Just A Geeky Girl

A Dark Vacation

Melissa — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 21:11:58 +0000

Last week I was away at the beach; I had a great time and enjoyed perfect weather. While at the beach I went to go see the Dark Knight. Overall, the movie was good, and I like this series of Batman movies a lot better than the other series of Batman movies that came out [...]

Celebrating the 4th of July

Melissa — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 03:07:50 +0000

Today many Americans are celebrating a national holiday here in the US called, Independence Day, commonly known as the Fourth of July.Today we celebrate the declaring independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain. Most Americans today celebrate the holiday with eating, spending time with family and seeing a fireworks display. For the many who read this blog, may you have a very [...]

A year ago today!

Melissa — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 16:14:36 +0000

I posted this to my main blog at www.purplestars.com, but wanted to also post this to my Lockergnome blog to let everyone know what I’ve been dealing with since last year. “About this time today I was heading down to visit my parents for Father’s day. We had a great day until it turned tragic that evening. As [...]

Changing the Menu Date & Time In Mac OS X

Melissa — Tue, 27 May 2008 00:40:32 +0000

I’ve got several e-mails from friends, family, and people who read my blogs asking how to change time and date on the menu bar. It’s fairly simple to do, and you don’t need to install a whole other piece of software to see today’s date in your menubar, you can add it manually in System [...]

Observing Memorial Day

Melissa — Tue, 27 May 2008 00:23:04 +0000

Today is Memorial Day which most cook out, or spend time with family and friends. Today I spent the day with friends grilling out and making home-made ice cream.Memorial Day is a United States Federal holiday observed on the last Monday of May. It commemorates U.S. men and women who perished while in military service to their country.

That Web Monkey is Back

Melissa — Tue, 20 May 2008 06:21:05 +0000

You might remember that helpful web resource called WebMonkey? WebMonkey launched in August 1996 by the original owners of Wired magazine, which instantly became a surprise hit. In 2004 Wired pulled the site after a round of layoffs that hit the U.S. division of its parent company, Terra Lycos. [...]

Simple Tricks for Mac OS 10.5 ( Leopard)

Melissa — Fri, 09 May 2008 23:49:21 +0000

I was reading my Twitter stream yesterday, and found a great link from FactoryJoe aka Chris Messina. He posted a great tutorial for putting your mac or display to sleep with a simple key command. After reading the tutorial over at Leopard Tricks.com , I kept reading the website to find even more great tutorials like this one, which is doing simple commands in terminal to [...]

Being Social and On The Go

Melissa — Mon, 05 May 2008 05:11:31 +0000

Recently, I joined the latest Web 2.0 service out on the web now called Brightkite. It’s not your normal Web 2.0 social website like Myspace or Facebook. It’s a website that allows you not only to add, message or talk to friends, but see where they are at too and even find out who’s at the location you’re at too.Brightkite allows you to check in [...]

Computer Shutdown Day

Melissa — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 03:45:15 +0000

Could you go 24 hours without using your computer? On May 3, 2008 many will shut down for the day and not use their desktop or laptops. Why? Because it’s Shutdown Day, which gets people to think about how their lives have changed since using a laptop or desktop in everyday life. So on [...]

Earth Day 2008

Melissa — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 21:35:11 +0000

With Earth Day fast approaching what ways are you helping to “save the planet?” This year I was part of Earth Hour by shutting off the lights and electronics in my home for more than an hour that evening. Along with that, I’m doing my part by conserving energy and water, recycling, and using more [...]

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