If you thought I was excited about pomegranates, you won’t believe how excited I am that Honeycrisp apples are in season! They are my favorite apple, if not, my favorite fruit! In my opinion, they just taste like an apple should taste. I got lucky this year and scored ten pounds of these delicious apples for just ten bucks – and they’re the size of softballs!… Continue reading
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Monday, October 18th, 2010Choosing a DSLR Camera
Monday, October 18th, 2010If you understand the merits of a DSLR and have the moolah to buy one, here are some things you need to keep in mind before you go out to buy.
Wallet-friendly
Of course, you would have thought of this first. But remember, it’s not only about how much money you are willing to spend. It’s also about… Continue reading
Adobe Flash Player
Monday, October 18th, 2010Mohsin from Singapore asks:
I tried everything but cannot get the Adobe Flash Player to play videos on my 64 bit Windows 7 machine! What could be wrong?
If you are using the latest version of Flash, which is Adobe Flash Player 10.1, then be sure you have at least the minimum requirements for it. Intel Pentium II 450MHz, AMD Athlon 600MHz or a… Continue reading
Inserting a Hyperlink in OpenOffice
Monday, October 18th, 2010There are a couple easy ways to insert a hyperlink in an OpenOffice document. For both, start by highlighting the word or image to which you’d like to attach the hyperlink. Next, click on the Insert menu, and select Hyperlink.
The hyperlink dialog box opens and offers several choices; Internet, Mail &News, Document, and New Document. For this demonstration, we’ll link a word… Continue reading
Using Windows Easy Transfer
Monday, October 18th, 2010Ted from Diamond Bar, CA asks:
My existing computer is running Win XP Home Edition SP3, and I would like to transfer the data from this computer to a new computer running Win7. Is there any successful method for doing this?
Ted, the best way to do this that involves the least amount of effort is to use the Windows Easy Transfer tool. This… Continue reading
Easy Wallpaper with Google Chrome
Monday, October 18th, 2010Google chrome has fast become the favorite browser of many internet users, mainly because of its speed and small size. Though it possesses countless useful features, there is one basic feature that it desperately lacks. It doesn’t let a user change the desktop wallpaper from within the browser. Gone are the days when a user would save an image to the hard drive, spend 15 minutes locating the image in… Continue reading
Disabling Search from the IE9 Address Bar
Friday, October 15th, 2010By now, you must have read plenty of Internet Explorer 9 reviews and probably, many of you are also using the IE9 beta. Most of the reviews focus on the speed, user interface, and GPU rendering. However, there are still many things that you might have not noticed. This article will cover how to disable searching from address bar in IE9.
You may wonder about the benefits… Continue reading
How to Get Rid of Stuff
Friday, October 15th, 2010I stumbled onto this site looking for a way to get rid of the gnats that have infested my kitchen. They may be harmless, but they sure are pests! After checking out the solution to my problem, I decided to poke around the rest of the site. What I found was a lot of interesting articles on how to get rid of stuff.… Continue reading
Paste Options in Excel
Friday, October 15th, 2010If you tend to take information from Word, PowerPoint, the Web, or wherever to MS Excel, then I’m positive that you know about your formatting choices when you paste.
We’ve all seen the Paste Options button appear. This is where you can decide to have the information keep its original formatting, or have Excel reformat it to match the rest of the worksheet.… Continue reading
Email Client Recommendations
Friday, October 15th, 2010Woody, from Arkansas asks:
What email client do you recommend for Windows 7 users?
If you are looking for a desktop email client for Windows 7, there are definitely a few good choices available to you. And two of the best are free. Read on to see why Windows Live Mail, or Mozilla’s Thunderbird, could be just what you are looking for.… Continue reading
Pie Recipes
Thursday, October 14th, 2010Now that the weather is getting cooler, I can make pies! So I went on a hunt to find a site that had only pie recipes and this is what I found.
Navigation is so easy! Just pick the pie recipe that strikes your fancy from the list of pie recipes. You’ll be whisked away directly to the recipe where you will get… Continue reading
Alphabetizing Your Favorites
Thursday, October 14th, 2010Dot In Covington, VA asks:
Is there a way to alphabetize my favorites lists?
No matter how many favorites you have, they can become messy over time. One good option is to alphabetize them so you can find the website fast, and not have to sort through a bunch of sites before you find the one you are after. You can easily achieve this in… Continue reading
Eliminate the Word Shortcut from Your Shortcuts
Thursday, October 14th, 2010Bailey from El Mirage, California asks:
When I send a link as a shortcut to the desktop, I hate the way it says shortcut right after the name of the shortcut. Do you know what I mean? I had heard you can get rid of this. Can you? I have Windows Vista.
Bailey, I am assuming you mean this kind of shortcut name annoyance:… Continue reading
Switch Your Search Engine in Firefox
Thursday, October 14th, 2010If you’re a Mozilla Firefox user, then you’re probably familiar with the little search box in the upper right-hand corner of your browser window. It allows you to perform a search without having to browse to a particular search engine to do so.
