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Archive for March, 2007

Sorry No Updates This Weekend

I’m redoing my computer this weekend. Reformatting my drives and installing a fresh copy of Win XP Media Center and dual booting Vista Home Premium. I’m finally taking the plunge to Vista. I was using Vista Beta 2 but it seemed very slow, I hear the shipping version is faster so here goes nothing. see [...]

Apple Announces Complete My album

Apple today announced Complete My Album, a groundbreaking new iTunes service that allows customers to turn their individual tracks into a complete album at a reduced price by giving them a full 99 cent credit for every track they have previously purchased from that album.
Complete My Album offers customers up to 180 days after first [...]

Ancestor Novel Countdown Only 2 More Days

This is it, Junkies. We’re down to the wire. Lets show Scott our support on April 1, and buy this excellent book at Amazon.com. Don’t forget the time! 9 am Pacific, Noon Eastern!
Click here to order ANCESTOR!

60 sec Ancestor Promo

 
 

 
On a remote island in Lake Superior, scientists struggle to solve the problem [...]

Wikipedia: Website Of The Week

Link of the week. 3-29-07
Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
Wikipedia is a multilingual, web-based, free content encyclopedia project. Wikipedia is written collaboratively by volunteers from all around the world. With rare exceptions, its articles can be edited by anyone with access to the Internet, simply by clicking the edit this page link. The [...]

Microsoft Releases Patch For Vista and iPod Users

Update for Windows Vista (KB933824)
Get the patch here.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid

This patch is for people running Windows Vista and using an iPod with iTunes.
Install this update to resolve an issue where an Apple iPod may be corrupted by using the Safely Remove Hardware feature on a system running Windows Vista. Get while its hot.
 I’d like [...]

N.A.S.A World Wind. A Globe On Your Desktop

Fly Around The world From Your Desk With World Wind
World Wind, http://worldwind.arc.nasa.gov/
Is a open source 3D interactive world viewer, was created by NASA’s Learning Technologies project, and released in mid-2004. It is now developed by NASA staff and open source community developers.
At its simplest you can think of World Wind as a desk globe, [...]

DL.TV: A Video Podcast

Podcast of the week
3-26-07

DL.TV http://dl.tv/
Remember the Screen Savers from Tech TV on cable and satellite. Then you’ll love DL.TV
DL.TV is a technology related IPTV show or video podcast hosted by Patrick Norton and Robert Heron. It provides a mix of product reviews, tech news, and technology help.
It is streamed live weekly [...]

A Brief Musical Interlude

Weed with Willie
American Soldier
Courtesy of the Red White and Blue

Xtrememac HDMI Switcher

Xtrememac HDMI Switcher
http://www.xtrememac.com/audio/av_cables/switcher/
Simply Connected: 4 to 1 HDMI Switcher
Too many HDMI devices and not enough ports on your [...]

Disable The Notification Area Balloon Tips In Win XP

3-24-07
Warning If you use Registry Editor incorrectly, you may cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. Kevinscrate cannot guarantee that you can solve problems that result from using Registry Editor incorrectly. Use Registry Editor at your own risk
1.Click Start, click Run, type regedit, and then press ENTER.
2.Navigate to the following [...]