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January 5th, 2007
An Apple technical note that explains and lists Mac OS builds. You can choose Apple > About this Mac to get basic information about your Macintosh, including the version of System software installed, the model name, and the amount of RAM. But if you click the System software version information, the display changes to Continue reading About This Mac "build" information January 5th, 2007
Ah! I’m not the only one using iCal for scheduling, planning, and maintaining a to do list. Merlin Mann is like me in at least one respect: he’s a Mac user who uses iCal despite the fact that there may be more powerful calendar applications out there. From 43F Recap: Best of iCal Tips Continue reading 43F Recap: Best of iCal Tips January 5th, 2007
Information from Software Update. This update renews the .Mac certificate required by iChat for encrypting text, audio and video conferences. For detailed information on this update, visit http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304899. Technorati Tags: Apple, Macintosh, macos, iChat, software, update Continue reading iChat Update 1.0 Now Available January 5th, 2007
A Dashboard widget for pilots. I’ve used this widget in the past and really like it. It uses your Internet connection to retrieve official TAF and METAR information for airports you enter into its interface. From Aviation Weather 1.2.5 on Dashboard widgets: About Aviation Weather Get current weather conditions as well as weather Continue reading Aviation Weather 1.2.5 January 3rd, 2007
Depressing but not surprising. A Reuter’s article titled “Untangle the World Wide Web with RSS” by Robert MacMillan explains what RSS is and goes on to discuss why so few people use it: So, why are so few people using it? Only 2 percent of online consumers bother, according to Forrester, and more than Continue reading Only 2% of Web Users Use RSS? January 2nd, 2007
Well, it only took me 3 years to notice this. Sheesh. It always happens. I find errors in books I’m revising, after thousands of people have bought the book and consulted it, sometimes for years. Well, that’s part of what my Book Support sites are about: to provide corrections and clarifications to the books. Continue reading Excel 2003 VQS Figure Correction January 2nd, 2007
So you can get things done. The biggest source of distractions for me these days is my computer itself. There are just so many other things to do with it (blogging, researching stuff on the ‘Net, e-mailing, playing with images, etc.) than the things I should be doing (working on my Excel book, writing Continue reading Tools to Help You Minimize Distractions on your Mac January 2nd, 2007
Must-have data — at least for me. It may sound strange to folks who live in the world of alarm clocks and wrist watches, but my life’s calendar is managed by the sun. I wake early — before sunrise this time of year — and I sometimes can’t do things until after the sun Continue reading Sunrise & Sunset in iCal January 1st, 2007
Files from Creating Resumes Letters, Business Cards, & Flyers in Word: Visual QuickProject Guide. Continue reading Word QuickProject Sample Files January 1st, 2007
“Hacking Email: 99 Email Security and Productivity Tips” I just stumbled across this article on the Web today. It’s got some really great tips and advice for using e-mail. From Hacking Email: 99 Email Security and Productivity Tips on ITSecurity.com: The 99 tips in this article make up the best in email practices. Continue reading How to Use E-Mail More Safely and Effectively |
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Stop Pinging Your Own WordPress Blog!
A problem resolved becomes a new problem to resolve.
A while back, I complained that the ping and trackback features on my site wouldn’t work. I could get trackbacks and pingbacks, but I couldn’t send them. I even wrote a TrackBack Troubleshooting post about it which has become one of the most widely read
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