Increasing Computer Productivity With Multiple Desktops

There are many ways to get things done in a more productive manner when you’re doing work that involves a computer, and I wanted to share one that makes a world of difference for me on a daily basis. I use multiple desktops to keep my most used tasks separate but easily accessible, as you’ll see in the video below. Everyone is familiar with their computer’s desktop. It’s what we... read more

Online Backup Services I Highly Recommend

How often do you backup your computer? Have you automated the process? Do you have a backup off-site, in case some tragic event wipes out everything in your home? Do you backup nothing, cross your fingers, and hope you never need a backup? I used to be like most people who would answer those questions with the following answers: “Huh?”, “No”, “No”,... read more

Linux in da house

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... read more

Sites I Have Stumbled Upon Recently

I’ve started keeping a list of sites that I’ve stumbled upon lately that intrigued me for one reason or another, and I thought I’d share some of them from time to time. Here’s the first batch: Approximate Conversion from Points to Pixels Create any size wall posters from any size images Guerrilla Mail – disposable e-mail addresses which expire after 15 minutes PortableApps... read more