Category Archives: Computer Stuff

How To: Download All Google Docs Documents

Posted on March 1, 2010 by Jesse Zylstra

How can I backup, download, or export all of my Google Docs Documents? (For the sake of simplicity, I am going to refer to backups and downloads as exports.)Google has made it surprisingly easy to export your entire Google Documents … Continue reading →

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Free Encryption Software: TrueCrypt

Posted on February 24, 2010 by Jesse Zylstra

What is the best, free encryption software? TrueCrypt is an open-source encryption program for encrypting your entire hard drive, flash drive, partition, or file containers. TrueCrypt is expiable of running on Windows 7, Vista, and XP, Mac OSX, and Linux. … Continue reading →

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Is it okay to leave your computer on?

Posted on February 23, 2010 by Jesse Zylstra

Is it safe to leave your computer on all day, every day? The quick answer to this is: “Yes, it is safe to leave your desktop computer on all day,” Notice the comma? Thinking about saying “Oh, got it.” and … Continue reading →

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Can't Beat Free: Microsoft Security Essentials for Antivirus

Posted on February 22, 2010 by Jesse Zylstra

In 2009, Microsoft released it’s own free antivirus program. This is not the first time they have released an antivirus program, you may remember Windows Live One Care, a low-rate antivirus service. Questions arise about how good this free program … Continue reading →

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Google Buzz as The Next Big Thing?

Posted on February 14, 2010 by Jesse Zylstra

Google Buzz could very well be the next big thing, or the next, and failed, Windows Live Space… Variety of flavours for sharing The amount of tools which could be used with Buzz, which are more than obviously targeted for … Continue reading →

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Social Networking: A Stalkers Tool

Posted on February 13, 2010 by Jesse Zylstra

What do I use social networking for? Finding people. It’s actually one of my more interesting hobbies. I just make an acquaintance with a person, and learn three facts about their: Their first and last name, and the area that … Continue reading →

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GTA: San Andreas on Linux

Posted on February 6, 2010 by Jesse Zylstra

How can I play Grant Theft Auto: San n on Linux? Some people have reported that the installer works just fine under Linux without any additional packages, however I suggest using PlayOnLinux to install this game. PlayOnLinux (PoL) can typically … Continue reading →

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Outage Report

Posted on February 3, 2010 by Jesse Zylstra

The server had a software-level outage on Monday, January 1st… unknown start time. Here’s what happened: The user related to Apache2 webserver and it’s permissions somehow got completely messed up. Changing the username related to Apache so that it could … Continue reading →

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Poll: What email provider do you use?

Posted on January 31, 2010 by Jesse Zylstra

What email provider do you use? Aside from just voting, please tell us about your email client in a comment using the form below. [poll id=”5″] It is hard to tell what email provider is “the best” anymore. They all … Continue reading →

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Windows 7 Starter Edition

Posted on January 29, 2010 by Jesse Zylstra

What are the disadvantages, or advantages of Windows 7 Starter Edition? Windows 7 Starter Edition is supposedly focused at Netbooks. Wikipedia words this a little differently: “Out of all the different editions (Starter, Home Basic, Home Premium, Professional, Enterprise, and … Continue reading →

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