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Inexpensive "Shirt Pocket Briefcase" alternative

Staples has a leather(ette?) "shirt pocket briefcase" that isn't a Levenger SBP, but it is close enough for people that are on a tighter budget. It is a very clear knock-off of the original, but that may be a good thing for that price bracket.

They don't have one in Balistic nylon either. Boo! Mine is fraying a bit and I'm afraid I'll have to move to the slip-and-slide leather model.

But at Staples under their "M" line or whatever, there was a display at the front of the store when I went. I don't remember the price but it was low double-digits.

Tags in Windows

Tags in Windows

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Help me design a storyboard template!

Help me design a storyboard template!

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TOPICS: Hacer

Command Line Time Log (Bash Script)

Command Line Time Log (Bash Script)

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Quicksilver & Entourage

Hi,

I am an independent project manager and use my Macbook Pro for business so I use Entourage for the work email and Apple mail for my personal email.

Using Quicksilver I can find the contact but the compose email open automatically opens apple mail rather than Entourage. Does anyone know of any way that I can get it to create an Entourage email? Is it possible to choose the application for the email based on the contact?

Any help that anyone could give me would be much appreciated.

Ads on 43F (and helping improve them)

43 Folders - October 2005 Reader Survey

In deciding to run ads on 43 Folders, it's been important to me to try and get things right. Over the past few weeks you've seen the site go way over the edge, then pull back--mostly just so I could learn where that edge was, although it's also accidentally provided me with a fascinating crash course on how industry standard ad units and software work. I've also listened to you guys, moved some stuff around, and tried to keep things both sane and modestly profitable.

Whether I've gotten that mix perfect on any given day will always be open to debate, but I'll tell you two things that are important to me:

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TOPICS: Admin

Making the most of two Macs

Making the most of two Macs

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Munging your world with Greasemonkey

These kids are doing crazy stuff with Greasemonkey.

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Add on domains in A2hosting, and Dreamweaver

I signed up for A2 hosting using the 43folders coupon (I hope someone was able to have lunch on the commission;), and am wanting to set up an add on domain. This is where my first domain is:

/public_html/ = domain1.com

and

/public_html/domain2/ = domain2.com

i.e., both in the same file structure, but they appear as two separate domains.

I use Dreamweaver and already have domain1.com's site root set to:

/public_html/

where

/public_html/index.htm

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How do you keep track of your online accounts?

I have a lot of accounts online ranging from forums to email to banking accounts. I also have a lot of trouble keeping up with what accounts I have online...

How do you keep up with your online accounts?

 
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