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1. Revise Windows XP “Home” Directory Structure I gave this “tool” to a few of my friends a couple weeks ago and many of them thought it was kewl (a few even...
2. Windows Component Clean Utility When you install Windows V6 SP2 you will also get the Component Clean Utility (compcln.exe). This utility will remove previous component versions from your computer,...
3. Windows 7 – Clean Install One of the best ways to insure that your computer will have an optimal installation of Windows 7 is to do a clean installation.  Of...
4. Remove Net Meeting If you run an older version of Microsoft Windows (Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 for instance) and you don’t use Net Meeting, you can...
5. Remove Outlook Express If you run an older version of Microsoft Windows (Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 for instance) and you don’t use Outlook Express, or you’ve...
6. Microsoft Virtual Server and Virtual PC Windows Guest Optimization Keeping a Windows virtual machine running well using a Microsoft virtualization system is fairly simple, and here are the best practices that I’ve come up...
7. Corel PaintShop Pro Malware When you install Corel PaintShop Pro X2 (version 12) you get an extra service that you’re not told about — ProtexisLicensing. It’s alleged to be...
8. “<app name> not installed for the current user.  Please run setup” ARGH!!! It doesn’t happen often, but it does happen — something goes wrong when shutting down Windows or logging in and all of a sudden...
9. #$%^ Documents and Settings I wrote this little batch file to make Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 have a user directory structure more similar to Windows Vista, Windows...
10. Windows 6 Service Pack 2 It’s out… it’s been in BETA for quite some time. Just so you’re clear; Windows 6 covers all the Vista family and the Server 2008...

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1. The Solution The release of atom power has changed everything except our way of thinking…the solution to this problem lies in the heart of mankind. If only...
2. Creativity… The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources. - Albert Einstein ...

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1. A new host… I’ve mentioned before that I was considering moving my web sites to another hosting company, not that there’s anything really wrong with my previous hosting...
2. Just Host As I posted a couple weeks ago I’d gone ahead and moved some of my domains over to JustHost.com. Mainly I was looking for an...
3. Domain Registrars In going through looking for a new domain hosting company I also looked to see about costs for domain registration. I can certainly tell you...
4. Domain Registrars and Hosting Companies All domain registrars and hosting companies aren’t created equally… If all you need from your domain registrar is just to get a domain, then find...
5. JustHost.com POP / IMAP / SMTP Settings POP: host: mail.<yourdomain> host: <yourhost>.justhost.com port: 110 port: 995, SSL IMAP: host: mail.<yourdomain> host:<yourhost> .justhost.com port: 143 port: 993, SSL SMTP: host: mail.<yourdomain> (requires authentication)...
6. Two Weeks and All’s Well It’s been over two weeks since I started the migration from 1and1 hosting to JustHost and right at two weeks since I moved my BLOG....
7. Circuit City “One Price Promise” Do retailers really think consumers are stupid? Take a look at Circuit City’s “One Price Promise” on their web site… pay particular attention to the...
8. Promise NS4300N NAS (Update) Looks like Promise has “fixed” the issue with Seagate 1.5TB drives in the NS4300N NAS… They’ve replaced Compatibility List NS4300N_SR5_Compatibility_List_v1.0-20081031.pdf with NS4300N_SR5_Compatibility_List_v1.0-20081126.pdf on their support...
9. Windows Live Microsoft introduced it’s next generation online services quit some time ago under the name Windows Live through the URL live.com. It’s intended as far more...
10. 7-Zip I’ve written about 7-Zip before; but since we’re on the verge of a significant improvement I felt it was time to highlight it again. 7-Zip...

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1. 2009 Vernal Equinox The Vernal Equinox occured at 21:18 UTC on 20-March-2009. ...
2. Vernal Equinox 2008 At 22:48 on March 19, 2008 was the Vernal Equinox.   http://www.archaeoastronomy.com/2008.shtml ...
3. 2009 Autumal Equinox The Automal Equinox occured at 16:45 UTC on 26-September-2009. ...
4. Autumnal Equinox 2008 At 08:44 on 22 September, 2008 was the Autumnal Equinox.   http://www.archaeoastronomy.com/2008.shtml ...
5. Happy Samhain Samhain is the name for the Gaelic festival you probably know better as Halloween (All Saints’ Eve or All Hallows’ Eve). For an excellent article on the...

