6 Great Free Weight Loss Resource Sites

I empathize with the contestants. At one time, I was seventy pounds overweight. I slowly lost twenty pounds over three years. Then, three years ago, spurred on by the show, I got serious. In six months I lost over forty pounds through diet and exercise. A lot of both. My wife (and weight loss partner) lost over thirty pounds. Now, I’ve gained some, but not all, back. No matter the amount you want to lose, it can be very difficult....

September 18, 2009 · 2 min · 419 words · David Vincent

Use Quicktime X in Mac Snow Leopard for Easy Screencasting

Related Snow Leopard comes with the brand new QuickTime called X (Ten). Trying to create a screencast has been one of my to-do-later items. I never get around to do it since there were always things that get in the way. I couldn’t be more wrong. Screencasting using QuickTime X is as easy as pressing the record button. Otherwise choose “Internal Microphone” to use your box’s built-in microphone. If you don’t want to put any sound in the screencast, choosenone....

September 17, 2009 · 2 min · 244 words · Elijah Bennett

How To Color Calibrate Your Monitor with Calibrize (Windows)

We know that you are officially in love with it. There is no hiding it. You are oh so proud of it. Your graphic designer buddy stops by and destroys your world with the notion your monitor is not calibrated. You stutter and answer whhaaaaa? We are here to offer you a free tool calledCalibrize 2.0. It will color calibrate your monitor so that colors look the same as they do on commercially calibrated machines....

September 16, 2009 · 2 min · 258 words · Laura Thomas MD

5 Cool Google Picasa Tips to Make Use of Your Photos

There are things that Google does well and some things they doreallywell. But with Picasa, you don’t have this issue. When you resize an image, it gets the new measurementsexactlyright, straight away. Just go to the photo then press theprintbutton. It will then give you a variety of sizes available. Then choose your desired size and off it goes to the printer. Just double-choose the photo you want to send to your blog and press theBlogThis!...

September 15, 2009 · 2 min · 363 words · Casey Edwards

Carbon Copy Cloner& Powerful Backup Utility (Mac)

I figured I could survive several days without backing up my data before buying a replacement drive. Well, days turned to weeks and months turned to years, then my main hard drive finally failed. Then I remembered, “Ah, yes… I have to buy that second hard drive to back up my data.” Activating it requires no rocket science. Just go to the System Preferences and press Time Machine. However, Time Machine can’t work with MS-DOS (FAT) formatted drives....

September 15, 2009 · 1 min · 154 words · Danielle Larson

Dungeons & Dragons Online MMORPG Re-Releases!

Related I’ve almost had enough of all those fantasy MMORPG’s. However, the internet just gave me another reason to keep going. With new questing systems, exciting worlds and hideous monsters. Read our review of Dungeons & Dragons Online - Eberron Unlimited, and give it a shot. Yes, it’s most definitely worth it. The game, then still working under the monthly subscription strategy, didn’t live up to expectations. Three years later, Dungeons & Dragons Online relaunches with Eberron Unlimited....

September 15, 2009 · 2 min · 267 words · Seth Wallace

4 Linux Applications to Keep Your Kids Ahead of the Game

You have to guess what the mixed up word is. Kanagram is cool, but wait until you hear aboutGCompris. There are even activities for discovering the computer’s peripherals. Each icon stands for an activity. A tap on the icon will lead you to an activity or a menu of activities. GCompris is translated into more than 50 languages. We’ve all seen the commercial with the kid who likes drawing on the furniture....

September 14, 2009 · 1 min · 171 words · Joshua Shaw

Top 3 Ways for Kids To Make Money Online

My friend (the father) scoffed. Make money playing games – yeah right. Don’t believe it? Or maybe you don’t allow them to, but they constantly beg for more time for gaming? This could be one of the most remarkable ways for kids to make money. You’ve got a huge community of folks all working toward achieving similar goals. Some folks are much better at it than others, and excel much faster....

September 14, 2009 · 1 min · 211 words · John Krueger

10 Solid Tips to Safeguard Your Facebook Privacy

Friend Lists are the foundation of your Facebook privacy parameters. Tip: On your left sidebar, all your friend lists may not show up by default. ClickMoreto see all of them, and drag and drop those you want above the separator. Customize Profile Privacy ClickSettings > Privacy configs > Profile. Select which parts of your profile will be seen by whom. If you chooseCustomizein the drop down, you’re free to be more specific....

September 13, 2009 · 2 min · 369 words · Cynthia Higgins

How to Twitter From a Low-Tech Cell Phone

Related Twitter- the most popular micro-blogging platform available today. I’m a proud member of Twitter and I tweet on an almost hourly basis. In fact, it was this last tweet which I made yesterday that inspired me to write this article. I am what you could call a “low-tech tweeter”. There is noWi-Fiand no 3G. Yet, I still tweet while on the move with photos, links and status updates. I would like to demonstrate a few low-tech ways to Twitter from a cell phone....

September 13, 2009 · 2 min · 336 words · Ann Mayer

How To Add Other Languages to Your Windows Keyboard

Would you know how to key in these on a standard English QWERTY keyboard? There are several ways to deal with language special characters. First of all you might use the numeric keypad and enter ASCII codes that will create the characters. You will find a thorough list of ASCII codes here. Finally, release the [ALT] key and your character should appear. That’s one way. You will find a list of the standard international keyboard layouts supported by Windows here....

September 12, 2009 · 1 min · 173 words · Katrina Brady

How To Cheat at a Rubik's Cube

Related How many times have you attempted to solve a Rubik’s Cube? It has 54 equal sized squares which are comprised of a bunch of cubes. If you want more details it’s possible for you to check out this Wikipedia page overhere. Yeah you want to cheat at a kids game. Don’t worry there is no shame in that (YES THERE IS!). These methods are difficult to say the least but old school geeks have been doing them for years....

September 12, 2009 · 2 min · 261 words · Christina Patterson

iCalendar Lite- A Free Transparent Desktop Calendar (Windows)

Related I have to admit, I’ma calendar addict. Why do I love it? There are several reasons. First, it’s highly customizable. Third, I really, really like how cool it looks. However, for our purposes, this isexactlywhat we want the calendar to do. In your system tray, you’ll find the calendar app appears as a calendar icon. Right select that icon and then select “prefs”. For me, this is a perfect calendar setup, because it’s always there…but not really....

September 12, 2009 · 1 min · 100 words · Nathaniel Roberts