Windows
Search Terms Glossary
You come to a site stating it can handle Boolean operators. What the hey does that mean? What do you care? A simple glossary of terms quickly clarifies such words for you and now you get on top of it with Search Term Glossary. Terms include faceted search, fuzzy matching (no bugs or lint here), [...]
Is Your Computer In The Basement?
Basement waterproofing is a big topic here at Ranchero Indebto. But for all the steps I’ve taken, our basement still isn’t completely waterproof. When those big rains fall, I start to worry. Thankfully, I don’t have much computer gear down in the basement (just a dusty old 386 tower that I use as the DOS-based [...]
SP2 Round Up
Plenty of WinXP SP2 news popping up. We’ve reported a few here already and there have been a few more. Here’s a round up of the latest SP2 articles:
CouchSurfing
Contrary to its name, this isn’t about surfing on the Internet from your sofa or couch. Why stay in hotels when you can stay with locals? CouchSurfing puts you in touch with locals who have a couch or two available. Save money and get a feel for the local culture by staying at CouchSurfer’s home. [...]
A Good Customer Service Experience
When something goes awry with a Web server, you tend to go a little crazy – especially when you know more about the subatomic properties of Cobalt than you do about that kind of software. I know a few basic commands by heart, and my understanding of that world definitely grows with every new experienced [...]
What This Geek Daddy (Did and) Didn't Do On His Summer Vacation
I didn’t do a lot on my summer vacation. Or maybe I did. Looking back, it’s hard to imagine how fast the days flew by … wasn’t it just June? So just what did this crazy geek daddy do on his summer vacation? Well, I started each day by writing a little something for Lockergnome. [...]
Internet Explorer's Add-On Manager
Browser Add-Ons are one of the many ways that viruses, spyware, and other malware can attach to your computer and cause you grief. Browser Add-Ons are also one of the many ways that legitimate publishers can add functionality to Internet Explorer or to specific Web sites and pages.
Unknown Senders
Rules in Outlook can be used for a number of different things. One option you have is to create rules to filter your incoming e-mail messages. With this in mind, why not create a rule that will keep all e-mail messages from unknown senders out of your inbox and place them in a separate folder, [...]
One Great Convention to Attend
Conventions come and conventions go, but as far as conventions go – Gnomedex is going to be recorded as one of this year’s best. It’s certainly shaping up to be one of the premier Internet Publishing events for 2004. I didn’t plan on putting it together that way – it just kinda started assembling itself. [...]
Abi-Station – Icons
You probably know someone who takes the idea of an IM avatar to the next level. In fact, you may even be a victim. To most of us, an avatar is just a simple graphic that is used in conjunction with our name while chatting online. However, there are avatar junkies who view these graphics [...]
