Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer: Behind The Scenes

One of the classic shows from Christmas past is the stop-motion animated Rudolph. It first showed in 1964 on NBC and apparently is the “longest running, highest rated television special in the history of the medium.” TVParty.com has an excellent write-up about the production. It talks about some deleted scenes, the music of the show, …

Once an Altoids tin, now a pinhole camera

From TechRepublic: If you happen to find yourself looking to remake your leftover Altoids tins, the company that makes the mints says the creative bar is a whole lot higher than an ashtray or a trinket box. Earlier this year, Altoids invited customers to enter its Tin Million Uses competition. The idea? Challenge people to …

France leads Europe in Net usage, study finds

From MSNBC: France leads the rest of Europe in the numbers of hours spent online by Internet users, followed by Britain and Spain, a study revealed on Tuesday. The study by European Interactive Advertising Association (EIAA) showed that the French user now spends 13 hours a week online, compared with 11 each for Britain and …

Adobe Photoshop Elements 4.0 Software Review – Digital Photography Tip of the Week

Today’s tip is a summary of my review of Adobe Photoshop Elements 4.0. The software is really a combination of two products, Adobe Photoshop Elements Editor and Adobe PhotoShop Elements Organizer. Together they form an indispensable set of tools for the digital photographer. Tagging your images with keywords for easy identification and sorting, variable thumbnail …

Saint Nicholas – Discovering the Truth About Santa Claus

Who is St. Nicholas? Who is Santa Claus? Are they the same? Find out here. This interesting site explains Christmas traditions in countries around the world, as well as explains who St. Nicholas was, and what that has to do with Santa Clause. Visit the St. Nicholas Centre web site

Why Computers Sometimes Crash!

A co-worker sent this to me. It is on all sorts of sites. I generally don’t like this sort of thing, but seeing as I love reading Yertle the Turtle to Andrew, I’m partial to Dr. Seuss: (Read this to yourself aloud – it’s great!) If a packet hits a pocket on a socket on …

Don’t put another dime in the jukebox

From CNN: The jukebox at the bar Brian Toro manages isn’t gathering dust just yet — but it may only be a matter of time. The popular nightspot is among a growing number of places across the country where people can bring their iPods and other portable music players and, for as long as the …

Google sucking my bandwidth

I seem to be having my share of Google problems lately! I wrote a lengthy post about my problems with Adsense. There have been a few responses, but no one is really able to answer my questions. I’ve also been having a problem on my family website. Almost every month the Googlebot goes crazy and …

Updated Microsoft Reader for Pocket PC

I think I’ve mentioned before that I have a Dell Axim x30. I use it all the time and am always on the lookout for good programs for it. In fact, I’m reviewing a couple right now that I should be posting before the end of the year. One program that I don’t use that …