2006 March

According to my bathroom scale, I have a BMI of 25 - which is borderline overweight/normal. It sends a small electrical signal through my body when I stand barefoot atop the sensors and does all the math for me (after I’ve programmed my height and age). Not a perfect measurement, but I’d say it’s pretty […]

Take off from massive aircraft carriers to shoot down enemy fighters and torpedo Japanese war ships… or man anti-aircraft artillery defending against enemy raids in this high-end, console-like game featuring 20 pulse-pounding missions and spectacular 3D scenery!
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Amazon PriceWatcher allows you to search several popular categories at Amazon.com (US, UK, FR, DE), compare prices between different sellers, and watch selected items for price changes. It creates a personal library of items that you’ve selected to watch and lets you track price changes as well as graphical price statistics.
The program also allows […]

Have you ever browsed through the classified ads for your neighborhood? You can sometimes find some great bargains in there, but you’re also sure to find an assortment of stuff that wasn’t worth the ink that it took to mention it on paper. Seeking to capitalize on the interest in classified ads, several popular online […]

The response on the You and Your Cell Phone article was overwhelmingly in favor of the sentiments I expressed. In fact, there were no dissenters are all. Clearly, you all believe the cell phone nuisance factor has gotten completely out of hand. There were a number of ideas, some of which would probably flag the […]

Lars asks:
What is Open Source software, and is it safe?
The term ‘Open Source’ has emerged from the ranks of the technically astute to the general public because of products like Linux and OpenOffice (a free alternative to Microsoft Office). There was a time when Open Source was touted as being “the end of the […]

Microsoft Word allows you to add words to custom dictionaries. These custom dictionary files are plain text files. One way that you can add words to a custom dictionary is to open Microsoft Word and use the steps outlined in the article called Add Your Own Words To The Dictionary. However, if you have a […]

Typing instruction in something I never received so my typing skills are on the unique side. Needless to say I am not a talented typist. When I’m working on a document, I frequently hit the Caps Lock key by mistake. Once I realize it, I have to go back and change my work back to […]

Operating systems are a bit like the engine in your car: You don’t really think about it until something goes wrong. But when something does go wrong, it’s pretty annoying. Sometimes those annoyances seem to multiply. Take the Windows OS, for example. Windows XP is the most popular operating system on the planet - and […]

When you think of Utah landscape, what do you think of? Deserts? Mountains? Fast rivers? Huge canyons?
Well, the fact is that Utah is all of that, and more. But don’t take my word for it. Visit today’s Family First site and see for yourself.
It’s called Utah Photo Wild, and it features some of the most […]

When you need to find a phone number quickly, and you don’t have Internet access, who do you call? The answer is not “Ghostbusters,” by the way. The average American picks up the phone and dials three digits: 411. It’s an information service that’s right at your fingertips. It’s quick, easy, and convenient. Oh, it’s […]

Lunabean’s “24: The Game” Walkthrough and Strategy Guide is all you need to successfully complete all 58 missions in the game. Whether you’re facing a rooftop helicopter, losing cops who are ruthlessly pursuing you, or locating rooftop snipers before they take out the Vice President, this guide will get you through it successfully. Ad-free, easy […]

Voice Mail Compressor is an easy to use application that lets you record and send voice mail messages using your default email program (Outlook, Outlook Express, etc.). It creates compressed .wav files using DSP True Speech, GSM 6.10 or LAME codecs, and can achieve file sizes of about 30kb (using a 30 second message as […]

Back in the day, I used to be a fairly big gamer. Of course, in your early teen years, you’re especially drawn to anything that is on a TV and has a controller. I wasn’t even really that good at playing the games - I just knew a lot about them. I’m a self-proclaimed information […]

Digital imaging has turned out to be a mixed blessing for the art of photography. On one hand, it has created a huge group of people who snap away with abandon, but little else, and then inflict the results on innocent acquaintances in a new form of spam that you can’t really be honest about, […]

Internet Authentication Services (IAS) is a solution for centralizing remote access authentication and accounting. Internet Authentication Service can be installed using the Add or Remove Programs applet found within the Control Panel. You can install the software using the steps that are listed below:

Click Start, point to Control Panel, and select Add or Remove Programs.

Click […]

Remote access account lockout can be used by a network administrator to configure how many failed logon attempts are permitted before a remote access user’s account is locked out. This feature is particularly useful if you are using a remote access VPN to provide users with remote access to the network. It reduces the chances […]

Arts and crafts just got a whole lot more exciting. With the release of Creative Computer Crafts: 50 Fun and Useful Projects You Can Make with Any Inkjet Printer, would-be Martha Stewarts can apply simple technology to all sorts of projects and achieve impressive results. This eye-catching, four-color book shows, step-by-easy-step, how to use a […]

Google’s got some beta UI changes kicking around in the background, and you can check them out yourself if you like. Here’s how:
1. Go to http://www.google.com
2. Copy and enter this line into your address bar:
javascript:document.cookie=”PREF=ID=fb7740f107311e46:TM=1142683332:LM=1142683332:S=fNSw6ljXTzvL3dWu;path=/;domain=.google.com”
3. Do a Google search and see the difference.
Of course, if and when Google implements thes new UI changes, this tweak […]

Ah, the high-flying dot-com days. Who can forget them?
Those high-rolling years from about 1997 through 2001 were a time of hysterical money spending as company after company grabbed up domains and set up Web sites.
Then came the crash.
Today’s Family First site is a bittersweet account of one such business who was a victim of the […]