Posted on August 31st, 2008 by Bob and Joy Schwabach
Inspiration is fleeting. Brahms once raced wildly across a field to get home and write the notes of a new theme before it fled his mind completely.
Should a similar problem arise for you, you can use your phone as a note-taking device by dialing phone numbers for either of two free services. Maybe hum a few bars. The two services, ReQall.com and Jott.com let your record your thoughts, even a simple to-do list, which can then be emailed, text messaged or read back when you call again.
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Posted on August 27th, 2008 by Bob and Joy Schwabach
A business card from a maid service was left under our door — we hope it wasn’t a hint to clean up our office — and on the back it said “Business Cards Are Free at VistaPrint.com.” We thought that was pretty interesting, because it was a nice card, very attractive. This got us interested in VistaPrint.com, of course, and we went there and ordered some cards.
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Posted on August 27th, 2008 by Bob and Joy Schwabach
People who started using computers many years ago probably remember BASIC, a relatively simple and easy to learn programming language that allowed them to write their own programs.
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Posted on August 26th, 2008 by Bob and Joy Schwabach
The social networking site Facebook.com now claims 90 million users worldwide.
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Posted on August 25th, 2008 by Bob and Joy Schwabach
You can’t get real chemistry sets anymore, not like the ones Bob had as a kid. Lawyers fixed that. But you can still make things bubble up at home with experiments described in Robert Bruce Thompson’s “Illustrated Guide to Home Chemistry Experiments;” $20 from makezine.com.
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Posted on August 24th, 2008 by Bob and Joy Schwabach
We wrote about BlogTalkRadio when it started two years ago. Anyone and every one can host their own radio show for free, simply by registering at the web site: BlogTalkRadio.com.
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Posted on August 19th, 2008 by Bob and Joy Schwabach
We have two drawing tablets, and boy, are they fun.
What makes them fun is the software: ArtRage 2.
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Posted on August 18th, 2008 by Bob and Joy Schwabach
Symantec has a group of remote control tune-up service you can buy to speed up your computer and get rid of useless junk stored on your hard drive.
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Posted on August 17th, 2008 by Bob and Joy Schwabach
Most of the people who buy Adobe’s popular Photoshop program use only about 10 percent of its power. That’s too bad, because it’s an expensive program (around $650) and you can edit photos (the primary use) with many programs costing a lot less. In fact you can even get Photoshop itself for a lot less: How about free? The free version is called “Photoshop Express,” and you can get it by going to Photoshop.com/express.
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Posted on August 17th, 2008 by Bob and Joy Schwabach
Setting up a Google Apps account solves spam problem.
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