Paying taxes suck most of the time. That is, unless you live somewhere your tax is wisely used on social services. Then at least you get the most of what you pay your state. But in general, no one really wants to pay taxes. Especially small business owners. Doing the numbers can be a real [...]

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Here are some great tips and news elsewhere: Money Crashers – Protecting Your Financial Future During a Divorce Lifehacker – Avoid a speeding ticket with the Bear Trap Guide Computerworld – Microsoft pencils in seven bug fixes for next week Engadget – Apple issues fix for recently discovered QuickTime flaw LifeHack.org – Copy Clipboard Contents [...]

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Ants can be nuisance at home. And, just like any creepy crawlers, these little bugs can get anywhere. Always a problem if you’ve got kids who love to snack everywhere. All those bits and pieces just attract them critters. So here’s a homemade ant repellent recipe.

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You just got to love sketch web applications. Being not too much of an artist, I just got to love them. So far I’ve featured one for realistic sketches and another for caricatures. Now, we’ve got one for the cubist himself, Picasso. Mr. Picassohead work like the two tools I’ve already featured. You got a [...]

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Child: Daddy! Daddy! Look what I drew! Dad: *Thinks hard what it is* That’s a nice drawing of a horse! Child: That’s not a horse, Daddy! That’s you! Ever been in that tough spot? Well, I just could imagine the difficulty when your child’s mood rides on how well. You just can’t blame the kid [...]

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Here’s some more Firefox tab customization for you. I’ve been posting some stuff on how to weasel our way out of that darned tab scrolling. So for a change here’s one for tab enhancements. Tab Scope‘s an add-on that lets you preview tab contents through a popup, and navigate directly on the popup. It’s somehow [...]

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Reuters has this report yesterday – Stay-at-home mother’s work worth $138,095 a year. Given today’s current salary levels, mommies are earning even more than top-level corporate honchos. Now would you look at that. A six-figure salary! According to Salary.com moms are the real pros, working at least 10 jobs that include: housekeeper, cook, day care [...]

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Maybe you’ve seen this on bumper stickers or some playful store window signs: “Try our easy credit plan: 100% down, 0 months to pay, 0 interest.” Makes sense, especially for those frugality freaks who avoid buying on credit and credit cards like the plague. Spending money that you already have is always best. No hassles [...]

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Decisions… Decisions… Decisions can be swift or long-drawn. No matter how long it takes you to reach one, just make sure you try to make effective ones.

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A home should at least have one portable fire extinguisher. Most home fires would not have worsened (to the extent of reducing a home to a smoldering ruin) if the owners only had a fire extinguisher. Fire extinguishers are a must in every home (especially the kitchen). Here are some tips on owning and using [...]

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There are a variety of reasons that you might want to change your name. You could be getting married. Or divorced. Or, you could be like former professional wrestler Jim Helwig, and decided that you truly are “The Ultimate Warrior” and you life won’t be complete unless you can sign your checks that way. Whatever [...]

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This tip’s for small business owners. Possibly for freelancers or home office type businesspeople. Not having a space in your home office to meet clients is a limitation on having a work-at-home arrangement. But does this mean that it’s time to scope out some office spaces? Nope. It may not be worthwhile to up your [...]

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While having a discussion with my sister-in-law tonight, the magic words “how to” came up, when describing extra uses for clear nail polish. One of the things that she told me was a way to stop runs in panty hose…so for you ladies out there (and those of you guys that are more “open” than [...]

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Ever experienced the rotten feeling of not being able to purge your bowels? I’ve experienced it once or twice and it’s not really a good thing to go through. So here are some tips to help prevent constipation.

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Here’s yet another solution to those annoyed by tab scrolling. How about simply reducing tab width to show just the favicon? And that’s what the FaviconizeTab add-on does. You can simply set to reduce the tab width to show only the favicon by double-clicking on the tab. You can also set the sites to automatically [...]

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