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Windows 11: PC Healthy or not?
Windows 10 has been such an improvement over previous Windows operating systems, I had even greater hopes for Windows 11. After all, the more it looks like GNU/Linux, doesn't get i
Speeding Up Your PC
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RANT: Default PDF Printing on Windows 10
Update: Sigh. I wrote this when I was angry, and now have cooled down. How silly of me to get angry. But it was fun to write. Ok, how @ $@$ hard is it, Microsoft? Get the da
When Windows 10 Runs Slow: Manjaro Linux
At some point over summer vacation, my wife's Dell laptop turned sluggish then stopped working altogether. I'm not sure what the problem was, but it's slow startup had defied vario
Encrypted File Systems (EncFS)
What a fascinating read (if you're into protecting your confidential files on your computer) about the EncFS (encrypted file system) in this blog entry, [Using EncFS with Dropbo
Book Creator for Windows is FREE
[Get Windows version for Fre
Half-Awake Disaster: Windows Users Beware! #Schannel
Have you ever done the half awake, disaster dance? You know, that lousy moment when you drop a jar on the floor and it explodes, leaving you stranded barefoot on your kitchen floor
XP Malware Support Countdown Clock
Thanks to the folks at , we now have an end of Windows XP Malware Support Countdown Clock: [View or
Quintet of Desktop Computer Tools
A truly amazing quintet of
BYOT Your Way to Success @haikudeck
The following Haiku Deck was created with the web version of Haiku Deck! I made up the BYOT slides from the top of my head. I hope that it is OK to share that this was made with th
Open Source Encryption Tools to Protect #Privacy #nsa (Updated 11/2018)
I was totally unprepared for today's bombshell revelations [describing the NSA's efforts to defeat encryption](
Playing with Markdown Text Editors #iPad #android #Mac #windows
Yesterday (or was it early this morning?), I [shared how much fun I was having replacing Evernote note taking options with text editors that would work with Dropbox](
No Windows 8 or PC Hardware for Me
Avoid the Windows curse?
Keeping Windows Installs Up to Date
A recent conversation on a
Back to Peppermint OS #Linux #Lubuntu
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Black Eyes - When Your Windows is Possessed #spyware #malware #viruses
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Cleaning Old Windows
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#iPad Reflection App...for Windows?
[youtube How old is the person who recorded the video above? It doesn't matter, right? Nifty! A colleague recently told me that
Connecting a Desktop Computer to Wireless Network
A friend recently asked me, "How do I connect my old desktop computer to my wireless network?" As we explored the issue further, I decided to help out and set up the old Dell deskt
R.I.P. - Farewell, Jing Pro
Let's have a moment of silen
Streaming Video to #iPad #iTouch or #Android with #AirPlayIt
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Encrypting Files the Easy Way
Update: Are you a school district administrator? You may want to [read this article, 5 Encryption Tips for Administrators , as well!](
5 Encryption Tips for School Administrators (Updated 1/1/2012)
Need to protect confidential informati
#Giveaway - Free #SnowFox Screen Recorder
There are lots of different screencapture/screencasting tools available for free on Windows, Mac and Linux! Some of
Video Editing on Netbooks
Encountered this problem? I have...what a pain. Image So
Giveaway - WinX #Blu-ray Decrypter #free #edchat
Around the Corner MGuhlin.org and Digiarty Software have launched an exciting gi
Expires Nov 6 - #Mac X DVD Ripper Pro
Just received exciting news about MacX DVD Ripper Pro...it's a nice piece of software that works for Mac and Windows platforms. Here's the press release: We are giving away MacX
Giveaway - WinXDVD Ripper for #mac and #windows #free
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Having Fun Reading RSS Feeds
The other day, I had to shake myself awake as I pored through my RSS feeds. Certainly, looking at the feeds in GoogleReader isn't as visually engaging as watching a few hundred twe
Simple Image Resizing/Editing
What program (FREE) do you recommend for teachers to use to just do minimal editing of photos for their websites? Mainly I want them to reduce the file size of the photo. Some so
Giveaway - WinX DVD Ripper
Just recently, a [few folks were
From DVD to iPod - Ripping DVDs
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NCrypt Encryption for #Windows and #Linux - Command Line Only
UPDATE 01/03/2012: I now recommend AESCrypt solution for cross platform encrypting. Works great, free open source, and cross platform (
Quark Express for #Free for Teachers #edchat
A colleague recently shared.... For a limited time, QuarkXPress 9 is free for teachers. This short article tells you how you can register for a free license for the software and
Unetbootin on Mac Update
A little while ago, I wrote about [ Unetboo
Running WinXP and Watching Netflix on @PeppermintOS ICE #m90z
From How to Watch Netflix in Linux in Linux): This is by NO means, in ANY way shape or form an official
Lifetime GiveAway - WinX DVD Author @WinXDVD
Wow, awesome news! WinX DVD Author is now free
Screencasting Apps Update (Revised 6/30/2013)
Updated: Now includes Mac, Windows, and UbuntuLinux Recently, a few technology directors were sharing their favorite screencasting/capture tools. Be sure to check out
GiveAway Winners - Collage It for Windows
Earlier this week, [in this blog entry, I shared](http
#GiveAway Announcement - Collage It for Windows #free
Some time ago, [Pearl Mountain Softwar
Giveaway - WinX Bluray DVD iPad Ripper Upgrade and Giveaway
Check out this software giveaway thro
Mobile Revelations - Bootable USB Flash Drive (Updated)
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Product Review - Picture Collage Maker
