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Save Bing Pictures to Your Desktop
Ive been using Bing quite a bit lately, and I really like some of the backgrounds that they use on the main page. The really cool thing is that the background change daily!And if you really like the image being presented, you can easily save it to your own desktop.Open Bing.com. In the top ...
Windows 7 Media Player Shortcut Keys
If you are a keyboard commando like me, then youll really find this useful. This list of keyboard shortcuts for media player on Windows 7 is just what the doctor order for us non-mousers!You can do the basics like stopstartskipreverse, of course, but did you know that you can adjust the spe ...
Five Reasons to Start a Website
Many of us have dream about starting a web site. In my experience I recall being in high school and day dreaming about how great it would be to have my own chatting service. I dreamed of a site with that ever popular space wallpaper, you know its black with the little stars on it. Keep in touch w ...
Tech Writing for the Faint of Heart
IntroductionSometimes it may be beyond a companies or individuals budget to hire a professional writer to address their technical documentation. Although in an ideal world all technical documentation should be produced by a highly trained expert, unfortunately we do not live in an ideal. In the sa ...
The Glory of Old Games
Remember the good old days of gaming, when there were only 5 pixels in the protagonist and your imagination could turn them into a heroic figure of Schwarzenegger proportions When the enemies and the heroes were distinguished by colour and you only needed one button on the joystick Well times have ...
