Weekend Website

In the past we've written about a few different "How-To" sites on the web that offer tutorials on how to do something. So far we have covered WonderHowTo and Expert Village, both sites which have excellent guides. Today we're taking a look at another solution called Howcast. It's got a great interface and professional videos, and we think it's one of the best how-to sites

Tutorial Thursday

Windows only
On your computer there are probably just a handful of folders that you access everyday, and wouldn't it be nice to make them even easier to access? One way to do that is to assign your most used folders to drive letters on your Windows machine, which puts them just a click away

Time Saving Tuesday

Windows; Mac;
Many of you probably sit in front of a computer for much of the day, and type the same things over and over again. That's why the free PhraseExpress for Windows has quickly become one of our favorite apps. With it you can designate abbreviations

Windows only
Panoramic images have been something that I've been trying to do more often, and a lot of that is due to how easy it is to stitch together multiple photos. Plus the new Windows Live Photo Gallery is capable of taking multiple photos and stitching them together to form a full panoramic shot as well. Once you have

Mac only
One of the things that I really don't like on a Mac is how it includes hidden files and folders when you create a ZIP archive. The biggest culprit that I've found is a .DS_Store file that is added to every folder you view in Finder, and it's used to save things

Tutorial Thursday

Mac only
For me using a computer without keyboard shortcuts would be like trying to cut the grass with a pair of scissors. Sure it could be done, but it would take a lot longer to accomplish a task that should take no time at all. One thing that I've come to notice is that

Web Browser Wednesday

Firefox 3 (review) has been out for just barely over a week now and it has been downloaded over 19 million times according to Spread Firefox. Many of you requested that we assemble a tweaks guide just like we did with Firefox 2, and so that's exactly what we've got in store for you