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What do you need to make emergency situations more livable? You may want to add a few of these items to your emergency survival kits of food, water, blankets, etc. Here’s a slide show of ten tech tools that were found indispensable in the recent California fire evacuations.

If you live in an area which has tornadoes, hurricanes, earthquakes, flooding, fires or unknown future emergencies, you will find information about these items useful. The author figured out what worked and what didn’t work, why each item is needed, etc.

Take a look because some of the items can be used for day-to-day routines or outings. Ten tech essentials for emergency evacuation by Steve Kovsky at eWeek.

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Forgetting tasks or assignments? Whatever your current life role(s), one of these five options may suit your needs. With the exception of optional upgrades, all of these online options are free. Continue Reading »

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Before you call tech support:
If you’re calling technical support for help, there are 14 basic items of information you need to know or do before you call. I suggest writing down the first four items now while everything is working. The remaining items can be listed for the immediate issue.

1. Desktop/laptop model name and number
2. Operating system and version number
3. Any firewall or antivirus applications that are installed
4. Any non-standard applications or settings you’re using
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Your office is flooded, your files/photographs/documents are lost, and the words come back to haunt you: “When is the last time you backed up?” Lost documents, viruses, the ‘read error’ message regarding your hard drive. And it always seems to happen right before an important project is due.Here is an option that requires virtually zero maintenance by you and better yet, it is free (up to 2GB).

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I found a brief but informative article at PickTheBrain.com: 4 Powerful Reasons to Mediate and How to Get Started. He walks the reader through the benefits of Meditation, whether it’s religious and some everyday ways to practice it. If you’ve ever wondered about it or how to do it without formal practice, this is a good starting point.

Here is an excerpt of one of my favorites is Strength Training for the Mind by Thanissaro Bhikkhu. Share your resources with us.

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Summarize the last seminar or class you took in three sentences. How effective is your note-taking? The Cornell method of taking notes is effective not only for classes but for meetings and conference calls. If you are unfamiliar with it, check out the link for a website which has a good explanation as well as examples that can be downloaded. I find it effective to use the Cornell method along with an outline in its ‘note-taking area.’ Whatever method you choose, make sure it works for you. Good notes allow for quick review of a lot of information.

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Does it ever pay to rent instead of buy a home? It turns out that sometimes the answer is yes, renting is preferable. Suze Orman has written several articles about the pros and cons. In The Buy vs Rent Decision she discusses the true cost of ownership and whether you can afford to buy.

Here are two calculators which you can use to compare the cost of renting to buying. Continue Reading »

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