“The author of the Windows file copy dialog visits some friends.” And of course the Alternate Text “They could say “the connection is probably lost,” but it’s more fun to do naive time-averaging to give you hope that if you wait around for 1,163 hours, it will finally finish.” Check It Out> XKCD Read more »

When it comes to Home Theater PC’s Microsoft has a stranglehold on the market due to their inclusion of Windows Media Center into most consumer versions of Windows. That stranglehold is very quickly being broken, first by Hulu Desktop and now by Boxee for Windows. Boxee for Windows has been released today for Windows (albeit [...] Read more »

When it comes to something like Device Manager in Windows most people rarely think about looking for an alternative tool.  It is something that most technicians use on a regular basis and usually just accept it’s minimal nature.  Performing many advanced tasks such as removing “ghost” drivers it is easier to go to the registry [...] Read more »

When it comes to application launchers most people are only familiar with the Windows default, Explorer.  Thankfully this is not the only option out there and many of them work so well with Windows and Explorer that it can be hard to live without them once you have started to use them. 1 – Launchy [...] Read more »