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Drop Down Date Picker For Excel

Laz — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 01:35:33 +0000

I was working on a spreadsheet where I had a range of cells I wanted a drop down date picker/calendar for. Now, I could have just added a bazillion calendar controls (one to each cell) but I knew that was cheesy and that there had to be a better way. Well now, I found an [...]

Keeping Up With Business Cards

Laz — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 03:35:11 +0000

If any of you are like me and deal with/meet lots of vendors and salespeople, keeping up with the mountain of business cards can be a job in and of itself. Whether you keep them in some kind of binder or Rolodex, or maybe just piled in a shoebox, they can be a real pain [...]

Linux, your iPhone and your pictures

Laz — Wed, 12 May 2010 03:54:22 +0000

I suppose this might work for an iPod touch as well, but the ones I have and have seen don’t have cameras. OK, on to the tip! Recently I wanted to get all of my pictures copied off of my iPhone and onto my computer running Linux, specifically Debian 5.0. Normally with something like a [...]

Transferring Apps From Your iPhone To iTunes

Laz — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 03:48:20 +0000

I have my older model iPod, before touch screens and all that, and it’s a great gadget as I am sure anyone out there with one already knows. However, I recently purchased an iPhone 3GS and frankly it’s pretty much the best phone/PDA/PIM/etc that I have ever seen or had, and I started with my [...]

Best Buy: Names Were Changed To Protect The Guilty

Laz — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 04:44:56 +0000

Best Buy has long forced pushed sold offered a computer “Optimization” service when you buy a new pc/laptop, or take one in for repair. In fact, they have gone so far as to “pre optimize” pc’s and laptops that are on sale so you are left with no choice but to pay the $39 fee [...]

Cool Tool: Taskbar Shuffle

Laz — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 23:59:10 +0000

OK folks, here is a nifty tool for you. It’s called Taskbar Shuffle, and if you are running Windows this is a handy little item. Just like the name implies, you can take items that are in the Windows taskbar and shuffle or move them around. This is pretty cool in many ways, but I [...]

Internet SPAM, Scams, Viruses and Phishing attacks are on the rise

Laz — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:07:15 +0000

This is just a heads up to everyone out there to be extra careful when handling email. We have seen an explosive increase in the number of attacks brought about to every day citizens through email. From SPAM with fake links, to Internet Scams that these fraudsters want you to invest your time and money [...]

Portal 2 has officially been announced!

Laz — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 02:51:39 +0000

That means we can stop the speculation and start the salivation over what Valve has in store for us this time. The original Portal is a single player first person puzzle game with some action elements as well, developed by Valve Corporation, the same folks that brought us other greats like Half-Life, Counter Strike, Team [...]

Finally, a good charity that does it right!

Laz — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 05:50:41 +0000

OK folks, this one is important so listen up. I get calls all the time from “charities” soliciting money for their cause. When you ask a few questions you find out this is a front company for the “charity” and they are skimming as much as 80% to 85% of your donation to cover “administrative [...]

Get Help In The Forums

Laz — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 04:11:40 +0000

Just a reminder folks, don’t forget about the Solarum forums. Be sure to register if you haven’t already and hop on over there and ask some questions or just chit chat with folk. They aren’t as busy as they used to be, but I’m trying to stir up the fire a little bit and get people [...]