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Archive for September, 2008
Creating (and remembering) strong passwords
Posted in Tips on Sep 23rd, 2008
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There is almost no day passing without me having to enter a password, be it to log onto the company’s network, my web-mail inbox or my on-line bank account.
I remember a couple of years ago when I struggled to remember all those different passwords. In particular, I couldn’t remember which password I [...]
Macs are more expensive (at least in the UK)
Posted in Random thoughts on Sep 20th, 2008
Apple MacBooks are beautiful machines. Few can deny that and none of them are women. Even in the movies, more often than not, people use Apple computers or at least there is a Mac sitting on a desk in the background.
Yes, I admit it, I did covet an Apple MacBook. But when it comes to [...]
Living out of the browser
Posted in Tips on Sep 18th, 2008
There is no doubt that today’s killer app is the browser. I always keep my browser window open to check my emails, calendar, to-do list, etc. It’s not for nothing that a browser war took place and a new one is already underway with new players such as Google.
But all this is actually good news [...]
Own a piece of financial history
Posted in Random thoughts on Sep 17th, 2008
I like Ebay and use it a lot for buying and selling stuff. You can find almost everything there, even some of the most unusual items (like a MiG-21 jet fighter).
One of the hottest trends these days seem to be buying paraphernalia and memorabilia from former Lehman Brothers’ employees. All of the sudden people started [...]
Never bet the farm
Posted in Random thoughts on Sep 17th, 2008
You don’t have to be a financial manager to appreciate the extent of the impact of Lehman Brothers’ collapse. Even to those who were expecting this, it just came so suddenly.
Personally, it reminded me that I should read this book.
My approach to an “empty inbox”
Posted in Tips on Sep 15th, 2008
I haven’t read “Getting things done” yet but I keep hearing about it all the time. One of the concepts introduced is the idea of having an empty inbox.
I have been using Gmail almost since it started (back in 2004) and it radically changed the way I use e-mail. It’s the epitomy of “search-not-sort”, which [...]
Handy ToDo list
Posted in Tips on Sep 14th, 2008
It seems that everyone now is using some kind of agenda/todo list. It’s an essential tool (along with an inbox) for getting things done (GTD for those who don’t know).
There are many options out there (besides the old time classic pen and paper). I won’t list them here, but I will tell you my tool [...]
The S.P.A.M. experiment
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 9th, 2008
We all know what spam is. Everyone gets it and even though we don’t like it, most of us have come to terms with it.
A recent experiment by McAfee is here to remind us that spam and complacency should not belong together.
Get the results of the experiment here. It is a long but very interesting read!
Getting there…
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 8th, 2008
It turns out to be much more time-consuming than I thought to customize a theme exactly as I want it to look. I seriously think I should have gone for the simplest possible theme instead of using a very complicated one. I just hope the final result will be well worth the effort.
