How can Google see password-protected areas of my website?
I've password-protected part of my website so that I could put up some info about a project that a friend and I are working on, without anybody else seeing it. I have a vanity search saved on Google...
View ArticleAustin, Texas recommendations
Please suggest things to do and places to see in Austin, TX. My husband and I will be vacationing in Austin for four days or so. We're visiting friends, so they will have ideas of what to do, but I'd...
View ArticleScheduling Tweets
I want to be able to schedule tweets. What's the best utility to use? I edit a twitterzine and it would be convenient to be able to set up tweets ahead of time instead of having to get up early every...
View ArticleExporting a Distribution List from Outlook to Excel
I need to export a distribution list from Outlook to Excel (MS 2007 in both cases). I understand how to save the file using the import/export option under File, and how to deal with it once I have it....
View ArticleHelp me get back the right to vote.
I've been disenfranchised by the government of Canada. The Conservative Party of Canada passed a law a short while ago which says that if you reside outside the country and have done so for more than...
View ArticleHelp with San Francisco lodging
I am helping to plan a trip to San Francisco in September for a doctor from Kenya, for a conference. All the cheaper hotel rooms bought in a block by the conference organizers are taken. Where can he...
View ArticleHelp me organize my Gmail account
In gmail, is there a way to search for emails that don't have a specific label or don't have any label? I have something on the order of 10,000 emails. I have only sporadically organized my emails (eg...
View ArticleHelp me plan a presidential dinner and party in Vancouver.
Calling Vancouver Mefites! I am helping one of my boss-doctors at the hospital where I work plan a party in Vancouver, BC in September/October 2013. One of the doctors I assist has been elected to the...
View ArticleHelp me find good places to eat in Toronto.
Toronto-filter: Some of my boss-doctors are visiting Toronto for a conference this weekend, and are looking for nice restaurants close to the Westin Harbour Castle (which is next to the Toronto Islands...
View ArticleHelp me find cold vegan foods.
I'm doing the Eat to Live diet, which is basically vegan, and am having trouble coming up with interesting ways to prepare green vegetables so they taste good cold. It's not a truly vegan diet, because...
View ArticleHelp me plan a very short itinerary in Washington, DC
I'll be in Alexandria, VA for two days next week for work, and have until 1 pm on the Thursday (Dec 6) free. What might I comfortably see in Washington on a Thursday morning that would allow me to be...
View ArticleMail Merge using Google Docs?
How can I do mail merge in Gmail? All the online "how to" things (e.g.) I am finding are telling me there's mail merge functionality in Google Docs, but I can't even find Google Docs from my gmail...
View ArticleHelp me plan writing conferences I'll attend for the next several years.
I run a small press that primarily publishes speculative literature, and I am also a writer. I'd like to plan the next several years' worth of writing conferences to attend so I can plan for vacation...
View ArticleHow can I track visitors to multiple url-shortened URLs?
I post a lot of URLs to social media sites (and since one of those is Twitter I often use url shorteners) that point to my own publishing company's website, and also directly to where I sell my books...
View ArticleHelp me enjoy my visit to Vancouver and source good local eats.
I'm in Vancouver this Saturday through the following Saturday, primarily for a conference for work. I have personal travel questions and work-related pizza-and-beer-and-bakery questions. The conference...
View ArticleHelp me find a literacy charity
I need to donate money to a charity which has improving literacy as part of its mandate, and need to choose a charity. I'm a publisher, and about 15 months ago I published an anthology for which I pay...
View ArticleSetting my default search engine to Duck Duck Go
I want to make Duck Duck Go my default search engine (YOU KNOW WHY) in the same bar on my Safari that currently I can put the url or Google search in (I want it to use DDG instead of Google, or have a...
View ArticleHelp me find a low-key party location in Orlando
I'm planning an alumni party for my workplace's residents and fellows who will be at the national annual meeting for our specialty. The conference is at the Orange County Convention Center. I'm looking...
View ArticleHelp me understand my body and weight loss.
I weigh myself every weekday at work on the same scale (an electronic medical-grade scale they use for patients at the hospital where I work) and at the same time of day. I have noticed that when I go...
View ArticleHelp me figure out how to convert various files on a Mac.
How do I convert from Word 94 to Word 2010 when I can't get the original files to open? How do I convert Powerpoint files to Keynote? My boss is having two issues with his files: he can no longer get...
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