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A simple word counting tool

Sometimes when you are doing a little writing…whether its for school or some other project, you need to count the words you are writing. You can write up what you are writing then go back and count each word yourself. If you are using Microsoft Word or any similar text editor you the counting is [...]

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Upgrade your cell phone’s voicemail with Youmail.

While looking for new cell phone apps, I ran across a website that I thought was really cool. Youmail is a service that aims to replace your cell phone’s voicemail system…”a voicemail upgrade” they claim, and I think they are truly right with that statement.

To use Youmail, you have to set your cell phone up [...]

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Thinking about trying Squarespace.com

Ive been thinking about trying out that somewhat new blogging/website building platform called squarespace. If you listen to any of the popular tech podcast, you have probably heard the ads for the site. It sounds pretty good just from the ads. I recently visited and created a login for the free 2 week trial to [...]

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Browse iTunes App store without iTunes

What would be the purpose of having access to the iTunes app store without installing iTunes? Maybe you are at work and theres no itunes available. Maybe iTunes slows down your computer so much that you don’t want to load it up just to browse? Whatever your situation there is a website that pretty much [...]

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Rid your system of that sneaky Magic Jack software

A while ago I bought a little product that was being heavily advertised called “The Magic Jack”. I actually thought it was pretty good. Everything worked out for me. No problems, They finally got a local numbers and it was no hassle at all switching my number to the new number.
It hasn’t been that easy [...]

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I have gotten a lot of free magazine subscription over the years

In the past 4 or 5 years I have subscribed to these magazines
Maxim
Stuff
EGM
PC Gamer
Xbox Underground
The Official Xbox Magazine
Jet
Ebony
PC World
Computer Shopper
Car and Driver
Automobile
Motor Trend
Electronic House
Game Pro
Blender
Playboy (shh don’t tell anyone)
Computer games (Games for Windows)
Entertainment Weekly
Sound and Vision
There are a few more but I just cant remember the names right now. But you get the picture, I [...]

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EGM-Gone. 1up.com-changed hands. End of an era in the gaming press

I was really sad to hear about 1up.com a week or so ago. I’ll be honest, I hardly ever went to the website. For my gaming news I prefer IGN or I just read random gaming items on Digg. There were several 1up Podcast that I listened to religiously. 1up yours, GFW, and 1up fm. [...]

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Friend Feed, Twitter…Should I be using them more than I do?

I rarely use Twitter, I’m more of a lurker than Twitter-er. I have a Facebook page but I really don’t use it much, other than to see what others are doing. Ive never signed up to Friend Feed. Should I be using those apps/services more?
This question has been on my mind every since I listened [...]

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Wordpress.tv a Hulu.com style website that teaches you to use Wordpress

Wordpress.com has launched a pretty interesting website the other day. If you ever wanted to figure out how to setup, configure, and use wordpress, you can now visit Wordpress.tv.

Wordpress.tv offer video tutorials and help with all types of wordpress task’s. If you are new to using wordpress you can visite Wordpress.tv and get all of [...]

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ProProfs.com. Free E-Learning

Online learning can be quite expensive, who would’ve guessed. Whenever I start looking up ways to better my own knowledge base, either through school or other means, I tend to look for ways that I can do it with the least amount of money…lest face it, I’m not rich and I got bills. So I [...]

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