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Software GiveAway - Picture Collage Maker Pro
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Free Open Source ScreenCapture Tool
As much as I like [Skitch on Mac](http:/
Press Release -Free iPhone DVD Video Converter Pack Giveaway
FYI Free video converter.... Happy u
Ripping Songs from Your iPod
Question: What is the best way to get music from an iPod to a new computer? The old one crashed. (via Plurk) Response: Having access to
Anti-Theft Solution - Prey
Thanks to Bernie Dodge for sharing this link to Prey, a free, open source anti
Yet Another Free Video Converter for #mac and #windows Expires 11/15/2010
Looking for a free video converter? Apparently, MacX folks
Don't Miss This (Ends 11/4/10) - Free Video Converter for Mac and Windows
Update 11/5/2010: This offer has been extended as a Thanksgiving Giveaway. Read details here at 7:30 AM (CST) on 11/5/2010. [
Compressing Video from Your Flip Camera
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Cross-Platform and SmartPhone ActivSync Support on MS Exchange 2010
Yesterday, an organization near and dear to me upgraded to MS Exchange 2010. I immediately started imagining the questions the end users might be asking. One of those questions was
THE GIMP Video Tutorials @elpzimmerman
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Mac Antivirus Solutions #windows #ubuntulinux
If you're a Mac user and I am, although I prefer UbuntuLinux most of the time, my Mac work mostly done at work rather than home unless I'm getting ready for a keynote presentation
Free PDF Makers (Updated for PDF Merging)
At least once a year, someone asks this question: Do we have a program with which I can convert a doc into a pdf? My answer is short: 1. There are several PDF creators. You can d
Recording Skype Calls on UbuntuLinux 10.04 Lucid Lynx and Win/Mac
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Unetbootin on Mac (Updated)
Update: Here's my screenshot walkthrough Although Unetbootin (or [PenDriveLinux.com's the USB Universal Instal
Plurk This, Twitter! (Updated)
It's been a year or longer since I stated I was dumping Twitter for Plurk (I joined in 2008), but to be honest, I was back on Twitter within the day. My network was bigger on Twitt
Converting Videos to WebM Format
If you're like the folks I work with, [conver
MyNotes - Using Linux to Disinfect Windows
You have to appreciate nice, simple tutorials like this one...performing the kind of work that's often needed with Windows computers. [Using Linux to Disinfect Windows Linux Jo
Windows Tip - Copy Files/Folders Fast on Windows (Updated)
The following question came up: Is there a fast and easy way to copy one hard drive to another?They are not identical in size one is 320 and the other 500. They are the same ma
AntiVirus Startups
A colleague recently dropped his computer off to me and asked me to clean it out for him. While it would have been a simple matter to reformat the hard drive, I found myself lookin
Adding ClipArt to OpenOffice
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Android AntiSpyware Destroyer
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Export iCal to CSV
Source: [Mozilla Sunbird
Upgrade Problems Funding Isn't Available to Fix
While it's great to stay up to date with the latest and greatest, many schools are still using old, out of date software and hardware. I look to the announcement below from Google
Must-Have Windows Software (Updated - 07/2015)
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Virtual Box Portability - From Dell to Mac
Success! Without any problems (unless you count this a problem), I was able to mount a Windows Virtua
Virtual Box Portability
After playing around with Virtual Box today, including successfully copying a Windows Vbox container file (if that's the appropriate term) to an external USB drive that was setup o
Virtual Box
Shown above, a screenshot of VirtualBox with Win
Convert YouTube Video to MP3 Audio (Updated)
Someone recently asked me, "You know how singers publish their songs as music videos on YouTube?" Required Software I am using Ubuntu Linux, but the concept should be
Encrypt Your Gmail Email Messages
Encrypting one's email and messages seems a bit paranoid, yet I find myself doing so for stuff I just don't want to drop in "plain text" in my inbox. As access to the cloud makes
VeraCrypt for Data Protection (Updated 01/03/2015)
Update 05/28/2014 TrueCrypt is now defunct but... as of 01/03/2014, [VeraCrypt has replaced i
Freeware for Windows
A few free utilities. I found all these entries online on Gizmo Richard's [web site](
Accessing NTFS 1 Terabyte Formatted Drive on Mac
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AntiVirus for Free Education Use
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AudioTools - Encoding to OGG Format
One of the comments on
Top 7 Software Apps I'm Thankful For
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Converting Videos on Various Operating Systems
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Windows Admin Password - Recovering It
A colleague asked me as we tried to work on a computer, "How do I recover my admin password on Windows?" As I stumbled to remember the answer, I googled myself and found a posting
Comment Hoist: Dual Boot Windows and Ubuntu
[](profile/10437596542325739666) Manuel A. left a new comment on this post "[Essential Setup Tools Dell Latitude 2100 Netbook...](
Partition Table Diagram
Yesterday, I had some fun sharing ho
Application Launchers for Your Computer
While most folks are accustomed to going to START:PROGRAMS, then selecting their program on
Creating a Bootable WinXP USB Flash Drive (Updated 09/10/2009)
UPDATED ENTRY 10/04/2009 Ok, I can now verify that this works...have used WinFlash twice to create a bootable USB flash drive with Windows XP Pro installation on it. This is a must
Free DVD Burning Software (Windows)
At a workshop a few weeks ago, a participant wal
Social Media Desktop Apps - Finding THE Solution?
