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Windows 7 Taskbar: Pin a FILE (Not an application)

This one aggravated me for a bit; maybe the solution will help you, too. I have a spreadsheet that I use to track finances. It’s the only spreadsheet I use regularly, so naturally I want to be able to access it quickly and easily. I googled a solution, but found a lot of “you can’t [...]

A tool to split an MP3 into pieces

I use Juice to download a couple of radio talk shows in MP3 format. Every night before bed I copy Fred Thompson, Mark Levin, and Power Line (when they do a show) to a flash drive to listen to on the way to and at work. Yeah, if I was one of the cool kids, [...]

MP3′s on USB – anywhere!? Why is this so hard to find?

Not my usual type of post, but I found this odd: I’m on the go a lot, between work and home and the time on the road between the two. Radio reception around here sucks, and I have no desire to subscribe to yet another service just to listen to decent talk radio. I solved [...]

I (Heart) Akismet

Since the day I gave up on Greymatter, moved to a different host, and loaded up WordPress, I’ve been running Akismet to monitor comments and keep out the spam… today my counter is over 1000 junk emails, with no false positives and (if I recall correctly) only one spam-ish comment making it through. That rocks. [...]

Letting other people take the plunge…

I’ve been in no hurry to “upgrade” to Vista, based on what I’d read. Here’s justification from someone who should really know: