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How to filter records in a Bento Library

April 23, 2012

Bento is an interesting database for the Macintosh.  This is provided by the Filemaker people, which is an apple company.  It is a single table database.  I find that I am using it a lot for dealing with a lot of information I collect through my notes.  The problem that I encountered was that I [...]

How to Build a Blog Ideas library in Bento 4

April 20, 2012

When I take notes i use a note book, but there is a problem in keeping notes in a notebook.  I sometimes loose my notes in a notebook.  So I developed a workflow where I move my notes into an electronic format on a daily basis.  Benot for mac has solved a few of these [...]

Selecting the cover page in Scrivener

April 16, 2012

My next project is going to go out as an e-book rather than publishing it as a physical book.  So, my tools needed to be able to produce the book as an e-book.  That is why I was so happy when Pages got an e-book publishing upgrade.  Then Scrivener got the same things, except they [...]

How to use Networked Blogs to post from your blog to Facebook

April 11, 2012

One of the ways that bloggers can let more people know about their blog posts is to cross post them into Facebook.  I consider this as one more way to syndicate your posts.  You can do this by hand, but why do that when there are some automation systems out there.  Networked blogs is one [...]

How to convert videos using Handbrake

April 10, 2012

If you used Quicktime to make screen recordings as explained yesterday, you realize quite quickly that it does not make the most compact file size.  There is something that is a veritable swiss army knife of video conversion.  That tool is Handbrake.  It not just for ripping DVDs anymore.  More on this after the break

How to get more room on your iPad, iPod touch, or iPhone, the video

March 22, 2012

I was asked to create a video about a pervious topic I touched upon about a year ago.  I did not have the time until recently.  So I now presently video on how to get more room on your iPod touch, iPad, or iPhone, after the break

Using Things for a Move.

July 30, 2010

I am currently in the middle of a move from my House into an Apartment.  This has meant a big problem for me.  I am hiring people only to move big furniture, while I am moving the small stuff in my car.  I have Things for the iPhone and on my Mac as well.  I [...]

Invoicing with Numbers

July 26, 2010

If you’re not using an accounting package, and your business is a Service, then you might be able to use Numbers’ Invoice Template.  This is not a replacement for a full-featured accounting package, but it might get you through.  After the break Using the Template to do business.

Simple Check Register with Numbers 09

July 23, 2010

I’ve met a few people whose main accounting is their check register.  They don’t want or need a full-on personal finance system like Quicken, or Mint.com.  They want to enter their purchases and deposits and mark when checks have cleared.  What they want is an electronic check register.  After the break, a check register that might [...]

Running Ubuntu on a Mac

July 9, 2010

Being Linux + certified and teaching all things Unix/Linux I have to have access to a Linux environment.  I have a former PC that serves as my Linux Test Bed, but I got the idea of trying to install a linux Distribution on my Mac.  After the Break How I did it.

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