This is a great take on installing Windows Vista. I remember having similar feelings when I first went to install Windows XP.
A Vista Feature to Embrace
Vista Vista Vista. With official launch of the new Microsoft OS just hours away now, I have finally a feature that I can look forward to using. It is the Enhanced Audio Controls. Microsoft has added functionality that allows you
Vista and Backup
Looks like Vista does add some enhanced backup capability. Will have to wait and see if it is any good. I cannot fathom that it would be easier to use than a Maxtor OneTouch drive, but I am happy that
Injured Laptop, Round 2
I took my new soldering iron, replacement DC power jack, & small screwdrivers and set off to fix my injured laptop. It took about two hours to completely break down the laptop. It turns out that you have to remove
Injured Laptop
Last week there was a small mishap in our home. This mishap involved my wife, a power cord, and the power jack on our laptop. The end result is that we can no longer plug our laptop in to a
A Bit More on Website Apps
Feeling a bit manic in my quest for decent website apps of late. I have been looking for a good web form generator. I REALLY don’t want to have to pay someone hosting fees for a form when I am
Google Trends & A Few Other SEO Options
I am definitely a newbie in the SEO realm, but here are a couple of free SEO tools that I have stumble upon in the last few months: Trends from Google: Compare and contrast various keywords with this free utility.
Keep the Aging Printer
As I sit here looking at an HP LaserJet 4000 series printer (in fact this one is a HP LJ 4050N), I find myself thinking that they just don’t make printers like this anymore. These things still sell for about
Thesaurus
A few months ago Thesaurus.com started flagging areas of their website as “premium content” and they began looking for users to pay for services. As I am not a big fan of paying for things that used to be free,
Image Editor
A few years ago I found myself in need of a simple image editing software program. Photoshop would have been far too complex and I really didn’t want to pay a few hundred dollars for the software. I stumbled upon
