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5 Video Game Franchises I Would Like to See Revived

I recently broke out some of my old video game systems and started playing them again. I enjoyed a little Contra and RC-Pro-AM. I even played Time Pilot on my old ColecoVision. After a while, I began to realize that the gameplay was still addicting even when compared with video games of today. I wanted […]

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Quitting Caffeine Progress

A few weeks ago, I realized that caffeine was affecting my mood dramatically. I have been off of caffeine for about 3 weeks now and I thought I was due to share an update in my progress.
I almost relapsed. My girlfriend recently forgot that I had quit caffeine and accidentally bought me my favorite coffee […]

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MCSE Certification = Microsoft Certified Stupid Engineer

A friend of mine told me a story today that made me roll on the floor laughing. This friend has worked for many companies and taking technical phone calls. We’ve all heard the stories of dumb users calling the help line before. The CD as a cup tray. The guy that can’t find the ANY […]

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Tutorial Plagiarism?

A few weeks ago, I posted a tip to make Windows Vista blue screen on demand. I learned about this from a friend of mine at work and decided to post it. Yesterday I received an email from a person that had this tip posted on his site as well. He claimed that I stole […]

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Give Me a Reason to Buy a CD Over a Download

Well of course we know part of the answer to why people don’t buy CDs anymore would be because they have been downloading music. Sure, that is part of it, but haven’t you ever heard somebody buying a CD say “I just wanted to have the actual CD.” There certainly is something different about owning […]

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The Poor Recording Industry is Going Hungry

I’m very interested in some of the comments since I posted File Sharing is Not to Blame for Falling Album Sales. The one that really caught my attention was the comment by StevioB.
“The industry tries to guilt people out of file sharing (”You wouldn’t steal a car… You wouldn’t steal a purse…”) How guilty do […]

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File Sharing is Not to Blame for Falling Album Sales

It’s been quite obvious that the recording industry is losing money for quite some time. U.S. album sales have fallen 9.5% in 2007. Every article you read about this blames file sharing networks. How can this be when sales of digital music sales have soared 45%? Not all people with computers know how to use […]

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iPod vs. Sony Discman

It’s been 3 years since I bought my iPod. Now it sits and acts as a paper weight on my desk. It turns on for a brief second or two before dying. Slowly it had been getting this way over the past year or so. About a 10 months ago, it would only last me […]

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Mac Book Pro: Make External Display Work Without Restarting

I learned a pretty useful trick for my Mac Book Pro. I use it for presentations, and I’ve been restarting it whenever I plug it into a projector. With this tip, I don’t have to.
1. Press the Apple key > Sleep.
2. Plug in and turn on the display.
3. Press the Escape key to wake the […]