Month: December 2007

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    Summation Certified Trainer Exam Part 2

    I submitted my test today, part 2 of the exam. Part 1 was 50 multiple choice questions, which I submitted a while back and got my results immediately, 96%, passing. Part 2 was described as “short answer”, but in reality, they were short essays! When you have to give 3 possible troubleshooting problems and their…

  • Order Status

    So I ordered some stuff on-line last Thursday morning. (Nope not telling you what it was or where I ordered it from, can’t give Angela any hints before Xmas!). I got an email confirmation that said it would ship in 2-3 days, and that I could always check the status of my order by following…

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    Oops on the upgrade

    I think I’ve mentioned before that I use the free version of Evernote at work, because I don’t have access to Onenote like I do at home. I’ve even talked about the time tracking template that someone had built that I have been using to make quick notes of work that I need to bill…

  • Holiday PC Advice

    So here’s the question I have for those of you who work in IT. Can you tell it’s the holiday season by the number of people who’ve asked you for advice on what PC to buy for their spouse, kids, themselves, etc.? I’ve had a couple of people ask, specifically about moving to a laptop…

  • Edit Photos in Flickr

    They’ve made it easy to edit your photos right on the Flickr site, with one-click access to Picnik’s photo editing tools. I took it for a quick test drive tonight, and it works pretty well, I made a slight “auto-fix type of change to the photo below, and then saved it back. I was actually…

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    Dear PC World

    To whom it may concern, My subscription to the print edition of your magazine ran out about a year ago. I didn’t overlook it, I didn’t just forget to renew it, I made a conscious decision not to renew. (Mostly because just about everything I read in it, I had already seen online somewhere beforehand.)…