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This post was suggested by Jerry.  Thanks for the idea Jerry!  Feel free to shoot your ideas to posts@justanasterisk.com. 

Google Reader is a product for reading RSS feeds. What is an RSS feed? Only a brilliant tool for reducing today’s information overload into bite sized morsels! RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication (learn more here). It’s simple, because it takes complicated site updates and gives you a pretty text version. Read more »

Improve your lingo: thin client vs. thick client
The Google Doc-tor is in
The hulu-hoop is gonna leave you spinning
LogMeIn to the magic of remote desktops
Cocktail party geek: Me, Myself and My Old Machine

Thanks for reading!

~ab

Thanks for the post suggestion Bill!

The cash analogy…

Here is my question: Do you leave your money on the dining room table?  I mean all of your money.  Is it sitting there in large piles?

I’m going to assume that you’re saying no and are wondering what my point could possible be… Your money is in a bank, you’re not an idiot, but you’re having doubts about me.  Fine.  Good. Read more »

Thanks to everyone that has taken the time to post a comment!  The site is slowly growing and it’s entirely thanks to suggestions from readers.

Remember to send suggestions to posts@justanasterisk.com

Feel free to drop me a line at ab@justasterisk.com with any feedback or thoughts.

~ab

What’s the point of having a blog if you can’t get on your soapbox once in a while and talk about your passions?  I’ve decided to add a segment called future post – the things that I’d love to see as upgrades to existing products or as a new trend/device of the future.

The device that has occupied my daydreams for the last two months is my Kindle2.  As I’ve already posted, it has become my travel companion and to have my personal library instantly accessible is a luxury that I’m not sure I could give up.  Here are six things that I’d like to see on the Kindle in future: Read more »

See this thing in the picture? It’s a hard drive. That circular thing? It’s called the “platter” and it’s where all your information gets written by the “head” (the tip of that arm). The way it works is pretty simple but you’re going to have to bear with me on an analogy that will span about a paragraph :) Read more »

This post is dedicated to President Obama, who had the decency to visit Turkey on the same day as me and who closed down all the roads, sequestering me back to hotel early to finish my work and with time to write. Thanks!

I’d like to introduce you to LogMeIn Free, a product from the company LogMeIn that will change your life. There are several products out there that allow you to log into your home PC or Mac over the internet. This is called accessing a “remote desktop”. I can think of three solid reasons that you’d want to do this (or at least want to have the option of doing this): Read more »