Adventures in stupid technology
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Install a shared printer in Vista/7 x64
My main printer (Canon i560 Ink jet) is connected to an old Gateway notebook running XP in my living room. The notebook is connected to my wifi network and the printer is shared, but I cannot connect to it from Windows VISTA/7 x64. Whenever I attempt to connect the printer from these operating systems Windows…
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Sync your iPhone with Google Apps Premier
Google Apps Premier (GAP) is a service from Google that allows you to get all the benefits of Gmail with your own domain’s email. Great spam filter, the Gmail interface and now Google Sync for your iPhone or iPod. So if you have a GAP account and an iPhone you can now sync your GAP…
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Sync Google contacts from iPhone
One of Apple’s most overpriced products is their MobileMe service for contact, calendar and email synchronization of your iPod or iPhone. $99 bucks per year for synchronization and some web space? What a rip! Thankfully Google has decided to offer a way to sync your Google contacts, calendar and Gmail with your iPhone without using…
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Score free Google number business cards
I recently got a free Google Voice account after asking for an invitation. Google Voice is a new Voice over Internet Protocol (VOIP) service from Google that offers a few key advantages over other VOIP services. The service is still in early beta stages (so outages and bugs are prevalent), but so far perks such…
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Turn scans/images into searchable documents for free
Ever had to read through pages upon pages of printed material to find just a few small pieces of information? In school I often found myself having to read through entire chapters of dry useless information just to pick up a few morsels of pertinent text to to answer a question or verify some facts.…
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Use your cell phone as a presentation remote
Part of my job involves giving lots of presentations. In order to be able to focus on my audience during proposals or training sessions a presentation remote is key. It allows me to advance through or go back to specific slides at key moments during my presentation. I can talk without being distracted by my…
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Upgrade iPod Touch firmware to 3.0 for free
I got a brand new iPod Touch 2nd generation at Costco and to my surprise it only came with firmware 2.2.1, not the latest & greatest 3.0 everyone talks about. Upon connecting it to iTunes, I was immediately prompted to purchase the 3.0 firmware update for $9.95. So I gotta spend another $10 bucks after…
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Why an undo option is better than a confirmation dialog
Lots of computer activity will trigger a confirmation dialog. It’s usually in the form of a warning intended to give you another chance to reconsider what you’re doing. When deleting a bunch of files, for instance, most systems will ask you if you’re sure this is what you want to do before deleting them. While…
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Get Microsoft Office 2007 Ultimate for $60
It’s called the ultimate steal and it allows students with a valid school email address to get a copy of Microsoft Office 2007 Ultimate for $59.95 (normally $679). Many Colleges and Universities already have an MSDN Academic Alliance partnership with Microsoft which offers students gratis copies of Microsoft Windows and Visual Studio, but Office has…
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Convert an HTML table to CSV using PHP
This post is a tutorial on how to export an HTML table in CSV format using a PHP script. The table is generated with data from a MySQL database containing orders, products and totals. I’ve dummed down the database and php code so it is easier to understand and will walk you through each step…