The free iPod offer is legitimate, but it is heck to make it happen. First, you MUST use Internet Explorer. Not any enhanced version of IE or using its engine including MyIE2. One of the original offers was sign up with a new eBay account and bid on an auction. Well, one of my contacts signed [...]
I get, “The system has recovered from a serious error” message from time to time (see the screen shot) with two buttons: “Send Error Report” and “Don’t Send” regarding sending the report to Microsoft. The error message appears when an application runs into a problem it can’t handle. When this happens, XP stops the app [...]
Shopping for a laptop is overwhelming because of the numerous choices. No one can tell you what you need or don’t need, except maybe your spouse, parent, kid, local geek, or know-it-all who knows you. But it’s still good to know a few things about buying a laptop. An educated customer is a happy [...]
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Review of MS Word add-on: WordToys.
The name is exactly what WordToys is, toys for MS Word. As soon as I start playing with it, I am hooked. The program puts colorful and high quality icons around Word for easy identification and accessing. It also enhances some of the existing Word features and you know which ones because the icons have [...]
So many people have written about today and I could not offer anything new or poetic. So I’ll point you to what I wrote about that day missing pieces (scroll down to “Richardson, TX. Telecom office.”) One thing I will ask - why aren’t we more respectful of one another’s differences (requires free registration) after all [...]
The results from the Eyetrack III study have been released. This is an important study for designers to understand because it tells you where users tend to look first, second, last when on a Web page. The article provides self-explanatory graphics so you know where the higher priorty zones are located. From the looks of [...]
If you copy something from a Web site or elsewhere… or you reuse a document and the formatting is making you crazy with its weirdness, then stop the insanity. The first option to make the document behave loses some of the formatting. You can always undo the changes if you don’t like it by pressing [...]
Since I am recovering after two hospital visits in less than two weeks, I’m spending most of my time in bed with my laptop. However, my desktop has most of my emails and other things on it that aren’t reachable even when file sharing. The solution. Using Windows XP’s built-in Remote Desktop. Now I am using [...]

