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Why you should disable “sharing” on your laptop

April 27, 2008 – 2:12 pm

I’m sitting at the Las Vegas airport, hoping to get an earlier flight home on standby. They’ve got free and reasonably fast open wifi here, which is helpful.
But apparently some folks here aren’t too conscious about wifi security — they’ve left their laptops open to “sharing” (access by other computers on the network. I’m not [...]

By Amy Gahran | Also posted in tips | Comments (2)

Post-travel catch-up: How do you do it?

November 28, 2007 – 6:10 am

Amy Gahran

Barcelona was fabulous, especially the living statues. Now it’s back to real life. (Cringe!)

I’ve just returned from a 2-week trip that mixed business, vacation, and family. It was quite a whirlwind, but it was also fun, exciting, and important in many ways. While I was gone I was able to keep E-Media Tidbits going, [...]

By Amy Gahran | Also posted in experience, help needed, productivity | Comments (6)