Yes, you can move your taskbar icons around!

Ever have a bunch of Windows Taskbar icons (they represent your active windows in the order which they were opened)

and you want to order them in a specific pattern, and then you find that you cannot do this with the Windows XP or similar operating system? Well those days are over! Taskix is the latest improvement to [...]

How to tell when your hard drive needs help

If it looks lke this, then it’s time to run the defragger!

I guess things got a little out of hand. Oops.

!Vote Here! New Version of Windows Live Hotmail Sucks

Tell me you noticed how crappy the new interface is. It’s embarassing to think this is professionally developed content. They tried to blow it off by saying it’s better:

A cleaner, more customizable look
Up to 70% faster access to your email
Easier access to your Windows Live Hotmail contacts

And yet this is what they delivered:

It’s bunk. Back [...]

Got a skill or talent you want to share?

Check out SkillWho.com. Yes it’s another social networking site, but it’s pretty thin. Just set up a profile, answer some simple questions about your “real” passions in life (not simply what you do, but who you are?) and see if anyone out there needs what you got. And vice-versa. As they say on their website:
Find [...]

Nifty Google Maps integration site

So I was trying to use Google Maps to determine the distance I was walking around my business park, and while it was useful to get an estimate, it wasn’t as detailed as I wanted. Same goes for the odometer in my car – not (buzz word alert!) granular enough. I came across this site that allows you [...]

Offsite data backup service for only $10 a month – gotta like it!

I must say I am particularly happy about this new data backup service I came across for the home or small business user. It’s a remote data backup service that is both easy and cost-effective. It is simply the best method of backing up your data for several significant reasons: it is inexpensive, convenient, secure, [...]

Hacking a text widget, or, my foray into compooter science

I admit it: I am a wannabe hacker. In fact, much of my professional life over the last 14 years has involved taking what someone else built and transmogrifying it into something I wanted or something that fit my purpose at the time. Sometimes it’s a simple color or texture change, and sometimes it’s been [...]

Sad but true!

This is a cute parody a friend just emailed me. It’s so spot on it’s pathetic. Of course, you could substitute many of the “my boss” signs with “my client,” but you get the idea.

Btw, 2 of my 6 projects (well, one project with 6 phases) are in “red” due to my client’s inability to sign [...]

Integration irritation

Gotta admit it – the more things change, the more they stay the same. So here I am, trying to hook my Twitter posts in with Plaxo Pulse, and I keep getting this extremely unhelpful dialog box telling me I don’t exist:

 
So at first I figure, maybe it’s a batch process that hasn’t updated, or [...]

More fun with passwords!

I’m sure I am not the first person to have this thought, but it really sucks to have to change my password for my work PC every 90 days. Just about the time I am used to typing it in, Bang! I have to change it again and start the process all over again. All [...]