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Microsoft Updates Can Help

Post author:Daniel Payne
Post published:April 29, 2012
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99.9% of the time that I install yet another Microsoft update I really don't see or notice any change or improvement, because they are just security updates however yesterday my…

Windows 8, My First Impressions

Post author:Daniel Payne
Post published:April 26, 2012
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Today I read an article about Nokia, the one-time world leader in cellphones and how they are now rated as "Junk" by the financial world, and it got me interested…

Windows 7 Update – 10 of Them Today

Post author:Daniel Payne
Post published:April 10, 2012
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Every day I use both Windows 7 and Mac OS X, side-by-side to get my web development work done, they both are capable, so no bashing going on here. Today…

HTML with No Errors

Post author:Daniel Payne
Post published:March 27, 2012
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Last night I attended a Meetup in Portland where the topic was, "How to choose a web developer". One point struck me about how web developers should be detail oriented…

Mac OS X – Lion, Making a Bootable Backup

Post author:Daniel Payne
Post published:March 24, 2012
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I blogged recently about my hard-drive failure and learning that my daily backup doesn't include the Operating System. Because I use Mac OS X - Lion there is no physical…

iPad 3rd Generation is not Resolutionary

Post author:Daniel Payne
Post published:March 17, 2012
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Being a web developer I often want my client web sites to look good on tablets and specifically the iPad. When the New iPad was available for sale yesterday I…

Unreliable Laptop Hard Drives

Post author:Daniel Payne
Post published:February 29, 2012
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Last evening I returned from the office, setup the laptop at home and pushed the power button. Uh oh. My MacBook Pro screen just showed a startup but never progressed…

When Hawaii Comes to Visit Portland

Post author:Daniel Payne
Post published:February 6, 2012
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Through my networking at the Tualatin Chamber of Commerce I met several people at NetBiz, who then introduced me to Nancy Emerson, owner of www.surfclinics.com in Hawaii. I have been…

Using Fancy Fonts on Your Web Site

Post author:Daniel Payne
Post published:January 31, 2012
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In the early days of the web we were limited to so-called web-safe fonts like: Georgia, serif Palatino Linotype, Book Antiqua, Palatino, serif Times New Roman, Times, serif Arial, Helvetica,…

Catch 22 Trying to Cancel My Yahoo Account

Post author:Daniel Payne
Post published:December 29, 2011
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I just tried to cancel my Yahoo account by clicking this page however at the end it failed and said Contact Support. That link for Custom Support was broken. Next…