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Efficiency Tip #68 – Auto-save On

Posted on July 1, 2007 by Alvin Trusty

In my undergraduate days we used an editor affectionately named the “chainsaw editor”. It didn’t have a spell checker. It couldn’t create margins. Most of the time it wouldn’t even save your work. As a result, we re-typed a lot … Continue reading →

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90+ Online Photography Tools and Resources

Posted on July 1, 2007 by Alvin Trusty

Here is a list of everything from online editors to photo stock photo sites. http://mashable.com/2007/06/23/photography-toolbox Online Photo Editors Photo Sharing Free Photo Hosting Photography Blogs Mashups Mobile Photo Mixing and Slideshows Photo Printing/Book Creation Photo Search Stock Photos Here is something else … Continue reading →

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Efficiency Tip #67 – Turn Off Hibernate

Posted on June 30, 2007 by Alvin Trusty

In an earlier post I explained why never turning your computer off is better. When you walk away from your computer, make sure hibernate is turned off. To do this, go to the Control Panel – Power Options – Hibernate and … Continue reading →

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Efficiency Tip #66 – allSnap

Posted on June 29, 2007 by Alvin Trusty

If you have ever used a drawing program with a “snap” feature, you will understand the benefit of allSnap. In a drawing program, the snap feature will pull a close object exactly to the snap point. It makes lining things … Continue reading →

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Vista: More Secure – OS X: Better Commercials

Posted on June 28, 2007 by Alvin Trusty

According to CSO Online, Vista is the most secure desktop operating system available. Here is the full report. The graph below shows how Vista compares with XP, Red Hat, Ubuntu, SUSE and Mac OS X. Three months ago there were … Continue reading →