Turn Off Unnecessary Windows XP Services
December 21, 2006
www.jasonn.com - Turning off unnecessary services in Windows XP can greatly reduce your exploit risk, while improving system performance. It’s a good time to inject that often there are all sorts of “download optimizers” and other cute programs that vendors like to push on users. The first rule is “If you don’t know you need it, you probably don’t.”
Add a touch of color to your black and white photographs
December 21, 2006
digital-photography-school.com - “In this tutorial we are going to have a look at reproducing a very popular technique that is widely used by professional photographers to “wow” their clients. I see this frequently in wedding photography and it always seems make an impact.”
The best movie mistakes of all time
December 20, 2006
www.moviemistakes.com - They’ve got the list updated for this week, month and for all time. Enjoy!!!! I like #18 in Top Gun. “At the end, a victorious Maverick is hoisted on the shoulders of the guys. As he goes up, he isn’t wearing sunglasses. His head goes out of the shot, and when he comes down, he’s wearing a pair.”
So you can’t cook, well can you count? Make meals the nerd way!
December 20, 2006
www.cookingbynumbers.com - Simply click on what you’ve got in the fridge (it’s assigned a number) and they’ll show you what you can cook.. Their catchphrase: “Don’t worry, Skills By Numbers will make you look great in the kitchen….. Can’t make up your mind about what to cook? Click I feel lucky as well…..” You gotta love it.
Inkjets to Printing Muscle and Bone
December 20, 2006
www.technologyreview.com - Ink-jet printers allow tissue engineers to control cell development and could one day be used to construct complex cellular structures.
Extreme (Photoshop) Makeover - Before/After Retouch Of Model
December 20, 2006
youtube.com - Watch it for the technical aspect, or the message. This ad from Dove and their Campaign for Real Beauty does a great job of revealing how photos of models and celebrities are unrealistically modified.
Have kids? Use NORAD to track Santa Clause this weekend! Really Fun!
December 20, 2006
noradsanta.org - For more than 50 years, NORAD and its predecessor, the Continental Air Defense Command (CONAD) have tracked Santa. The tradition began after a Colorado Springs-based Sears Roebuck & Co. store advertisement for children to call Santa on a special “hotline” included an inadvertently misprinted telephone number.
