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It’s pretty amazing to think that the Internet, which is practically a basic daily commodity for most of us, is only about 35 years old. As I’m 55 years old when writing this post, I still remember when blogs had funny backgrounds, a visitor counter at the bottom, and little animations. Blogs were personal online […]

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What is a reverse evolution? It’s when things go backwards instead of going forward. It’s making a new product that is less functional and less user friendly than the old product. It is mostly annoying when it comes to products you use daily and depend on, like your Email account or your preferred browser or […]

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Shopping online can be secure and safe when you buy at known online stores like Ebay etc. But you sometimes bump into online stores that you don’t recognize, that offer good deals. In this case there are two things you should check: Is this store real and not some scam? If it’s real, is it […]

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As far as I remember Google is the default address bar search. But sometimes a software you install, changes this value without your consent or by mistake (to Conduit, or whatever). To switch back to the good old Google do the following: Open firefox Type about:config in the address bar and hit the Enter key […]

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If you use this great add-on, use the following link to reinstall a patched version automatically. Clicking this link will then make firefox ask if you want to install. Click yes and that’s about it. Firefox will have to be restarted for the change to take place. https://github.com/downloads/athomas/mozilla-firefox-addons/gmail_manager-0.6.4.1.4-fx+sm.xpi If you want to do it manually, […]

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