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Technology & Computers

I Like the Matias USB 2.0 Keyboard

August 8, 2009

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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Protecting Your Data

August 2, 2009

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 Quest for the Perfect Keyboard

August 1, 2009

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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Why So Many Clueless Programmers?

June 10, 2008

Recently, I’ve the distinct joy of dealing with incompetent programmers on two different, unrelated, projects. Or perhaps they’re competent but simply don’t give a damn.
First up: A new regional service provider for an association of professionals. I have nearly a dozen clients whose websites depend on a datafeed, which was provided by the previous service [...]

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Remove Border from Linked Images

March 19, 2008

In a Dreamweaver newsgroup that I read regularly, the following question is asked and answered almost daily:“How do I remove the ugly blue border from around all my linked images?”
The answer is, put this in your style sheet:
a img { border: 0;}

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A GPS Chartplotter For My Car

January 13, 2008

For Christmas, my in-laws gave me a automotive GPS for my car. I’ve used a number of different marine GPS chartplotters on boats — and I just love them — but I had never even thought about getting one for my car.
It turns out this was a very cool, and very thoughtful, gift. This handy [...]

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