Download of the Week: Hello.com Photo Sharing
There’s nothing like taking pictures and sharing them with family and friends, however, I never really found a great way to share them over the Internet. I could use email, but there always seems to be something to deal with—like spam filters stopping me from viewing images or sizes are so big that I can only send a few at… Continue reading
Q:
I have Waaaay too much clutter in my Start menu. Some of it includes extra files and stuff I don’t need there. How can I clean the mess?
A:
Easy, just right-click the icons you no longer want and select Delete from the resulting menu.
OR
Here’s the second way to skin the cat – Right-click the Start button, Explore .
Explorer will open… Continue reading
Have you ever upgraded something to it’s newest version only to find out that you really hate the look of it? Or maybe some of your favorite features are gone. Well now you can go back to your previous version with this site. Choose the program from the list that you would like the older version of, click it, and you’ll be taken to that programs… Continue reading
Shel Silverstein: the Official Site for Kids
This is the official web site for poet / author Shel Silverstein and includes many sections such as: Let’s Have Some Fun, What’s New, Shel’s Books, About Shel, and Ideas for Teachers and Parents.
Let’s Have Some Fun: This section is full of fun stuff for your kid’s to do. Just choose the section you want, click the download and… Continue reading
Did you know that just about every program out there has a help file? Did you also know that the ones that don’t usually have online support or message boards for users? Continue reading
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
With all the new diseases that are springing up, this is a great site to have. You can find out the breaking information here. You can even find tips for staying safe from germs in the workplace.
There is a huge section on stopping germs, what you can do to protect yourself and your family from them. It discusses the importance of… Continue reading
Q:
What is a COM port? How do I know if I have one?
A:
Known also as Serial ports or RS-232 ports, a COM port is an interface to connect serial devices. This is not as popular an interface in today’s technology because of the limitations in data transfer speed. However, the length of the cable can be up to 50 feet, beating out the length restriction… Continue reading
The Golden Raspberry Awards, or the “Razzies”, are awards given for Worst Picture, Actor, and Actress each year. Don’t worry, there is an archive so you can find out who won the Razzie in the past.
Worst Picture:
2002 – Swept away
2000 – Battlefield Earth.
1998 – An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn!
Worst Actor
2001 – Tom… Continue reading
BrainPOP is one of the neatest educational sites I have run across yet. With broad spanning subjects and animation to make learning easier, this is a site you are going to want to put in your favorites to help your kid (or college student out.)
The sections of this site are: Health, Science, Technology, Math, English, and Social Studies. With plenty of witty animations and movies… Continue reading
I found this one by accident. I was dragging a folder to the Recycle Bin but instead I dropped it at the top of the screen. Surprise! A toolbar appeared at the top displaying the contents of the folder. Pretty cool.
I noticed that not all the files were listed, then I saw a double arrow on the right side and clicked it… Continue reading
