Mrs. Mecomber's Scrapbook

I found this post at Digital Inspiration about turning your home computer into a web server, and it just BLOWS MY MIND. The possibilities are endless! No longer would I need to pay for a web host for my blogs! No longer would I need to pay Flickr to host my web photos! All my [...]

There are a lot of contests running around the Internet these days. Here’s a good one– win a fashionable and cool-looking LG Bliss phone! It’s very easy to enter, but it does require some social networking (which is painless and free!). Basically, you enter a photo or video of something ugly, anything you think is [...]

One of the best resources I have for my Windows computer is the “Task Manager.” (Right click on your sidebar, and in the menu that appears, choose “Task Manager.” A new window will appear with several tabs. The Task manager shows what is currently running on your computer at the moment. The “Processes” tab has [...]

I’ve been in search of some video editing software that could manage my .MOV files that my Kodak camera creates. It’s been a very loooong search, almost a year now! I’ve tried all sorts of free (and purchased) video software and video converters– about a dozen, total. I was just about ready to buy a [...]

I love technology. I’ve been surfing the specs on various computer hot-rods these days, and am mightily impressed with the leaps and bounds of computer technology these days. And thanks to 64-bit machines (which are rapidly populating the market), you have 6GB, 8GB, 25GB or RAM and multiple processors! Talk about speed! I am trying [...]

Clark Howard had an interesting post about the 10 Most Common Passwords. The results gave me the heebie-jeebies! I cannot believe that people have such lame passwords! I am a password FIEND. I am always preaching the need for stronger and better passwords. Here are the top ten most common passwords. Please tell me yours [...]