OSW priceless, AOL worthless
On 2009/07/19
Techies get frustrated by technology, too.
AOL blocks access to my client’s website.
Update (2009-07-22): AOL resolved the issue. The OSW website is no longer blocked thanks to AOL’s superb employee Mark G. (New blog post about that to be written soon.)
The Optical Shop of Westport (OSW) is a high-end [...]
Create a PDF newspaper from a website
On 2009/07/11
If you ever want to make a PDF from a website, fivefilters.org has the tools for you. These tools take a website’s content and turns it into a PDF, which can be read on your computer or printed and read on paper.
They have three tools for doing this.
Tool 1 – [...]
Should you upgrade to Windows 7
On 2009/07/09
Windows 7 is the best version of Windows ever.
Microsoft will publicly release Windows 7 October 22, 2009. They have already begun Windows 7 promotions. They are issuing free Windows 7 upgrade coupons to purchasers of new Windows computers between now and then. They offered limited time discounts on upgrade purchases [...]
Migrating to Windows 7, two questions
On 2009/07/08
An email I received yesterday asked,
I can’t find a QuickLaunch toolbar. XP had one that detached from the taskbar and could be located anywhere. Vista’s QuickLaunch was always attached to the taskbar. I used both to keep my desktop clear of icons. Is it somewhere or does Win7 abandoned it? They [...]
Microsoft upgrade pricing has no discount for Ultimate
Microsoft’s complex Windows 7 upgrade pricing structure burns owners of Vista Ultimate. They currently offer no discount for an upgrade to Windows 7 Ultimate.
The published retail price for the upgrade is $219.99. Microsoft is running a limited offer (see [...]
Thunderbird – Changing the default font for real
On 2009/07/05
I use Mozilla’s Thunderbird email client application for my business email needs. I do this because it handles HTML much better than Outlook.
Thunderbird’s default font is Times New Roman, a serif font I dislike. I want my default font to be a sans-serif font like Arial. I have [...]
Get Firefox 3.5 for Internet browsing
On 2009/06/28
I have been a fan of Firefox, the free web browser from the Mozilla Corporation, since before the original 1.0 version was released in November 2004. The current release is version 3.0.11. A new version 3.5 is scheduled for release by end of June 2009. It may already be out when you read this. I [...]
Considering Windows 7 upgrades
On 2009/06/26
Microsoft announced that October 22, 2009 is the scheduled public release date for Windows 7, its new operating system that succeeds Windows Vista and Windows XP.
Starting today, June 26, 2009, Microsoft will offer, for a limited time, discounted pre-order upgrades to Windows 7 Home Premium ($49.99) and Windows [...]
Windows 7 Upgrades compared to Snow Leopard Upgrades
On 2009/06/25
Below is the abbreviated Microsoft upgrade table, which is useful in evaluating whether or not you can upgrade your Windows OS and if so to what.
And here is the Apple upgrade table for Snow Leopard, excluding server upgrades.
Do you notice a difference?
This post does not address [...]
Fixing the Flip Mino HD
On 2009/06/21
My Flip Mino HD is supposed to record up to 60 minutes of video. However, whenever I turned the camera on it showed 23:54 (min:sec) of available recording time even though there were no videos stored on the camera.
I searched PureDigitial’s support and did several [...]
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