http://everydaynerd.com Just your everyday nerd Sat, 27 Dec 2008 19:15:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Here are some interesting things I found in my RSS feeds:How to emulate every Nintendo system in WindowsDecember 26, 2008 http://everydaynerd.com/general/shared-items-december-27-2008 Here are some interesting things I found in my RSS feeds:Foolproof Black & Decker LI4000 SmartDriver Screws Perfectly Every Time [Tools]December 14, 2008 Friday Fun: Five More Time Wasting Online GamesDecember 11, 2008 Smart Speed Bump Flattens When You're Driving Slow [Speeding]December 11, 2008 Hitman Hal Prank Toy: ... http://everydaynerd.com/general/shared-items-december-15-2008 Here are some interesting things I found in my RSS feeds:20,000-Light Remote-Controlled Crazy Xmas Lights Now Online [Lighting]December 4, 2008 Unlock BlackBerry 8000-9000 Series Phones For Free [Unlock]December 3, 2008 http://everydaynerd.com/general/shared-items-december-8-2008 Here are some interesting things I found in my RSS feeds:The Enterprise Takes on Darth Vader’s Super Star DestroyerNovember 27, 2008 Broke and cannot pay your bills? Here’s what you need to do:November 24, 2008 Lunascape Is Firefox, Chrome, and Internet Explorer Rolled Into One [Featured Windows Early ... http://everydaynerd.com/general/shared-items-december-1-2008 Here are some interesting things I found in my RSS feeds:The International Space Station turns 10November 24, 2008 http://everydaynerd.com/general/shared-items-november-24-2008 Here are some interesting things I found in my RSS feeds:Spice up Your Desktop With Lightweight Wallpaper Shifter [Featured Windows Download]November 21, 2008 Nab A PS3 Bundle For $200 in Amazon.com Contest [Dealzmodo]November 20, 2008 http://everydaynerd.com/general/shared-items-november-21-2008 Here are some interesting things I found in my RSS feeds:iSerenity Ambient Sounds Offer Soothing Background Noise [Distraction]November 20, 2008 http://everydaynerd.com/general/shared-items-november-20-2008 Here are some interesting things I found in my RSS feeds:Astronaut Loses Tools While Performing an EVANovember 19, 2008 Secure OS Gets Highest NSA Rating, Goes CommercialNovember 18, 2008 Dell SP2309W hits for $379: your old display is marked for deathNovember 18, 2008 http://everydaynerd.com/general/shared-items-november-19-2008 Here are some interesting things I found in my RSS feeds: Dealzmodo: Two Sub-$200 Blu-ray Players, No Catches or Rebates [Dealzmodo] November 17, 2008 Hydraulic Excavator Used to Climb Column Leaves Us Completely Baffled [What?] November 13, 2008 Afghanistan's Korengal Valley November 12, 2008 Found Your Company with MyCorporation, Free Today Only [Entrepreneurship] November 11, 2008 New Way to ... http://everydaynerd.com/general/shared-items-november-18-2008 ThinkGeek.com is one of my favorite online stores.  I could go broke very easily, buying all the cool stuff they have!  Here's a few of my favorites: Levitation Wand Night Vision Goggles Star Wars Force FX Lightsabers Wi-Fi Detector Shirt "There's No place like 127.0.0.1" T-Shirt Binary Dad T-Shirt ... http://everydaynerd.com/general/thinkgeekcom-i-love-toys I told you in August about MyGazines - an online magazine viewer... well... they're closed. Dear valued members, visitors and publishers, Due to monetary reasons and the state of the global economy, we unfortunately must close mygazines.com. We simply ran out of funds to support the daily operations. We ... http://everydaynerd.com/general/mygazines-closed If you are a Facebook user, as well as a Windows Mobile Device owner, this is the app for you!  Facebook does have a limited mobile interface at http://m.facebook.com but lacks certain features, such as uploading pictures.  Snap2Face brings close to full Facebook functionality to Windows Mobile ... http://everydaynerd.com/microsoft/facebook-for-windows-mobile-snap2face VTC (Video Training Company) has a free 30 day unlimited promotion going on right now - Unlimited access for 30 days to more than 70,000 video tutorials for software, programing, and other technology.  