I upgraded the memory in my Dell Mini 9 netbook from 1 GB to 2GB and it seems to be running faster. The upgrade chip was very cheap $18.95 after $5 mail-in rebate. Picked it up at Micro Center.
Maxing out the memory (RAM) on your Dell Mini is easy, cheap, and effective. Do it [...]
Andy Ihnatko, technology free lance writer, posted this YouTube video demonstrating the new stabilization features of iMovie ‘09, part of iLife ‘09. He used a Flip Video MinoHD Camcorder to shoot the video. Amazing stuff!
I had very similar results with a video I shot from my Canon SD1000 digicam.
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“Imagine, if you will, sitting down to your morning coffee, turning on your home computer to see the day’s newspaper. Well, it’s not as far-fetched as it may seem.”
Thanks to TechCrunch for the link to this video:
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From the lifehacker blog:
Today Gmail will begin rolling out a new feature to improve your email labeling workflow and mitigate folder-vs.-label confusion with two new drop-down menus: Move to and Labels. Even better: Keyboard shortcuts and auto complete are baked in.
Gmail: Gmail Adds New Move To and Labels Drop-Downs, Autocomplete.
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Christina Warren from TUAW has an article at Download Squad on installing Windows 7 beta on a Mac:
Although Intel Macs can run Windows 7 in Boot Camp, for most users, the easiest and most hassle-free method will be to use virtualization. This way, you can test out all the features of Windows 7, without having [...]
Jenny raised an important consideration in her comment. She raised the concept of “me time.” As Christians our lives are to be centered on bringing honor to the name of God in all that we do. (I Cor. 10:31; Col. 3:17, etc.) Our culture inundates us with the idea that our first need is to [...]
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Joe added you as a friend on Facebook. We need to confirm that you know Joe in order for you to be friends on Facebook.
This is the message one receives when someone requests to be added as a friend on Facebook. As I mentioned earlier, the average Facebook account about has 100 friends. Many have [...]
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There is a tendency to follow the world’s lead and see life as a mixture of the profound and the mundane – to contrast the exciting, meaningful, fun parts of life with the normal, dull, daily grind parts of life. For many this is the contrast between “chilling” or “hanging out” and doing something that [...]
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Facebook, then, gives you these two options: you can leave a trail of rotten communication that points directly back to you, or you can leave a trail of words, comments and thoughts that point directly to Christ and his mercy. Which trail would you like to create? This is a question that you may not [...]
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A great starter manual for the new WordPress blogger.
When I made a decision last year to get serious about blogging, I had to make two first-step decisions:
1) What platform was I going to use?
and
2) What training tool would I enlist to make me more effective with decision #1?
When I did a book search for WordPress, [...]
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