I try to do this every year. I compile a list of products that I cannot live without. These are products I use every day. My favorites. Kindle It’s not only a Kindle reader, it’s the Kindle books I can read on my Droid X, on my Mac, at work, on the train. It’s everywhere and I love it. Droid X I got it this year as I switched jobs and we no longer have a Blackberry. I love it. I love the 4.3” screen. Love how fast it is. Camera could be better, some other things could be better…
Technology
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Here are my top 10 Firefox extensions that I use on a daily basis. 1. Morning CoffeeA very simple way to load your “morning” bookmarks. 2. FirebugIf you are a web developer, this is a must. 3. Delicious Bookmarks I’m utilizing it more and more, and utilizing browser’s favorites less and less. 4. ScribeFire Blog EditorAn easy way to publish to my blogs. 5. Adblock PlusUnless you love ads, gotta have this extension. 6. LastTabVery useful. Pressing Ctr+Tab switches to your previus tab. 7. XmarksSynchronizes your bookmarks across all computers. Beats manual synching. 8. Web Developer Also a must for…
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Here is a list of products that I discovered in 2008 and that I cannot live without. These are products that I use everyday, both at work and at home. Quite simply, I would not be able to live without them. Literally. 🙂 Blackberry – internet on the goI can’t believe I have not started using it before. Perhaps because I did not get it from work. But internet on the go is here to stay. It’s so useful and practical. I started commuting to NYC on the train, what better way to convert the downtime to catching up on…
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I just bought a MacBook Pro and I started using it for the 1-st time yesterday. First impressions? I like it. It has great looks and so far it’s fairly easy to use. It’s fast! But it’s different! I am used to Windows and I’ll have to adjust and find ways to do some more complicated things. Wireless It has a Wireless N Wi-Fi receiver. It’s much faster and can reach X-times as wide as G. It’s the next generation Wi-Fi — but it takes forever to actually get approved by IEEE. I also liked it when it discovered my…
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Test your typing speed! Try it several times and average it out. I tried it twice and my speed is around 80 words per minute. Not too bad, but could do a lot better. I guess I need to improve, but I think I keep improving year by year. How fast can you type? ReferenceHow fast can you type, Otaku Cedric’s post — that’s how I learned about this tool
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If you’ve been following the real estate in US, you must have at least heard these names (if not tried them). If not, I’m going to recommend these as helpful to asses the housing market, and a great help in finding your next house. They are all real estate tools: interactive websites that allow you to search and value the houses on the market in your area, and in United States overall. Trulia.com. It is a site that I like the most. This site puts together listings of houses for sale in your area, as well as in the whole…
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This was easy for me last year (see my entry, 2004 Products I Could Not Live Without), when I had a lot to choose from (I still use all of those programs, btw). But in 2005, there had not been a lot of products that I use on everyday basis. That was until last month, where I discovered two great services: reddit and digg. I use them everyday now and I get to read a lot of excellent material. I love it. reddit.com – best articles by users’ ratingsReddit is a source for what’s new and popular on the web.…
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Here is a list of products that I discovered in 2004. These are products that I use everyday, both at work and at home. Quite simply, I would not be able to live without them. Literally. 🙂 Bloglines — RSS reader Bloglines changed how I read news. Bloglines changed how I browse the internet. Bloglines gave me what I had always wanted: control of the internet. I read what I want, when I want. I don’t miss anything. There are so many RSS feeds out there (I even have several of my own on this domain — click on the…
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I am tired of pre-approved credit card offers. I have several credit cards and I don’t want any more. I want to opt out from the list where these credit agencies get my name from. OK, Stas, go to this website and opt out: OptOutPreScreen.com. That’s what I did yesterday. We’ll see what happens. 🙂 I am also tired of unwanted letters in the mail. I only want to open letters that are of interest to me. I have to say that after signing up for this service, Mail Preference Service (MPS), I receive a lot less junk (just like…
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Are you looking for coffee shops in the area where you live? No? Are you looking for barber shops in your area? No? Are you looking for anything in your area and want an easier way of finding it? Sure you do. Google Local to the rescue! It let’s you search in your area. Plus, it shows you the location in the presented, zoomable map. Wow! It’s amazing what Google is doing. (Maybe their stock price is where it should be? :)) Google Local: check it out for yourself! I remember a professor in my freshman year in college talking…