Monthly Archives: May 2007
Efficiency Tip #36 – Never Turn It Off
My computer gets rebooted the second Tuesday of each month. That is the day Microsoft sends out updates and patches. Installation of those files usually requires a reboot. Other than that, I don’t turn my computer off. There has been … Continue reading
Holiday Cleanup
With the day off we decided to do some spring cleaning. My office tends to pile up over the school year. Under my desk I found two seventeen inch CRTs and a color laser printer with no toner. Some time … Continue reading
Efficiency Tip #35 – Roboform
If you find yourself repeatedly entering the same information into web forms, Roboform can save you some serious time. You tell Roboform your personal information: name, address, phone, fax, email, instant message ID. When you want to fill out a … Continue reading
Efficiency Tip #34 – Start Page
Depending on where you bought your computer, it probably came with a browser that starts at a corporate web site – Dell – Apple – Gateway. The first thing you probably do when you get to this page is go … Continue reading
Why Wikipedia is Better for Education
Over dinner we were talking about a paper one of the kid’s is writing. The topic is genetic engineering and the ethical issues involved if parents are able to pre-determine attributes of children. At some point I brought up Wikipedia. … Continue reading