by jtpratt | Aug 22, 2007 | google, resources and tips, tutorial, web
We all use google, and most of us that would consider ourselves “power users” probabaly already know the more popular google ‘shortcuts’ and features. Like you can use google as a calculator and search “8 + 8” and google will spit...
by jtpratt | Aug 9, 2007 | firefox, hardware, resources and tips, software, tutorial, web
I came across something I just had to share that has changed the way I work quite a bit. I was doing StumbleUpon one day, and one of the first pages I came across was Portableapps.com. Now I’ve blogged about both Portable Firefox and Portable Opera before. These...
by jtpratt | Aug 9, 2007 | computers, hardware
I’ve seen all kinds of things made from duct tape It seems to be an on and off again fad. My daughter loves to make all kinds of things out of duct tape. She’s made wallets, I think a pair of shoes once, a belt – apparently there are all kinds of web...
by jtpratt | Aug 3, 2007 | resources and tips, software
Here’s a resource page you need to bookmark – “45 Best Freeware Design Programs”. This guy really did his homework. I’ve read and even created many resource or “roundup” pages, but this is one of the best I’ve seen. If...
by jtpratt | Jun 29, 2007 | video games, web
Well, back in the day of 3.0 browsers – did you ever think that you’d see the day when you’d be playing a complete version of Super Mario Brothers right in your own browser built completely on DHTML and CSS? Talk about coding ’til your fingers...
by jtpratt | Jun 29, 2007 | computers
“The Death of Software” is a great Infoworld article I read a couple of weeks back. The subheading says: A developer who’s seen it all believes the U.S. software industry is circling the drain ? and he knows who’s to blame. It’s an op-ed...
by jtpratt | Jun 29, 2007 | music
Sanatana slams KISS, from contactmusic.com: (From Contact Music) “Latin rocker CARLOS SANTANA has slammed outrageous KISS frontman GENE SIMMONS by questioning his musical ability and branding him “Las Vegas entertainment”. The SMOOTH hitmaker is...
by jtpratt | Jun 29, 2007 | music
I subscribe to the email newsletter over at truefire.com, and once a week I read about all the new video guitar lessons they have. This week they had a blurb about this wall in their studio, and how when it was built someone scribbled “Top 100 Guitar Albums of...
by jtpratt | Jun 29, 2007 | computers, hardware
Wow, Gizmag has a story about Hitachi working on a 5 Terabyte 3.5 inch drive. Not due out until the year 2010, that sure shows how much cheaper storage gets each day. By the time we get that, all of my 700MB CD’s will feel like floppies for sure! You can find...
by jtpratt | Jun 29, 2007 | gadgets, tutorial
How to fix a sad face on a broken iPod If you want to fix your broken iPod and get rid if the sad face with the x’s for eyes – the fix might be easier than you think If you’ve already been to the apple ipod support page and had no luck – we can...
