If there’s a piece of gear – travel or otherwise – you’d like to see reviewed at Practical Hacks, let me know by commenting, and I’ll see if I can line up a review sample. I need to line up reviews for this fall, and would love to know what gear you’re interested in. And [...]
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I recently ran up against the nastiest piece of malware I’ve ever encountered – Windows Security Suite – (which of course has nothing whatsoever to do with Microsoft or Windows). In a word, the program makes your computer seem completely infected and compromised, to the point where you can’t launch your browser, Task Manager, your [...]
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Ouch. After a wonderful start, this has been a frustrating year for me on the golf course. Not because of my play, but I’ve had some nagging injuries that have bothered me: I apparently have carpal tunnel syndrome in my left hand (although this seems to be improving), and I’ve tweaked my back (i.e., pinched [...]
For the last several days I’ve been playing with a 32GB 3G iPad. It’s a marvelous device, perfect for entertainment (movies, music, podcasts, book reader), but I’m not sure how well it’ll work for mobile computing (MS-Office type tasks), and blogging. I’m composing this post on the iPad, but the iPad’s touch screen keyboard is [...]
A recent Forum post by Andy about a deal on the Patagonia Lightweight Travel Duffel reminded me of something I’ve meant to mention to you but hadn’t yet done… I can’t believe I missed this! I’ve been wanting this bag so bad, but the $100 price tag has deterred me when I have perfectly capable [...]
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As recently as early January, I was bemoaning the fact that the search function built into the theme I use for this site wasn’t particularly effective. Yesterday, I noticed – or more accurately, actually paid attention to – a Google-powered search engine on a blog I occasionally visit. I’d seen similar widgets on other sites [...]
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