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Beware VisionTek ATI Radeon HD 4650 seekers.
#1 This is the graphics card I ordered:
VisionTek ATI Radeon HD 4650
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This is genius. Directory List & Print. I’ve often been looking for something that will do exactly this – print a list of folder contents. I’ve always ended up taking a screenshot instead. … [continued]
Good morning from my antique laptop. Getting this posted has been a challenge with programs crashing left and right. If DELL sends me the wrong graphics card for my desktop monitor, (which seems entirely possible) … … [continued]
I definitely need a treadmill computer desk.
After a month of steady rain, yesterday the sun was shining. The beginning of Summer. Just in the nick of time according to the calendar. As I was falling asleep last night, I made a plan. … [continued]
Today started with a young man installing a new graphics card and a new motherboard in my computer and a new DVI cable going to my new monitor. I guess DELL wanted to make sure all the bases were covered. A new motherboard seemed a little over the top to me for fixing a monitor problem. But, as it turns out, it was on the brink of death too and who would have known without looking inside? … [continued]
Voila! my new monitor. Oops, what is wrong with this picture? Ah, another black one. Meanwhile, over at LG I’m sure someone is wondering why they got my other one back because there’s nothing wrong with it.
In a word, this is what makes me nervous about computer techs. He didn’t do any trouble-shooting at all, just sent me a new monitor. I thought that was very odd at the time and said, “Maybe it’s the graphics card?” He didn’t seem interested in anything except sending me a new monitor so, being tired as I was, I thought Oooookeedoke. … [continued]
Yesterday was Convocation Day for the college. Exams are over and all but the summer students are now scattered to the winds. Just us few peons left to organize for next year. Next thing on the agenda is a brain-storming meeting. Basically, what that means is that I get to show up with a clipboard and a list of work to delegate. … [continued]
Here’s a dandy piece of software for genealogists. Foxit Reader. It also comes as Foxit Reader Portable.
Instead of being just your run-of-the-mill (very fast) PDF reader, it also has tools for: … [continued]
I admit I’m not a big Twit so far. That’s what Twitter-ers are called – Twits for short. It used to mean something else.
Anyway, I’m trying. And I came across a Firefox plugin to help me. It’s called Echofon. … [continued]
bgMaker is a free background maker.
Just like in Grade 2, I still love working with graph paper and making background patterns. … [continued]