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1. Penske When I moved my household goods I decided to rent a cargo van / truck rather than pay a commercial moving company. I think all-in-all...

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1. John Ruskin to Dante Gabriel Rossetti I believe I once had affections as warm as most people; but partly from evil chance, and partly from foolish misplacing of them, they have...
2. Pictures and Picture-Criticism Mr. Ruskin’s truth is the truth which the spirit and tendency of these times called for; and the force and felicity of style and variety...
3. War I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones. - Albert...
4. Life Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile. - Albert Einstein ...
5. The Nature of Gothic …throughout The Nature of Gothic Ruskin asserts the idea of beauty in imperfection. The preference for change and variety in the Gothic style over symmetry...
6. Motivation… …one of the strongest motives that lead men to art and science is escape from everyday life with its painful crudity and hopeless dreariness, from...
7. To Wish … to wish to make a thing look pretty or look smart is to think poorly of it in itself and to want it more...

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1. Fair Use The fact that the US Copyright Laws are in a major need of an overhaul isn’t something that only the masses of ordinary users understand;...
2. Spending chill… Obama may propose a discretionary spending freeze for three years. Hopefully he’ll fully define what discretionary means; I remember the budget surplus (you know, “extra”...
3. Economic Stimulus It amazes me how the United States Government can make simple things so complicated… and that it always seems that laws to benefit the greater good...
4. A Political Message Political commentary is a little out of place for my BLOG, and the most important message for this post is CHECK and DOUBLE-CHECK everything everyone...

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1. Remove Net Meeting If you run an older version of Microsoft Windows (Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 for instance) and you don’t use Net Meeting, you can...
2. Corel PaintShop Pro Malware When you install Corel PaintShop Pro X2 (version 12) you get an extra service that you’re not told about — ProtexisLicensing. It’s alleged to be...
3. Revise Windows XP “Home” Directory Structure I gave this “tool” to a few of my friends a couple weeks ago and many of them thought it was kewl (a few even...
4. Automating Clean Manager in Windows Using clean manager on older versions of Windows (in particular) always requires setting the options, which isn’t hard, but makes it a little hard to...
5. Windows Live Microsoft introduced it’s next generation online services quit some time ago under the name Windows Live through the URL live.com. It’s intended as far more...
6. Email Readers I’m going to focus on Microsoft Email Readers… if you want to use Thunderbird it’s fine; but since Microsoft current has FOUR different email programs for...
7. Windows Live Mail Part of the Microsoft Live Essential software suite available either from Live.com (see link below) or through the Microsoft Update is Live Mail; a simple,...
8. #$%^ Documents and Settings I wrote this little batch file to make Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 have a user directory structure more similar to Windows Vista, Windows...
9. Federal Express is a SPAMmer Yesterday evening I received an Unsolicited Commercial Email (UCE, aka SPAM) from Federal Express in violation of the California Professions and Business Code Section 17538.45....
10. 7-Zip Archiver I was shocked to learn that everyone doesn’t know aobut 7-Zip!!! Z-Zip is a very good archive utility for Windows; from the 7-Zip web site: High...

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1. Opposition… Great spirits have often encountered violent opposition from weak minds. - Albert Einstein ...
2. Hidden Evil Many of my friends and I have engaged in intellectual discussions about the evils of society and what most needs to be fixed. Views of...

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1. One Nation Under… Most Americans seem unaware that the original Pledge of Allegiance did not contain the phrase “one nation under God”.   Our fore fathers, while religious, believed...
2. Happy Samhain Samhain is the name for the Gaelic festival you probably know better as Halloween (All Saints’ Eve or All Hallows’ Eve). For an excellent article on the...
3. Microsoft Office Accounting Microsoft has release the 2009 update of their accounting software, including the free Office Accounting Express 2009 (U.S. version) of the software. The Express 2008...

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