2007 February

Seems I’m not alone in my feelings about Vista! Australian Gnomie David Flynn writes:
Hi Chris…
Mate, you’re NOT Robinson Crusoe here!
I’m a well-established tech writer (albeit for the ‘msm’ rather than the blogging crowd) with 8 years of editing newspaper tech sections and PC magazines under my belt, along with four books on Windows (the successful [...]

When it comes to creating PDF files, there really has not been an easy way on the Windows side of things. Sure there are a few plugins here, a few programs there, but nothing you could point at and say, “Wow, that was easy.” Well I have a solution that will be as [...]

I’ve lived in my current house for about eight months now, and I’m glad that the buying, moving, and settling process is complete. If you’ve been reading Chris Pirillo’s blog, then I’m sure you’ve noticed that he’s been busy dealing with New House Syndrome. Buying a house is only a portion of the work, because [...]

Since several weeks have passed since I last indulged in a rant about Time Warner, perhaps you have been thinking that all is well. Not so. My clients are evenly split between those who use DSL and cable. None of them are on dial-up. However, both old and new clients come to me to ask [...]

You can configure the local security policy in Vista so the Windows Security dialog box will be displayed, requiring all users to press CTRL + ALT + DEL to log on. Users will be prompted to provide a valid username and password to access the computer.
You can configure this option by using the following [...]

iPod Access for Windows is the premier application for transfering songs from your iPod to your Windows computer. Most iPod transfer utilities must fetch ID3 tag information by opening every music file. iPod Access is able to utilize the iPod internal database so that it can display your iPod’s contents almost instantly. This includes tag [...]

I often find myself wishing I had a program handy, but my arm is a little less than motivated to make it all the way down to the start menu, hunt it down and start it up. Maybe I have gotten a little lazy. I would like to have quick and easy access [...]

You might think that that Internet automatically improves collaboration all across-the-board, but that’s not always the case. This online world that we live in has made it much easier to instantaneously connect with people all over the world in a number of different ways, but with this open access to communication comes a flood of [...]

O.K., I admit it. I’ve been spending too much time on Digg. It’s not such a bad pursuit, I keep telling myself. Over the past week or so, I’ve combed the postings for hours each day, trying to understand the path to Digg’s success. It’s a frustrating obsession. I’ve tried submitting a bunch of articles, [...]