Tips and Techniques

Unhappy with the color of Compact Fluorescent Lamps?  When you are purchasing bulbs look at the Color Temperature (measured in Kelvins [K], the higher the number the cooler, “bluer”, the light is).  A Sylvania Soft […]

Was looking for something in Quicksilver today and noticed that there is a application called “GIT GUI” on my system.  After poking around a little bit, I saw that there was full man support for […]

See the following for Entourage 2004, and Entourage 2008 to turn off the stupid Entourage notifier and use Growl instead.I made some modifications to the graphics so that the Entourage logo is red for critical […]

Stars use number codes: Black Star: ★ is ★ White Star: ☆ is ☆See All Forces: Special characters

A useful tool for keeping children from asking, “Are we there yet?” is to give them each a roll of quarters.  They are not allowed to spend these quarters, and must surrender one quarter every […]

These are actual photos of aircraft breaking the sound barrier. This phenomena only happens at the instant an aircraft breaks the sound barrier and it literally appears like the aircraft goes through a wall.  I […]

Keep This Handy On The FridgeDid You Know that drinking two glasses of Gatorade can relieve headache pain almost immediately — without the unpleasant side effects caused by traditional “pain relievers.”Did you know that Colgate […]