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Finally trying out Linux

January 18, 2009
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As someone who has often been frustrated by the MS Windows virtual monopoly on PC operating systems, I've been wanting to try out Linux for a while and have finally gotten around to it. Linux is a free, open source operating system for PCs which first came on the scene back in 1991. It was [...]

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I just converted my site to WordPress

December 22, 2008
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I recently converted my website to WordPress.  Previously, I had a somewhat standard website format, which had a link to a blogspot blog where I posted all my miscellaneous work-related musings.  This worked okay, but I decided I wanted a format that had my blog posts integrated more closely with my other site content, so [...]

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I just edited my first Wikipedia entry

May 19, 2008

I have wanted to edit a Wikipedia entry for a long time. How cool it must be, I thought, to know enough about a particular topic, even a relatively obscure or unimportant topic, that I might actually have something useful to contribute to an encyclopedia entry on it. That would be like being an actual [...]

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I want my Windows XP

April 29, 2008

As the official January 1 June 30, 2008 funeral date for Windows XP approaches, you can add my name to the long and growing list of people who would prefer to stick with Windows XP than "upgrade" to Vista. I haven't actually tried Vista, so I don't have any specific complaints about it (though apparently [...]

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Your employer is reading your email – and here’s how they do it

February 20, 2008

For a while now, I have been curious about email security. In particular, while I've heard from a number of sources that many businesses now routinely monitor their employees' email communications, I've never been clear on the details. Who exactly can read my emails and under what circumstances? And how exactly do they do it? [...]

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Google Docs’ New Forms Feature: Good, but Not Great

February 14, 2008

Google recently announced a new “Forms” feature for their popular Google Docs Spreadsheet. This feature allows you to create a form which can be emailed to people so that they can enter data into the Form, click a “Submit” button, and have their data automatically entered into a spreadsheet. While this is a very handy [...]

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How Come My Cell Phone Can Access the Internet Anywhere, but My Laptop Has to Be In A Coffee Shop?

February 14, 2008

My wife often makes presentations using her laptop, and she often needs an internet connection so she can demonstrate something online to her audience. She had been investigating the laptop cards that allow one to access the internet through the cellular telephone network, so-called “cellular broadband.” She was skeptical about their usefulness, however, asking how [...]

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A Simple Online Data Collection System: SurveyMonkey vs. A Custom Solution

February 1, 2008

[This article was recently published at EzineArticles.com] SurveyMonkey, a widely used online survey service, is a great tool for individuals and businesses who want to create and administer online surveys. In my work as a program evaluation consultant, I use it often. However, sometimes you want to be able to do just a little more, [...]

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BledsoeTechnotes inaugural post

January 31, 2008

This is a companion blog to my website at www.BledsoeTech.com, and is the place to find miscellaneous posts, articles, and thoughts on evaluation, web programming, online data collection, and online surveys. Feel free to leave me a comment if you find something you like.

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