So You Think You’re Smart Yeah, you’re pretty smart. You’re reading this! TC and EB took this test and you can guess who got the highest score! Sorry, EB. At least you look better? Ahem…. Unlike some IQ tests, this test won’t take you a day and a half to complete. It’s only 12 questions, but that may… Read More »
A Panacea For Weary Eyes: f.lux Here in the Northern climes in winter, the sun climbs up late and climbs down early, which makes many sane people wonder why people live in Ohio or Michigan, or heaven forbid, Wisconsin or North Dakota. If you have a job like ours you find yourself squinting at the computer screen because… Read More »
Yes, we know since Windows XP, you don’t need a 3rd-party unzip program to unpack zip files. But what if you download a RAR file or Gzip file or some other kind of compressed (zipped) file? You’re kind of stuck, because Windows won’t recognize them. So you’ll have to searching for a program to open these other types… Read More »
You Don’t Need a Firewall We started debating this issue a long time ago — and we told our readers then not to waste money or 3rd-party firewalls or buying security software that had a firewall. We became more and more suspicious as companies who make anti-virus suites started making outrageous claims as to what the firewall contained… Read More »
Create Your Own Start Page Any Way You Want It Today, we’re going to probably miff some of you who still haven’t installed Google Chrome. But we know most of you do have it and those who don’t can install it free by going to http://google.com/chrome . We felt this freeware pick was too good not to feature.… Read More »
Web Mail – Ad Free As a small, mom & pop site, we know how important ads are to our revenue stream; we’re pretty sure it’s important to other small sites like ours. That’s why we are not generally in favor of ad-blockers; they punish small sites and don’t really affect the big boys because the big boys… Read More »