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Sunday, December 28th, 2008
Free Wallpaper Image Of The Day – Central Park New York Vendor
Free 1900 x 1200 pixel widescreen wallpaper of a Central Park food and beverage vendor, New York . Click image to view full size [582KB 1920×1200]
1 Comment » - Posted in wallpaper by brett
Sunday, November 30th, 2008
Unfortunately, the settings that control which email notifications get sent to you were lost
I just got an odd email from facebook. It is surprisingly brief providing no explanation of any kind, which makes it appear remarkably like a run of the mill SPAM email IMHO… Unfortunately, the settings that control which email notifications get sent to you were lost. We’re sorry for the inconvenience. To reset your email [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in facebook,internet by brett
Monday, October 13th, 2008
Free Wallpaper Image Of The Day – The Human Eye
Free 1900 x 1200 pixel widescreen wallpaper titled The Human Eye. Click image to view full size [324KB 1920×1200]
2 Comments » - Posted in wallpaper by brett
Thursday, September 25th, 2008
Computer Clock Running Too Fast or Too Slow?
Is the time running too fast or too slow on your Windows XP computer? If so there’s a good chance the Windows Time Service (which keeps your computer time accurate) is broken. Fixing it is just a matter of restarting the service but you need to get your hands dirty and enter some terminal commands. [...]
12 Comments » - Posted in tutorial,windows by brett
Thursday, September 18th, 2008
Disable Windows Update Restart
This tutorial explains how to stop Windows Update from automatically restarting your computer. By default Windows XP’s Automatic Update feature is set to “Automatic” so that windows automatically downloads and installs updates. This is good as it keeps your operating system fully patched and secure, however windows will constantly nag you to restart your computer. [...]
5 Comments » - Posted in tutorial,windows by brett
Tuesday, September 16th, 2008
Spore Spawns Discontent and Piracy
The DRM monster is on the loose again, with the release of Will Wrights long awaited SPORE. Users are so unhappy with SPOREs included Digital Rights Management (DRM), they are downloading pirated torrents of the game in record numbers making it the most pirated game ever. Add to this an appalling one star user rating [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in gaming,news,opinion by brett
Wednesday, September 10th, 2008
Facebook is going to clear facebook accounts if
I just received this on my Facebook Superwall titled “Facebook is going to clear facebook accounts if ..” We all know that Facebook is an extraordinary social network where you can talk to friends, find old friends, and so much more. The Facebook team is well aware that Facebook is getting over populated due to [...]
9 Comments » - Posted in facebook,internet,news,opinion by brett
Sunday, September 7th, 2008
New Facebook Forced on Users
Many sites are reporting user discontent over the forced introduction of New Facebook, with gearfuse describing it as horrible, atrocious and completely cluttered. Based the response to the discontinuation of network pages I’m not surprised. There’s even a “Petition Against the New Facebook” which currently has 478,670 1,610,451 members and can be signed here. The [...]
No Comments » - Posted in facebook,internet,news by brett
Saturday, September 6th, 2008
The early Apple II was notorious for that
This rec.puzzles newsgroup post made me laugh. I don’t read rec.puzzles or newsgroups in general, but this is completely out of place in rec.puzzles. He has stuffed so many technical terms into two paragraphs it’s just laughable. I really don’t know how much truth to what he is saying because I have never heard of [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in apple,humor,internet by brett
Saturday, September 6th, 2008
Free Wallpaper Image Of The Day – The Arnisee Switzerland
Free 1900 x 1200 pixel widescreen wallpaper of The Arnisee Switzerland. Click image to view full size [668KB 1920×1200]
5 Comments » - Posted in wallpaper by brett
Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008
Digg Sixty Percent Inaccurate?
As of 5 minutes ago nine out of fifteen stories on the front page or digg.com have been reported as inaccurate by diggers. That is sixty percent of all the stories on the front page at the moment. When I logged on I was confronted with so many potentially inaccurate stories I just had to [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in digg,opinion,politics by brett
Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008
Enable or Disable Number Lock at Startup
This tutorial explains how to enable or disable Keyboard Number Lock each time your computer starts. Have you ever entered a phone number via the numeric keypad only to discover nothing has appeared? The most likely cause is Number Lock (or Num Lock as it us usually labeled) is disabled, and it’s a simple matter [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in registry,tutorial,windows by brett
Sunday, August 31st, 2008
Free Wallpaper Image Of The Day – Australian Cart
Free 1900 x 1200 pixel widescreen wallpaper of an Australian Cart. Click image to view full size [540KB 1920×1200].
You can also click HERE to view full list of free wallpapers for download.
