Tricks and Tips
Restore Lenovo G550 Laptop to Factory Settings
August 7, 2012
My latest struggle in restoring a computer to usefulness after a virus infection led me to throw my hands into the air and do a system restore. Of course, the laptop came with no restoration discs
The Rules
August 22, 2010
“The game is played, not to protect the rules; rather, the rules are made to protect the game.” – Ravi Zacharias in Recapture the Wonder Often when people are confronted with rules, especially
Rewards Cards are thieves
June 11, 2010
There is a nearly criminal racket that is very active and pervasive. Chances are, even you have taken part in it. The racket is called Rewards Cards. Have you ever wondered where the “rewards”
Arbor Day Foundation
March 31, 2010
I just joined the National Arbor Day Foundation. The registration costs $10 for a year and with that I get 10 trees. I wanted a Weeping Willow tree too, so I bought one for $8 and got a free Red
Lectio Divina
December 5, 2009
Lectio DivinaThe Four Moments from WikipediaLectio Divina has been likened to “Feasting on the Word.” The four parts are first taking a bite (Lectio), then chewing on it (Meditatio). Next is the
AT&T Towers
November 24, 2009
I just got off of the phone with AT&T customer service complaining about a lack of service. The lady gave me this address to send a request to get a tower placed on my property. Basically you
Cannot start Microsoft Outlook. Cannot open the Outlook window.
September 10, 2009
This morning I encountered this error when I tried to open Outlook. “Cannot start Microsoft Outlook. Cannot open the Outlook window.” Turns out, all you need to do is go to run and type or paste
Reset Photoshop preferences to default
August 3, 2009
How to reset Photoshop preferences (In Windows):Hold down all three Ctrl+Alt+Shift buttons and open Photoshop from the start menu.As Photoshop loads, you should get a prompt asking if you would like
How to delete or force delete print jobs
July 6, 2009
Written by Ellie under Geek Girl We have all sent print jobs to the printer to only realize – “I shouldn’t have sent that!” But when you right-click on the job and press delete, the job
IBM ServerGuide
March 13, 2009
IBM ServerGuide download matrixhttps://www-304.ibm.com/systems/support/supportsite.wss/docdisplay?lndocid=SERV-GUIDE&brandind=5000008This is the installation disc that makes things so much easier
IBM xSeries 346 PCI slots
March 11, 2009
This is a picture of the PCI riser card in my IBM xSeries 346 8840-45u serverFrom this diagram, I surmise that the PCI slots are the 3.3v 64-bit style.
Remote Business Contact Manager Database
March 8, 2009
A handy tool to ease the setup of a BCM Database: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=658 This tool allows administrators to host Business Contact Manager for Outlook 2010
Superb car handling.
November 22, 2008
[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rs-jAImScms[/embed] This guy is having way too much fun. (Jealous) You can see that the making of the video was not flawless, but the sheer skill needed to
Round Dog vs. Square Hole
October 4, 2008
Cute clip of a young puppy trying to squeeze through a tiny hole.
Google Chrome
September 2, 2008
The new browser from Google is here in all of its simple goodness. Seems to work well in Vista Ultimate x64. Can’t wait for the Mac version to come out.Download it here www.google.com/chromeChrome a
iChat Screen Sharing
February 27, 2008
I had a problem with iChat screen sharing via Bonjour on my Mac. The screen sharing screen button was grayed out when I was using my LAN connection (10/100) and the connection doctor said that the
What Lies Beneath
February 20, 2008
Things have not changed here. Everyone is hoping that the peace talks will succeed. Hoping and praying for a miracle. No one is sorry for what has taken place so far. The same people that have been
A goat for a slap
February 18, 2008
Sun 17 Feb 2008, 11:55 GMTNAIROBI, Feb 17 (Reuters) – Kenyan elders have demanded a goat from President Mwai Kibaki as compensation for an alleged assault by First Lady Lucy Kibaki, local media said