Category Archives: Technology

Add-ons for IE7

Posted on October 20, 2006 by Kevin

Some add-ons for IE7 that are worth getting: Bloglines Browser Plug-In: The Bloglines Browser Plug-In will enable you to use the Bloglines RSS aggregator from your browser and subscribe to RSS feeds with one click. The plug-in will be integrated … Continue reading →

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GPS needs to become ubiquitous

Posted on October 17, 2006 by Kevin

Find an old photo taken with a film camera and ask yourself, “Where was that picture taken?” Now find a whole bunch of old photos and try answering that question for all of them in a split second. Thanks to … Continue reading →

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Firefox Extension of the Day – Session Manager

Posted on August 12, 2006 by Kevin

Session Manager saves & restores the state of all windows & tabs. In other words, this extension allows you to save the current state of Firefox (history, text data, cookies) and return to that state at any later moment. Besides … Continue reading →

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NewsForge reviews Drupal 4.7

Posted on July 16, 2006 by Kevin

The NewsForge review of Drupal 4.7 gives you an idea of some of what the latest version of Drupal can do.  I don’t agree that an upgrade from 4.6 isn’t worth the effort but do warn that it can be … Continue reading →

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My first posting from Word 2007

Posted on May 30, 2006 by Kevin

Now, while I doubt I’ll use Word 2007 for all blog posts, it is nice to have as an option. Good work team. Oh, and I should say, the UI update for Word is AWESOME! I’d add more but I’m … Continue reading →

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Will you write your blogs with Word 2007?

Posted on May 20, 2006 by Kevin

If you’re reaction is the same as mine then don’t answer just yet.  Read Joe Friend’s Blogging from Word 2007 post to learn more about changes in store, such as those to the toolbar to make blogging simple.   Clean HTML sounds … Continue reading →

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Firefox Extension of the Day – CopyURL+

Posted on May 20, 2006 by Kevin

The Copy URL+ extension enables you to copy to the clipboard the current document’s address along with additional information such as the document’s title, the current selection or both. You might find this behavior useful when you want to send … Continue reading →

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Firefox extension of the Day – TinyUrl Creator

Posted on May 18, 2006 by Kevin

This extension brings the http://tinyurl.com functionality closer to your fingertips. It will convert a long URL into a much smaller, more managable one which is easier to share through email and instant messanger. This feature is useable from the Tools … Continue reading →

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Firefox Extension of the Day – Greasemonkey

Posted on May 17, 2006 by Kevin

Greasemonkey lets you to add bits of DHTML (“user scripts”) to any web page to change its behavior thus allowing you to easily control any aspect of a web page’s design or interaction. For example, if you’re a Flickr fanatic … Continue reading →

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Secure your email with a thawte email certificate

Posted on May 16, 2006 by Kevin

With many people now using Thunderbird and Outlook it seems high time that we all start using digital certificates to sign (and when needed, encrypt) our emails.  So I’m working on some instructions, based on my experience, to help make … Continue reading →

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