Archive for March, 2007

stupid users

March 29, 2007

Being an IT person, the pictures this website brings don’t surprise me in the slightest. I see daily acts of stupidity but this stuff is a few notches higher! Rod Shelley, the page’s author, hints at working at Gateway (where are they now??) but I think the things here are visible whenever you mix computers [...]

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outlook on desktop

March 28, 2007

I found this utility today when I was looking for a different widget to display my tasks on the desktop. This small app (less than 500Kb download) displays any of your outlook panes (Calendar, Contacts, Inbox, Notes or Tasks) on your desktop in a slightly transparent version. Everything is fully adjustable from size, position & [...]

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what to do when a file seems corrupt

March 27, 2007

Doing the job I do, sometimes I get people phoning me up saying they can’t open such-a-such file. Now there are a few obvious reasons why this could be – normally because the user doesn’t have the software installed on their PC to view the file. Maybe it’s because they have an older version of [...]

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30 great website designs

March 24, 2007

Every now and again I come across some design work that just makes me wish I could a) do it and b) had thought of it first. This collection of 30 websites shows us how things should be on the internet (but rarely is..) [SHOW ME]

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12 ways to pimp your office

March 24, 2007

Check out these innovative designs to make your office the coolest in the building… How do you convince the higher management to part with the cash though?.. Mention the “Conference Bike” and they’ll be sold.. [SHOW ME]

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toshiba to ship hd-dvd with laptops

March 19, 2007

According to The Register, Toshiba are due to ship HD-DVD drives with their Satellite series of laptops in the Summer. The article doesn’t say if the drives are only initially being shipped with the Satellite Pro series. Toshiba well known for their part in the creation of the HD-DVD standard have made this move at [...]

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easier to copy than write

March 9, 2007

Students applying for places at Universities across the UK have been caught copying applications ideas for University places from the internet. It appears that hundreds of people mentioned “burning a hole in their pyjamas at age 8″ due to a chemistry experiment. This is apparently available from a well known website used to help potential [...]

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funniest gadgets

March 4, 2007

I found this article via digg. It lists some of the crazier uses for engineering intellect – after all who would need a bra / shopping bag combination? Useful if you have a spare bra, maybe, but why not just carry a spare shopping bag? This question and many others like this are painfully left [...]

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