Author Archives: Zack

Don’t Fall for this Latest Email Scam

Posted on September 26, 2007 by Zack • 0 Comments

There’s a new scam that claims the IRS owes you a refund. It looks fairly offi­cial. I’ve posted a link to the arti­cle and rec­om­mend famil­iar­iz­ing your­self with it. Click to read the arti­cle …… Con­tinue Reading

Filed Under: Tech Tips

Fast, Bargain Windows Computer

Posted on August 13, 2007 by Zack • 0 Comments

Some­times you just need a fast, cheap com­puter and you need it yes­ter­day. And when I say cheap, I mean cheap; I mean as lit­tle as you can pos­si­bly pay, but still well built and with sup­port that actu­ally answers the phone. We’re assum­ing here that a Mac is out of the ques­tion for var­i­ous rea­sons. This is a box I can rec­om­mend.… Con­tinue Reading

Filed Under: Deals, Recommendations

100 Blank CD-Rs for About $20

Posted on May 4, 2007 by Zack • 0 Comments

Updated: 3 Novem­ber 2009 I needed some more basic CDs for burn­ing and found these Ver­ba­tim CD-Rs which are very reli­able and burn at their rated speed of 52x, unlike many other brand-name CDs which we shan’t men­tion. About $20 for a spin­dle of 100 CDs. (Note that these are your stan­dard shiny sur­face for label­ing with a Sharpie… Con­tinue Reading

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Getting Things Done is Getting Things Done!

Posted on April 19, 2007 by Zack • 3 Comments

I’ve been going through it. I’m plan­ning on doing the entire 16 hour trans­for­ma­tion about 10 days from today and I can’t wait. There are some pod­casts that really make it even eas­ier to wrap your head around how this works and what you can expect—also hints and exam­ples. Mer­lin Mann’s 43 Fold­ers also cov­ers Get­ting… Con­tinue Reading

Filed Under: Books, Recommendations, Tech Tips

Canon PowerShot A2000 IS 10.0 MP

Posted on March 11, 2007 by Zack • A2000 IS 10.0 MP Comments" class="entry-comments">0 Comments

OK, back when I bought my digi­cam I researched it all for 3 months and finally chose the Canon Pow­er­shot 7 MP (megapixel) ver­sion. Then they came out with a 10 MP ver­sion and I was bummed, but not too much since it was a lot more expen­sive. Well now the IMPROVED 10 Mpixel ver­sion of the old 10 Mpixel ver­sion is… Con­tinue Reading

Filed Under: Deals