Peanuts to Profits With Thor Schrock
Peanuts to Profits With Thor Schrock

With all of the anti-piracy devices on today’s software programs it is easy to forget the “good ‘ol days” when programmers were good enough to make neat programs and games, but could not devise ways to protect them from being pirated. In the days before online activations, serial numbers, and telephone activations, some developers relied […]

The man doing the demonstration used his Mr. Sticky to pick up all sorts of dirt, hair, and other unmentionables on his hard-wood demo set. He would pick things up, rinse it off, and like magic, it was clean again and ready for action. After watching it work wonders in front of the crowd, we decided to make Mr. Sticky a part of our home for the low, low price of $29.99.

So how did this wonderful piece of 21st century cleaning technology find its way into the trash this weekend? For starters, Mr. Sticky is a 1.5″ diameter roller coated with a sticky silly-putty-like substance. Just like in the demo, it worked great for picking up pet hair and the like, but after a couple rotations of the roller, its surface was covered and could not pick up anything else.

Now that the most over-hyped digital event since Y2K has passed, I am interested to see how my readers handles the early time change. All of my Windows Vista and Windows XP computers switched perfectly, advancing by one hour overnight. All of my Outlook appointments are fine, and from what I can tell, most public […]

Microsoft released its Office 2007 product in February, and it seems to be taking pretty well with our customers (better than Vista is anyway). A couple weeks ago we received our first shipment of OEM Office 2007 software for installation on new Modular computers. We were shocked to find that Microsoft is shipping Office 2007 […]

I was interviewed today by KFOR 1240, a local AM radio station in Lincoln Nebraska about the new daylight savings time change and its expected impact. The bottom line is that the sun will come up tomorrow and life will move on. If you are running Windows XP or Vista, chances are everything has already […]

The International Atomic Energy Agency and the International Organization for Standardization have proposed a symbol change so that you will be able to know when you are in the presence of a severe radiation danger. The new symbol, pictured left, was in development for 5 years and tested in more than 11 countries to ensure […]

Don’t miss Compute This Saturday morning at 10:00 on Lincoln’s KFOR 1240 AM. We will be talking at length about the all-new Maintenance Checkup Home Edition Version 2. You can win a FREE 2-year subscription to the all new version, so be sure you are listening so you know how to win! If you have […]

A week or so ago I went to Family Med Center in Omaha, NE to talk with my doctor about my blood sugar and my family’s history of type 2 diabetes. I thought it was a bit odd that there was a sign on the door stating that many insurance providers were no longer paying […]

An Omaha E-entrepreneur faces up to three years behind bars and a fine for sending junk email messages to thousands of recipients offering everything from ways to steal passwords to a peek into your FBI file. Josh Eveloff allegedly sent thousands of emails to people and falsified the header information in those emails to mask […]

Microsoft has announced that they will be providing five years of “extended support” to consumer users of Windows XP. Previous to this announcement, all consumer support for Windows XP would have ended in 2009 – two years after the release of Microsoft’s new operating system, Windows Vista. But before you give your Windows XP box […]