In a continuing effort to help people fix some of their own simple computer problems, I thought it would be a good idea to talk about Windows safe mode, how to enter it and how to use it. Safe mode is a feature of Windows that allows users to enter the operating system without having [...]
While browsing through Facebook this evening, I noticed a feature that has been around for a while now, but has recently been revamped. Facebook Flyers. Having a strong interest in online advertising methods, I was drawn to this and did a little further investigation. Facebook, through their new platform “Flyers Pro”, allows its users to [...]
Over the next couple of days, you may notice the site layout and design changing from time to time. I’m working on setting up a new theme to make the site more enjoyable and easier to use for everyone. Thanks for your patience!
According to an article today on BroadcastingCable, media giant NBC will begin offering “free” downloads of some if not all of its shows. The reason I quote free is because theses downloads, while they cost nothing, will only play in NBC’s software AND you will only be allowed to view each show for one week after [...]
For those of you who have not heard about this, Google has recently started its own 411 service and according to TechCrunch has now started promoting it through road side banner advertising. Google’s 411 service is different from some that you may be familiar with in that you do NOT have to pay for it. As [...]
Every so often I travel over to Yahoo! Answers to see what people are asking in the computer/technology section. I cannot even count how many times I see high school kids asking how they can get around the school filters to access websites like Myspace, Xanga, or Facebook. Having worked for a school district for [...]
I have heard on countless occasions from a number of friends, family and classmates that they have tried to deal with computer tech support personnel, and they just can’t because they’re too rude or they just do not seem to understand the problem. After many years of being both an end user and a tech [...]
I saw this a while back in the owners manual for my roommates Toshiba laptop. Apparently Toshiba has come up with a fail-safe way to fix your computer woes quickly and efficiently! (Click for larger image)
NOTE: this may be slightly out of context.
Can you ever remember sitting in school as a youngster, about ready to prank one of your friends and thinking to yourself that maybe the prank you were about to pull would one day become known throughout the world? I’m sure Rick Skrenta did not think this when he was pranking his high school friends in [...]
This is the first post in what will hopefully become an ongoing series here on MyBSOD where we will look at some of the more absent minded things that people do either online or with technology in general.
For this first post, I want to talk about a girl who I knew who used a popular [...]
