Windows
Send A Letter Or Email To Santa
Every good (and bad) geek child needs a fast, efficient, and electronic way to send that proverbial letter to Santa. And good geek kids, of course, procrastinate along with the rest of us. So, for those of you still needing to send that letter and can’t stand the idea of paper, pen, and licking sticky [...]
Word, Excel, Access, And Powerpoint 2007 Missing Manuals
There are many compelling reasons to upgrade to Microsoft Office 2007 suite of programs soon – vastly overhauled interfaces, newly designed menus and toolbars, jazzy new features, time-saving templates, and animated effects. Unfortunately, the only thing missing was quality documentation. That is until now. Four new books in the Missing Manual series – the books [...]
No Electricity In Seattle
Wondering why you didn’t hear from me on Friday night? Like most of the greater Seattle area, we lost all electricity at 1:30AM in the storm of the decade: Residents of the Pacific Northwest struggled to stay warm Saturday after the worst windstorm in more than a decade knocked out power to more than 1.5 [...]
Snacksby
I’ve repeatedly talked about how lame I am in the kitchen, and despite my best intentions to improve, progress is never made. I stay so busy during the day that the idea of even taking the time to sit and think about what I could potentially cook and what it would take to do so [...]
Apps I Don't Want to Do Without
As regular readers know, we’ve recently replaced our seven-year-old Gateway with a new PC – exactly four times the processor speed of the old machine (and dual-core to boot), with four times the memory and 25 times the storage. It’s a big change. For one thing, I now understand what all the Google Earth fuss [...]
Where Is Santa? Track Santa Online With NORAD
Each year, NORAD keeps an eye on Santa as he makes his Christmas journey. You can track Santa’s progress on Christmas Eve with the kids at the NORAD Tracks Santa Web site. On December 24th, the kids can call the tracking service toll free at 1-877-Hi-NORAD anytime after 9AM Eastern Standard Time (7AM Mountain Standard [...]
Change The Vertical Alignment Of Text (Word 2002/2003)
Text in a Word document can be aligned horizontally and vertically. You can align your text horizontally using the buttons on the toolbar. However, when it comes to aligning text vertically, you have to do a little more digging. Word lets you change the vertical alignment of text from the Page Setup dialog box. You [...]
Disable User Account Control In Vista
One of the new features that you will immediately notice in Vista is User Account Control or UAC. It is designed to prevent unauthorized changes to your computer. Each time you attempt to perform a task that requires administrative rights, a dialog box appears prompting you for permission. This feature is enabled by default and [...]
Winstep Xtreme v6.11 Final Released!
Winstep Xtreme is a complete integrated Workspace Environment featuring the next generation of Winstep award-winning user interface enhancements: NextSTART, WorkShelf and NeXuS. Winstep Xtreme raises the usability bar of Windows customization to another level: it adds tremendous functionality to Windows and complete control over every aspect of the User Interface. And it’s FUN to use! [...]
Winmail Opener v1.2
Winmail Opener is a small and simple utility that allows you to view and extract contents of TNEF-encoded files (infamous winmail.dat). Winmail Opener can decode and show RTF message text and all embedded attachments, has full drag-and-drop support and supports command line mode for batch decoding. [298k] [Win95/98/ME/2k/XP] [FREE] [Eolsoft] [tags]Winmail Opener, TNEF, winmail.dat, RTF, [...]
