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The Unclutterer blog has advice for parents whose adult kids moved across the country but left stuff behind: do a virtual clutter-clearing using a photo-sharing service like Flickr. Photograph all of your child's items as you place them into boxes. Then, upload all of the images to a Flickr account and send your child the URL. Your child can go through the pictures online and decide the fate of the stuff. I suggest that there only be two options for the stuff: "Send to me" and "Don't send to me." Let your child know that you will make the decision to donate, sell, or trash the things in the "don't send to me" pile. On Flickr it would be really easy to sort the items, too—your kid can just tag 'em "send" or "trash." Now to get Mom hip to the Flickr...
Using Flickr to get rid of your adult child's clutter in your home [Unclutterer]
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When you've got your Windows XP or Vista setup running perfectly, you don't want to lose all your painstaking customizations to a reckless tot, an experiment-minded friend or spouse, or a rogue system-lousing program. Windows SteadyState, as we mentioned earlier this week, helps you to create a kind of virtual rubber room those types can play around in and not really harm anything. SteadyState can also restrict web site access for innocent eyes, set timer limits on user access, and get better control of those other folks who use your computer—in other words, SteadyState makes you the Grand Master Sysadmin of your single-unit empire. Let's take a look at setting up SteadyState and get familiar w read more »

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