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Check out this list of portable applications over at Wikipedia. It is a terrific resource of various tools and utilities that let you browse the web (Yeah, Firefox!), manipulate images (Gimp rocks) and watch DVDs and video files (Media Player Classic makes the day go by!). These are awesome programs that will run nicely from [...]
I saw this on digg the other day and thought it was interesting. Map Gallery of Religion in the United States The data is broken down by percentage of the general population in each county. Another completely unrelated, but cool map: 2004 Presidential Election By County I’m a total geek for this kind of stuff. [...]
Google Calendar was made available to the public last week. I have been playing with it for several days and am very impressed so far. Here are some brief thoughts while I am surfing on slow airport wi-fi waiting for my flight home. Like all Google products, the interface is rather simple, yet very intuitive [...]
Since we moved into our new home in November, our cable internet service has been a nightmare. We are cautiously optimistic that the issue will be resolved once and for all this week, but I would not bet on it. For the last three weeks, I have been without a reliable home internet connection. This [...]
I am a pretty big fan of chicken. Chicken strips, chicken tenders, chicken parmesan, KFC – I like it all. Lately, I have noticed a disturbing trend at fast food establishments: shaped chicken nuggets. Uggh. I don’t want my chicken nuggest shaped like stars, dinosaurs or Dora the Explorer. I want it shaped like, well…chicken. [...]
Just a quick tip: If you are going to email a large number of people and you are not confident that all the recipients already have one another’s email addresses, please make use of the BCC. BCC stands for “Blind Carbon Copy.” If you are in Outlook or Outlook Express, just go to View – [...]
Anybody who knows me knows that I am a pretty big movie buff. As long as I can remember, film has been something that I love. As an extension to that, I am a total geek when it comes to film preservation and restoration. Nobody does it better than Robert A. Harris. His articles are [...]