Spring & fall sinus relief

Spring seems to be here in full force this year.  Many who live in the Central Valley experience allergy-related symptoms.  Sneezing, watery eyes, sinusitus and sinus infections.  There is some good news though.  You may have never heard of it before.  It’s called Continue reading

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Vector Graphics & T-Shirts

I have been talking with a company that produces silkscreen T-Shirts.  They require the graphics in a particular file format called Vector graphics.  It appears that all graphics aren’t created equal.  Continue reading

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Faires & Festivals around the 209 area code in 2010

Even though the weather is still a little bit chilly. There are many signs that Spring is just around the corner. My calendar says the first day of spring is March 20, 2010.  Today was a beautiful, relatively clear and breezy day. It got me thinking about kite flying and all the upcoming faires and festivals coming up in 2010. I’ve made a quick list of events happening in around the 209 area code. Continue reading

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Where’s your data?

When I started writing this post, I had high hopes that I would be able to recover the data from my damaged USB drive.  Sadly, my USB drive activated just long enough to say goodbye.  The LED on the drive glowed for about 30 seconds and then fizzled out.  The bad news was I lost my portable storage.  The good news is I didn’t lose all my data. Continue reading

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How to guard your data

What’s on your USB drive?  Many people have their entire life on their USB drives – contracts, proposals, resume.  What would happen if your USB drive was destroyed or got into the wrong hands?  Many times each day we take our technology for granted. 

That used to be the case with me until recently when I lost mine without knowing it.  Many USB drives have a little ring that attaches to your keyring.  It gives everybody a false sense of security.  It will stay on your keyring right?  Unfortunately, the stock ring they include with the Cruzer is not made to stand up to the punishment most people dish out when they handle their keys.

How do I know?  The other day, I discovered my USB drive sitting on the ground next to my car.  It had to have been sitting there for at least 24 hours.  I’m lucky it was only mangled a little bit. Continue reading

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