Archive for 'Misc Stuff' Category
Free OCR
Every once in a while I need to copy the text from a pdf to a word document or somewhere else. After a little searching I found this little gem. Nothing serious, not always accurate on fuzzy/grainy pdf’s but it gets the job done in a pinch and doesn’t cost and arm and a leg [...]
Recycle It, Repurpose It
People always ask me, “George, what do I do with my old gadgets, computers, monitors and electronics?” My answer is always Recycle or Repurpose them. If you want to recycle them but don’t know where or how(or just don’t want to bother with it) you can either get in [...]
Better Browser Management
How do you cope with your daily internet feeds? I always feel like I have a hundred browser tabs open first thing in the morning, and usually I do by the time I run through and check all my daily blogs, news updates, site stats, etc, etc. I’ve remedied part of the problem using RSS [...]
Terms & Conditions
Why should you always read the Terms & Agreements? Here’s why:
http://www.neatorama.com/2010/04/15/7500-online-customers-accidentally-sold-their-souls/
What’s the Difference?
I get asked about cables alot, HDMI/S-Video/USB/Component. Who has the best? What is the best kind to get? Do I need gold plating? Does it matter? i could tell you just from previously being an Office Depot cronie that it’s strictly marketing and proifit but i think this article puts a better light on things. [...]
Get Better Google Search Results
So who spends most of their day with an open browser window? I know I do and the site I probably visit the most is Google. There are all kinds of helpfull features in Google search to help you narrow down things, just narrowing things down by opening the search options bar [...]
New Laptop
Well after years of using an old, used, rejected by my wife laptop – I finally got a new one! This one is just for me. It is so awesome. I am posting on it now. Dell Precision M6500. It has the new i5 processor. Quad Core with 8GB of RAM running Windows 7 Pro. [...]
iPad Mania
I am going over my feeds and of course the big news is the iPad. I have read good and bad things about it. The only “bad” thing (from my point of view) is that the iPad only runs one app at a time. That just does not make any sense. Otherwise it is a [...]
Bookmarks
Are bookmarks dying or is it just me? I have not used bookmarks in well over a year. I have RSS feeds for all the sites I want information off of. Other than that I use Google and my Google Search History to find everything. Even when I did have bookmarks I never really used [...]
Video Professor Scam
Read an article on the Video Professor being a scam at TechCrunch. I have to say that I have not had but three experiences with the Video Professor and I would say that none of those three experiences would disagree with that sentiment. Two of those experiences were older couples trying to learn about computers and [...]