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Read twice as fast, one word at a time

It turns out that there are better ways to read than the way we learned as children.  Based  on significant research, Flash Reading appears to be able to instantly increase your reading speed by 50% to 100% or more, while … Continue reading

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Intel Ultrabook Review: Haswell for the win!

In a previous posting, I explained that Intel sent me a Haswell Ultrabook to review.  I’ve had it now for a few months, and, despite the problems I’ve had due to it being a pre-production module, it remains a superstar.

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Sublime Text–Sublime?

This is a very preliminary review of my new text editor: Sublime 3.  I bought Sublime because I needed a very fast, lightweight text editor that supported code snippets.  I will use it primarily when teaching, presenting, etc. on Kendo … Continue reading

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Intel Haswell Ultrabook Pre-release First Look

Intel sent me a Haswell Ultrabook to review, and since it runs Windows 8 and has a multi-touch screen I couldn’t wait to get my hands on it. The book weighs in at 3 pounds, 3.3 oz.  It has a … Continue reading

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Intel Ultrabook Pre-Release First Look

Intel sent me an IvyBridge Ultrabook to review, and since it runs Windows 8 and has a multi-touch screen I couldn’t wait to get my fingers on it. The book weighs in at about 3.5 pounds and has a USB-3 … Continue reading

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