2007 May

I’m tellin’ ya - if you haven’t gone dual, you’re not ready to rule.
Someone who goes by the handle “imafrayedknot” left a comment for my Dual Monitor vs Single Screen video:
Productivity is about more than just the brute number of pixels. Using multiple monitors allows me to efficiently organize my desktop resources by using each […]

NetRanger is your ultimate companion for getting detailed knowledge about your computer’s network and about Internet Web sites, hosts, and IP addresses.
Designed for both new and experienced users, NetRanger provides all the tools you need to help diagnose network problems and get information about users, hosts, and networks on the Internet or on your computer’s […]

PhraseExpress reduces repetitive typing and manages your frequently used text snippets. Ideal for your letter templates, signatures, addresses, bank account information, and for Internet chat phrases.
The autotext feature expands abbreviations into full phrases. For example, typing ‘btw’ expands to ‘by the way’ or typos like hlelo would be corrected to hello while you type. […]

Using Drag and Drop Text Editing, you can move and copy selected text using the drag and drop method. Select the text you want to move or copy (this can be a word, sentence or paragraph). Point to the highlighted text, hold down the Ctrl key, and drag the text to the new location.
Now […]

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RAR, ZIP, ARC, ISO: they’re all different types of compressed files floating around the internet. LesterMorrow asks “what are ISO and RAR files and how do I use them?”
ISO and RAR files are archives. The most common type of archive files people run into are ZIP files, but there are other […]

Since the O-Day Sale was such a huge success last month, our friends at Overstock.com have extended it through 06/04 @ Midnight. Be sure to take advantage of this!
O-Day Sale
10% off O-Day Sale (valid 6/01/07 - 6/04/07 @ 11:59 PM MST).
Save 7% off orders at Overstock.com! - Expires 6/30/07 @ 11:59 PM MST
Save $15 off […]

A penny saved is a penny earned, Ben Franklin once said. Smart man, that Ben - and I guess his sage wisdom has not escaped the minds of my generation. Of course, the lessons learned have been lessons different! Ponzi and I were recording videos yesterday, when she suddenly started talking about one of my […]

Pack your puzzle skills for a trip that’s full of box-shipping, brain-bending fun in the colorful town of Profitville!
Once home to a bustling main street, Profitville’s shops have fallen to ruin since the MegaMarts moved in. Help return Profitville to its former glory by making sure the high-quality goods at each shop are shipped […]

The Ultra Hal Text-to-Speech Reader application will read your documents out loud in one of its many high-quality voices. This can be a great tool for proofreading because hearing your text out loud helps you spot all mistakes.
This program also can be used for reading e-books, reading Clipboard content, and speaking instant messages. Also, […]

No matter what type of projects you get involved in, planning and managing them isn’t always easy and can sometimes bring your stress level to the breaking point. Computers and technology have done a lot to help with project management, and a variety of interesting solutions can be used to keep track of the madness. […]

Like a packrat, I save bits and pieces from old computers even when there is no real good reason to believe I will ever need them. One of the PCI cards I salvaged from an old computer is a parallel port adapter. I suppose someone wanted to run two printers from one computer and needed […]

Sometimes, in order to get your ideas across in a PowerPoint presentation, you need objects in a slide to build. You may need one object appear first, then on a mouse click, have another object appear. In PowerPoint, this is referred to as animation.
To add custom animation to an object on a slide:

Select the […]

Page borders are just another way that you can spice up your Word documents. You can add page borders of different styles, colors, sizes and art. You can also apply page borders to certain pages and sections of a document.
To add a page border in Word 2007:

Open your Word document.

On the Page Layout tab, […]

One of the amusing things about people who use operating systems is that even though some of them may confidently claim that the platform they use is better than the competition, there are probably still going to be times when they covet a feature that another OS has. In fact, most of us have probably […]

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DVRs and PVRs, which are basically the same thing, allow you to watch television whenever you want to, instead of when they’re broadcast: you simply record the program and play it back when you want to.
Corey in the chat room wanted to know what the best DVR is: TiVo, Windows Media […]

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Even though the live stream wasn’t working very well at the time we recorded this, I’m pretty pleased with how this video / conference call turned out. Keep in mind, possibly before you watch (or listen) to our segment, that Jason has fully explained his situation in the How to Repair Your Credit post. There’s […]

The new TuneUp Utilities 2007 will make Windows even faster, more comfortable and more secure than ever.
Configuring the system, making backups and performing maintenance can be easily carried out using the intuitive user interface - all easily done in one program at a single glance.
TuneUp Utilities 2007 Advantages

NEW! TuneUp Disk Doctor: Performs a thorough check […]

8hands is a new way of managing your online activities. It is a small and friendly desktop application that presents a concise summary of all your online social-networking activities (your MySpace and Flickr profiles, your blog, etc.) with useful statistics (the number of friends in each network and an activity meter).
With 8hands you can […]

Unless money just effortlessly falls into your hands, I think it’s safe to say that most of us have to work hard for the money just like Donna Summer alluded to in one of her songs. It’s not always easy to make a living, and with the prices of almost everything increasing like they are, […]