A week ago I announced that the reader who submitted the best safety/security tip for travelers would win a Mini Messenger Bag from boutique bag maker Tucker & Bloom. In all there were 30 entries from both regular commenters & subscribers, as well as several new commenters. As the week progressed, I frankly didn’t pay [...]
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It appears as though our long, bleak winter may finally be near its end. It was about 55* today, and the forecast for tomorrow calls for a high of around 65*. This is good news. The not so good news, if you’re a follower of this blog, is that I’ll soon be transitioning into my [...]
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2/9/2010: I began blogging exactly two years ago today. As with many fledgling bloggers, I started on (the free) WordPress.com (lifeapps.wordpress.com – try it – it redirects to this site) and almost exactly six months later, made the jump to a hosted site and this URL. Between the two sites I’ve posted 695 times, and [...]
If you’ve wondered how to insert hyperlinks or images on the Forum, here’s a quick screencast on how to do so. Links are very easy; images are a bit more difficult, but doing so takes perhaps half a minute; have a look (best viewed full screen: click on the monitor icon in the lower right; [...]
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We all have a lot of interests and passions, but at times it seems as though there’s less and less time available to pursue them or keep abreast of developments. One of the ways I’m able to scan a lot of information in a short time is by fully utilizing RSS feeds displayed in my [...]
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I’ve been toying with the idea of adding a forum to Practical Hacks for the last few months. Why a forum? One of the things that’s become increasingly clear over the last 12 months is the growing sense of a Practical Hacks community. On numerous occasions we’ve seen readers pitch in and help one another [...]
