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Sometimes figuring out networks functionalities on ANY computer can drive you nutty. I still havem’t completely figured out XP’s, let alone Vista! And I’m tinkering with the Xandros and Ubuntu operating systems, too. I must be crazy! Well, I found a great article and thought I’d pass it along (and oftentimes, I use this blog [...]

I’ve been checking out a new search engine, called LeapFish. It’s really neat! There’s a very helpful video to show you how it works. LeapFish is called a multi-dimensional search engine because it harnesses all kinds of media data for search results. For example, let’s say you do a search on “online games” (my son [...]

There’s a very good post I found by Ruhani Rabin about How To Prevent Your WordPress From Being Hacked. It’s got excellent information that every blog writer should know. Here are a few relevant things: Rename the administrative account: You can do this in the MySQL command-line client with a command like View Code SQLupdate [...]

Need some paintball supplies or just like to window shop? Here’s a site with loads of cool (and discounted!) jt paintball gear and more. My kids love surfing the site. And someday, just someday, I may be brave enough to get them something. lol.

Computers are in everything now, aren’t they? I was amazed when they started putting microchips in appliances like coffee makers and digital frames, where all you have to do is connect your appliance to the Internet. I am not particularly fond of the idea of networking my coffee maker to the web, mind you. I [...]

I recently got a separate hard drive to backup my information. I LOVE it! I love knowing that my photos and important information is on something besides my main computer drive. The hardest thing that’s come up with backup in my data is the software. Actually, I don’t use any. I drag and drop everytime [...]