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How To Setup Free SMS Alerts When Your Website Is Down

Many services offer website uptime monitoring and SMS alerts when your website goes down, but most of them charge money for this service. Using a clever Google Docs trick and the SMS capability built into Google Calendar, you can quickly set up free text message alerts when your website goes down. This script will try to connect to one or more websites every five minutes. If it can’t connect, you’ll receive a notification by email and text message so you can deal with the problem immediately.

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Tweak The Mac OS X Finder And Find Files Even Faster!

A major part of our time is spent on the web, but for a lot of people the computer file system makes for a close second. Finder, Apple's file browser, provides a very slick way to do this by default, and you'll be able to clock good time even if you don't know all the finer points of the application. Getting to know those fine points, however, can provide an additional (and always much welcome) boost to your productivity and overall file-handling speeds.

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Get Addicted All Over Again With Good Old Snood, This Time for iPad

Not only does Snood exist, it’s alive and kicking, with new Windows versions, Mac versions, and even an iOS version. Of course I couldn’t help but try it on my iPad, and discovered that while many things have changed, Snood 2012 is no less addictive that in the old days. And now it can go everywhere with me! I’m officially doomed.

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A Beginner's Guide to Digital Music Setup and Playing

If you're a music lover with boxes and shelves of music CDs, or if you have managed to burn or download digital music to your Mac or PC, this beginner's guide to digital music setup and playing is written specifically for you. While this guide is no way comprehensive, it should be useful to music lovers who haven't had the time to learn about the different music related websites, software and other resources that can be used without spending too much money.

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5 Interesting Ways to Create Your Own Forum Without Having to Run a Website

If you're looking for a private, or more specialized discussion board—you can always create your own forum. One possible approach would be to pay for server space, and install the necessary forum software yourself. However, in some situations it's possible to avoid these costs entirely, and cut down on maintenance by creating a forum without first purchasing server space. We'll show you how.

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