With all the brouhaha of how Google and other web services can profile us through our searches and by logging our IP, it’s important to use anonymity tools. Tor is supposedly one of the better tools out there but from my experience, using its proxy service halved my speed. Plus, set-up can be quite [...]

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A college degree has become so important in today’s job market. But today’s college tuition price tag can be a scary thing. Some of the more popular private universities carry a $30,000+ price tag. But tuition fees aside, how could one afford the rising costs of education. With the future riding on a college diploma, [...]

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Here are some great tips and news elsewhere:

Lifehacker - Windows Annoyance: Disable FilterKeys, StickyKeys, and ToggleKeys
Lifehack.org - Manage Stress Daily with Daily Goals
TechPwn - Have a video wallpaper for any version of Windows or OS X Tiger
Apple Gazette - Apple releases Boot Camp w/ Vista Support
Money Crashers - Look Into Buying Identity Theft Insurance [...]

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While exposing yourself to the right amount of sunlight can be beneficial, overexposure to ultraviolet (UV) rays can lead you nasty things like sunburn, wrinkles, skin cancer and some other problems. Knowing these things can help you protect yourself from too much exposure to the sun.

The sun may be at its hottest during the summer [...]

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Eggs are part of the quintessential breakfast, often with toast or some crisp fried bacon. Eggs are quite nutritious too. It’s got a chockfull of goodies like vitamins (A, B, D and E), minerals (iodine, zinc, calcium…)and protein. Yeah, it’s got some fat but just make sure you don’t down a whole carton of eggs [...]

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If you’re doing a lot of international contacting work, then this freeware application is for you. Country Codes is a database of country codes and other information about more than 250 countries.
Available information include the basic international direct distance dialing code (IDDD), location (continent), ISO Alpha 2 & 3, even top level domain codes. [...]

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Two days ago, I featured a Firefox add-on that tidies up the Downloads window by putting it in the status bar. If you don’t like the bar taking up just a bit more of your browsing space (especially those with lower definition screens), then this might be your alternative - Downloads in Tab.
It’s an [...]

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Ever drove at night and found your beams are somehow off? One side reaching farther ahead than the other? Then bet on it, your headlights are misaligned.
So the next thing to do is to fix it, have it aligned. But do you have to pay an expert for it? Better keep your wallet stuff because [...]

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The lawn - part of the prototypical American Dream . Living in the suburbs, with a nice house with white picket fences, and a nice green sprawling lawn. If you’re living it but you don’t have the luxury of having a full-time gardener, then you would probably experience one or both of these things:

Compacted and [...]

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Duplicate files can take a lot of space in your hard drive. And as always, a cluttered hard drive can be a pain. Defragmenting helps. But if there’s just too much data in your hard drive, even defragmenting can take a long time.
Here’s a simple freeware download that would help you clean up junk [...]

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It’s really the faddish thing to do nowadays but Flash sucks in terms of accessibility. Flash animations (used in banners and ads) can take too long to load. And they can be quite annoying when all you need is a piece of information (like a line of text perhaps). If you’re not really into [...]

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Parents are becoming more and more busy nowadays with both mommy and daddy having a lot of things to do. When you need to leave your kid at home, you have to have someone to trust. That’s where the babysitter comes in.
However, movies and TV shows may have made us paranoid about how [...]

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The grand game of numbers and statistics. Of market shares and user choice. So who’s the top dog in the browser battle? Still, Internet Explorer, baby. With around 4/5 of share in the US, Firefox has a long way to climb to take the title of King of Browser Hill with around 14%.
But being [...]

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Hmm… It’s been a while since I featured something about fashion and grooming here. Maybe it’s because I’m not beauty schooled though I am all for good grooming and personal hygiene. But as for beauty tips, the best I can do is refer you to experts.
As far as fingernails go, I am just for [...]

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I’ve worked as an editor before. Probably one of my used tools in Microsoft Word was the track changes feature. But sometimes, when some subeditors work on a document, they forget to enable this feature so the changes become lost in space. That can be a big hassle and a crimp on the workflow.

Codejacked [...]

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