Monthly Archives: August 2009

Email on the web

By Sherman | Published: August 31st
I was on vacation all last week but due to the nature of my job – a network administrator – I can never be fully “away”.  Thankfully I have a few simple tools to help me get the most done in the least amount of priceless vacation time. I can check my company email online from [...]
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Shut down for the enviornment

By Sherman | Published: August 21st
I’m going to be away from the office all next week.  I usually let my computer run overnight a few nights a week so it can get updates, but I try to shut it down most evenings and  over the weekend.  I can save hundreds of dollars a year in electric bills with is good [...]
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Dropbox for multiple computers

By Sherman | Published: August 20th
I use several computers and need to move files between them often. I could use a USB drive or email, but the simple solution for me is Dropbox. Dropbox a program that runs on each of my computers – home, laptop and work. It creates a folder where I can store documents, images, other [...]
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Undo before anything else

By Sherman | Published: August 18th
I’ve talked about this A LOT; but “Undo” is my first stop on almost every “oops” moment on the computer. If I accidentally delete, move or rename files I didn’t mean to If text moves or changes in an email or document that I want back if something seems different on my computer but I’m not sure what “Undo” [...]
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Rename a file

By Sherman | Published: August 17th
I rename more files than I care to count. And it takes a lot of time when I have to use a mouse. Thankfully there’s a really, really fast way to rename a file with the keyboard Highlight the file you want to rename and hit the F2 key on your keyboard.   You’ll notice that the [...]
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Simpler for me

By Sherman | Published: August 17th
Mechanics always seem to be the ones with cars in the shop; just like most of the web developers I know have a lot of website parts and very few finished websites. I mention this because I moved this site (digital simple) again; hopefully this will be where it stays. It looks the same (mostly) [...]
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