How to Eliminate IE Antivirus from Windows

July 25, 2008

Trojan Horse photo by GoGap I recently had an annoying encounter with a trojan on my Windows XP SP2 system.  Every time I opened an Internet Explorer Browser window or tried to use Windows Explorer, a “Critical Error!” message popped up that said: Attention, Michael Lind! Some dangerous viruses detected in your system.  Microsoft Windows [...]

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Touring Chicago’s Grant Park on a Segway

July 23, 2008

My father won a Segway tour of Chicago and took me along. The tour was offered by City Segway Tours. The tour left from the company’s Randolf Street office and meandered through Grant Park all the way down to Soldier Field. I had been wanting to ride a Segway ever since they came out and [...]

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Excel got you down? Go back to VisiCalc!

March 12, 2008

Have you ever been frustrated with the complexity of Excel and the amount of disk space it takes up? Are you longing for the long-gone 1980s? Now, thanks to Dan Bricklin, you can revisit the days of text-based spreadsheets! Dan created the first spreadsheet program called VisiCalc. He has arranged to make it available on [...]

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ITunes Freezes when it Plays a Rented Movie

January 28, 2008

Now that iTunes allows you to rent movies, I decided to try out watching movies on a computer. I upgraded iTunes to 7.6.0.29 on a Windows XP SP2 system and chose a couple of movies. When I tried to play them, though, iTunes froze. Fortunately, the CPU didn’t get taken over by the process. I [...]

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Lithium Battery Travel Restrictions

December 29, 2007

If you are a road warrior carrying luggage packed with lithium batteries on flights in the United States, you will want to read about the battery restrictions taking effect on January 1, 2008. You will no longer be able to pack loose lithium batteries in your checked luggage and any batteries you carry on must [...]

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Monster Cable Outlets to Go

December 27, 2007

I have finally found a solution to a road-warrior dilemma that I have had for a long time: what do I do when I need more power outlets than are available in my hotel or conference room? I had thought about dragging along a standard power strip. They have plenty of outlets, but are heavy [...]

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