2004 September

If you like Flip Words, you’ll love this fast ‘n’ furious race against time and temperature! Spell as many words as possible using letters that get hot when you formulate a word. Words disintegrate to reveal new letters. But think fast because tiles cool off and harden up completely. Your grid freezes and suddenly it’s […]

Matador Spam Fighter is a Bayesian filter add-in for MS Outlook 2003 that automatically moves spam into a junk mail folder. You can simply click a Spam or NoSpam button to categorize a message from which it will automatically learn and adjust its filters. Matador Spam Fighter utilizes different filters and technologies that include Bayesian […]

Here comes the bride… accompanied by a lot of planning. A wedding is a joyous occasion - unless you’re the one paying for it. It signifies the start of something new and exciting. If you’re just a guest at a wedding, you’ll see the happy faces of all of the parties involved, and everything will […]

Q: I’ve grown tired of the Windows desktops and icons that were included with my system. I want more pizzazz on my computer! Where can I go for some awesome-looking wallpapers and icons?

If you have ever saved an e-mail attachment in Outlook, you will notice that it automatically defaults to the My Documents folder. I personally never save anything into this folder and end up browsing to a folder on another volume.
In the Save Attachment dialog box, there are a set of icons along the side […]

When you assign a user or group account a specific user right, you are entrusting that user to perform an administrative task. However, studies show that many of the threats and attacks against networks come from trusted users. With this in mind, you may want to set up auditing so you can monitor use of […]

With a surveillance system, you’ll never have to ask the question, “who’s at the door?” Place a camera at your front stoop and you’ll be able to tell if it’s the UPS guy delivering your spiffy new hardware or an annoying door-to-door salesman (or worse). Why, surveillance systems are even better than having a pair […]

Taking my lunch to school was something that made me feel really grown up. I had a lunch pail just like my dad’s. Although it didn’t look quite like his, it served the same purpose. Mine had a picture of Captain Kangaroo, Bunny Rabbit, and Mr. Moose on it. I wonder what recycling pile it […]

Do you want to see what’s inside the Matrix? Well, you don’t need to take the red pill and you’ll always be able to return. This brand new 3D Matrix Screensaver will take you there in no time. Your screen will become the gate to numerous worlds of the Matrix. They will fly by, and […]

Newzie is an RSS/XML feed reader that allows you to create your own news catalog from your preferred sources that is automatically kept up-to-date with the latest headlines that are sent from the sources. The program offers a unique, Web-style interface with the latest additions, categorized new sections, and more. Newzie features system tray notification […]

Reading is a great pastime, but it can be hard to find time to curl up with a good book when all of these great reality television shows are on. What’s a guy/girl to do? The first step is to turn the television off, and the next step involves finding a good book to spend […]

Q: It seems like my inkjet printer is constantly running out of ink. Whenever I go to the store to purchase a replacement, I’m instantly stricken with sticker shock. The prices are so high! Are there any sites online that offer cartridges and refill kits at a lower price?

Some of you may not know this but resetting a password is not the same thing as changing a password. Resetting a password can have some adverse effects. For example, if you reset a password instead of changing it, you will lose all passwords saved in Internet Explorer and you will also lose all your […]

Windows XP Service Pack 2 adds new functionality and brings about several changes. One of these many changes is to the firewall component. This component was once disabled by default. However, in an attempt to be more proactive in terms of security, the firewall component is now enabled by default in SP2.
Other changes that relate […]

Part I covers using mail merge, Part II addresses using the e-mail client’s template feature, and this one is about third party software. It isn’t just for creating fast e-mail replies, but also for speeding up repetitive typing of anything. Here’s the text file of the first two parts for printing or using offline.

So we’ve all decided we need SP2 for XP because, despite its flaws, it
really improves security in IE and the new firewall is actually
working. But SP2 is a long install and, should you need to crash your
system, you really don’t want to have to go through installing XP then
doing a massive upgrade to XP2 […]

Have you ever wanted to run a background check on someone? Perhaps an odd neighbor, new suitor, or potential babysitter? Running a background check isn’t tough these days. Thanks to the magic of the Internet, you can dig up that dirt with a handful of clicks. If something just doesn’t seem right, you don’t have […]

Okay, the conventions are over, and the campaigning starts to get hot and heavy. For the next two months, the airwaves will be hot and heavy with all sorts of political ads from both candidates, and many (too many, in my opinion) from “527″ groups. Every time you turn around, you will be bombarded with […]

If you like slots and you like bingo, you’ll love Slingo Deluxe. Accumulate the highest number of points by trying to cover all the numbers on your game card in twenty spins or less. Use the jokers to master the board and watch out for the devil because he’ll steal your pants… er, points! The […]

PowerPoint is another one of those “how did the world function without it?” applications. Personally I still remember what it was like to prepare overhead charts by hand. Slow, basic, amateur looking, and nasty. PowerPoint changed everything.