Maybe this will help someone. I wanted to pay my Amazon Store Card through Bank of America’s bill pay system and it wanted the card’s zip code. Anyway, if you call the phone number on your card, you can say “talk to representative” during the automated system to get to
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All websites that you use which contain sensitive or personal information, always use a trusted bookmark to navigate to them. The reason being, if you search Google or a search engine for mybank dot com, it’s possible a cyber attacker has somehow gained search engine prominence through sponsored links or
Continue readingMicrosoft Office Alternatives
I’ll make this quick, if you are getting tired of the licensing and cost issues of Microsoft Office, there are other fish in the sea. And these fish are free! The latest and greatest MS Office is 2013 and then Office 365. They may well be wonderful pieces of software
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This is one of those "too much time on your hands" things, but can be helpful sometimes. In the various IT fields, you’ll often come across measurements in meters, and some of us Yanks would rather see feet. Your first solution is to Google it, if you type "xyz meters
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In my last SEO post I tried to explain that SEO is not as complex and some would like you to believe. In this video posted April 29, 2013, Google’s head of webspam, Matt Cutts, explains the top five mistakes webmaster make on their pages. 1) Crawlability Crawling is
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Uninstall a Windows Update from Command Line
A quick tip to keep in your toolbox. If ever there is a “bad update” from Microsoft and you need to quickly uninstall it, use the wusa tool. If you open a command prompt now and type “wusa” and hit <enter>, a screen will pop up with the various command
Continue readingWhat’s the big deal about SEO? Is it really so complex?
Being in the industry that I am, I come across headlines like “Google changed the algorithm! Quick, buy our software and updates before your website is kicked off the Internet for good!” These radical scare tactics should not bother anyone, SEO really is not THAT complicated. It is only complicated to those
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Getting Used to Windows 8 (Initial Impressions)
I have been a long time Windows user, coming from 3.1 through 95, 98, XP, and Win7. I skipped Vista on purpose. I have some but minimum regular use of Mac OS’s and Linux Desktops. That said, I’ve just purchased a small Sony E Series laptop and want to share
Continue reading33% Wide Column Fix for Alignment Issues
There are many templates out there for creating responsive percent-based columns. Percentages like 10% or 50% or 25% work because they add up to 100% so they will align. When you need columns split into thirds, for example, they will not line up perfectly by using 33% for width. Let’s
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Manage Podcasts on your MP3 Player with Podcastready
I wanted to share this little application with anybody who has an MP3 player that does not use proprietary software to manage files. If you can plug in your MP3 player and browse it like a hard drive, this is for you. This program should be copied into whatever your
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