Archive for December, 2009
How to Clean Your Computer, Monitor, and Keyboard
My main computer is a gaming rig, and as a result consists of a large tower with multiple vents and fans. Over time, these vents and fans become filled with a thick layer of dust. I’ve been meaning to clean out the tower for some time in order to improve cooling, and finally had [...]
Gmail: One Inbox to Rule Them All
Yes, I know I used the same line in our GTD in Evernote post — but this article has nothing to do with GTD and everything to do with not having to login to 10 different email accounts every day. And I like Lord of the Rings… A lot. In any case, if you want [...]
Top 5 Web Apps of 2009
If you’re like us, you spend most of your computing time in the cloud, using online applications. And, if anything, the trend towards online apps is gaining momentum as time passes. The days of desktop applications aren’t gone, but they sure are diminished as more and more web-based applications catch on. There are some [...]
Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas to those of you who celebrate Christmas! And happy holidays to those of you of other faiths! It is Christmas Eve today, and a day on which we would normally be posting a new story. We’re going to be spending time with our families, and take the day off from posting. We hope [...]
The Top 10 40Tech Stories of 2009
If you’re like me, you like lists. And if you’re like me, you like year-end lists. In that spirit, as we close out 2009, let’s look at the 10 most popular stories this year here at 40Tech. We’re going to define "most popular" as those stories with the most page views. The page view [...]
Feedly is Dangerously Useful — Set an Alarm, You’ll Be In There Awhile…
As is apparent from my last article on 40Tech, I have been playing around with a multitude of Google Chrome Extensions since the official beta-door was opened, last week. Last night, I discovered Feedly, a social RSS extension based on Google Reader and Twitter that “organizes your favorite sites into a fun, magazine-like start [...]
3 Lessons Learned From 6 Months of Site Statistics
40Tech launched on June 4, 2009. While the site is still in its infancy, its growth has been encouraging. We have you to thank for that. Thank you for visiting, and for contributing. In the first days, we were excited about getting 10 visits a day, believe it or not. Today, we’re going to [...]
18+ Awesome Extensions for Google Chrome
Last week, Google officially opened the doors of Google Chrome Extensions, the extensions site for the Google Chrome browser. This puts Google Chrome one step closer to being a serious competitor for Firefox 3.5, especially considering the super-fast loading speeds of the Google browser. Google Chrome Extensions launched with over 300 active add-ons, with [...]
How to Password-Protect Evernote (Updated)
This is an update to an earlier post, How to Secure Evernote on a Shared Computer, and shows an easier way to open an encrypted version of Evernote data with a simple desktop shortcut.
A few months ago, we explained how to use Evernote and TrueCrypt to secure Evernote on your computer. This was in response [...]
5 Beginner Tips for Google Wave
Google Wave is still in its early stages, with most of us learning as we go. I don’t know about you, but it seems that every day I stumble upon an easier way of doing something in Wave. There are some outstanding Wave resources out there, such as The Complete Guide to Google Wave [...]
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