With time off over the holidays, I like to spread a little geek joy by helping friends and family clean up, speed up, and better organize their PCs. It’s The Big Holiday Tune-Up and here’s what I’ll do…
1) First up is to create a system “restore point”. System Restore takes a snapshot of your PC’s [...]
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Before you order an HD system, consider your room, your budget and your style. Before you dig deep, consider a few issues too often ignored:
There’s no such thing as too big
Not every feature counts
Expect confusion
Adjustment is essential
If you’re considering a new television, this is one to read.
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Hot tubs, in-ground swimming pools, tennis courts and putting greens are so 2006. For as little as $20,000 you can hit the ice in your own back yard. For a little more (OK, a lot more) you can get an NHL-regulation-size rink. Forbes.com has all the details.
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At this end of the pipe one email program (Eudora) handles two POP accounts. (Yeah, I’ve got a couple of webmail accounts, but this post ain’t about them.) For the longest time mail from one POP account went straight to my Inbox while mail from POP account #2 was filtered to its own folder. Any [...]
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You’ve seen the Dove Evolution viral ad, now check out Slob Evolution…
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It’s a story about community and collaboration on a scale never seen before. It’s about the cosmic compendium of knowledge Wikipedia and the million-channel people’s network YouTube and the online metropolis MySpace. It’s about the many wresting power from the few and helping one another for nothing and how that will not only change the [...]
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Bravo’s “Inside the Actors Studio” begins its 13th season Monday night with a special two-hour episode featuring actor-comedian (and singer?) Eddie Murphy. Presumably they’ll discuss his role in the critically acclaimed film “Dreamgirls”. Let’s hope, for Eddie’s sake, James Lipton doesn’t bring up “The Adventures of Pluto Nash”.
(Eddie’s fantastic concert film “Delirious” hits DVD February [...]
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Let me be the first this year to wish you Happy Festivus. Festivus is a nondenominational holiday featured in “The Strike” episode of the sitcom “Seinfeld.” The holiday was a plot device in the episode, which first aired on December 18, 1997. Many people, influenced or inspired by Seinfeld, now celebrate the holiday, in varying [...]
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Everyone’s doing it. Go ahead, elf youself.
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InformIT has a list of some of the things you can do with Google, like check a flight status, display a weather report, and find a movie time.
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Kuler is a nifty (and free) social application from Adobe that helps you choose color combinations.
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Just in time for Christmas, they’re selling reindeer hot dogs in suburban Chicago. With grilled onions and mustard, it will cost you $8 at Fred Markoff’s hot dog stand in Glenview. More.
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A good Mac vs. PC parody ad is hard to find, but these are very well done.
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Fashion ain’t my forte, but I know the following:
Guys should never wear pleated khakis. Look at any guy in pleated khakis of any color and you’ll need no explanation.
After graduating college, baseball caps are to be worn only when participating in a sport, or working in the yard.
Cell phones do not belong clipped to [...]
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My buddy tells me it’s going to be $200 to repair his notebook computer’s screen hinge issue. He tells me, “It’s almost two years old and I bought it for $800. Putting $200 into it doesn’t make sense — I should just buy a new one.”
Spending $800 on a new notebook just so you don’t [...]
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