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Well if you are hunched over in your dorm room, it’s time to realize your back is going to really hurt, so here are some suggestions: Separate keyboard and mouse/trackpad. So that you can have them at lower spot than the laptop A laptop stand. This move the laptop up…

Been trying to convert from Mac Mail to Thunderbird in the quest to get to more open source. Here are the issues: Thunderbird has this automatic identification of mail servers, but it doesn’t go to SSL encryption automatically, so you need to go to Tools/Account settings and change to SSL/TLS…

Bluehost offers a whole set of things that you can do to reduce spam. Here is what you do: Logon to yourdomain.com/cpanel Goto the mail section and enable Spam Assassin Then enable Spam Box Now create a folder called Spam in your email folders so that Spam Box can put…

I’ve been on a campaign to use as much open source as I can and the next change is the switch from Mac Mail to Thunderbird. Here are some of the tips and tricks: With bluehost, the ssl that you use for el cheapo sites uses the bluehost SSL certificate.…

Nothing like starting all over again learning how to program. There are so many great free tutorials. Thanks Ray! And it is so cool that XCode is a simple download and it syncs with Github. How cool is that. I’m going to start with basic iOS and then try some…

Super frustrating, but if you get your Trackpad in a wierd setting, it won’t pair. The trick is to hold the On button the *entire* time that you are pairing, see below: How to force a reset on Magic Trackpad: Apple Support Communities If you hold down the button for…

You can do this automatically with Linux, but with Mac OS X, you still need to do graphical installs it looks like (or until I make a script for it all). Here are the things I need as a list with the goal to get as much open source software…

But you have to make sure to start Find My iPhone or it doesn’t work. iOS 7: Activation Lock secures your device in case of theft (Updated) | TUAW – The Unofficial Apple Weblog Activation Lock improves Find My iPhone by preventing a person from disabling Find My iPhone without…

Got a trip coming up and it seems like a good chance to test the Olympus OM-D MD-5 (before the MD-1 comes out 🙂 The next question is what lenses to try. DXOMark has a list of lenses it likes as does Cameralabs, so here are some conclusions: Panasonic Lumix…

Wow, the prices have really comes down, in looking at Amazon, you can get an SDXC 64GB UHS-1 R40 (is that a mouthful, basically means 40Mbps read and SDXC breaks the 32GB barrier for SDHC) from Sony for $37 or $42 now. The Sandisk is about $66 and probably better…