Something that happens periodically while driving is white line fever, a.k.a. highway hypnosis. That’s when you get in a car, drive somewhere and completely forget the trip. The same thing can occur at the computer. You get on the internet, surf around for a few hours, but can’t remember a damn thing you did during that time. It happens to the best...

This article concentrates on the crap you download and not the crap that just accumulates over time. It honestly amazes me how much I download. If you’re like most people (including myself), you probably have a downloads folder where you place everything. Then seemingly all of a sudden the folder contains 6 gigs or more worth of files, with the top 3...

When you like tech, bringing some (or a lot) of it into the car is a big deal. Here’s three ways to bring some or more of your electronic goodness into what you drive without breaking the bank. Cigarette Lighter USB Adapter Got something powered by USB that you’d love to have in the car? Use one of these little guys and it will fit the bill nicely....

Somewhere right now on the internet, at least 25,000 people are blogging, video’ing, Twittering, Facebook’ing, MySpace’ing or whatever other-ing something they really shouldn’t about someone in their social circle. Shortly after what they post these people will encounter the wrath of those they posted about (and probably in less than 24...

Dust is one of those things you simply can’t avoid. It happens and often. You could be the biggest neat freak in the world and you’ll still get dust. Here are a few tips to keep your computer as dust-free as possible so it lasts longer. 1. Make the back of the box (more) accessible. Most people place their computer boxes in such a way where the back...

Chances are you’re probably going to stick around with XP until Windows 7 comes along. And even then you may wait. If that’s what you plan to do, no problem. You can do a few things to get XP to look and feel better. 1. Use the Zune theme The Zune theme is available here: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=75078 This gives XP a black and orange...

You’ve got a blog and you’re putting a good amount of effort into it. You’re writing away, posting articles and doing what you can to get some readership. The problem is that nobody is reading your blog. It seems no matter what you do you’re not gaining any traffic. And you know you’re writing good stuff. What do you do? Follow the...

In the United States we don’t necessarily have a problem (yet) with what’s known as "capped bandwidth" (i.e. your ISP puts a usage limit on how much data you can transfer per month), but for other places it’s a big deal because once you tap the limit, your ISP slows you down to snail-crawl speeds until next month when the limit is...