FREE – Windows 7 Power Users Guide (via What’s On My PC)

Who can turn down a free ebook? Looks like this will be my evening reading material. Exciting life huh?

The Windows Power Users Guide is a MUST HAVE book to get the most out of Windows 7 that is for people of all technical ability. The book (now FREE as an eBook) was first published in 2009 by Mike Halsey (MVP).  Mike is also author of the famous book Troubleshooting Windows 7 Inside Out from Microsoft Press… The book contains 16 chapters and is a guide on how to get the very best out of Windows 7 from installation to configuration and advanced ope … Read More

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Avoid viruses, don’t open attachments

Avoid viruses, don’t open attachments, a photo by stevethomasart on Flickr.

Avoid viruses, don’t open attachments

Avoid viruses, don’t open attachments, a photo by stevethomasart on Flickr.

So is this Captain Malware?

“Five”

“Five”, a photo by awhyu on Flickr.

Beautiful light. Isn’t it nice to know that there are many wonderful things in the world?

Rant: HP printer sux (via 86dave’s Blog)

Image by angrykeyboarder via Flickr

I shared my experience in this comment:
Unfortunately all brands have problems. The most problematic for me have been Epsons, Lexmark and Brother. The best have been Canon. I have loved the canon printers i have had. HP laser jet printers tend to be good. If you have an HP you might need drivers that HP doesn’t provide. You might find this useful.

http://chimac.net/2010/12/01/deskjet-5650-compatibility-for-10-6-snow-leopard/

HP deskjet F4480. Not a bad little printer. New a year or two ago. I was pretty happy with it; I rarely printed color, but color was nice to have for the occasional photo printout. I was still on the original ink cartridges that came with the machine. And then one day it decided the color cartridge was a knock-off and refused to print with a foreign cartridge (which is in fact an HP cartridge) installed. There are help instructions about wiping t … Read More

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House on Fire

House on Fire, a photo by Mel on Flickr.

Beautiful. Wouldn’t this be great to come home to?

Thailand’s Stonehenge ?

Thailand’s Stonehenge ?, a photo by I Prahin | www.southeastasia-images.com on Flickr.

Pretty cool isn’t it? I wonder who stacked them?

Munnar -Tea Garden photo

Munnar -Tea Garden, a photo by matey_88 on Flickr.

It looks unreal and perfect doesn’t it? I wonder how much work it takes to maintain something like this?