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Sprint: New Smartphone Fee, No Love for the Pre
I walked into a Sprint store yesterday intending to use my upgrade to get the new Samsung Epic and sign onto a new 2-year contract with Sprint. Instead of leaving with a new phone, I left ready to...
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Firefix 4 Released, Sans CTRL+E Shortcut
PCWorld.com had a nice article on the new Firefox 4 today that talks about some of its features and the benefits of using Firefox over Internet Explorer. One thing that really struck me was the rate at...
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Printer Voice Command April Fools Prank
There’s a popular prank floating around online that is a printer “voice command” page. Presumably coworkers can be tricked into talking to their office copier in lieu of pressing buttons. I plan on...
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Facebook Email Addresses… So What?
I was somewhat taken aback by a feature story on CNN.com this morning: Facebook is trying to hijack your email address. “If you’re a Facebook user, you have a @facebook.com email address, whether you...
View ArticleChanges to China EMS Pricing Policy
About two weeks ago, China’s Postal Service enacted changes to the pricing policies on its international EMS express mail service. While most importers and consumers will not notice any difference,...
View ArticleHard Coding Thumbnails in Shopify
Shopify and similar ecommerce kits are great tools for entrepreneurs who favor the lean startup. I want to talk more about that in a few separate posts, but one thing I want to highlight with this (or...
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Google Indexing Despite Robots.txt
I was doing a Google search this morning and was surprised to see the following text in place of a description on the highest ranked organic result: A description for this result is not available...
View ArticleWhy You Shouldn’t Hire A Personal Virtual Assistant
The VA industry has skyrocketed in recent years, thanks to an increasingly global economy and the plummeting costs of communication. Skilled, English-speaking workers can often perform work comparable...
View ArticleHow to Remove AVG Secure Search
I’m in the club: I’ve been duped by AVG. I’ve recommended their anti-virus software to friends and family for years, only to be stabbed in the back by what can be described as nothing other than...
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AMAZING DEAL: $900 in Free Travel or $400 Cash
As many of you know, I am a huge fan of getting things for free. Especially valuable things that would otherwise be very expensive. Since October 2013 I’ve purchased the following and spent a grand...
View ArticleReview of The Hyatt Regency Crystal City
It takes a lot to get me excited enough to review something. Sometimes I love a product so much I can’t help but spread the wealth (like the online backup solution I’ll be covering next week) and...
View ArticleBackups, backups, backups!
I was browsing Craigslist today when I came across a post that really made me cringe: it was from a lawyer, bless his heart, offering a $2500 reward for the return of his stolen $250 laptop. On the...
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The last GPS you’ll ever buy: the Garmin Nuvi 885T
When it comes to road safety you can never be too careful. So when I saw the specs on Garmin’s new nüvi 885T, I had to try it out. I acquired one of these nifty devices yesterday and substituted it for...
View ArticleSave Money: Discounts on TV Service
This installment of my “Save Money” series will cover discounts on TV service. This particular discount is my favorite because it is by far the easiest to achieve: every client I’ve helped has been...
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How to Select a Web Host
Behind every website are three important components: your content, domain name, and hosting. The right match of these three things can lead to a spectacular and profitable site: the wrong mix can be...
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Installing Ubuntu Linux on the Samsung N120 Netbook
Over the past two months or so I’ve watched my old HP Pavillion laptop slowly fall apart. I was missing several keys (I broke them while trying to clean underneath) and the screen was starting to tear...
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Review of The Henley Park Hotel and Other DC Venues
Not quite in the thick of things, but not too far to have fun and stay connected: The Henley Park Hotel is, as boutique hotels go, pretty awesome. Staff were friendly and helpful and, for the small...
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A New Microsoft?
Dear Microsoft: I am not your biggest fan. I ditched Windows years ago and do not use any of your computer products, I regularly convert our mutual business clients into Linux users, and I buy put...
View ArticleInstalling WordPress with GoDaddy Applications
I am finishing up with a migration from Blogger to Godaddy WordPress and found a few really frustrating issues. One in particular, the cannot login issue, was referenced on several forums but not...
View ArticleHow to Print or Export from an SPL File
Weird problem, interesting solution… Last night someone in my office was in a meeting and tried to print some important documents to a local printer that no longer exists (we use networked printers on...
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