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computer component recommendations?

Posted by John on 21st August 2009

If anyone has any great wisdom on some current good choices for the following two things, please share / reply / comment :

1.  Desired : monochrome laser printer.  Light duty / home office use, maybe 10 pages tops average per day.  I just don’t want an inkjet drying out. Does not need to be networked, but if it’s ethernet based that’s fine too.  Simple USB would work, and stuff.

Thinking along the lines of something via NewEgg, etc.  While I’m not expecting to get under $100, am hoping that it doesn’t get too steep from there ($500 probably not doable for this project :) )

http://www.newegg.com/Store/SubCategory.aspx?SubCategory=630&name=Printer-Laser-Printers Just no idea on what it currently good, my limited knowledge is also horribly dated.

2.  Desired : document scanner.  Not sure on the pros and cons of sheet feed scanners and other sorts; I’ve primarily only used the flat bed sort, and am leaning heavily this direction right now. How do you scan your passport on the other? :)

Scan volume again : low.   http://www.newegg.com/Store/SubCategory.aspx?SubCategory=44&name=Scanner-Flatbed-Scanners

At times I will use these two together as a poor man’s photo-copier for those 2 whopping copies I need.  More realistic, I will be scanning color and B&W into .PDF form to email.  The less paper used, the better I like it even when there are multiple cases stacked in the home office.

One last caveat : both must work with Windows 7.  Chances are pretty darned high if it worked with Vista, it will work.  If you’ve got stellar recommendations as to what you like, I’ll check on the compatibility.

Thanks, please comment away!

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YouTube – Steve Jobs’ 2005 Stanford Commencement Address

Posted by John on 21st August 2009

YouTube – Steve Jobs’ 2005 Stanford Commencement Address

Great points from Mr. Jobs.

March 07, 2008 from Stanford University YouTube channel

Drawing from some of the most pivotal points in his life, Steve Jobs, chief executive officer and co-founder of Apple Computer and of Pixar Animation Studios, urged graduates to pursue their dreams and see the opportunities in life’s setbacks — including death itself — at the university’s 114th Commencement on June 12, 2005.

Transcript of Steve Jobs’ address: http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/2005/june15/jobs-061505.html

Category: Education

Tags: apple graduation education NeXT Pixar cancer computer Steve Jobs stanford address speech keynote commencement

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how to have indexed content removed from Bing / Live

Posted by John on 21st August 2009

Since this is fairly hard to locate on Microsoft’s rebranded search engine :

https://support.discoverbing.com/eform.aspx?productKey=bingcontentremoval&ct=eformts&scrx=1

separate options for cached content vs. page removal.

I’d recommend being exceptionally specific in your text, and not submitting separate tickets if you want both the page removed, as well as cached content.  You could ask me how I know, but . . .

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