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Using Bento 3 to create an expense list

July 13, 2010

One of the more interesting things I have to do when I travel is keep track of my receipts.  I have a serious problem with all of the fiddly pieces of paper.  Expense tracking programs on the iPhone have a way of using the camera to take images of the receipts.  My solution to this [...]

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How the Russian Spies Hid Secret Messages in Public, Online Pictures | 80beats | Discover Magazine

July 2, 2010

How the Russian Spies Hid Secret Messages in Public, Online Pictures | 80beats | Discover Magazine: “This week, the FBI arrested 11 alleged Russian spies living in New Jersey. How did they catch them? By digging through their photos. “ Yeah, steganography making a comeback.  I figured this was how they were communicating.  They did [...]

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Create a Home Inventory Database with Bento

July 2, 2010

Face it.  In this world you are going to have a tragedy.  Your house may go up in flames, be flooded, or have someone else’s car drive through the front door.  You are going to suffer loss.  You may have a list of your items, but if you also have a photo of the item [...]

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Replacing MS Access with Filemaker Pro

June 28, 2010

a lot of my customers ask what they can use to replace MS Access.  What they want is a desktop database.  If finance is a consideration then OpenOffice Base is a desktop database solution that you might ant to consider.  If you need to purchase, or feel more comfortable with a purchased solution then the [...]

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Using a Server Bundle

June 24, 2010

there are several Server Bundles that you can use to install and use.  I use Server Bundles to learn a new content management system, or build a site off line.  After the break my favorite Server Bundles that you can use.

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Using a Report Builder to Generate Reports

June 18, 2010

Sometimes a good idea spreads around.  The Good Idea for this post is the banded report builder.  Just about every report builder supports this kind of design, so I am going to give you the basics about Banded Report Builders after the break.

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WordPress is now 3

June 17, 2010

WordPress the blog CMS is now at Version 3.  I recommend that you upgrade your blogs to this version.  Tehre are few nice additions to WordPress.  Just wanted to let you know

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Using the Media Manager on MarsEdit 3

June 17, 2010

One of things I like to do is use images, either to help teach, or just to look pretty.  The problem comes in putting those images in a post.  MarsEdit 3 comes with a pretty capable Media manager.  After the break how to use the media manager in MarsEdit 3

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Background on APSA10-01 Patch Schedule – ASSET

June 10, 2010

Background on APSA10-01 Patch Schedule – ASSET: “This evening, we updated APSA10-01 for CVE-2010-1297 to include the target ship schedules for the security updates for Adobe Flash Player, Adobe Reader and Acrobat. The security update for Flash Player will be available by June 10, 2010. The security update for Adobe Reader and Acrobat will be [...]

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Using MarsEdit 3 part 2

June 9, 2010

In yesterday’s post I wrote about MarsEdit 3.  Todays I am continuing that series by discussing the Editor in MarsEdit 3.  I’ll do that after the break

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