Category Archives: Computer Stuff

Grab all your Google data

Posted on March 22, 2013 by Jesse Zylstra

Google has always been good about helping users leave them. In fact, they make it really easy to leave. You can literally pack up your virtual Google bags and port yourself to different web services anytime. Google Takeout is a … Continue reading →

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Google Reader Retiring July 1st, 2013

Posted on March 13, 2013 by Jesse Zylstra

Google has announced that it will be retiring Google Reader on July 1st. I’m rather surprised. I happened to like this product, and I know quite a number of other people do as well! Google announced on the Google Reader … Continue reading →

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WhatPulse: See How You /Use/ Your Computer

Posted on January 5, 2013 by Jesse Zylstra

WhatPulse is a computer program that monitors statistics regarding your keyboard usage and mouse usage. It tracks what keys you press and how many clicks you make with your mouse, including how far your mouse has traveled across the screen. … Continue reading →

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Spotify for Linux

Posted on December 15, 2012 by Jesse Zylstra

Spotify is an audio application that allows users to stream audio from Spotify’s servers. But, unlike many other services (i.e. Pandora), it only plays the songs you tell it to. The free version is supported by ads, however a low … Continue reading →

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Gmail and Search Field Trial

Posted on December 13, 2012 by Jesse Zylstra

What’s this? A middle-of-the-week post? Google is now testing a new feature with Gmail to allow search results for your email to appear in your web search results (when logged in as yourself). This is a fantastic way to remind … Continue reading →

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Quick Gmail Tip

Posted on December 8, 2012 by Jesse Zylstra

Replying to a long email? In your reply, its easy to select the text that you want quoted at the end of your email. Simply select the text you want included in the reply email, and hit the “Reply” button. … Continue reading →

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Last Results from Spam Testing

Posted on December 1, 2012 by Jesse Zylstra

November 23rd at 6:13PM: We shut the spam testing site down. Since December 24th, 2011, there were a total of: 325,008 posts in 246,957 topics by 291,210 spammers. If you are interested in receiving a copy of the MySQL database … Continue reading →

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Microsoft Surface

Posted on November 24, 2012 by Jesse Zylstra

Microsoft’s latest operating systems adventures are clearly attempting to pull us into the tablet world. Windows 8 is fully focused around being a tablet OS — even though it will probably be installed on more “regular” (or traditional) desktops than … Continue reading →

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Audio Stretching Software: Paul’s Extreme Stretch (Windows, Linux, Mac)

Posted on November 17, 2012 by Jesse Zylstra

Music is an interesting thing to slow down, but it is difficult to slow down music to the extreme without getting a bad digital effect or chopping noises. Luckily for those of us who like to massively slow down music, … Continue reading →

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Microsoft’s Free Phone Directory: TellMe

Posted on November 10, 2012 by Jesse Zylstra

A while back, Microsoft released a true answer to the lack of Goog411: TellMe, powered by Bing. TellMe is a toll-free number that you can call for free directory search, driving directions, traffic, weather, movies, sports, stock quotes, ‘cheap gas’, … Continue reading →

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