Author Archives: Rick Lobrecht

Apple Announcements

Posted on June 6, 2011 by Rick Lobrecht

I haven’t been able to watch the Apple keynote today, but I did read some of the coverage.  It all sounds pretty exciting.  I really hope iOS actually runs ok on my 3Gs.  I really wonder if my 3 year … Continue reading →

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Online Security Recommendations

Posted on December 14, 2010 by Rick Lobrecht

Remember:
-never use the same password at more than one site
-always use a combination of uppercase, lowercase, and numbers in your passwords. Symbols if you want it to be more secure.
-use a system to keep track of your passwords. All of those complicated passwords are hard to remember, so don’t even try.
-use a good password you can remember for your password system, and to log into your computer. Don’t write these down. Continue reading →

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Microsoft Office 2011 for Mac

Posted on October 27, 2010 by Rick Lobrecht

Microsoft released Office for Mac 2011 yesterday.  It includes Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and as a replacement for Entourage – Outlook.  Office now has an interface similar to the ribbon based fluent UI introduced with Office 2007 for Windows.  Supposedly, Outlook has … Continue reading →

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iPad engraving now available

Posted on October 26, 2010 by Rick Lobrecht

When I ordered my iPad, back in March, I lamented the fact that engraving wasn’t available. TUAW reports, and Apple.com confirms, that Apple has started offering engraving on iPads. It makes sense to have waited this long.  Originally, Apple was … Continue reading →

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Congratulations Evernote

Posted on October 19, 2010 by Rick Lobrecht

Phil Libin, CEO of Evernote, has announced an additional $20 million in VC funding. Considering they are currently funding their daily operations out of their premium subscription revenue, this means a lot of new features for Evernote users. I’m looking … Continue reading →

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It’s going to be a long day

Posted on October 11, 2010 by Rick Lobrecht

88 unread emails after missing one day of work.  

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Evernote Templates

Posted on October 6, 2010 by Rick Lobrecht

I use Evernote to keep track of most everything.  I really like it, and use it across my MacBook, my work Windows laptop, my iPhone, and my iPad.  One thing that I wish it had was either a template system, … Continue reading →

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dasBlog to WordPress migration

Posted on October 4, 2010 by Rick Lobrecht

I had a couple of false starts (that’s what happens when you don’t really plan things) but I’ve not gotten almost everything up and running. I first started by trying to bring in my RSS feed from dasBlog. This was … Continue reading →

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New Cheaper Kindles

Posted on July 29, 2010 by Rick Lobrecht

As you may remember, I’m a big fan of eBooks. My plan was to buy the nook, but ended up with an iPad instead. It’s able to read books from all the major eBook companies (which finally includes eReader.) My … Continue reading →

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My apologies

Posted on June 29, 2010 by Rick Lobrecht

If you’re subscribed to my feeds, I’m sorry about all the old postings.  I’m contemplating a move from dasBlog to something else, and I cranked up the number of entries in order to get my content out.  

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