July 2008

I Bought A Mac Pro

by Jeff Weisbein July 31, 2008

Today I ordered my Mac Pro LIVE on stream – it was exciting and I can’t wait to get it! The specs are below. You really need to watch the video too! Mac Pro Specs: Two 2.8GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon 2GB (2x1GB) – I ordered another 8GB from OWC (Other World Computing) so it will [...]

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What Applications Do You Use?

by Jeff Weisbein July 29, 2008

Today we did our first “vent-in” question and answer on live.besttechie.net. TechHelper1 asked what applications I use on my computers. Here is a list of my most commonly used applications. Internet Based Applications: Firefox – Web browser Opera – Web browser Safari – Web browser Outlook 2007 – Email client Filezilla – FTP application Digsby [...]

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Free HTML and WYSIWYG Editors

by Jeff Weisbein July 28, 2008

I received a question from Kevin_28 in our chat room at live.besttechie.net asking about free HTML/WYSIWYG editors. There are a number of decent free editors that can be found online. I typically recommend NVU, KompoZer, and Mozilla Seamonkey on the WYSIWYG side of things and PSPad, HTML-Kit, and Notetab Light on the Text/HTML editors side. [...]

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WordPress Plugins Compilation

by Jeff Weisbein July 28, 2008

I received a request from the chat room to do a video on the WordPress Plugins I use to make my blog function the way it does. Below is a list of the plugins I use on a daily basis: Add to Any: Share/Save/Bookmark Button Helps readers share, save, and bookmark your posts and pages [...]

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Keep Vista Running Fast

by Jeff Weisbein July 28, 2008

I received a question via Skribit “How do you keep Vista running smooth?” – well there are a number of ways to do that. Disk cleanup, Defrag, uninstall unused/unneeded applications, keep your system tray and desktop clean, and make sure you have good system specs. Run disk cleanup occasionally – at least once a month [...]

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Cuil Review (Search Engine)

by Jeff Weisbein July 28, 2008

Cuil.com (pronounced “cool”) is a new search engine which is aiming to make a dent in Google’s dominance. Does it have a shot? It brings a few things to the table, but overall needs some work. I’m not sure if I am loving the column layout, but it could potentially grow on me. I do [...]

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How Often Should You Reformat?

by Jeff Weisbein July 25, 2008

How often should you reformat your hard drive and reinstall your operating system? This is a common question asked by many computer users. Personally, I don’t think there is a set time span which you should follow in terms of how often you should be formatting and reinstalling your operating system. In fact, I always [...]

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7 Months Later… Macbook Touch Rumors

by Jeff Weisbein July 23, 2008

7 months ago when I first started doing informative videos on technology, I made a video called Apple Tablet PC (the video above) where I talked about how Apple should consider creating a Macbook Tablet computer. Noting that they already have the technology behind them with the iPhone and iPod Touch and a brand to [...]

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My Thoughts On OpenID

by Jeff Weisbein July 22, 2008

OpenID is a decentralized open source platform which allows people to create services to provide users with a single log-in/ID for the web. While I feel the platform has a lot of potential I do have some concerns regarding security and standardization of services/functionality. My main concern is what these services are doing to protect [...]

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