http://myfourcents.com "Four must be better than Two" Fri, 29 Aug 2008 19:02:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Hmm, this depends on a few factors. How expensive was the device when it was purchased? How old is it? How much will it cost to get it fixed? Well my rule, is ... If it costs more than $200, is less than 3 years old, and costs less than half ... http://myfourcents.com/2008/08/29/is-it-worth-fixing-dead-gadgets/ This is a no hassle way of allowing you access to your computer no matter where you are, assuming you have Internet access. Plus it's a free VPN service. I installed this at my home, and surprisingly was able to quickly network my computers through the internet with my work computer. Hamachi VPN http://myfourcents.com/2008/08/29/hamachi-virtual-private-network/ Hmm, this is a pretty cool device to catalog your possessions. However I think I'll wait for the price to come down a bit. The device scans bar codes on products that you purchase. Then you download the information to your PC which matches it up to a database ... http://myfourcents.com/2008/08/29/intelliscanner-mini/ This free program creates a virtual hard drive out of a folder on your pc. This drive gets opened only with your password. Once opened you can access your files like normal and add additional files to this drive, then when you are finished you "dismount the drive" and all ... http://myfourcents.com/2008/08/29/encrypt-files-on-your-computer-easily/ The iPhone 2.0 software has a built-in screen capture shortcut. Hold the "home" button, then hit the "power/sleep" button, and presto, a capture of your screen is in your photos. http://myfourcents.com/2008/07/22/iphone-screen-capture/ Thumb drives are so inexpensive now that I think it is worth having an extra thumb drive loaded with just diagnose and fix program. This way if your computer or a friends computer is having troubles you can grab your thumb drive and know that you have all the ... http://myfourcents.com/2008/07/18/thumb-drive-pc-repair-kit/ If you need to poll a group of people there are a lot of pay for use services that can set this up for you. But unless your doing a large research project for school or work your probably not interested in paying for this type of service. This website ... http://myfourcents.com/2008/07/18/poll-your-friends/ I use a text editor when manipulating website files like html or php. The one I really like is notepad++. Recently I came across another plain text editor which has some great features like being able to sort lists of items. EditPlus http://myfourcents.com/2008/07/18/my-favorite-text-editor/ There are so many websites that require you to log into, that it is difficult to remember all the username and passwords. Security experts recommend you use different passwords for each site, but most people only use at most three different passwords for all their accounts. I think ... http://myfourcents.com/2008/07/18/password-manager/ I'm sure you've had this frustration: winding up your garden hose. Trying to twist it up so that it nearly folds into a nice circle as opposed to a wild snake pile. There are products to help you conceal your garden hose, but the frustration is still there, ... http://myfourcents.com/2008/07/17/garden-hose-reel/