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Choose a #$&%ing Strong Password

Your digital private life has a weak point that can unlock all your secrets: your password. Whether you use a single-sign-in solution like OpenID, or have separate passwords for every account, your accounts are only as secure as your passwords. Based ...

From HOW-TO WIKI, Wired,  23 Nov 2009

Counting Heads: Accurately Estimate a Crowd's Size

People often judge a protest's success by the size of a crowd. However, you'll notice after a large protest in Washington, D.C., that there are some varying numbers when estimating crowd size. One side boosts the number to justify the cause, the other ...

From HOW-TO WIKI, Wired,  23 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  GeoEye, Inc.

Partition Your Hard Drive to Boost Speed and Performance

The hard drive in your PC is most likely one big object. It's the simplest way to look a hard drive -- like it's one big filing drawer full of folders and files. But you can, with a little work, split that hard drive into many different file ...

From HOW-TO WIKI, Wired,  19 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Symantec

Make Fast Food Fancy for Thanksgiving

This page was last modified 21:18, 9 November 2009 by pstatz. To turn corn dogs into turkey legs, use a broiler or kitchen torch to “distress” the cornbread coating. Then make a 2-inch vertical incision near the bottom of each dog, extract ...

From HOW-TO WIKI, Wired,  18 Nov 2009

Triangulate Your Position From the Ocean

The ocean is definitely something to behold with reverence and respect. The locals will tell you to never turn your back on it; not because of Neptune or any other fish story, but because the ocean is full of powerful currents, waves, and undertows ...

From HOW-TO WIKI, Wired,  13 Nov 2009

Use Google to Create Graphs and Charts

You use Google to search the web and check your e-mail. The company provides a long list of free services -- in fact, you can even use Google to create graphs and charts using your own data. It's easy. You don't have to know how to program, draw or ...

From HOW-TO WIKI, Wired,  12 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Google Inc.

Pwn Craigslist to Get First Dibs

This page was last modified 21:10, 9 November 2009 by pstatz. If you just search craigslist, prepare to get aced out of some great apartments, torchiere lamps, and big-boned, er, companions. Use this to your junk-hunting advantage by pasting ...

From HOW-TO WIKI, Wired,  11 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Craigslist.org

Choose From the Latest Sound Systems

The words sound system have come to mean many different things now that music collections live on hard drives, and tunes can be sent out wirelessly around the house, like your own personal radio station. So it's great to have options…but crikey, what's ...

From HOW-TO WIKI, Wired,  11 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Logitech,  Sonos

Open and Save DOCX Files Without an Upgrade

Among other changes in Office 2007, Microsoft introduced new document formats. What does that mean? It means the DOC files you know and love are now DOCX files. It also means your old DOC files need to be upgraded to live in the world of 2009. But what ...

From HOW-TO WIKI, Wired,  10 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Google Inc.

Replace Your MacBook's Hard Drive Yourself

You're here because you want to give your MacBook a storage upgrade. It's a minimally invasive procedure, but one you'll want to do with great care. With luck, it's an elective procedure, rather than brought on by a dead drive. Either way, it will be ...

From HOW-TO WIKI, Wired,  6 Nov 2009

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