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Technology applied to modern life

How to add Twitter support to Pidgin for Windows (the firewall friendly way)

Published in January 19th, 2009

Use Pidgin to Twitter (the firewall friendly way) from a Windows desktop without installing yet another instant messenger or microblogging client.

Top 5 Workarounds for Issues When Using Photoshop Elements 6 Move Offline

Published in June 11th, 2008

Posted by Matt in Software, Tip

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Photoshop Elements Copy/Move to Removable Disk helps photo collections make the most of your diskspace. Find out my top 5 ways to make it work even better.

Drowning in Digital Photos? Move Lower Value Photos Offline (& Back) with Photoshop Elements 6

Published in April 1st, 2008

Posted by Matt in Howto, Software

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Use Photoshop Elements 6’s removable media feature to reclaim your HDD, moving photos offline without losing the ability to work with those photos in PSE.

Attaining Calendar Nirvana: Google Calendar Sync Extracts Most Of Your Schedule From Outlook 2007

Published in March 18th, 2008

Posted by Matt in Howto, Software, Web

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Discover whether the new Google Calendar Sync application holds the key to reliable (and free!) synchronisation of your Outlook and Google Calendars.

Attaining Calendar Nirvana: Publishing Calendars From Outlook 2007… To Microsoft Approved Destinations

Published in March 14th, 2008

Posted by Matt in Howto, Software, Web

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Its time to start removing roadblocks from the path to calendar nirvana, by freeing my master calendar from its Outlook shackles and sharing it with others.

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