Synergy is an Open Source software that enables you to share a single mouse and keyboard with multiple other machines that are connected via a TCP/IP network. You can simply move your mouse off the edge of your main screen to enter the screen of a secondary computer to the left or right of you. [...]
E-mail has done a lot to improve the speed and effectiveness of communication, but for every advancement, it seems like we take two steps back. Yes, e-mail has done great things, but it’s also exposed us to unbelievable amounts of spam, it’s caused people to scale down their personal communication, and just because you can [...]
I’ve nothing against the French, being half Breton myself, along with a lot of other Celtic ancestors. This comes down to a matter of scale, however, that I doubt the French government will be able to handle.
When Google launched Google Earth, it was already operating tens (if not hundreds) of thousands of its own specially [...]
Outlook 2003 has a great notification feature for new messages. A small pop-up window will appear above the notification area that has a quick summary of the new message. You can click this pop-up to read the message right away. The problem is that you have to be quick because the pop-up only appears very [...]
When you receive a new email message in Outlook 2003, a small envelope appears in the notification area. This is one of the notification methods Outlook uses to alert you to new email. If you frequently check your Inbox for messages and do not require a notification, you can prevent Outlook from displaying the envelope.
Within [...]
Have you heard of Spore?
Spore is the next big thing from game whiz Will Wright.
It’s due to be released in about a year, but the hype is already flowing like beer at a frat party.
With that in mind, today’s Family First pick is a site that gets the juices flowing about the upcoming rage that [...]
Even in the high speed world we live in today, sending large files can still be a pain. It would be better if we could break these large files up into smaller files. That is what HJSplit brings to the dance. HJSplit will split your large files into smaller ones and it [...]
My family is famous for our respect for food, and I’m no exception. If we’re not eating it, then we’ll find a way to slide the topic into a conversation. With so many culinary choices available to us, there’s definitely no shortage of tasty treats to snack on. Just talking about the mere idea of [...]
Last week I wrote about some of the issues that come up when seniors (or almost any group) set out to learn digital photography. None of the issues are totally new. Taking a lot of pictures to develop the skills, and maintaining a good filing system are common to both chemical and digital photography. The [...]
When you view a slide show in PowerPoint, the last slide to appear in the show is a black slide. The black slide appears with the text “End of slide show - click to exit.” This functionality is optional. If you prefer, you can return to PowerPoint immediately after the last slide in your presentation. [...]
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