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  1. This headline and this story make me sad--we're closing our L.A., Chicago and NYC bureaus: http://bit.ly/5zW8fG 3:08 PM Nov 24th from web
  2. I thought I'd write a simple bit about the merits of HDMI and VGA to connect a laptop to an HDTV... and, poof, there went an hour. 12:46 PM Nov 24th from web
  3. Put me down as a skeptic about a News Corp.-MSFT scheme to shut out Google's indexing of #newscorp properties: http://bit.ly/5SUG5R 11:22 AM Nov 24th from web
  4. @paulschreiber Or select "SystemUIServer" in Activity Monitor and quit that. Thanks! (Now I've got one item for this weekend's Q&A.) 9:22 AM Nov 24th from web in reply to paulschreiber
  5. A friend wants to search his #iPhone contacts not just by name, but by city or text in notes. Is there an (effective, free) app for that? 8:49 AM Nov 24th from web
  6. The right end of this Mac's menu bar seems to have locked up, leaving the clock stalled at 9:59 a.m. What an unkind little trick to play... 8:30 AM Nov 24th from web
  7. Good bit on #AOL rebranding efforts from @theticker: http://bit.ly/8hQ2dF (best reader comment: "It's better than Xe.") 2:03 PM Nov 23rd from web
  8. RT @amazonmp3: For a limited time, use code MP34FREE to get a $3 credit good towards songs or albums at Amazon MP3. Details: http://bit. ... 1:23 PM Nov 23rd from web
  9. Warning: Going to the @ggwash 12/8 meetup in D.C. may require talking to a dork like the one at left in this photo: http://bit.ly/91BSnC 12:12 PM Nov 23rd from web
  10. @joezuc grazie! 11:53 AM Nov 23rd from web in reply to joezuc
  11. What should you bring in a Thanksgiving computer tech-support toolkit? Here are my suggestions: http://bit.ly/8QzOGG 10:27 AM Nov 23rd from web
  12. Sunday's Q&A (http://bit.ly/7hRs2N) has a stupid typo in the monitor-resolutions item; last figure should be 1920 x 1200. Correction TK. #fb 9:48 AM Nov 23rd from web
  13. #Roomba tips from @djetue: Make sure it can't roll into a fireplace (lit or not) or over a just-opened paint-can lid. 5:45 PM Nov 21st from mobile web
  14. I updated yesterday's blog post with quotes from an e-mail I didn't expect to get--Vernor Vinge on augmented reality: http://bit.ly/7rlZzh 8:44 AM Nov 21st from web
  15. @ryenyc Thanks for the suggestion - very clean, attractive UI, although the lack of an in-camera view holds it back IMHO 4:01 PM Nov 20th from web in reply to ryenyc
  16. There is a page at Microsoft's site listing which versions of Office you can run in Windows 7... uh, right? 12:26 PM Nov 20th from web
  17. @MysteryPollster Nope, no Dashboard or Expose gestures - just a two-finger swipe for forward or back navigation. 11:19 AM Nov 20th from web in reply to MysteryPollster
  18. To broaden a query from yesterday: can anybody recommend a set of white #LED xmas lights that don't flicker and don't have a blue tint? 11:17 AM Nov 20th from web
  19. Any other tech writers get an unsolicited Apple Magic Mouse this week? (Am testing it now and like it so far, but of course can't keep it.) 9:06 AM Nov 20th from web
  20. Got a neat e-mail from a reader about how he's using GPS to augment one of Virginia's oldest traditions, fox hunting: http://bit.ly/1KhSH4 8:30 AM Nov 20th from web