From today’s WinXPNews. How to use the Cipher command to wipe data from your disk As you probably know, when you delete files off your Windows XP or Windows Vista computer, those files aren’t actually gone. The only thing that happens is that the “pointer” to the deleted files is removed and the space on…
Using different backgrounds for each of my dual monitors has been something I’d been thinking about for awhile now, and finally had this post on the How To Geek about Display Fusion brought it right to the front of my mind. Obviously, I had to try it out. So I’ve just downloaded it and set…
Using the new beta version (2008) of Windows Live Writer to post this. I’ve been a fan of WLW for awhile now and they really do just keep making it better. Of course, now that they’ve rolled all these Live services into one installer, trying to just get Live Writer involves a whole lot of…
I’m trying out Open Office, which isn’t really a new thing for me, but the fact that I’m doing it at work is pretty new. It seems that our attempt to add two laptops to our pool of machines to be used at trial has hit one large roadblock. Namely, we can’t get them with…
The Labor Day weekend here in the US gave us another opportunity for a quick trip, allowing us, and Angela’s parents to spend some time in Chicago. We took the Amtrak from Toledo on Saturday morning, coming back to Toledo late Sunday night. It was a good time, both days were warm and sunny, without…
Sunny day in Chicago Originally uploaded by mikemac29 Posted this from my cell phone. Not as high a quality photo, but being able to post it from there, immediately, is nice.