http://www.geekinspired.com Computer and Photography Tips Wed, 19 Nov 2008 23:08:30 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en After months of unreliable Internet connection at my office, and after exhausting all other options, I decided to try switching our DNS servers to the servers freely available at OpenDNS.com. Since then we have not had one single Internet outage. There's no indication that this is a coincidence, ... http://www.geekinspired.com/internet/switch-your-internet-connection-to-free-dns-servers/ About two or three times a week I am asked, "Why can't I email my presentation to John?" Of course, I know that our email server is running fine, so I jump to the most likely problem: attachments. I ask if they are sending any attachments along with ... http://www.geekinspired.com/computer-software/why-cant-i-email-my-powerpoint-presentation/ Child's Play is a charity started up by Penny Arcade and powered by gamers. It has been raising money and collecting toys for hospitals around the world since 2003. The charity accepts donations year round, but rolls out a toy drive only during the months of November and ... http://www.geekinspired.com/geek-inspired/gaming/childs-play-charity-2008/ Lifehacker recently asked their readers to vote for the Five Best Remote Desktop tools. I personally use both Windows and Mac machines and have never had any trouble remotely accessing my Windows machines from either system thanks to Remote Desktop applications freely available for both platforms. However, remote access for ... http://www.geekinspired.com/computer-software/remote-access-for-windows-and-mac/ I'm not a DOS guy. I do much better with a graphical user interface (GUI). However, recently I came across an issue where the XCOPY command came in handy. On my Windows XP machine had a folder that contained over 500 sub-directories. I needed to copy the directory ... http://www.geekinspired.com/computer-software/copy-directory-structure-without-files-using-xcopy-command/ I don't know if you guys have heard about eneloops, the best rechargeable batteries in the world. They come precharged in the box, they have a really slow discharge rate, and you can recharge them 1,000 times. I love these things; my favorite uses are for Wii remotes ... http://www.geekinspired.com/geek-inspired/sanyo-eneloop-c-and-d-size-batteries/ I stumbled upon a new way to make some cash with your blog (actually, it stumbled into me). I received an email in reference to one of my content sites. The email was from an online store that is closely related to my site. He stated that ... http://www.geekinspired.com/internet/earn-money-and-get-free-content-for-your-blog/ The ability to use Layer Masks is one of the more powerful features available in Photoshop. Yet, many beginning Photoshop users find it difficult to understand the purpose of masks and how to use them. Once you understand what masks are and how they work, you'll have a ... http://www.geekinspired.com/graphic-design/photoshop/photoshop-tips-intro-to-layer-masks/ You might have noticed that I was frustrated to find how much hacking and cheating is going on in Nintendo Wii games, particularly, Mario Kart Wii. Well, I decided to send an email to Nintendo to see what kind of response I would get. I'll admit that I wrote a ... http://www.geekinspired.com/geek-inspired/gaming/nintendo-does-not-care-if-you-hack-and-cheat/ There is a phrase I have heard so many times as an IT guy that, if I was given a dollar per occurrence, I would have retired years ago. It seems to be very popular among computer users and, honestly, it drives me insane. The phrase, you may have guessed, ... http://www.geekinspired.com/computer-software/operating-systems/my-computer-is-slow/