No Comments » - Posted in wallpaper by brett
Sunday, August 31st, 2008
How to Uninstall Windows Messenger
Windows XP comes with an instant messaging program called Windows Messenger but there are much better freeware chat clients available. If you decide to uninstall it however, you’ll discover it isn’t listed in Add/Remove programs. So how can you uninstall it? To permanently remove Windows Explorer from your computer you need to execute rundll32.exe with [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in internet,software,tutorial,windows by brett
Saturday, August 30th, 2008
Free Wallpaper Image Of The Day – Bianditz Mountain
Free 1900 x 1200 pixel widescreen wallpaper of horses on Bianditz Mountain. Click image to view full size [456KB 1920×1200].
You can also click HERE to view full list of free wallpapers for download.
2 Comments » - Posted in wallpaper by brett
Friday, August 29th, 2008
How to Change the Registered Owner and Organisation in Windows XP
How to Change the Registered Owner and Organisation in Windows XP 1. Run regedit and drill down to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion 2. On the right double click “RegisteredOwner” and “RegisteredOrganization” to change the values. A restart needed for the changes to take effect.
No Comments » - Posted in tutorial,windows by brett
Saturday, May 24th, 2008
Free Wallpaper Image Of The Day – Mika Hakkinen
Free 1900 x 1200 pixel widescreen wallpaper of Mika Hakkinen. Click image to view full size [284KB 1920×1200].
You can also click HERE to view full list of free wallpapers for download.
No Comments » - Posted in wallpaper by brett
Friday, May 23rd, 2008
Slipstream Service Pack 3 into Windows XP
This tutorial explains how to slipstream service pack 3 into a windows installation CD, including screen shots of each step. You can use programs like nLite and Autostreamer to do it for you, but if you’re like me you find it much more satisfying to get your hands dirty and do it yourself. Some might [...]
2 Comments » - Posted in software,tutorial,windows by brett
Thursday, May 22nd, 2008
How to View .htaccess with Filezilla
This tutorial explains how to view hidden files like .htaccess with the free open source FTP client FileZilla. These instructions are for version 2 and version 3 of the software. Filezilla Version 2 To view hidden files in FileZilla 2 you need to digg into the settings. Select “Edit -> Settings -> Interface settings -> [...]
24 Comments » - Posted in software,tutorial,windows by brett
Thursday, May 22nd, 2008
Free Wallpaper Image Of The Day – Space Shuttle Atlantis
Free 1900 x 1200 pixel widescreen wallpaper of Space Shuttle Atlantis. Click image to view full size [268KB 1920×1200].
You can also click HERE to view full list of free wallpapers for download.
No Comments » - Posted in wallpaper by brett
Wednesday, May 21st, 2008
How To Create Shutdown and Restart Buttons on your desktop
Want to be able to click a button on your desktop to shutdown your computer instead of having to click “Start -> Turn Off Computer -> Turn Off” every single time? All you have to do is create a shortcut on your desktop that points to shutdown.exe with the right switches. When you have finished [...]
8 Comments » - Posted in tutorial,windows by brett
Saturday, May 17th, 2008
Free Wallpaper Image Of The Day – Central Park New York
Free 1900 x 1200 pixel widescreen wallpaper of bridge in Central Park New York, view from bridle path looking southwest. Click image to view full size [708KB 1920×1200]
You can also click HERE to view full list of free wallpapers for download.
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6 Comments » - Posted in wallpaper by brett
Friday, May 16th, 2008
Jesus Christ Struck By Lightning
The worlds largest statue statue of Jesus, Christ the Redeemer was struck by lightning. This is according to the Daily Mail among others with at least one suggesting it might be a hoax. There seems to be only one image floating around the Internet and it’s low quality so the chances of it being a hoax are real, although the statue is likely to be the highest point for miles around so it probably gets struck by lightning quite frequently.
Some interesting facts about the statue: it sits on top of Corcovado mountain in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, is 39.6 metres tall, weighs 700 tons, took nine years to build and was completed on October 12, 1931. That’s one hell of a statue (pun intended).
5 Comments » - Posted in news,religion by brett
Thursday, May 15th, 2008
Free Wallpaper Image Of The Day – Young Lion
Free 1900 x 1200 pixel widescreen wallpaper of a young lion. Click image to view full size [524KB 1920×1200].
You can also click HERE to view full list of free wallpapers for download.
No Comments » - Posted in wallpaper by brett
Thursday, May 15th, 2008
Customize Windows Explorer With Switches
Want to be able to open Windows Explorer and have it automatically open a certain folder instead of having to drill down through the folders? It’s easy to do with switches that can be used with windows explorer. Explorer switches: /n -opens a new explorer window /e -opens in explorer view /root, -selects root folder [...]
