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How to keep your travel communications costs down, easily.

March 9, 2010

Whether you’re on vacation or travelling for work, telecommunications costs are a pain, and can really impact your the cost of your travel. Recently I’ve started using two tools that let me call home or the office, talk as long as I want, and not break the bank. …more

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Tagged as: Communications, free, phone, skype, telecommunications, Travel, voice chat

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Write a comment, win a prize!

March 1, 2010

I’ve been a fan of Clickfree backup systems for a while now. Dropdead simple and effective for most home usage. Well now the kind folks at Clickfree have given me the opportunity to share the love, so to speak, in the form of a contest, my first, in fact.
All the gory details are here, but the […]

Tagged as: Backup, Blog Contest, ClickFree, Data Loss, Entertainment, free, Lifestyle Technology, Technology, Writing

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Brad’s first blog contest — backup horror stories

February 1, 2010

Welcome to the first (of hopefully) many contest I’d like to run on my blog. I’ve been doing this tech-writing thing for a while now, but I’ve always been looking for ways to more closely engage with you. I think I may have found it with this style of contest — I get you […]

Tagged as: Backup, Blog Contest, ClickFree, Data Loss, Entertainment, free, Lifestyle Technology, Technology, Writing

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The spreadsheet that saved Christmas!

December 14, 2009

Ok, that’s a bit over the top, I’ll admit, but believe it or not, a spreadsheet certainly did help me out this holiday season, by helping me and my family stay organized as we worked through our holiday gift list, figuring out who is going to get what this year…especially if we’re in different households […]

Tagged as: Christmas, free, Gifts, Google, Google Docs, Holiday, List, Spreadsheet

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How to easily install essential applications on a new Windows 7 computer

November 9, 2009

It doesn’t matter if you’ve upgraded from Vista or XP, or if you’ve bought a new Windows 7 based computer, you’re going to need to install some basic and essential applications on your new baby.
And this awesome website makes it so, SO easy. 4 easy steps:

Visit the site
Select which applications you want
Press the button to start a download
Run the […]

Tagged as: application, download, free, hard drive, Install, maintenance, online, software, system, update, Upgrade, utility, Windows 7

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Major Tom cover version — official free download available

April 17, 2009

You’ve likely heard it in the Lincoln MKZ commercials, but last night I finally paid attention to the ad and listened… and heard this awesome version inbetwixt shows. So obviously I had to find it somewhere.
After scouring Google videos and all, I’d finally resigned myself to having to listen to it through this blip.fm track.
Then, […]

Tagged as: download, free, Major Tom, Music, Peter Schilling, Shiny Toy Guns

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