Monthly Archives: March 2010

New Eggs For Easter

Posted on March 30, 2010 by darryl nicholas

Don’t you just love Easter? Chocolate candy, colored eggs, little kids having fun, bunnies all over the place, etc. Oh, yea, Easter is also a religious holiday. Too bad more of us don’t think of that first. I hope the … Continue reading →

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College Students Rejoice!

Posted on March 29, 2010 by darryl nicholas

At long last, your noble status as a college student is finally being recognized and in a very tangible way. Microsoft has finally decided to cough up some benefits to students and teachers. Of course, you’ll have to be able … Continue reading →

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And, The Days Dwindle Down to a Precious Few

Posted on March 26, 2010 by darryl nicholas

Too bad. Too bad. Things keep changing and not always for the better. I, like many of you, have been using a computer that runs in the 32-bit mode for lo these many years. But, old fashioned, 32-bit, CPU’s and … Continue reading →

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My Gigabytes are Faster than Your Gigabytes

Posted on March 25, 2010 by darryl nicholas

For several years the poor-man’s method of performing computer backups has been to use external hard drives connected to the computer with a USB 2.0 cable. And, it works – if you don’t fall asleep waiting on it to finish … Continue reading →

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The Harvey Head Cleaner

Posted on March 22, 2010 by darryl nicholas

Not to be confused with The Harvey Wallbanger, which really does not clean your head at all, the Harvey Head Cleaner is one slick lil’ application for all of you Epson ink jet printer users. Epson printers are probably the … Continue reading →

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Let There Be Light!

Posted on March 20, 2010 by darryl nicholas

And, behold, I moved my hand and a great light fell upon the box called “computer”! And, the monitor glowed and gave fourth pretty colors. And, it was good. And, I rested. WOW! Don’t you just love playing God! I … Continue reading →

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Your Do-Hinky Did What?

Posted on March 19, 2010 by darryl nicholas

Look, if your do-hinky rubs against the watch-a-ma-call-it for too long, you can be sure that the lil’ widget will run wild! Of course, I’m right, and you know it! Or, do you? In fact, do you have the foggiest … Continue reading →

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Get a Bigger Hammer

Posted on March 17, 2010 by darryl nicholas

Get A Bigger Hammer Over the years, a frequent bit of advice that friends have given me when I was trying to fix something was, “Get a bigger hammer.” They were joking, of course, but when it comes to fixing … Continue reading →

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Free Stuff

Posted on March 15, 2010 by darryl nicholas

In case you haven’t noticed, there’s tons of it out there on the internet. So, before you go and spend three or four hundred dollars for a shiny new copy of Microsoft’s Office Professional, why not surf on over to … Continue reading →

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I Plugged it in and got Maximum Smoke!

Posted on March 10, 2010 by darryl nicholas

Would you believe that this is my first computer blog! I’m “plugging it in” and sure hope I don’t get “maximum smoke”! During the weeks and months to come, I’ll try to comment on the various things that make up … Continue reading →

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