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By April 19, 2013

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Mac’s get used by software developers to write code.  We coders need competent software text editors.  That means syntax coloring and some other specific features for coding, such as making sure not to mangle the difference between a tab and a space.  Textastic is a competent programmers editor that happens ...

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By April 14, 2013

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I’m in the market for a free or low cost image editing application, one to resize images, do a little bit of touch-ups, manipulate the metadata tags, that sort of thing.  Nothing complex, and I certainly don’t need Photoshop.  I heard of Fotor, supposedly a good image application and better ...

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By April 6, 2013

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The 200 gigabyte disk in your laptop may have seemed infinitely huge when you bought it, but as it so often seems true there’s a pattern of empty space getting filled up with stuff.  On a Mac OS X machine you find out the disk is full when the system ...

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By March 14, 2013

Thumbnail image for Why is Google canceling Google Reader? Was it due to the redesign that gutted features?

It is surprising when a company wants to kill a popular product, and Google Reader certainly is a popular product.  Lots of people are using it, and are rabid users of the service.  But as I noted earlier, Google is planning to kill Reader in July 2013, and my response ...

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Today, Google announced that Google Reader was to be retired on July 1, 2013.  For me this is a difficult piece of news to receive, because I read the news using Google Reader, and I am constantly using that application to keep abreast of news.  Google Reader, coupled with Google ...

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By February 27, 2013

Thumbnail image for Digitizing old audio cassette tapes, modernizing your life and reducing clutter

Do you have boxes of old cassette tapes you want to digitize and bring into the modern world?  Digitizing cassette tapes to create MP3 files is pretty simple, almost as simple as playing a cassette tapes.  There are a range of cassette players available with a USB port, making the ...

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By February 8, 2013

Thumbnail image for Taming email overload and creating autoresponders with Gmail Canned Responses

Coping with email overload can be taxing, and fortunately Google’s Gmail service has some good email management features.  The priority inbox feature is the most prominent, and automatically prioritizes your email’s for you.  But one quickly wants more, and a little known “auto-reply” feature  can automate some of your email ...

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By January 25, 2013

It may look impossible to replace an iPhone 4 or iPhone 4s screen.  Apple went to great lengths to make all versions of the iPhone look unserviceable.  However, iPhone 4 screen repair turns out to be fairly straightforward if you have the right tools. The video below shows the process ...

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