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Using A Virtual Private Network With Your Local Network

Who knew???

Three months ago, I added the use of a VPN (Virtual Private Network) to my arsenal of online protection (Click the article’s title here to learn more about VPN’s: Virtual Private Network – Why And How To Use One). As with most security applications, the more secure your system, the less convenient some of the… Continue reading Using A Virtual Private Network With Your Local Network

Install OS X To A New Hard Drive

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The Case of the Missing EFI: Yesterday, I installed a new hard drive on a mid-2012 MacBook Pro (here is a very good video on how to install the drive: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7co5-qJhuM)[1]. The install itself is pretty straight forward, and within about 20 minutes the little MacBook was back together and ready to have the drive… Continue reading Install OS X To A New Hard Drive

Buffer – A Freemium Social Media Manager

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So Many Posts, So Little Time My business partners and myself are in the process of re-launching a commercial website, TimelessDesignedFurniture.com. To support our website, and help establish our brand, we created pages on Facebook, Google+, and Twitter. Though we will undoubtedly market some of our products on these social media sites, we will also… Continue reading Buffer – A Freemium Social Media Manager

Virtual Private Network (VPN) – Why And How To Use One

Surfing the internet is like driving on a freeway. You are cruising along, listening to some music, thinking about anything but the traffic around you. Then, suddenly, the car in front slams on its brakes, and you hit your brakes to avoid hitting that car. In a flash, your car is suddenly hit in the… Continue reading Virtual Private Network (VPN) – Why And How To Use One

21 Free Must-Have Mac OS X Apps

Foreword Located deep in the bowels of a subterranean man-cave in Southern California, the LarryTalksTech computers patiently await daily instructions from their users. Though there is a sprinkling of Debian Linux powered computers, the main work-horses here are Macs. As our capital expenditure budget is next to “0”, so open-source software answers most of… Continue reading 21 Free Must-Have Mac OS X Apps

Simple Audyssey Tweaks For Your AV Receiver

Audyssey is included in audio-video receivers made by Creston, Denon, Integra, Marantz, NAD, Onkyo, and Wisdom. It makes speaker setup and calibration on an AV receiver fairly painless. For the most part, one simply needs to follow the manufacture’s instructions for speaker placement, speaker wiring, and peripheral connections. Then, connect a supplied microphone to the… Continue reading Simple Audyssey Tweaks For Your AV Receiver

Use BulletProof Security To Secure Your Website

The Internet Is a Dangerous Place Today, having a website on the internet is like taking a walk through Jurassic Park with a couple of pounds of raw meat wrapped around your neck. If you don’t do something and do it quickly, at the very least you are most likely to get bitten, and/or most… Continue reading Use BulletProof Security To Secure Your Website

2 Finder Alternatives For OS X

The Norton Commander

Where Is the Norton Commander When You Need It? In the mid 1980’s, command-based or Orthodox File Mangers were introduced. Simply, these file managers are a text user interface, on top of DOS. With this new software, command line strings could be replaced by a few key strokes, meaning a quantum leap in user productivity.… Continue reading 2 Finder Alternatives For OS X

Hotlinking – Content And Bandwidth Theft

Who Knew??? Several weeks ago, while digitally “thumbing” through the available apps on my content delivery network (to learn more about CDN’s, click HERE) CloudFlare, I enabled all the elements of an app entitled ScrapeShield. CloudFlare describes the app as “…a free app…that protects your site’s content, and allows you to monitor and track misuse.… Continue reading Hotlinking – Content And Bandwidth Theft