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Tutorial: How to Upgrade the Creative Zen Vision W Hard Drive

July 20, 2007

Six months ago I published a guide to the complete disassembly of the Creative Zen Vision W personal media player. At the end of that post I theorized as to how one could upgrade the hard drive when larger ones came available. Well now, thanks to the generosity of Aaron Vronko and RapidRepair.com for supplying [...]

Lets Be Clear, Microsoft IS Predatory. Here’s the Proof

April 14, 2007

Some people remember, and some seem to have forgotten, but Microsoft has driven many companies out of business. There are those who have argued that Microsoft did this simply because they were the better competitor, but that is not the only reason. Microsoft gained an early monopoly in the PC operating system arena, then abused [...]

The Nice Person Freeware License

April 11, 2007
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While creating a couple of plugins and themes for WordPress I became confused, disillusioned and disenchanted with the various copyright licenses found around the net. I didn’t want anything so “legal-y” because, well frankly I’m not going to have the time, energy or patience to actually enforce it. Plus, I’m giving these things away for [...]

Twingly the World’s Coolest Screen Saver

March 7, 2007

My buddy Hrafn over at Inkblot Earth found this incredibly cool screen saver called Twingly. In a nutshell it does the following things: A visual representation shows blog postings from around the world in real time. You can zoom in and out with your mouse’s scroll wheel, and you can rotate and spin the globe [...]

Learn to Touch Type for Free

February 16, 2007

Ever wished you could become a touch typist rather than hunting and pecking at the keyboard? Or, curious how fast you actually are? Well, have I got a few options for you! From freeware to a full blown touch typing Web application, if it ain’t here it just doesn’t exist.

Creative Zen Vision W Teardown

January 8, 2007

After my previous review of the Zen Vision W I had a reader Ask the Man the following question: Hi, I just got myself a Zen W last X-mas. I think it’s fantastic as well. I bought the 30gb instead of the 60gb thinking I could probably upgrade the hard drive to a higher capacity [...]

Free Mac-Style Launcher for Windows

January 1, 2007

For those of you in the “Mac Camp” who are forced to work on a PC everyday (you know who you are) here is a little program you can use to make your PC feel more like home…

My 51 Favorite Freeware Apps for Windows

December 29, 2006

People routinely ask about my favorite software so, I’ve decided to gather all my top picks in one place to make every one’s life a little easier. All of the software listed here is free for personal use, meaning: Any of this software can be installed and used at absolutely no charge, forever. There is [...]

Shrink DVDs to Play on iPhone, iPod or Other PMPs for Free

December 22, 2006

So, someone gave you a new iPhone, IPod video, Creative Zen Vision, Archos PVR or other fancy device for the holiday and now you need to know how to copy your DVDs to it so you can take them with you? Or maybe you didn’t get one of those, but you’d like to load a [...]

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