Well, in an effort to cut the traffic coming to my house and to lower utilization of my cpu on my server I am trying to host this blog on wordpress.com at http://hometownnerd.wordpress.com . Not sure yet how I like it since there are no plugins here and cannot extend it much because of that […]
I never realized how much someone that I did not know could have an impact on my life. My love for computers started way back in 1982 or so and it was because of Steve Jobs’ Apple II that caused it. I had no idea who he was at the time, I just knew I […]
I just saw this site and thought it would be interesting for us that may be socially active online. If you have a rather full online social life and were thinking maybe you wished you could automate some of the tasks you perform everyday, you may want to check out http://ifttt.com/ which stands for If This Then […]
Ok, I know I broke the rule and installed the beta on my WP7 trophy, but I heard too many things good about it to not at least try and no one seemed to have difficulty with the install. I also realized that when the official one came out that I would need to revert […]
I really liked the premise behind turntable.fm but never really felt like part of it, so I have decided to stop using it. Just so happens that this decision coincides with Pandora.com announcement that they have removed the 40 hour limit, thank goodness, 40 hours is crap for a month worth of listening, I can […]
turntable.fm is a very nifty site, it is a cross between chat board and radio, a place where normal people can play their favorite songs and let others hear them and vote on them as to whether they like them or not. Getting a DJ position on the turntables is hard but it does work […]
Ok, just thought I would make a quick post about a company I am sure if you have any connection to computers at all you know them, they are NewEgg.com. They are a rather excellent PC, accessories, and electronics distributor, mainly online through their website, but they also offer picking things up at their service […]
I know I have mentioned before I am a Windows Mobile user from a long time ago, back when WM5 was big and I had a Pantech Flip Phone that was a smartphone and have loved it ever since. Well, I have also mentioned that I am a WP7 convert now as well and one […]
Do you still use a WM6 phone and find it works great for you? Do you use the My Phone service for free from Microsoft to backup your contacts and text messages? You may have just found out how Microsoft is going to force you to move to Windows Phone 7. They are pulling the […]
Ok, in this post I will give you some options to kill an application or process when things have gone terribly wrong with task manager in Windows and you cannot launch it the normal ways that I have shown you in the previous post http://blog.hometownnerd.co.cc/?p=249 . This post covers a few of the best task […]