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Quick Tip: Move the Cursor in OS X Terminal with your Mouse

If you work in the terminal a lot, like I do, I’m sure you’ve typed in a long command and misspelled something or forgotten a flag along the way. If you just forgot to sudo, or do something at the beginning of the command, just press UP ARROW to recall the command and CTRL+A to return to the beginning of the line.

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Quick Tip: Mp3 Ring Tone for the Samsung Black Jack (i607)

After reading my sister’s post about creating mp3 ringtones I decided to put a the Zelda Overworld Theme as my ringtone.

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Quick Tip: Maximize Profit on Craigslist

I sell a lot of stuff on Craigslist and have learned a few things that make sales go faster and less painful. Here are some things I’ve learned along the way:

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Quick Tip: Free Vector Artwork

As you know I work for a company where I run laser engravers. For things to engrave correctly they need to be in a vectorized format. Vectors are images that can be scaled to any size and remain clean, not pixelated. Here is a list of sites I use regularly to get good artwork:

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Micro Tip: Restore Keyboard Functionality in Firefox

Sometimes when I am in Firefox my keyboard stops working. I can’t type anything into the address bar or anywhere else in the browser. I mentioned it to my brother and he has the same problem and told me how to fix it:

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Mission Accomplished

Just doing a quick post today as an update for the free TMX Elmo post. I ended up going to Children Hospital of Atlanta this morning with my brother and donating it to them. Hopefully it will end up in good hands.

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Quick Tip: Making Ringtones in iTunes

Today I am going to show you guys how to make mp3’s into ring tones for your cell phone. I use this method because it’s free and I get to choose exactly what part of the song I want. For starters you’re going an mp3 of the song you want to use, iTunes, and a way to get the song from your computer to your phone (I have a Razr with bluetooth and use that, but you could also use a usb cable).

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DIY Coasters

I got bored at work today and decided to make a custom set of coasters. I was originally going to do a set of Mario ones with Toad, Princess, Mario, etc. but then stumbled upon some really old school Mega Man vector files at Dafont.com

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Quick Tip: Auto Expiring Phone Number

You can get an auto expiring phone number for free at Craigsnumber.com Why would you want an auto expiring phone number? Well, the intention of the website, as you can gather from the name, is for people to use it when they post an ad on Craigslist. The poster can protect their identity and be easy to contact. The poster can chose to have the number expire in one hour, one day, or one week. It’s a pretty good idea and I am going to start using the service.

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