Weekend Project: Online Spring Cleaning

Weekend Project: Online Spring Cleaning

The topic for this sunny weekend is Spring Cleaning.  While most focus on the physical space, isn't your virtual online space just as important? Here are some links that I found: Your 3-Step Spring Cleaning List for the Computer Blog Exercises: Clean up your Most Popular Posts This is a good thing to do monthly or quarterly. Have a ...



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Cord Control: Getting Unwired or at Least Looking the Part

Cord Control: Getting Unwired or at Least Looking the Part

Like most people, I'd like to take the weekend to tackle on some projects on the homefront that I've been ignoring for some time. One of these projects is labelled "Cord Control." So one could imagine how things look before I got started.   The first items I'd use are Kableflags KFA001 Cable Identification Tags (DIY Blank Pack) (aff-link) I like ...



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Antenna & DTV vs Cable – The irony!

Antenna & DTV vs Cable   The irony!

DTV vs. CableTV. The irony.



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Having a TV antenna kept me connected during ‘Nemo’

Having a TV antenna kept me connected during Nemo

During the snowstorm yesterday, I noticed that my internet connection was not working. I called the service provider, who indeed confirmed that service was down for their customers. Albeit,  I had my mobile phone that kept me working. Since I cut  cable TV two  three weeks ago (time sure does fly) I feel less dependent on ...



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Clean Up Your Online Clutter for the New Year

Clean Up Your Online Clutter for the New Year

It's that time of year again. How can anyone talk about resolutions if we don't make the space for them to come into fruition? Here are some items that one should think about in making room for better things in the new year.   Are there some apps on your phone that you never or rarely use?  Delete ...



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What’s a Pro to do When they Can’t go Anywhere? Play the Email Game!

Whats a Pro to do When they Cant go Anywhere? Play the Email Game!

I have been for the most part housebound before Sandy with limited Internet. So I finally decided to attack all my gmail accounts with The Email Game. Basically, you sign in with a gmail account, and it allows you to make a decision about archiving the email, deleting it or keeping it in the inbox, which ...



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What “step forward” are you taking this weekend?

What step forward are you taking this weekend?

OK, I know the weekend is half over, but that doesn't mean you can't take a step forward. My weekend started with this Facebook post by Chirstine Kane:   So with that, I've cleaned a small corner of my place I've been postponing for years. I then saw this video. So the question is what "step forward" are you taking ...



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Retailers Go Green: Ditching Paper And Emailing Receipts

Retailers Go Green: Ditching Paper And Emailing Receipts

via huffingtonpost.com This isn't anything new, Apple's been doing this for a while. Are other businesses going to follow suit?



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Keeping track of discount codes with Evernote

Keeping track of discount codes with Evernote

Lately there have been a pretty sizable amount of discount codes coming in both my virtual and physical mailboxes. Just now, it hit me as to how to keep them all in one place without going from one email to another, or sifting though plies of paper. Use Evernote (aff link). I separated the discount codes by Professional ...



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What if – Backup Awareness Day

What if   Backup Awareness Day

What would you do if you suddenly lost access to your computer files? Well, that's what happened to me nearly a year ago. In honor of Backup Awareness Day, I am reaching back in the past to hopefully teach a lesson. Don't wait until its too late. Learn what you can do today to backup your computer and ...



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