I’ve discovered the fix to the elusive keyboard beeps which occurred whenever I pressed certain combinations of three (3) keys. Using experimentation, I came up with this rule: The computer beeps when I press any three key combination all in the same row including at least two of these keys: 4567rtyufghjvbnm. Some Google searching found…Continue Reading…
I just received my ThinkPad Z61t and I’m typing on it right now. It’s really sweet. I’ve had only three hiccups so far: First thing I noticed was that the system is lacking a Windows Vista Capable sticker. I was assured before purchase that the laptop would “definitely” be Vista Capable, and would be eligible…Continue Reading…
There was a giant email toolbar that appeared in my instance of Microsoft Word 2002 (correction: Microsoft Word 2003), and turning off all of the toolbars would not remove it. It’s not immediately obvious how to do it. I searched Google, but there were no good answers on the first page of results. Luckily, it…Continue Reading…
I’m cleaning up my room, and I found a big stack of computer games that I grew up with. Leo Laporte is right. It’s probably games that got me into computers to begin with, just like most of history’s great programmers. I don’t know what to do with them. They’re really old, and probably not…Continue Reading…
I read Harmless Computer Practical Jokes which I read about on the Langalist. Here are my favorites: I’ve also bought one of those fart machines and put it behind people’s CPUs. Off and on I’d click the remote to have it make noise. They were so certain that either they had a virus or someone…Continue Reading…