Well, not yet, but almost. It’s time for this little household to try Linux on one of our desktop machines. I’ve been wanting to play with a nice desktop flavor of Linux for a while, but we finally have a spare machine to use. I want it to be as user-friendly as possible, so I’m going with Freespire. Rather than downloading the 680MB ISO install file (which is free), I decided I’d just order a cd for 99 cents plus 99 cents shipping - for a total whopping $1.98. That’s free enough.

My thought process on choosing Freespire is that it seems to be as easy as it can be to install and use, it comes with all the standard codecs and drivers I’ll… Continue reading

Posted on April 27th, 2007 by DazzlinDonna
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My main email address received hundreds of spam emails per day. I hate it, but I’m never going to get rid of that address, so that’s just something I have to live with. However, I can start avoiding new spam by using throwaway email addresses and you can too. I tried a few throwaway email services recently, and decided that Tempinbox.com was my favorite. Here’s why.

1. I don’t have to register with the service.
2. I don’t have to set up an email account ahead of time.
3. I can make up an email address on the fly anytime.
4. An email account is set up automatically the first time it receives email.
5. I can either check the website for email or check an RSS

Posted on April 14th, 2007 by DazzlinDonna
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