As you go about purchasing a new computer this holiday season, if you are affiliated with KU (or many other educational institutions) you can purchase copies of Microsoft products such as the FULL version of Microsoft Office 2010, Windows 7 Ultimate (and upgrade from Home Premium) for as low as $9.95. Not only that, but [...]
Yes it’s true. I’m a Superuser on Foursquare. While I can’t leap tall buildings in a single bound, what I can do is edit and fix problems for venues on Foursquare. I’ve done this for many places in Lawrence because I understand the importance of social media to small businesses. I actually had to apply [...]
As a salesman, he was always selling. Twenty four hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year. I’m no salesman but any stretch of the imagination, but I realize the importance of brand and brand image. This was his excuse for wearing very expensive suits and ties and always having manicured nails. [...]
A slingbox is just so amazingly cool. While devices like DVRs and TiVos allow you to record something and watch it later, you generally have to be home to watch it. When a major sporting event is on, you have to wait until you get home to watch it. What if you could watch it [...]
Let’s face it, those little earbuds that come with MP3 players are kinda lousy. They fall out of your ear and you always lose the little foam earpiece thingees. Arrrgh. I have the solution I’ve been using for years and in a small part, it helped me loose my 50+ pounds because it made working [...]
Whenever there is a slow news day, the media and security experts find something to worry you about. Some minor esoteric security hole when the moon is in the seventh house and Jupiter aligns with Mars. The threat du jour is a Firefox extension called “firesheep” that claims to be able to be able to [...]
Moving Tip #28 Originally uploaded by RBerteig Happy Independence Day! I’m at Lake of the Ozarks with the family. Having originally lived in New York and having seeing the 1976 Bicentennial Celebration in New York harbor, I’m kinda jaded about any other celebration. However this isn’t about my move from New York to Kansas, it’s [...]
Everyone has been up in arms lately over Facebook privacy, but is Facebook to blame? People put so much information about themselves on Facebook and often get shocked because one little setting was off and all of a sudden you are fired from your job, for something you thought was an innocent rant on Facebook. [...]
Today I found myself in multiple roles all at one place: The Community Mercantile! Way back when I was in law school, I lived over by the Merc on Mississippi. Being a poor college student and living at a house that was primarily vegetarian, we constantly had to come up with new cooking ideas. I [...]
Unfortunately we have been seeing an abnormally high amount of a specialized form of spyware that some have dubbed “ransomware” or “scareware.” The program convinces you that you have a virus and it will remove it for you. The irony is the program warning you about viruses is itself a virus. It nudges you and [...]
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