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Election Tools To Help You Decide!

Sunday, October 12th, 2008

Still having trouble deciding who to vote for? Lifehacker list the “Top 10 Web Tools For Election Season” to help you learn about each of the candidates and where they stand on the issues that matter most to you!
The tools included everything from side-by-side comparisons, video clips, spending & donation trackers, polling locations, recent news, [...]

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Teaching a Child Digital Photography

Friday, September 12th, 2008

Teaching a child how to use a digital camera and take great pictures is a tough task. You want the child to enjoy it but still learn some technique, that’s not easy without boring the child. So where do you start?
Check out The Digital Photography School’s (DPS) article: “13 Lessons to Teach Your Child About [...]

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Giving a Technical Presentation soon?

Sunday, May 18th, 2008

If you have to give a technical presentation check out Scott Hanselman’s “11 Top Tips for a Successful Technical Presentation“. He offers some excellent things to think about prior to your presentation. Some of the tips are general enough that they apply to any presentation, not jut a technical presentation.
One of the tips he seems [...]

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Safer Computing

Saturday, February 9th, 2008

This months PC Magazine features “72 Tips for Safer Computing“. 72 tips sounds like a lot but they’re short and make for a relatively quick read. The information is great and easy to understand for non-techies so I suggest taking a quick look to see if there is anything you may have left out of [...]

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How Do I Create a PDF File?

Tuesday, October 16th, 2007

“How to Create a PDF File“, the latest How To on ComputersConfuseMe.com, gives you all the information you need to convert any document into a PDF file for free.
Converting your document into a PDF file ensures everyone from around the world will be able to read your document. The recipient doesn’t need to have the [...]

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Car Salesman Secrets Revealed

Monday, September 3rd, 2007

A friend of mine pointed me to this article on the Edmunds.com website. “Confessions of a Car Salesman” goes behind the scenes as an undercover car salesman to reveal the tricks of the trade. For instance … did you know when the salesman goes in an office to talk with the sales manager they could [...]

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