yusfy27

@yusfy27 (38)

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How to support a grieving family.

yusfy27 @yusfy27 (38) 10 Jan 12

Sadly I lost a friend to a long battle with cancer last night, her husband and teenage children are without any extended family in the area and will rely on some of us for the next while. Two things: 1 - Can you tell me of things...

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Time to see a new optometrist?

yusfy27 @yusfy27 (38) 10 Jan 12

How can my eyes be healthy when I need to wear glasses? Had my checkup yesterday, and my lenses needed updating as expected (I'm nearsighted.) My optometrist said that my eyes are healthy, though I can expect that I'll need...

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Computer glasses?

yusfy27 @yusfy27 (38) 10 Jan 12

Do computer glasses work? Where can I find a company that will fit a pair of frames with eyestrain lenses? I often have to use computers for extended amounts of times and it gives me some pretty bad headaches and nausea. I've...

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How can I become much less of a pessimist and negative thinker?

yusfy27 @yusfy27 (38) 10 Jan 12

How can I become less of a pessimist and less of a negative thinker? Ive recently realized that my attitude in life is somewhat pessimistic. Not to the point of hurting my life, but I cant imagine it is helping it. I sometimes...

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How can life be made more like games?

yusfy27 @yusfy27 (38) 10 Jan 12

How can life be made more like games? As we all know games are absorbing, fun, and very good at motivating people to put in time, creativity and effort. I'm looking for insights on how the factors that create that experience...

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Can we earn money through our online guitar lessons?

yusfy27 @yusfy27 (38) 10 Jan 12

Is there a way to earn revenues through our guitar lesson videos online? Myself and a couple of friends create guitar lessons which are currently posted to Youtube. We enjoy helping people to learn the guitar as well as the...

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Why do people prefer music from their teenage years?

yusfy27 @yusfy27 (38) 10 Jan 12

Why do people tend to gravitate more strongly towards music that was popular in their teen years? I was a teenager from 1987-1994, and the music from those years just sounds "right" to me, especially at the tail end of that era...

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How to connect a computer and TV wirelessly?

yusfy27 @yusfy27 (38) 10 Jan 12

So I got a fancy new TV for Christmas, thing is, I'm completely TV illiterate. How do I connect my computer to the TV wirelessly? I know you're probably laughing at my stupid question but I've owned the same crappy analog TV...

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I'm thinking about de-google-fying my internet life

yusfy27 @yusfy27 (38) 8 Jan 12

I'm thinking about de-google-fying my internet life. Has anyone else done this? Can anyone give me some resources for alternatives, particularly to gmail, which have the same ease of use as their google-equivalent?

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My modem: every day I must kill the power, wait a few minutes,

yusfy27 @yusfy27 (38) 8 Jan 12

My modem: every day I must kill the power, wait a few minutes, then power it back up in order to have any decent speed at all. Without this crude fix, I'm getting around 400 Kbps. Once I reboot it, however, I can manage a decent...

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Surfing has been replaced by what?

yusfy27 @yusfy27 (38) 8 Jan 12

What has the phrase "surfing the web" been replaced by? Have expressed web activities become expressions of specific activities: 'I'm Googling', 'Goofing off on My Space', 'Metafiltering'? Or is there a more general phrase that...

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If I were to sneak a third question in the title, it'd be about where to hide a

yusfy27 @yusfy27 (38) 8 Jan 12

Okay, I'm going to buy not one, but two computers in early February and I need some advice. I know this question has been asked before, but the market has changed a bit recently and I need to know for now. I want a cheap laptop...

Ways to make $500 or more over 3 months?

yusfy27 @yusfy27 (38) 8 Jan 12

I want to make an extra $500 over 3 months. Looking for ways to achieve this modest goal. What can I do temporarily to make a little extra money? Nothing illegal or morally depraved, please. I'm willing to work hard for it -...

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What's a good HDTV for watching old films?

yusfy27 @yusfy27 (38) 8 Jan 12

What should I be shopping for if I'm looking to buy an HDTV and plan on watching a lot of older, often black-and-white films? My attempts at research have left me better informed, but also completely confused.

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Is Blogspot serving invalid XHTML?

yusfy27 @yusfy27 (38) 8 Jan 12

Blogspot automagically codes line breaks in XHTML form, so I'm trying to get my site to validate as XHTML 1.0. Parts of it fail to validate, but they're all parts that expand from strings in the Blogger template. What am I doing...

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Have you ever successfully fought for a relationship that you knew was worth sav

yusfy27 @yusfy27 (38) 8 Jan 12

Have you ever successfully fought for a relationship that you knew was worth saving? How did it work out? The love of my life seems ready to end our relationship. It started as a close distance relationship, but switched to...

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Since upgrading from Windows Vista to Windows 7 Professional

yusfy27 @yusfy27 (38) 8 Jan 12

Since upgrading from Windows Vista to Windows 7 Professional, my Dell Inspiron 1525 laptop keeps overheating and switching itself off. Even with Vista, the internal fans never seemed to keep it cool enough, so it is permanently...

windows 7 professional

windows vista

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How can I copy my phone book from my old Blackberry to my new Galaxy Nexus ?

yusfy27 @yusfy27 (38) 8 Jan 12

How can I copy my phone book from my old Blackberry to my new Galaxy Nexus without uploading the data to Google, Facebook, or any other service? I have a Mac and a USB cable; this ought to be possible, right?

My life currently involves a lot of travel. How do I maintain healthy habits (ea

yusfy27 @yusfy27 (38) 8 Jan 12

I've been gaining weight and I know why: I can't stick to a workout regime - or implement a healthy diet. My life is currently set up in such a way that I often feel overwhelmed. My job takes me away to conferences and my...

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Looking for computer/internet recommendations for my 10 year old friend

yusfy27 @yusfy27 (38) 8 Jan 12

Looking for computer/internet recommendations for my 10 year old friend. What are the coolest, most interesting, and least consumerist activities, websites, and other digital/virtual things that I can introduce this kid to? What...

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