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We all should learn something new every day. Shortcut key in Apple Mail to send a message: Command-Shift-D (as in Deliver).

Yesterday was a great day.  After working for about 30 minutes I realized I wasn’t wearing my reading glasses.  While the screen wasn’t in perfect focus, it was good enough!  I worked through the whole day without glasses, only reverting to using them last night while reading on my iPad Air. Here’s the journey from […]

Some Context When I was considering Lasik, I was made aware that I might instead have to pursue PRK.  Thanks to a blog I decided that I wasn’t willing to pursue PRK if it was the only option available to me.  When I was searching for information about Lasik and the recovery time and process, almost everything […]

Google Apps Share fail. At least it fails gently instead of just blowing up. http://ow.ly/i/6xd54

Some History Any of us who are paying attention to the blogosphere and tech articles know that “smart” watches are the next “big thing”.  I won’t give a whole history of the smartwatch wars, but Microsoft seems to have tried to pioneer this with the Spot series of watches, but Pebble reignited the market in […]

Having Wi-Fi problems on your Mac running OS X Mavericks? Here’s a fix! | iMore http://ow.ly/x0mkt

MS made a huge mistake removing Search from the Microsoft Remote Desktop app. This is a really shortsighted change! https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/microsoft-remote-desktop/id715768417?mt=12

This is a real eye-opener! Ken Shirriff’s blog: iPad charger teardown: inside Apple’s charger and a risky phony http://ow.ly/wMU0h

http://www.fragmentationneeded.net/2013/03/what-did-west-virginia-officials-buy.html This kind of wasteful spending is just crazy. While I can understand the desire to standardize the equipment across locations, this only works if there is a small delta between requirements. You simply don’t put in a piece of gear designed for 500 users in a location that has only 5. In my day […]