Archive for the 'Computers' Category

Why is Being a Futurist Hard?

Oh, it’s easy to think that future technologies will be much much better than what we have now. Getting the specifics down is another thing though…

“Scientists from the RAND Corporation have created this model to illustrate how a ‘home computer’ could look like in the year 2004. However the needed technology will not be economically […]

What Should You Get Me For Christmas?

Computer Choppers is apparently in the business of giving gadgets a healthy coat of bling. They offer a variety of services, from providing gemstone-riddled logo pendants to laser-etching. Recently, they’ve been attracting some attention with their pet project: a 24k gold-plated MacBook Pro.
But I’m a simple man. All I want is a new coat of […]

What’s a Great Office Prank?

Have you checked out Peter Answers? It’s a great prank to pull on your officemates, because it fools them into thinking that the website is psychic.
If you visit the site and try it for yourself, you’ll only get vague answers. This virtual psychic only reveals its secrets to those who know how to use it.

How Do You Use YM Smileys as Your Avatar?

Check out my friend Ronan, who’s used the “angry” emoticon as his avatar on Yahoo Messenger:

Want to know how?

How Can You Make it Easier to Work in Windows?

By default, the taskbar on Windows (on the bottom by default) lists all your active apps as buttons in one row:

The taskbar lets you keep track of which programs are running, and makes it easy to switch them. Yet it becomes hard to see the name of your programs when many are running at the […]




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