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Buying Used Computers vs. Buying New
I am still suffering from a hardware problem that prevents me from installing Linux and OpenShot on a fresh computer, and I won’t have money to buy much of anything until Wednesday. So let’s talk about...
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Two Cheap Phone Deals — From Best Buy, of All Places
My last post was titled Goodbye, Contract Cell Phone Plans. It was about the joys of prepaid cellular service, and how it saved me all kinds of money. About four hours after I uploaded that post, my...
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Video Editing in Linux: Not Quite Ready for Professional Use
I spend a lot of my time making and editing videos, and video work currently generates a majority of my earned income. I also prefer Linux to Windows or Mac, and generally back FOSS as both a...
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The eBooks are Too Damn High
Yes, I’m ripping off New York activist/candidate Jimmy McMillan’s famous line, “The Rent is Too Damn High.” Mind you, I agree with Jimmy and love him. But I am also an eBook junkie, and I am telling...
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Happy Christmas Shopping Season!
‘Tis Black Friday, Let’s run to the mall, Trample or get trampled, one and all. Buy the specials — and some items That are seriously overpriced, Fa la la lall. ~~~~~ Ah, yes. It’s Christmas time — or...
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Acer Closing Out ‘Limited Stock’ of 7″ Android Tablets for $99
I’m on a lot of “deals” email lists, including Acer’s. Today I got an email from Acer that said they had ‘limited stock’ of their Iconia A110-07g08u Android Tablets on sale for $99. I’ve seen...
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Why I Went Back to a Hewlett Packard Inkjet Printer
Many friends have told me I should buy a laser printer for my home office because it would cost a lot less per sheet to use than an inkjet. My response has always been, “I have a nearly paperless...
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Sadly Watching Sears Commit Suicide On the Internet
Sears has never been known as a discount store, but they’ve generally offered decent values on things like tools, work clothes, tires, and appliances. And sales? Sears on sale has always been hard to...
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Operating Systems Get Less Important Every Day
Last month I posted this article: Cross-Platform Applications Save Time, Therefore Money. This month, let’s ask a related question: “If we use the same programs in all the operating systems we own,...
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Attack of the Midnight Idea-Jotter
I’m a midnight jotter. That is, I often have half-sentence ideas I put into my bedside tablet (it used to be a paper notepad) that don’t always work out as full-length blog posts but are worth a couple...
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