Working As Intended

Oct 24, 2007 | 7 Comments

My problem with recommending Windows Vista is that many of its features are considered bugs by a good portion of the community. Doesn’t that say it all? No, this isn’t Windows bashing — it’s the bare-faced truth. Here’s TheDub’s legitimate experience, as emailed to me earlier today: After using Windows Vista I find it hard [...]

Swaptree

Oct 24, 2007 | One Comment

I tend to be an impulsive shopper at times, so as you can imagine, I’ve ended up with quite a collection of items that I’m not exactly thrilled with. In addition, some of the things that I used to be into are now old to me, so they’re just sitting in a box along with [...]

Costco Has A Great Deal On Eneloop Hybrid Rechargeables

Oct 24, 2007 | 3 Comments

If you’re a Costco member, or have a friend who is, I just scored a great deal on Sanyo Eneloop hybrids. You get 8 AAs, 4 AAAs, a charger, and 2 ea. C and D adapters to use an AA battery in an appliance requiring the larger sizes, all in a cool little plastic case [...]

Display Your Home Directory On The Desktop In Vista

Oct 24, 2007 | 2 Comments

A new feature in Vista is the “Home” directory. Each user with an account on the computer will have their own Home directory for storing their folders and files. As you will notice as you start using Vista – some directories, such as the Downloads directory, are accessible through your Home directory. Knowing this, it [...]

Add The Pin To Start Menu Option To Folders In Vista

Oct 24, 2007 | 3 Comments

A pinned program is one that is manually added to the Start Menu and remains there until you remove it. For those programs you access on a daily basis, one of the options you have for making them faster to open is to pin them to the Start Menu. You can pin a program to [...]

CompUSA Deals

Oct 24, 2007 | No Comments

Enter to win a Toshiba Qosmio F45-AV412 notebook valued at $1499.99 Dates: 10/21/07 – 10/27/07 Enter to win an Alienware PC valued at $3000 Dates: 10/21/07 – 10/27/07 CompUSA weekly offers Notebooks: from $499.99 Dates: 10/21/07 – 10/27/07 LCD monitors: save up to $100 Dates: 10/21/07 – 10/27/07 Desktop systems: save up to $200 Dates: [...]

Torrential Comcast Conspiracies

Oct 23, 2007 | 5 Comments

Stephanie (AKA Script) is also having issues with Comcast: In reference to your Ustream video about Comcast. I too am an unfortunate Comcast subscriber. I was wondering are you using Comcast home or business service? The reason I am asking is that I have a feeling that those of us who use home service are [...]

VSO Image Resizer v1.3.2

Oct 23, 2007 | No Comments

VSO Image Resizer is used to resize images and convert them between different formats. With VSO Image Resizer you’ll be able to send photos via email, move them from one folder to another, or free space on your hard drive. The utility will convert any image into many formats, even iPod photo and video, Sony [...]

Demofuse

Oct 23, 2007 | No Comments

When you build a Web site or a Web service, it can be easy to assume that everyone visiting your creation will be able to easily figure it out and use it like you intended. Unfortunately, that isn’t always the case. What makes sense to you isn’t necessarily going to make sense to everyone else. [...]

Think Outside The Bottle — Take The Pledge

Oct 23, 2007 | 8 Comments

Bottled water corporations are changing the very way people think about water. Though many bottled water brands come from the same source as public tap water, they are marketed as somehow more pure. What’s more — bottled water corporations sell water back to the public at thousands of times the cost. Plastic bottles also require [...]