I was over at PC World and read an article reporting about a Harry Potter virus that has surfaced online. Security companies have intercepted an e-mail promising a copy of 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows' -- which is not due for release until July 21. But rather than getting a sneak preview of the book, impatient muggles who click on the file will instead find their PC infected by the W32/Hairy-A worm. "The W32/Hairy-A worm can automatically infect a PC when users plug in USB … [Read more...]
Online Back-UP Services
I am interested in another layer of back-up for my important files and have considered trying one of the online back-up services. There seem to be a quite a few out there and most of them offer a free version, paid personal, and business. Anyone have any experience with these??? IDrive-E free:2GB of storage space absolutely free Option to upgrade to the IDrive-E Pro version depending on user requirements remote backup features remote backup signup remote backup drive:Ideal for small and … [Read more...]
Friday Funny – Short Joke
Sorry for the lack of posts.. I've got some updates planned for my Vista Quest but, I've been pretty busy this last week.I'll try and get them posted this weekend. For now though, I just had to pass along this joke that came.... Yet again, in my e-mail. It's pretty good considering how short it is and makes a good addition to our Friday Funnies. Enjoy [More] … [Read more...]
Friday Funny – The Baptist Cowboy
Again, this Friday Funny comes to us via my e-mail.... Ahh e-mail, such a useful tool that yields so much useless, yet funny, material. A cowboy, who is visiting Wyoming from Texas , walks into a bar and orders three mugs of Bud. He sits in the back of the room, drinking a sip out of each one in turn. When he finishes them, he comes back to the bar an orders three more. The bartender approaches and tells the cowboy, "You know, a mug goes flat after I draw it It would taste better if you … [Read more...]
Joost Invites
A while back I got an invite from Kyle Hayes to try out Joost. And, although I don't use it a lot I still think it's pretty cool! The content seems to be getting better and the quality is great! Well, I was watching the "AquaMan" Pilot last night, fumbling around in the player and noticed that I too seem to have some invites. I don't know how many I have but I think everybody that can should try this out! So, if anyone wants an Invite to try Joost, just leave me a comment here … [Read more...]
Quick Fix of the day – Win XP
I had a friend call just now. Turns out his kids had been playing with his computer and now his Windows desktop has turned on it's side. I.E. the top is to the left, bottom moved to the right.. etc. Mouse movements, everything was affected. Well, should this ever happen to you or anyone you know, just hit Ctrl-Alt-"up-Arrow" on the keyboard and that should set things back to normal. … [Read more...]
Friday Funny – I used to like cats!
I just ran across this video and had to share... I have four cats and I'll have to say that I have seen the look in their eyes when they are about to go nuts like this... Always best to just let them go somewhere else. This is not for the faint-of-heart.. Enjoy? … [Read more...]