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How to Create Self-Updating Excel Charts in Three Easy Steps

If you’re like me, you love the idea of charts and can think of dozens of useful applications for them, but when it comes to creating them, the frustration starts. Charts often ease decision making. They’re a nice change from staring at rows and columns of numbers. They add some style and pizazz to your documents or… read more »

How to Use Gmail Like a Desktop Email Client in 7 Simple Steps

Would you ditch your default desktop email client, if Gmail had more desktop-like features? Gmail is the leading webmail client, but desktop email clients remain a thing. They’re appealing because you can store your emails locally and access them anytime. What if Gmail could be more like a desktop client, while not dropping any of… read more »

8 Practical Steps to Fight Planned Obsolescence

Planned obsolescence is a two dollar name for the act of deliberately building products not to last. Rather than creating something that we can use for as long as possible, companies make decisions that shorten an item’s life. This is often a strategic decision that turns a one-time customer into a repeat buyer. Some of… read more »

Wine Programs Not Working? Try These Steps

Wine provides Linux users with the ability to run Windows software outside of the domain of Microsoft. As such, it can aid your transition away from Windows, less bound by platform exclusive software. Wine isn’t perfect, though. Some programs take some work to get moving, while others won’t work at all. That being said, the… read more »

7 Simple Steps to Diagnose a Network Problem

Of all the types of problems you can have with your computer, network issues might be one of the worst. Though our computers can do a lot offline, being cut off from the internet isn’t fun. Even worse, when you can’t get online, you can’t easily research fixes for your problem. Let’s step through the… read more »

How to Build Critical Thinking Skills in Just 5 Steps

“Critical thinking” is a phrase that leaves many students nervously quaking in their desks. By the time we’ve become adults, though, we’ve largely forgotten it. We imagine that we think critically, but we let our ability to engage with new ideas atrophy when we leave college. We get set in our ways, and become closed off to… read more »

8 Easy Steps for Building Better Money Habits

In their 1996 book The Millionaire Next Door, Thomas Stanley and William Danko outline seven characteristics of truly wealthy people. Surprisingly, those characteristics aren’t things like “inherited wealth,” “have a seven-figure salary,” or “are great investors.” Instead, many of them simply focus on developing better money habits that contribute to a financially sound lifestyle. But good habits… read more »

Protect Your Data From Ransomware With These 5 Steps

You’re concerned about ransomware, but don’t know how to protect yourself. Don’t worry, just follow these five steps to avoid your data being hijacked and put to ransom. Just in case you’ve somehow ignored (or are unaware of) the threat from ransomware, it’s time to get up to speed. Ransomware is a form of malicious software,… read more »

Take 10 Steps to Turn Your Unique Electronic Ideas into Reality

Whether you’re a born inventor, insanely curious, or have just been struck by a good idea out of the blue, it can be quite the process to actually turn that brilliant lightbulb moment into a tangible product. Electronic innovations are far from useless — there’s no telling where they could take you! Zach Supalla, current CEO and… read more »

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