Category: Tips
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2 Free Alternatives to Expensive Software
I recently bought a new computer; when I went through the options deciding what I did/didn’t want, I cut it down to the barebones. I elected not to have any software on the computer that I’d have to pay for. Below are a few terrific free alternatives to spending lots of money on software. OpenOffice.org…
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My New Favorite CSS Selector
I recently read the book “CSS Mastery: Advanced Web Standards Solutions” which I highly reccommend to anyone who uses CSS extensively. In the book it lists not just what you can do, but how to do it right. One selector that I read about in the book and implemented last week was the [att$=val] attribute…
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Controlling a Budget; Restaurants
My family unit (at this point in time) is myself, my wife, and my 16 month old daughter. In the past year we have budgeted sporatically, but as of late have gotten back on the wagon. The biggest area of controllable spending for us was restaurants. This past month, with some extra travel expendatures and…
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Quickly Organize Layers (Photoshop tip)
Here I’m describing how to get your layers together quickly in Photoshop. 1. Select the items you want Hold CTRL (PC) or Command (Mac) and click on the layer titles you want to be next to each other (clicking the layer thumbnail will only select the layer, and you don’t want that). 2. Shift the…
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5 Ways NOT to get a Computer Virus
It’s not that hard. 1. Don’t go to sketchy sites. 2. Don’t download from sources you don’t know or trust. 3. Don’t open emails from people you don’t know, and ESPECIALLY not any attachments you get from them. 4. Don’t download Bittorrents. 5. Don’t be stupid.
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Stop Holding Back
I am not, nor have I ever been, excellent at any one thing. This used to bother me. I had friends who were talented artists, or musicians, or terrific athletes, but not me. In being a singer, guitar player, and designer, I always knew I would never be the best, nor ever reach fame and…