The Bizzaro World Diet

My husband and I started the Atkins diet when it became clear that our low-fat, low-cholesterol ‘healthy’ diet we had been following since his

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Quicken Essentials for Mac – Review



Quicken Essentials is easy to use, easy to understand, and functional. I’m really delighted to learn that Intuit developed Quicken Essentials from the ground up for Macintosh OS X. Typically accounting and money programs are first developed for a Windows operating system. It’s quite nice to have simple yet effective financial management software that isn’t bloatware.

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A Tech Support Tale

It’s a windows thing I guess. See, I bought this beauty iMac last fall so I could run what’s called the Wells Fargo CEO

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Got an extra $75?

I received my phone bill today, added to the total charges was an additional $75.17 charged from ZPDI for two collect calls my son

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Fashioning Technology: A DIY Intro to Smart Crafting – Book Review


Crafting has been a part of my life since the first "paint by numbers" kit I got for Christmas when I was a kid. There was a time in my mid twenties when I was hooked on assembling Radio Shack kits. I’ve embroidered, knitted, crocheted, beaded, and made doilies and jellies and jams. Naturally I was drawn to this title, wanting to see what the future of crafting is all about.

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Running Windows on your Mac
Book Review



As a long time Mac user, the decision to install Windows on my new Intel based iMac was one of the scariest I’ve ever had to make. I used Dwight Silverman’s book Running Windows on your Mac to make the installation and set up, while not quite a breeze, (it is Windows after all), at least bearable.

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MYOB AccountEdge – Accounting Software for Macintosh
Review


Since MYOB has a new version of the software, I thought this would be a good time to take a look at what other accounting programs for Macintosh were being offered. I was surprised to see three other robust programs available. I know that MYOB maintains a commitment to continue to develop for the Macintosh platform.

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Decorating and Wal Mart rage

The decorating and shopping are all done now. I managed to save the Christmas tree by adding green mini-lights strung inbetween the strands of

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Icicle Lights on Crack

OK, it’s time for my annual diatribe against icicle lights. The new neighbor across the road put his up Thanksgiving weekend. They are the

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The Amgen Tour of California

The Amgen Tour of California This week’s most exciting non-Mac news has to be the Amgen Tour of California. Sixteen of the world’s top

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Why I love being old

when the phone rings. The dogs are outside, not to be trusted those three, even with six foot fence around the perimeter. They take

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Marion was quite a guy

I like reading the obituaries in the daily paper. It’s amazing what people was say about their dearly departed loved ones. One of today’s

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