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It’s been so long since I dressed up as anything for Halloween. The other day, Ponzi tells me that she’s going to “go” as a cat. This will be our first Halloween in this neighborhood, so we’re not sure if it’s worth getting dressed up yet. If trick-or-treaters come on this Beggar’s Night, then they’re […]
Share photos, run programs at shutdown, and give Windows Explorer a facelift with these files as selected by PC World
Frogs have taken over the kingdom and it’s up to you to help the courageous hamsters in their quest to defeat them! Play as Pit or Patty, each with his or her own special weapons and abilities.
Unlock many weapon upgrades as well as three different bonus mini-games along the way. Journey through 50 unique […]
LS MyLib enables you to create indexes of your disks (CD, DVD, hard disks, etc.) that allow you to locate files without having to insert the physical media disk. It offers advanced search options that let you search by part of the name, date, file type, size, and more.
The program can process ID3 tags and […]
How do you manage your list of tasks for the day? Some people use their PDA, a notebook, or even their power of remembrance. While making mental notes of what you need to do make work for you, it’s definitely not for everybody. I know people who would forget to eat if they didn’t have […]
Let me begin with a disclaimer. To the individual who wrote stating that what I had written regarding Wild Blue was drivel…don’t read this! More “drivel” heading your way. I advised him that there was only one thing worse than writing drivel, and that was READING it .
I received many positive comments […]
In a previous article entitled Importing Excel Data Into Word, I outlined a few different ways that you can copy data from Excel into Word. The method you opt to use will depend on what you want to accomplish. Little did I know, until a Lockergnome reader enlightened me, that there is yet another method […]
If your Excel workbook contains numerous worksheets, you can end up spending a good deal of time searching through them to find the one you are looking for. Why not optimize your time and create an index sheet that has links to all the worksheets. This way when you are looking for a specific worksheet, […]
October 31, 2005
Do you believe in magic? These magic tricks, created by Webmasters and performed over the Internet, are a new breed of magic for a brand new medium. Abracadabra! Enjoy.
You can’t just flick a switch. Witness today’s Technobabble entry, where an ERP software installation went live before its time. Simply flying a bunch of bits around, that’s one thing. But running a business that depends on moving real goods (make that lots of real goods)? Now that’s a daunting task. If the pipeline isn’t […]
Today, let’s step back a few thousand years. Let’s go take a look at Egypt’s Sphinx.
The Modern Riddle of the Sphinx is a collection of information by an astronomer who is clearly just a tad obsessed with her subject.
She presents several theories about the enigmatic creature that strays from mainstream thought. That’s okay, perhaps we […]
I can’t help it; I’m a search voyeur. I’ve been watching your searches (anonymously) slide through our system and they’re giving me further insight into what kind of content you’re looking for. I don’t know who’s searching for what - so please keep those searches rolling! If you’d also like to see what other anonymous […]
Experience your very own chess adventure in a game that is endorsed by Garry Kasparov. Improve skills and advance your level of play, whether you are a novice or Grandmaster! Enjoy a chess challenge that guarantees fun and learning no matter what your experience level. Kasparov Chessmate is powered by an advanced chess engine that […]
JetStart Free is a unique tool that enables you to manage your Windows Start Menu more efficiently, and launch your favorite or recently accessed applications with just a few clicks.
The program offers multiple ways to access your program: You can sort them into five generic categories, select them from a list of recently used […]
What good is a computer without a nice collection of useful software? The operating system will only take you so far. In order to go to the next level of functionality, you need to be equipped with some killer software. We here at Lockergnome love a good piece of software, and we feature new finds […]
Ken Colburn of Data Doctors helps Ed, who writes:
What is the difference between MP3 and MP4 and which do you consider to be the better format?
For those new to the digital music world, the MP3 and MP4 formats are compression technologies for converting standard analog audio tracks (like those on a commercial music CD) to […]
When you copy data between two different spreadsheets, the column widths are not copied. Unless you use the Paste Special command, this can become a real chore when you invest your time in resizing column widths for your data only to have to do it all over when the data is copied into another spreadsheet.
If […]
When text is copied from one Word document to another or from a Web page into a Word document, the original formatting of the copied text may not be removed. In some cases, you may not want to keep the original formatting.
There are a few methods you can use to get rid of the formatting. […]
Do you know what’s going on with your company… I mean what’s really going on? Can you put your finger on what’s up, what’s down, and where the bottlenecks are taking place? The answers, my friends, aren’t blowing in the wind… they’re buried in the data. It takes some serious software to turn that coal […]