How to Set Up a Laptop Security System - Feature - Lifehacker

Phase One: Lock and Key
They aren't free, but an inexpensive laptop lock can do wonders for securing your laptop and deterring thieves. You can find a huge range of laptop locks on Amazon ranging from $12 to $40, and whether you know it or not almost all laptops support them.

Phase Two: Laptop Alarms and Security Cameras
You've got your laptop physically locked down, so you're off to a great start. For phase two of your laptop security system, try setting up a software-based security system and alarm. Here's how they work.

Phase Three: Retrieval
If worse comes to worst and your laptop is stolen, you're still not without recourse. Several tools are available to help you not only track your laptop and the thief after your laptop has been stolen, but also to secure data on your computer after it's been stolen.

How to Set Up a Laptop Security System - Feature - Lifehacker

How to Stop Making Yourself Crazy with Self-Editing | Copyblogger

Write. Edit. Write. Edit. Edit. Edit. Edit. Write.

Does this sound familiar? If it doesn’t then you’re probably from Mars, because most of us drive ourselves crazy with self-editing when we write.

And it's not only when writing.

We self-edit when we're walking. When you walk on gravel, you walk differently than when you walk on grass.

How to Stop Making Yourself Crazy with Self-Editing | Copyblogger

E-commerce sites: You have 2 seconds to load your Web pages | Between the Lines | ZDNet.com

E-commerce sites have two seconds to load a Web page or consumers will click away. And after three seconds nearly all customers will split, according to research by Forrester and Akamai.

Akamai had Forrester conduct a followup to a 2006 survey. The 2006 survey found that four seconds was the threshold for Web page loading. Three years later that threshold has been halved.

E-commerce sites: You have 2 seconds to load your Web pages | Between the Lines | ZDNet.com

Google Mass Bans & Warns AdWords Advertisers, But Why?

I figured, it had to be some type of bug, where the algorithm was tweaked a bit too strong against the landing page quality. Google first sent us a statement that read:

Google is constantly working to ensure that we’re showing ads to our users that are relevant, in accordance with our ad policies, and safe for users. To that end, we perform regular reviews, using both manual and automated processes, in order to detect and disable ads that violate our policies.

That didn't sit right with me, so I pushed on and asked them to dig deeper into these complaints. AdWordsAdvisor, the official Google representative at WebmasterWorld, replied to the thread last night. Unfortunately, the reply isn't what these advertisers wanted to see, nor what I wanted to see. Here is the reply:

Google Mass Bans & Warns AdWords Advertisers, But Why?