Caught in a Dead Zone
I spent last week in western Nebraska.
Little did I know I was going to be in a dead zone.
I now appreciate the Verizon ad’s like this one:
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Mirror Those Filing Cabinets on Your Computer
I have 13,102 Word, Excel, PowerPoint, text, etc files at the time I’m writing this.
Fortunately I have a system for keeping them organized.
I know people who would have them all in their My Documents folder, or worse on their Desktop. Imagine scrolling through 10,000+ files in a file open dialog!
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This is Just Wrong
I recently got the following email (details removed)
Dear Gregg Marshall,
You are receiving this e-mail because you are a valued customer of <big insurance company> and we do not currently have a valid contact e-mail address for your company.
Thank You Google
I came back from CTIA last night. Getting home about 9:30 pm, I started my usual routine of using Microsoft SyncToy to move any changed files, especially my Outlook PST file, back to my desktop from my netbook.
Except my Acer Aspire One won’t boot. So I pull the battery, disconnect the charger and wait, figuring that will reset the computer. Plug it all back in, nothing. I left it charging all night. Nothing this morning. Do the battery thing, nothing.
My Bad
I just looked and its been about 2 months since my last post. I apologize to the 6 (probably family) people subscribed to this blog via the RSS feed.
Reduce Email Overload
Suffering from email overload? Join the club.
One issue I’ve noticed helping several people is they have hundreds, in some cases thousands, of emails in their inbox. And a lot of those emails are marked unread.
I don’t know how people can operate in that environment. Your goal should be an empty inbox.
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Power “Brick”Frustrations
Why can’t the engineers of the world figure out a standard set of power adapters and plugs? Every electronic device has its own AC adapter with a different plug and voltage. It’s stupid.
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Powering Most Electronics Anywhere
I “joke” with the TSA agents looking at the x-ray of my backpack I carry onto planes that it is a walking Radio Shack.
I have the usual electronic travel toys: notebook computer, MP3 player, noise canceling headphones, wireless mouse, cell phone, etc. I also occasionally carry a portable printer and/or a portable scanner.
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Speed Up That PC, Add RAM
You’ve optimized your hard drive, deleted all the extraneous stuff in your registry and minimized the number of start up programs, yet your computer still seems sluggish.
Before going out and buying a new one, there are a couple of things left to try (one even works if you do buy a new computer).
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NP60 Battery Confusion
I can’t believe Fuji or Casio would be so stupid (I don’t know who did this).
I had been using a DXG 595V digital camcorder since last fall. It’s an amazing 1080p high definition camcorder that records on SD cards and costs about $200.
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