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How to get a bigger Dropbox for Dirt Cheap

By on Wednesday, July 4th, 2012 | No Comments

Do you have a Dropbox? (http://dropbox.com) Do you like it? Do you wish you had more space, but you don’t want to shell out the $9.99 a month that they charge? What if I told you you could get a Dropbox account for less than $10? That’s it. For a one-time payment of less than […]

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My Backup Solution

By on Tuesday, July 3rd, 2012 | No Comments

At the end of May, I told the tale of woe about my hard drive failing. It has been a struggle to figure out a working solution that fits my way of doing things. But after just over a month, I have a solution that appears to be working for me.  Here’s what I’m now […]

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Who You Gonna Call? Get It Done, Part 3 of 3

By on Wednesday, June 27th, 2012 | No Comments

Sometimes, reality hits you right between the eyes. This can range from devastating (e.g., a fire that forces fast, mass evacuations) to mild but unavoidable, like having to go to a second step-nephew’s 3rd grade mid-semester graduation. The key effect is that you can’t be on top of your game.  You don’t have time or […]

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Going Paperless? Thoughts – #2 of 2

By on Thursday, June 7th, 2012 | No Comments

The thought of my data in the clouds is both enticing and unnerving. Enticing because it enables me to access my information anywhere that I have access to the net. Unnerving because of the idiot malcontents who make the clouds less than secure. Yet the allure is so intense and the efforts to protect data […]

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Common Sense about Gold, etc.

By on Wednesday, May 23rd, 2012 | No Comments

After an hour-long discussion with a friend, where he tried to convince me that I should be buying gold, I quickly came to see that I should decline. This short video tells you why. Note: I’m not a financial adviser. You are presumed to have the intelligence to know the difference between opinion and fact. […]

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A Rhapsodic Tip

By on Tuesday, November 29th, 2011 | 1 Comment

  I am a long-time subscriber of Rhapsody.com (an alternative to iTunes – at least I use it that way). I was listening to an MP3 sample on Amazon.com about creativity, spoken by Earl Nightingale, a contemporary of Napoleon Hill, and an excellent motivational speaker. I wondered if one could find any of his material […]

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Shredding Time

By on Friday, November 11th, 2011 | No Comments

We have a small, personal paper shredder in the house, similar to this one. But if you have a lot of paper that piles up, these little units aren’t really the right tool. We found a wonderful alternative, and maybe it’s one you can use to your benefit too, depending on the resources in your […]

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