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For One More Day – Mitch Albom Does It Again
I just finished reading For One More Day, the latest book by Mitch Albom, on flight from Providence. I thoroughly enjoyed it and recommend it to anyone. Everyone, in fact. Albom has a way of writing things that hit life’s most important nails right on the head, whether fact or fiction. His Tuesdays with Morrie [...]
Handango Closes My Account And Reneges On Raffle Prize!
Gnomie John Cody writes: Summary: Handango, probably the largest online mobile software store, has abruptly closed my account for no stated reason, thus making it impossible to honor a raffle prize that I won from there last year. History: In 2005, I won a raffle that Handango had, which resulted in me receiving $5,000.00 in [...]
Offline Explorer
Using Offline Explorer, you can download your favorite Web and FTP sites (up to 500 simultaneously) at the highest possible speed. It supports all modern Web technologies, including Flash, XML, Director, RealMedia, VRML, etc. You can browse, search, export to CD, or perform other operations on downloaded sites using a clear, intuitive, and convenient user [...]
Customize Folders
It seems like in the recent months there have been a slew of new folder or icon customization tools making their way into the public. This is good news for all of us, because it gives us more options and choices when it comes to making our PC a little more personal. One more nice [...]
Outraged By The State Of Adelphia? Get In The Queue!
This was the week that my senior clients were permitted to experience the decline and fall of western civilization. The troubles started over the weekend. Well, really they started much earlier than that. They started when the management and owners of Adelphia made certain decisions that ultimately led to its going into bankruptcy and being [...]
PCs Are Too Big
As I sit here and look at my tower PC, I can’t help but think the thought… the average PC is just too darned big (and way too loud). My old Pentium 4 monolith eats up an inordinate amount of desk space. There’s a ton of space inside the case that I’ve never used. I’ve [...]
Launch The System Restore From The Run Command In Vista
If you run into problem with Vista, you can easily restore your system to a previous state. For example, if you install a device driver or other software that does not agree with the rest of your system, you can return your computer to the state it was in before you installed it. This is [...]
What Version Of Vista Am I Using?
If for whatever reason you are unsure of what version of Vista you are currently using, you can easily find out. Simply open the Run command, type in winver.exe and click OK. The About Windows dialog box will appear displaying the version of Vista that is installed along with whom it is registered to and [...]
Fine Art Printing For Photographers: Exhibition Quality Prints With Inkjet Printers
Until recently, turning digital images into high quality fine art prints was only a dream, but this has now become a reality. Today’s digital cameras produce image data files making large-format output possible at high resolution. As printing technology moves forward at an equally fast pace, the new inkjet printers are now capable of printing [...]
Windows Vista on the Horizon
I can’t help but wonder just how many people are really going to care about upgrading to Windows Vista next year? The new OS is going to start shipping with new systems, but I just don’t think that it’s worth anywhere near the asking price off-the-shelf. Even hardcore geeks are questioning the validity of moving [...]
