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My first 100 Twitter Followers – My Twitter Thoughts and Experience to Date

Today, July 4, 2009, Robert Jones became the 100th person to follow me on Twitter. Dave Zatz was the first non-automated follower to follow me. Thanks Robert & Dave. Joining Twitter on June 4,...

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How to Stop iTunes from Starting the Auto Picture Sync Wizard when the iPhone...

Since purchasing my iPhone back in August 2008, every time I connected my iPhone to my PC (originally Vista, now Windows 7 RC), iTunes would automatically start the Windows ‘Import Pictures and Videos’...

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How to Watch Live Streamed 2009 U.S. Open Tennis Outside of the U.S.

As usual, Americans can watch live streams of 2009 U.S. Open tennis through the US Open 2009 Website. Also, as usual, Canadians and the rest of the world can’t. Below, I include links to two services...

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Bell’s Internet Usage Meter is Off by Up-to 60 Hours

Last March, I switched ISPs from Rogers to Bell’s fiber-to-the-building Internet Max 16 service. I made the switch at the same time I ‘cut the chord’ – dumping Rogers cable in favor of HD,...

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How to Get Rid of the Annoying Warning Message When Opening Attachments in...

If the warning above annoys you as much as it does me whenever you open an attachment in Office 2007, here’s how to get rid of it. The Problem Microsoft has understandably made security a cornerstone...

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I Now Have 200 Twitter Followers

Since I marked my first 100 Twitter followers with this post back on July 4, 2009, I thought I’d mark my second hundred followers with this post. It took 13 months to reach 100 Twitter followers and...

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Seesmic Twitter App for iPhone Not for Me. Sticking with the Official Twitter...

I tested out the Seesmic iPhone App today. Seesmic on the web is my current preferred method of viewing tweets on the desktop. While the iPhone app is a terrific start, given the deal breaker points...

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Registered User Comments Only – for now.

Due to a recent rash of spam commenting, for the time being I have changed The Daleisphere’s comment settings to permit comments only from registered users. When leaving a comment you’ll be asked to...

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Facebook’s Zuckerberg Did Not Implode at D8 Conference

Contrary to what I read and heard on Twitter and multiple podcasts over the last week, I believe that Zuckerberg did not: self implode have a panic attack, or evade questions. at last week’s D8...

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How to Sync only Selected Outlook 2010 Contacts with Google Apps Sync

Google Apps Sync (see video below) for Outlook is a Godsend!   Until recently I was using: iMap to sync email between Outlook, Google Apps Gmail and my iPhone/iPad; Google Calendar Sync to sync my...

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How to Avoid The Adobe Download Manager Firefox Extension

Having recently updated my Adobe Flash Player software for the umpteenth time on two different PCs, I discovered that if you download and install it in the normal way, you end up with a new and...

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Leo Laporte’s: The Making of the ‘I’m on a Horse’ Old Spice Commercial

Making of the Old Spice ‘I’m on a Horse’ Commercial Leo Interviews the writers/creators of the wildly successful ‘I’m on a Horse’ Old Spice commercial. They explain, step by step, how Isaiah Mustafa...

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Flipboard’s Twitter Integration Makes it a Game Changer

I’ve been waiting patiently for my Flipboard invite since its launch last week. I received my invite earlier today and have been playing with it ever since. The generic Flipboard interface is nice,...

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iOS 4.0.1 Fixes iPhone 3G Performance Problems Somewhat

Since upgrading to iOS 4 a couple months back my iPhone 3G has ran as slow as molasses. So frustratingly slow that I have been considering replacing it with an Android (though Android handset choices...

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Hotspot Shield Works in Canada Again–With Some Annoyances

Back in May, 2009 I reported that Hulu had managed to defeat Hotspot Shield. As of September 9, 2010 the latest Hotspot Shield seems to be effective at defeating Hulu’s anti-circumvention measures. At...

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Netflix Launches in Canada–With the Cupboards Bare

This week, Netflix launched its long awaited and much coveted Netflix Canada service. Unfortunately, the content selection cupboard is mostly bare. The limited offerings (and lack of DVD service)...

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Canadian Streaming TV Guide

Because there is no Hulu in Canada,  in the past I have written about various, albeit limited, online TV streaming resources available to Canadians (see, for example here and here).  Today I received...

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Bought a Brick for the ‘Twit Brick House’

I bought a brick for the Twit Brick House and received this Certificate of Appreciation:

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Bought a Doxie Scanner – Really Like It

As part of my ongoing move to a ‘ paperless’ office, I purchased a Doxie scanner. It’s small, easy to use and does exactly what I need – scan to an app or the cloud. The key benefit of this scanner is...

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Easily Rotate Locked iPhone 4 and 4S Photos in Windows 7 with the Free JPEG...

There is a known Windows 7  rotation issue with portrait photos taken with the iPhone 4 and 4S. Unlike with the 3G or 3GS, photos taken in portrait mode on the iPhone 4 and 4S do not auto-rotate when...

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