I’ve been meaning to write for quite some time on some of the software and habits that have made my life work so much better. I often harp online about people backing up. My coworker recently had her computer crash and she lost all of her pictures. I just got an external hard drive and [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Tools'
Mozy
May 2nd, 2009 · 1 Comment
Colbri: Quicksilver-ish app for Windows
February 4th, 2006 · No Comments
One of the many reasons to love the Mac is Quicksilver. Quicksilver is a keyboard application launcher but so much more. At it’s simplest, type <command> and <space> and the quicksilver window opens on the screen. Then start typing the first few letters of an application or document and up pops the file. Press return [...]
Pray hacks: Silence and notecards
January 17th, 2006 · No Comments
Aren’t those two strange words to put together: Prayer hacks? Let me explain. Anything we do, we can learn to do better, and often the difference between one and another is simply implementing tricks that allow you to accomplish more then you did before. I think it’s ok to apply the same principle to prayer. [...]
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Techtip: Outlining in Textedit for Mac
January 2nd, 2006 · 1 Comment
I am more and more trying to get away from proprietary formats for word processing, i.e. Microsoft Word and Apple’s Pages. This allows portability because files are saved in RTF or straight ascii. One trick I’ve posted before is to set your default application for opening a .doc document in the Mac to textedit. I’m [...]
