A One-Eyed Man is King

So I’ve been playing around with this blog thing for a couple of months now and have come to a realization.  I have the attention span of a gnat.  I had an idea that I’d like to help folks that were not technical learn to cope with technology for their businesses and their lives.  I have worked with (and been one myself) small business owners for many years and I’ve noticed that a lot of common ground there.  I thought that I would be able to put some things out there that would help.  I’m sure the 2 people that have read this blog have noticed that I’ve gone all over the board.  I’ve talked about Exchange, remote tools for administering servers, sharepoint and a bunch of other stuff. 

NO MORE, I say!

I am refocused on my objective of giving help, advice and tips to folks who need it, especially small business owners.  If either of you reading this have any questions or suggestions for problems you’d like help with, please post them here or you can email me at dave.purdon@gmail.com and I’ll be glad to respond.

This one comes up every now and again.  How can I open EPS files?  These are files that are created by Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop.  They are both great programs, but they’re very expensive.  Many times your printer (you know business cards, yellow page ads etc) will ask you for your logo or ad in this format or even send you a file to proof in this format.  So is there a free program that can do this?  Not exactly, but if you have Microsoft Word installed, you can place the file in a blank document.  Just open Word, then go to Insert > Picture, then browse to the EPS file and click on the Insert button.  Word will then convert the file and you’ll be able to see it.  Anyone know of another way (that’s actually free) to open EPS files?  I think the GIMP is supposed to, but the plug-in kept dying when I tried to open the file on my Vista machine.