Category Archives: Software

Should I upgrade my web browser?

By Sherman | Published: February 3rd

Yes.

Also posted in Daily, Web, Wednesday: Meltdown | Tagged browser, Upgrade | Leave a comment

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 you want to [...]

Also posted in Daily, Mac, Thursday: From the Hip, Windows | Leave a comment

You think you have problems?

By Sherman | Published: September 25th

My wife Amanda was given a task: change the file names on up to 1000+ files; some she had to create names for, some she had to remove the date from the file name. It was a bit daunting. After an hour she had new names for about 100 files, but there were 800+ left [...]

Also posted in Daily, Friday: Casual Day | 1 Comment

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?"

Also posted in Daily, Mac, Web, Wednesday: Meltdown, Windows | Tagged backup, Email | Leave a comment

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 [...]