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Why You Should Take Your Lunch Break

Posted on March 5, 2010 by LJ

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How I Manage To Cook For My Family

Posted on February 12, 2010 by LJ

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A friend of mine was telling me that she had resorted to frozen dinners every night because she did not have time to cook. I thought about that, and decided that cooking and working outside the home were not mutually exclusive activities. After all, [...]

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Things You Should Be Able To Do On A Computer To Keep It Clean

Posted on February 4, 2010 by LJ

My mother is slowly becoming technically adept. Since she lives half a continent away from me, it isn’t possible for me to pop over and help her with her computer. (And the teenager I used to ask to do tech support is in college.)
Since you are reading this article, I [...]

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How to Reset Dates On Digital Picture Files

Posted on January 15, 2010 by LJ

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I love digital photos. You can see them right after printing, print what you want, and send them all over the place with a click of a mouse. What I don’t love is organizing them.
I have taken the simple tactic of making a folder [...]

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Creative Leftovers

Posted on January 14, 2010 by LJ

I don’t consider myself a good cook. I can follow instructions well, which makes cooking easy, for what is a recipe but instructions? Still, I don’t have the ability to put things together and create.
 
Kitchen Creativity Scares Me
In fact, creativity in the kitchen is scary. I never bake without exact [...]

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How I Back Up My Blog and Other Online Stuff

Posted on January 8, 2010 by LJ

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Most of us have some sort of back up scheme in place for our home computers. (If you don’t, please get one. Now. (See an article I wrote on backups).
But have you ever considered backing up your online stuff? Don’t think crashes don’t happen. [...]

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