Tech Notes: Cinco de Derby Edition

In this deliciously entertaining slice of Southern life (and death), inveterate hostess Gayden Metcalfe explains everything you need to know to host an authentic Southern funeral, such as: Can you be properly buried without tomato aspic? Who prepares tastier funeral fare, the Episcopal ladies or the Methodist ladies?

St. Augustine, FL] Another independent bookstore is closing. But to many, Wolf’s Head Books in St. Augustine is more than just an indie retailer offering used reading material and collectibles – it is a local landmark.

I use Dropbox to sync files across my Macs, but also to collaborate with others using shared folders. One day, I discovered that the disk space on my MacBook Air had dropped substantially. I started poking around, looking for swap files and other usual suspects, but eventually found one especially large folder hidden inside my Dropbox folder: .dropbox.cache.

If you run a pretty tight ship on your social networking accounts and wonder if there was an easy way to not only alert friends and family of your death, but also send them messages from beyond the grave, one startup has you covered .

Celebrate Your Family Recipes and Heritage From Great-grandma’s apple pie to Mom’s secret-recipe stuffing, food is an important ingredient in every family’s history. This three-part keepsake recipe journal will help you celebrate your family recipes and record the precious memories those recipes hold for you-whether they’re hilarious anecdotes about a disastrous dish or tender reflections about time spent cooking with a loved one.

Having the ability to download files at your convenience, store them on all your devices, or share them with a friend or colleague as you would a print book, is liberating, and is how it should be. If you haven’t tried a DRM-free ebook of video, we encourage you to do so now.

Microsoft today has invested 300 million dollars into Barnes and Noble to create a new subsidiary called Newco. This will accelerate deployment of the Nook ebook ecosystem into Windows 8. The essence of this deal is to tap into college and university textbooks that Barnes and Noble offers under its Nook Study banner.

I use Dropbox to sync files across my Macs, but also to collaborate with others using shared folders. One day, I discovered that the disk space on my MacBook Air had dropped substantially. I started poking around, looking for swap files and other usual suspects, but eventually found one especially large folder hidden inside my Dropbox folder: .dropbox.cache.