Who gets the Lenovo ThinkCentre A63?

July 14, 2010

For those of you who are patiently waiting to find out who gets the Lenovo ThinkCentre A63 and 2 monitors, the wait is over. Honey Martin was selected at random from everyone who followed the two required steps. What’s Honey planning to do with this new system? According to her comment on the giveaway post: [...]

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Google Voice changes Telephony Forever

July 8, 2010

We are bombarded with new technologies on a daily basis, but few of them make lasting change in our lives. For me, the game changers are the ones that dramatically alter some key aspect of how we perform a daily task. In some cases, it’s not the invention itself, but the particular implementation that makes [...]

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Lenovo ThinkCentre A63 Giveaway

July 8, 2010

It’s time for the summer giveaway and it’s a big one. This time around I’m giving away a fully loaded Lenovo ThinkCentre A63 with two Lenovo ThinkVision L2250p monitors. If you haven’t worked from a dual-monitor setup you’re really missing out. While Lenovo is largely know for the ThinkPad line they also make some solid [...]

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Who gets the HP Data Vault?

April 28, 2010

The feedback for the Data Vault giveaway is excellent. 139 of you took the time to share your pain of data loss with rest of us. If you are a long time reader, you likely remember my own data disaster from 2004. If you’re new here, you can read the gory details, along with the [...]

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HP Data Vault Giveaway

April 18, 2010

I’m giving away an HP Data Vault! Read on to find out how it could be yours. Back in January I posted my review of HP’s Data Vault, which is a small business backup and storage server from HP. As a dead simple way to configure backups on your business network without needing to hire [...]

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Total Recall – The Quest for Perfect Memory

March 21, 2010

Back in January I mentioned using Evernote to keep track of notes and information I want to remember. So far I’m continuing to add more data and it’s working as a great way to keep track of all kinds of digital information. On a related note, I was recently recommended the book Total Recall, which [...]

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Thank You Hertz Car Rental

February 10, 2010

It’s easy tell stories about the time someone gave you lousy customer service, but it’s a rare occasion when people bother to mention outstanding service. Hertz provided my family with outstanding service on our recent trip to the Los Angeles area. For that I’m saying thanks! We went down to LA for the weekend to [...]

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A Coupon Discount for Anything?

January 28, 2010

I like spending less for the things I need, which means I’m willing to look for a coupon or holdout for a sale before purchasing. When I found an opportunity to reduce the price of my recent refrigerator purchase by $96, it made sense to go for it. This was in addition to an existing [...]

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iTunes Fails Me For the Last Time

December 19, 2009

I’m back in Iowa for the holidays and getting here was made more painful by a failure of the iTunes DRM machine. We left for the airport on Wednesday morning. Prior to leaving, I signed in to iTunes on my laptop, purchased a movie for Wyatt to watch on the flight, downloaded the movie to [...]

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TreasuryDirect.gov Treasure Hunt for Series E Savings Bonds

December 6, 2009

At one point in the past, many people purchased Series E savings bonds for babies or for a rainy day and then forget the purchase was ever made. You can find out if you’re one of those people in just a few seconds by visiting the Treasure Hunt on TreasuryDirect.gov. This is the United States [...]

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