Everyone love free stuff and gamers are no exception. That said, here is a great list of 10 free game sites which gamers might be interested in. Some of the best GAMES ever programmed are available on the Internet for FREE, even classic trend setters like Doom and Grand Theft Auto. If you’re willing to put up with pop-up ads, “nag-to-buy” screens and in...

If you have ever created documents using Microsoft Office which you would like to distribute to via the Internet (Excel/Word templates, legal documents, presentations, etc.) it is a good idea to add a terms of use license to it. One of the more popular licensing verbiage tools (for lack of a better description) for these types of work is Creative Commons which...

They say the economy isn’t so good these days. Certainly, things have slowed down. Things are changing and people are adjusting. What may not have occurred to many, though, is that technology could very well weather it out better than any other economic sector. Geeks, if they make the right moves, can GROW during this period. How? I thought what I would do...

Remember all those "web accelerators" from the days of dial-up internet which basically acted like a filter and/or cached more to appear as if you were doing things faster on the web? Maybe you do. Google had their own version of it called the Google Web Accelerator and have officially killed it. Yes, I did try one several accelerator-style products...

I really find it humorous when I read articles like this basically insinuating that Dell can’t build a decent small computer, and in this case a SmartPhone. From the linked article above, the tail of it states this: Still, would you buy a Dell smartphone? What kind of features should MePhone have in order to convince you to chose it over an iPhone,...

If you use a mail client installed on your computer to check your email you always have to configure the incoming and outgoing (SMTP) server. The problem I have run into often is actually finding SMTP server information on some of the ISP’s sites for when I need to do troubleshooting. Google is your friend in this case as I came across a page which offers...

ZoomIt v3.01 by Sysinternals will allow you roughly the same screen-zoom capabilities that you have in a Linux desktop with 3D effects enabled (Compiz) or Mac OS X. It’s a nice small utility (only 129k before install!) and works in both XP and Vista. If you use your computer screen on a live webcast or make presentations to people often using your...

When it comes to instructing people on how to do something, I operate on a three-strike rule. If I have to tell anyone how to do anything more than three times in a row, I write documentation for that person. Writing documentation for others is not as easy as it appears. I have my own formula of sorts when writing instructional documents. It took me a while to...

One of the first thing Windows Vista users will probably notice is there is a pretty signficant change to the way navigation works in Windows Explorer. One notable change is how you go ‘up’ a level, that is easily get to the parent folder of the folder you are currently in. There are several ways to do this, such as:In the address navigation bar,...

Getting a few gig’s worth of space for freebie online storage these days is not a big deal for most people. After all, Gmail offers 7.2GB of freebie email space currently (which many people use as storage only), so a few gigs is barely worth noticing. However, when it’s 25, you do sit up and take notice. That’s just a tick over five 4.7GB...

When formatting a USB stick in Windows (something many of us do from time to time), in XP you usually only have two file system options, FAT or FAT32. "FAT", by the way, means "File Allocation Table". If you were wondering which to pick, the answer is FAT32 because it overcomes certain limitations of FAT. However if you have a USB stick...

Whenever you are watching YouTube videos you probably come across some that you would like to save to your hard drive. While there are software titles and browser plugins which will do this for you, the abosolute easiest way I have found is by using KickYouTube. KickYouTube requires no software installation or registration of any kind and the usage could not be...

A truth: About once a year, someone proclaims very loudly that Linux is Dead with a capital "D" and that Microsoft, once again, is kicking the crap out of it in terms of market share. This year’s honor goes to Robin Harris at ZDNet with the article Windows kicks Linux to the curb. Personally speaking I don’t think there’s any real way...

Chances are very high that other than USB sticks and optical discs, you’re using a fixed disk drive (a.k.a. the hard drive) that stores digitally encoded data on platters with magnetic surfaces. The fixed disk drive you have is guaranteed to fail someday. I’m not saying this to scare you because it’s common knowledge. You already know...

Have you ever needed to order a pizza (or any other type of food) but only had your cell phone with no way to locate the closest place? Rather than dialing 411 and paying a fee, try dialing 1-800-GOOG-411 instead. The service is simple to use and free. From their ‘Learn More’ page: You don’t need a computer, an Internet connection, or even the...

A lot of people have been talking about Windows 7 lately. A lot of people have been downloading it and giving it a try, too. Many, though, may be wondering where they got it. I looked into it. It isn’t so mysterious. Many have probably been getting Windows 7 through back channels such as BitTorrent. Ever since Microsoft made the developer preview available...

Over the course of the weekend I finally got around to hooking up my Magnavox DTV Digital to Analog Converter. The model of this particular converter is TB100MG9 for those interested. For those that just read the above and said, "What’s that for?", it’s the thing used to receive a digital over-the-air signals for an analog TV. Or to be very...

I do operate a personal YouTube channel where I periodically post videos of me playing guitar or synthesizer. Each music style attracts distinctly different audiences. The guitar folk are expecting a certain type of music while the synth folk are expecting something totally different. Here are some example personal videos of mine (I need to show by example so I...

First off, if you use a calendar to remember to do tasks, it is most likely for events like appointments, meetings, birthdays, etc. Events, however, which you might want to consider adding are things which you probably don’t remember to do very often. For example:Change the smoke detector batteries (twice a year) Change the air filter (every two months...

Everyone hates unsolicited phone calls. Simply put, they are to the telephone as spam is to email. With upfront appologies to any readers who may be telemarketers, they are extremely annoying and a complete waste of time and besides that, who actually buys anything from an unsolicited call? To combat the never ending barage of calls, we now have the National Do...