Windows
Online Super Bowl Ticket Madness
I’ll bet you know someone who would love to go to Super Bowl XXXIX in Jacksonville. For the American football fan, it’s the ultimate mecca… an event unequaled in the wild world of sports. So you’d expect Super Bowl tickets to be hard to come by, right?
imgSeek v0.8.5rc2
imgSeek is a photo collection database that allows you to manage your photo collection. It indexes all your specified image folders, along with meta data and EXIF information, and allows you to perform custom queries to search your images. In addition to keyword queries, it offers a unique image content search that allows you to [...]
MyVirtualBand
One of the most frustrating things about being a musician is trying to find other people to play with. Of course, there are plenty of people who play instruments, but finding people you can get along with creatively and personally can truly be a challenge. While some individuals can play just about every instrument under [...]
Allow Certain Popup Windows In Firefox
Q: Popup blocking is enabled on my copy of Firefox, but I’ve found that there are certain popup windows that I need to see. My banking site uses them, and so do some of the music sites that I enjoy visiting. How do I allow popup windows from certain sites to open?
Seniors Missing Out On Web Resources?
Recently I mentioned seeing an article in the Washington Post that described a recently released study (January, 2005) performed by the Kaiser Family trust on how seniors miss out on Web resources. Without too much trouble, I was able to locate and download the whole report and two other reports from the Pew Internet & [...]
Prevent Users From Altering Taskbar And Start Menu Settings
If you share a computer with other users such as family members, you may want to prevent them from making certain changes on your computer. Some people may find it a nuisance to leave there computer only to come back and find that it now looks completely different or even worse, find that your computer [...]
Implement A Password Protected Screen Saver Through Group Policy
One of the ways that you can increase security on your computer is to password protect your screen saver. Once the screen saver kicks in on your computer, you must type in your password to return to the desktop. You can configure this security feature through the Display properties dialog box or you can configure [...]
YAR, Yet Another Rebuild!
I’m in the midst of rebuilding an eMachines PC for somebody right now. I’ve probably done at least 25-30 rebuilds in the past year. Nearly all of them were due to Windows getting corrupted beyond repair by viruses and or spyware. This case was no exception; the PC was riddled with them and was beginning [...]
Shipping And Manhandling?
Gnomie Tom writes: I have just come across a very sleazy practice from Dell. A coworker had a need for a cheap bare bones PC without a monitor or speakers. I looked at a Dimension 2400 for her and was able to price out a PC for $399.00 before a $100.00 mail-in rebate. After the [...]
PowerPoint Rehearse Timings
PowerPoint expert Chiara Monetti, regular contributor to the MasterViews Web site, just posted a useful tip how to handle rehearse timings in PowerPoint, using an effective Question/Answer reporting style:
