Author Archives: Sherman

Update your computer

By Sherman | Published: December 14th
I know a lot of people who use their computers all the time but don't know a lot about them. I assume that describes a lot of computer users out there, and it's O.K: Computer user doesn't (and shouldn't) mean computer knower-of-everything. That's why I'm here.
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Traffic Information

By Sherman | Published: December 14th
With the weather turning wintry commutes are going to be longer.  Get a little information before you head out by visiting Google Maps. They have traffic data available for most of the major cities in the US. Drive Safe!
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Get the information

By Sherman | Published: December 11th
If you need to information goog-411 should be your first call
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Growl

By Sherman | Published: December 10th
If you’re like me there are a lot of things happening on your computer that you may or may not want to know about… You get an email and just want to glance at the sender and subject. You started downloading something and want to know when it’s done. Your random song mix changed and [...]
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You can do everything right

By Sherman | Published: December 1st
A colleague had his laptop stolen from work this weekend; he stepped away during an event and came back to find it missing. He had a backup drive so things should have been fine, but that got taken as well...
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Wherever you may roam

By Sherman | Published: November 24th
It’s hard for me to believe there are still places that don’t have wireless access but there are.  Some hotels only offer free wired internet; my mom has broadband but it’s wired-only as well.  The solution: Bring my own wireless. The Apple Airport Express isn’t much larger than a stack of note cards but it’s [...]
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It can help you find (almost) anything

By Sherman | Published: November 4th
Sometimes you just want to find a website fast: American Airlines, new york subway map, or whatever. You could Google it but there's an even faster way...
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What time is it?

By Sherman | Published: November 2nd
I don't have any clocks that need to be "set"; my computer and phone adjust to daylight savings automatically. Here at work we have a few Old Timey timepieces that require human intervention though and I want to get the time right. When it's time to set the time use time.gov for the official U.S. time.
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I need a new…

By Sherman | Published: October 25th
t happens all the time: Someone walks up to my desk and asks me to look something up, type something, email something, when I’m right in the middle of something else. Rather than close what I’m doing I hit Command+n (+n) and get a new browser window, an empty document, a blank email. I can [...]
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