Entries Tagged as 'Technology'

Friday, June 6th, 2008

Flashback Friday - Freeware and Open Source Alternatives To Commerical Software

I’m going to be in Michigan for the weekend, so I figured now was a good time to pull an article from December 2007 out from the vault and share it with you all. Enjoy!
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I’m going to start off this post by being totally honest - I have used pirated software in the past. Back [...]

Friday, May 30th, 2008

Stock Trading For Fun and (no) Profit

Photo Credit - thms.nl @ Flickr

Tired of dealing with screeching adolescents on Xbox Live? Looking for an entertaining activity that can also teach you a few things about finance? May I suggest to you this - virtual stock trading.
It requires none of your own money and often is paired with great educational/news resources. In addition, [...]

Friday, May 30th, 2008

Follow A Day Late, A Buck Short On Twitter!

Here at A Day Late, A Buck Short - we try to keep up with the latest memes and trends in Web 2.0. Therefore, I’ve decided to set up a Twitter identity for the site - Follow us!
By following us on Twitter, you’ll get links to the latest posts here and some other cool stuff [...]

Thursday, May 29th, 2008

Speeling Misteaks = Saving Money on eBay and Craigslist

Photo Credit: victoriapeckham @ Flickr
This post is inspired by an article I found in the Wall Street Journal via Digg.
This technique has been around for a while, but is often not widely known among non-power users. Even with automatic spelling correction/the proliferation of spell check in browsers, some people just can’t spell/can’t be [...]

Thursday, March 13th, 2008

Ditching The Coaxial Cable…

Well, I finally pulled the trigger and have started in motion a plan to free myself from Comcast. I tried to make myself love cable TV, but I find that it bores me. Combine that with the fact that I don’t really watch TV to begin with, and it becomes a glaringly obvious piece of [...]

Friday, February 8th, 2008

Need To Fax? Why Not Do It For Free?

 
In today’s fast-paced digital world, one would think fax machines would become relics of a by-gone era. However, even with the increased proliferation of e-mail and e-commerce, faxes are still used in a variety of scenarios - both personal and business.
Unfortunately, for the most part, costs for faxes haven’t dropped significantly. It still costs about [...]

Friday, December 21st, 2007

Can You Hear Me Now? Cell Phone Shopping For The Informed Consumer

If you are a new reader to the site, you may or may not know that I’m currently employed by an Indian company and have been working in said subcontinent for the last five months. I am moving back in 3.5 days - so I need to narrow down some options for many things. One [...]

Monday, December 3rd, 2007

Software Piracy Is So 1997 - Try Freeware and Open Source Programs Instead!

I’m going to start off this post by being totally honest - I have used pirated software in the past. Back in high school, I thought I was pretty sweet because I snagged a copy of Adobe Photoshop 7.0 (and numerous other applications) for free. Needless to say, I wasn’t exactly a hit with the [...]

Tuesday, November 6th, 2007

Keeping That Old Computer Running Longer

 
Ten things you can do keep an old computer useful - Motho ke motho ka botho
I was going through my bookmarks this evening and I came across the aforementioned link. I found it to be a comprehensive, yet simple guide to keeping a computer running in fighting shape - even if you aren’t a [...]