Windows
Cool Christmas Wallpapers
My desktop wasn’t looking terribly merry until a few seconds ago. Someone at InterfaceLIFT posted a Christmas Wallpaper. It’s quite jolly. I’m looking for other media fun now… know of any Christmas wallpaper sites I should see and share with all my other Christmastime buddies? It’s much easier to right-click and Save As than it [...]
Software Developer Pays Employees $5000 to Buy Hybrid Cars
Oh those crazy software CEOs… what will they think of next? How about paying every employee $5000 for buying a hybrid automobile that gets better than 45 MPG? That’s what Godfrey Sullivan, president and CEO of business performance management software developer Hyperion is offering to his employees… $5000 to buy a Toyota Prius, Honda Insight, [...]
My Friend, the PictureMate
I’m now the proud co-owner of an Epson PictureMate photo printer. Even though I’ve only spent about three days with it so far, I’m ready to recommend it to all you Holiday shoppers. I’ve never owned any kind of photo printer before, so let me explain why I believe it’ll appeal to those of you [...]
Follow-Up To RFIDs In Your Passports: Administration Just Says "No" To Privacy Protection Measures
So many of you responded to the post about the U.S. government mandating the embedding of RFIDs in U.S. passports in 2005, that I felt that I should provide you with this update. According to the Washington Post today, the Bush administration has responded to the privacy concerns of privacy advocates by saying, essentially, “hell [...]
PhishGuard v1.1
PhishGuard is a software/service that helps you detect and block phishing or spoofing attempts, usually designed to lure you into providing personal or credit card information to fake online sites. The program integrates into Internet Explorer and warns you whenever you visit a site that is known to be a scam. It uses an online [...]
The Internet Movie Database
The movie buff is a species that is frequently found in dark quarters with a bucket of some sort of popped corn covered with artificial butter. They seek out the sticky floors of these habitats on a weekly basis, often staying in the area until their job is complete. Approaching them outright is not a [...]
Extracting Audio From A Movie
Q: I have a bunch of movies on my hard drive that contain live performances from some of my favorite bands. Instead of having to watch the videos every time, I’d like to extract the audio from the performances so I can listen to them on my MP3 player. What sort of standalone program can [...]
TEOTWAWKI Isn't A Lost Native Tribe
One topic we have not explored in this series is inter-generation communication in the Internet age. The transfer from using pens, pencils, paper and snail mail to a keyboard and instant messaging has brought the beginnings of a new written form of the language, but it’s not TEOTWAWKI. Many seniors probably has seen the acronym [...]
Lose the Outlook Express Home Page
When you open Outlook Express, by default, it opens with a home page (similar to the way Internet Explorer always opens to the same page). A lot of you Outlook Express users probably just click your inbox right away and could not be bothered with the links on this home page. I use Outlook Express [...]
Quick Access to the Word 2002 Task Pane
When you open Word 2002, you might notice the Task Pane that is off to the side. As the name implies, it is basically a list of common tasks that are often performed in Word such as opening a new document, opening an existing document, and so on. You can click the “x” in the [...]
