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How do I run a Clean Install with Snow Leopard?
Question How do I do a Clean Install with Snow Leopard? I’m having a lot of computer problems and need to reinstall my system. Answer Macintosh system installs before Snow Leopard had three different ways to install your system. Clean install (wipe your entire hard drive) Normal (update your currrent System Folder) Archive and Install…
Recommendations for Teaching Yourself Web Design
Question I’ve been planning on talking to an IT counselor at my local college about taking a class or two, or three… in web design. I don’t want to take the wrong classes and in the wrong order, but quite a lot can be learned for free via web. Much of what I know now…
Every Time Zone: Time Zones, Math Free!
Ever been at work and needed to make a phone call to the other side of the continent or overseas? You know it’s 10:00 a.m., but what time is it there? The fingers and the math comes out. No more! Look at this brilliant little website I found! It’s called Every Time Zone. When you…
The future of magazines: Sports Illustrated
Here is this great demo of a Sports Illustrated magazine. With the popularity of reading media on computers and mobile devices like the iPad, you can see what the near future might look like. Already many of my magazines offer versions that are digital and full of search capabilities.
Duplicate fonts in Snow Leopard?
Question Have you upgraded to Snow Leopard? I only upgraded a couple of days ago, but have run into a slightly irritating font issue. If you have, then maybe you can answer me this: Ever since I upgraded I now have a bunch of “duplicate” fonts showing in Font Book along with a few that…
Quick DIY Search Engine Optimization
So, you have a website. You are wondering how it’s working? After all, you don’t know a thing about programming and you did have the site done a few years ago. Is it outdated? Did your designer do anything thing with your SEO (Search Engine Optimization)? The more money you throw at SEO, the better…
Getting your RSS feeds OUT of Mail.app and into Google Reader
I love RSS feeds. I have lots of them. Historically, I have used my Mail.app as my RSS reader and love it. As of late I have decided that I wanted to move them all to a mobile device. Many RSS readers have a way to import your feeds from google reader. So, what I…
Why am I getting an “invalid email address” when sending mail?
Question I just set up my email account on my device. But, every time I try to send email, it says the email address is invalid, any advice?!! Answer NOTE: If you are having problems getting or receiving email, this article might help. If you still are having problems after reading this blog, please contact your…
Prevent your email from hitting the "junk folder"
Question Someone sent me an email with an attachment and I found the message in my junk mail folder. The message was there, but the attachment was gone. Why is this happening? Answer Unfortunately, we live in a world of electronic junk mail. A world full of it. Because of excess of mail, our mail…
WordPress Tutorial: NextGEN Albums, Creating and Publishing
This is a WordPress Tutorial to show you how to create and publish albums to posts with the NextGEN gallery plugin.