Create Your Own Font

Is Arial just not doing it for you? Times New Roman making you sigh with boredom? Perhaps it is time for you to create your own font! YourFonts is a site that allows you to take your hand writing and generate a computer font. The process is fairly simple, although a little time consuming. The site does a very nice job in walking you through the process, which consists of downloading a template, writing on the template, then scanning and uploading it back up to the YourFonts website. It will then do its magic and generate your handwriting as a font that you can use in a image editor like Photoshop or GIMP. Pretty cool if you ask me!

How To Tell If Your Computer Has Been Hacked

Have I been hacked? Uh, yeah, I'd say so.

"Has my computer been hacked?" is a question that I hear relatively frequently in the IT support business. Unfortunately, most "hacks" are not nearly as ovbious as a web page stating that you have been hacked with some weird arabic text scrawled underneath. In fact, if you fear that a real hacker has compromised your system, you either need to go out and hire someone with a whole lot of experience in uncovering rootkits or re-install your operating system. However, the vast majority of people don't need to worry about a dedicated hacker trying to compromise their system, and if you are just an average Joe wondering if you can safely enter in that credit card on your computer, this article might just be of some help.

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How To Startup Your Own Home Computer Support Company [Part 1 - The Basics]

I'm willing to guess that a lot of people who read this blog are the same people who get asked by friends and family to help with their computer problems. If indeed you are that person you may want to consider starting up a little side business providing computer support to others. If you have the right type of skills and personality it really isn't that hard, and the startup and recurring costs are minimal compared to many other businesses. If you are interested in some of the processes I took to start up my own home computer support business, read on...

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