Tag Archives: How-to

Usenet University

I have blogged about Usenet Newsgroups before. I also intended on writing an article on getting started with newsgroups. Fortunately Giganews (my news server of choice) has has done that for me. They have created Usenet University, a great place for beginners to learn about newsgroups.

Google Notebook

Google Tudor covers Google Notebook. Looks interesting, think I’ll check it out.

eBay local

We’ve already talked about finding local bargains on craigslist. Did you know you can also narrow your eBay searches to local vendors. eBay map it does just that. A great way to hunt for bargains on items too large/expensive to ship.

Fall Photo Tips

Via Lifehacker: 12 Fantastic Fall Photo Tips.

Wi-fi boosts, tweaks, and apps

Lifehacker’s, Top 10 Wi-fi boosts, tweaks, and apps. I need to try out a few of these myself.

Cool new flickr tool for blogs and web sites

Have a flickr account? Click on info to create your own.

CYA at work

Some great advise here.

Vintage glassware and the Magic Eraser

As most of you who know me already know, I sell things on eBay. Some of the hottest selling items on eBay right now are vintage Pyrex pieces. Pyrexlover.com has an interesting article on cleaning vintage Pyrex with the new Mr Clean Magic Eraser. Seems it works very good in most situations and works equally well on many other vintage pieces. I have some old Jewel Tea I may test it on. If so, I will post the results.