July 25th, 2010

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The Evolution Of The Manual Wheelchair

Some time ago people didn’t need much guidance in choosing a manual wheelchair. It only came in a standard design. The first wheelchairs were heavy and have dark-colored upholstery.
Now there’s a wide range of manual wheelchair models you can choose from, designed for a large variety of needs. The stainless-steel is no longer the single [...]

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Martin Bird Houses for the Extended Bird Family

Bird houses are a growing avocation of late. This is becoming ever more apparent in the yards of many people, particularly on the West Coast of the United States. It goes without saying that these little shelters for the numerous aviary species have always been popular in the Midwest, and yet this area too, is [...]

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Anti Virus Checkers: How Do We Protect Ourselves ?

How did we ever survive without our computers. It’s almost inconceivable to think that we didn’t hardly need these daily helpers in our homes a decade ago. Like coffee, computers seem to be one of those things that you can’t live without once you’ve tried them. Our PCs and Macs aid us on an incomparable [...]

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Backing Up Your Data: Ignore It At Your Peril

No one wants data loss, but of all the internet wired people I know, I have yet to meet one who has not, at some point, lost important data. This is inevitable, and has nothing to do with the electronic age in particular. Think about it. Haven’t you ever lost a notebook for school, or [...]

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External DVD Writers: Welcome To The Storage Revolution

We all remember the humble floppy disk and how it ground away in our computers, trying to save little bits of information without becoming corrupted or damaged. Then came our savior, the CD-ROM, which managed to store a lot more information without the problems of corruption or damage. Of course, for a long [...]

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Flatscreen Monitors: Whats So Great About Them?

See that square device sitting in front of you? That is your computer monitor. It is big, bulky, generates a lot of heat, uses a lot of energy, and according to some experts, is not very safe. Most of us use an anti-radiation glass on the old style screen to keep any [...]

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Downloading TV Shows Over the Internet

Technology has surely made things simpler. The wonderful aspect is that it never ends. The cool things that we find amazing today, will only be a fraction of what’s to come. Cell phones are a perfect example of this. Think back ten years ago. No one was carrying around wireless phones; well, not unless they [...]

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Apple G4 Laptop: Maybe the Last Laptop You’ll Ever Need?

I admit it. I am hooked. I am hooked on my Apple G4 Laptop. First, you have to know this. It is my first Apple and my first laptop. I always thought that laptops are what you used when you could not buy a real computer. Now I hang my head in shame for ever [...]

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