Paypal at one time was a great service for customers and sellers to use for their eBay purchases. It was fast, convenient, and easy to set up. I have used Paypal myself to purchase items from eBay, and enjoyed the experience. However, if you are a seller on eBay and with to use Paypal, you need to be aware of feature within Paypal called Rolling Reserve, which will hold 30% of your transaction revenue for up to 90 days. As any business would agree, having your funds limited for this length of time would cripple, and in the end, destroy your business. Paypal’s excuse? It is for your own protection.
Archive for the ‘Computers’ Category
HP Touchpad Sale: 12-11-11 at 6:00 PM EST: Great Christmas Gift
Posted: December 10, 2011 at 8:45 pm by Nathan Driskell
If you are looking for a low cost Tablet PC, look to purchase an HP Touchpad Sunday evening at 6:00 PM EST at HP’s eBay Store. Due to the demise of the Touchpad, HP has decided to discontinue production, and is looking to get rid of it’s stock of Touchpads.
uTorrent: Disk Overload 100% Error Fix
Posted: December 10, 2011 at 7:06 pm by Nathan Driskell
uTorrent is a wonderful program for downloading files quickly, however, sometimes when you are dealing with very large files, it will cripple your connection.
The Gimp: Adding Python Support in Windows
Posted: July 9, 2010 at 2:40 am by Nathan Driskell
Photoshop is one of the best tools around for creating high quality images. However, most cannot afford $700.00 to purchase Photoshop. With Ubuntu Linux becoming more popular, alternatives for Photoshop are becoming important. Enter The Gimp, one of the best Alternatives for Photoshop. Not only is The Gimp free, but you can install it in Windows, Linux, and Mac OS. While The Gimp is powerful, it does not contain all the tools Photoshop users are familiar with, especially Layer Effects. To gain many of the features of Photoshop, you need to install plug-ins. Many plug-ins require Python, a programming language, to be installed as well. While this is not an easy task, this guide will instruct you on how you can add Python Support into Gimp.
Install Windows from a USB Drive
Posted: July 8, 2010 at 6:33 pm by Nathan Driskell
While dealing with computers, there will be time when a DVD drive will burn out. This is especially bad if it’s on a laptop. Many netbooks these days do not even carry DVD drives. So, how are you to install an Operating System? The solution is to install your OS from a USB Drive. As USB drives are reaching 16 – 23 gigs of storage space, they make perfect tools to install your OS.
Flawed Study Suggests Reading on Paper is Faster than iPad
Posted: July 6, 2010 at 3:55 am by Nathan Driskell
I love these so called ‘studies’ experts use to try to confuse and mislead users. Dr. Jakob Nielsen of the Nielsen Norman Group (not affiliated with Nielsen, the metrics company), conducted a ‘study’ claiming reading a book is faster than reading the same material from an iPad. The study compared reading times between the iPad and a paper back book.
Libox Reviewed: A Beginning to Sharing Your Media
Posted: July 1, 2010 at 12:31 am by Nathan Driskell
When one has a large media collection, it is important to be able to access it from other devices. With smartphones able to view video, it is becoming more important to be able to access your media. The problem with storing it on your computer is the difficulty networking it to all your devices. Enter Libox, a P2P streaming service allowing you to have remote access to your media collection. Just install the desktop application and you can view your collection from a web browser. Provided you have a worthy smartphone.
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