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Entries Tagged as 'Windows'

Super Bowl parody

March 1st, 2010 · No Comments · Mac, Windows, humor, tech, video

Great fan-made parody of the Google spot that ran during the last Super Bowl. It’s more related to computers than the Internet.

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Windows 7 parody

February 26th, 2010 · No Comments · Windows, humor, tech, video

Picking up the ball where MS dropped it, we find out who else was behind its creation.

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Startup – shutdown

November 3rd, 2009 · Comments Off · Windows

Not nearly as simplistic as the Mac’s startup chime, each generation of Windows’ operating system had its own unique startup and shutdown sound. They’re all in one video shown below with the exception of Windows 7. You could have some fun with your IT guy over the phone.

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Site Specific

August 16th, 2009 · Comments Off · Apple, Frankly speaking - Site Specific, Windows, WordPress, opinion

There was some recent hubbub about a security issue with WordPress wherein some hacker could hijack the Admin’s login and change it somehow. WP issued a security update and we incorporated it here sometime about Wednesday. We are all safe. Or so we think. SPT is now up to WP version 2.8.4.
There’s a new feature [...]

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Andy Rooney skewers Bill Gates

August 3rd, 2009 · Comments Off · Gates, Windows, humor

Love him or hate him, Andy speaks the truth here.

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Site Specific

May 3rd, 2009 · Comments Off · Apple, Frankly speaking - Site Specific, Internet, Microsoft, Windows, homebrew, opinion, tech

A few changes under the hood. For one, I’m weaning myself off of the Yojimbo organizer and on to a similar app called Evernote. My main beef with Yojimbo was that I couldn’t sync my stuff from the house computer to the garage laptop. With Evernote, my stuff is stored in the cloud (on a [...]

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That Windows desktop picture

April 13th, 2009 · Comments Off · Windows, humor

We’ve all seen this stock Windows wallpaper and some of you are still sporting it to this very day. The picture is called Bliss and it’s a real place located in Sonoma, California. That’s it below.

The nice gentle rolling hills and the blue sky with puffy clouds is a perfect empty canvas for some Photoshop [...]

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Switchers

December 26th, 2008 · Comments Off · Mac, Windows, how-to

If any of you lucky ones received a Mac computer for Christmas, here’s some info on how to get all of your data off off your Windows machine and on to your shiny new Mac. Simple, easy. MacDailyNews has the first step in getting started.

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The Matrix runs on Windows

November 11th, 2008 · Comments Off · Windows, clever, humor

Here’s an excellent skit put together by the semi-pros at College Humor. Morpheus takes Neo on a training mission in the Matrix which just so happens to run on Windows XP. Hilarity ensues.
 
 

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Great Windows trick

August 11th, 2008 · Comments Off · Windows, how-to, humor

Practical jokes are best when they’re nonviolent and nondestructive. Here’s an interesting prank to pull on your coworkers who are running Windows XP. Simply press Control + Alt and one of the arrow keys. It should flip the screen. Press the opposite arrow key to change it back. Probably won’t work with Vista.

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Ten worst uses of Windows

July 31st, 2008 · Comments Off · Windows, bizarre, humor, sad, tech

You all know my feelings concerning Windows, in any iteration. Windows is the world’s most used operating system running on about 90% of all computers.
We all know that the OS is not perfect and certainly has its “foibles.” Be that as it may, but IT pros should expect the unexpected when they choose the OS [...]

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So long, Bill

June 27th, 2008 · Comments Off · Gates, Microsoft, Windows, news

Today is Bill Gates’ last day Microsoft. The cofounder of the company is leaving (with a lotta bucks as you know) to devote more time to philanthropic efforts. He made a lot of money over the last 30-some years, now it’s time to redistribute the wealth.
I don’t hate the guy. I kind of admire him, [...]

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