Friendlier Computing: I think I’m gonna be sick

Microsoft Bob: An operating system overlay that lives in infamy.
Microsoft Bob was Microsoft’s ill-fated attempt to make computers easier to use. Debuting in 1995, Bob quickly became the most hated-program in Microsoft history.
It failed miserably.
You would be hard pressed to find many references to it on the Web, especially on Microsoft’s own site. Strangely enough, [...]

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Browsing More Securely

Mozilla has just updated their Firefox 3 browser to v 3.0.1. This was a security update.
But before you start thinking it’s a bad thing that you switched and go back to IE, take a look at the facts.
Take a look at the Firefox Security page.

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Shortcuts to Efficiency

One of the premiere tip sites on the Web, makeuseof.com, has some good keyboard shortcut ‘Cheat Sheets’ to view, download or print out. You can view their article here.
If you’re a coder there are quite a few cheat sheets for Java, PHP, Python and the like at The Quick Reference Site. They even have complete [...]

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An Open Letter to Tech Support

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The following is the text of a little rant that was sent to Tech Support at CableOne (name included to humiliate and humble the guilty), the cable ISP in my area. Any area where information has been modified or deleted to protect the identity of the client is enclosed in brackets [].

The purpose of this e-mail is basically to take the support dept to task for not being helpful.

Recently, [a client of mine] was having issues receiving their e-mail. They use their own domain [their domain] as their incoming mail server. When I talked with support at CableOne I was told that it was ‘Impossible’ that the problem lie with Cableone’s servers. I have been working with More on page 29

July 29, 2008

When One Monitor is Just Not Enough

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Multiple monitor arrays for computers can be a great advantage for power users.

If, say, you are in college and working on your doctoral thesis, more and more of the reference material that you may need for citations and research are available online. You have a choice, you can either flip back and forth between your magnum opus and the reference material or, try and work in one and read the other by tiling them on your screen. Either way you lose time and probably develop some pretty severe eye strain with the second option.

With two monitors, you can have your source material up on the left, and your working document on the right. Both readily visible and easy to read.

With that said, sometimes it can get a little bizarre…
15 Dazzling Multi Monitor Setups
You Wish You Were Viewing This With

July 22, 2008