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About Dustin Patterson
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How To: Make The Most Of Your Bookmarks In Firefox
30 Mar 2010 by Dustin Patterson / 2 Comments
Bookmarks have evolved from the static entries they once were, and with the right Firefox add-ons you can get the most out of your bookmarks. Listed below are a couple add-ons that will get you started with improving your bookmarking experience in Firefox. Live Bookmarks Often an overlooked feature, Firefox’s Live Bookmarks feature allows you to subscribe to RSS feeds and have bookmarks u...
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How To: Find Large Files On Your Hard Drive With WinDirStat
22 Mar 2010 by Dustin Patterson / 5 Comments
Have you noticed that you hard drive space has decreased and don’t know what files are taking up the space? If so, you can use WinDirStat to help find those large files taking up space on your drive. To start, download WinDirStat from http://windirstat.info/. You can select either the installation download or the standalone executable. When first running the program, you are asked to s...
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Get A Visual On Your Hard Drive with Disk Space Fan
11 Mar 2010 by Dustin Patterson
As your computer gets older, chances are that your hard drive will be filled with many unused and unnecessary files. If you’re starting to run out of space on your hard drive, it can often times be the result of old “junk” files piling up. A great way to get your computer back into shape is to delete some of those files (especially the large ones). Disk Space Fan is a free pr...
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Essential WordPress Plugins Part 2: Administration
10 Mar 2010 by Dustin Patterson / 6 Comments
In the second part of our Essential WordPress Plugins series we will be taking a look at some plugins that are designed to make managing your WordPress site easier. WP-Database backup The WP-Database Backup plugin automates the database backup process and puts your mind to ease about the safety of your blog. WP-Database Backup can perform a manual backup, allowing you to save it to the server, dow...
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Essential WordPress Plugins Part 1: Security
04 Mar 2010 by Dustin Patterson
As the popularity of the easy-to-use WordPress blogging software increases, developers and users continue to develop more creative ways to use it. Although WordPress comes as a basic content management system by default, users have developed an array of plugins that allow web developers vast amounts of control and options for their WordPress-based websites. In part one of my Essential WordPress Pl...
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Opera Web Browser: Fighting Back With Version 10.50
02 Mar 2010 by Dustin Patterson / 2 Comments
Many people are aware of the instant popularity of the Google Chrome web browser, taking just over 3% of the browser market share upon its release. Opera, a competitor in the web browser market since 1996, has only achieved a 2% market share in the past 14 years. The Opera developers aim to get back into the web browser market with the 10.50 release of the Opera web browser. The Opera 10.50 we...
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Do Public DNS Services Such As Google DNS Have Any Real Benefit?
18 Feb 2010 by Dustin Patterson / 2 Comments
If you haven’t heard about it, Google announced their free Public DNS service in early December. According to Google’s Blog, Google Public DNS will provide increased DNS lookup speeds, making the end-user experience faster. Google isn’t the first company to provide an alternative DNS service. The popular OpenDNS has been around for a few years now and claims to provide the sa...
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7 Gifts For Your Special Geek This Valentine’s Day
12 Feb 2010 by Dustin Patterson / 1 Comment
With Valentine’s Day happening this Sunday, hopefully you have thought ahead and purchased your special someone a gift already. If you haven’t purchased your Valentine a gift yet, then continuing reading to get some ideas for what to get them this year. E-Book Reader (Him and Her) Chances are that your special someone likes to cozy up at night with a good book. Instead of purchasin...
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How to Add Facebook Chat To Your Desktop Instant Messaging Software
11 Feb 2010 by Dustin Patterson / 2 Comments
When Facebook Chat was first launched in early 2008, it added a powerful feature to the growing social network. Almost two years later Facebook Chat has received an upgrade – the ability to use Facebook Chat from your favorite desktop IM software. This new feature works by utilizing the XMPP messaging protocol (the same protocol used in Google Talk) with your Facebook username and password...
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Improve Windows Print Screen With Gadwin PrintScreen
10 Feb 2010 by Dustin Patterson / 1 Comment
Windows includes only the most basic screen capture capabilities by default, but free software like Gadwin PrintScreen offers a solution that will add much more functionality to your computer. Using Gadwin PrintScreen Once you have downloaded and installed Gadwin PrintScreen, right click the newly created icon in your system tray and select Properties… from the menu. Here you can see all o...
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