recording here. |
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Cables for $2, not $250 (Plus, the next iPhone!?)
April 20th, 2010 |
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Mint.com says TV cables like HDMI for $250 produce the same quality as the ones for less than 10 bucks: Overpriced HDMI Cables Tour Wal-Mart, Best Buy, or others and find similar cables for $50+. Next time you need cables, go to amazon.com and get what you need. While we’re at it, Apple sells USB adapters for your wall or car for $30. If you don’t need the pretty white one, again, just search amazon.com. You’ll find some under a buck. In the news… Could this be the next iPhone!? Nice! Watch now! Also, iPhone’s OS4 will be here this summer feature multi-tasking! I *might* get interested now. Continue reading…
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Dead Simple File Sharing
March 16th, 2010 |
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Learn more at posterous.com NOTE: By default, files are public and available to anyone. Create a free account to password protect your files! See Posterous help to learn more. |
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How to Copy Text From an Image or PDF
February 23rd, 2010 |
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Free-ocr.com converts your images or PDFs to plain text. Handy little tool when you need it…. Explained… |
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Reverse Email Lookup
February 2nd, 2010 |
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Spokeo.com is a reverse lookup for email. It just asks for one thing – the address. Then, it crawls 40+ social networking sites like Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn, etc, to gather all it can about that email address. Often this includes, a full name, sex, city and state, marital status, and more… wow! (that’s in a good way, and a scary way) Video: watch a news station’s review Give it a try now (free): spokeo.com/email Our Results Don’t want your dirty laundry out there? |
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Announcement: New Site Launch – GrowingDeer.TV
December 1st, 2009 |
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Dec 1, 2009 – We’re thrilled to announce our latest site creation and site launch, GrowingDeer.tv. Growingdeer.tv, or GDTV, is hosted by Dr. Grant Woods and is all about deer hunting and creating successful food plots. If you’re a hunter or know someone in the sport, you will certainly appreciate Dr. Woods’ show as he shares his expert knowledge from 20+ years as a wildlife biologist. He offers a unique and fun approach to increasing your skill, and results, through easy to watch videos. Please check out his website at www.growingdeer.tv. |
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Video Demo: Windows 7 is Ready
October 22nd, 2009 |
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Windows 7 is available for purchase/install today. I’m really excited – downloading my official copy right now. All the reviews are highly positive for this new release. Cali Lewis says Windows 7 is as great as Mac OS X and, “PC users finally have an OS that is a joy to use”. Her review is says it best… watch now: |
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How Much Does it Cost to Power My Computer?
September 30th, 2009 |
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One reader asks, “How much does it cost to run my computer? How can I minimize this expense?”
That’s a pretty huge difference above. These are of course, opposite extremes. It depends on your computer, and your use. And especially if you use power saving options. A typical desktop computer uses about 65 to 250 watts. Add another 35 watts for a flat screen (LCD) and 80 watts for old school large monitor (CRT). In sleep or standby mode? Just 1-6 watts! How to Reduce the Cost
How to Setup Power Saving Modes Or, just run the following scripts on your computer for automatic setting changes:
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Should I Turn My Computer Off at Night?
September 29th, 2009 |
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One reader asks, “Should I turn my computer off at night? Would it save enough in the long run to justify? What about wearing out the switch?” If you leave it on…
If you turn it off…
Switching a computer on and off every day versus leaving it on all the time is highly debatable, but I think most agree now days that with current technologies, it doesn’t make a difference either way anymore.
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