This week I received an e-mail from a gentleman who said he was with the Center for Seabees and Facilities Engineering, and that they wanted to request our permission for the Department of the Navy to use one of our copyrighted articles. Specifically, he wanted to reprint the article Tom wrote for Tropical Boating on [...]

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I was browsing through the listings of Wusthof knives on eBay, and I ran across this little gem. (Yes, the seller was shouting in all caps, just like you see it.)
TODAY UP FOR AUCTION IS A BRAND NEW NEVER BEFORE USED 15 PIECE WUSTHOF BLACKWOOD IKON SET. ALL MY PHOTOS ARE 100% FROM MY SET [...]

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The other day my husband and I were talking about the big internet players — eBay, Amazon, Google, et al — and the conversation drifted to Craigslist. We got to wondering, “How does Craigslist make money?” We knew that placing a classified ad on there was free; I sold a couple of computers through Craigslist [...]

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My new keyboard arrived, and I like it a lot. The keys have a nice tactile feel on keypress, and I’m not making nearly as many typos as I was on my last two keyboards. My fingers just “know” where the right keys are on this one.
This particular keyboard has one particular feature that I [...]

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Back up early and back up often!
For many years, I’ve been very good about backing up my computer. I learned that lesson back when I worked in a real office for a real company. Our graphic artist had been working on a very important Photoshop file for over a year. She wasn’t working on that [...]

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My favorite keyboard of all time was the original extended keyboard from Apple, back in the days before USB keyboards. I could type on that thing all day. Since the advent of USB keyboards, I’ve had more trouble finding a keyboard I’m comfortable with. Since I spend many hours every day working on my computer, [...]

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