PhotoJoy – Dynamic wallpaper, screen savers and more.

Posted on November 16, 2009 by 12 Comments

Recently I downloaded and installed a new program called PhotoJoy. Photo gallery application PhotoJoy turns your digital pictures into collages, desktop widgets, or 3D screensavers with just a few clicks. It’s the type of application that your mom would like (or anyone like me that enjoys wallpaper with changing photographs on it). Once you’ve […]... Read More

Flash Player installation problems

Posted on October 29, 2009 by 1 Comment

For some time now I haven’t been able to install the latest Flash from Adobe, but every time I tried it would fail to install and the error message would reference this tech note: http://www.adobe.com/go/tn_19166. Recently I really wanted to so I could try out PhotoJoy (post about this later). And of course, the information […]... Read More

Add a new look or skin to your Windows XP system

Posted on October 12, 2009 by Leave a comment

Recently I came across a real neat tool that updates your Windows XP install to look fresh and new… maybe even a bit more like Vista. Xpize is a free and OpenSource application that you can run and configure a new look for your Windows XP system. XPize actually updates icons and interface components […]... Read More

Network HP Printer with Vista 64bit

Posted on September 28, 2009 by Leave a comment

I just have to post my frustration about trying to locate Vista 64bit drivers. I recently purchased a Dell Studio 15 with Vista 64bit. As usual, I was requested by a family member to quickly use Google Maps (my favorite mapping software) to get directions and print them out. Unfortunately, I could not print once […]... Read More

Roy Tanck’s Flickr/Picasa Widget

Posted on March 30, 2009 by 3 Comments

oday the latest version of Colorful Tabs add-on for FireFox got installed and as I read about it, I noticed that you could use background images in the tabs and found a link to a background image generator. Now this image generator is nothing to write home about, or post about, but on that page […]... Read More

Hello DimDim, good by GoToMeeting

Posted on March 27, 2009 by 2 Comments

don’t mind advertising or promoting a good thing, especially when it is FREE. So, I say hello to dimdim and good by to GoToMeeting and WebEx. What is dimdim ? dimdim is the easiest web conferencing tool I have used and it is FREE. dimdim lets you deliver synchronized live presentations, whiteboards and web […]... Read More

DisneyPhotoPass and great memories

Posted on March 12, 2009 by 8 Comments

isneyPhotoPass is quite a cool thing. Disney theme parks have photographers throughout that are there to take your picture. These may not be professional photographers, but they are not your average novice photographers either. They shoot pictures with Nikon D70 (I hear they are upgrading to D80) and an added flash. Not all pictures are […]... Read More

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