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Microsoft’s Greatest Hidden Options

December 4, 2007

Ok. You know how Microsoft seems like it always crashes at the most inopportune moments possible? Well frankly, it’s all your fault. What you need to do is type the following command: Hold ALT, CTRL, CAPS LOCK, and TAB while simultaneously pressing F8, HOME, ARROW DOWN, and ENTER. This will bring up the following dialog [...]

Improve Your Writing With Conservation of Words

November 2, 2007

Years ago while attending the University of Texas at Dallas I took a government class with Dr. Judy Bundy (though I don’t think she’s at UTD anymore). Anyway, she related this story on the chalkboard to the class one day and it stuck in my head as one of the most brilliant analogies I’ve ever [...]

The PayPal Fee Calculator

July 24, 2007

This is just a quick tip… If you ever find that you need to transfer money to someone and wonder what it would cost to do it via PayPal then you definitely need to check out the PayPal Fee Calculator. Two very useful things I can come up with for this site are: You want [...]

Travel Tip: Faster Elite Status with Hertz

July 21, 2007

If you happen to be a Hertz #1 Club Gold member there are elite status levels available which are (ridiculously) achieved by number of actual rentals, as opposed to days of rentals. This is one of the worst rental rewards policies in the entire travel industry because it will reward some travelers who are far [...]

Travel Tip: Faster Gold or Platinum Status With American Airlines

July 21, 2007

Everyone is aware of American Airlines and most other carriers elite status levels. These are the people who are invited to board the planes first, get free upgrades, and even get the best seats in the first few rows of the economy seating section (you might not have known that). Normally in order to achieve [...]

Travel Tip – Makeshift Hotel Cooler

July 17, 2007

One nice thing about hotels is that they usually have commercial ice makers which are great for filling up coolers. But what about when you don’t have a cooler, but you have a few drinks that you’d like to ice down over night? Well, all you need to do is convert the sink into a [...]

How to Screenprint Your Own T-Shirts

July 1, 2007

Ever wanted to put your own design on a shirt and parade around with your totally unique idea plastered for the world to see? Well, with a few fairly inexpensive tools, now you can. In this video Bre from Make Magazine and Matt from Etsy.com walk us through the process of screenprinting. After you learn [...]

Chill A Coke In 2 Minutes!

June 30, 2007

Let’s say you’re having a group of friends over, and people show up with warm drinks. Clearly they need to be cooled down, but if you put them in the fridge or a cooler it’s going to take hours. Well, here’s a little video that demonstrates how to drop those baby down to about 40 [...]

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