Monthly Archives: September 2009

Remindr Reminder

By Sherman | Published: September 10th
I love Remindr.info! I can’t over how simple yet functional it is. Go Remind yourself of something today! (now if only they’d build an iPhone application…)
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Get an “F”

By Sherman | Published: September 9th
If you lost something on your computer don’t panic; “F” = find.  It’s incredibly handy once you get comfortable using it.  Whether you’re looking for a word on a web page or a file in a folder. It’s simple to use… Hit Ctrl+F.  You should see a window open with a space to start searching.  [...]
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Slow start

By Sherman | Published: September 8th
Back from a long weekend and I’m rested and ready to go, except my computer seems slower than it should.  There’s a simple answer: It was off all weekend so it has some routines it needs to do; check for upgrades, defragment, whatever. I’d rather save the electricity with my computer off during the weekend, [...]
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Golden Ratio

By Sherman | Published: September 4th
I’m pleased to offer the following from our first guest author: Robert Bausch. How can you get that perfectly pleasing proportion for cropping a photo? What’s the perfect balance when dividing Power Point slide or chart? Got something the right height and wondering about best proportional width? Try the Golden Ratio Calculator. Wikipedia describes The [...]
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Got a LIFE

By Sherman | Published: September 3rd
I LOVE Life Magazine photography.  And I can check out decades worth online for free!
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When gmail went down…

By Sherman | Published: September 2nd
Gmail - google's email service - was down for over an hour yesterday. The question I got from several coworkers and friends was "Is my Email Safe?"
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Space Bar bliss

By Sherman | Published: September 1st
I don’t like to scroll while I read web pages, it’s too disorienting.  Instead, when I get to the bottom of the screen I hit the spacebar to move down the page. Each tap does a quick scroll of the screen so that what was on the bottom of the screen becomes the top.  It’s [...]
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