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A Neat Hard Drive Is A Happy Hard Drive

Posted 08/17/2007 at 4:10pm | by Eugene Robinson

  Inspired by review editor Roman Loyola’s dogged insistence on every bit of technology lasting as long as physically possible, I’ve recently decided to resist the blandishments of all new gear and get my trusty PowerBook G4 to last as long technologically possible. Or, however long I can take it before I break down and yield to the KoolAid consumed in these regions every time Apple turns on the klieg lights.

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Video: Create a Podcast - Quick, Fast, and in a Hurry

Posted 08/15/2007 at 12:48pm | by Eugene Robinson

Think you're too busy to podcast? Eugene shows you how to create the world's fastest podcast.

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And Now: Deleting All My Duplicates

Posted 08/09/2007 at 4:27pm | by erobinson

More iTunes fun: lightening my hard drive load by deleting the doubled, or, more stuff I shoulda thought of sooner.

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3 Cures for Bad Web Design

Posted 08/08/2007 at 1:02pm | by Johnathon Williams

 On the whole, Web designers and programmers are a hard-working, industrious bunch, but some seemed determined to make Web browsing as difficult as possible. When you spend a lot of time online, bad design and poor programming can start to seem like an epidemic. Here we’ve diagnosed three of the epidemic’s most persistent symptoms, and provided cures.

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Get Your Bookmarks in a Row

Posted 08/07/2007 at 12:41pm | by khansen

We show you how to deal with the pain of managing your bureaucracy of bountiful bookmarks.

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Can Spam For Good

Posted 08/06/2007 at 12:01pm | by khansen

Unlike the canned mystery meat, spam mail isn't easy to eradicate. But we come to the rescue with these spam-fighting practices.

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Make (and Use) Your Own Green Screen

Posted 08/01/2007 at 11:54am | by Brian Moore

Can't afford to shoot your sci-fi thriller on location on the moon? Build your own green screen on the cheap instead, and place your actors there digitally.

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Take Control of Your Mac’s Menubar

Posted 07/26/2007 at 3:21pm | by Leslie Ayers

You Control lets you customize your menubar with just the items you need - when and where you need them.

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Use Macros to Automate Tasks in Microsoft Word

Posted 07/19/2007 at 2:59pm | by Leslie Ayers

Bypass tedious and repetitive tasks in Word by creating macros that automatically do them for you - it's like setting your word-processing app on auto-pilot!

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Connect Your Mac to USB Gadgets

Posted 07/17/2007 at 11:50am | by khansen

Turn your Mac into a hub for a multitude of USB devices.

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