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How Dangerous is Your Facebook Account?

There have been some articles appearing lately about how you should not announce vacations on Facebook, lest you set yourself up for a home burglary.  When I first read these, I thought, “no, duh, of course you shouldn’t post that…

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Birth, Growth, and a Mid-Life Crisis

My first use of the “Internet” was preparing and submitting payroll through a dialup system when I worked for the state.  It was somewhere around 1985 and I had to wonder how “great” this thing was going to be when…

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Paying Too Much for your Cell Service?

Paying Too Much for your Cell Service?

Every month when I pay the family’s cell phone bill, I cringe.  Then I wonder, am I getting the best deal? There’s a great way to find out.  The Citizens Utility Board, an Illinois agency, has a great little tool…

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Really, I Can Keep Up. Maybe.

How many of us multi-task?  How many of us multi-task to the point of distraction?  I’m not talking about doing two or three things at once, but excessive multi-tasking.  The kind that ends up with poor quality output on every…

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No Thanks

Last time I upgraded Yahoo Instant Messenger (I actually use the program both personally and professionally), I accidentally let Yahoo Toolbar install.  I never bothered to remove it, just left it in a disabled state and un-checked in the toolbar…

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Google Fights Back

I have to give it to Google; they are 99% of the time ahead of the game.  They are bringing to bear things that other companies have only dreamed about.  And when they get push-back, they give as good as…

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