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Archive for March, 2008

Throwing Away Owner’s Manuals

Whenever I buy a product now, I almost always search the web  for an electronic (i.e. pdf) version of the owner’s manual, download it, archive it in Yobjimbo (though I am not married to Yojimbo by any means - I may have been better off with mail folders), tag it “manual” and discard the paper [...]

Google Bookmarks to Replace del.icio.us?

John writes great things about google bookmarks.  If I switch, I’ll need a way to upload all my bookmarks from del.icio.us.
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Geotagging Resolution

Geotagging “standards” unfortunately to not qualify the resolution of the tag.  Sometimes I know a photo is within a few hundred feet or a few miles, or simply just centered around a location.
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FineReader, ScanSnap, Automator, and AppleScript

The ScanSnap Manager and Fine Reader for ScanSnap software programs bundled with the ScanSnap S510M do not seem to work with the Automator or AppleScript. That is too bad, there are some workflows that could be automated. Mainly, I like to scan, OCR, and usually file in Yojimbo, and delete the files left [...]

Why do so many things have a label glued them that is impossible to remove?

I bought this measuring cup about a year ago, and it still has sticky glue residue from an attached label despite over a hundred times through the dishwasher. I am hesitant to use toxic chemicals like Goo-Gone on food utensils.I had a similar problem years ago with a CSA sticker on a ski [...]