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Free DVD Software through October 31
on Oct 20, 2009 in Computing winxdvd.com is giving away DVD Authoring, and DVD ripping software between now and October 31, 2009. I downloaded and installed as soon as darkmoon told me about it. Thanks for the tip. They installed smoothly on my system, and at the price of FREE y...



Javascript: Focus() on a textbox
on Aug 12, 2009 in General Site Maint A dirty way to run js script inline and bring focus to an element: <html> <body> <form method="post" action="index.php" id="myForm"> <p> Login: <input type="text" name=...



Backup your Notepad++ FTP items
on Aug 4, 2009 in Computing Programming So in addition to reformatting friends and relatives computers, about every 2 years I clean out my own. Each time I have, I’ve lost my Notepad++ FTP synchronize settings. In Vista they can be found in: C:\Users\AppData\Roaming\Notepad++\plugins...



Get Acrobat Reader WITHOUT Adobe Update manager
on Jul 30, 2009 in General Site Maint Recently I’ve been helping out friends and relations reformat a few computers. They are older, but are speedy enough for their basic needs. One of the sick system hogs (I’ve found) is the adobe update manager. Most browsers come with upda...



Despite rampant bailouts, decency and self responsibility still live.
on Nov 17, 2008 in General Interest Personal Politics So enraged at the bailouts I bought myself a nifty yardsign from cafepress. I’ve had several passerby’s knock on my door and ask where I got it. Even a few cars stopped and inquired. Last Friday night we had just crawled into bed (was a r...



Despite rampant bailouts, decency and self responsibility still live.
on Nov 16, 2008 in Personal Politics General Interest So enraged at the bailouts I bought myself a nifty yardsign from cafepress. I’ve had several passerby’s knock on my door and ask where I got it. Even a few cars stopped and inquired. Last Friday night we had just crawled into bed (was a r...