Hide the WordPress Stats Smiley Face
You’re going along, checking out your website and you see it. A smiley face hiding in your footer. You panic. Have you been hacked? You open your source code and look at footer.php. There’s no smiley. You delete and resave the PHP code and check your site. The smiley is gone. You’re not sure what happened and you let it go. The next day you look at your website and the phantom smiley is back. You search and...
Use Your Phone Like A Computer
Pulling a wild example out of nowhere, let’s say you’re going on vacation and want to work on your budding novel while you’re there. But you don’t want to pack a heavy laptop. With a little over $100 in equipment, you can connect your Android phone to your hotel television and type away. What You Will Need Check the widget below to link to all of the accessories on the list. MHL-enabled Phone – MHL...
Selling and Donating Old Items
In many of the weeks of the Organized Life Series, you have probably been making a pile of items you are getting rid of. You have 3 main options for getting rid of your non-trash items. Sell online Have a garage sale Donate them! Selling things online as an individual can be a hassle at best and a complete nightmare at worst. Sites such as Ebay have the rights completely skewed toward the buyer. If they buyer lies, you can lose money...
Watch Your Digital Video Collection on your TV using DLNA
You probably have a video collection in your computer for one reason or another. You could have home videos or clips you’ve uploaded to You Tube. You might have been busy ripping your DVD collection to your computer. Or maybe you’ve been downloading TV shows after cancelling your cable service. (If you have, make sure you’re paying for them!) Either way, you’d like to be able to watch those videos on your big...
Should I Cancel My Cable Service?
The new fall television seasons have begun and you may be questioning whether you really want to pay $60-$100 just to watch a few shows. If you’re thinking about it, here are some things to consider: Devices You can find almost every show online for free or with a subscription to Hulu (~8 a month). But you probably don’t want to watch TV on your laptop or in your office on your computer. You want to watch it on the big TV...
Be Prepared For Emergencies
September is National Preparedness month and as part of the Organized Life Series this week, we’re talking about Home Supplies. You need to have a plan and a kit for any natural or other disasters that could befall your area. #1 – Pick Your Disasters What do you want to be prepared for? You can take a general approach or go all out and build a fully stocked bunker. But do a little research and find out what disasters are...
How To Shop
Shopping is not an innate talent. It’s not something you’re born knowing how to do. It’s not coded into your DNA or your X-chromosome! It’s something you learn to do. You can learn through the examples and teachings of your parents and peers or you can acquire skills through your own trial and error. This tutorial is for the young, the untutored, and the unknowing. If you were never taught how to shop and have...
Kitchen Cookware
Whether you need to stock a new kitchen or just want to upgrade some of your old, scratched pieces, it’s a good idea to do your research first. The following is an excerpt from Consumer Reports Online. Consider your cooktop Flat-bottomed pans are essential for a smoothtop range. (Nearly every set out there is flat-bottomed, but double-check with a straight edge.) If you have an induction cooktop, magnetic stainless steel is your...
Replace Your Spices On A Budget
When doing your Fall or Spring cleaning you may have realized that you have a lot of expired spices. As part of the Organized Life Series, we’re spending this week Organizing Our Food. Sometimes that organization requires replacement of old items. Are your spices old? There’s a quick and easy way to find out. McCormick offers a Spice Dating Service. No, you don’t help your spices hook up with other spices. You find...
Full Backup Using SyncBackPro
As a part of Backups: #9 in the Organized Life Series we discussed using SyncBackPro. You have a rough idea of what the software is. The Pro version is a one-time purchase of $54.95 but is necessary if you want to do a SFTP backup. SFTP, or secure FTP, is a program that uses SSH to transfer files. Unlike standard FTP, it encrypts both commands and data, preventing passwords and sensitive information from being transmitted...
Use CrashPlan to automatically backup to a network drive (NAS)
As a part of my Backup System, I recommend using CrashPlan. It has a client for WIndows, Mac and Linux. But it has one major problem. You can choose to backup to a folder, external drive, a friends computer or online, but CrashPlan can not backup to a network drive. I have a NAS (Network Accessible Storage) device that I use to store all my files and backups. So of course I want a solution that can access that storage. Luckily after...
Kindle Collections with Calibre
I’m going to unofficially call this Kindle #4.5 in the Organized Life Series. It’s somewhat of an extension of organizing your documents. Kindle? Kindle? Why should you own a Kindle? First, there’s the e-ink. I have a Kindle app on my phone, but it’s hard to read an LCD screen outside unless you have the brightness turned all the way up (and draining the battery). My Kindle works GREAT outside and by the pool....
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