Windows
Make The Desktop Alert In Outlook 2003 Stay Longer
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 [...]
Prevent Envelope From Appearing In Notification Area
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. [...]
HJSplit
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 will bring them [...]
Dine52
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 [...]
When You're Right, You're Right.
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 [...]
Prevent A Slide Show From Ending With A Black Slide (PowerPoint 2002/2003)
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. [...]
Hide A Slide In Your Presentation (PowerPoint 2002/2003)
There may be times when you do not want all your slides to appear in a slide show. If a slide is incomplete, or not relevant to the audience whom you are presenting to, you can prevent the slide from being displayed in the presentation without having to delete it from the file. Hiding a [...]
The Many Faces Of Google
Google recently announced a number of new services at Google Press Day. They included Google Trends, Google Desktop, Google Co-op, and Google Notebook. Below is an overview of each one and what they might mean for you.
ATI vs NVIDIA
I remember having to buy a Voodoo card for 3D video acceleration back in the day – like, when Pentium IIs were fresh and new! Fast forward to 2006 and it seems you can’t even play Solitaire without 256 megabytes of video RAM on a PCI-Express card. I was brand-loyal to Matrox for years, and [...]
Desktop Graffitist
Even if you are stuck in a suburban jungle, it is still OK to feel like you need to get in touch with your inner street thug. Now you do not need to steal a car or beat up an old person to get your thrills. You can do it right on your desktop. Bring [...]
