Storing Data in the Cloud

3 Ways to Keep Your Data With You At All Times - NYTimes.com

"Here are some of my favorite services when it comes to maintaining data while on the road."

Dropbox
Pogoplug
LetsCrate

How to Turn on ClearType

For Windows 7:

1. In the Control Panel (Category view), select 'Appearance and Personalization'
2. Under Fonts, select 'Adjust ClearType text'
3. Follow the instructions on your screen to adjust your ClearType settings

For other operating systems (XP, Vista), go here:
http://www.microsoft.com/typography/ClearTypeFAQ.mspx

How to Remove Microsoft Sticky Notes from Startup

Click Start and in the search box type: msconfig. Under the Startup tab, scroll down and find the Microsoft Windows Operating System command: C:\Windows\System32\StikyNot.exe, and uncheck that box. Be sure to choose the right one, there are two Microsoft Windows Operating System commands in there.

See here for: Where are Sticky Notes Stored?

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What is StikyNot? Microsoft Sticky Notes are like Digital Post-its

StikyNot is the program application name for Microsoft's Sticky Notes. The application is much like Post-it Notes, only digital.

Read how to use Sticky Notes here: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Using-Sticky-Notes

To create a Sticky Note: Open Sticky Notes by tapping the Start button . In the search box, type Sticky Notes, and then tap Sticky Notes in the list of results.

To delete a Sticky Note, click the x in the upper right corner.

To enable the Delete Prompt again in Microsoft Stick notes, see this Digital Q&A post: Enable Delete Prompt again in Microsoft Sticky Notes

Click here to see how to remove Sticky Notes: How to Remove Microsoft Sticky Notes from Startup
Click here to see where they are stored on your computer: http://digital-qa.blogspot.com/2011/08/where-are-sticky-notes-stored.html

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My Favorite Favicon Generator

Simple and works great. No files stored on their site, no registration:

Favicon Generator | Make Free Favicons | Create a Favicon.ico Design

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How to Program Your Comcast Remote

New from Comcast support site: How to Program your remote control to your TV + a new tool to find your remote control code.

Comcast Remote Codes - Program Your Comcast Remote Control

You can also download remote manuals here: http://customer.comcast.com/Pages/HelpNFC.aspx?print=false&id=remotes#download

How to Split a PDF File

I needed to split a 53MB (yes, large) PDF document in two. There are so many "PDF Splitters" out there that just, well, don't work. How annoying to spend time with those.

This one worked for me:

AnyBizSoft PDF Splitter and you can download it via CNET here: http://download.cnet.com/AnybizSoft-PDF-Splitter/3000-18483_4-75211444.html

Hope that saves you some frustration.

I hesitated to add what didn't work, but thought it would be helpful. This one just didn't work for me:

PDF Splitter - Spent too much time and in the end never got it to work.

Outlook Email - Turn off Automatic Read when Selection Changes

From within Outlook, select

1. Tools
2. Options
3. Other
4. Reading Pane
5. Mark item as read when selection changes
6. Mark items as read when viewed in the Reading Pane

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How to Display the Toolbar in Windows Explorer (Windows 7)

To display the Toolbar (the one at top that shows File, Edit, View, Tools, Help) in Windows 7 Explorer: within Explorer hit the ALT key.

If you'd always like to see the menu bar, then set the default here:
Tools, Folder Options, View, "Always show menus".

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What is the Consecutive Date of Today?

This online calendar will give you the consecutive date of today: What Is The Date Today.com - Date Today and Online Calendar.

For example, the date of this post shows like this:

Wednesday, July 20, 2011

07 / 20 / 2011
mm / dd / yyyy

July is the 07 month of the year, and we are currently in day # 200 of 2011. We are NOT currently in a leap year.

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