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What browser and OS are you using? Do you have javascript enabled…

Michael Zimmermann — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 18:42:48 +0000

If you’re the resident geek in your circle, you ask the same questions every time you have to put on your helpdesk hat. I now turn to the Support Details website to help reduce the clutter. This has to be the best site for quickly getting those standard tech support questions answered (it may sound like it, but no, I’m not paid or affiliated with them in any way — I just like them that much).

Send someone here (you can even customize the URL with your email address and name) and ask the user to click on the big blue “Send Details” button, and you’ve got a nice summary of their Browser, OS, Screen Resolution, addons, and browser capabilities.

Visit Support Details for more, well, details!

eBooks for geeks

Michael Zimmermann — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 17:22:30 +0000

Many reference books on technical subjects (main focus here being computers and web-development) are available as eBooks. They have many advantages, including loss-prevention/recovery, flexible access (read it on your iPhone or your Kindle), and searchability. Some, like the O’Reilly books, don’t hinder you with cumbersome DRM, putting the reader’s comfort and respect ahead of their own unfounded fears of copyright infringement.

Social bookmark icons

Michael Zimmermann — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 07:11:18 +0000

The icons found attached to articles on this site, and attached to news and blog sites almost everywhere on the web are shortcuts to share your interest with others.

When you find an insightful article or post, you can usually click on an icon and add that specific article to the social network of your choice. Many or most of these sites require you to be registered with them in some way, but if you’re already a member of a community such as Facebook, feel free to share.

Women Comprise 40 Percent of U.S. Gamers

Michael Zimmermann — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 00:39:50 +0000

Surprising, but we should know better – it may have been kids’ stuff when the industry was in its infancy, but people grow up and many gamers are adult women.

Videogame-playing teenage boys are vilified by politicians and distraught parents, but with the average gamer age being 35 and 94 percent of parents being present when games are purchased or rented by kids, it’s time to rethink that attitude.

Read the full ESA press release.

May 25th is Towel day

Michael Zimmermann — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 03:10:17 +0000

To celebrate a hoopy frood who knew where his towel was at, May 25th is towel day. It’s still a bit far away, but all self-respecting geeks should mark their calendars and be prepared like no other, with towel close at hand, to show respect for a wonderful, witty, prolific and insightful man.

RiP, Douglas Adams, 1952-2001.

Google Products

Michael Zimmermann — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 08:45:49 +0000

You may know of them as a search engine, and a free mail service, but Google has an amazing amount of tools for use on the web — some are even made to be used when you’re not even on the internet!

They also have some great solutions for businesses. You can be one person, or have enterprise-level needs, but you’re sure to find a Google product to help you with your day.

WordPress

Michael Zimmermann — Sat, 31 May 2008 21:30:20 +0000

This site is built with WordPress, an open-source blogging framework, but there are many uses to which it’s been put. Check out some examples of sites that use WordPress for more than just blogging.