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Here’s a list of future topics I’d like to cover:

  • Must-have FireFox extensions
  • Adblock Plus so you won’t see the ads on this site and I’ll make no money on the Google Ads I’ve put on this site
  • Customize Google So ads on Google’s site won’t show up on your browser and Google won’t make ad money from your searches
  • CoolIris Previews. So you can preview web pages you don’t want to bother sending to a new tab
  • All-in-One Gestures
  • Portable Applications, what and how
  • Personal Encryption - Especially TrueCrypt
  • How to keep laptop data really secure.
  • Partitioning
  • Encrytion
  • Ditto for backing up your data to a cheap USB
  • Backing up your desktop
  • Options for choosing a Blog Platform (TypePad, Blogger, BlogSpot, WordPress.com, Wordpress custom, wordpress- one-click setup- through MindPhase — see here), Textile
  • WordPress Setup, Configuration, with best plugins, Themes
    • setting permalinks properly
    • setting up sitemaps
    • setting up AdSense
    • backing up your database regularly
    • getting Spam out of your Blog - Askimet
    • fully annotate your images
    • Subscribe to comments
    • email this page
    • Contact Form ( ryanduff.net/projects/wp-contactform/” class=”linkification-ext” href=”http://ryanduff.net/projects/wp-contactform/”>http://ryanduff.net/projects/wp-contactform/ )
    • Including how to leverage adsense (though the plugin to firefox will cut them right out
  • Linux - WRT Router Setup.
    • How and why to set up domain forwarding with your linux router
    • combining commercial domain forwarding with domain forwarding to your home network
    • how to set up a wrt router as a client to serve a larger area.
    • How to secure your router (pretty simple)

    I don’t plan to cover how to replace your firmware with the wrt firmware, because I think the novice can do that now.

    • Wiki setup
    • Personal Privacy
    • Stop nuisance calls
    • slow spam emails
    • build a family-only web site
    • build a personal encrypted proxy to thwart intermediaries who might attempt to monitor and intercept your surfing trail (whether you are at the office or a totalitarian nation).
  • Using Google Apps to get professional-looking email (no more @yahoo, @hotmail, @gmail)
  • Controlling your domain to:
    • control your domain to allow you to filter your email
    • use sub-domains to point ot different applications
  • Setting up a Home VPN
  • Accessing your home PC remotely

    • Finance:

    • Why you should just invest in world index funds
    • The Right Way to do asset allocation for retirement & living below your means
    • the value of the life-fund (Not)
    • tips on buying a cheap car.
    • Clark Howard
    • How to build a Rainy day fund and why
      The easy way to rewire your house for VOIP

      If you have suggestions, please send them to me.