The promo code is only going to be good for a week (supposedly) so ... http://everydaynerd.com/general/free-computer-training-from-vtc-while-it-lasts Because I work in with so many technologies, I decided to create different blogs for particular technologies, allowing followers of each "genre" of technology to focus on their favorite flavor.  So, I have dubbed this, the EDN Network. The EverydayNerd.com blog will always be here, just as it is, offering ... http://everydaynerd.com/general/new-to-everydaynerdcom-the-edn-network Thanks KF for asking a great question, and something that almost everyone with a digital camera is going to ask at some point in time! There are several ways to backup items on your computer; burning files to DVD (See Infra Recorder), using online backup services such as ... http://everydaynerd.com/general/by-request-how-to-backup-all-my-pictures In an effort go bring the very best to the readers of EverydayNerd.com, we have partnered with Speedtest.com - hands down, the very best bandwidth test in the Internet!  So, go to http://everydaynerd.com/speedtest and test your bandwidth! http://everydaynerd.com/general/check-your-bandwidth-here-at-everydaynerdcom I love Google Maps!  I would be lost without it!  No, really... I'd get lost without it! Ok, pun's aside, if you are not sure where to vote this coming election, Google has just the thing for you - US Voter Info Guide. Click below to find out ... http://everydaynerd.com/general/google-maps-tells-you-where-to-go-vote The Windows Registry.  Most people cringe when they hear this, or are afraid of even messing with it, until they see that ad on the Internet claiming that their computer is slow, and they need to buy their registry cleaner!  Heck yeah!  Whip out your Credit Card, and fire ... http://everydaynerd.com/general/by-request-cleaning-your-registry-how-and-why Source:  HowToGeek From the HowToGeek, comes an EXCELENT little trick, that I have needed on more than one occasion.  I've and so many times that I had a selection of files in explorer, and needed to paste the names of the files into a notepad for a script, or ... http://everydaynerd.com/general/copy-list-of-files-to-clipboard Firefox 3 Release Candidate 1 has been released to the wild, and man, is it fast!  Firefox 3 has some awesome features - like location bar auto complete, star for bookmarks, a better Add-ons manager, and Smart bookmarks folder (items such as most visted, and recently bookmarked). Aside from features, it is ... http://everydaynerd.com/general/297 Fedora 9 was just released, and is looking very nice!  I ran across this nice little utility that will take a Fedora 9 Live CD and put it on a 1GB or larger USB drive, making it bootable!  Just stick you USB drive in your Windows computer, select ... http://everydaynerd.com/general/fedora-9-live-usb-stick I use Microsoft Outlook probably more than any other application (although Remote Desktop and Firefox are up there on the list).  Outlook 2007 has been a great program, and I though that there wasn't really anything that it lacked... until now!  Xobni (Inbox spelled backwards) is hands down, the BEST ... http://everydaynerd.com/general/xobni-exactly-what-outlook-needed Source: Stealthpuppy I’ve seen some Visio resources popup around the place recently and though that these were worth sharing. First up, check out the Visio Toolbox site where you learn how to use Visio, download some connectors and check out some whitepapers.  A free version of SolarWinds LANsurveyor Express (available until June ... http://everydaynerd.com/general/great-visio-resources I told you back in Janurary about Microsoft giving away Server 2008, SQL server 2008, and Visual Studio 2008 at the lauch events. Well, I went last week to the Launch in Charlotte NC, and it's true! Plus, as a bunus, they gave away a copy of Windows Vista Ultimate (32bit) too! The Launch ... http://everydaynerd.com/general/update-free-server-visual-studio-and-sql-2008 Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) is an update to Windows Vista that addresses feedback from our customers. In addition to previously released updates, SP1 will contain changes focused on addressing specific reliability, performance, and compatibility issues; supporting new types of hardware; and adding support for several emerging standards. ... http://everydaynerd.com/general/vista-sp1-officially-released-2