Turn Your Spare Thumb Drives Into Feature-Packed Giveaway Drives Felonspy.com - You need to know who your neighbors are. Especial How to Fix Your Relatives' Terrible Computer HOLY CRAP. Windows CDs are possibly the most dangerous things a person could get their hands on. I work in a computer repair shop and a good percentage of the system problems we have are caused by morons that installed Windows OVER their recovery partition (I mean, yes, into an ~8gb partition, with their original Windows inactive in the big 150gb partition next to it that they're unaware of), or tried "repairing" it with an old XP Pro Corp CD they had laying around. Rule of thumb: ALL SYSTEMS have a recovery partition, with few exceptions. But to tell people to just grab a Windows CD?
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10 Signs You Will Be Poor at Productivity501 Here is a list of signs that indicate someone is likely to be poor in the future. If any of these apply to you, it might want to consider making some changes. 10. Not understanding basic investment tools is one sure sign that you will mismanage your finances. 9. You don’t need any fancy charts to see if your net worth is improving or decaying. 8. Normal interest rates on credit cards are extremely high. 7. Not participating in an employer matched retirement plan is one way people leave money on the table. 6. A large tax refund usually means you didn’t plan ahead correctly. 5. If the first price you notice on a new item, is the cost per month you aren’t thinking like a financially responsible person. 4. Social Security may still be around when you retire. 3. This is similar to leaving money on the table. 2. If your parents or a relative leave you a large amount of money when they die that is great. 1. It doesn’t just have to be the wheels on your car.
USB Flash Drive Comparison part 2 – FAT32 vs NTFS vs ExFAT Ok, a little while back I ran a somewhat large USB Flash Drive Comparison with 21 drives compared, today I got part two of that comparison. I’ve taken the 8gig and 4 gig drives, nine in total, and formatted them FAT32, NTFS and ExFAT and ran all of the tests over again for a comparison of how the file systems work on the drives. And yes I truly ran all of the tests over again, I recently upgraded to SiSoft Sandra 2009 SP2, so I needed to re-do all of those tests as well. The reason for this is out of my curiosity and other people mentioned as well why not compare the file systems, so to satiate my curiosity and to give everyone as much information as possible I took a very large chunk of my time and dedicated it to this rather large article. So sit back, relax and continue on, I’ve got tons of graphs for you all broken down and separated by file systems and tests. The drives are: Corsair Flash Voyager Mini 4gb Corsair Flash Voyager Mini 8gb OCZ ATV Turbo 4gb OCZ Rally2 Turbo 4gb Next is NTFS:
Six Thinking Hats - Decision Making Techniques from Mind tools - Looking at a Decision From All Points of View Look at decisions from many angles, with James Manktelow & Amy Carlson. 'Six Thinking Hats' is an important and powerful technique. It is used to look at decisions from a number of important perspectives. This forces you to move outside your habitual thinking style, and helps you to get a more rounded view of a situation. This tool was created by Edward de Bono in his book '6 Thinking Hats'. Many successful people think from a very rational, positive viewpoint. Similarly, pessimists may be excessively defensive, and more emotional people may fail to look at decisions calmly and rationally. If you look at a problem with the 'Six Thinking Hats' technique, then you will solve it using all approaches. How to Use the Tool You can use Six Thinking Hats in meetings or on your own. Each 'Thinking Hat' is a different style of thinking. White Hat: With this thinking hat you focus on the data available. Example Key Points
The Basic Guide to Troubleshooting Common Windows PC Problems This is a fantastic list, even for the experienced. Often times when troubleshooting - I'll be the first to admit it, I forget the basics. My only addition is for viruses: there is no such thing as overkill when cleaning. My preferred method is this, when noticing a system is seriously infected: 1.) 2.) 3.) 4.) 5.) It's excessive, but there's some nasty crap out there today. The best way to avoid virii? Just sayin'
18 Five-Minute Decluttering Tips to Start Conquering Your Mess | “Three Rules of Work: Out of clutter find simplicity; From discord find harmony; In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.” - Albert Einstein I’ve written a lot about simplicity and decluttering (I can’t help it — I’m passionate about it!) and I’ve noticed that a lot of readers share my ideal of having an uncluttered home or workplace, but don’t know where to start. When your home is filled with clutter, trying to tackle a mountain of stuff can be quite overwhelming. So here’s my advice: start with just five minutes. Then take another five minutes tomorrow. For those who are overwhelmed by their clutter, here are some great ways to get started, five minutes at a time. Designate a spot for incoming papers. “We don’t need to increase our goods nearly as much as we need to scale down our wants.
take the tour • Goals Goals are a tool to concentrate your effort and move you in a direction. Set goals in each of your life's areas, along with the timelines you are committed to accomplish them by. "We are what and where we are because we first imagined it." - Donald Curtis • Projects Action plans that map to one of your goals. • Tasks and Next Actions Break out each project into specific tasks (actionable items), and decide what the next action is going to be. • Contexts Context is where or how a task is accomplished. • Checklists Use checklists for your repeating/recurring tasks, things that you must handle weekly, monthly, quarterly, etc as well as action items that may be tied to a specific month (e.g. wax car every April and November). You can tie them to your goals. • Schedules Schedules are tools for organizing your daily activities, with exact timings. • Calendar Use the included calendar to keep note of and remember your "set-in-stone" activities, that need to be done at certain dates.
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