Archive: Leisure
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May 21, 2010
1 CommentAncient Aliens
I’ve always been a fan of stories of the unknown. Mysteries, unsolved cases, paranormal or just strange things fascinate me. Most of the time I’ll admit that its all stupidity and sometimes downright pure insanity, but it still makes for some good entertainment. The same terms could be used for almost any form of entertainment...
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Apr 27, 2010
No CommentsPGP Public Key
Security is essential. There are a lot of software applications out there to help ensure that security when communicating electronically. For Windows users, you’ll want to look for either GNG4Win or the commercial PGP Desktop. For Mac users there’s MacGPG. If you want to communicate with me without worrying about who may or may not...
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Dec 19, 2009
2 CommentsOptimizing Windows Media Center
Many years ago, oddly enough around the time that my daughter started getting interested in kid’s DVDs and i had to replace the Monsters, Inc. DVD about four times I finally decided to rip all my DVDs to a computer with a large hard drive and hook that up to my TV to play the...
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Sep 09, 2009
No CommentsVista OEM vs. Vista Retail
This will be a quick post, but I just wanted to put it out there. I recently was working on reformatting an old computer for a co-worker, but their computer manufacturer (HP) didn’t include a restore disk with their brand new computer! Luckily, it had a license on the side so I thought I’d try...
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Jun 05, 2009
No CommentsRemember D-Day
June 6th, 1944 marks the 65th anniversary of the Allied landing along the French coastline during WWII. If you aren’t aware of what this day means, I would encourage you to read up on some of the links I’ve provided below. If you are a veteran of this Day of Days, or any event during...