Scrivener Helps You Pull It All Together Ever wondered how in blazes you capture, organize and store all those ideas for blog posts so you always have access to them and can quickly find them and start writing? And secondarily, but perhaps even more importantly, do you pine for a program that works with you instead of…
Author Archives: Zack
New MacBook Air: As Good As the Hype?
Unimpressed? I recently unboxed and set up Apple’s new MacBook Air and I must say I was prepared to be unimpressed. Why? I had heard others say it was underpowered and it was actually too thin. Ha, figure that. Others had complained that there was no DVD/CD drive and no ethernet port so it’s crippled. So you might…
How to Recover a Hacked Gmail Account
Recently a client called and left a panicked voicemail telling me someone in South Africa was sending email from their Gmail account and asking for $2000 cash from all their friends. I told them it sounded like their Gmail account was cracked and we needed to move quickly. It was and we did. Here’s what we did: Immediately went to…
How to Crash-Proof Your Digital Life
Your hard drive just crashed and you lost everything… 10 years of family photos, movies, spreadsheets with all your sales figures, email, music and more were instantly consigned to nothingness. Worst of all, much of it was irreplaceable. And now it’s gone, as in gnashing-of-teeth-&-rending-of-garments gone. Usually when this happens I get a panicked call and I’m…
Need a New External Hard Drive?
Note: I updated this post on 28 September 2008 to reflect new options and better prices. I’ve been needing a new external hard drive myself for a while now and after considerable research and deliberation, I selected one that did the trick. This drive is by Fantom and the reviews are consistently very good. The company also appears to…