Looking for a desktop app that will do it all on
Identify Your Video Codecs
While there are lots of programs you can use to augment the video codecs installed on your computer, I just found out about this one GSpot (Windows Only) that helps you identify
Convert Jing SWF for Free (Updated 3/1/2012)
Update: Jing Pro end of life announced. SnagIt is the new replacement. Read about it here. For some time now, altho
Premier Mac RSS Reader--NetNewsWire--Works with Google Reader
What thrilling news to find out that NetNewsWire
Gaming: Urban Terror
A new game I'm taken with...Urban Terror. Great graphics, works on Linux, Mac and Windows. Urban Terror
Getting Ready for Download a la Mode Workshop
Although I have grand plans for my Download a la Mode workshop coming up in August, one of the options I can present now is that it would be great to give people a flash drive with
Converting Video Formats
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Windows Registry Problem
When I turned on my Dell laptop, I g
Firefox and Microsoft - Made for Hacking
Ok, I'm not sure hacking is the right term...but anything subversive falls into "hacking," right? Consider this piece of news about Microsoft and Firefox, an oppressive relations
VMWare Fusion for Mac - $39 !!
As a veteran user of VMWare Fusion a program that allows you to run Windows on Mac computers I was thrilled to read the following announcement that arrived in my email. I'm curre
Windows Boot Fails
Well, my experiment with triple boot on a Macbook Pro ended in failure. While I was able to get Mac and U
Bulk Emailing Using MS Office and Outlook (eMail Merge)
Screenshot: MS Office 2007 in midst of an "e
Convert MS Publisher to Whatever Format You Want
Someone asked via twitter, "How can I convert a MS Publisher document so that it will work on my Mac's NeoOffice?" Wild laughter is the usual response, however, [Chris Craft](http:
Removing the Conficker Worm
Running on UbuntuLinux and Mac, I don't expect to encounter the Conficker worm anytime soon. Here's a straightforward explanation of what
Bypass Content Filtering with Toonel
Fascinating approach to bypass content filtering: 1. Download and install Java Runtime
Fix Windows Master Boot Record (MBR)
Over the last year, I've had one laptop running UbuntuLinux and Windows in dual
Mobile Device Comparison Chart
As a result of [the](
Downloadable PDFs
While downloading PDFs seems so yesterday, there's still a need for quality printable manuals that people can hold in their hands while they struggle to figure something out. I sel
Online Games and More
Source: Ah, what a disappointmen
Server HD Filling Up - A Solution
Today, I encountered a problem where the Windows Server's hard drive (C:) was filling
ScreenToaster - No Cost Screencasts
Early last week, I received an email advising me of a new screen recording tool know
Backup your win drivers
DriverMax for Windows: DriverMax is a [no cost] new program which allows you to easily reinstall all your Windows drivers. No more searching for rare drivers on discs or
OpenDisc
A new project... OpenDisc is a high qualiy collection of open source software (OSS) for the Microsoft Windo
PDF to Word Converter
Worth checking out... Some PDF to Word Converter can help you to convert pdf to word doc and pdf to rtf, so you can edit and reuse your PDF content. Using Some PDF to Word Conver
Top Cross Platform FTP Tools Roundup
What a nifty tool...AnyClient FTP tool. If you only occasionally need to
Undelete Files on Windows
Undeleting files is always a fun experience, filled with trepidation and a suspenseful excitement tastefully layered with hope. You can find it online at: Pandora Recovery is a
51 Free Apps
John Rice shared this awesome list of 51 essential programs for a freeware only PC. It's an a
Killer Win Apps
Wow, what an awesome list of portable applications for your USB Flash Drive (via [Stephe
Podcasting with Simple Tools (Again)
Update: Last revision to printable tutorials was made on 09/22/2008. When Wes Fryer ([SpeedofCreativity.org](http
Sound Converter on Windows
Is there a public domain or open source software program to convert (rip) tracks of a audio CD in to WAV files, convert MP3 files to WAV files, and convert WAV files to MP3 files
The Easy Way - Convert PhotoStory WMVs to MP4
Using VLC Media Player and Moviemaker both free and my tutorial, you can convert a proprietary Photostory WMV f
Backing Up Google Sites
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GPG for Windows
Lose a laptop, and your troubles could just be beginning! Why? Confidential data. Re discovering Windows XP solution, I stumbled across GPG4Windows, whic
11 Software/Web-Services Worth Sharing
Skimming 8 million blog entries, I'm naturally s
WinXP Lives On
Microsoft has given yet another reprieve to its seasoned Windows XP operating system. The cut off date for PC makers to obtain licenses for the software was 31 January 2009.