You’ll also notice that Google is the default search provider, as noted by the little “G” icon.… Continue reading
File Renamer Basic
Wednesday, October 13th, 2010Writing download tips provides numerous opportunities to test new software. However, for many of the tips, I just download, test, and uninstall. This might be because the product doesn’t suit my needs, or it merely duplicates software I’m already using. Once in a while though, I run across something I’ll keep. File Renamer Basic is one of those. It shares a feature with another product I recently reviewed… Continue reading
ArtCyclopedia
Wednesday, October 13th, 2010Artcyclopedia is exactly what the name says it is. It is an encyclopedia dedicated strictly to art. There are several ways to navigate – by the artist’s name, the artwork’s name, museum name or location. You can also navigate by scrolling down to the Browse By section, where you can browse by name, medium, subject, nationality, women artists, or art movements.
On the… Continue reading
Sorting Contacts in IncrediMail
Wednesday, October 13th, 2010Allen from Oakes, ND asks:
I recently went to Windows 7 and use web mail mostly. I was investigating incredimail 2, just to be able to send out BCC group emails at once. I got the address book set up, but it wants to sort contacts by the first name or email address only. Is there a way to change to sort by last name?
Changing Your Computers Boot Sequence
Wednesday, October 13th, 2010Mona from San Diego, California asks:
A friend of mine called and said that she needs to reinstall Windows XP (she has the disk). She has done this before but she always used floppies; now she doesn’t have a floppy drive so she just uses her CD disk. She went to reinstall and her WinXP
Internet Secrets Protector
Tuesday, October 12th, 2010Unless you’re like me and actually enjoy the tedious tasks involved in constantly cleaning junk from your computer, like cookies and browsing history, we may have something for you. If you’re looking for an application that will take care of those tiresome chores automatically, thus helping to protect your internet privacy, Internet Secrets Protector from Webcam Simulator, might be the ticket. It’s an easy to use, and easy… Continue reading
Clearing Internet Explorer History
Tuesday, October 12th, 2010Grace, from Montreal asks:
I’ve been trying to delete my browsing history (IE 8.0 drop down bar) by clicking the red cross button, and by deleting the history, cookies and everything else, but it still doesn’t work. I have also altered the time for storing history/temp int files to 0 days but the old websites that I visited still appear when I start typing in an address
Backup Your Bookmarks in Firefox
Tuesday, October 12th, 2010Beverly from New York asks:
I use Firefox and would like to know how can I copy my bookmarks and load them into a new computer?
Fortunately, Mozilla Firefox lets you make a backup of your bookmarks. In this tip, you’ll learn how to backup your bookmarks and how to retrieve them later.
To make a backup of your bookmarks, perform the following steps:… Continue reading
Moving Installed Programs to Another Drive
Tuesday, October 12th, 2010Geezer from Ontario asks:
I just installed an external Hard Drive and would like to know if I can transfer programs by going to Program Files and moving the folder to the new drive. Will this work?
As you install more and more programs in Windows, the operating system drive gradually fills up with setup files that are required for an application to work… Continue reading
Panda Cam
Tuesday, October 12th, 2010I can’t begin to tell you how much time I spend on this site watching the panda Bai Yun and her baby Yun Zi. They are so adorable! It is so much fun to watch them romp around their exhibit. I was watching this morning, and one of the pandas was just running all around its exhibit. What’s cuter than pandas frolicking?… Continue reading
What Time is It, Google?
Monday, October 11th, 2010I stumbled across this neat trick for Google the other night when a friend of mine wanted to know what time it was in Japan. Usually, I’d just use the Windows clock, change the time zone, etc., etc., but for this, I decided to Google it and see what happened.
Besides, I don’t necessarily have a giant wall full of time-zone specific clocks to consult.… Continue reading
Pomegranates
Monday, October 11th, 2010Yum! Pomegranates have arrived at my grocery store! I love them, but I decided that this year I was going to get some ideas for what I could use them in (rather than just eating them by themselves). I also wanted to know if there was an easier way to get those delicious seeds out.
3 Step – No
Upgrading to Digital Single Lens Reflex
Monday, October 11th, 2010With digital SLR (Single Lens Reflex) cameras becoming increasingly cheaper and within the reach of most avid photographers, it’s apparent that upgrading from compact, point-and-shoot cameras should happen sooner rather than later. This is not only to nurture your hobby but also to make the most of the latest technological marvels offered by DSLRs.
Quality scores
With DSLRs… Continue reading
Changing the Default Font Size in Hotmail
Friday, October 8th, 2010Bob, from Walnut Creek, CA asks:
I use MSN Hotmail as my email provider. When I want to compose a new e-mail, the program defaults to the Verdana font, size 10. I want to change this, but can’t seem to find a way to do it. Can you help?
Bob, I have some good news and some bad news for you. The bad news… Continue reading
