When the time comes to retire, many people dream of retreating to the quiet life of a small town–preferably one conveniently located near the amenities of a larger city. For people looking for just such a situation, North Carolina is a haven. The state offers a slew of choices that can fulfill any prerequisite hopeful [...]
Christmas is the most loving time of the year as well as a season for miracles. Share some holiday cheer this year with the top ten Christmas Movies ever made.
It isn’t often that you hear a good word about the paparazzi. Even if you aren’t moved by the shrill complaints of besieged celebrities; the idea of someone spending their life snapping unflattering, long-lens pictures of stars going about their everyday lives is still offensive to most people’s sense of decency. There’s also the perception [...]
Voiceover Internet Protocol is currently midway through running the typical technological adoption process gamut. VoIP has gone from curiosity to oft-employed in the business world, and is well on the way to becoming a necessity like the internet medium itself. Getting VoIP technology installed in the small business is truly merely a question of time. [...]
arge companies today spend billions to manage their public image. And in many industries no part of that image is more important than how people think a company’s customer service is. Customer Service is becoming a lot more than an ‘industry buzzword’ as large companies who treat their customers poorly are starting to lose customers [...]
As you all may have heard, Microsoft has released Windows Vista to manufacturing yesterday. A momentous event? Well that just depends on who you ask, and if the person is myself then you are going to get the following four reasons why I personally would not even bother with Windows Vista.
Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” may be scary stuff…but you ain’t seen nothing yet! These vile videos are horrifying enough to give you nightmares until Halloween 2007. Brace yourself for Y! Music’s TOP 25 SPOOKIEST VIDEOS, and remember–in cyberspace, no one can hear you scream…
If you’re reading this, you’re interested in the PS3, maybe even enough to buy one. And why would you want to do that? In no particular order, here’s what I came up with:
PowerShell is Microsoft’s newest replacement for the command line. It’s still in beta, and the latest version is available free for download here. For us older folks, we’ve had to deal with DOS in the past, and then we’ve held on to the CMD.exe program, which is pretty much the same as a DOS command [...]
I’ve been voraciously devouring every tutorial on the web about new firefox toolbars, configuration tweaks, and other things that make Firefox a happy home. I can only think in about lists of 10, so here is a quick list of must-do things to your new Firefox bar. No one place had it with toolbars and [...]
The Christmas holidays are fast approaching! Everyone will soon be busy running around Christmas shopping, getting loved ones gifts, buying new outfits and making sure everything is at hand to make the season a special and memorable one. But who will take the time out to think of their feet? What is the use of [...]
Dirty Dancing has been voted the most popular film of all time in a survey conducted by DFDS Seaways, sponsors of the Northern Lights Film Festival. DFDS Seaways’ survey of over 2,000 participants from around the country asked the question: ‘What’s your favourite film of all time?’ Results overwhelmingly hailed the 80’s classic, Dirty Dancing [...]
The Mac is most powerful, while it seems to technically and physically repel viruses, malware, trojans, rootkits, etc … ironically it does seem to affect those of the flesh & bone variety who are furthest away from a Mac … especially those carrying a 10-foot pole and who have never actually touched a Mac in [...]
The 20th century enterprise does not manage business reality! Business reality is defined by two entities: – Results: The specific economic outputs from the totality of the business – Performance Solutions: The invested capital specifically utilized to produce specific results The enterprise must organize and manage results and performance solutions in order to organize and [...]
Our editors have have compiled a list of the five most creative gadget concepts that we’ve come across in recent time. If we happened to miss any, please leave us a comment. “Continue reading” for the full list.
Late summer the stress begins. What do I need to buy for fall and what can I continue to wear that I already own? Most importantly, which trends do I know won’t work on me and which ones can I embrace openly? Everywhere you turn, there are conflicting reports on the new “it” trends of [...]
One of the most common questions I get as related to photography is “What camera should I buy?” Before I get into the reasons I recommend buying a DSLR, I’d like to state why you should NOT buy a DSLR. There is a saying among photographers: “The camera doesn’t make the photo, the photographer does.” [...]
Major new features in the upcoming Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard like Time Machine are great, but I’ve been thinking about all the other aspects of the Mac OS X experience that could use some spit and polish from Apple’s engineers. They’ve done a fantastic job building a damn impressive OS over the years, but [...]
