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27 October 2009 ~ 0 Comments

How to Back Up Your Wordpress Website, Automagically!

I maintain several WordPress-based websites, all of which are, well, important to me, including this one, and it would seriously stink if something happened to any of them. Jason Tarasi posted a great how-to at ProBlogger.net with easy instructions for backing up a WordPress blog using the uber-simple WP-DB-Backup plug-in. I installed the plug-in, [...]

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17 June 2008 ~ 0 Comments

OneManOffice: MacHeist Bundle

MacHeist is a website that periodically offers discounted “bundles” of software for Macs.  They offer 14 pieces of software for only $49, and two of the programs – DEVONthink Personal and TextExpander – are ones that I use and recommend.  Unfortunately, I already own DEVONthink, and don’t have enough use for the other software to [...]

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23 May 2008 ~ 0 Comments

OneManOffice: Last.fm

Ok, so maybe this doesn’t exactly fit into to my series on free (or cheap) tools for your single person office, but I think it does.  The right music helps me work better.  When I’m writing, instrumental jazz (especially John Coltrane) or choral music (especially Zadok the Priest) keeps me in my groove.  When I’m [...]

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