Faking a second monitor

Here\’s a how to that will allow you to \”fake\” a monitor… How to setup a false monitor.\” Please note, I have not tried this. This is certainly an \”at your own risk\” procedure… But I can\’t see how any damage could be caused… (View the rest of the article at Faking a second monitor)

Slow Booting with Windows Vista?

There have been reports of slow boot ups when running Windows Vista…  But so far far, it appears to be a variety of issues…  One issue is the GPCLIENT service taking an long time to startup during boot up… Check your DNS settings on the Vista client, and make sure that the Fastest DNS server […]

President Obama vetoes the Mutant Registration Act!

Yes, I know… It\’s the Onion… But I still can\’t believe that they (the Onion) have the Gall to do this. I have called Sentator Kelly, and I believe the Sentinel\’s are currently in flight…. They were seen heading toward\’s the Onion Headquarters, according to the last known sighting of them….

Worried about Free Disk Space?

Over at Macintouch, a user has contributed an Applescript that will display when the amount of freespace on the drive, drops below a preset limit. tell application \’Finder\’ — sets up variables set theSize to capacity of startup disk — total size of disk set freeSpace to free space of startup disk — amount of […]

The Upside Down Mac [Featured Workspace]

Lifehacker reader Kurt emailed in a fantastic little kitchen setup. Kurt had an iMac G5 on hand, and a great idea for turning a desk in his kitchen into a workspace. The design is extremely simple thanks to the all-in-one design of the iMac. (View the rest of the article at The Upside Down Mac […]

SETI Picks Up Regular Laser Pulse Emanating From Space [Aliens]

Ragbir Bhathal works with SETI to scan the skies for possible communications from extraterrestrial intelligences. Unlike most SETI facilities, which look for radio signals, Bhathal\’s looks for laser pulses. And now he\’s found one. Several years ago Bhathal, a researcher at the University of Western Sydney, suggested that a likely form of extraterrestrial communication would […]

Is Sci-Fi TV Too Scary For British Kids? [Scared Children Of Blighty]

The survey of 3000 UK parents, carried out by website TheBabyWebsite.com, happily blamed television for children\’s bad dreams: All children suffer from nightmares at some point during childhood. But there is no doubt that viewing unnecessary violence and hostility on television contributes to this. Doctor Who, in particular, was singled out for being \’too dark […]