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Windows explorer folder size utility for XP and 2000 »

This little handy and free utility lets you see how big your folders are in Windows explorer. This way you can find out which folders are taking up all your space on your hard drive instead of just randomly guessing. Now you will have time to do your chores around the house… lucky [...]

Windows explorer with tabs just like good ole Firefox. »

How much do you love the tabs in the Firefox web browser? If I could have tabs on everything, including life, I would. Seeing that it makes life so much easier, I often wondered why Microsoft didn’t incorporate tabs into their operating systems. Well, now I don’t care cause I found a [...]

How to listen to Sirius online radio with Linux or OSX. »

I never thought I would actually pay for radio until a co-worker of mine signed up for Sirius satellite radio when Howard Stern made the switch to Sirius. Now, Howard Stern I could care less about but, this gave me my first extended exposer to the music channels. Every afternoon, for weeks, I would [...]

How to install Wordpress on OSX using MAMP to make life easier. »

Disclaimer:
A lot of the people asking me how to install Wordpress on OSX have new babies. I’d like to apologize up front to the rest of the internet for bringing more new baby sites to the internet and thus hindering the speed at which we all can download music. Sorry.
How to [...]

Skype 2.0 and Linux share a nanobyte frapachino together »

With Skype 2.0, video conferencing for Linux is a go. The Windows and OS X versions with video are already out. Now you can see your mistress as she talks about her lingerie and how they barely cover her unmentionables. mmm unmentionables. Skype has also fixed some bugs and made the [...]

Myth 0.21 is out. How did I miss this one? »

In my defense I haven’t been reading the MythTV mailing list in a few days. I know, I’m a slacker. For those of you that don’t know, MythTV is a an open source software Personal Video Recorder project. It lets you build a box similar to a TiVo or ReplayTV, but much more powerful – [...]

WinVNC system tray icon won’t go away no matter how many times I curse at it. »

I needed to install WinVNC on my enemy friend’s computer so I could keep tabs on his daily atrocities, (ooh, that’s my big word for the day)  but of course I didn’t want him to know about it.  WinVNC now compiles their program with the icon in the system tray and no way to remove [...]

Symantec Ghost who? A list of open source alternatives. »

Have you ever just finished something important and all of a sudden the lights dim, your PC begins to sound like the clothes washer, and then bam, your work is gone? Been there, done that, got the t-shirt, right? Maybe I should have taken my watch off before sticking my hand in that running PC [...]

Google Earth, a better way to mapquest. »

Getting directions online is part of our everyday rituals now, so why not do it in style? Google Earth lets you play god satellite and lets you zoom from seeing the whole earth to the roof of your house/apartment/underpass. You can get directions and not only will Google Earth map it out for [...]

How to Install Wine in Ubuntu »

Are you running Ubuntu? Do you like to watch Lost online like I do? Well you can’t with Linux because the Move Network Player that ABC.com uses is only compatible with Windows based IE or Firefox. Install wine and you can install the windows based version of Firefox and watch all 4 seasons [...]