DropBox Makes Backing Up Your Data Free and Almost Too Easy

DropBox lets you relaxAre you still not backing up your data regularly?  Yeah, I thought so. ...read more

Use Google Maps for an Overview of Your Housing Market

Click here to view the interactive Google Map version of this image.Looking to buy a new home?  Interested in seeing how low values are in your neighborhood right now?  Use this handy feature in Google Maps to get a quick overview.
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Backup Online Accounts with Backupify - FREE until Jan. 31 2010

If you use the internet, chances are you have data on the internet you would rather not lose.  Like email, photos, videos, etc. ...read more

From the Inside - Your Neglected Computer

Most people never clean the inside of their desktop or tower computers.  The images here show what happens over the course of four years in a house that is kept very clean.

If you click on these images you'll get a larger view.  If you are allergic to the sight of dust and cobwebs I strongly suggest you avert your eyes.
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Your Best and Easiest Security Lesson for the Week

padlock image courtesy of wikipediaNow that you are probably spending, saving, and keeping track of your money online, here's a quick and easy tip to keeping your accounts secure:

Don't click on links in emails regarding your accounts.
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TinyMCE Valid Elements Wordpress Plugin prevents stripped code

I recently tried to embed a google maps iframe in a Wordpress post and was dismayed to find out that the visual editor strips out all iframe code.  Unlike Drupal, Wordpress has no administrative tool to easily set allowed tags in the editor.  As a workaround I installed the TinyMCE Valid Elements plugin and added "iframe" along with all of the parameters google maps needs to it's settings.
I used plugin version 0.3 on Wordpress 2.8.5.

Let's Talk About Passwords

Judging by the majority passwords I am provided by my clients, my best guess is that your passwords aren't very secure.  Let's go over a couple of tips to get your computers and online accounts less accessible to the nasties out there. ...read more

Domain Name Management at ICDsoft / SureSupport

Have you registered your domain names through ICDsoft/SureSupport?  I bet you didn't know that you can manage those domain names, including parked ones, via this link: ...read more

How to Make Your Own Hot Sauce

WikiHow has an article on cooking hot sauce. I love hot sauce, but I generally have a hard time finding the sauces that make me happiest, so I'm going to have to have my hand at this!

What's the hottest sauce I've ever enjoyed?  Hands down it's Da Bomb: Ground Zero at 234,000 Scovilles.

Build Your Own Site Specific Browser

Are there any web sites you access repeatedly throughout the day?  Would it be helpful to keep them open in not only their own window, but in their own application?  Check out Fluid (Mac only).
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