Robert Weiner

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Lame spams of the day: confirmation from [insert social network name]

Robert Weiner

In the past 2 days I've received spams in the form of confirmations from MySpace, Habbo, Tagged, and Foursquare. We will not cancel your account unless you follow this instructions. Sender: Tagged (Tagged@taggedmail.com). Is it a trend or just me? They don't look related, but it's an odd coincidence. link leads to [link].

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Getting RSS Feeds Via Email

Robert Weiner

However, I found a way to do this even for feeds that don't offer email delivery by playing with these instructions for setting up a Google FeedBurner subscription for one's own web site: [link]. FeedBurner's instructions are designed for someone posting an RSS feed link on a web site. Tags: Email Web. Now comes the tricky part.

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Feed My Inbox — RSS feeds by email

Robert Weiner

I also think that www.feedburner.com (now owned by Google) will do this, but I found the instructions impenetrable. Tags: Web. And I hope it stays in business -- it looks like many competitors have gone under.

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Security in-a-Box

Robert Weiner

It also provides a collection of Hands-on Guides, each of which includes a particular freeware or open source software tool, as well as instructions on how you can use that tool to secure your computer, protect your information or maintain the privacy of your Internet communication. Tags: TechSoup.

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Optimize Your Web Pages

Robert Weiner

If this sounds intriguing, check out the detailed instructions posted on the Wild Apricot blog and read Matt Howes' description of some of the pitfalls you might encounter (such as testing 41 shades of blue) and tips on how to avoid them. Tags: TechSoup. Go forth and test!

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The continuing saga of the new T400S

Robert Weiner

I solved that by following the instructions for solving Error # 0 problems at [link] Now I have a second program ( Microsoft Installer Cleanup utility) to forcibly uninstall uncooperative software. I tried the instructions to install and run Microsoft's SubInACL program, but that didn't fix it. Tags: Hardware Software.

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Creating bookmarks and hyperlinks in Acrobat Pro 5

Robert Weiner

I removed PDFMaker from the Word startup file according to these instructions and no longer get error messages. Tags: Software. As far as I’ve been able to tell, PDFMaker, which provides 1-click integration with Word, is incompatible with Word 2003 and higher. Open the document in Acrobat Pro.