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When time’s short, there’s only so much you can read. Luckily, the author likes short blog posts as well.

March 24, 2012 at 9:48 pmJanuary 31, 2014
Geoffrey Liu

Hate those Captchas? Try cats and dogs

Captchas are an idea whose time has come. As soon as new ways of disguising words are found, so are new ways of cracking the code. It seems that words that can be deciphered by humans are also (and quite unfortunately) decipherable by silicon chips known as computers. Fortunately, the world of technology and security is always full of innovation. …

March 15, 2012 at 7:30 pmJanuary 31, 2014
Geoffrey Liu

Four tips on getting the most out of your scroll wheel

Most of you who have a computer mouse probably use the scroll wheel to go up and down long web pages such as this one. It’s a godsend to the world of technology, but even so, it is oft neglected. You can show your scroll wheel how much you appreciate it in three easy ways: 1. Use it to open …

February 24, 2012 at 8:35 pmMarch 26, 2016
Geoffrey Liu

Need a countdown timer? Try this gadget

Uniquewg.com has a unique collection of widgets (who would’ve guessed?), including this very easy-to-use countdown timer. It’s a Windows gadget that does only one thing: count down the days, hours, minutes, and seconds until a particular date. How you use it is up to you, so what are you waiting for, grab yours today! Link: http://www.uniquewg.com/gadget_countdown.php

February 10, 2012 at 10:14 pmJanuary 31, 2014
Geoffrey Liu

How to present your PowerPoint … in style

By the time you graduate from college, you will probably have made over 100 Power Point presentations, mostly on Microsoft PowerPoint software. Unfortunately, many of us students go through our academic and work lives having to start a presentation in 3 steps: Opening the folder that the file is in Opening the file Clicking “Start Presentation” Did you know there’s …

February 6, 2012 at 6:28 pmNovember 21, 2013
Geoffrey Liu

What font is that?

How many times have we seen a font used in a magazine, on a box, or in an advertisement, and wanted to find out what font it is? Up until I discovered WhatTheFont!, I had to go through every font in Word and compare it with the original. WhatTheFont! is a tool to help you discover, well, what font is …

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