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The Best Free Anti-Virus: AVG Anti-Virus 7.5 Free Edition

Do you have an expired copy of Norton or McAfee Anti-Virus? Get rid of them and download AVG Anti-Virus 7.5 Free Edition immediately! Virus protection is the most important program you can have installed on a Windows computer. New viruses are created all the time, and it is crucial to have virus protection and to [...]

Amazon: Buy Mom a Chainsaw

Sometimes Amazon’s gift advice might not be the best advice…

I don’t think my mom wants a chainsaw for Christmas. I think I’ll ask around instead of relying on Amazon for gift ideas.

TV on the Internet: Here to Stay

CBS, ABC, and NBC all have put full episodes of their TV shows on their websites. FOX recently partnered with MySpace to deliver their shows online during the Major League Baseball playoffs. I’m not sure what CWTV (the new TV network formed by UPN and the WB) has planned, but I hope they will follow [...]

Section508.gov has an Accessibility Problem

Recently, I have become interested in the idea of providing text size control on websites for seniors or people with disabilities. Today, I found myself looking at the text size control on Section508.gov, the virtual home of accessibility.
The text size control on Section508.gov does not work on any browser I tested including Internet Explorer 6 [...]

Former Sox Playoff Team

Here is a team I constructed of former Boston Red Sox players that are on teams that made the 2006 Major League Baseball playoffs:
Manager: Grady Little (LAD)
C – Josh Bard (C – SD)
1B – Todd Walker (2B/1B/3B – SD)
2B – Mark Bellhorn (3B/2B/1B – SD)
SS – Nomar Garciaparra (1B – LAD)
3B – Bill Mueller (3B- [...]