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Mac Tips celebrates its 7th birthday

The 06 August 2008 issue of Mac Tips (Clean up a Thumb Drive) marks yet another 50th Tip — #350. That’s 7 years of free, short, to-the-point practical Tips for Mac users. I always welcome suggestions for Tips and am open to guest writers too. Evolution of a Mac Tip In 2001, when I started [...]

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Photoshop book free – for a few weeks

SitePoint say: Our Sensational Photoshop book is now FREE to Download! That’s right! No catches, no samples. For a LIMITED TIME only, a COMPLETE COPY of Corrie Haffly’s Brilliant Photoshop Web primer is free to download. [Mentioned on the Wise Women mailing list.] By the way: the catch is that you must supply your email [...]

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Make free phonecalls using the Internet

Phonecalls can be expensive, especially if you have to pay national or international toll fees. By using your Internet connection you can make those calls for free. [First published November 2005.] I knew it was over when I downloaded Skype, Michael Powell, chairman, Federal Communications Commission, explained. “When the inventors of KaZaA are distributing for [...]

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Blog your group’s events – it’s soooo easy

If you need to keep people informed but e-mail isn’t enough and you don’t have time, skills or money for a website, then a Blog may be the answer. It’s free, and really easy; read on for a guided tour. [First published May 2005.] A plea for help CommunityNet Aotearoa recently received the following plea [...]

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E-cubed: NetNewsWire

Just yesterday I wrote about one favourite feature of NetNewsWire: adding photos directly to iPhoto. When I made the screenshot I had to be a bit careful, as I’m always running a beta version and didn’t want to include anything I wasn’t supposed to reveal. I first started using NetNewsWire back in around February 2003, [...]

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Books to go

I’m de-cluttering, cleaning up and cleaning out — ruthlessly. I want to dispose of around 100 books: about 50 currently listed on Bookmooch, and another 50 or so listed on the page Books to go. Some in the list on my site I’d be happy to give away; others I’d like to sell (mainly the [...]

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