A little more than $5, but something that will last for years.

I gave my granddaughters (ages 5 and 8) wooden birdhouse kits for Christmas last year. They...

If you go to the touchpad setup: Start -> Settings -> Control Panel -> Mouse ->...

Many sites that want your birthday are trying to determine if you are old enough to be allowed in (13 and up for kid-related sites, 18 and up for others...

Sounds like we're almost back to the logic of the licenses that Borland had on TurboBasic (and probably other software) - "Use it like a book". You could load...

Several years ago we moved into an older house (built about 1975) and one of the big energy savers has been plugging up the air leaks.

- Caulk around windows and...

Surprisingly, some kids do get the idea of family. The first grade teacher was asking kids what their favorite part of Christmas was and our granddaughter answered "Being with...

"I've seen people worry about testing, but I don't think this requires shortcuts in testing. You have less to test because there are smaller deployments, less changes. Everything gets speeded...

I'm looking at this from the "already retired" side of the job market, as I took early retirement in 1998 and have done consulting work in various areas since then....

"If I could get drivers for the laptop, I'd go back to XP."

I do software development for some niche devices and there are enough glitches with these tools under Vista...

The author's professionalism slips a bit when an incorrect word is used.

On the first exposure to something, your interest is "piqued" (not "peaked").

I suspect that spelling and grammar...

I typically do it myself (historically of financial necessity and later because I like making/repairing certain things).

However, I'm not one of the "bodgers" someone else mentioned. I...

A leftover from my days as a UNIX admin with about 20 systems - use the same password and key it to the date it changed.

Example:

Use a pattern for...

"In the Zone": when I realize that I have a headache because lunch time was several hours ago - but I accomplished more than usual in the hours that slipped...

The unfinished area of our basement is very dark, so I've tried numerous things to provide walk lighting (so you can find the switch for the overhead lights) without burning...

Sometimes the best way give a user a new feature may be to think outside the (database) box.

Example: The manager of a group that had a service response time...