How many of you are Mac users that need to remotely access a Windows XP Professional, Windows Vista Business, Windows Vista Enterprise, or Windows Vista Ultimate computer? No need to fear. Microsoft released a new version of “Remote Desktop Connection” today.
Compared to my co-workers, I install a pretty large set of programs on a new Windows XP/Vista computer or a hard drive that needs to be reformatted and the OS reinstalled. Below is a list of the free applications that I always install.
Adobe Flash Player
Adobe Reader
Adobe Shockwave Player
Firefox
iTunes
Java
QuickTime
RealPlayer
Spybot - Search and Destroy
Thunderbird
I install all of […]
Recently I have been looking for a Screencasting program for my MacBook Pro. I haven’t tried them but I have heard of Snapz Pro, iShowU and ScreenFlow. Just like every program, they all of their pros and cons. The biggest thing to consider is their price. Here is a breakdown of their costs:
Snapz Pro –> […]
For all of you fireworks enthusiasts out there, please be careful over the next week or so. The United States Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) released their 2007 Fireworks Annual Report (PDF) yesterday and estimated that 9,800 fireworks related injuries were treated during the year 2007 and that 6,300 or 64% we treated from June […]
I love virtual machines. The virtual machines that I have are used for many purposes. My primary home computer is an early 2008, 15” MacBook Pro. It has Mac OS X Leopard as it’s primary operating system, Windows Vista Ultimate SP1 in Boot Camp, and Windows XP Professional SP3 in VMware Fusion. My primary office […]
I was reading an article on my local newspaper’s website titled “Money Saving Advice: Get it fixed, don’t throw it out.”
http://www.mcall.com/news/local/all-a1_5repair.6468399jun20,0,832420.story
How many of you are getting things repaired rather than throwing them out? Every spring I take my lawn mower to a repair shop so the blades can be sharpened and so the engine can […]
This week, the majority of Major League Baseball (MLB) is playing interleague games. This is when American League (AL) teams play National League (NL) teams. I think it is a great way to make baseball more enjoyable. Without interleague play, the Philadelphia Phillies wouldn’t play the Boston Red Sox unless they met in the World […]
Do you have an iPhone? an iPod? Do you fly United? If you said yes to any of those questions you are either happy or angry.
According to 9to5Mac and c|net, Apple and United are going to start allowing you to connect them into the planes’ in-flight entertainment systems and charge the device. It also seems […]
I came across an article at TheAtlantic.com.
http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200807/google
Basically this article talks about how Google and the Internet has changed the way we think, read, and find things. Google has made it so we don’t have to remember anything anymore. If we are looking for something, we just go to http://www.google.com (or whatever your countries address is) […]
TechCrunch is reporting that Facebook now has more worldwide users than MySpace.
http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/06/12/facebook-no-longer-the-second-largest-social-network/
This doesn’t really surprise me. Once Facebook opened it’s doors to pretty much anyone, it would only be a matter of time until it had more users. According to TechCrunch, both services are pulling in +/- 115 million users. That is a lot of […]
