All Narfed Up photography and words by Bryan Villarin

Archive for September 2006

Take efficient notes, save time

You all like having spare time, right? When you’re studying for a test, that’s what it’s all about - time. Well, if you haven’t heard of the Cornell method, I think Gina Trapani wrote a great article that opened my eyes.
Geek to Live: Take study-worthy lecture notes (@ Lifehacker)
So why am I just now going [...]

AOL walled garden for nothing

I did some computer consulting a few weeks ago. The following is a true story in its entirety.
This nice lady contacted me that saying that her computer was really slow. I gathered anti-spyware software and mentally prepared for a 3-hour bout.
Fortunately, it was far from terrible. She just had AOL. Her computer was fairly new, [...]

iTunes 7 works fine for me

Since some people (via Buzz Out Loud) are having problems with iTunes 7, and I just wanted to give my two cents on that.
One co-worker can’t get iTunes to start anymore, despite attempting to reinstall. She called tech support, and they said that they would charge $50 to troubleshoot it over the phone for the [...]

Starbucks card website

I know a friend that has a bunch of Starbucks cards, and it’s near impossible for him to keep track. I can imagine him with a stack of cards, and not knowing what the balance is on each. He’d then proceed to ask the barista to check each card for him. Kind of annoying, don’t [...]

FeedBurner plugin installed

I’ve finally setup FeedBurner here utilizing the FeedBurner plugin. If you want, please change the main feed URL to:
http://feeds.feedburner.com/AllNarfedUp
For comments:
http://feeds.feedburner.com/AllNarfedUpComments
The old feed still works, but can anyone tell me the .htaccess code to redirect the old feed? Thanks! (And thanks to Steve Smith!)

Slight wp-rss2.php error

If you’re using WordPress, you might want to check out Feed Validator. My feed had a slight “CommentRSS” error that takes a few seconds to fix. If you didn’t touch your default wp-rss2.php file, it’s probably there.

How I stay productive

Since College v2 has a “What’s your system?” series going on, I thought I’d write about mine. (I’ll write about school specifically once that starts up for me again.)
Digital tools
My organizer of choice is currently a Tungsten E. On it, I have DateBk6 ($27.95), MyCheckbook (free), and HandyShopper (free). I also use the integrated memos [...]

Using a blog for teachers and students

In January 2005, I wrote “Why teachers should blog“. I still think that stands.
My good friend, Andy, has been teaching now for four years. Two years ago, he wanted a website for students to refer to. Instead of manually creating webpages from Dreamweaver, I got him to use WordPress and he’s been using it ever [...]

Which notebook warranty?

A couple friends have asked about notebook recommendations. Which one is best for them? What do they need? Questions like that. I haven’t figured out is notebook warranties - which one do you get?