April 2008
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WatchI know a lot of you have bought new Macs lately, but not yet the AppleCare extended warranty (about which I’ve previously written). You can still buy this any time within a year of your computer purchase. With free shipping, Amazon’s prices are as low as any I’ve found. I was specifically looking for the lowest price for the MacBook, which so many of my friends and colleagues...
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finding your friends in Facebook
Since everyone creating a Facebook account is (more or less) required and expected to use their real name, and a verified email address, you can search for your friends by typing their name or email address into Facebook’s search field. Facebook’s Find Your Friends tool gives you many other options, such as entering your account name and password from various other services (like...
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stop spam by reading books →
…one word at a time! reCAPTCHA provides a free captcha service to any website that needs it. What does reCAPTCHA get in return? Each captcha that is entered by your users helps digitize pre-digital-age books. So when OCR fails, the word is farmed out as a captcha to participating sites. (condensed & reblogged from aaronwhite)
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including links in email messages
If you’re promoting a web site in an email, you want to make it as easy as possible for people to remember and visit that site. When you type or cut-n-paste the web address, include the whole URL, like this, including the HTTP bits:http://PrompterToGo.com Most email programs will allow curious readers to double click on a complete URL, taking them directly to your web site (in their...
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Muxtape →
makes online “mixtapes”
