2005 August

If there’s one thing I miss about living in Iowa, it’s the beef. Since being forced to change my diet in recent years, I don’t have steak all that often anymore. Perhaps “forced” is too strong of a word - it’s just that Ponzi is amazing in the kitchen, and I have to eat everything […]

The original trailblazer in the action puzzle genre! Fire colored balls to make sets of three, but don’t let the chain reach the golden skull or you’re history! With over 20 temples to explore and two unique gameplay modes, Zuma is a non-stop never-ending puzzle challenge. Let the tribal sounds and music surround you with […]

There are a plethora of download managers out there on the market, and you could have your choice of any of them. Tired of the one you have? Haven’t tried one yet? Well, give Fresh Download a try.

A good set of colors can make a bland object appear to be visually exciting. This is definitely the case with Web sites. No matter how well a Web site is laid out, poor color choices can take away from the actual content. If people don’t even want to look at what you have to […]

Last week I wrote about the difference between a student’s perception about wasting time learning computer things and the concept of investing time. That piece was about the benefits coming to students who make an effort to learn some basic skills rather than just repeat by rote those actions that can get their e-mail, […]

A lot of folks who use applications that save files in their own
formats, (MS Word and PowerPoint, OpenOffice Writer, SunOffice, etc.)
tend to forget that not everyone has software that’s able to open
them. This is understandable, especially if you work at a job where
everyone else uses the same applications, and clearly someone who has
worked hard to […]

September
All my nagging about eating healthy began to pay off two years ago when my son started lecturing me on my eating habits. With my daughter, however, we don’t sit down to eat, we sit down to negotiate. “I’ll trade you one cookie for two green beans.” If you are still nagging and negotiating, here […]

Today is BlogDay, the day in which you can learn and discover new and truly valuable bloggers that you don’t know about.
BlogDay was initiated with the belief that bloggers should have one day which will be dedicated to know other bloggers, from other countries or areas of interests different than your own.
Today, all participating […]

If you have been in the loop lately about the Zotob worm, you know all about how many companies and personal computers that it affected. If you listened to my segment on The Chris Pirillo Show this past week, you would’ve heard about how it affected the on air performance at CNN and ABC News. […]

Microsoft has today announced two new free add-ins for its MSN toolbar.
The first is an anti-phishing add-in which, Microsoft says, is “the first such technology to be integrated into a Web search toolbar - currently offered in a beta version, helps provide powerful dynamic protection against phishing Web sites, a fast-growing class of online identity […]

Bird watching and identification have never been easier! Duncraft, the bird feed and feeding experts, have just unveiled a free online search engine linked to a database of hundreds of wild birds of North America. Entirely picture-based, you just click on the various attributes which identify your bird in question, and by process of elimination, […]

Today, I thought we would take a nostalgic trip through the archives and visit one of our earliest featured sites. In fact, it was the third site we featured, way back on January 22nd, 1997. It is kind of ironic that this site from our history is, itself, about history.

I’ve been working for myself (at home) for as long as I can remember. Having a home office is cool, but it’s not without its fair share of home office headaches. I didn’t really think about it too much until I got a note from Lockergnomie Dan Potts this afternoon. Don’s thinking about working at […]

TranslatorMaestro provides a very powerful yet simple way to update files, and will be of great interest to editors, translators, business people, and programmers. The extensive API (Application Programming Interface) will be of great value in removing tedious tasks from such users’ lists of things to do.
Also, the file editor helps you to make […]

I cannot say I have always wanted to learn Chinese. Heck, as a Texan I have barely mastered the English language. I have to say though, after hearing about this program, it did peak my interest a little more. The program in question is Chinese Practice.
After setting it all up, it works […]

The little white MP3 player known as the iPod has taken over the world, and it continues to dominate the market despite other manufacturers attempts at dethroning the popular device. It isn’t just a one-trick pony, either. Several companies and individuals have found ways to extend the functionality of the device to levels that probably […]

As I mentioned previously I have been asked to evaluate freeware for Lockergnome readers and I ran across a very nice one. I am in the process of building my Web site, which is going slower than I expected. It is going slowly because I want it to be perfect when I publish […]

Gnomie Joseph Anderson writes:
Hi.
Wanted to share my experiences with a product known as “PC Bug Doctor.”
My PC (1.6 MHz P4, 1 GB RAM, Win XP SP2, IE6 - all current updates)
has been running slow as molasses (3GB bandwidth) for the past week.
I knew something was wrong, but what?
I received an e-mail tonight from Maximumsoftware for […]

September
“The Internet has everything,” I overhead one grandmother explain to another during an elevator ride. (Is it considered eavesdropping if you’re in a elevator?) I, of course, agree. The Internet even offers free piano lessons. I’m not suggesting that computerized piano lessons should take the place of IRL (Web talk for “in real life”) lessons […]

If you own a mobile phone capable of accessing the Web, and have a need to make international calls at the lowest possible rates, here is some information you may be interested in reading further.
The new JAJAH mobile service offers low VoIP rates for calls from your mobile phone. Call any number in […]