Quote of the day:

Had I’d known I was going to put my foot in my mouth, I would have cleaned between the toes a little better ~ unknown

Create shortcuts on your desktop to Webpages without all the copy, paste and naming

Tech Tip for today: Did you know you can easily create shortcuts on your desktop to WebPages without all the copy, paste and naming? In Internet Explorer, choose “File,” “Send,” then “Shortcut to Desktop”. That’s it! Now if you have Firefox or Chrome, all you need to do is, left of the “X” button click the “Restore Down” button. Now highlight the address bar link and drag-and-drop it onto the desktop. You’re done :-)

Free Online Stuff (Part 1) "Google"

They say that "The Best Things in Life Are Free"; and while we don’t know exactly who “They” are, we in fact do love free stuff. The following list of free items just may make your day a bit brighter; or not. Well we hope they do.

Google: Gmail.com is a great way to establish your Google presence. With a Gmail account, you not only have the ability to send e‐mails to anyone in the world (free), but also have the ability to take advantage of other Google features (www.gmail.com) .

You can setup an IGoogle homepage (http://www.google.com/ig) and add real‐time gadgets like links to your Gmail account, analog clock, news, Youtube clips, weather, and many more… You can even add a gadget that utilizes the free unused space that Gmail allows you; uploading files that you may need to retrieve and a later time.

You can take advantage of Google Calendars and access appointments from any computer’s Web

browser (https://www.google.com/accounts/ServiceLogin). You can even share calendars with other Gmail users.

Share pictures on the web with family and friends using “Google Pictures”; aka” Picasa

web” (http://picasaweb.google.com).

If you own a computer at home and don’t have a copy of Microsoft Office, Google has an online

document storage system: Google Docs (http://goodocs.notlong.com). Here is a short video:

(http://goodocvid.notlong.com). Great for retrieving files from any computer browser.

Google is full of very useful free, online technologies; take a look at their “Products” page:

(http://www.google.com/intl/en/options/).

If you are looking for a more standard office application and don’t care to pay the high prices, a great solution would be OpenOffice: (http://www.openoffice.org/)