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The Circus of Dr Lao: A Small, Strange American Masterpiece
Psst. Come in, come in! I’ve got a weird and wonderful book for you. There are books that feel like neatly arranged shelves. Then there are books like The Circus of Dr. Lao , which feels more like someone opened a door in the back of the room and a carnival wandered…
COMPUTER SHOPPING 2007
Thinking about a new computer – home, home office, small business? Let me give you some generalizations that will help you get started. (As always, gamers will be looking…
VISTA FEATURE: DREAMSCENE & DESKSCAPES
Vista Ultimate includes “Dreamscene” as an optional extra installed through the Windows Update system. It’s a completely frivolous bit of eye candy that…
HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
Happy Thanksgiving from all of us at bruceb consulting! All my best wishes for a happy holiday filled with family, food, and computers that stay running long enough to show off…
PAYPAL FOR NON-PAYPAL SITES
PayPal has a new service for making payments through its system on websites that don’t take PayPal directly. When you set up a free PayPal account (a login name and…
FOLDERSHARE OUTAGE
Foldershare is an invaluable free service from Microsoft for sharing files and folders among several computers, keeping the folders in sync with each other automatically….
WINDOWS LIVE ONECARE 2.0
At some point next week, computers running Windows Live OneCare will automatically be upgraded to OneCare 2.0. Apparently the intent is to make the update automatic and…
VISTA FEATURE: READYBOOST
Here’s another Vista feature worth knowing about. To perform well, Vista requires 2Gb of system memory. That’s partially because Vista is more demanding than Windows…
Vista Feature: Snipping Tool
Vista has a built-in utility for taking screenshots of all or part of the screen on the fly. The “Snipping Tool” is so compact and well-designed that some of you will…
BLOGLINES MOBILE
Some of you may have another reason to consider setting up Bloglines to organize your list of the websites that you read daily: it’s immediately useful on a mobile device…
HP MEDIASMART SERVER
Here’s a review worth reading of HP’s MediaSmart Server, built on Windows Home Server. It’s got a nice summary of Windows Home Server features and the added…
WINDOWS HOME SERVER DEBUTS
Microsoft’s Windows Home Server just arrived on the market – and it’s what you want for Xmas. I’ll give you a short overview and some links for you to…
MICROSOFT SEARCH SERVER 2008 EXPRESS
Microsoft is finalizing Microsoft Search Server 2008 Express, a free product for searching files on network servers. It has the potential to fill a need for many small…
Vista Feature: Breadcrumbs
Let’s highlight a few Vista features that improve life in small but meaningful ways. My personal favorite is a feature for moving through folders known as…
BLOG AGGREGATORS
If you’re interested in technology, one of the first sites to check in the morning is TechMeme, a wildly popular service that checks thousands of blogs and news sites and…
KEEPING UP WITH BLOGS
Let’s talk about blogs and RSS feeds. It might have more relevance than you think. If you’re like most people, most of your web surfing time is spent visiting the…