Cooking Rice

I keep forgetting how to do this.  So I’m posting it here where it’s easy to find. Cooking Long-Grain White Rice: 2 teaspoons butter or cooking oil 1 cup long-grain white rice (not converted) 1 1/2 cups water 1/2 teaspoon salt Heat butter/oil in a medium-size saucepan over medium heat. Add rice; cook, stirring constantly, for 1 to 3 minutes. Add water and salt; bring to boil, swirling pot (not stirring!) to blend ingredients. Reduce heat to low, cover tightly, and cook until liquid is absorbed, about 15 min. Turn off heat; let rice stand on burner, still covered, to finish cooking, about 14 min. longer. Fluff with fork and serve....

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PC–App to convert FLAC to WAV and many other formats

Converterlite is a freeware program I’ve downloaded and used to convert FLAC files to WAV files for the purpose of creating ringtones for my Galaxy S II phone.  A very simple interface and good results. http://www.converterlite.com/   ...

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Using AutoHotKey to automate mouse movements

Great tutorial video on how to create scripts that will automate common computer tasks (he...

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The Truth About Physical Wireless Range Between G and N

http://www.pcmech.com/article/the-truth-about-physical-wireless-range-between-g-and...

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Windows Run Commands

Control Panel CONTROL: opens the control panel window CONTROL ADMINTOOLS: opens the administrative tools CONTROL KEYBOARD: opens keyboard properties CONTROL COLOUR: opens display properties.Appearance tab CONTROL FOLDERS: opens folder options CONTROL FONTS: opens font policy management CONTROL INTERNATIONAL or INTL.CPL: opens Regional and Language option CONTROL MOUSE or MAIN.CPL: opens mouse properties CONTROL USERPASSWORDS: opens User Accounts editor CONTROL USERPASSWORDS2 or NETPLWIZ: User account access restrictions CONTROL PRINTERS: opens faxes and printers available APPWIZ.CPL: opens Add or Remove programs utility tool OPTIONALFEATURES: opens Add or Remove Windows component utility DESK.CPL: opens display properties. Themes tab...

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Display the Run command in Windows 7

The Run command is not present by default in Windows 7.  You can access the traditional windows “run Box” by simply typing the word “Run” in the start menu search box.  If you want the run command present in the start menu permanently try this…. Right-click on the taskbar and select Properties. In the Start Menu tab, Click customize and check Run Command. Then click OK and apply. The Run Command will now be permanently displayed in the Start menu (under help and support option) BuzzNet Tags: Windows 7 Run Command run...

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How to Share Game Bonuses with Specific Friends on Facebook

I’ll admit it.  I play Farmville on Facebook.  Sometimes you want to share a certain gift or bonus with one person and prevent the rest of your friends from seeing that particular bonus.  An easy way to do this is to utilize the built in features of Facebook.  In fact, this feature also allows you to share wall posts with specific friends while keeping it from the view of others.  You could post a message to facebook that says “Everyone remember to tell Dan Happy Birthday at work tomorrow, then simply exclude Dan in the privacy settings for that post, and he’ll be none the wiser.  Whether you are creating a wall post from an application like a Zynga game or just creating a wall post with some text or posting...

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PC Mag reports best free software of 2011

Each year PC Mag puts together a list of the best free software available.  It’s an article that I bookmark every year because you never know when you might be looking for a specialized piece of software. Also I like to see how PC Mag rates software that I use. http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2381528,00.asp...

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How to Determine the Program or Process that Owns an Error Message Window? - The Winhelponline Blog

How to Determine the Program or Process that Owns an Error Message Window? - The Winhelponline Blog Ever have an error box show up in windows and don't know what program generated that error message? This blog post will show you how the program "Process Explorer" can quickly solve this mystery for y...

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Facebook: How to Unblock Apps

In facebook sometimes we block apps that are a nuisance.  Later we may want to actually use these apps.  It’s rather easy to unblock an app and here’s how you do it. 1. Click on Account at the upper right of your Facebook screen 2. Select Privacy Settings.  3. At the bottom center of the window under “Block List” click on “Edit your list”.  It’s in blue.  Once you’ve gotten to the Block List, you’ll see all of the blocked apps listed.  Simply find the app you would like access to and then click the “Unblock” hyperlink.  That’s it. BuzzNet Tags: Facebook,Apps,Unbl...

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Rein in the unbound storage appetite of Vista System Restore | TechRepublic

Rein in the unbound storage appetite of Vista System Restore TechRepublicRecently I tried to restore on my Windows Vista machine. I found that I only had two restore points available. So I started investigating and it and found a fairly easy fix. The link I've posted here will show you two things.First: it will show you how to find out how much space on your hard drive is set aside for restore storage. Secondly: it will show you how to modify this setting.Very useful informati...

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