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For some time now I have been using the Ubiquity add-on for Firefox. If you are a Mac user, you might be using Quicksilver, which allows you to use the keyboard to launch applications, find files, and so much more. Ubiquity is very similar to this. It allows you to use the keyboard to launch [...]

Here’s a good tip I wish people would use more: get rid of your screensaver. Why? There are numerous reasons.
1) You probably don’t need a screensaver anymore. They were developed a while back to prevent an image from being burned into the glass on CRT (the giant tube) monitors. That sort of effect doesn’t happen [...]

Have you ever wondered why the techies cringe when you shut your computer down by holding the power button? Or perhaps you might not think about shutting your computer down when the power company shuts off your power. Well, hopefully that doesn’t happen often. In any event, you should always shut down your computer the [...]