WHY? It’s cheap, often free, and can save you a lot of money.
Several years ago we stopped paying our phone company for local and long distance. It was just too expensive. But we kept our phone number so there was no hassle for anyone. We did it by switching to an internet-based phone service. Soon, we may even drop that.
Switching to Internet-based Telephone
There is a technology called Voice-Over IP (VoIP). All that really means for us is that we can use an always-on internet connection to talk with people. The cool thing is that you can, if you want, still use your telephone.
The first step we took was to switch to using Vonage in 2005. They offer two plans: $25/mth for unlimited calls or $15/mth for 500 minutes (we are using the $15/mth plan now). They offer everything (and maybe more) than our local phone company and their International rates are MUCH cheaper . For us it was all about getting the same service and more for...
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Keeping Up With Websites the New Way - RSSFrom: 170spoons.com
Post Date: 2008-03-10 13:38:09
WHY? Going to one website for many updates is better than going to many websites with no updates.
Ever since I began talking about opening this site for tools, tips, and tutorials for technology, I began getting requests to explain something called RSS. I decided I’ll take a few days to go over this because it’s just that good! Before you freak out and stop reading, all I ask is you hang with me a moment. I’m going to take us through this nice and easy and I think you w...
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Post Date: 2008-03-09 19:09:01
Something broke this weekend for the eNewsletter subscriptions. I know what caused the problem, but haven’t figured a way around it.
And given that only a third of a dozen people were signed up for it, I’m going to turn off the eNewsletter subscription until further notice. This also means I may not do the weekend review posts.
In the meantime, if you want to get 170spoons.com updates via email, sign up here and you will get one the day after a new post goes up.
Sorry for t...
more eNewsletter oneFrom: 170spoons.com
Post Date: 2008-03-08 19:05:30
This has been a great week for 170spoons.com - your best resource for tools, tips, and tutorials for technology . The website officially launched a week ago on Feb 29 with a bang and ended this week even stronger! Just over 400 people visited on opening day and by the next Friday more than 500 stopped by. Were you one?
Each weekend I plan to write a summary of the “spoons” shared from the week before. If you got this as an email from someone other than me (Rob!), yo...
more How to open a docx documentFrom: 170spoons.com
Post Date: 2008-03-07 05:06:56
WHY? Microsoft 2007 saves documents (Word, Excel, Powerpoint) as a .docx file and no other software can read it.
When Microsoft 2007 came out, they also invented a new format to save their files in. It’s a .docx file. And wouldn’t you know it that it’s the default setting? And wouldn’t you also know it if I told you that no other software can open a .docx file?
Well, sort of.
If you are a Microsoft Office user and haven’t upgraded to 2007 yet an...
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