Tips and Techniques – Page 4

Durable Goods

02/09/2007 Dr Wingnut Comments Off

How long should it last?ItemMaximum Life span (Years)Dishwasher10Microwave11Range17-19Bathtub10-15Water heater11-13Ceramic or laminate countertops10-15Garage door opener10Wall and trim paint5-10Exterior paint7-10Washer13Dryer14Refrigerator17Carpet11Wood deck15Gutters30Heat pump15Central air15Minneapolis Star-Tribune, 25 October, 2006 citing National Association of Home Builders and The Home Team […]

Locked your keys in your car?

10/25/2006 Dr Wingnut Comments Off

If you lock your keys in the car and the spare keys are at home, call someone on your (or someone else’s) cell phone.Hold your cell phone about a foot from your car door and […]

Hello; genius. Ding, ding, ding!

03/04/2006 Dr Wingnut Comments Off

As I was sitting here reading through the web news with NetNewsWire, I thought, it sure would be nice to have a button on this PowerBook G4 that would toggle the open windows to jump […]

ICE your cell phone now!

07/26/2005 Dr Wingnut Comments Off

In Case of Emergency – ICEParamedics will turn to a victim’s cell phone for clues to that person’s identity. You can make their job much easier with a simple idea that they are trying to […]

Moving mail from Outlook to Mac mail

06/06/2005 Dr Wingnut Comments Off

I scoured the web looking for the best way to convert my wife’s email from Outlook on Windows to Mail on Mac. It turned out that the best option was to attach to a .mac […]

Stuff that runs at Windows startup

03/08/2005 Dr Wingnut Comments Off

In addition to the applications that are in the startup folder, there is another place that contains startup applications. These items are stored in the registry in the My Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run key. This is a good place […]

DirectX

02/01/2005 Dr Wingnut Comments Off

Microsoft Windows XP has a command line utility called dxdiag which allows you to test your video card for Directx compatibility.Charles Klopp