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Continue reading →: Reducing the File Size of PowerPoint Files
I came across an article about reducing the size of PowerPoint files. It was a search result in the PowerPoint Help section. You might be surprised (or not) to learn how often people use the built-in help feature of most programs: Reduce the size of your PowerPoint files
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Continue reading →: Site Status
The Site Status widget created by Tom LeBlanc is a good program that monitors specific URLs, instead of simply pinging the hosts as many other site monitors do. However, if you have the widget installed on a computer that is hooked up to your surround sound system I highly suggest…
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Continue reading →: Sound Card
I’m searching for an inexpensive, high-quality PCI sound card with 7.1 channels and SPDIF output. So far I’ve found some good candidates at Newegg.com but I’m still shopping around. To my chagrin I could not find a similar card at Best Buy, Circuit City, or Office Max. Office Max did…
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Continue reading →: Dynex USB/Firewire iPod Dock Adapter
I passed through Best Buy and noticed a Dynex High-Speed USB 2.0/Firewire Dock Cable for Apple iPod (otherwise known as a sync cable in the Palm/PocketPC world) for $20. I’ve been wanting to buy a spare cable so I could always leave the original at home and not have to…
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Continue reading →: Wireless Keyboard/Mouse Combo
As mentioned in a previous post I have been using UltraNVC to control my Multi-Media Server (MMS). While this is convenient if I’m in another room it is not very convenient if I’m watching a podcast, show, or movie and someone calls because then I have to log into the…
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Continue reading →: UltraVNC
My “media center” PC is hooked to my television. I don’t want to dedicate a monitor to the system since the video output is going to primarily be sent to the television, but sometimes I need to view the screen as if I was working with a standard computer display.…
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Continue reading →: EzPop – POP3 Mail Notification Tool
EzPop is a very nice, compact POP3 e-mail notification tool. In addition to checking for new e-mail and displaying headers it also provides the ability to read and delete e-mails currently on the server. The interface is very simple and it supports custom skins. The developer website does not appear…
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Continue reading →: press any key
Welcome to my "other" blog. I decided to seperate the computer related posts so visitors looking for such information won’t have to wade through the other stuff. I moved most of my technical posts from the other blog and into this one. Some of those posts have 23:59 as the…
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Continue reading →: Media PC
I received my video card for the media PC I have setup in my entertainment center. It works well but seems to have a problem displaying output to the television and an external LCD monitor. I would prefer to have both and it may work with some tweaking but earlier…
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Continue reading →: A Dim Bulb
The bottom back-light in my Apple display has died. The reduced brightness in the bottom area is something I can deal with for now but the blinking power light is very annoying. Unfortunately, there isn’t much I can do about it right now and the screen is lit well enough…
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I’m Mike
Welcome to my blog, which I have maintained for several years, off and on, to share things that I’ve learned from numerous projects and various problem solving escapades. This is my way of giving something back to the online communities that have helped me learn more about a wide variety of topics.
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