How-To

E-Book: Complete how to setup Google Apps Email on your domain

March 8, 2011
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How I compute – A “round” up

November 10, 2010
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This article is simply to bring together the 5 recent posts I’ve made about important ways to compute.  There’s nothing new here, just a listing of the the articles and a summary of each: Security: the most essential of all the articles to rid your PC of the demons lurking in the background. Web Browsing: […]

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How I compute – Part 5: No room for ‘whoops’!

November 8, 2010

For the past couple of weeks I’ve been relaying to you a few things I think are important when it comes to computing.  This is how I do the things I do, and while I’ll not win awards for my ‘amazingness’, I’m efficient and I navigate my digital life with confidence and surety.  And I […]

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How to become a popular writer and improve your sex life

August 31, 2010
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How can we improve our writing? How can we become popular writers? Well there’s a couple of simple approaches you can take, the first one being the absolutely most obvious.
And then there’s the question of whether being a writer improves your sex life…

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How to reclaim your time with Google Reader!

July 29, 2010

I’m not the most productive person in the world sometimes, but I hate wasting my life and doing things repetitively if there’s a better, more efficient way to do it. I have set out a 5-step how-to (once you do steps 1 and 2 one-time it’s only 3 steps!) to reduce the time spent going to different websites to check for content and instead use the free Google Reader.

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The online traveller, part 1: 6 basic ways to stay safe online

April 23, 2010

Before I set out I gave a lot of thought about how I was going to move around and retain some sort of consistency with regards my computing environment. Anyone who has been to southeast Asia and experienced the amazing diversity of internet cafes will have first hand “same. same. but different” experience- Yes, it’s ‘Internet’; no, it’s not the same.

In this particular article I’ll deal with basic security, since most safety risks can be mitigated simply through awareness of the footprint we make when we sit down in front of a computer. I’ll follow this article up at a later date with further options for the extra security-conscious traveller.

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Indonesia tourist visa extension

April 22, 2010

A quick how-to and information you need to know when you travel to Indonesia and want to extend your 30 day Indonesian visa-on-arrival tourist visa in Bali

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5 ways to make your day a happier place to be

July 17, 2009

It’s difficult to be happy all of the time, but there are some things we can do to help ourselves find our happy place and stay there.

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5 Essentials to beef-up your home computing experience

July 1, 2009

I’ve become increasingly aware of the knowledge gap many people have when they work on their PCs and the little things that I might do/have that make a big difference for me for my home computing. So, I thought it might be a nice idea to relay a few of the essentials that I think […]

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How to make the perfect fruit smoothie

April 23, 2009
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Ever wanted to make fruit smoothies and you don’t know where to start? What do you need? How do you mix it? Are they healthy and why? Making fruit smoothies is easy and I’ll tell you how.

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