Sajan Parikh

Licensed Geek

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I love stats.  The only two things above stats are time and money.  Tracking time and money can be hard at times, but there are various tools that you can use to help you out.  RescueTime is a great way to track what you do on your computer.  Believe it or not, if you actually [...]

So you’ve just got a brand new computer, or have reformatted a machine for a clean slate.  Now what?  What are essential programs you absolutely need right away (without paying)?
Firefox
Of course you are going to surf the net…right?  Well, by default you get Internet Explorer.  Which isn’t horrible, don’t get me wrong.  However, why settle [...]

Are firewalls really necessary?  99% of users are at an office, or at home.  At both of these locations, 99% are connected via a router.  So…do you really need a firewall on your machine?
I haven’t, nor ever will use a firewall.  In fact, my machine doesn’t have any security at all.  No anti-virus, no anti-spyware, [...]

I use calendars and task lists to run my life.  Now a days, many events get added to my calendar automatically, thanks to GMail recognizing event invitations and adding them to Google Calendar, then Google Calendars syncs with my Blackberry…then my Blackberry syncs with Outlook…and pretty soon I should know what I’m doing no matter [...]