Monday, September 7th, 2009
Still talking about software I use, none of these need as much explanation as DropBox did, so I’ll cover them all in one post:
AVG (free edition – An antivirus program.)
Zone Alarm (free version – A firewall.)
WinAmp (free – has several 80’s radio stations I like)
Irfan View (small and quick image viewing software)
7 Zip (free zipper [...]
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Sunday, September 6th, 2009
As I’m loading the programs I need onto my T91 (finally), I thought it might be good to share some of the programs I use that help me run my life. Most are freeware. Free is good.
Dropbox is one of those things that vastly simplified my life. Before Dropbox, I had to email files I [...]
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Thursday, July 30th, 2009
If you missed the previous posts on this, you can go here and here.
The update is that now they are saying that I damaged the screen, so it won’t be covered under warranty.
The screen was fine right before it died on me, it was the wi-fi that went out before I rebooted it. I argued [...]
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Wednesday, July 29th, 2009
I posted on July 15th that the new Asus Netbook Tablet was finally shipping and that it felt like Christmas.
When it arrived, I loved it. It runs Windows so I had to download Firefox, ZoneAlarm and AVG, and then I could start having fun. With the tablet turned around, holding it and carrying it around [...]
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Wednesday, July 15th, 2009
Before now, tablet notebooks and netbooks have been priced in the thousands. Not hundreds. You will all remember the post last year about how much I loved my new netbook, and I still love it. While RK is spending so much time out of town on business this summer though, he’s taking it with him. [...]
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Thursday, July 2nd, 2009
Below are toys for the Pre-K through elementary school age range. Toys that have stood the test of time in our house – meaning they still get used a great deal, and they still work.
I will start with Baby Alive. This is another of those toys the kids like way more than I do. [...]
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