Undelete Windows Files
Undeleting files is always a fun experience, filled with trepidation and a suspenseful excitement tastefully layered with hope. You can find it online at: Pandora Recovery is a p
Internet Explorer Exploit
The security flaw in Internet Explorer has a few folks scrambling. One of the questions going around in my head is, "Does this flaw affect IE browser on computers where the user do
Slide Shows from Videos and Images
Brian Grenier tweeted this question: anyone know how I could play a folder of pics and VIDEOS as a slideshow on a PC in a continuous loop? Some possible solutions: 1. [Slideshow]
GUI 7zip Compression on UbuntuLinux, Windows and Mac
Screenshot of Q7Z GUI to P7zip on UbuntuLi
PDF 2 Word
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CD/DVD-Burning Software
Built in Windows CD/DVD burning software doesn't always work smoothly. Even though you can buy Nero or Roxio, you don't really need to. Here are 3 programs I've used that have work
Web Whacking
Web whacking a site is rife with copyright violations, etc. However, some folks find it useful...for example, you want to show off a web site you've made to grandparents who lack I
Creating Dynamic, Engaging Online Learning Experiences
Note: The following is an article submitted for publication to the TCEA TechEdge magazine. If you have other suggestions not mentioned in this article, feel free to leave a com
TechForumSW08 - Open Source Goes to School
Christine Weiser (Technology and Learning) has written an article regarding the TechForum 2008 Southwest event that
Handy Windows Tools from ZDnet
One of my team members shared this list of programs from ZD net with me and said, "For Download a la Mode," but I'm wondering if he really didn't just want me to read this article,
Removing that Pesky Excel Password
A secretary asked me recently, "I want to copy the format of the spreadsheet but it's protected with a password. What can I do?" I didn't have a ready answer but I knew it was poss
2 Video Conversion Tools (Windows)
I have been working on an SST/RTI video and it has really turned out very well. After rendering it, I realized it is 10 GB in AVI format! I never dreamed it would be this. Anyway
Anti-Spyware Solutions (Updated 10/28/08)
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In Parallel: File Search and Replace
I have over 3000 HTML files to modify to c
Using OpenOffice 3 Yet?
If you're not using OpenOffice 3 yet, you should definitely do so! It works great, opens MS Office docx files with ease, and is a winner on GNU/Linux, Macintosh and Windows platfor
Convert FLV to MOV using VLC Media Player
NOTE: Be sure to read this blog entry regarding an easy to use converter—Format Factory—that simplifies the process in
Criminalizing Ripping CDs and WGET
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Hacking DVD Region Codes
Ok, hacking may be too strong a word to use, but it's all about exciting titles, isn't it? Well, I encountered my first DVD Digital Restrictions Management (DRM) on the Macbook.
Format Factory Video Conversion Tool
Using VLC Media Player and Moviemaker both free and my tutorial, you can convert a proprietary Photostory WMV f
Grabbing Video from YouTube - Using VLC to Convert Video
VLC Media Player is an awesome program that is just under utilized because folks don’t realize it’s power. Not only can [VLC Media Player](
NVU Replacement - Kompozer
A colleague dropped by and bragged that he'd heard from a student in college. "Yeah, she made an 'A' in her proje
Audio Converters
MediaCoder Audio Edition is an audio transcoding tool based on MediaCoder. It nicely integrates many audi
Tweak Windows Keys in BootCamp
Although I run VMWare Fusion on my personal Macbook, I found myself at the end of a budget year without the funds to buy Fusion for the work Macbook (by design, it's all by design)
WGET on Mac, Windows and Linux
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