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LibreOffice

March 26, 2012

During the past two years I have sort of lived in a vacuum.  I took and still am employed by a training firm, but I have not kept u; with changes in the various products that I mentioned in my blog.  The one software suite that I lost track of was OpenOffice.  The first inkling [...]

A real OneNote replacement for Mac

November 23, 2011

I’ve started this blog by complaining about not having a OneNote Replacement on the Mac.  Since then I have forayed into Circus Ponies Notebook, DevonThink, and Eagle Filer.  Of them all Eagle Filer came the closest. I discovered Curio, and wrote about it.  I even resorted to installing OneNote on a VM and run it [...]

The Replacement for One Note?

June 30, 2011

For a while I have been searching for a replacement for MS OneNote.  I’ve tried just about everything.  Among the things I tried were DevonThink, EagleFiler, EverNote.  Each of these products does what it does very well.  With DevonThink Everything was a single File.  EagleFiler is an excellent tool for keeping me organized in my [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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.

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.

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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