You might not have noticed but I’ve been away from this blog for a while. In May 2007 I was diagnosed with COPD.
It’s a bit ironic that I stop smoking completely January 1, 2007. Unfortunately, it wasn’t quit enough to make up for years of damaging my lungs. This image on the right no longer [...]

If you need a sturdy and easy-to-assemble and cheap bookcase, look no further. Target is selling a great bookcase for only $24.99 plus $6.99 for shipping. Here’s the Target page description:

Store books and showcase knickknacks and pictures with understated modern style
Sturdy plywood shelves with rugged stainless steel poles
Black laminate shelf coverings
Easy assembly, no tools [...]

Google’s new version of Blogger may be great but I could not get to the old Dashboard using Internet Explorer 6.0. If you are using IE you can login and then you get a “Click here to continue” message. You can click til the cows come home and you won’t get to the Blogger [...]

Setting up a new laptop can be time consuming and frustrating. Since I’ve done it before I knew what steps had to be taken.
Take out the trash
Every new computer comes with special offers (read ads), trial software (more ads), useful utilities, and junk. The Toshiba Satellite® Notebook PC (A105-S2071) was no exception. Here’s what I [...]

Most evenings I check the news on Google News, StarTribune.com, and TwinCities.com before turning off the computer.
Tonight the StarTribune site was so ugly and distracting I just had to capture the screen and archive it.
When I first opened the page it was completely filled with the Lupient logo as a background image.

Moments later the rest [...]