Arachne's Sister

In Part 1 we covered the basics of setting up an account and starting to follow conversations. This article will discuss content syndication/reuse. First, some basic techno-info… To understand how “syndication” works, I need to delve briefly into some slightly technical territory. Bear with me her... [More]

Just for fun (or to personalize your digital communications), you can now quickly (I completed the entire process in less than 20 minutes) and easily create a font using your own handwriting. The website providing this free service – FontCapture.com. Basically, you print a page with spots for ... [More]

When you are working in a computer application you aren’t as familiar with, I suggest you try right-clicking on various areas of the screen, you will usually see a popup menu with all sorts of options you might have been unaware of. This is a great way to learn about the program, and pick up some qu... [More]

If you are like most web surfers, you like to keep track of useful and interesting website and pages. You probably bookmark them somehow in your web browser. And I bet your list is getting pretty long. And I’m sure you are thinking “one of these days I’m going to sort them all into... [More]

If you are planning to head out this weekend for a fireworks display, definitely take a minute before you do to read these helpful photography tips from my great friend, Nikki Incandela. Nikki Incandela Photography: Tips on Capturing July 4th's Fireworks!!

If you have spent any time doing web development or updating your blog or website using some sort of Content Management System,  you have likely come across the problem of converting MS Word files into HTML code. It seems like it would be a simple operation – Word does include a “Save As Webpag... [More]

So, even though I am a pretty organized gal, I was getting tired of some of the clutter in my (very small) office space. One thing that I could never seem to do was keep papers from piling on my desktop. The reason became pretty clear to me, and I’m sure it is a common problem for lots of people. ... [More]

So, I just figured out how to get the new version of Facebook to “import” my blog posts. The key will be to see if it will automatically update when I post a new one. UPDATE: 11/25/2008: I have been watching this, and though there might be a slight delay, the posts do automatically show ... [More]